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The Library is honored to house Bhatia's collection of scholarly books, along with his papers, conference proceedings, and other writings, which were generously donated by his family. Included in Bhatia's library were posters from the first election in Afghanistan; these have been p...

on the weekend before Thanksgiving. This two-act operetta will be fully staged and orchestrated by talented Brown students with a free admission to the public. The performances are onFriday, November 20th, 8 p.mSaturday, November 21st, 2 p.m and 8 p.mSunday, November 22nd, 3 p.m.At Alumnae H...

By Thomas J. MorganKiplinger's Personal Finance on Wednesday announced that Brown University and Providence College have made its list of the 100 best values in private institutions. Brown placed 12th, while PC was listed as 35th. Both institutions were judged in the university class, o...

By Amanda MilkovitsPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University announced Wednesday that it is offering eligible non-faculty employees an incentive for early retirement, in its efforts to reduce the university's projected $30-million deficit for the 2010-11 academic year.

By Thomas J. MorganSOUTH HADLEY, Mass. -- Lynn Pasquerella, a former member of the faculty of the University of Rhode Island with a doctorate from Brown University, has been appointed as the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College. She graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1980 before earning he...

I am looking for a sensibly-priced apartment for at least two people in the College Hill neighborhood. I am a recent Brown University graduate with full-time employment as an engineer. I am respectful, aware, very clean, and responsible, and strongly prefer the people I share a building w...

NOV. 13-16 AT THE Citizens Bank Theater, PELL CHAFEE PERFORMANCE CENTERThe Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs present Much Ado About Nothing, written by William Shakespeare, directed by Kristopher Lencowski (Brown/Trinity Rep MFA Programs '11).This fresh take on a classic romantic com...

A former dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Sizer -- whose pluralistic vision of the American high school helped shape the national discourse on education and revise decades-old ideas of what a school should be -- had also been the headmaster of Phillips Academy, the prep...

Michael P. Metcalf Auditorium, Chace Center1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Held in conjunction with the exhibition, The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650, this lecture series explores Renaissance artists, the cities in which they worked and the transcontinental exch...

In a campus election that drew headlines around the world, Brown University students pass a resolution calling on the school Health Services to stockpile "suicide pills" in case of nuclear war. No sooner had student leaders announced the 1,044-to-687 vote before television lights and...

That was how veteran planetary scientist Peter Schultz of Brown University described the excitement Friday morning at NASA's Ames Laboratory in California as he and colleagues watched the suicide dive of an impactor and its mothership into a crater near the south pole of the moon in a vi...

According to Beale, all five of the foundation's board of directors are recent Brown graduates who are dedicated to expanding intellectual diversity at the university and other Rhode Island colleges through support of publications such as the Brown Spectator magazine and of speaker...

Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson is a graduate of Brown University and Boston University School of Law. She also holds honorary degrees from the University of Rhode Island and Bryant College. Thompson has served on the Rhode Island Superior Court since 1997, the first black woman to sit on that co...

Black Lavender 2, a groundbreaking exhibit and lecture on Gay Black Men living and working in Rhode Island, will be held at the John Hay Library at Brown University, 20 Prospect Street in Providence, RI on Thursday, November 5th at 5:30pm.The event is free and open to the public.Dr. Daniel Sc...

Building on the successes we generated last year...today's students...are recognizing their unlimited potential to use integrative design methods to make the world a better place,'' said Willem Van Lancker, a conference organizer and graphic design major at RISD, Class of 2010.

By Karen ZinerPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- An overwhelming majority -- 87 percent -- of Providence voters polled recently by Brown University researchers say the city's economy is poor, and more than half say their families are worse off financially than they were last year.

We're offering our adorable city apartment the weekend of October 16th-18th. It's a 2nd floor unit in an older home with classic New England architecture: pocket doors, crown molding, hardwood floors. Also has a front deck/porch with grill, in unit laundry, home-y living and dining room...

By Donita NaylorPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In letters to students, faculty and staff acknowledging three confirmed cases of H1N1 flu virus, Brown University officials urge everyone in the academic community to practice good hygiene, expect more cases and not be alarmed.

The Brown University Library, as part of its ongoing programming for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial, is pleased to announce that it is co-sponsoring a Lincoln Essay competition open to all eighth-graders in Providence County. The Hildene-Brown Lincoln Essay Competition brings to...

Five Brown University Library exhibits, including a virtual exhibit of hurricane damage to Gulf Coast libraries, will commemorate the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina through photographs, poetry, music, historical documents, and video footage. Part of the University-wide "K...

September 1 through September 30 Gallery Night Reception, Organ Concert by David Clyle Morse and Labyrinth for personal use September 17 5-9pm. UnGlassed:Saberah MalikUncorked, uncapped and unscrewed. Uncast, unblown and unindustrial. In short, uncommerical and unusuable. This uni...

The Brown University Library is pleased to welcome Ian Straughn as the new Interim Joukowsky Family Librarian for Middle Eastern Studies. Dr. Straughn, whose appointment began on August 3, 2009, has studied the Middle East since his undergraduate years at Stanford University, where he...

In Rhode Island, four schools made the list: Brown University, Bryant University, Providence College and the University of Rhode Island. ... and more »

 RI The Brown University poll found all but unanimous unhappiness among Rhode Island voters about the state's economy, with 98 percent describing its condition as either not so good or poor. Nearly the same amount – 96 percent – said the same of the ...

 RI PROVIDENCE — Brown University informed students and faculty Wednesday that one student was recovering from a confirmed case of swine flu. “This individual was likely exposed to H1N1 in New York, and is recovering well,” Russell C. Carey, Brown's senior ...

 RI “Brown University feels deep pride in playing a significant role as one of the members of the state's historic academic community to incrementally help to raise the bar for the growth and quality of Providence public education,” said Artemis AW ...

The launch took place at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Harriette Hemmasi, the Joukowsky Family University Librarian at the Brown University Library, and Edward Widmer, Director and Librarian at the John Carter Brown Library, joined WDL partners in helping present the project to thos...

Providence Eyewitness News Fall Weekend" will be taking the place of the holiday formerly known as "Columbus Day" at Brown University this fall. The faculty of the Ivy League university voted at a meeting Tuesday to establish a new academic and administrative holiday in October ...

In partnership with the Office of the Dean of the College, the Brown University Library is pleased to announce that Kona Shen '10 and Forrest Miller '10 are the recipients of the third annual Undergraduate Research Awards. The awards, which confer a $750 prize, recognize excellence in un...

The Brown University Library holds very strong collections of Italian history, literature, and art, reaching back to its founding in the late eighteenth century. Especially notable are the library's special collections, housed in the John Hay Library, which include some named colle...

An exhibit curated by Dominique Coulombe and Pauline de Tholozany in collaboration with William Miles, Adjunct Research Professor of International Studies at the Watson Institute John Hay Library foyer and reading room cases, March 30 - April 30, 2009

My wife recently accepted an internship at Brown University that starts in July and lasts for one year. We are looking for a single family home or 2 bedroom+ apartment that is safe, child friendly (no lead paint, close to parks, etc), and available starting in mid-June. The East side of Provi...

Friday, March 6 at 8PMThe Brown University Wind Symphony performs under the direction of Matthew McGarrell, conductor, and Aaron D. Jones '09, assistant conductor, and featuring Jonathan Greenberg '94, bass trombonist.Featuring the US premiere performance of Johann de Meij's Canti...

I remember hearing, in my days as a prospective student, about how Brown University is home to some of the happiest students in the country. (According to the 2008 Princeton Review, Brown is No. 2 behind to Clemson University. First is the worst, second is the best, I say.

 FL - Yearwood, who this past spring graduated from Brown University of the Ivy League, started for the Brown football team, earned two tryouts with teams in the ...

Dixon received interest from Division I, II and III schools around the country, but wanted to stay relatively close to home. She also garnered interest from Ivy League schools Princeton and Cornell, plus local Division III schools Union and Skidmore, before settling on Brown in Provide...

By noreply@blogger.com (MAN) Cornell University Hosts Hip Hop Conference and Celebration Celebrating Hip Hop History October 31 - November 1, 2008 Scholars, faculty and students present recent research on hip hop. 11:00 - 12:30 p.m. Teaching Hip Hop: A Lecture and Discussion

By Jon Dennis, Andy Duckworth, Sonia Rothwell A new drug halts and even reverses the symptoms of multiple sclerosis - giving hope to sufferers worldwide. Dr Alasdair Coles is among the researchers at Cambridge University who tested the drug. Philosopher Jason Brennan, of Brown University, Rhode Island, argues that just because you...

By educationload The members of the BLC are Boston College, Boston Public Library, Boston University, Brandeis University, Brown University, the Marine Biological Laboratory & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MIT, Northeastern University, the State Library of Massachusetts, Tufts Un...

By Kathryn Masterson Ms. Lamphere’s gift will establish a two-year joint appointment, to be called the Louise Lamphere Visiting Professorship, for young faculty members to teach in women’s studies and another department, The Brown Daily Herald reported.

By Eric Zorn Your readers may appreciate hearing from someone who knows something firsthand about the Annenberg Challenge, now a campaign headline.  This is the six-year project that John McCain and Sarah Palin are calling a radical education organization when it was involved in school reform in C...

The Award Winning Documentary About Rhode Island's Urban Collaborative Middle School Providence, RI - The award winning documentary "Accelerating America" about the Urban Collaborative Accelerated Program (UCAP), an independent public middle school located in Providence, Rho...

Providence, RI. Bert Gallery is an intimate 1,000 square foot space, located along the Providence waterfront at the historic industrial site of Corliss Landing, 540 South Water Street, Providence, Rhode Island. The gallery continues the Cultural Awakenings 2008 Exhibition Series wi...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Providence College President Reverend Brian Shanley, O.P. and Athletics Director Bob Driscoll announced today the appointment of Keno Davis as the head basketball coach of the College. Davis, who becomes the 14th head coach at Providence College, comes to PC after spen...

Will Driscoll keep listening to Pitino, a conference rival whose job demands that he keep beating the Friars? He has not called Florida’s Shyatt but has done some background work on Hobbs, an interesting candidate. Hofstra’s Tom Pecora is another interesting name but as of yesterday his...

Documentary Exposing Institutional Censorship Premieres in ProvidenceWhen: January 27th at 7:00 p. m.Where: Columbus Theater, 270 Broadway, Providence, R. I.Tickets: $5 tickets at the doorTicket sales support the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic ViolenceInfo: for more info...

Brown University library unveils digitized version of 19th century ...  RI - The project, which can be viewed at http://dl.lib.brown.edu/garibaldi/, coincides with the bicentennial of Garibaldi’s birth this year. ...

By Emily Haile For lunch, do like the Brown students and grab a falafel sandwich at East Side Pocket (278 Thayer Street) or try the chicken kabob, marinated in olive oil, lemon juice, and fresh garlic with the works: hummus, tomato, onions, pickles, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Amid outrage from students, school leaders and legislators over his use of a racial slur, the former chairman of the Roger Williams University board said Wednesday that he wants his name removed from its law school.

CSTV.comProvidence College Men's Hockey and Brown University Set to Battle ...  RI - PROVIDENCE, RI -- The Providence College men's hockey team and Brown University will face off in the 20th Annual Mayor's Cup on Saturday, December 3 at PC's ...