Posts Tagged ‘Brown University’
Update: Brown U advises international community, “postpone, reconsider travel”, after deportation
This article has been updated (in red) at 9:31am, 3/17/25: On the opening page of “Global Education” on the Brown University website it says, “The Brown experience is inherently global in nature. Students and scholars from Brown routinely advance knowledge and understanding on issues of global significance. Members of the Brown community travel across the…
Read MoreUPDATED: Brown, others tell int’l students they “may wish to return” before Inauguration Day
“1,800 of Brown’s students will come to College Hill from countries beyond the United States”, notes Brown University’s Office of Global Engagement. Yesterday, that office at Brown posted a “Winter Break Travel Guidance for International Community”, dated December 3, 2024, on their website. The Guidance (emphasis in bold made by Brown): “As members of our…
Read MoreIt’s a ‘no’ to divestment. Protesters react. Brown University elects 7 to its governing body.
As Brown University summarily refused a student group’s proposal to divest of perceived investments that support Israel, the Corporation has added 7 individuals to its governing body. The October meeting at Brown met with demonstrations from the persistent Brown group, including acts of violence directed at travelers in cars, and in one case, the vehicle…
Read MoreRubik’s Cube of life sciences – David Brussat
by David Brussat, contributing writer, architecture – “Architecture Here and There” Photo: courtesy, David Brussat. Proposed life sciences center in Brown’s Jewelry District campus in Providence. Rendering courtesy Brown University, TenBerke Brown has released the design of its umpteenth medical research center in Providence’s Jewelry District. It looks just like every other building of its…
Read MoreRhode Island Commerce announces new SupplyRI offshore wind Anchor partners
SupplyRI announces 2 new partners to promote local businesses with offshore wind development
Read MoreMental Health Month: ZOOM in for Mindfulness Meditation virtual workshop
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Read MoreWendy Schiller will be interim director of Brown’s Watson Institute – Edward Steinfeld leaves in June
Provost Francis J. Doyle III released a statement regarding the transition in leadership at the Watson Institute – After over eight years of service, Edward Steinfeld will be completing his term as the Howard R. Swearer Director of the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, effective June 30, 2024. He will return…
Read MoreThe Brown Jewish Journal, new independent journal focused on BrownU’s Jewish community
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Read MoreBrown’s Haffenreffer Museum moving from Bristol to Providence’s Jewelry District
Photos: Brown University Brown University’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology has long been split across two locations: Providence, where it maintains an exhibition and event space in the heart of the Brown campus; and Bristol, R.I., where most of its collections and staff are housed. For scholars and community members looking to access the museum’s nearly…
Read MoreCranston Police Academy shooting range so much noise for residents. Brown U. study. (updated)
Updates in red: Photo: RI Police Chiefs Association Residents of Cranston who live closest to the Cranston Police Academy have been “on fire” about the increasing sound of gunfire coming from their shooting range. They say it is much more than annoying, and is impacting their quality of life, health, sense of well-being, and quite…
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