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Updates for September 2, 2010
Metcalf renovations move profs to Wayland Square
Professors in the Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences moved into a temporary home at 229 Waterman St. over the summer.
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Provost’s office down one deputy
By: Ben Noble
Deputy Provost Vincent Tompkins ‘84 left the University July 1 to lead a private school in New York City.
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Local marijuana-growing class to start this month
By: Rebecca Ballhaus
When medical marijuana became legal in Rhode Island in June 2007, Luis Hernandez figured it would only be a matter of time until a school teaching proper growing techniques sprang up.
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Grant to fund math institute
By: Nicole Boucher
Brown received a $15.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to fund a mathematics institute that will focus on the connection between mathematics and computational research.
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Grad students’ climate change suggestions inspire legislation
By: Mark Raymond
This summer, a University research project was transformed into legislation aiming to address the effects of climate change in Rhode Island.
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Dan Davidson ‘11.5: High or low, youth turnout could offer valuable insight
By: Dan Davidson
When the votes are counted after November’s midterm elections, don’t expect to hear much about how voters under the age of 30 influenced the results.
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At Convocation, an appeal to a common humanity
In his keynote address to the members of the Class of 2014, Professor of Africana Studies Barrymore Bogues urged students to consider all people foremost as fellow human beings.
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Yue Wang ’12: Questionable democracy in the classroom
By: Yue Wang
To be able to evaluate professors’ teaching performance is a disproportionately huge power granted to students that is unnecessarily complicating the dynamic between teachers and students and negatively influencing the quality of higher education.
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Simmons presents budget, stats to faculty
By: Ashley Aydin
President Ruth Simmons touched on the University’s budget and provided statistics for the class of 2014 at a special faculty meeting held Wednesday.
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Caprio, Chafee ’75 vie for 1st in gov. race
Democrat Frank Caprio has taken a slight lead against his top opponent, Independent Lincoln Chafee ‘75, in the latest poll in the Rhode Island race for governor.
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Editorial: Hardly a waste
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Rhode Island’s Congressional delegation recently came under fire from a watchdog group for their support of an earmark that would fund research at Brown.
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Bru-‘No’: U. tells Cicilline not to use logo
By: Bradley Silverman
Congressional candidate Mayor David Cicilline ‘83 has come under fire for using Brown’s logo in a fundraising appeal for Rhode Island’s 1st District race.
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