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By: Brian Mastroianni

Situated across from a parking lot, the two-story grayish-brown building at 146 Clifford Street is an unimposing site, nestled in the heart of Providence’s Jewelry District. The building is home to EpiVax Inc. — a company dedicated to the desi…

By: Caitlin Trujillo

Isis Biopolymer, Inc. moved into the severe, sandy-colored building at 233 Richmond St. this past November. The facility, previously home to a watch-making company, now ticks out about 6,500 transdermal drug delivery patches a day. Come this May, it will …

By: Hannah Moser

Among all the fervor surrounding the possibilities of “green” living, one Brown alum is taking being green to a whole new level. A very tiny level. With the creation of Banyan Environmental Inc., Love Sarin MS ’05 PhD ’09 took a gr…

By: Mark Raymond

“We have to aim high if we want to eliminate disparities and reform the health system in this country,” Former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher told an audience of students and faculty in a half-full Sayles Hall Wednesday night….

By: Sofia Castello

Professor of Computer Science Pascal van Hentenryck is putting “Comet,” an algorithm he developed at Brown, to commercial use at Dynadec….

By: Sarah Julian

Every Wednesday and Friday morning at 8:30 a.m., Shankar Prasad, visiting lecturer in political science, boards his train at Pennsylvania Station in New York City. He works for three and a half hours as the train makes its way to Providence. Once he arriv…

By: Andrew Braca

It was fitting that the seesawing battle royale the No. 17 men’s lacrosse team staged with Hartford on Wednesday afternoon would come down to two possessions in overtime….

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The men’s lacrosse team beat Hartford, 13-12, in overtime Wednesday, and attackman Parker Brown ’12 helped to lead the Bears’ effort with three goals and two assists on the day. Here’s how it went down from his point of view.

By: Sahar Shahamatdar

Despite setting two new school records, the men’s swimming and diving team took seventh place out of eight teams for the second year in a row with 699 points at the Ivy Championships in Princeton last weekend….

By: Kshitij Lauria

When I met with my first-year advisor earlier this semester, he made an offhand remark I’ll never forget. We began our conversation with what is something of a tradition between us now: some healthy, agreeable complaining about the weather (“W…

By: Shanoor Seervai

The Meiklejohn Peer Advising Program had a 38 percent increase in the number of applicants, from 375 in 2009 to 517 this spring. The Meiklejohn leadership made a concerted effort to publicize the program, holding three information sessions and advertising…

By: Hunter Fast

Last week, Brown students saw numerous posters and banners declaring that “we don’t want our education profiting from occupation.” To this end, activists observed Israeli Apartheid Week, advocating Brown’s divestment from companies…