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A Brown University football player has been convicted of misdemeanor assault in connection with a fight in a bar where he was working as a bouncer.
Brown University is reporting a steep drop in its endowment.
Brown University officials say Aretha Franklin will miss the school's commencement because of a family emergency.
The mayor of Providence wants to slap a $150-per-semester tax on the 25,000 full-time students at Brown University and three other private colleges in the city, saying they use resources and should help ease the burden on struggling taxpayers.
Brown University is taking the "Columbus Day" out of Columbus Day weekend.
Matt Mullery scored 16 points, while Scott Friske and Peter Sullivan added 15 apiece as Brown University held off a second-half rally and defeated Bryant University, 69-56 on Saturday.
Brown University didn't look far for its new men's basketball coach. The Ivy League school announced Monday that it has selected assistant coach Jesse Agel to replace Craig Robinson, the brother-in-law of Barack Obama who left after two seasons to take the head coaching job at Oregon State.
A Brown University professor said Monday that he is donating his share of a prestigious Israeli mathematics prize to advance the education of Palestinian students.
A Brown University student says she's been suspended for hitting a New York Times columnist with a pie during an Earth Day speech.
A student faces disciplinary action after two people threw green whipped cream pies at New York Times columnist and author Thomas L. Friedman as he began an Earth Day speech at Brown University.
Barack Obama's most prominent salesman, cheerleader and fundraiser in this upcoming presidential primary state is also one of Rhode Island's better-known sports figures — Brown University men's basketball coach Craig Robinson.
Brown University has become the latest major university to make paying for college easier.
One of the three former Duke lacrosse players cleared of rape charges earlier this year announced Tuesday he will attend Brown University in the fall and play lacrosse for the Bears.
Bottled Water Ban on Tap at BrownIn a typical year, Brown University distributes as many as 250,000 bottles of water on campus. After some students started campaigning against using the bottles, the total dropped by 40,000. By this time next year, some students hope the total will be zero.
Thomas Franck, Who Advised Countries on Law, Dies at 77Thomas M. Franck, a prominent expert on international law in all its aspects who was particularly committed to promoting justice in developing countries, helping draft constitutions for several of them, died Wednesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 77.
Mars Used To Be Awash with WaterThe red planet was once awash in water, say scientists -- not boiling water, but benign seas that may have been suitable for life.
Thomas Friedman Gets A Pie In The Face During Speech At Brown New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman was attacked with pies in the face by environmental activists during a speech about energy at Brown University yesterday.
Brown Ends Tuition for Lower-Income StudentsBrown University is eliminating tuition for students whose parents earn less than $60,000, after decisions by fellow Ivy League universities to bolster financial aid as their endowments grow.
Investigation of Study Programs WidensAn investigation of college study abroad programs by the New York attorney general's office now includes 15 colleges and universities, among them Harvard, Brown and Columbia.
YPK Members to Participate in Brown University StudyTwo YPK members have been selected to participate in the Annenberg Institute at Brown University study focusing on Knox County schools.
Bush to Brown Crew Team: "You Play Hard"President George W. Bush offered congratulations to Brown University's Women's Crew team during this past weekend's South Lawn celebration of this year's NCAA Division I team champions. His comments, according to The Providence Journal, included:
Former Senator Chafee Quit The GOPFormer senator from Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee said that he left the Republican Party over the summer.
Who is Bobby Jindal?Jindal (rhymes with "kindle") was born in Baton Rouge to recently arrived Indian immigrants, Amar and Raj Jindal, who were attending graduate school. [...]
Regret-free tattoo could be just around the cornerInks trapped inside polymer beads could mean that painful removals will be a thing of the past.
Researchers Catch Motion of a Single Electron on VideoTo observe the motion of an electron – an elementary particle with a mass that is one billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a gram – has been considered to be impossible.
Cleared Duke Lacrosse Player Will Attend Brown BALTIMORE -- Reade Seligmann, one of the three former Duke lacrosse players cleared of rape charges, will attend Brown University in the fall and play lacrosse for the Bears.
Rhode Island Set to Divest from SudanThe Brown Daily Herald reports that "state pension funds may soon be divested from corporations doing business in Sudan."
Former Sen. Chafee Takes Post at Alma MaterOutgoing U.S. senator Lincoln Chafee will be headed back to his alma mater on Providence's College Hill, this time as a visiting fellow for Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies.
A plastic battery? Believe it, and it's better than alkalineEngineers from Brown University have created a better battery. This plastic battery is smaller than the size of an IPod Nano and it can output 100 times more power than a regular battery.
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