Tag: Brian Clark
Brown University corporation rejects Israel divestment proposal
PROVIDENCE – Brown University will not divest from 10 companies that do business from Israel after reviewing a proposal from students requesting that the...
Brown University trustee resigns over concerns about upcoming Israel divestment vote
PROVIDENCE – Joseph Edelman, founder and CEO of New York-based hedge fund company Perceptive Advisors LLC, has resigned from the Brown University board of...
Brown University community coordinators union on strike over unfair labor practices
PROVIDENCE – More than 130 Labor Organization of Community Coordinators AFT/RIFTHP Local 6516 members began walking the picket line Wednesday morning at Brown University...
Brown University admits 5.2% of applicants for 2028 class
PROVIDENCE – A total of 2,521 prospective students have been offered admission into Brown University for next fall’s entering undergraduate class.
The Ivy League institution...
Brown University to pay $19.5M settlement in price-fixing financial aid lawsuit
PROVIDENCE – Brown University has agreed to pay $19.5 million as part of a settlement in a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs allege that...
20 Brown University students arrested during sit-in protesting war in Gaza
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Police Department on Wednesday arrested 20 Brown University students who were demanding university support for a ceasefire in the Gaza...
Brown’s new performing arts center name sparks outrage among Cambodian Rhode...
PROVIDENCE – A 101,000-square foot building on Angell Street is set to be a jewel in the crown of Brown University’s multibillion-dollar real estate...
Diversity advocates take aim at legacy admissions
For Viet Nguyen, a Brown University alumnus and founder of social impact organization EdMobilizer, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ban on affirmative action presents...
Tidewater funding woes place Rhode Island FC in home field disadvantage
Rhode Island doesn’t have a full roster of premier sports venues.
And with financing woes slowing the $124 million Pawtucket soccer stadium project where the new United...
Local colleges receive millions from FEMA for COVID-19 testing expenses
PROVIDENCE – Local colleges and universities for the better part of the last two years conducted test after test, health screening after health screening...
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