Tag: Christina Paxson
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...
Brown’s land of opportunity: University’s expansion is welcomed but is school...
Olin Thompson’s Jewelry District walking tour begins at the corner of Richmond and Ship streets in Providence, on a plaza covered in stepped, wooden...
Brown, attorneys reach settlement in women’s sports fight
Brown University and attorneys for student-athletes who challenged the Ivy League school's decision to reduce several women’s varsity sports teams to club status announced...
R.I. Infrastructure Bank to talk local, state needs at summit next...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank will host its third annual Infrastructure Summit on Sept. 26 at the R.I. Convention Center in downtown...
Brown forms panel to scrutinize admissions, student-life policies
PROVIDENCE – Brown University President Christina Paxson says the university is launching an extensive review of its admissions and student-life policies to ensure fairness...
Brown raises tuition and fees, makes moves to cut greenhouse gases
PROVIDENCE – The Corporation of Brown University has approved a 5 percent increase in undergraduate tuition and fees, bringing the total to $73,736 for...
Partnerships, high-profile merger plan lead the way in health care
2018 began with health risks, routine and unforeseen, and proposed partnerships, and ended with uncertainty over the fate of the $78 billion merger of...
Brown University to rename prominent building for first black graduates
PROVIDENCE – One of the most visited buildings on the Brown University campus will be renamed Page-Robinson Hall, to recognize Inman Edward Page and...
Providence announces creation of Urban Innovation Partnership
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza announced Monday the creation of an Urban Innovation Partnership between the city and “anchor institutions” located in Providence.
The...
CNE, Partners, Brown sign memorandum for post-merger collaboration
PROVIDENCE — Partners HealthCare, Care New England Health System and Brown University have signed a memorandum of understanding formalizing their collaboration through a clinical,...
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