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Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron to step down 20 Aug 2013 | 10:41 pm
Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron will leave the University to become president of Connecticut College, beginning Jan. 1. She will continue her duties as dean this fall. Bergeron has been a prom...
Medicine prof pleads not guilty to procuring alcohol for minors 14 Aug 2013 | 10:59 pm
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Behavioral and Social Sciences Bruce Becker pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge of procuring alcohol for a minor at his arraignment in Providence District ...
Westboro Baptist Church incites counterprotests 5 Aug 2013 | 07:13 am
Four members of the Westboro Baptist Church staged pickets across the state to protest the first day of Rhode Island’s recognition of same-sex marriage Thursday morning. They were met by crowds of cou...
Live blog: Day one of same-sex marriage in Rhode Island 1 Aug 2013 | 05:15 pm
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Trustee’s hedge fund faces criminal charges 25 Jul 2013 | 09:18 pm
Federal officials announced an indictment Thursday of Corporation trustee Steven A. Cohen’s P’08 P’16 hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors L.P. for multiple counts of fraud. The indictment did not include...
U. names new VP for information technology 21 Jul 2013 | 03:37 am
Ravi Pendse, current vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Wichita State University, will serve as Brown’s new vice president for computing and information service...
SEC brings case against Cohen 21 Jul 2013 | 01:38 am
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil case Friday against Corporation trustee Steven A. Cohen P’08 P’16 for “failing to supervise” managers accused of insider trading at SAC Capital Adv...
Senate confirms Perez ’83 as Labor secretary 19 Jul 2013 | 09:00 am
Thomas Perez ’83 will become the first Brown alum to hold a Cabinet-level position in 12 years after his U.S. Senate confirmation Thursday as the new U.S. Secretary of Labor. Richard Holbrooke ’62, a...
Armed robberies shake College Hill 17 Jul 2013 | 08:43 am
After a series of recent armed robberies, the Department of Public Safety and the Providence Police Department have stepped up their security presence around campus, said Paul Shanley, deputy chief of...
Yale doctor named dean of medicine 17 Jul 2013 | 08:16 am
Jack Elias, a physician and chair of internal medicine at Yale Medical School, will be the next dean of medicine and biological sciences, President Christina Paxson announced in a community-wide email...
