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Cities To Ivies: We Desperately Need Your Money

AP | DAVID KLEPPER | Posted 05.07.2012

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Wary of tax increases, weary of layoffs and determined to avoid bankruptcy, Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had only to gaze u...

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Brown To Pay Providence BIG Bucks

AP | DAVID KLEPPER | Posted 05.01.2012

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University will voluntarily pay Providence $31.5 million more over the next 11 years to help address financial problems...

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Forget The Living Room. Play Tetris On Buildings!

Posted 04.23.2012

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is known for being innovative, but don't think these studious young minds only thing about class. On April 2...

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25 Insane Reasons Why Kids Don't Like Certain Colleges

J.D. Rothman | Posted 04.19.2012

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Here are 25 ridiculous reasons that kids dismiss some excellent colleges.

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Librarian Finds Rare Paul Revere Print Tucked In Book

Posted 04.12.2012

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The perks of being a librarian grow every day. You are surrounded by books, get to shush people when they get rowdy, and you are in the perfect positi...

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A Disturbing Trend

Jared Moffat | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Philosophy, Education, Education Reform, Capitalism, Humanities, College, Liberal Arts, Brown University, Universities, College News

Amid a struggling economy and a ballooning student debt crisis, parents and students are reevaluating the merits of a college education. There is no simple answer, because the return on investment depends on what you study.

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Student Activism Today

The Brown Daily Herald | Posted 05.14.2012

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Americans have lost faith in the responsiveness of government, abandoning the expectation that political activism gets results. But while bad politics have made a mockery of the political process, restoring it is a cause worth fighting for.

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The Kairos Society: WaterWalla

Bill_Robinson | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Professor David Bloom, Brown University, Clean Water, The E-Myth: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It, Nobel Peace Prize, Kairos Society, India, Dharavi, Student Entrepreneurship, Mumbai, Muhammad Yunus, Waterwalla, Technology News

Neil Parikh wants to be a doctor who is also solving problems -- big, weighty, global problems.

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Bringing Hope Back

Caroline Giegerich | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Hope, Brown University, Kickstarter, Tommy Jordan, Obama, College, Shepard Fairey, Los Angeles, Watts, Saul Williams, Jeremy Lin, Tavi Gevinson, College News

With Sara's special brand of enthusiasm and perseverance, she reminded me of how inspired some in this world really are. Young people are bringing hope back into business.

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OWS Being Taught In College Courses

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 02.13.2012

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The Occupy movement, a prominent fixture on many college campuses, has moved from student quads into the classroom. Several universities nationwide ha...

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Is It Fair That Brown Pays Paltry Taxes When Rhode Island Is In Fiscal Jeopardy?

AP | ERIKA NIEDOWSKI | Posted 04.14.2012

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When Providence Mayor Angel Taveras recently warned that Rhode Island's capital could run out of cash by June and face bankru...

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Brown University Student Uncovers Lost Malcolm X Speech

AP | By DAVID KLEPPER | Posted 02.06.2012

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The recording was forgotten, and so, too, was the odd twist of history that brought together Malcolm X and a bespectacled Ivy Leag...

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What Color Was Flying Dinosaur? Scientists Now Know

Posted 01.27.2012

Read More: Dinosaur Discovery, Archaeoptryx, Video, Flying Dinosaur, Paleontology, Dinosaur Fossil, Bird, Brown University, Dinosaur, Science News

By: Charles Choi, LiveScience Contributor Published: 01/24/2012 11:07 AM EST on LiveScience The raven-size creature long thought of ...

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The Girlfriend Who Knew John F. Kennedy, Jr. Best Has Written A Memoir. Surprise: It's Sensitive & Smart -- Not Exploitation.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 03.10.2012

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The longtime girlfriend of John F. Kennedy, Jr. --- a woman he should have married, and didn't --- has written a book about their long friendship, glo...

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Joe Paterno Reacts To Hiring Of Penn State's Next Head Coach

AP | By GENARO C. ARMAS | Posted 01.07.2012

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Joe Paterno has congratulated Bill O'Brien on his hiring as Penn State's next head coach. O'Brien, the former offensive coordin...

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Meditating Your Way To A Slimmer Figure?

Forbes | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Mindful Eating, Health Post50, Meditation, UC San Francisco, Diet and Exercise, Body Mass Index, Mindfulness, Brown University, Fifty News

A group of researchers at UC San Francisco have conducted a study indicating that meditation could be a key in helping people to control their dietary...

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'How We Got Into College': Senior Class of 2011 Shares Their Stories

| Christopher J. Gearon | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: College Admissions, College Stories, Getting Into College, Montgomery Blair High School, Brown University, College Prep, Northwestern University, College Applications, High School News

The journey to college acceptance is one best told by the experts: high school seniors who've just completed the process. We asked students from the C...

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Contempt of the Corps at Brown University

Anthony Amore | Posted 12.18.2011

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This week, Brown University president Ruth Simmons announced that her campus would continue its policy of excluding the Reserve Officers' Training Cor...

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The Marriage Plot: Why We Love It

Posted 12.11.2011

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The Book: The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides Why We Love It: Eugenides takes the love triangle of 19th century novels and reimagines it on an I...

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To Super Committee: Pentagon Corruption in the Millions, Time to Cut Defense Contracting

Michael Shank | Posted 12.05.2011

With $3.7 trillion already spent by the US on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, it is painfully apparent that this money is not being spent wisely; in some cases, it is simply being stolen.

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On 10th Anniversary of Afghan War, Time to Exit Militarized US Foreign Policy

Michael Shank | Posted 11.28.2011

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October 7 marks the tenth anniversary of the US war in Afghanistan. After expending $4 trillion and thousands of lives, the US needs an exit from the depressing impasse of its militarized foreign policy.

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Brown University To Join Fight Against AIDS In Ghana

AP | Posted 11.19.2011

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Four Brown University medical professors are heading to Africa to launch a program to help local medical professionals fight ...

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Brown President To Step Down

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 11.15.2011

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Brown president Ruth Simmons plans to step down at the end of the academic year. She announced her resignation plans in an university-wide email on Th...

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The Benefits and Drawbacks of Dual-Degree Programs

Daniel Grant | Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Art School, Tufts University, Dual-Degree Programs, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Rhode Island School of Design, Brown University, College News

"Smart" and "cool" needn't be kept apart, and many smart kids who want to be artists and artistic kids who want a rigorous academic program have been frustrated by the need to make a choice.

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How Ivy League Schools Pay Off

Posted 09.24.2011

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According to salary data website PayScale, Princeton University graduates have the highest mid-career salaries (it's also the overall ...

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