Julia Vaz

BrownU Jews for Ceasefire Now organized the sit-in, which was in solidarity with the walk-out organized by Brown Students for Justice in Palestine and the Brown University Palestine Solidarity Caucus that afternoon, The Herald previously reported.

Artist and adjunct professor Heather McMordie welcomed The Herald into her studio to learn more about The Providence Community Herbarium.

The University must release documents related to its investigation of six prior allegations of sexual assault involving students, according to an order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island on Thursday. The records in question are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

The project is led by the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society.

The University has purchased The Joseph Cooke House at 125 Hope Street.

desi-gned, New England’s first publication for the South Asian diaspora, has just been released.

The Malana Krongelb zine collection, compiled a decade ago, still serves as inspiration for students on campus today.

On Wednesday, Assistant Professor of History Emily Owens invited the Brown community to celebrate the launch of her new book “Consent in the Presence of Force: Sexual Violence and Black Women’s Survival in Antebellum New Orleans” at an event sponsored by the Department of History. 

A class action lawsuit filed Tuesday by current and former Brown basketball players Grace Kirk ’24 and Tamengang Choh ’21 MPA’22 alleges that Ivy League schools violate antitrust laws by denying student athletes athletic scholarships and compensation for their services.

A lawsuit from a former professor at the Alpert Medical School alleging gender discrimination and a hostile work environment was moved from state to federal court Friday, according to court filings reviewed by The Herald.

Rep. David Cicilline '83, D-R.I., announced on Feb. 21 that he is leaving Congress.

On Jan. 5, Dawn Desilets filed a federal lawsuit against the Lifespan Corporation for disability discrimination and retaliation for using the Family and Medical Leave Act. According to court documents reviewed by The Herald, Desilets was fired in 2021 after contracting “long-haul” COVID. Desilets claims the termination of her contract is unlawful.

The University has not disclosed campus recycling data since spring 2022 due to a misunderstanding concerning the data provided by Waste Management — the company responsible for the University’s trash and recycling — according to Jessica Berry, director of the Office of Sustainability.

In recent years, the University has announced a series of policies concerning its relationship with the environment and addressing climate change. In 2019, the University committed to cutting campus greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2040, and a year later pledged to halt investments in fossil…

On Aug. 25, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that Rhode Island and Maine had joined Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and New Jersey in advancing a hydrogen hub in the region. The coalition is set to collaborate on a proposal and apply for federal funding provided by the U.S. Department of Energy as a result of last year's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. 

During Commencement and Reunion Weekend from May 27 to 29, President Christina Paxson P’19 will confer honorary degrees on nine distinguished leaders: Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott MPH’11, Dr. Seth Berkley ’78 MD’81, Guido Imbens MA’89 PhD’91, Stanley Nelson, Nancy Pelosi, Shaggy, Alice and Thomas Tisch ’76 P’18 P’20 and Zeynep Tüfekçi.

According to the January Rhode Island State Climate Summary, the northeastern United States is experiencing a faster rate of sea level rise than the global average. Even in the more conservative intermediate emissions projection, sea levels are expected to rise four feet by 2100, which would necessi…

 On Feb. 2, the Climate Literacy Act was introduced in the Rhode Island House of Representatives. Bill H7275 proposes that K-12 students receive education on climate change "and understand key environmental, climate and sustainability principles," according to the text of the legislation. The bill calls for these principles to be “integrated into all … science, civics and social studies courses” in the state by August 2023.

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“Passing,” actor Rebecca Hall’s shining directorial debut, reproduces the finest details of Nella Larsen’s brilliantly crafted 1929 novel. In the face of the seemingly insurmountable challenge of bringing Larsen’s delicate prose to life, the 2021 Netflix production mesmerizes the audience with the same poetic, dream-like quality of Larsen’s words.