Updated 5:10 P.M., September 24, 2020 President Christina Paxson P鈥�19 urged students who are listed as studying remotely but have returned to Providence to come forward and enroll in the University鈥檚 testing program immediately, in a community-wide email sent Thursday. 鈥淏ecause these students ...
Updated 1:10 p.m., July 16, 2020 To supplement the supply of on-campus housing and allow for a de-densified campus during the upcoming academic year, the University has agreed to one-year leases at four off-campus locations in Providence.聽 The University has leased units at 257 Thayer Apartments, ...
Most University undergraduate students prefer on-campus experiences for the upcoming academic year, according to the results of the Undergraduate Student Preferences Survey on 2020-21 Academic Year Scenarios. Sent to all returning undergraduate students May 17, the survey garnered an 84 percent response ...
Most University undergraduate students expressed strong support for randomized COVID-19 testing and technology-enabled contact tracing in any on-campus scenarios for the upcoming academic year, according to the results of the Undergraduate Student Preferences Survey on 2020-21 Academic Year Scenarios. Sent ...
In testimony before the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Thursday morning, President Christina Paxson P鈥�19 outlined essential aspects of any plan to safely reopen college campuses in the fall in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. During the full committee ...
As an organizer for Sunrise Providence, Emma Bouton 鈥�20 planned to participate in a mass strike on Earth Day to protest the lack of political action taken to combat climate change. But before that could happen, the coronavirus pushed the United States indoors and the movement鈥檚 organizing online.聽 So ...
The weekend of her 21st birthday, Morgan Awner 鈥�21 was supposed to be in Patagonia, hiking and taking in the breathtaking views of the region鈥檚 infamous glaciers, fjords and mountains, on her study abroad program鈥檚 first trip out of Santiago, Chile. 鈥淭hat was supposed to be my birthday trip,鈥� ...
Updated聽11:00 a.m. April 7, 2020 The University calculated that costs associated with the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic will exceed $20 million in the current fiscal year, according to a community-wide email from President Christina Paxson P鈥�19 sent this morning. In anticipation of ...
A second member of the Brown community, a University faculty member, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a message from Health Services Clinical Director Adam Pallant and Associate Vice President for Campus Life Vanessa Britto. The Rhode Island Department of Health has confirmed 66 positive ...
All University courses will be canceled starting Monday and will resume online following a two-week break in response to the increasing risk posed by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Undergraduate students living on campus and in University-owned properties have been asked to leave campus by March ...
