WHAT: The pace of economic activity in Rhode Island continued to improve in July along with showing hints of an accelerated pace says noted University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro. According to Lardaro, Rhode Island’s Current Conditions Index for July improved to an expansion value of 75 – up from 67, where it had been for the past several months
KINGSTON, R.I. – September 15, 2022 – With summer winding down and the return to a more structured schedule, September is an ideal time to consider starting or restarting a regular walking program.
As students commenced their Brown academic careers, President Christina H. Paxson and Dean of the School of Engineering Tejal Desai urged them to seek out new perspectives and immerse themselves in research.
Agricultural and food justice advocate Vanessa García Polanco ’18 will present at the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium Tuesday, Sept. 27, discussing “The Exception and Not the Norm: Becoming an Agricultural and Food Justice Advocate.”
The anthropology museum, reopened to the public for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, will display colorful, experimental art that provides insights on an era of political upheaval in Anglophone West Africa.
Katie Riedy, a University of Rhode Island Communication Studies major, has been named among the inaugural 100 recipients of the prestigious Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholarship for Public Service, providing her support to pursue her interests in LGBTQ+ issues.
Brown community members strolling across the College Green and attending athletic events during the first week of the academic year were greeted by a wet nose and wagging tail, courtesy of Elvy, the Department of Public Safety’s first service dog.
Like the environment itself, reasons to be worried about it are all around us – air pollution and plastics in the ocean, drought and wildfires, rising sea levels and global warming. Looking for answers, we many times turn to scientists and researchers. But scholars in the humanities also play a vital role.
After a week of welcomes at Brown’s student dormitories and a wide range of events and programs to build connections among new students, the buzz on College Hill is back as the 2022-23 academic year gets underway.
With the start of the 2022-23 academic year on the horizon, Brown University is welcoming 3,203 new students to College Hill in the days leading up to Tuesday, Sept. 6 — when each will have the chance to celebrate Opening Convocation and process through the famed Van Wickle Gates to mark the beginning of their Brown experiences.
Harvard-educated economist, environmental activist, author, hemp farmer, and former two-time Green Party vice presidential candidate Winona LaDuke will kick off the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium Tuesday, Sept. 13 with “Restoring Indigenous Foodways in a Time of Climate Change: Lessons for the 8th Fire.” A Native American, she combines economic and environmental approaches to create a thriving and sustainable community for Indigenous populations across the country.