The THES World University Ranking was released late last year by the Times Higher Education Supplement. It attempts to provide a common scheme on which the best universities worldwide may be identified. Number one on this scorecard was Harvard University, followed by a three-way tie for second place involving Cambridge, Oxford, and Yale. The U.S. [...]
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Brown University’s chemistry department has taken the plunge and invested in a set of iClickers, handheld devices that let students provide real-time feedback to instructors in large lecture classes. These little devices allow teachers to create mini-quizzes to test class comprehension of material being presented during lectures. They then can customize their presentation to emphasize [...]
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Zak DeOssie, Brown class of 207, carries the Ivy League banner into Sunday’s Super Bowl. He’s the first year linebacker who is the starting long snapper for the New York Giants, who will face the favored New England Patriots in the NFL championship game this weekend. In that role, he tosses the ball backwards about [...]
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The number of permutations here are truly impressive. Our sensitivity to diversity has now reached the point where I’m not sure what this has to do with transgender students and how it relates to students with more mainstream gender identities. Figuring this kind of thing out must keep today’s housing administrators up at night.
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An increasing number of college and university faculty are taking advantage of such social networking tools as blogs and wikis to enhance the classroom experience. These tools can significantly increase the amount of interaction among students, especially when those interactions can usefully cross the boundaries of a single course’s boundaries. I have used some of [...]
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Brown University has announced an ambitious plan to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by almost one-half by the year 2020, with a longer term goal of a 50% overall cut. All new facilities will have to meet that 50% target immediately. It looks like much of the cut will be achieved by switching to natural [...]
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Brown has announced a new scholarship program directed at students from sub-Saharan Africa that was funded by a $5.75 million gift from Israeli businessman Idan Ofer. The scholarship recipients will be required to return to their native countries for at least two years following graduation to help address their critical needs. Brown’s statement quotes President [...]
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New York’s Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has launched an investigation into the relationship between universities and the companies that provide study abroad opportunities for their students. What concerns the AG’s office is the financial relationships between the providers and the schools themselves. For example, do the providers offer travel perks to school administrators to stay [...]
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Piyush Bobby Jindal, a Brown honors grad and Rhodes Scholar, was elected to the governorship of Louisiana yesterday. Mr. Jindal, 36, lost a previous bid for the office in 2003, and will become Louisiana’s first non-white chief executive since Reconstruction. Because he received more than half of the vote, there will be no run-off election.
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