A hearing has been postponed for a Rhode Island kidney transplant specialist employed by Brown University Medicine who was refused entry into the U.S. last week and flown out of the country. On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin granted the motion to continue the hearing on the grounds that Dr. Rasha Alawieh […]
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Brown University advises visa and green card holders to reconsider travel plans
Amid news reports of federal deportation actions against people lawfully in the U.S., Brown University is suggesting that students, staff, and faculty who hold green cards or visas should not travel internationally. In an email sent Sunday, Brown Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell C. Carey, told the campus community, “Out of an […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for March 14, 2025
What better way to celebrate Sleep Awareness Week than with a nap? You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Just sign up right here. *** 1. STORY OF THE WEEK: “Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, […]
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Washington’s love/hate relationship with the Ivy League
President Trump’s crusade against higher education is not without precedent. Campus politics have long been a source of contention, especially among conservatives. For nearly a century, in one way or another, parents and politicians have raised concerns about the ideological extremes of the ivory tower. For their part, universities have long struggled to find the […]
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Brown University struggles to cope with Trump higher ed edicts
President Trump’s plan to Make America Great Again runs right through the cloisters and quadrangles of elite universities. “Because the colleges are being overrun in this country,” Trump said last year during the height of campus protests against the war in Gaza. “The anti-Semitism — all of the problems going on. They’re being overrun. I’ve […]
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A minister was acquitted of a brutal 1832 murder. A new book revisits the case
In the world of true crime, Fall River, Mass. is known for Lizzie Borden, but another murder 60 years earlier captivated New England. Kate Winkler Dawson tells the story in The Sinners All Bow.
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Voter Voices: ‘They should be worrying about the votes that are more up for debate’
Arjun Khurana, 22, of Harvard, Mass., is studying machine learning and comparative literature at Brown University. Here’s what he had to say about what’s motivating him to vote this election year. I’ve voted since I could vote. I’m going to the polls this year because I think voting is important. I think it’s particularly important […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Oct. 11, 2024
There’s no truth to the rumor that $1 tickets will be sold for the chance to swing a sledgehammer as part of the demolition of the Washington Bridge. You can follow me through the week on threads and what we used to call the twitters. (A quick program note: my column is skipping next week […]
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Brown votes against divestment from companies with ties to Israel
Brown University will not divest from 10 companies that student activists said facilitated “the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.” The Corporation of Brown University, the university’s governing body, voted Tuesday to support the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on University Resources Management (ACURM) against divestment, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. ACURM found […]
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How are doctors responding to climate change?
More medical schools are training their students on climate change. This week on Possibly we’re taking a look at how your visit to the doctor might be changing.
