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The Editors | October 17th, 2011
As a follow-up to our round-up post on Brown's Occupy movement teach-in, here are selected photos from the evening, taken by Sujaya Desai '14 for the Global Conversation. -
The Editors | October 13th, 2011
An estimated 600 participants at the 10/12 "Thinking Crisis: Thinking Change: a Teach-in on the Occupy Movement" at Brown received everything from a history of protest movements to admonitions to "be careful what you wish for," according... -
Dominic Mhiripiri | April 7th, 2011
Three leading entrepreneurs — two of them Brown alums — reflected on how their organizations are making social impact in Latin American countries, during a seminar hosted by Brown's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies in... -
Dominic Mhiripiri | March 17th, 2011
On Tuesday next week, Brown University will host one of the biggest discussion makers in today’s international political economy — the best-selling author and economist, Dambisa Moyo. Moyo is the Zambian-born author of two New York Times best-... -
Dominic Mhiripiri | February 16th, 2011
“Partnering with the poor is not a one-way charity relationship,” the night’s guest speaker told Brown students at a TED Talk in Barus & Holley Engineering Building on Thursday, February 10, 2011. Ryan Richards, executive director of... -
The Editors | February 15th, 2011
Brown Badmaash dance numbers are a fusion of South Asian and Western styles: bhangra, hiphop, garba/raas, lyrical, bharatanatyam, salsa, Bollywood, breakdancing — and, at least in this case, with a generous heaping of media fusion on top. Just... -
Vanessa Danziger | November 16th, 2010
Above is a video created and circulated by Falling Whistles - it can be found on their website and their youtube channel. The Organization: Falling Whistles: http://www.fallingwhistles.com/ Geographical Area of Focus: ... -
Ryan Lester | November 15th, 2010
Two weeks ago, Jake Shapiro, Executive Director of Public Radio Exchange (PRX), gave a special presentation to the "Radio Non-Fiction" class at Brown University. His company is a website dedicated to providing a distribution... -
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October 31st, 2010
Dictatorships rely upon the censoring of information to drown out any dissenting voices; the entire point of a dictatorship is, after all, ensuring that there is only one voice. But, dictatorships also rely upon growth and trade; they are able...
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Ryan Lester | October 18th, 2010
On the last day of Better World By Design, attendees gathered at the expo to share concrete examples of the "good design" talked about all weekend. I managed to get a few of the groups at the expo to talk about their projects; above are a few... -
Ryan Lester | October 12th, 2010
I attended the Better World by Design conference last weekend, and had a great time. My reflections and comments are recorded in the video below. I'm open to any comments, refutations, addendum, etc. you might have on what I have to say. ps.... -
Zak Leonard | June 23rd, 2010
The Watson Institute is certainly aflutter with activity this summer, what with hosting the BIARI conferences and initiating the Global Conversation. Another week-long event, the Teaching American History Summer Institute of the Choices Program,...
Happenings @ Brown
While students are traveling out into the world, the world is coming to Brown. Happenings @ Brown is a place for coverage and commentary on events, conferences, and lectures dealing with the world at large held right here at the university.
