Michelle R. Smith, Associated PressStudentsLawsuit says Brown University Protected Trustee’s Son in Drugging CasePROVIDENCE, R.I. ― A female former Brown University student is suing the Ivy League school over how it handled her allegations that she was drugged at a fraternity party and later sexually assaulted. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Providence, raises the question of whether Brown dropped a disciplinary proceeding against the […]October 13, 2016StudentsTrial Against Brown University in Sexual Assault Case StartsPROVIDENCE, R.I. ― Trial began Tuesday in a lawsuit brought against Brown University by a student who was suspended after a sexual encounter that he says was consensual but that a fellow student reported as an assault. U.S. District Judge William Smith said both sides in the lawsuit agreed to a bench trial in order […]July 19, 2016Students4 Students Sue Providence for Ban on Renting House TogetherPROVIDENCE, R.I. ― Four college students are suing the city of Providence, Rhode Island, over an ordinance that bans them from living together in a single-family home. The Johnson & Wales University students are joined in the suit filed Tuesday by their landlord, and backed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The city council passed […]February 24, 2016Community CollegesFaculty Union Wants Outside Oversight on URI Campus PoliceFaculty union leaders at the University of Rhode Island are demanding the school take several steps before instituting a plan to give guns to campus police, including outside oversight on using force.April 27, 2014African-AmericanRhode Island to Highlight African-American Memoir in Tours, School CurriculumWilliam J. Brown’s 1883 memoir is at the center of a yearlong project, funded by the Rhode Island Council on the Humanities, which seeks to raise the free Black civic leader’s profile and further the public’s understanding of African-American history in Rhode Island.January 11, 2010Page 1 of 1
