About 150 Providence residents, including many Brown students,
took part in a candlelight vigil to honor Cornel Young Jr., a
black Providence police sergeant who was shot to death on January
28 when fellow officers mistook him for a suspect....In a study
published by the New England Journal of Medicine, Brown researchers
report that defibrillators outperform drugs in fending off cardiac
arrest by 76 percent....In January, after months of pressure by
student groups, Champion, GEAR, JanSport, and other University
apparel providers disclosed the locations of their factories....
Nine Irish artists displayed their work in Brown’s Bell Gallery
as part of A Measured Quietude: Contemporary Irish Drawings....The
Brown chapter of Habitat for Humanity is building a new home for
three local families.