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One year after becoming embroiled in a national debate over "safe spaces" from offensive speech, Brown University students and faculty received a crash course of sorts on freedom of speech and its relationship to the academic mission of a liberal arts college. On Thursday, the Political Theory Project
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As it started the school year last week, Brown University sought to confront mounting criticism that it had fostered the development of "safe spaces" on campus where students would be shielded from controversial opinions on race, sex, or other topics deemed to be politically sensitive, offensive, or otherwise
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Tampons aren't just for women anymore. That's the message coming from the student council, which began distributing tampons and pads in non-residential women's, men's and 'gender neutral' restrooms across campus this week, the Brown Daily Herald is reporting.
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Andrew Bacevich, a retired historian and foreign policy scholar at the Pardee School of International Relations at Boston University, is one of the leading advocates of a non-interventionist approach to U.S. foreign policy. Unlike many in the U.S. foreign policy establishment, Bacevich is less likely to advocate for
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U.S. foreign policy isn't just hashed out in Washington, D.C. or New York City. It's being shaped and made right here in the Boston area. Generals, diplomats, and other top government officials often take teaching posts in some of the estimated 50 local institutions
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No, Massachusetts is not having a gold rush. But gold somehow makes the Bay State's list of top 25 exports in 2015, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau. So where is this most precious metal coming from?
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It's an idea as old as history itself: turning to the record of past affairs to glean lessons for the present and insights for the future. But all too often in modern academia, history professors don't have much of an opportunity to communicate with those in
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BOSTON — The Charlie Baker administration is eliminating nearly 15 percent of Massachusetts state regulations and amending at least another 40 percent in a top-to-bottom overhaul aimed at making state government more efficient and business-friendly. The move comes a little more than a year after Baker issued a directive to all