3+ hour, 20+ min ago  (510+ words) According to Paxson, the increased operating deficit for FY27 was anticipated in the University's financial plan. The Corporation, the University's highest governing body, approved a $1. 95 billion budget for fiscal year 2027 in their May meeting, according to a May 27 Today@Brown message....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (415+ words) As gas prices have skyrocketed amid the United States and Israeli governments" military actions in Iran, Brown researchers launched an online tracker to follow the war"s costs for American consumers. The tracker estimates over $24 billion in growing consumer burden…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (841+ words) Cass expressed support for the tariffs levied by the Trump administration, dismissing worries about retaliation from other countries. On Monday, the Brown Political Union hosted Oren Cass, founder and chief economist of conservative think tank American Compass, for a conversation…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (556+ words) On Jan. 1, Rhode Island legislation raising the minimum wage from $15 to $16 per hour went into effect. Jan. 1, 2025 brought the completion of Mc Kee's previous minimum wage increase in a 2021 law he signed to raise the state's minimum wage from $11. 50 to…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (891+ words) Peter Howitt, a professor emeritus of economics at Brown, received the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday." Courtesy of Peter Howitt When he was a high schooler working part-time for a wool merchant in Ontario, Canada, Peter Howitt…...