Posts from — January 2010

This weekend, our very own Ruth Simmons was given an award at the BET honors — an event that included walking the red carpet and taking the stage at a star-studded awards ceremony in DC. The show won’t be airing until February 1, but Post-’s intrepid reporter, Rachel Lamb, managed to get into the event. After the jump, Queen Latifah, Stevie Wonder, and Ruth’s “sexy black dress.”

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Facing a deluge of applications following the Jan. 1 regular decision deadline, the Admission Office has opened a satellite location in Alumnae Hall to handle the extra paperwork.

Temporary employees process applications in the Admission Office's satellite facility in Alumnae Hall. Michael Skocpol / Herald

Brown expects to receive about 30,000 applications for the class of 2014, representing a 20 percent increase from last year, Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73 wrote in an e-mail to The Herald. Final application totals are not yet available because the office is still processing paper applications, Miller wrote.

“I think there are a number of reasons why our applications are up, including specific recruitment activities we have pursued for a couple of years,” Miller wrote. “But there are also the influences of the myriad sources of information and impressions of Brown that prospective students can access like social networking sites, blogs, guidebooks, etc.”

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Perry ’00. Courtesy of brownbears.com

The Bears’ quarterbacks coach will start Thursday as offensive coordinator for the Tigers.

“I have nothing but good things to say about him,” Brown Head Coach Phil Estes said of Perry, who could not be reached for comment Wednesday. “The things that he did for us and our quarterback were tremendous. And it’s hard for me to have him go.”

Perry inherits an offense which placed last in scoring in the Ivy League last season. Estes will take on his duties as quarterbacks coach. Read the full story at browndailyherald.com.