[Summit] Brown student Move-in & Traffic/parking changes this weekend + RISD Winter & Spring Sessions

Sat Jan 9 05:49:30 UTC 2021

Dear neighbors,

Happy new year! I'm writing to let you know that Brown's student move-in will take place between Saturday, 1/9 - Tuesday, 1/12. Move-in has been spread over several days this year to reduce density on campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods.

December's edition of our department newsletter, Community Currents, addressed questions about students' return to campus, included below. (If you are not yet subscribed to our newsletter and would like to be, please let me know).
"Spring 2021 move-in will take place between Jan. 9-12 and will include a limited number of students from all class years. Approximately 75% of undergraduates will return, living in a mix of Brown-provided housing on and off campus (including some local apartments and hotels) and off-campus housing. Others will continue to study remotely from their homes away from Rhode Island or register as commuters if their family’s permanent residence is within 30 miles of Providence.

Upon arrival in Providence in January, all undergraduates will complete a 14-day Quiet Period. All students will receive two COVID-19 tests in their first week of arrival — an 'arrival' test and a 'second-round' test. 

During the Quiet Period, undergraduates living on campus will be required to remain in their residence halls. They will not be permitted to leave their residence halls except to get a COVID-19 test, receive care from Health Services, or to pick up dining hall meals. Students living off campus will be required to quarantine in their residences in accordance with guidance from the Rhode Island Department of Health. All students will be enrolled in Brown’s testing protocol, and off-campus students may come to campus to get a COVID-19 test or receive care from Health Services."
As always, Brown's COVID-19 Dashboard and health and safety protocols are available at all times. Neighbors with COVID-related concerns about Brown community members can report them online, by phone at 877-318-9184, or with Brown DPS at 863-3322.
During move-in, temporary traffic patterns will be in effect (please see below). Thank you for your understanding, and please let me know if you have any questions.

Katie

STREET CLOSURE & TRAFFIC PATTERNS

Each Day, Saturday 1/9 through Tuesday 1/12 @ 7:00 am until 4:00 pm

   - Charlesfield Street: closed from Thayer Street to Brown Street
   - Prospect Street: closed from Cushing Street to Bowen Street

   - George Street: one-way east from Brown Street to Thayer Street.
   - Young Orchard Street: one-way east from Hope Street to Cooke Street
   - Benevolent Street: one-way east from Bannister Street to Brown Street
   - Brown Street: one-way north from Benevolent Street to George Street

EMERGENCY NO PARKING

Each Day, Saturday 1/9 @ 2:00 am THROUGH Tuesday 1/12 @ 4:00 pm

   - Charlesfield Street: north side from Thayer to Brown Streets
   - Prospect Street: east side from College to Waterman Streets
   - Prospect Street: east side from Cushing to Bowen Streets
   - George Street: south side from Brown to Thayer Streets
   - Young Orchard Street: south side from Hope to Cooke Streets
   - Thayer Street: east side from Power to Charlesfield Streets
   - Meeting Street: both sides from Thayer Street to Campus Walkway
   - Benevolent Street: north side from Brown to Bannister Streets
   - Brown Street: south side from Charlesfield to George Streets

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Katie Silberman
Director of Community Relations
Brown University Office of Government & Community Relations
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  Sent: Friday, January 8, 2021, 11:33:23 AM ESTSubject: Community Update - January 8, 2021

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January 2021
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Hi neighbors,

First and foremost, Happy New Year to you all.

I had hoped this first email of 2021 would be one highlighting only good things happening on our campus and in our community. However, as I write this, the chaos brought to the Capitol early this week is still reverberating around the world with images and stories both upsetting and disappointing. And yet, there is still hope on the horizon.

In response to the events in Washington, DC, President Somerson sent a letter to the campus reaffirming RISD’s institutional commitment to a community that benefits from diversity, inclusiveness, and equity, free of systemic barriers and incidents of discrimination, harassment, and violence.

“We as a community and a country must come together to make it clear that we will not tolerate violence, and will not allow the results of a free and fair election to be overturned. We must reaffirm our values, our humanity and the will of the people, particularly those who fought and still fight for their right to vote. The violence and destruction that took place yesterday goes well beyond our rights of free speech and protest, and threatens the very structures on which democracy relies,” she said.

In addition, she encouraged the RISD community to recognize that it has the collective power and influence to make change and to continue the institution’s mission that advances truth, justice, openness and the greater good.

So, with that hopeful theme, below I share a few stories highlighting the ways RISD faculty, staff, students, and alumni are creating positive change on campus, in local communities, and around the world.

Sincerely,
Bethany Costello
Director, Community Relations

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Campus Updates

RISD Wintersession begins January 11 and will run through February 12. This year, RISD Winterssion classes will be offered online only, with limited exceptions made for on-campus and in-person make-up coursework. Faculty and staff whose work does not require an on-campus presence are asked to not come to campus during Wintersession.

For the Spring 2021 semester, which begins February 22, RISD will again operate a de-densified campus. This means students, faculty and staff on campus will adhere to a multi-layered regime of health safety protocols – with core studio- and shop-based courses offered in person, while other courses will be offered via remote means or in a hybrid remote/embodied version, and those staff who are able to perform their jobs remotely will continue to work from home. Read more

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COVID Update 

As Rhode Island sees an uptick in its positive COVID-19 cases, RISD continues to monitor and respond to the challenges of this pandemic.  The institution remains committed to keeping the entire RISD community —students, faculty, staff and our neighbors alike – informed on policies, procedures and safeguards put in place.  At the close of the fall semester, RISD had administered 18,995 tests, and recorded 51 positives, of which only 13 were student cases. Read more
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RISD 2020, a Year in Review

In a letter to the RISD community at the end of the year, President Somerson sent a message to the campus community to highlight its collective progress in the previous 12 months. Below is just a sampling of what was achieved despite being faced with some of the most challenging and extreme conditions the institution has ever faced.

Pivoted 800 classes to virtual settings: RISD faculty, techs and staff adapted our curricula and pedagogy in more than 800 classes to a virtual setting, resulting in innovative ways of making and learning we never imagined possible.

Achieved second-best fundraising year on record: Completing the second-best fundraising year on record for RISD (after 2018–19), RISD received $24.7 million from alumni, parents, students, and friends of the institution.

Addressed a $50 million deficit: Thanks to the shared sacrifice of RISD employees, success in fundraising and enrollment, prudent cost-savings initiatives, and innovative new revenue sources, RISD weathered the economic fallout of the pandemic and hopes to maintain a healthy financial picture for the future.

Made significant strides in financial aid: Financial aid was increased by 23 percent for academic year 2020–21, the greatest margin ever, and RISD raised $15.8 million for student financial aid, the highest amount of aid support in the institution’s history.

Welcomed the first cohort of Society of Presidential Fellows: RISD welcomed the first five graduate students who are receiving full-tuition funding for the duration of their program. Since August 2019, RISD has raised $15 million to fund a new program that recruits and supports outstanding graduate students.

Launched phase II of the SEI Action Plan: Responding to the demands of faculty and students, RISD made new commitments to equity and inclusion, including a new cluster hire, a new Office of Discrimination and Title IX, revised search policies, transformed curricula and new courses, robust student and anti-racism programming and other significant initiatives.

Advanced social justice initiatives at the museum: The RISD Museum committed 75 percent of its annual acquisition budget to the purchase of works by underrepresented artists; launched the Americas Research Initiative (ARI)—a partnered program supporting the multiyear study of Mesoamerican, Native American and First Nations art and design; and deaccessioned the Head of a King (Oba), a Beninese bronze sculpture.

Integrated health and counseling services: RISD welcomed a new Executive Director of Health and Wellness, Bob Samuels, co-located Health Services and Counseling and Psychological Services and expanded its staffing, services and programming, resulting in significant increases in students seen, appointment availability and same-day access for both areas.

Pivoted Continuing Education classes online and achieved record enrollment: Despite canceling both Young Artist classes (ages 6–12) and Pre-College, teen enrollment was up by 86 percent and Adult Extension is up by 30 percent year-over-year for fall. The percentage of classes with 10 or more students has grown from 38 to 90 percent. Before COVID-19, the percentage of CE students was hyper-local: 90 percent of the student population lived in RI, CT or MA. That number has now flipped with only 10 percent of the student population being from this tri-state area.

Launched two new cutting-edge academic programs: RISD launched a joint Master of Arts in Design Engineering (MADE) program with Brown University, which fosters innovation at the intersection of design and engineering, as well as a new Master of Fine Arts in Illustration, a one-calendar year, 60-credit advanced studio degree program, the first of its kind at RISD.

Expanded research activity and support: RISD Research supported 75 projects that reflect school-wide, divisional, department and individual faculty efforts and directly connected with more than 60 faculty members to support their research activities.

Provided classes to 145 underserved youth: Continuing Education partnered with the Rhode Island Department of Education to offer free online art and design classes to underserved youth as part of the Summer Academy for Interactive Learning (SAIL).

Completed Nickerson Hall and the Met renovations: Nickerson Hall was renovated over the summer, marking the end of phase II of the multiyear Quad block enhancement project and making major strides in energy efficiency. The Met Refectory kitchen was updated to state-of-the-art equipment and facilities.

Launched alumni engagement initiatives: Significant strides were made in engaging with global alumni through a new alumni website, alumni travel program, alumni insurance program and alumni collection in the Fleet Library.

Increased operational efficiency: RISD completed the implementation of scheduling software and the adoption of a central learning management system and improving capital planning through the new structure.
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RISD in the News 

RISD students, faculty and staff continue to have a global impact. Here are few recent examples:

Alumni Make Forbes Under 30 List! 
Four RISD alumni were featured in the latest Forbes 30 Under 30 list: Oge Mora 16 IL, Jamall Osterholm 17 AP, Yelitsa Jean-Charles 16 IL and Brandon Kim MID 18. This was the tenth year running RISD has  had alums included on the list based on our suggestions to the editors, making the overall total 45 featured to date!

Cluster Hire 
RISD's cluster hire search for 10 new faculty focused on race and decolonization in art and design was featured in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Hyperallergic, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education and Hospitality Design.

North Hall Named Innovative Project of 2020 
North Hall made Fast Company's "Most Innovative Architecture Projects of 2020."

For First Time, TIME Magazine Alters Its Name on Shepard Fairey Cover
TIME altered its name to “VOTE” on a special election-edition cover by Shepard Fairey 92 IL, featured on Hyperallergic; 

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Remembering Roger Mandle

Roger Mandle, RISD’s 15th president, passed away late last year after a long illness.  An academic leader, educator, art historian, head of major museums, painter and former member of the National Committee for Education Standards in the Arts and the National Council on the Arts, Mandle devoted his life to arts, culture and humanities education and helped steer the art and design agenda in this country and internationally over many decades.

Mandle is survived by his wife of 56 years, Gayle Wells Mandle, an accomplished artist who earned her MFA in Painting and Printmaking at RISD in 1997; son and daughter-in-law Luke Mandle and Lorna Ross; daughter Julia Mandle; five beloved grandchildren: Sasha, Coco, Lulu, Osgar, and Boaz; and his sister and brother-in-law Julia and Stephen Kiechel.

To continue the celebration of his life, the Mandle family has created and shared this website. They welcome you to visit to read his poetry, to watch him speak, and to view and share your own tributes. Read more
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