The Record

The burden of student debt

Students who come out of college with debt, especially larger amounts of debt, are more likely to face hardship and financial difficulty during their lives, finds a new Brown School study.

Students want a voice in debate

Cassie Klosterman, a voter engagement fellow at the Gephardt Institute and a 2016 Arts & Sciences graduate, talks about her experience as a delegate at College Debate 16. The Commission on Presidential Debates sponsored the national gathering of college students.

Hallberg to speak on ‘the novel’ for Assembly Series

Garth Risk Hallberg wrote one of 2015’s best-selling novels, “City on Fire.” The Arts & Sciences alumnus will be on campus for an Assembly Series talk, “Organized Complexity: The Novel and the City,” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28, in Holmes Lounge.  

Medical students win top spots in national poetry contest

Two medical students won first and second place in a national competition sponsored by the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. The poems by Alexandra Houston-Ludlum and Michael Slade were published in the AOA’s literary journal, The Pharos.