Contents for Feb. 26-March 4, 1999

• Every year, the George Street Journal takes a look at the state of research at Brown. This year, we've focused on the research partnership between undergraduates and faculty in the lab and in the classroom.

• He was the first chancellor of Brown and four-time governor. He even signed the Declaration of Independence. But after Stephen Hopkins died in 1785 no one was too sure what the ol' guy looked like. In fact, for nearly two centuries he was mistaken in a famous painting as someone else. Now, a 20th-century artist has corrected the error and produced a new portrait of Hopkins for Brown.

• April 5 is the last day to voice concerns about a new research disclosure mandate.

• FACES of BROWN: Merrily Taylor, University librarian

• THE LAST WORD: In May 1985, King Hussein of Jordan came to Brown to attend the graduation of his son Prince Feisal. Hussein was invited to deliver a Commencement Forum, in which he talked about the guideposts of morality, legality and reality. Read some excerpts from his talk.

• The Corporation votes to invest $5 million in a new financial aid plan that will begin in the fall. At the same meeting, it approves a 4.3 percent increase in undergraduate tuition for the 1999-00 academic year, to $24,624.

• Religion could be "an abomination or a blessing depending on its quality and the fruit it bore," Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu says at the opening of "Spiritual Life in America, One Nation Under God?''

• A new federally funded research project, of which Brown is a part, could help improve government surveys on child disability. The project makes Brown part of the Family and Child Well-Being Network, nine institutions nationwide united around the goal to influence public policy through interdisciplinary research.

• Sometimes a study project is so important, researchers will devote personal time and effort to conduct the work. Such was the case for an unfunded study of abuse-related head injuries in babies and toddlers. The project was led by Carole Jenny, M.D.