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Under the Tongue: African Writers Converge at Brown
The International Writers Project at Brown University presents Under the Tongue: A Festival of Literature from Africa, on April 15 and 16, 2008. This series of readings and discussions will feature award-winning African novelists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria), Nuruddin Farah (Somalia), and Chenjerai Hove (Zimbabwe); poet Jack Mapanje (Malawi); and playwrights Pierre Mumbere Mujomba (Congo) and Charles Mulekwa (Uganda). All events are free and open to the public.
News Release   07-133    04/14/2008   Beebe
Brown Students Hold Environmental Sustainability Conference
Students at Brown University have organized a two-day conference to promote environmental sustainability. The conference brings together a wide range of environmental leaders, including Ira Magaziner, chairman of the Clinton Global Initiative; U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse; Gov. Donald Carcieri; and Adam Werbach, global CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi.
News Release   07-132    04/14/2008   Kidwell
Network News Legend Tom Brokaw to Speak, Sign Books
Author and former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw will speak on Monday, April 21, 2008. at 6 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101. The lecture, sponsored by the Office of the President, is free and open to the public. At 5 p.m., prior to the lecture, Brokaw will sign copies of his books Boom! and The Greatest Generation in Sayles Hall.
News Release   07-129    04/10/2008   Beebe
Bolivian President Evo Morales to Deliver Ogden Lecture
Bolivian President Evo Morales will deliver a Stephen A. Ogden ’60 Memorial Lecture on April 22, 2008, at 4 p.m. in Sayles Hall. Morales is the first indigenous head of state in Bolivia’s history. His talk comes as part of a University-wide focus on Latin American issues.
News Release   07-130    04/10/2008   Beebe
Brown Chemists Find Platinum Nanocube Improves Fuel Cell Operation
Brown University chemists for the first time have consistently created uniform platinum nanocubes, a breakthrough that could make hydrogen fuel cells cheaper and more efficient.
News Release   07-131    04/10/2008   Lewis
Fast Food? Brown Students Make and Race Edible Cars
Brown University engineering students have organized the campus’s first Edible Car Competition, in which teams build and race vehicles made out of food – with materials ranging from bagels to butternut squash.
News Release   07-127    04/08/2008   Lewis
Two Brown Faculty Receive 2008 Guggenheim Fellowships
Brown faculty members Deborah Cohen and Forrest Gander have received Guggenheim Fellowships for 2008. They are among 190 scholars and artists selected from more than 2,800 applicants for this honor.
News Release   07-128    04/08/2008   Beebe
Times Writer Thomas Friedman to Give Earth Day Lecture
Pulitzer-Prize-winning New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman will speak about the environment on April 22, 2008, at 6 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101.
News Release   07-125    04/07/2008   Beebe
Mellon Foundation Grant to Fund Dissertation Workshops
The Brown University Graduate School has received a $571,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue a program that supports graduate students during the writing of their dissertations.
News Release   07-126    04/07/2008   Beebe
Latin American Independence Celebrated at Brown
Writer Carlos Fuentes and former heads of state from Chile and Spain join dozens of historians, literary scholars, and writers from Europe and the Americas at Brown University April 9-12, 2008 for a conference to celebrate the bicentenary of Latin American independence.
News Release   07-123    04/03/2008   Beebe
Tommy Thompson To Discuss Uninsured at Annual Barnes Lecture
Tommy Thompson, former U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services and former Wisconsin governor, delivers the Dr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Barnes Jr. Lecture in Public Health on Tuesday, April 8, 2008. The lecture begins at 4 p.m. in Andrews Hall and is free and open to the public.
News Release   07-124    04/03/2008   Beebe
International Study Awards for Undergraduates Announced
Eight international study awards, which go to 14 Brown undergraduates, have been announced by the Office of the Dean of the College and the Office of International Affairs. This marks the first year that the Office of International Affairs has funded the program.
News Release   07-122    04/02/2008   Beebe
Edward Wing Named Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons has announced the appointment of Edward J. Wing, M.D., as dean of medicine and biological sciences at Brown University. Wing begins his new position July 1, 2008.
News Release   07-120    03/31/2008   Chapman
Brown Hosts Regional Bioengineering Conference
Brown University for the first time hosts the 34th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference on April 4-6, 2008. The gathering includes talks on the latest advances in bioengineering research and nanotechnology, such as the “printing” of human organs from ink jets and a new, injectable method for relieving lower back pain.
News Release   07-121    03/31/2008   Lewis
New Research Provides Genetic Clue to Parkinson's Disease
Researchers at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and at Rhode Island Hospital have discovered a gene that appears to be directly linked to the development of Parkinson’s disease in people with a family history of the disease. The gene is one of only a handful linked to Parkinson’s and one of just two genes known to be a common contributor to this degenerative disease, which has no known cause or cure.
News Release   07-118    03/20/2008   Lawton
Beirut Bombings, 9/11 Inspire Artist Walid Raad
Lebanese artist Walid Raad juxtaposes video and still images, truth and fiction in his solo show at Brown University’s Bell Gallery. Raad, who focuses on the history of Beirut bombings and the post-9/11 political landscape, will give a presentation at the show’s opening on April 9, 2008.
News Release   07-119    03/19/2008   Beebe
Pain Receptor in Brain May Be Linked to Learning and Memory
For the first time, a Brown University research team has linked pain receptors found throughout the nervous system to learning and memory in the brain. The findings, published in Neuron, point up new drug targets for memory loss or epileptic seizures.
News Release   07-117    03/13/2008   Lawton
Report: Stagnant NIH Budgets May Derail Promising Researchers
Brown University and six other academic research institutions today released a report that concludes that five years of flat funding for the National Institutes of Health puts a generation of science at risk. The report, released at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., also warns about the consequences of continued lack of action on the nation’s biomedical budget.
News Release   07-116    03/11/2008   Lawton
Houston Receives NEH Grant for Guatemala Dig
Brown University archaeologist Stephen Houston has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to explore the virtually untouched ruins of El Zotz, an ancient Maya kingdom in Guatemala.
News Release   07-115    03/10/2008   Beebe
Brown University and the University of Cape Town Partner To Promote Business Capacity in Africa
Brown and the University of Cape Town have entered into a five-year partnership that will improve and deliver business education to entrepreneurs in Africa, particularly to women. The partnership is part of a larger international initiative led by Goldman Sachs to increase the number of underserved women receiving a business and management education.
News Release   07-112    03/05/2008   Kidwell
U.S. High School Students Take Their Concerns to State Capitols
High school students in seven states will bring their opinions on global issues from the classroom to the statehouse, directly to elected officials and civic leaders. These statehouse visits are part of the 10th annual Capitol Forum on America’s Future, an initiative of the Choices Program at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies.
News Release   07-111    03/04/2008   Beebe
Brown Mathematicians Prove New Way To Build a Better Estimate
Brown University applied mathematicians have found a new way to sift through mountains of data and draw reliable inferences from it – a Holy Grail in science and technology. Their pioneering work, the development of a new class of statistical estimators, could lead to better methods for analyzing the large data sets that are increasingly common in fields from biology to business. Results are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   07-109    02/28/2008   Lawton
Brown to Test Emergency Warning Siren System
Brown University will test its new emergency warning siren system on Thursday Feb. 28, 2008, between noon and 1 p.m. Three transmitters located on top of University buildings will be activated, resulting in a loud warning sound and voice messages. The system is intended to alert the community in the event of a life-threatening emergency. The sirens will be tested twice a year to ensure the system remains operational and to keep community members familiar with the alarm tone.
News Release   07-107    02/25/2008   Kidwell
Corporation Endorses Phase II of Plan for Academic Enrichment
The Corporation of Brown University has endorsed a set of “Phase II” recommendations that extend the University’s strategic Plan for Academic Enrichment. The Corporation also approved the proposed budget for fiscal 2009, set tuition and fees, and formally accepted a number of significant gifts.
News Release   07-104    02/23/2008   Chapman
Brown Announces New, Expanded Financial Aid Policy
The Corporation of Brown University has approved a new financial aid policy that eliminates loans for students whose family incomes are less than $100,000, reduces loans for all students who receive financial aid and no longer requires a parental contribution from most families with incomes of up to $60,000.
News Release   07-105    02/23/2008   Chapman
Brown Approves Budget and Sets Tuition; Endowment Draw Grows
Brown’s undergraduate tuition and fees for 2008-09 will rise 3.9 percent to $47,740. The Corporation has also authorized a higher endowment payout for fiscal 2009 to sustain momentum for the University’s continuing investments in academic enrichment.
News Release   07-106    02/23/2008   Chapman
Pembroke Center Exhibition Celebrates Women's History Month
The Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women is celebrating Women’s History Month 2008 with an exhibit highlighting the historical achievements of Brown and Rhode Island women. Disturbances: An Exhibit of Select Materials from the Christine Dunlap Farnham Archives is on view at the John Hay Library from Friday, March 14, through Wednesday, April 9, 2008. It is free and open to the public.
News Release   07-095    02/19/2008   Baum
Former Iraqi Minister Ali Allawi to Speak on Modern Middle East
Ali A. Allawi, former senior minister in the post-Saddam government of Iraq and author of The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace, will deliver the inaugural Peter Green Lecture on the Modern Middle East. His talk, titled “The Iraq Crisis and the Future Middle East Order,” will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, at 5 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101. Allawi will sign copies of his book at 4 p.m. in the lobby.
News Release   07-103    02/13/2008   Baum
Best-Selling Author Michael Pollan to Speak at Brown
Writer Michael Pollan will discuss his new best seller, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, in a Feb. 21, 2008, lecture at 6 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101. The Committee on Science and Technology Studies is sponsoring Pollan’s talk, which is free and open to the public.
News Release   07-098    02/12/2008   Lawton
Poet Michael Harper Awarded Frost Medal for Lifetime Achievement
Michael S. Harper, University Professor and professor of English at Brown, will be awarded the prestigious 2008 Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America for lifetime achievement in American poetry.
News Release   07-099    02/12/2008   Baum
Brown Organizes Conference on Green Technology Opportunities
Brown University’s Forum for Enterprise is the host of a conference to showcase the latest in “green” technology at the Rhode Island Convention Center on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. The conference brings together the region’s top business leaders to address cutting edge topics in this emerging field, from environmentally friendly building to “green ventures” in business.
News Release   07-100    02/12/2008   Kidwell
Clinton Holds Slim Lead Over Obama for R.I. Presidential Primary
Researchers at Brown University have found, in a statewide survey of 739 registered Rhode Island voters conducted Feb. 9-10, 2008, that Sen. Hillary Clinton holds a slim lead over Sen. Barack Obama among likely voters in the Rhode Island Democratic primary. The survey also gauges public opinion of national and state leaders, finds opposition to raising the state’s general income or sales taxes and finds support for two-year time limits on welfare.
News Release   07-097    02/11/2008   Baum
Brown at AAAS: Science and Religion to Science and Resilience
Brown University faculty will present at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest scientific gathering in the world, on topics ranging from global health to global warming. AAAS attracts thousands of researchers, policy-makers and journalists. AAAS will be held in Boston Feb. 14-18, 2008.
News Release   07-091    02/11/2008   Lawton
Schwartz/Silver Architects to Design Robert Campus Center
The Boston-based firm Schwartz/Silver Architects has been selected to design Brown’s new Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center in Faunce House. The center will reinvigorate the building, which opened in 1904, with new areas for students to gather, study, eat, and socialize, and will include improved office and meeting spaces. The project is currently scheduled for completion in 2010.
News Release   07-094    02/07/2008   Baum
Exhibition Marks 400th Anniversary of Champlain in the New World
The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University presents the first of a series of international exhibitions celebrating the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec by Samuel de Champlain. On view in Providence through Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, Hostile Intimacy: A Century and a Half of Conflict between New France and New England will also travel to Boston and Quebec this year. It is free and open to the public.
News Release   07-092    02/07/2008   Baum
John Bolton and Richard Holbrooke to Discuss U.S. Role in the U.N.
Former U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke and John Bolton will discuss the role of the United States within the United Nations on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at 3 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101. The event is part of the Janus Forum Lecture Series, sponsored by Brown’s Political Theory Project. It is free and open to the public.
News Release   07-089    02/04/2008   Baum
Brown Joins Alliance to Increase Robotics Education and Research
Brown University has joined the Advancing Robotics Technology for Societal Impact (ARTSI) Alliance supported by the National Science Foundation, in an effort to boost the number of African-American students pursuing computer science and robotics.
News Release   07-087    01/30/2008   Lawton
Brown Mathematician David Mumford Wins Prestigious Wolf Prize
David Mumford, a pioneering Brown University mathematician, has won the 2008 Wolf Foundation Prize in Mathematics, one of the world’s top science prizes.
News Release   07-088    01/30/2008   Lawton
Brown University Commits to Carbon Reduction
Brown University has announced an aggressive plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. The initiative is part of a broader plan to lessen the environmental impact of the University’s physical plant and promote environmental awareness on campus.
News Release   07-085    01/24/2008   Kidwell
Health Insurance Co-Payments Deter Mammography Use
A new Brown University study shows that even small health insurance co-payments have a big effect on mammography rates. Rates for receiving these critical breast cancer screening exams were 8 percent lower in plans requiring co-payments compared with plans with full health insurance coverage. Researchers at Brown’s Alpert Medical School and Harvard Medical School publish their results in the New England Journal of Medicine.
News Release   07-082    01/23/2008   Lawton
Sheldon Whitehouse to Deliver Speech on Global Climate Change
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) will address the issue of global climate change in a speech to the Brown University community on Monday, Jan. 28, 2008, at noon. The speech will serve as a launch for the University’s participation in Focus the Nation, a national event organized to create a dialogue on global warming solutions.
News Release   07-083    01/22/2008   Kidwell
University Statement on Subpoena from N.Y. Attorney General
Brown University has confirmed that it is among the institutions that have been served with subpoenas by the attorney general of New York, inquiring about programs of international study.
News Release   07-084    01/22/2008   de Ramel
Angela Davis to Deliver Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture
Social activist and educator Angela Davis will deliver Brown University’s 12th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101. Her talk, titled “Recognizing Racism in the Era ofNeo-Liberalism,” is free and open to the public.
News Release   07-081    01/16/2008   Baum
Cut Folded Dyed & Glued: Abstract Sculpture at the Bell Gallery
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present Cut Folded Dyed & Glued, an exhibition of paper and Mylar sculptures by artists Imi Hwangbo and Jae Ko, from Saturday, Jan. 26, through Wednesday, March 5, 2008. An opening reception will be held on Friday, Jan. 25, at 5:30 p.m. The exhibition and opening event are free and open to the public.
News Release   07-079    01/15/2008   Baum
Brown Planetary Geologists Lend Expertise to Mercury Mission
When NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft makes its historic flyby of Mercury on Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, Brown University students, led by planetary geologist James Head, will be part of the action. At mission headquarters and at Brown, these planetary experts will help analyze images from Mercury, the smallest and densest planet in the solar system. Head leads the MESSENGER mission’s geology group, overseeing analysis of Mercury’s volcanic features and dating rocks on the planet’s cratered surface.
News Release   07-080    01/11/2008   Lawton
Voter I.D. Requirements Reduce Political Participation, Study Finds
A new report released by Brown University shows that requiring voters to present identification at the polls leads to lower levels of political participation. The research also suggests that voter I.D. policies discourage legal immigrants from becoming citizens. The authors conclude that voter I.D. requirements have a significant political impact – particularly on the Hispanic vote.
News Release   07-078    01/07/2008   Baum
Brown Named Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and Training
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University has been designated a Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and Training by the John A. Hartford Foundation. The designation is accompanied by a major new grant for Rhode Island Hospital. The Hartford Centers of Excellence program is a $38-million initiative to help medical schools train geriatrics faculty, which are in critically short supply. By training teachers, the foundation aims to better prepare medical students to care for the growing “silver tsunami” of older Americans.
News Release   07-077    12/19/2007   Lawton
Brown Researchers Create First-Ever HIV Rapid Test Video
Researchers at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University have created a first-ever educational video on rapid HIV testing. The video – available for free online – is aimed at increasing testing rates and slowing the spread of HIV/AIDS, one of the deadliest epidemics in recorded history.
News Release   07-076    12/12/2007   Lawton
Anthropologist Awarded Fulbright to Study Masculinity in Mexico
Matthew Gutmann, associate professor of anthropology, was awarded a 2007-08 Fulbright fellowship to document and analyze perceptions and opinions in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca regarding democracy, the armed forces, and masculinity. The program also brings three international scholars to Brown this year: Alfredo Edmundo Huespe of Argentina, Nam Gyun Kim of Korea, and Qing Liu of China.
News Release   07-075    12/07/2007   Baum
Treasures on Display in From A.A. to Zouave: Collections at Brown
From A.A. to Zouave: Collections at Brown, an exhibition featuring more than 150 materials from Brown University’s libraries, museums, and galleries, is on view from Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007, through Friday, May 30, 2008, in the Annmary Brown Memorial, 21 Brown St. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
News Release   07-074    12/06/2007   Baum
Early Voters Hold Most Power in Primaries, Say Brown Economists
As voters in Iowa and New Hampshire prepare to head to the polls for the 2008 presidential primary season, new research by two Brown University economists shows just how much power these early voters hold. In a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, Brian Knight and Nathan Schiff demonstrate that early voters have up to 20 times the influence of voters in later states when it comes to candidate selection.
News Release   07-073    12/05/2007   Baum
Eli Adashi to Step Down as Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences
Eli Y. Adashi, dean of medicine and biological sciences at Brown University, has announced his intention to step down at the end of the current academic year. Following a possible sabbatic leave, Adashi may return to full time teaching and research.
News Release   07-071    12/05/2007   Chapman
Museum Loan Network Finds New Home at Brown University
The Museum Loan Network, an innovative program facilitating collection sharing among museums and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration with communities, will relocate to Brown University after 12 years at MIT. At Brown, the network will be based at the John Nicholas Brown Center’s Public Humanities Program, where it will continue its work fostering partnerships among cultural organizations and launch new programs to connect museums with the next generation of museum professionals.
News Release   07-069    12/04/2007   Baum
Seed Funding Supports Brown's Internationalization Effort
Six seed fund grants totaling $85,000 have been awarded to Brown faculty to support diverse and unique international collaborations. This seed funding furthers the University’s effort to stimulate research and education on a global scale. It is the first funding of this kind at Brown.
News Release   07-072    12/04/2007   Kidwell
AIDS Activist and Former U.N. Official To Speak at Symposium
International AIDS activist Stephen Lewis will take part in a World AIDS Day symposium at Brown University on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007, from 1 to 4 p.m. in Room 117 in Starr Auditorium at MacMillan Hall. The public event is free, but space is limited.
News Release   07-070    11/29/2007   Lawton
Cooper Pairs Found in Insulators as Well as in Superconductors
Fifty years ago, three physicists unveiled the BCS (Bardeen, Cooper, Schrieffer) theory of superconductivity, which explained how currents of electrons can flow perpetually if they join in pairs. Those physicists, including Leon Cooper at Brown University, won a Nobel Prize for their work. Now Brown physicists have shown something surprising: the formation of Cooper pairs can not only help electric current to flow but it can also block that current. Their research appears in Science.
News Release   07-067    11/22/2007   Lawton
Brown To Create Most Comprehensive Long-Term Care Database
The National Institute on Aging has awarded members of Brown University’s Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research a major grant to create the first national database that will allow researchers to study the impact of state policies and market forces on the quality of long-term care. The award comes at a time of increasing demand for the services of nursing homes and other long-term care providers. By 2020, an estimated 12 million U.S. elderly will need some form of long-term care.
News Release   07-066    11/15/2007   Lawton
Optic Flow: A Step in The Right Direction
The way objects appear to stream by us as we move through the world is a phenomenon called optic flow. Think of the street signs and storefronts that sail across the car windshield as we drive. That’s optic flow in action. Brown University cognitive scientists have now shown, in research to be featured on the cover of Current Biology, that optic flow plays a critical role in continuously recalibrating our steps as we walk.
News Release   07-065    11/15/2007   Lawton
Brown University Contributes $50,000 to R.I. WWII Memorial
Brown University has announced a contribution of $50,000 to support the Rhode Island World War II Memorial. The memorial is to be dedicated Veterans Day, Sunday Nov.11, 2007.
News Release   07-064    11/10/2007   de Ramel
Two Brown Scientists Receive Top White House Awards
Two Brown professors have garnered the highest honors given by the U.S. government to scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. Odest Chadwicke (Chad) Jenkins, assistant professor of computer science, and Pradeep Guduru, assistant professor of engineering, received Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) during a ceremony at the White House.
News Release   07-063    11/09/2007   Kidwell
Brown Biologists Assemble Fly mtDNA for Landmark Genome Project
As part of a major new international genome sequencing project, Brown biologists assembled the complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of seven different species of fruit fly. Their work, published in Nature, provides scientists with an exciting new tool to understand the genetic differences within a species as well as the evolutionary relationships among different species.
News Release   07-062    11/07/2007   Lawton
First-Ever Study: Lack of Critical Lubricant Causes Wear in Joints
For the first time, researchers have linked increased friction with early wear in the joints of animals. Work led by Brown University physician and engineer Gregory Jay, M.D., shows mice that do not produce the protein lubricin begin to show wear in their joints less than two weeks after birth. This finding not only points up the protective power of lubricin but also suggests that it could be used to prevent joint wear after an injury.
News Release   07-061    11/05/2007   Lawton
Lichtenstein Sculpture "Brushstrokes" to Depart for Florida
Roy Lichtenstein’s 30-foot sculpture, Brushstrokes, will be removed from its site outside MacMillan Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. It has been on display since December 2003, on loan from the estate of the artist.
News Release   07-060    10/30/2007   Baum
Rhode Island Hospital/Brown Researchers Land Major NIH Grant
The National Center for Research Resources has awarded a five-year, $11.1-million grant to Rhode Island Hospital to establish the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence for Skeletal Health and Repair and create a multidisciplinary team of scientists with the hospital’s academic partner, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
News Release   07-058    10/29/2007   Lawton
Pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar to Perform, Lead Master Class at Brown
Renowned Palestinian-Israeli pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar will visit Brown University Nov. 9-11, 2007. In addition to presenting a piano recital and offering a workshop for Brown students, Abboud Ashkar will participate in a panel discussion focusing on the role of the humanities in bridging cultural differences on an international level.
News Release   07-059    10/29/2007   Baum
Three Brown Faculty Elected to World's Largest Scientific Society
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected three Brown University professors – Mary Carskadon, Stephen McGarvey and Carle Pieters – fellows for their significant contributions to the life and physical sciences.
News Release   07-057    10/25/2007   Lawton
Brown Ranked as Top School for Producing Fulbright Students
Brown ranks number three in the nation among colleges and universities producing the highest number of Fulbright students. Twenty-five undergraduate and graduate students were named Fulbright Fellows in 2007-2008, also giving Brown the top-ranked rate in the Ivy League.
News Release   07-056    10/24/2007   Baum
KIDS Photography Exhibition on Display at the Bell Gallery
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present KIDS, an exhibition of photographs of children by Julie Blackmon, Jill Greenberg, and Ruud van Empel, from Saturday, Nov. 3 through Friday, Dec. 21, 2007. An opening reception and gallery talk will be held on Friday, Nov. 2, at 5:30 p.m. The exhibition and opening event are free and open to the public.
News Release   07-055    10/17/2007   Baum
Infant Learning Expert To Discuss 'Secret Life of Infants'
Carolyn Rovee-Collier, founder of infant long-term memory research, will deliver the 2007 Lipsitt-Duchin Lecture in Child Behavior and Development on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   07-051    10/15/2007   Lawton
Brown Corporation Meets, Approves New Projects
The Corporation of Brown University has appointed David Kennedy as the University’s first vice president for international affairs. Brown’s governing body also reviewed University leadership reports, faculty hiring, international education, and the state of undergraduate education. The Corporation formally accepted gifts, approved professorships, and received the first allocation to The Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence.
News Release   07-052    10/13/2007   de Ramel
David Kennedy Named Vice President for International Affairs
At its regular October meeting, the Corporation of Brown University approved the appointment of David Kennedy, a 1976 graduate of Brown and currently the Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, as vice president for international affairs. Kennedy will lead the University’s ongoing efforts to expand and enhance its international programs and institutional relationships. He will begin his duties at Brown in January 2008.
News Release   07-053    10/13/2007   de Ramel
Diller Scofidio + Renfro to Design New Creative Arts Center
The Corporation of Brown University selected the internationally renowned architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design the new Creative Arts Center. The proposed 35,000 square foot building, housing a recital hall, multimedia lab, and recording studio, is slated for completion in 2010.
News Release   07-054    10/13/2007   Baum
Providence Residents Favor Living Wage, Higher Minimum Wage
A new survey conducted by the Taubman Center for Public Policy finds that Providence residents favor a “living wage” and an increase in the minimum wage. The survey was undertaken in conjunction with the eighth annual Thomas J. Anton/Frederick Lippitt Urban Affairs Conference on “The Living Wage,” scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, at Brown.
News Release   07-050    10/12/2007   Baum
Professor-at-Large Richard Holbrooke to Discuss 'The World Crisis'
Brown University Professor-at-Large Richard C. Holbrooke ’62 will deliver a lecture titled “The World Crisis” on Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, at 4:30 p.m. in Salomon Center for Teaching. He will sign copies of his new book, To End a War, beginning at 3:45 p.m. in the lobby. The event is part of The Directors Lectures Series on Contemporary International Affairs sponsored by the Watson Institute for International Studies.
News Release   07-049    10/11/2007   Baum
Brown Commits Additional Resources to Help Environment
The Sidney E. Frank Foundation has made a gift of $200,000 to support environmental initiatives underway at Brown University. The gift, combined with an allocation of $150,000 from the Office of the President, will be used for a proactive community outreach and awareness program that was recommended by the Energy and Environmental Advisory Committee (EEAC).
News Release   07-048    10/09/2007   de Ramel
Four Brown Faculty Inducted as AAAS Fellows
Engineers Alan Needleman and Arto Nurmikko, physicist J. Michael Kosterlitz, and ecologist Jerry M. Melillo have been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a distinction of excellence in science, scholarship, business, public affairs and the arts. Needleman, Nurmikko and Kosterlitz are professors at Brown; Melillo is a researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory who holds a joint appointment at Brown through the Brown-MBL Graduate Program in Biological and Environmental Sciences.
News Release   07-047    10/06/2007   de Ramel
Brown University and Women & Infants Announce National Study
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has awarded Brown University a $14.1 million contract to join the National Children’s Study, a landmark research project aimed at improving children’s health. Brown will partner with Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and others to enroll 1,000 Providence County children in the study and follow them from before birth until age 21 to examine the effects of environmental influences on their health and well-being.
News Release   07-046    10/04/2007   Lawton
Brown Researchers Make Major Signal Transduction Discovery
How cells sense and respond to chemical messages – a process known as signal transduction – is a fundamental force in biology, controlling key processes such as cell growth and immune response. Now researchers from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital report a significant discovery in the field of signal transduction that could provide a new target for drugs that fight cancer, HIV and diseases. Results are published in Cell.
News Release   07-045    10/04/2007   Lawton
Presidents Cardoso and Lagos Headline 'Year of Focus on Latin America'
Brown University Professors-at-Large Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil, and Ricardo Lagos, former president of Chile, will deliver the inaugural Lecture on Globalization and Inequality, sponsored by the Watson Institute for International Studies, on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007. The event is a focal point in a year of University lectures, exhibitions, events, and film series with a focus on Latin American issues.
News Release   07-042    09/28/2007   Baum
Brown Bat Flight Team Wins NSF/Science Visualization Award
A multidisciplinary team of Brown faculty and students has won a first-place award in the International Science and Technology Visualization Challenge sponsored by the National Science Foundation and Science, the journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Their winning entry, on the balletic flight of bats, appears in Science.
News Release   07-044    09/27/2007   Lawton
Brown, Princeton to Enhance Partnership with Dillard University
At the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York City, Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons announced that Brown and Princeton University would extend and enhance their post-Katrina partnership with Dillard University in New Orleans.
News Release   07-043    09/27/2007   Nickel
23 Faculty Appointed to Endowed and Named Professorships
Brown University has appointed 23 current faculty members to endowed and named professorships, including three new Royce Professors in Teaching Excellence. The appointments are part the University’s ongoing commitment to recruit and retain the highest-caliber faculty for Brown, a key goal under the Plan for Academic Enrichment.
News Release   07-041    09/25/2007   Baum
The Garibaldi Panorama: Brown to Digitize 19th-Century Relic
Brown University Library and the Department of Italian Studies are collaborating to bring one of the finest surviving examples of panoramic art, the Garibaldi Panorama, back to the public eye. Measuring 273 feet long, the double-sided watercolor is one of the longest paintings in the world and all of it will soon be available online to scholars and students.
News Release   07-038    09/24/2007   Baum
Study: Children of Immigrants Form Ethnic Identity at Early Age
Brown University researchers have published the one of the first longitudinal studies demonstrating that children of first-generation immigrants develop their ethnic identity at an earlier age than previous research has shown. Additionally, a child’s positive sense of ethnic identity is associated with the desire to socialize with children of various racial and ethnic backgrounds. The research is published in The International Journal of Behavioral Development.
News Release   07-039    09/24/2007   Baum
Extraterrestrial Impact Likely Source of Sudden Ice Age Extinctions
What killed the wooly mammoths? An international team of scientists, including Peter Schultz of Brown University, suggests that a comet or meteorite exploded over the planet roughly 12,900 years ago, causing the abrupt climate changes that led to the extinction of the wooly mammoth and other giant prehistoric beasts. Their theory is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   07-040    09/24/2007   Lawton
McCaffrey to Address 'After Iraq: How the World has Changed'
Retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey will deliver the 77th Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. His lecture, titled “After Iraq: How the World has Changed,” begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. It is free and open to the public.
News Release   07-036    09/20/2007   Baum
Key to Longer Life (in Flies) Lies in Just 14 Brain Cells
Fruit flies live significantly longer when the activity of the protein p53 is reduced in just 14 insulin-producing cells in their brains, new Brown University research shows. The results put scientists one step closer to understanding caloric restriction, a biochemical process proven to slow aging. Results appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   07-037    09/20/2007   Lawton
Brown Scientists Take the Petri Dish to New Dimensions
Brown University biomedical engineers have created a new method for growing cells in three dimensions rather than the traditional two. This 3-D Petri dish allows cells to self-assemble, creating cell clusters that can be transplanted in the body or used to test drugs in the lab. This simple new technique is part of a growing body of research that shows that 3-D culture techniques can create cells that behave more like cells in the body.
News Release   07-035    09/19/2007   Lawton
Bone-Growing Nanomaterial Shows Promise for Orthopaedic Implants
Bone-forming cells grow faster and produce more calcium on anodized titanium covered in carbon nanotubes compared with plain anodized titanium and the non-anodized version currently used in orthopaedic implants, new Brown University research shows. The work, published in Nanotechnology, uncovers a new material that can be used to make more successful implants. The research also shows tantalizing promise for an all-new device: a “smart” implant that can sense and report on bone growth.
News Release   07-033    09/17/2007   Lawton
Brown and RISD Presidents To Formalize Dual Degree Program
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) President Roger Mandle will sign a memorandum of understanding, formalizing the Brown-RISD dual degree program. The ceremony, including remarks from each president, begins at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, in the University Club, 219 Benefit St. in Providence.
News Release   07-034    09/14/2007   Baum
Blacks Likelier Than Whites To Live in Poor-Quality Nursing Homes
New research led by Vincent Mor at Brown University shows that blacks are more likely than whites to live in poor-quality nursing homes in cities across the United States. The research, published in the September/October issue of Health Affairs, is the first to document the relationship between racial segregation and quality disparities in U.S. nursing homes.
News Release   07-030    09/11/2007   Lawton
R.I. Survey: Clinton Leads Obama in Democratic Presidential Field
A statewide survey of 571 registered Rhode Island voters conducted Sept. 8-9, 2007, shows Sen. Hillary Clinton with a significant lead over Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. The survey also finds a drop in the approval rating of Gov. Don Carcieri and a decline – to 31 percent from 50 percent in January – in the number of voters who believe the state is headed in the right direction.
News Release   07-031    09/10/2007   Baum
Brown Launches First-of-its-Kind Program in Barcelona
The Consortium for Advanced Studies in Barcelona, a collaborative initiative involving Brown, University of Chicago, Northwestern, Cornell, Harvard and Princeton, begins its inaugural year September 2007. As the first fully integrated higher education program in Barcelona, students will enroll directly in regular university classes at three distinguished Spanish universities.
News Release   07-029    09/06/2007   Baum
Recent Works by Walter Feldman on Display at Rockefeller Library
Celebrating the accomplishments of artist, scholar, and teacher Walter Feldman, Brown University’s John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library will host a special exhibition of Feldman’s work, including paintings, collages, sculptures and books. Recent Works by Walter Feldman runs from Saturday, Sept. 8, through Friday, Oct. 5, 2007. It is free and open to the public.
News Release   07-028    09/05/2007   Baum
Arnold Weinstein to Address Incoming Students on September 5
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons will officially open the 2007-08 academic year at Opening Convocation, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007. Arnold Weinstein, distinguished author and professor of comparative literature, will deliver this year’s keynote address to the 2,105 students beginning undergraduate, graduate, and medical studies at Brown. The ceremony begins at noon on The College Green.
News Release   07-027    09/04/2007   Baum
Black Legislators More Active Than White Counterparts, Study Finds
Analyzing racial differences among legislators participating in select House committees in the 107th Congress (2001-2002), Brown University political scientist Katrina Gamble found that black representatives participate at a higher rate than their white counterparts on both black interest and nonracial bills. The findings are published in the current issue of Legislative Studies Quarterly.
News Release   07-025    08/30/2007   Baum
Brown Study Finds Link Between Depression and Household Mold
A groundbreaking public health study, led by Brown University epidemiologist Edmond Shenassa, has found a connection between damp, moldy homes and depression. Results are published in the American Journal of Public Health.
News Release   07-023    08/29/2007   Lawton
Mammoth 3-D Martian Images Featured in Innovative Exhibit
Giant images of Mars – viewed through 3-D glasses – take center stage in a new exhibit at the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium. The exhibition runs from Sept. 12 to Oct. 28, 2007, and is sponsored by the Brown/NASA Planetary Data Center and the NASA Rhode Island Space Grant Consortium, both based at Brown University. The exhibit will be the only U.S. museum showing of these riveting Red Planet images. Grab your glasses!
News Release   07-022    08/28/2007   Lawton
Brown Faculty and Grad Student Honored with ACLS Fellowships
Four members of the Brown University faculty and one graduate student have been awarded fellowships by the American Council of Learned Societies, a nonprofit organization advancing studies in the humanities and social sciences. Their projects range from an analysis of the cinematic close-up to an examination of the spatial transformation of post-apartheid South Africa.
News Release   07-024    08/28/2007   Baum
Brown Scientist John P. Donoghue Wins Major Neuroscience Award
John P. Donoghue, director of the Brain Science Program at Brown University, will receive the 2007 K.J. Zülch Prize for pioneering BrainGate, the mind-to-movement device that allows people with paralysis to control assistive devices using thoughts alone. The Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation – a science foundation administered by the Max Planck Society – bestows the Zülch Prize, Germany’s highest honor for basic neurological research.
News Release   07-021    08/20/2007   Lawton
With a Brown I.D., Ride RIPTA for Free
Soon, current faculty, students and staff at Brown will be able to swipe their University-issued identity cards and ride RIPTA for free, anytime, anywhere in the state. The new U-PASS program goes into effect Sept. 1, 2007. Brown University hopes to benefit employees and the community by reducing energy consumption, traffic and parking congestion on College Hill and statewide.
News Release   07-020    08/20/2007   de Ramel
President Simmons' remarks at reading of the Washington Letter
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons delivered the keynote address at the 60th Annual Reading of the George Washington Letter at the nation’s oldest synagogue, Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., on Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, at 1 p.m. The full text of the President’s address follows here.
News Release   07-018t    08/19/2007   de Ramel
Department of Public Safety Seeks National Reaccreditation
A team of assessors from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. (CALEA) will arrive on campus Aug. 18, 2007, to examine all aspects of the Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) policies, procedures, management, operations and support services. Brown’s DPS is the only accredited Rhode Island campus police department and was the first Ivy League police service to receive this honor. A public hearing is scheduled for Aug. 20.
News Release   07-019    08/16/2007   de Ramel
Brown CS Professor Named One of World's Top Innovators
Anna Lysyanskaya assistant professor of computer science at Brown University, has been named to Technology Review’s Prestigious TR35 List of Young Innovators. The TR35 for 2007 will be honored at Technology Review’s Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT.
News Release   07-017    08/15/2007   de Ramel
Brown President Ruth J. Simmons to Speak at Touro Synagogue
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons will deliver the keynote address at the 60th Annual Reading of the George Washington Letter at the nation’s oldest synagogue, Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, at 1 p.m.
News Release   07-018    08/15/2007   de Ramel
Yumi Kori Creates Architectural Installation "Jukai" for Bell Gallery
The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University presents Jukai, a site-specific architectural environment by Japanese artist Yumi Kori, from Saturday, Sept. 8, through Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007. Concurrently, Selections from the Permanent Collection will be on view in the List Art Center Lobby. The exhibitions and an opening reception on Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, are free and open to the public.
News Release   07-016    08/10/2007   Baum
Next-Generation Neurotechnology Possible With NIH Grant
Brown University, with research partners at Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems Inc. and the Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center, will develop new brain implants that record or stimulate neural activity – and help improve the lives of people with paralysis, epilepsy and other central nervous system injuries and disorders. The work is made possible with a $6.5-million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
News Release   07-015    08/02/2007   Lawton
Researchers Learn Why Immune System Watch Dogs Start to Howl
A class of proteins known as toll-like receptors are the guard dogs of the immune system, sniffing out bacteria or viruses then rousing the rest of the immune system for attack. Because of their ability to activate the body’s defenses, toll-like receptors are a darling of drug developers. New research led by Brown University immunologist Wen-Ming Chu, M.D., identifies what protein alerts toll-like receptor 9, one of the most powerful guard dogs in the pack.
News Release   07-014    08/02/2007   Lawton
Delaware and Michigan Are Best States for American e-Government
Brown University’s eighth annual analysis of U.S. e-government finds Delaware and Michigan leading all states in effective governmental use of Web-based technology. ‘USA.gov’ and the Department of Agriculture lead federal offices.
News Release   07-010    07/24/2007   Baum
South Korea Continues to Lead World in Global e-Government
Brown University’s seventh annual analysis of international e-government finds that many nations are improving services and providing information for users. The United States ranks fourth, behind South Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan.
News Release   07-011    07/24/2007   Baum
On the Move: Historic House Relocates to Make Way for The Walk
Brown University’s Peter Green House, currently located at 142 Angell St., will be moved in one piece beginning Tuesday, July 31, and land in its new home, 79 Brown St., by Friday, Aug. 3, 2007. The relocation marks the University’s first step in implementing “The Walk” project, a series of linked green spaces and walkways that will provide a connection between the University’s historic main campus and the Pembroke Campus.
News Release   07-012    07/24/2007   Baum
Brown and RISD Announce Dual Degree Program
Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) announce the establishment of a dual-degree program, a five-year program that offers students the opportunity to be awarded a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) from Brown and a Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree from RISD. The program will enable students to explore the integration of a wide range of disciplines by combining the rigorous degree requirements of both institutions.
News Release   07-013    07/24/2007   Baum
Donors and Dollars Set New Fund-Raising Records in FY 2007
Brown University announced a series of fund-raising results that set new records in numerous categories. Contributions to the Brown Annual Fund, Brown University Sports Foundation, and Brown Medical School Annual Fund, all reached historic highs. The Campaign for Academic Enrichment exceeded the $1-billion mark as it climbs within reach of the $1.4-billion goal, the largest in Brown’s history.
News Release   07-009    07/23/2007   Baum
Exhibition Commemorates 400th Anniversary of Jamestown, Va.
The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University commemorates the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement in North America – Jamestown, Va. – with the new exhibition Jamestown Matters. It will be on display through September 2007 and is free and open to the public.
News Release   07-008    07/18/2007   Baum
Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma On The Rise, VA/Brown Research Shows
A rare skin cancer is becoming increasingly common in the United States, according to new research from the Providence VA Medical Center and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. The overall incidence of the cancer, known as cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, is higher among blacks and increases substantially with age. It was also more common among men than women. Results appear in Archives of Dermatology.
News Release   07-006    07/16/2007   Lawton
Plasmonics: On a Wire or in a Fiber, a Wave is a Wave
Around the world, students learn about the wave nature of light through the interference patterns of “Young’s double-slit experiment,” first performed more than 200 years ago and still considered among the most beautiful physics experiments. Using an analogous experiment, researchers at Brown and Stanford have shown that a simple analytical model can describe the wave nature of surface plasmon polaritons. Their work suggests that plasmonic devices cannot easily circumvent the limitations of electromagnetic waves.
News Release   07-005    07/13/2007   Downs
Brown and Paris VI Launch Collaborative Degree Programs in Math
Following on a long history of informal collaboration and exchange, the math departments at Brown University and the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI) are launching a formal academic affiliation. The new collaborative program will immerse graduate students in a different scientific culture as they travel from their home institution to complete three semesters of their graduate work at the host institution. Both institutions will be recognized on students’ diplomas.
News Release   07-004    07/12/2007   Downs
Iraq War Veteran To Present New Powered Ankle-Foot Prosthesis
The first prosthetic to provide propulsion for walking will be demonstrated by an Iraq War veteran and amputee at a media event to be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday, July, 23, 2007, at the Providence VA Medical Center. The prototype ankle-foot was created under a collaborative research initiative that includes the Providence VA Medical Center, Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
News Release   07-003    07/10/2007   Lawton
What's In Your Microcapsule? Tattoo Ink -- and More
Brown University and Freedom-2, a New York City company developing inks to make safe, durable but removable tattoos, have reached a licensing agreement that gives Freedom-2 the rights to use the microencapsulation process perfected in the laboratory of Edith Mathiowitz for the purposes of making tattoo ink. But Mathiowitz’s technique for coating particles in polymers has plenty of uses outside the tattoo parlor.
News Release   07-002    07/09/2007   Lawton
Brown Creates Commission to Commemorate History of R.I. Slavery
A 10-member Commission to Commemorate the History of Slavery in Rhode Island established by Brown University in cooperation with the City of Providence and State of Rhode Island, is charged with developing ideas for how best to acknowledge the University and community’s historical relationship to slavery and the transatlantic slave trade.
News Release   07-001    07/01/2007   Baum
Summer Institute to Study Accountability, Reform in Urban Schools
Teams of teachers and administrators from the Chicago, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Providence school systems will gather at Brown University this summer to learn how to effectively use classroom data and test scores to guide instructional policy and student achievement. Brown’s Urban Education Policy Program will host the weeklong inaugural Institute on Data-Driven Decision Making in Urban School Systems.
News Release   06-183    06/29/2007   Baum
One in 10 Hospice Patients Referred "Too Late," Study Shows
A new study led by Brown University researchers shows that one out of every 10 families said their dying loved ones were referred “too late” for hospice services, resulting in unmet needs such as unrelieved pain. Results appear in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
News Release   06-182    06/28/2007   Lawton
Brown Artist Creates Vietnam-Era Protest Speech Re-enactments
Exploring the parallels between the war in Iraq and the Vietnam War, artist Mark Tribe will stage re-enactments of Vietnam-era protest speeches in Boston and Washington, D.C. in July. The events are part of Tribe’s Port Huron Project, a series of re-enactments of protest speeches from the New Left movements of the 1960s and ’70s.
News Release   06-181    06/27/2007   Baum
Brown University Library Acquires Collection of David E. Pingree
The Brown University Library has acquired the library of the late David E. Pingree, an internationally renowned scholar of the history of mathematics. The collection, consisting of more than 22,000 materials, is a remarkable resource for the study of mathematics in the ancient world, in particular India, and the relationship of Eastern mathematics to the development of mathematics and related disciplines in the West.
News Release   06-180    06/26/2007   Baum
New Nano-Method May Help Compress Computer Memory
A team of chemists at Brown University has devised a simple way to control both the size and the composition of iron-platinum nanorods and nanowires. Nanorods with uniform shape and magnetic alignment are one key to the next generation of high-density information storage.
News Release   06-179    06/22/2007   Downs
Shifting Weather Patterns Drove Miocene Grassland Expansion
An 11-million year sediment record from the Arabian Sea provides evidence that changing weather patterns – rather than declining carbon dioxide levels – drove grassland expansion in the tropics and subtropics over the last 10 million years. Brown University geologists based their findings on variations in carbon and hydrogen isotope ratios from specific leaf wax compounds.
News Release   06-178    06/13/2007   Downs
Study Shows Pre-Op Hematocrit Affects Post-Op Outcomes
Elderly men with even slightly abnormal red blood cell counts have a higher risk of dying or having a serious cardiac event after major surgery, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Results are published in JAMA.
News Release   06-177    06/12/2007   Lawton
Highway System Drives City Population Declines, Says Brown Economist
Examining the phenomenon of suburbanization in America, Brown University economist Nathaniel Baum-Snow shows the extent to which the construction of new highways contributed to population declines in cities. He estimates that each new highway passing through a city reduces its population by about 18 percent, making the national road network a major impetus for suburbanization and sprawl of U.S. cities. His findings are published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics.
News Release   06-176    06/11/2007   Baum
Researchers Catch Motion of a Single Electron on Video
Using pulses of high-intensity sound, two Brown University physicists have succeeded in making a movie showing the motion of a single electron. Humphrey Maris, a physics professor at Brown University, and Wei Guo, a Brown doctoral student, were able to film the electron as it moved through a container of superfluid helium.
News Release   06-174    06/05/2007   Downs
Study: Directly Observed HIV Therapy For Children Is Promising
The first study in the developing world of directly observed antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children shows this form of treatment is an inexpensive, effective way to ensure that children take life-saving medications. Researchers at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, together with Maryknoll, the international Catholic charity, conducted the study. Results are published in the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
News Release   06-175    05/31/2007   Lawton
Chancellor Stephen Robert Receives Faculty's Highest Honor
During Brown University’s Commencement exercises Sunday, May 27, 2007, outgoing Chancellor Stephen Robert, a member of the Brown Class of 1962, received the Brown faculty’s highest honor, the Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal.
News Release   06-173    05/27/2007   Baum
Graduate School Has Grant to Improve Doctoral Completion Rates
Brown University’s Graduate School is among 22 universities selected to participate in the Ph.D. Completion Project, a national initiative to increase completion rates in doctoral programs. The program is administered by the Council of Graduate Schools, with support from Pfizer Inc. and the Ford Foundation.
News Release   06-168    05/25/2007   Baum
Brown To Confer 2,194 Degrees Sunday, May 27, 2007
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons, presiding at the University’s 239th Commencement exercises Sunday, May 27, 2007, will confer 2,194 degrees, from bachelor’s to honorary doctorates.
News Release   06-172    05/25/2007   de Ramel
Celebrating Success: Fundraising, Facilities, Faculty
The Corporation of Brown University celebrates a milestone for Boldly Brown: The Campaign for Academic Enrichment; elects new trustees; votes to initiate planning and design for a new swimming and diving facility; establishes new research centers in science and international economics; establishes new professorships; improves the faculty sabbatical policy; and accepts more than $18 million in gifts, among other actions.
News Release   06-171    05/25/2007   de Ramel
StoryCorps National Oral History Project to Record Rhode Islanders
StoryCorps, a national oral history and storytelling project, will stop in Providence June 7–30, 2007, to record the voices and stories of Rhode Islanders. Their traveling studio – the StoryBooth – will be located in the park at Kennedy Plaza in downtown Providence. The public is invited to make reservations.
News Release   06-170    05/24/2007   Baum
Emily Underwood and Justin Fabrikant To Deliver Senior Orations
Emily Underwood of Coloma, Calif., and Justin Fabrikant of Santa Cruz, Calif., will deliver senior orations to their classmates on Sunday, May 27, 2007, at 12:50 p.m. on The College Green. Underwood’s address is titled “Holding Ground” and Fabrikant’s is titled “The Evolution of the Brown Student.”
News Release   06-169    05/23/2007   de Ramel
The Promise and Policy Implications of Personalized Medicine
Personalized medicine, which uses individual genetic information to prevent, diagnose or treat disease, will be the topic of a June 4, 2007, conference sponsored by the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI), and Lifespan. The conference will feature a keynote address by genomics pioneer Francis S. Collins.
News Release   06-164    05/21/2007   Lawton
Former Chilean President Lagos Appointed Professor-at-Large
Ricardo Lagos Escobar, former President of Chile, has been appointed as professor-at-large at Brown University. His new position begins July 1, 2007.
News Release   06-162    05/18/2007   Baum
Brown Graduate School to Confer Degrees and Awards on May 27
Brown University’s Graduate School Commencement Ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 27, 2007, on Lincoln Field. Timothy Messitt, a doctoral candidate in molecular biology, cell biology, and biochemistry, will deliver the student address, titled “Forging Frontiers.”
News Release   06-163    05/18/2007   Baum
Bell Gallery Presents "Natured Anew: reflections of the natural world"
The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University will present Natured Anew: reflections of the natural world from Saturday, June 9, though Sunday, July 8, 2007, featuring five artists who produce works that are inspired by or comment on nature. The exhibition and an opening reception on Friday, June 8, are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-161    05/17/2007   Baum
Brown Library Launches Digital Archive of Military Collection
Thousands of prints, watercolors, and drawings from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection are now available online from the Brown University Library. The newly launched digital archive is part of an ambitious, multiyear endeavor that will digitize 15,000 individual works in the collection. The Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection is the foremost American collection devoted to the history and iconography of soldiers and soldiering, and one of the world’s largest devoted to the study of military and naval uniforms.
News Release   06-160    05/16/2007   Baum
Medical School Pioneer Stanley Aronson To Address M.D. Graduates
Stanley M. Aronson, M.D., founding dean of Brown’s medical school, will address the 33rd graduating class of The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University on Sunday, May 27, 2007, in the First Unitarian Church. Surena Namdari, a candidate for the M.D. degree, will deliver the student address. Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences Eli Y. Adashi, M.D., will preside.
News Release   06-159    05/16/2007   Lawton
Growing Nerve Cells in 3-D Dramatically Affects Gene Expression
Nerve cells grown in three-dimensional environments deploy hundreds of different genes compared with cells grown in standard two-dimensional petri dishes, according to a new Brown University study. The research, spearheaded by bioengineer Diane Hoffman-Kim, adds to a growing body of evidence that lab culture techniques dramatically affect the way these cells behave.
News Release   06-156    05/15/2007   Lawton
Student-Designed MP3 Visualizer Wins Grant and Green Light

Three Brown University students are winners of a grant of up to $30,000 from mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, and Cisco Systems for their creation of a new MP3 visualizer. As one of five student groups across the country named to mtvU’s “Digital Incubator” development team, they will be offered a national platform to pioneer the next generation of digital applications and content.

News Release   06-158    05/15/2007   Baum
Commencement Forums: A "Featured Events" Special Edition
Commencement Forums are academic colloquia by faculty, alumni, students and distinguished guests. All forums will be held on Saturday, May 26, 2007, and are free and open to the public. Seating is limited. For more information, see brown.edu/web/commencement/2007/info/forums.
News Release   06-157    05/14/2007   Baum
Simple Equations Track Listeria Trails
A simple and robust mathematical description of the movement of Listeria monocytogenes yields insights into the mechanisms that drive this pathogenic bacterium. Vivek Shenoy, associate professor of engineering at Brown University, and Julie Theriot, associate professor at Stanford University, published the equations in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   06-155    05/11/2007   Downs
Howard Foundation Names Twelve 2007-08 Fellows
The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation, administered by Brown University, has announced 12 fellowships for the 2007-08 academic year. The recipients, representing the fields of visual arts, media studies, and the history of art and architecture, will each receive grants of $25,000.
News Release   06-154    05/09/2007   Baum
Overview of Brown University's 239th Commencement, May 27
Chief Marshal Richard Canfield Barker, a 1957 alumnus, will lead more than 6,000 people down College Hill on Sunday, May 27, 2007, in one of the nation’s largest and most colorful academic pageants. The procession and academic exercises will cap a three-day Commencement/Reunion Weekend on the Brown campus. Brown University’s 239th Commencement will follow a relatively new plan for the second time in its history. Due in part to the large sizes of recent classes, graduates will assemble on the grounds of the First Baptist Church in America, rather than inside.
News Release   06-153    05/08/2007   de Ramel
Brown, Texas Instruments Bring Graphing Calculators to Hope High
A new educational partnership between Hope High School, Brown University, and Texas Instruments is bringing a fresh perspective to the study of lines, shapes, formulas, and trajectories that makes up high school algebra. The collaboration, which will provide access to graphing calculators for every ninth-grade algebra student at Hope High School, aims to improve student engagement and achievement in math.
News Release   06-152    05/08/2007   Downs
David Gottlieb Elected to National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences has elected David Gottlieb, professor of applied mathematics at Brown University, to become a member of the society of distinguished scholars. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist or engineer. Gottlieb’s research focus is numerical analysis and methods of finding more accurate solutions for partial differential equations, with applications in aerodynamics and meteorology.
News Release   06-151    05/04/2007   Downs
Four Brown Faculty Elected to Fellowship in AAAS
Engineers Alan Needleman and Arto Nurmikko, physicist J. Michael Kosterlitz, and ecologist Jerry M. Melillo have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a distinction of excellence in science, scholarship, business, public affairs and the arts. Needleman, Nurmikko and Kosterlitz are professors at Brown; Melillo is a researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory who holds a joint appointment at Brown through the Brown-MBL Graduate Program in Biological and Environmental Sciences.
News Release   06-150    05/02/2007   Downs
Liquid CO2 Drives Rapid Thrust of Diamond-Bearing Structures
In the May 3 issue of Nature, James Head, a Brown University professor of geology and Lionel Wilson, a professor of volcanology at the University of Lancaster, propose an integrated and dramatic mechanism for the formation of kimberlites, the enigmatic structures bearing most of the world’s diamonds. Their theory explains many puzzling features of the formations and also suggests that the location of kimberlites is not related to near-surface geology.
News Release   06-148    05/02/2007   Downs
Bracero History Project Receives Grant To Establish Online Archive
The Bracero History Project, led in part by Brown University’s Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, has received a $350,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The funds will support the development of a collaborative, bilingual, online archive documenting the Bracero Program, which brought millions of Mexican guest workers to the United States between 1942 and 1964. The Bracero History Archive will be the largest, most comprehensive clearinghouse of its kind.
News Release   06-149    05/01/2007   Baum
Smith Swim Center Update: Reopening the Facility Is Not Feasible
University officials and consultants have determined that the Smith Swim Center, closed since mid-February, will not be reopened due to serious and irreversible deterioration in the strength of the heavy timbers that support the roof structure. Russell C. Carey, interim vice president for campus life and student services, and Michael Goldberger, director of athletics, sent the following message to individuals and groups that have used the facility.
News Release   06-147    04/27/2007   Baum
Morphine Makes Lasting -- and Surprising -- Change in the Brain
Morphine stops the synapse-strengthening process in the brain known as long-term potentiation at inhibitory synapses, according to new research conducted by Brown University brain scientist Julie Kauer. In Nature, Kauer explains this startlingly persistent effect, which could contribute to addiction and may provide a target for treatments of opioid addiction. The research also supports a provocative theory of addiction as a disease of learning and memory.
News Release   06-144    04/25/2007   Lawton
Brown University to Confer Nine Honorary Degrees May 27
Brown will confer nine honorary degrees at Commencement: Stanley Aronson, M.D., founding dean of Brown’s medical school; sportscaster Chris Berman ’77; actress Kate Burton ’79; blues legend B.B. King; Nobel laureate Craig Mello ’82; human rights activist Samantha Power; and three university presidents who are leading their schools through Hurricane Katrina recovery: Scott Cowen of Tulane, Norman Francis of Xavier, and Marvalene Hughes of Dillard.
News Release   06-142    04/25/2007   Baum
Brown To Hold Symposium, Host Exhibition on HIV and Women
In photographs, speeches and scientific talks, the global impact of the AIDS pandemic on women will be explored in a weekend of events held at Brown University May 4-6, 2007. Speakers, including Pauline Muchina, senior women and AIDS advocacy officer with UNAIDS, will discuss prevention barriers and strategies. Events are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-146    04/25/2007   Lawton
Craig C. Mello '82 Will Deliver Baccalaureate Address on May 26
Nobel Prize-winning biochemical researcher Craig Mello will deliver the baccalaureate address to Brown University’s graduating seniors on Saturday, May 26, 2007, at 3 p.m. in the First Baptist Church in America. Mello, a 1982 Brown graduate, shared the 2006 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of RNA interference, a powerful mechanism for controlling the expression of genetic information.
News Release   06-145    04/24/2007   Downs
Modernist Journals Project Has Grant to Digitize Rare Magazines
The Modernist Journals Project, a joint effort by Brown University and the University of Tulsa, has been awarded a $332,823 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand its digital archive of rare periodicals.
News Release   06-143    04/19/2007   Baum
An Announcement for Earth Day, 2007
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons announced today that the University will consider and, to the extent possible following campus and Corporation discussion, will enact provisions of a report by the Energy and Environmental Advisory Committee. Among the committee’s recommendations is a 30-percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels at the University’s central heat plant by fiscal year 2008. The full text of the President’s announcement follows here.
News Release   06-140    04/18/2007   de Ramel
A Message About Community Safety and Security
Senior administrators at Brown University distributed a campuswide e-mail today, describing the University’s policies and preparedness for emergency situations. The text of that message follows here.
News Release   06-141    04/18/2007   de Ramel
Biologists Prove Critical Step in Membrane Fusion
Brown University biologists have, for the first time, observed a critical step in membrane fusion, the process that allows for fertilization, viral infection and nerve cell communication. The research, reported in Developmental Cell, sheds new light on this essential biological process.
News Release   06-138    04/17/2007   Lawton
Brown Playwrights Premiere Work at New Plays Festival Part Two
New productions by two M.F.A. candidate playwrights will be featured in part two of the 25th annual New Plays Festival, presented by the Brown University Literary Arts Program and the Brown/Trinity Repertory Consortium. The festival runs from Thursday, April 19, through Sunday, April 22, 2007, at the Pell Chafee Performance Center. All performances are free and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
News Release   06-139    04/17/2007   Baum
Brown's Athletic Program Receives Certification from NCAA
The National College Athletic Association (NCAA) announced today that Brown University has successfully completed the certification process required of all Division I institutions.
News Release   06-136    04/12/2007   Downs
Journalist David Maraniss to Discuss "The Mythology of Sport"
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author David Maraniss will deliver the seventh annual Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture at Brown University on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. His talk, titled “The Mythology of Sport,” will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101. It is free and open to the public.
News Release   06-133    04/09/2007   Baum
Nanotextured Implant Materials: Blending in, Not Fighting Back

Texture turns out to be nearly as important as chemistry when designing materials for use in the human body. In two related experiments Brown University engineers Thomas Webster and Karen Haberstroh found that cells responded differently to materials with identical chemistry but different surface textures. On both titanium and polymer materials, nanoscale surface textures yielded a more natural, accepting response, while microscale patterns typical of engineered materials spurred a rejection response.

News Release   06-134    04/09/2007   Downs
New England Journal of Medicine Chief to Lecture in Providence
Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, will deliver lectures at Rhode Island Hospital and at Brown University on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Alpha Omega Alpha, the medical student honor society, are sponsoring the talks, which are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-135    04/09/2007   Lawton
E-Activism: Analysis of Black Bloggers in the Blogosphere
In the first scholarly research examining the role of black bloggers, Brown University’s Antoinette Pole found that bloggers of color are using this burgeoning medium to encourage political participation and activism. She also found that black bloggers do not feel discriminated against or excluded by other bloggers. Her findings appear in the International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society.
News Release   06-130    04/05/2007   Baum
Slick and Springy: Brown Research Reveals Protein's Role in Joints
Experiments led by Brown University physician and engineer Gregory Jay, M.D., show a new role that the protein lubricin plays in synovial fluid – the slimy stuff jammed in joints. Lubricin, the team found, not only reduces friction but also boosts resiliency in joints. Results of the research, appearing on-line in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may lead to new treatments for arthritis.
News Release   06-131    04/05/2007   Lawton
Five Brown Faculty Members Receive 2007 Guggenheim Fellowships
Five members of the Brown faculty have received Guggenheim Fellowships for 2007. They are among 189 scholars and artists selected from more almost 2,800 applicants for this honor.
News Release   06-132    04/05/2007   Baum
Symposium Marks 50 Years of BCS Theory of Superconductivity
Five Nobel Prize-winning physicists join the chief technology officer of American Superconductor and other researchers to discuss the nature of superconductivity, its broad scientific utility and current applications to energy transmission, transportation and computing. Public lectures and a panel discussion on Thursday, April 12, the first day of the symposium, will help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the BCS theory of superconductivity.
News Release   06-129    04/04/2007   Downs
Michael Pickett Named VP for Computing and Information Services
Michael Pickett, a 24-year veteran of computing and information technology at Duke University, has been named vice president for computing and information services and chief information officer at Brown University. Pickett will begin his work July 1, 2007.
News Release   06-127    04/03/2007   de Ramel
Brown Hosts Stars and Students for 2007 Ivy Film Festival
Student filmmakers and film industry professionals will come together for the 2007 Ivy Film Festival at Brown University April 11-15, 2007. The festival will showcase 36 student films and include advance screenings of four feature films. Director Doug Liman and writer Simon Kinberg will give the keynote address Saturday, April 14. All events are open to the public.
News Release   06-128    04/03/2007   Baum
El Salvadoran Vice President de Escobar to Speak at Brown
Ana Vilma Albanez de Escobar, the first female vice president of the Republic of El Salvador, will deliver a lecture at Brown University on Tuesday, April 10, 2007. Her address, titled “El Salvador: A Country of Opportunities,” will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101. It is free and open to the public.
News Release   06-124    04/02/2007   Baum
"Urban Landscapes" on Display at the Bell Gallery
This spring, the Bell Gallery presents a group exhibition Urban Landscapes ... emancipation and nostalgia ..., featuring works by British artist Catherine Yass, New York-based artist Sze Tsung Leong, and German artist Sabine Hornig. An opening reception and artist lecture will be held on Thursday, April 19, 2007. All events are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-125    04/02/2007   Baum
Harvey Pekar Headlines Opening of "The SDS Comic Show"
Graphic depictions of the true-life stories of radical 1960s student activists will be on display at Brown University as the John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization presents The SDS Comic Show exhibition from Friday, April 13, through Friday, June 1, 2007. Author Harvey Pekar will deliver a keynote lecture preceding the opening reception. All events are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-126    04/02/2007   Baum
Nation's High School Students Take Their Message to State Capitols
By the end of the current school year, high school students in eight states will have visited their state capitols to present their opinions on global issues directly to elected officials and civic leaders. These state house visits are part of the ninth annual Capitol Forum on America’s Future, an initiative of the Choices Program at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies.
News Release   06-123    03/30/2007   de Ramel
Troy Duster Explores Biology and Race at Annual Barnes Lecture
Troy Duster, a leading voice on the issues raised by genomic research and race, delivers the Dr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Barnes Jr. Lecture in Public Health on Wednesday, April 11, 2007. The free lecture begins at 4 .p.m in Andrews Hall and is open to the public.
News Release   06-122    03/29/2007   Lawton
MRI Detects Most Missed Opposite Breast Cancers in Women
When added to a medical workup after a breast cancer diagnosis, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans can significantly improve the chances of detecting cancer in the opposite breast, according to clinical trial results reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. The American College of Radiology Imaging Network, whose biostatistics center is based at Brown University, conducted the study, funded by The National Cancer Institute.
News Release   06-120    03/28/2007   Lawton
Venezuelan Ambassador Alvarez Herrera to Speak at Brown
Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Venezuela’s ambassador to the United States, will visit Brown University to deliver a lecture on U.S.–Venezuelan diplomatic relations. His lecture will be held on Wednesday, April 4, 2007, at 7 p.m. in MacMillan Hall, Room 117. It is free and open to the public.
News Release   06-121    03/27/2007   Baum
$1M Grant Establishes College Advising Corps in Rhode Island
A $1-million grant from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation will establish the College Advising Corps, a partnership among Brown University, Rhode Island public schools, and community organizations as part of a nationwide initiative aimed at increasing college enrollment and graduation among low-income high school and community college students. Through this program, the University’s Howard R. Swearer Center for Public Service will recruit and train current students and recent college graduates to work as advisers in the schools.
News Release   06-118    03/21/2007   de Ramel
Robert A.M. Stern to Design Jonathan Nelson Fitness Center
Plans are underway for the construction of Brown University’s new Jonathan Nelson Fitness Center. A $45-million project, the 65,000-square-foot center will be designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and will transform the University’s fitness and recreation offerings. The center is slated to open in 2010.
News Release   06-119    03/16/2007   Baum
Chinese Ambassador Zhou Wenzhong to Speak at Brown
Zhou Wenzhong, the Chinese ambassador to the United States, will give a lecture on China’s foreign policy and its relationship with the United States at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 22, 2007, in Room 101 of the Salomon Center for Teaching. The lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   06-117    03/15/2007   de Ramel
Chromium 6: A Killer Compound With An Improbable Trigger
Chromium 6, the cancer-causing compound that sparked the legal crusade by Erin Brockovich, can be toxic in tiny doses. Brown University scientists have uncovered the unlikely culprit: vitamin C. In new research, the Brown team shows that when vitamin C reacts with even low doses of chromium 6 inside human cells, it creates high levels of cancer-causing DNA damage and mutations.
News Release   06-115    03/12/2007   Lawton
Former Brazil President Cardoso to Discuss Brazil's Evolving Role
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, the former Brazilian president and Brown professor-at-large, will give a lecture titled “Brazil: A Latin American Nation?” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, 2007, in MacMillan Hall’s Starr Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   06-116    03/12/2007   de Ramel
NSF Grant Expands Brown Collaboration with Providence School
Brown University has received $3 million from the National Science Foundation to help enrich science programs in Providence schools. The grant will support fellowships for physics, geology and engineering graduate students to lead after-school activities in six area high schools and classroom activities in three elementary schools. The hands-on, inquiry-based lessons will supplement the existing curriculum.
News Release   06-114    03/07/2007   Downs
Brown Scientists Explain Inception of Perception In The Brain
All of human sensation – sight, sound, taste – begins in the brain when information moves from the thalamus to the neocortex. In Nature Neuroscience, Brown University researchers explain how cortical cells get activated during this critical transfer. The findings shed light on the inner workings of the cortex, the biggest part of the brain, and may help explain some forms of irregular electrical brain activity such as epileptic seizures.
News Release   06-112    03/04/2007   Lawton
Statement on the Death of Warren Alpert
Warren Alpert, the businessman and philanthropist whose support of biomedical education and research is enabling Brown to realize its ambitious plans for its medical school, died Saturday morning, March 3, 2007. Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons issued the following statement regarding Mr. Alpert’s passing.
News Release   06-113    03/04/2007   Chapman
"Pulp Uncovered" Festival Explores Controversial Roots of Pop Icons
Brown University’s Public Humanities Program hosts Pulp Uncovered, a community festival celebrating the impact and legacy of pulp fiction magazines, from Thursday, March 15, through Sunday, March 18, 2007. The festival includes a film series, guest speakers, an exhibition at the John Nicholas Brown Center, and other community events. All events are open to the public.
News Release   06-111    03/02/2007   Baum
Novelist Jamaica Kincaid to Deliver Convocation Address
Celebrated author Jamaica Kincaid will deliver the keynote address at Brown University’s Caribbean Heritage Week Convocation Monday, March 5, 2007, at 6 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101. A pre-convocation reception and book signing will be held at the Third World Center beginning at 5 p.m. All events are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-110    03/01/2007   Baum
Corporation Approves 6.4% Budget Increase, Sets Tuition and Fees
The Corporation of Brown University has approved a fiscal year 2008 consolidated budget of $704.8 million, an 6.4-percent increase over FY07. Total undergraduate fees will rise 5.0 percent to $45,948, including a 5-percent rise in tuition to $35,584. The undergraduate financial aid budget will increase 10 percent over the University’s projected actual financial aid expenditures in the current year.
News Release   06-101    02/24/2007   de Ramel
Thomas J. Tisch Named 20th Chancellor of Brown University
The Corporation of Brown University named Thomas J. Tisch as the next chancellor of the University. Tisch will lead a team of Corporation officers that includes Jerome Vascellaro, newly elected vice chancellor; Wendy Strothman, who continues as secretary; and Matthew Mallow, who continues as treasurer. The team members will begin their terms July 1, 2007. The Corporation is the governing body of Brown University.
News Release   06-102    02/24/2007   Downs
Corporation Elects New Chancellor, Approves Response to Slavery and Justice, Sets Tuition and Budget , Creates Social Choice Fund, Accepts Gifts
The Corporation of Brown University has appointed a new chancellor, endorsed President Ruth J. Simmons’ response to the Committee on Slavery and Justice, and set tuition and budget for fiscal year 2008. The governing body of the University also discussed the future of The Warren Alpert Medical School, and the Division of Biology and Medicine. The Corporation established a new option for donors – the Social Choice Fund – and reported major progress in its Boldly Brown: Campaign for Academic Enrichment.
News Release   06-103    02/24/2007   de Ramel
Faunce House To Be Renovated as Stephen Robert Campus Center
Gifts totaling $15 million will allow the University to renovate Faunce House and create the new Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center, in honor of outgoing Chancellor Stephen Robert.
News Release   06-104    02/24/2007   Baum
Rhodes Gift Establishes Center for International Economics
A $10-million gift from Brown alumnus and trustee emeritus William R. Rhodes will fund a new professorship and Center for International Economics to expand the University’s teaching and research in international trade and finance.
News Release   06-106    02/24/2007   Baum
Brown Announces Commitments to Providence Public Schools
Brown University is making a multimillion-dollar commitment to improving public education in the Providence area. Plans for a $10-million endowment, fellowships in urban education, and other measures were announced today by Brown President Ruth J. Simmons as part of the University’s response to the Slavery and Justice Report.
News Release   06-107    02/24/2007   Chapman
Brown Libraries Host Four Exhibitions on Slavery in the Americas
Four exhibitions currently on display at three Brown University Libraries offer the community a chance to view some of the original documents, journals, cargo invoices, newspaper advertisements and engravings cited in the Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. The exhibitions, which document the history of African slavery and its impact on the Western Hemisphere, are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-108    02/24/2007   Baum
"Student Exhibition 2007" on Display at the Bell Gallery
Selected student artwork will be shown in the 27th annual student exhibition at the David Winton Bell Gallery from Saturday, March 17, through Sunday, April 1, 2007. An opening reception will be held Friday, March 16 at 7 p.m. Both the exhibit and the reception are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-105    02/22/2007   Baum
Neuroscientists Explain Inner Workings of Critical Pain Pathway
Morphine and other opioids are among the most potent painkillers around. For the first time, Brown University neuroscientists explain why these drugs work so well on calcium channels in the pain pathway in new research in Nature Neuroscience. The findings not only break ground in basic science, they may aid in the effort to develop safer pain-relieving drugs.
News Release   06-099    02/15/2007   Baum
Events and Exhibit to Celebrate 70 Years of College Radio at Brown
From the dorm-room experiment that started it all, to the 1960s FM revolution, to the students behind the stations today – Brown is celebrating 70 years of college radio. The exhibit From Gaspipes to Websites: Radio at Brown 1936-2006 will be on display at the John Hay Library Feb. 21 through March 9, 2007. An opening reception featuring the launch of an audio documentary is planned for Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, along with a panel discussion titled “The Importance of College Radio.” All events are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-100    02/15/2007   Baum
"Smart" Prosthetics Will Restore Independence To People With Disabilities
Neurotechnology has restored hearing to the deaf and someday will help the blind to see and the paralyzed to move again. In a Feb. 15, 2007, press briefing at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Francisco, Brown University neuroscientist John Donoghue explains how brain-computer interfaces are propelling these major leaps in rehabilitative medicine.
News Release   06-097    02/15/2007   Lawton
Migration Played Key Role in HIV Spread in South Africa
South Africa has one of the world’s highest rates of HIV infection. New research, led by Brown University professor Mark Lurie, shows that the movement of workers between urban and rural areas played a key role in the spread of the epidemic. Results are published in AIDS.
News Release   06-095    02/13/2007   Lawton
Brown University to Close Smith Swim Center
Brown University has closed Smith Swim Center as a precaution until the building’s original architect completes his analysis its roof system.
News Release   06-098    02/13/2007   Baum
Bank Supervision May Actually Drive Corruption, Says Economist
Traditional approaches to bank supervision may not be in the best interest of society, according to new research by a Brown University economist. In the first empirical assessment of the impact of international banking policies, Ross Levine, professor of economics, found that for most countries, regulations such as Basel II could actually hurt bank development and lead to greater corruption. The results are published in the Journal of Monetary Economics.
News Release   06-094    02/12/2007   Baum
Brown University Appoints Richard Holbrooke as Professor-at-Large
Richard C. Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Accords ending the war in Bosnia, has accepted a five-year appointment as professor-at-large at Brown University.
News Release   06-090    02/07/2007   Baum
Brown Cancer Biologists Identify Major Player in Cell Growth
The transcription factor GABP – a member of a family of crucial gene-regulating proteins – is required to jump-start the process of cell division, according to research from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital. The work, published in Nature Cell Biology, uncovers a new way to control cell growth and points up potential targets for cancer treatments.
News Release   06-093    02/06/2007   Lawton
Bones in Motion: Brown Scientists To Create New 3-D X-ray System
It’s straight out of Superman – the power to peer through flesh and watch bones move in three dimensions. That’s the X-ray imaging system Brown University scientists are making – and with it, a new class of medical and scientific imaging. The W.M. Keck Foundation is supporting the groundbreaking project.
News Release   06-091    02/01/2007   Lawton
Lincoln Chafee to Give Ogden Lecture on "Mideast Roadmaps"
Former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee will deliver the Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs during a Spring Forum on Monday, Feb. 12, 2007. His address, titled “Mideast Roadmaps: An Unkept Promise,” will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Sayles Hall. It is free and open to the public.
News Release   06-092    02/01/2007   Baum
Brown Playwrights Premiere Work in 25th Annual New Plays Festival
New productions by three M.F.A. candidate playwrights will be featured in the 25th annual New Plays Festival, presented by the Brown University Literary Arts Program and the Brown/Trinity Repertory Consortium. The festival runs from Wednesday, Feb. 7, through Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, in the McCormack Family Theatre. All performances are free and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
News Release   06-089    01/31/2007   Baum
Brown University Names Medical School To Honor Warren Alpert
Brown University has named its medical school in honor of businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist Warren Alpert, in recognition of a $100-million gift from The Warren Alpert Foundation. The gift will fund a range of investments in medical education at the University.
News Release   06-088    01/29/2007   Lawton
Nonie Darwish to Speak on Women's Rights in the Middle East
Author and activist Nonie Darwish will discuss women’s rights in the Middle East and the threat of Islamic fundamentalism at a lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007. Her talk, titled “The Road to Peace: Women’s Rights,” begins at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 001. It is free and open to the public.
News Release   06-086    01/29/2007   Baum
R.I. Survey: Hillary Clinton Leads Democratic Field for President
A statewide survey of 475 registered Rhode Island voters conducted Jan. 27, 2007, finds Sen. Hillary Clinton is favored over Democratic challengers and likely Republican opponents in the general election. Only 16 percent of R.I. voters rate President Bush’s performance excellent or good.
News Release   06-087    01/29/2007   Baum
Brown Team Finds Crucial Protein Role in Deadly Prion Spread
Brown University biologists have made another major advance toward understanding the deadly work of prions, the culprits behind fatal brain diseases such as mad cow and their human counterparts. In new work published online in PLoS Biology, researchers show that the protein Hsp104 must be present and active for prions to multiply and cause disease.
News Release   06-084    01/23/2007   Lawton
Cornel West to Discuss the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Cornel West, among the nation’s most provocative public intellectuals, will deliver Brown University’s 11th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Friday, Feb. 2, 2007, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101. His talk, titled “The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.,” is free and open to the public.
News Release   06-085    01/23/2007   Baum
Sex, Love, and Rockets: The Comix World of Los Bros Hernandez
The John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization presents the story and work of two of the most widely acclaimed artists in the history of American comics –Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez. Sex, Love, and Rockets: The Comix World of Los Bros Hernandez will be on display from Feb. 5 through March 2, 2007. Jaime Hernandez will visit Brown to discuss his work at the opening reception. All events are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-083    01/22/2007   Baum
Bats in Flight Reveal Unexpected Aerodynamics
Brown University engineers and biologists have joined forces to record the fine details of wing and body movement in bat flight – together with the patterns of air movement that generate lift. Similar measurements have been made in insects and some birds, but this is the first such data for bats, which are highly flexible and maneuverable flyers and a potential model for engineered micro air vehicles.
News Release   06-082    01/18/2007   Downs
Brown to Host Photojournalism Record of Life and Death in Darfur
Giant images of the escalating crisis in Sudan will be on display at Brown University as the traveling photojournalism exhibition Darfur/Darfur comes to Providence Jan. 26-27, 2007. Speakers at the opening forum include Mia Farrow, UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador; Frank Caprio, general treasurer of Rhode Island; Susannah Sirkin, deputy director of Physicians for Human Rights; and Eric Reeves, Sudan expert and researcher. The exhibition and forum are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-081    01/17/2007   Baum
One Size Does Not Fit All: A Strategy for Counterterrorism Policy
Hamas. Al-Qaeda. Lashkar-e-Taiba. Though bound by their Islamic identities, not all terrorist groups have the same agendas. The United States must improve its counterterrorism efforts by differentiating between the goals of ethnic and religious terrorist groups, according to global security analyst Justine A. Rosenthal, a visiting fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies. Her analysis is published in the journal The National Interest.
News Release   06-080    01/12/2007   Baum
Women Writers Project Wins NEH Grant for Digital Scholarship
The Brown University Women Writers Project has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support its work of bringing early women’s writing out of the archives and into the electronic age.
News Release   06-078    01/10/2007   Baum
Bell Gallery to Present Multimedia Show: "Faculty Exhibition 2007"
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present a multimedia showcase of artwork by members of the Brown faculty from Saturday, Jan, 27, through Sunday, March 4, 2007. Faculty Exhibition 2007 includes works in a wide range of media, from drawings and sculpture to computer animation and interactive web projects. A reception for the artists will be held Friday, Feb. 2, at 5:30 p.m. All events are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-079    01/10/2007   Baum
University To Reopen Smith Swim Center
Brown University will reopen Smith Swim Center on Wednesday, Jan. 17,2007, after repairs to the building’s roof system.
News Release   06-077    01/09/2007   Baum
Brown To Support High School Science Education with NIH Grant
Rhode Island’s high school biology teachers will get intensive training in cutting-edge topics in genetics and neuroscience through a new professional development program created at Brown University. Brown’s program is funded though a new $636,131 grant from the National Center for Research Resources, a part of the National Institutes of Health.
News Release   06-076    01/04/2007   Lawton
Quesenberry To Lead Cancer Programs at Brown and Hospitals
Peter Quesenberry, M.D., has been appointed director of hematology and oncology at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital and the Paul Calabresi Professor in Oncology and Professor of Medicine at Brown Medical School.
News Release   06-075    01/03/2007   Lawton
European Union Outpaces United States on Chemical Safety
New stricter European environmental policies may force even U.S.-based electronics makers to change their ways, say policy analysts at Brown University and Boston University. Stacy D. VanDeveer, a visiting fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies, and Henrik Selin, an assistant professor of international relations at Boston University, analyzed the controversial new policies in the December issue of the journal Environment.
News Release   06-074    01/02/2007   Downs
Genomic Variation Easier To Identify With UCSD/Brown Software
Computer scientists at the University of California–San Diego and Brown University have created a software system that more accurately detects “microinversions,” mutations that consist of tiny sequences of reversed DNA. The software gives biologists a powerful new tool to study genomic variation between and within species. The system is explained in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   06-073    12/22/2006   Lawton
Brown University Orchestra to Perform Concert Series in China
Seventy-one student musicians, eight concerts, six cities, 14 days – those numbers sum up the Brown University Orchestra’s China Tour 2006. The Brown ensemble will be the second American college orchestra to present a concert series in China. Its journey begins Sunday, Dec. 24, 2006.
News Release   06-072    12/22/2006   Baum
University Closes Smith Swim Center
As a precautionary measure, Brown University has closed its Smith Swim Center until structural engineers can evaluate the building’s roof and make recommendations for repairs. The engineers’s analysis and recommendations are expected in early January.
News Release   06-071    12/20/2006   Baum
Shoulder Ligament a Linchpin in the Evolution of Flight
Brown University and Harvard University scientists created a 3D model of a gliding pigeon, put alligators on a treadmill, and examined rare Chinese fossils to better understand the evolution of flight. They learned how modern birds balance an array of forces, from the pull of muscles to the pull of gravity, at the shoulder joint. They discovered that this "force balance system" changed over time so that a single ligament acts as a linchpin in today's fliers. Results are published online in Nature.
News Release   06-070    12/17/2006   Lawton
Sen. Lincoln Chafee Appointed Visiting Fellow at Brown University
U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-R.I.) has accepted an appointment as distinguished visiting fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies. Chafee will begin the fellowship in January 2007, serving initially for the spring semester.
News Release   06-068    12/15/2006   Baum
Brown Awarded $2 Million to Expand Entrepreneurship Programs
Entrepreneurship education is about to get a boost at Brown. The University has been awarded a $2-million grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to broaden entrepreneurship education, scholarship and activity across campus. The award is part of the Kauffman Campuses Initiative, which is providing a total of $35 million to colleges and universities across the country.
News Release   06-069    12/15/2006   Baum
Nursing Home or Hospital: State Policy Has Big Impact on Elderly
In a groundbreaking national study, Brown University researchers have traced the connections between state nursing home policies and resident hospitalizations rates. The team found that state policies unwittingly create financial incentives for nursing homes to hospitalize their frail elderly residents, even though hospital stays can be disorienting or dangerous. Results are published in Health Services Research.
News Release   06-067    12/13/2006   Lawton
Less Help at Home: Female Support for New Moms on the Decline
How is motherhood different than it was a century ago? In the past, live-in grandmothers, relatives, and other women were frequently available to assist with childcare. But times have changed. New research by Brown University sociologist Susan E. Short shows that today’s mothers with young children are getting substantially less help around the house. Even when other women are living in the household, they aren’t necessarily on hand to help with the kids. This research appears in Demography.
News Release   06-066    12/11/2006   Baum
Brown Scientists Map Structure of DNA-Doctoring Protein Complex
Mobile DNA, which inserts foreign genes into target cells, is a powerful force in the march of evolution and the spread of disease. Working with the lambda virus and E. coli bacteria, Brown University biologists have solved the structure of a six-protein complex critical to performing this gene-grafting surgery. The technique they developed could be used to reveal the structure of other critical protein complexes, landing the work on the cover of Molecular Cell.
News Release   06-064    12/06/2006   Lawton
Hotspots or Not? Isotopes Score One for Traditional Theory
New chemical evidence sheds light on the physical constraints of “hotspots” – locations where upwellings of Earth’s mantle material form seamounts and island chains. Although the existence of hotspots has been debated for the last 30 years, consistent data from uranium isotope decay series at eight island locations supports the idea that concentrated plumes of hot mantle material formed these islands.
News Release   06-065    12/06/2006   Downs
Brown and OTS will jointly manage new ILTER network secretariat
Ecological disturbance drives many pressing global concerns but is often measured at the local scale. A newly established secretariat for the International Long Term Ecological Research (ILTER) network will support long-term multiscale ecological data collection and analysis. The secretariat will be managed jointly by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies and the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) in San José, Costa Rica.
News Release   06-062    12/04/2006   Downs
With Fruit Fly Sex, Researchers Find Mind-Body Connection
The fruit fly gene “doublesex” is responsible for ensuring that male flies look male and females look female. New Brown University research led by biologist Michael McKeown shows that doublesex not only helps shape bodies but also shapes behavior, acting with together with the gene “fruitless” to guide flies’ courtship routines and responses. The finding, published in Nature Genetics, shows that sexual development in flies – and, perhaps, in humans – is a more complicated proposition than previously thought.
News Release   06-063    11/30/2006   Lawton
Brown to Host Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
World-renowned conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim and the young musicians of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra will visit Brown University from Thursday, Dec. 14, through Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, for a series of conversations and workshops leading to a concert at VMA Arts and Cultural Center Saturday afternoon. All events are open to the public. A ticket is required for the concert, free of charge.
News Release   06-060    11/27/2006   Baum
Economics and Epidemics: Speakers Address Global HIV Efforts
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the United Nations Millennium Project, will take part in a Worlds AIDS Day symposium at Brown University on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Smith-Buonanno Hall, located on the Pembroke campus. The public event is free, but space is limited.
News Release   06-061    11/27/2006   Lawton
Listening in on the birth pangs of Earth's crust
Geologist Donald Forsyth and students from Brown University on a routine ocean-floor mapping cruise jumped into action when they realized that many of the seafloor seismometers they were supposed to collect had been buried by a recent lava flow. Data from the remaining instruments yielded the first detailed record of seismic vibrations leading up to a seafloor spreading event, published this week in the journal Science.
News Release   06-058    11/23/2006   Downs
AAAS Names Miller Fellow for Science Education and Advocacy
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has elected Kenneth R. Miller, a Brown University professor of biology, a fellow for his leadership role in defending evolution and how it is taught in public schools as well as for his efforts to educate and encourage science teachers across the United States.
News Release   06-056    11/23/2006   Lawton
Statement on Suspension of the Reformed University Fellowship
The Brown University Office of the Chaplain and Religious Life and the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life and Student Services have offered to work with the Reformed University Fellowship so that it may regain its status as an affiliated religious group.

Michael Chapman, vice president for public affairs and University relations, issued the following statement for the University.
News Release   06-059    11/22/2006   Chapman
Brown University Senior Selected as 2007 Rhodes Scholar
Keriann Backus, a member of Brown University’s Class of 2007, has been chosen as a Rhodes Scholar. Backus will head to the University of Oxford next fall to pursue a doctorate in chemical biology.
News Release   06-057    11/20/2006   de Ramel
Brown Symposium Highlights Next Wave in Biology and Business
Biotech entrepreneur J. Craig Venter will speak at the 37th Annual Computer Science Department Industrial Partners Program Symposium held Dec. 6-8, 2006, at Brown University. The symposium, titled “The Genome and the Computational Sciences: The New Paradigms,” brings together experts from academia, business and government to discuss the biological challenges posed by genome sequencing and how those challenges can be met with computational techniques.
News Release   06-055    11/20/2006   Lawton
Speak, Memory: Research Challenges Theory of Memory Storage
During sleep, freshly minted memories move from the hippocampus, part of the “old” brain, to the neocortex, or “new” brain, for long-term storage. This has been the reigning theory for decades. Brown University research provides the strongest proof yet of this interaction between the old and new brains – and offers surprising evidence that challenges critical details of this theory of learning and memory. Results appear in Nature Neuroscience.
News Release   06-054    11/14/2006   Lawton
Quality vs. Reality: Examining the Global Health Care Gap
Karen Davis, a noted economist and president of The Commonwealth Fund, will discuss “Why We’re Not Number One: A Look At High Performance Health Systems Across the Globe” on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006, at 4 p.m. in Andrews Dining Hall. The event, free and open to the public, is the annual Paul Levinger Professorship Pro Tem in the Economics of Health Care Lecture.
News Release   06-053    11/13/2006   Lawton
Sea Urchin Genome Is a Biology Boon and a Computational Feat
Now that the entire DNA map of the sea urchin is complete, it’s clear that these spiny sea creatures are even closer genetic cousins to humans than suspected. Brown University professors Gary Wessel and Sorin Istrail helped reveal the secrets of the urchin – from its powerful immune system to its formidable gene regulatory network – by identifying individual genes and creating the first high-resolution map of genes activated in its embryo. The work appears on the cover of Science.
News Release   06-052    11/09/2006   Lawton
Moon's Escaping Gasses Expose Fresh Surface
A fresh look at Apollo-era images combined with recent spectral data leads researchers to re-examine conventional wisdom about the Earth’s moon. Several lines of evidence suggest that the moon may have seen eruptions of interior gasses as recently as 1 million years ago, rather than 3 billion years ago – the date that had been most widely accepted.
News Release   06-051    11/08/2006   Downs
Brown Issues Report to National Commission for Long-Term Care
Brown University’s Vincent Mor and Edward Alan Miller have issued a report for the National Commission for Quality Long-Term Care outlining six key areas of concern as “the long-term care system in the United States is threatening to collapse under the massive weight of the aging Baby Boom generation.” The commission, co-chaired by former Sen. Bob Kerry and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, was established in 2004 to evaluate the country’s quality of long-term care and to make recommendations about national efforts for sustainable improvement.
News Release   06-049    11/06/2006   Baum
Pamuk, Rushdie, Featured at International Writers Project Festival
The International Writers Project at Brown University presents Strange Times, My Dear: A Freedom-to-Write Literary Festival, from Tuesday, Nov. 14, through Friday, Nov. 17, 2006. This series of readings and discussions, focused on freedom of expression, will feature internationally acclaimed authors, including Salman Rushdie, Iranian novelists Shahrnush Parsipur and Shahryar Mandanipour, and Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in literature. The festival is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for certain events.
News Release   06-050    11/01/2006   Baum
Brown to Host Community Forum on Slavery and Justice Report
Exactly two weeks after the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice released its report, Brown University will host a forum for the campus community and general public. The first forum will be held Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   06-044    10/30/2006   Baum
Brown to Host Historic Conference on Archaeology of Jerusalem
Brown University will host an historic conference titled “The Jerusalem Perspective: 150 Years of Archeological Research” Nov. 12-14, 2006. Organized by Katharina Galor, the event will be the first time Israeli and Palestinian scholars have come together in an academic exchange and discussion of their archaeological research. All sessions are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-047    10/30/2006   Baum
Modeling the formation of blood clots
New computing tools have allowed Peter Richardson, professor of engineering and physiology at Brown University, to test ideas about blood flow and clotting that he first proposed more than 30 years ago. His collaboration with mathematics colleagues Igor Pivkin and George Karniadakis resulted in a model that integrates fluid dynamics with platelet biochemistry and could provide new insights into the treatment and prevention of strokes and heart attacks.
News Release   06-048    10/30/2006   Downs
Global Security Matrix Launched as Tool to Assess Threats
Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies launched the Global Security Matrix, a web-based analytical and educational tool that visually represents threats to security. The Matrix maps security threats and vulnerabilities around the world and includes interactive features. The Global Security Matrix can be accessed at http://www.globalsecuritymatrix.org.
News Release   06-046    10/26/2006   Lynch
James Tilton Named Brown University's Director of Financial Aid
James Tilton, currently director of performance, improvement, and procedures at the U.S. Department of Education, has been named Brown University’s new director of financial aid. Tilton will begin his duties at Brown Dec. 4, 2006.
News Release   06-045    10/25/2006   Baum
When is a supersolid not quite so super?
Brown University physicist Humphrey Maris and colleagues Satoshi Sasaki and Sebastien Balibar of the l’Ecole Normale Supérieure have narrowed the field of possible explanations for the weird behavior of supersolid helium. Their simple but extremely revealing experiment suggests that movement along grain boundaries is a more plausible explanation than Bose-Einstein condensates.
News Release   06-034    10/24/2006   Downs
Brown Agrees to Purchase Seven Buildings in Jewelry District
Brown University signed an agreement yesterday to purchase seven buildings and other properties in Providence’s Jewelry District. The purchase, one of the largest in University history, is a step forward in the University’s efforts to plan for strategic growth beyond College Hill.
News Release   06-043    10/24/2006   Baum
Racial Disparities Universal in Medicare Health Plans, Study Finds
Blacks do not achieve the same health outcomes as whites in managed care plans under Medicare, the nation’s largest health insurance program, according to a study conducted by Brown Medical School and Harvard Medical School researchers. Published in JAMA, the analysis surprisingly shows that significant racial disparities persist within Medicare plans – even high-performing ones – based on outcomes related to control of diabetes, cholesterol and blood pressure.
News Release   06-039    10/24/2006   Lawton
Cicilline Leads Harrop by Wide Margin in Providence Mayor's Race
A citywide survey of 403 Providence residents conducted Oct. 14-17, 2006, finds Providence Mayor David Cicilline leading Republican challenger Daniel Harrop by 66 to 13 percent. Sixty-two percent of respondents think Cicilline is doing a good job and 64 percent feel the city is headed in the right direction.
News Release   06-040    10/23/2006   Nickel
Amy Cutler Exhibition at the David Winton Bell Gallery
The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University will present the first traveling museum exhibition of artist Amy Cutler’s work from Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006 through Friday, Dec. 22, 2006. Cutler’s highly detailed paintings have drawn associations with fables and fairy tales, dreams and surrealism, and folk art. An opening reception and gallery talk are planned. All events are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-042    10/23/2006   Baum
Researchers Find "ZIP Code" Spurs Cargo Transport in Neurons
Getting molecular cargo from the cell body to the synapse of nerve cells is crucial for learning and memory, even for survival of the cell itself. New research conducted at Brown University and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., shows that a single peptide can load and direct this biological material. This peptide “ZIP Code” comes from amyloid precursor protein, the principal player in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
News Release   06-041    10/23/2006   Lawton
Humanities Weekend Focuses on Work, Legacy of Sigmund Freud
International scholars, musicians and students will gather at Brown University to celebrate the second annual Fall Humanities Weekend, sponsored by the Cogut Center for the Humanities, Oct. 26-28, 2006. This year’s event will focus on the work of the father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud and his impact on the humanities. All of the symposia, performances and screenings are free and open to the public.
News Release   06-038    10/18/2006   Baum
Brown Releases Report of the Committee on Slavery and Justice
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons has released the report of the University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice. The report, commissioned by Simmons in 2003, outlines the University’s historical relationship to slavery and the transatlantic slave trade and makes recommendations about the ways that the University might fully and accurately acknowledge that past and move forward. The full report and related materials are available on the University’s Web site at www.brown.edu/slaveryjustice.
News Release   06-037    10/18/2006   de Ramel
Brown Students Excavate Site Around First Baptist Church
Providence’s First Baptist Church is the oldest Baptist church in America – but how was the area and its grounds used before The Meeting House was built in 1775? A group of Brown University students enrolled in Anthropology 160 is investigating that question while learning archaeological techniques, as they excavate the property surrounding this historical site.
News Release   06-036    10/11/2006   Baum
Sen. Barack Obama to Deliver Licht Lecture on Public Affairs
Barack Obama, the Democratic junior senator from Illinois, will visit Brown University on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2006, to deliver the Gov. Frank Licht Lecture. “An Evening with Barack Obama,” sponsored by the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, begins at 9 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101. It is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
News Release   06-033    10/10/2006   Baum
Brown Faculty Inducted to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Geologist James W. Head III, playwright Paula Vogel, and poet Rosmarie Waldrop have been inducted as fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a distinction of excellence in science, scholarship, business, public affairs and the arts. Head and Vogel are professors at Brown; Waldrop is a visiting scholar.
News Release   06-031    10/07/2006   Baum
Corporation Endorses Stronger International Role for the University
The Corporation of Brown University has endorsed a proposal to increase financial aid resources available to international students, part of an emerging strategic plan to enhance the University’s role in international higher education.
News Release   06-032    10/07/2006   Nickel
Brown Dedicates Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences
Brown University today dedicates the Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences, a research center named for the University’s largest donor and, at $95 million and 169,000 square feet, the largest construction project in University history. M.I.T. President Susan Hockfield delivers the keynote address at the dedication, beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Howard Terrace on the Pembroke campus.
News Release   06-030    10/06/2006   Lawton
"Lines of Sight" Installation to Debut at New Life Sciences Building
Artist Diane Samuels’ two-story multilayered glass installation, Lines of Sight, adorns the elevated glass pedestrian bridge connecting sections of the new Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences. It is the first work commissioned under Brown University’s Percent-for-Art program, which designates a percentage of construction budgets for public art displays. An opening reception is planned for Oct. 5, 2006.
News Release   06-029    09/27/2006   Baum
Environmental Artist to Install Sapling Sculpture on Front Campus
“Whimsical,” “fanciful,” and “hobbit-like” have been used to describe world-renowned artist Patrick Dougherty’s installation work. Commissioned by the Public Art Committee at Brown University, Dougherty will spend three weeks on campus in October creating an organic structure on the Front Campus, fashioned from locally harvested saplings. Volunteers are invited to participate.
News Release   06-028    09/26/2006   Baum
Brown University to Dedicate Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences
MIT President Susan Hockfield will deliver the keynote address as Brown University dedicates the new Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences. Events begin at 9 a.m., Friday, Oct. 6, 2006, with the formal dedication ceremony beginning at 5:30 p.m.Brown University to Dedicate Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences
News Release   06-027    09/25/2006   Lawton
Survey: Chafee and Whitehouse in Dead Heat; Carcieri Leads Fogarty
A statewide survey of 578 likely Rhode Island voters conducted Sept. 16-18, 2006, shows Sen. Lincoln Chafee and Sheldon Whitehouse in a dead heat in the U.S. Senate race and Gov. Donald Carcieri leading Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty in the gubernatorial race. The survey also finds a majority of voters opposed to amending the state constitution to build a gambling casino in West Warwick.
News Release   06-026    09/19/2006   Nickel
Brown University Advancing Women in Science, Engineering
After making significant gains in recruiting women scientists and engineers, Brown University has won a major award from the National Science Foundation to ensure that these women succeed.
News Release   06-025    09/19/2006   Lawton
Paramecia Adapt Their Swimming to Changing Gravitational Force
Using a high-powered electromagnet, Brown University physicists Karine Guevorkian and James Valles have created a topsy-turvy world for the single-celled paramecium. They have managed to increase, eliminate and even reverse the effects of gravity on the tiny protozoan, changing its swimming behavior and indirectly measuring its swimming force.
News Release   06-024    09/18/2006   Downs
Oldest Writing in the New World Discovered in Veracruz, Mexico
A stone block discovered in the Olmec heartland of Veracruz, Mexico, contains the oldest writing in the New World, says an international team of archaeologists, including Stephen D. Houston of Brown University. The team determined that the block dates to the early first millennium B.C.E. – at least 400 years earlier than scholars previously thought writing existed in the Western hemisphere. The findings are published in Science.
News Release   06-021    09/14/2006   Baum
Brown Receives $26.5-Million Gift for University Scholarships
The Frederic N. Schwartz Trust has given $26.5 million to Brown University on behalf of the late Eleanor H. Schwartz, a member of the Pembroke College Class of 1929, and the late Frederic N. Schwartz. The gift will endow University scholarships for women.
News Release   06-023    09/14/2006   Baum
Brown Engineers Build a Better Battery -- With Plastic
It’s thin, light, flexible – and plastic. Brown University engineers Hyun-Kon Song and Tayhas Palmore have created a prototype polymer-based battery that packs more power than a standard alkaline battery and more storage capacity than a double-layered capacitor. Their work, published in Advanced Materials, will be of interest to the energy, defense and aerospace industries, which are looking at more efficient ways to deliver electricity.
News Release   06-022    09/13/2006   Lawton
Brown Team Creates Uncanny Cell Replicas for Treatment, Research
Is that Schwann cell real – or replica? A Brown University biomedical engineer had a tough time telling apart genuine cells from fakes after casting plastic reproductions of these nervous system support cells out of silicon. The rubbery replicas, described in the journal Langmuir, could be used for all sorts of cell types in laboratory research or medical treatments for repairing nerve damage.
News Release   06-020    09/12/2006   Lawton
Asteroids and Meteorites Reveal Family Resemblance
Using data collected by the Japanese space probe Hayabusa in a rendezvous with the 550-meter asteroid Itokawa, researchers have demonstrated that space weathering occurs even on small asteroids. The new data, published in Nature, confirm that the mineral composition of such asteroids is consistent with meteorites fallen on Earth.
News Release   06-019    09/07/2006   Downs
Methamphetamine Use Restricts Fetal Growth, Study Finds
Results from the first large-scale, prospective study of prenatal methamphetamine use show that newborns exposed to the drug are more than three times as likely to be born underweight. Appearing in Pediatrics, the findings mirror those from studies of prenatal cocaine use, says Barry Lester, a professor and researcher at Brown Medical School and Women & Infants Hospital.
News Release   06-015    09/05/2006   Lawton
Death of a Parasite: Stripped, Surrounded, Consumed
For the first time, a group of researchers has shown that a parasite can be eliminated through autophagy, a recycling process that normally occurs inside cells. The team, led by George Yap of Brown University, shows that the immune system destroys and disposes of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii by stripping it naked then gobbling it up.
News Release   06-014    08/28/2006   Lawton
Brown's Remote T.V. Interview Studio Is Up and Running
Broadcast media now have quick and easy access to the expertise and informed critical commentary of Brown University faculty. The University has installed a remote broadcast interview facility that can connect faculty experts quickly with broadcast reporters and anchors anywhere in the world. Brown’s Office of Media Relations operates the facility.
News Release   06-012    08/23/2006   de Ramel
Katherine Bergeron to Address Incoming Students September 5
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons will officially open the 2006-07 academic year at Opening Convocation, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2006. Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron will deliver this year’s keynote address to the 2,061 students beginning undergraduate, graduate, and medical studies at Brown. The ceremony begins at noon on The College Green.
News Release   06-013    08/22/2006   Baum
Ten Artists Present Installations at Bell Gallery and List Art Center
The David Winton Bell Gallery and Brown University’s Department of Visual Art present in TRANSIT: from OBJECT to SITE, from Saturday, Sept. 9, through Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006, at Brown University. The collaborative exhibition features a series of installations displayed throughout List Art Center, transforming the modernist architecture of Philip Johnson’s 1971 building into a lively space of diverse multimedia and site-based projects.
News Release   06-011    08/21/2006   Baum
Research Reveals Inner Workings of Immune System 'Thermostat'
The immune system runs hot, sending out inflammatory infection-fighting proteins, then cools down by releasing anti-inflammatory soothers. A Brown University-led research team explains how this “thermostat” works in the Journal of Immunology.
News Release   06-010    08/16/2006   Lawton
New Treatment Model for Bipolar Disorder Shows Promise
A new model of treatment for bipolar disorder, similar to care given to diabetics and others with chronic diseases, improved patient outcomes without adding costs, according to new research funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Results appear in Psychiatric Services.
News Release   06-009    08/10/2006   Lawton
The Shape of Life: Research Sheds Light on How Cells Take Shape
Brown University physicists have identified a surprising force in pattern formation – physical force. Results of their work shed important light on how life takes shape inside cells and are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   06-008    08/03/2006   Lawton
Texas and New Jersey Are Best States for American e-Government
In their seventh annual study, researchers at Brown University’s Taubman Center for Public Policy ranked Texas and New Jersey as the two states with the best online government services. On the federal level, FirstGov.com, a Web portal, was rated best, followed by the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
News Release   06-006    08/01/2006   Goldstein
South Korea Climbs To Top Rank in Global e-Government
Brown University’s Taubman Center for Public Policy has completed its sixth annual analysis of online government services offered by 198 nations around the world. The researchers find that many nations are improving services and providing information for users. The United States ranks fourth, behind South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore.
News Release   06-007    08/01/2006   Goldstein
Campus Compact Students Contribute $5.6B in Community Service
Volunteer hours add up. According to an annual study by Campus Compact, students at the coalition's nearly 1,000 member schools contributed an estimated $5.6 billion worth of service to their communities. Based at Brown University, Campus Compact is a national organization dedicated to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education.
News Release   06-005    07/24/2006   Goldstein
Controlling Movement Through Thought Alone
For the first time, a team led by Brown University researchers is publishing detailed clinical trial results that show a tiny new brain sensor allowed a quadriplegic to open a prosthetic hand, control a robotic limb and move a computer cursor – using thoughts alone. The work, featured on the cover of Nature, offers important insights into the human brain and how to tap its power to improve the lives of people with spinal cord injury and other severe motor impairments.
News Release   06-002    07/12/2006   Lawton
Stallings Named Director of Watson Institute for International Studies
Barbara Stallings, an international political economist and senior member of the Watson Institute research faculty since 2002, has been appointed the new director of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. Stallings will begin her new duties immediately.
News Release   06-004    07/12/2006   de Ramel
Brown Engineers Use DNA to Direct Nanowire Assembly and Growth
A small but growing number of engineers are using nature’s engineer – DNA – to create nanomaterials that can be used in everything from medical devices to computer circuits. A team from Brown University and Boston College is the first to use DNA to direct construction and growth of complex nanowires. Their work appears in Nanotechnology.
News Release   06-003    07/10/2006   Lawton
Problem: Implant Infection. Solution: Nanotech Surfaces
For the first time, engineers have created surfaces for orthopaedic implants that reduce the presence of bacteria. The research, led by Brown University engineer Thomas Webster, may lead to a new class of artificial joints. That is a big market: More than 750,000 Americans undergo knee, hip or shoulder replacement surgery each year.
News Release   06-001    07/06/2006   Lawton
How Cooperation Can Evolve in a Cheater's World
Whether you’re a free-loading virus or a meat-stealing monkey, selfishness pays. So how could cooperators survive in a cheater’s world? Thomas Flatt, a postdoctoral research associate at Brown, was part of a group that created a theoretical model that neatly solves this dilemma, which has stumped evolutionary biologists and social scientists for decades. The trick: Keep the altruists in small groups, away from the swindling horde, where they multiply and migrate.
News Release   05-145    06/29/2006   Lawton
Chafee, Whitehouse in Dead Heat; Whitehouse Leads Laffey for Senate
A statewide survey of 719 Rhode Island voters conducted June 24-26, 2006, shows Sen. Lincoln Chafee in a virtual tie with Democratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse. Whitehouse would have a strong lead if Steve Laffey were the Republican candidate. The survey also finds Gov. Don Carcieri with a 5-percentage point lead over Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty and finds voters opposed to amending the state constitution to build a gambling casino in West Warwick.
News Release   05-143    06/27/2006   Nickel
Brown, Oak Ridge Team Up for Materials Science Research
Brown University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have established a formal affiliation to support research and teaching with an emphasis in materials science, an area of strength at both institutions.
News Release   05-144    06/27/2006   Lawton
Community Involvement Program Joins Brown's Annenberg Institute
The Community Involvement Program will be incorporated into the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, enhancing the Institute’s efforts to strengthen the success and vitality of urban schools. The grass-roots school reform program was formerly housed at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University.
News Release   05-142    06/13/2006   Goldstein
Katherine Bergeron Named Dean of the College at Brown University
Katherine Bergeron, professor and chair of the Department of Music at Brown University, has been named dean of the College. Bergeron succeeds Paul Armstrong, who has served since October 2000.
News Release   05-141    06/12/2006   Goldstein
Corporation Names Life Sciences Building, Establishes Professorships
The Corporation of Brown University has voted to name the new $95-million dollar Life Sciences Building after one of the University’s honored benefactors, Sidney E. Frank. The fellows and trustees also approved establishment of four new professorships, voted to expand the size of the Brown Medical School student body, and acted to divest from eight additional companies currently conducting business in Sudan.
News Release   05-140    06/05/2006   Goldstein
Corporation of Brown University Elects Five Trustees
The Corporation of Brown University elected five trustees at its regular spring meeting Friday, May 26, 2006. They will be formally engaged at the next Corporation meeting in October 2006.
News Release   05-139    06/05/2006   Goldstein
Science Team Determines Composition of Asteroid Itokawa
For the first time, a group of scientists have an intimate look at a small asteroid, this one dubbed Itokawa. Using data from the Japanese space probe Hayabusa, the team has determined the mineral makeup and surface characteristics of Itokawa and published their findings in Science. Itokawa and other asteroids contain materials relatively unchanged since the birth of the solar system, offering clues to how the system has evolved over time.
News Release   05-138    06/01/2006   Lawton
Climate History Rewritten: Arctic Ice an Early Arrival
Arctic ice formed about 45 million years ago – roughly 14 million years ahead of previous predictions – according to new research published in Nature. An international team of scientists, including Brown geologist Steven Clemens, says this startling evidence shows that glaciers formed in tandem at Earth’s poles, providing important insights into global climate change.
News Release   05-136    05/31/2006   Lawton
Brown to Commemorate 225th Anniversary of the March to Yorktown
This summer marks the 225th anniversary of the march to Yorktown, Va., where French and American forces won a decisive victory over British troops, thus bringing an end to the major battles of the American Revolutionary War. The Brown University campus, which was an encampment site for French soldiers in June 1781, will commemorate the anniversary on Saturday, June 17, 2006, with a symposium organized by the John Carter Brown Library and a procession from The College Green to the Rhode Island State House.
News Release   05-137    05/30/2006   Goldstein
Advisory: Brown to confer 2,245 degrees at 238th Commencement
Brown President Ruth J. Simmons will preside at the University’s 238th Commencement exercises Sunday, May 28, 2006, during which 2,245 degrees will be conferred.
News Release   05-133    05/27/2006   de Ramel
Algae's Protein "Tails" Create Motion -- and Aid Munching
Flagella, the wee whips that set some microorganisms in motion, also help colonies of green algae take in additional nutrients. This finding, made by a team of scientists from University of Arizona and Brown University, may help explain how some organisms make the evolutionary leap to multicellularity.
News Release   05-134    05/26/2006   Lawton
Brown and Affiliated Hospitals Name Zink Emergency Medicine Chief
Brian J. Zink, M.D., is chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brown Medical School and emergency medicine physician-in-chief at Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital.
News Release   05-135    05/26/2006   Lawton
Pomp and Thermodynamics: Brown Graduates First Teacher-Engineer
The Brown University Class of 2006 will include its first teacher-engineer, who graduates this month with a bachelor’s degree in engineering – and a certificate to teach physics in grades seven to 12. This one-of-a-kind teacher preparation program aims to train students to teach physics in an engaging, hands-on style. The program will also address a national shortage of physics teachers.
News Release   05-132    05/23/2006   Lawton
Juliet V. Garcia Will Deliver Baccalaureate Address on May 27, 2006
University of Texas–Brownsville President Juliet V. García will deliver the baccalaureate address to Brown University’s graduating seniors on Saturday, May 27, 2006, at 3 p.m. in the First Baptist Church in America.
News Release   05-130    05/22/2006   de Ramel
Paul Volcker To Deliver Ogden Lecture: "Is the U.N. Up to Its Job?"
Economist and former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, will deliver a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture on International Relations on Saturday, May 27, 2006, in the Salomon Center for Teaching. His address titled “Is the U.N. Up to Its Job?” is part of the annual Commencement Forums, offered during Brown University’s Commencement Weekend. The public is welcome.
News Release   05-131    05/22/2006   Goldstein
Annual Commencement Forum Will Honor Sen. Claiborne Pell
Brown University has established an annual Commencement Forum to honor Sen. Claiborne Pell’s 36 years of distinguished service to the United States Senate. The inaugural Pell Forum, on Saturday, May 27, 2006, will be a panel discussion covering areas of particular interest to the Senator during his political career – higher education, the arts, and foreign relations.
News Release   05-129    05/17/2006   Goldstein
Bell Gallery Displays Retrospective of Friedrich St.Florian's Career
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present a retrospective of Friedrich St.Florian’s work, opening Friday, May 26, and running through Sunday, July 2, 2006. The exhibition honors the architect at the time of his retirement from teaching and on the occasion of being awarded an honorary degree during Brown University’s 238th Commencement.
News Release   05-128    05/12/2006   Goldstein
Greta Pemberton and Ari Savitzky To Deliver Senior Orations
Greta Pemberton of Silver Spring, Md., and Ari Savitzky of Providence, R.I., will deliver senior orations to their classmates on Sunday, May 28, 2006, at 12:50 p.m. on The College Green. Pemberton’s address is titled “Consider Play,” and Savitzky’s is titled “Save the Oration (for Tomorrow).”
News Release   05-127    05/09/2006   de Ramel
David I. Kertzer Named Provost of Brown University
David I. Kertzer, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at Brown University, has been named the University’s 10th provost. Kertzer succeeds Robert J. Zimmer, who will leave the University July 1 to become president of the University of Chicago. Brown President Ruth J. Simmons informed the campus community of Kertzer’s appointment by e-mail.
News Release   05-125    05/08/2006   de Ramel
Clyde L. Briant Appointed Vice President for Research
Clyde L. Briant, dean of engineering and the Otis E. Randall University Professor at Brown, has been appointed vice president for research, effective July 1, 2006. Briant succeeds Andries van Dam, the inaugural vice president.
News Release   05-126    05/08/2006   de Ramel
"Believing Africa" Is Haffenreffer Museum's Second On-Campus Exhibition
Brown University’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology will open its second on-campus exhibition, Believing Africa, on Saturday, May 27, 2006, in its satellite gallery at Manning Hall. The exhibition, focusing on the diversity of African spiritual beliefs, was co-curated by Brown graduate and undergraduate students.
News Release   05-117    05/03/2006   Goldstein
Brown University and RISD Honor Colleagues in Awards Ceremony
Members of the Brown and RISD communities recognized faculty and student colleagues for their outstanding commitments to teaching and mentoring at Awards Ceremony 2006.
News Release   05-124    05/03/2006   Goldstein
Fussy Babies and Postpartum Depression Linked, Study Finds
Researchers from Brown Medical School and the Rhode Island Department of Health have found a strong association between mothers with symptoms of postpartum depression and those with colicky infants. The study, the first to show such a link using population-based data, will be presented May 2 at the Pediatric Academic Societies’ 2006 Annual Meeting.
News Release   05-114    05/02/2006   Lawton
Successful Treatment of Alcoholism Found in The Doctor's Office
Attention from doctors, nurses and other health professionals, combined with either the drug naltrexone or specialized counseling, is the most effective way to treat alcohol dependence, according to results of the largest clinical trial ever conducted on drug and therapy interventions for alcoholism. Researchers at Brown Medical School ran the largest clinical site for the trial at Roger Williams Medical Center. Results appear in JAMA.
News Release   05-115    05/02/2006   Lawton
Faculty To Present Highest Honor to Sen. Claiborne Pell
During Brown University Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 28, 2006, former U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell, Rhode Island’s longest serving senator, will be presented with the University faculty’s highest honor, the Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal.
News Release   05-121    05/02/2006   Goldstein
Provost Robert Zimmer To Speak at Graduate School Convocation
Outgoing Provost Robert J. Zimmer will deliver an address at Brown University’s Graduate School Commencement on Sunday, May 29, 2006, on Lincoln Field. Shankar K. Prasad, a doctoral candidate in political science, will present the student address, titled “A Diverse Community of One: Lessons Learned and Experiences Shared.”
News Release   05-122    05/02/2006   Goldstein
Social Pioneer Geoffrey Canada To Address Medical School Graduates
Geoffrey Canada, acclaimed advocate for inner-city children, will address the 32nd Brown Medical School graduating class Sunday, May 28, 2006, in the First Unitarian Church. Colin Harrington, M.D., a clinical associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior, will deliver the faculty address, and Daniel Vázquez, a candidate for the M.D. degree, will deliver the student address. Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences Eli Y. Adashi, M.D., will preside.
News Release   05-123    05/02/2006   Lawton
Brown University will confer eight honorary degrees on May 28
Brown University will confer eight honorary degrees during Commencement exercises Sunday, May 28, upon children’s advocate Geoffrey Canada; Juliet V. García, president of the University of Texas at Brownsville; business executive Martin J. Granoff; mental health advocate Kay Redfield Jamison; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, finance minister of Nigeria; Rhode Island architect Friedrich St. Florian; HIV specialist Suniti Solomon; and economist Paul A. Volcker.
News Release   05-116    05/02/2006   Sweeney
Hurricane Katrina Reshaped Political Map of New Orleans, Report Says
As the Big Easy heads into a mayoral runoff this month between incumbent Ray Nagin and Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landreiu, the city may elect a white mayor for the first time in nearly 30 years. A report released by Brown University sociologist John Logan says Hurricane Katrina has reshaped the political map of New Orleans. He found the voice of black neighborhoods has been diminished – a result, he says, that should have been foreseen.
News Release   05-118    05/01/2006   Goldstein
Brown University to Hold 238th Commencement on Sunday, May 28
Chief Marshal L. Roger Hale will lead more than 6,000 people down College Hill on Sunday, May 28, 2006, in one of the nation’s largest and most colorful academic pageants. The procession and academic exercises will cap a three-day Commencement/Reunion Weekend on the Brown campus. Brown University’s 238th Commencement will follow a new plan, for the first time in the history of the University. Due in part to the large size of the Class of 2006, graduates will assemble in front of the First Baptist Church in America, rather than inside.
News Release   05-119    05/01/2006   de Ramel
Women's Sports Pioneers to Attend Inaugural Colloquium at Brown
Well-known sports figures Julie Foudy, Mary Carillo and Donna de Varona will take part in Brown University’s inaugural Sports in Society Colloquium, “Changing the Landscape of Women’s Athletics,” on Friday, May 5, 2006. The night before the Colloquium, there will be special screening of Dare to Dream: The Story of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team. Both events are open to the public.
News Release   05-120    05/01/2006   Goldstein
Coral Reef Resilience: Better Feeders Survive Bleaching
Global warming and other threats are killing coral reefs through a phenomenon known as bleaching. But why do some corals survive? A new study, published in Nature, is the first to document a trait that helps some coral species live through, and recover from, bleaching. The survivors’ secret: Ramped up feeding rates.
News Release   05-112    04/26/2006   Lawton
Two Brown Faculty, One Visiting Scholar Elected Fellows of AAAS
Geologist James W. Head III, playwright Paula Vogel, and poet Rosmarie Waldrop have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a distinction of excellence in science, scholarship, business, public affairs and the arts. Head and Vogel are professors at Brown; Rosmarie Waldrop is a visiting scholar.
News Release   05-113    04/25/2006   de Ramel
Legacy of Lead Poisoning Detailed at Annual Barnes Lecture
Herbert Needleman, M.D., one of the foremost experts on childhood lead poisoning, will deliver the Dr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Barnes Jr. Lecture in Public Health on Wednesday, April 26, 2006. The free lecture begins at 4 p.m. in Andrews Hall and is open to the public.
News Release   05-110    04/21/2006   Lawton
Digital Media Project Wins Grant and Greenlight from mtvU and Cisco
Four Brown seniors are being awarded the first Digital Incubator award from mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, and Cisco Systems. As part of the initiative, 10 student groups across the country will be funded with a total of $250,000 in grant money and offered a national platform to pioneer the broadband content of tomorrow.
News Release   05-111    04/21/2006   Goldstein
A Young Mars Most Likely to Support Life, New Mineral History Shows
An international team of scientists, including Brown University geologist John Mustard, has created the most comprehensive mineral record of Mars to date. Using data from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express mission, the record shows three distinct geological eras on the Red Planet, with the earliest marked by the presence of water. Results are published in Science.
News Release   05-109    04/20/2006   Lawton
"Dead Zone" Summer Killed Billions of Ocean State Mussels
A “dead zone” that formed in 2001 in Narragansett Bay left a lethal legacy, Brown University research shows. In a study of nine mussel reefs, published in Ecology, researchers report that oxygen-depleted water killed one reef and nearly wiped out the rest. A year later, only one of the nine reefs was recovering. The result was a sharp reduction in the reefs’ ability to filter phytoplankton, a process that helps control “dead zone” formation.
News Release   05-108    04/11/2006   Lawton
60 Minutes Correspondent Ed Bradley to Receive Welles Hangen Award
60 Minutes and CBS News Correspondent Ed Bradley will be presented with Brown University’s Welles Hangen Award for Superior Achievement in Journalism on Friday, April 21, 2006, at 4 p.m. in Sayles Hall. The award honors the memory of Welles Hangen ’49, a foreign correspondent and broadcast journalist, killed in 1970 while covering the war in Vietnam. Note: Because of schedule conficts, the award ceremony has been postponed to the fall semester. See update: 05-107p.
News Release   05-107    04/10/2006   Goldstein
Brown University Geologists Create 5-Million-Year Climate Record
Brown University geologists have created the longest continuous record of ocean surface temperatures, dating back 5 million years. The record shows slow, steady cooling in the eastern equatorial Pacific, a finding that challenges the notion that the Ice Ages alone sparked a global cooling trend. Results are published in Science.
News Release   05-106    04/06/2006   Lawton
Children's Defense Fund Founder Marian Wright Edelman to Speak
Award-winning author and children’s advocate Marian Wright Edelman will address the Brown community in the sixth annual Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, April 11, 2006. Her speech, “Stand Up for Children Now, ” will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The event is free and open to the public.
News Release   05-105    04/03/2006   Goldstein
Friction-Reduction Recipe: Add Two Atoms and Lots of Heat
Get molecules moving, atom bumping against atom, and friction is bound to follow. Or does it? Surprising Brown University and University of Southern California research shows that under certain conditions in liquids, molecular motion destroys – rather than creates – friction. The work, published in Science, may rewrite the rulebook for chemical reactions.
News Release   05-101    03/30/2006   Lawton
Bell Gallery Presents "7 Documentarians" Photography Exhibition
Images by seven American photographers will be shown in the Bell Gallery’s latest exhibition, 7 Documentarians, from April 12 through May 10, 2006. The exhibition takes visitors through a history of 20th-century documentary photography, with subjects ranging from the Depression-era rural south to New York City street life to baseball stadiums of the 1980s.
News Release   05-103    03/29/2006   Goldstein
Brown University To Host 2006 Ivy Film Festival April 5-9
Student filmmakers and film industry professionals will come together for the 2006 Ivy Film Festival at Brown University April 5-9, 2006. The festival will showcase 36 student films and include advance screenings of eight feature films. Michael Showalter, a 1992 Brown graduate, writer and director of The Baxter, will give the keynote address on Friday, April 7. All events are open to the public.
News Release   05-104    03/29/2006   Goldstein
Two Brown Students Named 2006 Truman Scholars
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation is honoring Te-Ping Chen and Geoffrey Gusoff, both of the Class of 2007, for their exceptional leadership skills, demonstrated academic excellence, and commitment to public service. The Truman Scholarships enable college students to attend graduate school in preparation for careers in government or public service.
News Release   05-102    03/28/2006   Goldstein
Teens and Sleep Poll a Wake-Up Call, Pediatric Sleep Experts Say
New poll data from the National Sleep Foundation shows that only one in five teen-agers gets a full night’s sleep, negatively affecting school performance, driving and mood. Researchers at Brown Medical School and affiliates Bradley Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital are national experts in pediatric sleep and call the results a “wake-up call” for parents.
News Release   05-100    03/28/2006   Lawton
Two Brown Undergraduates Awarded Goldwater Scholarships
Two Brown University juniors, Kartik Pattabiraman and Brenda Rubenstein, have been selected as Barry M. Goldwater Scholars for the 2006-2007 academic year. The scholarship program is designed to encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering.
News Release   05-098    03/21/2006   Goldstein
Brown Corporation Puts Six Companies Off-Limits for Investment
The Advisory and Executive Committee of the Brown Corporation has designated six companies for exclusion from University investment because of the support they provide for the repressive regime in Sudan. The A&E’s specific action today (March 17, 2006) follows the full Corporation’s decision last month to divest from companies that facilitate Sudanese oppression in Darfur.
News Release   05-096    03/17/2006   Nickel
Brown, Microsoft To Announce Pen-Based Computing Alliance
Brown University and Microsoft Research will hold a joint press conference at 1 p.m. Monday, March 20, 2006, at the Watson Center for Information Technology to announce the first academic research program in the nation dedicated to pen-centric computing innovation.
News Release   05-095a    03/16/2006   Lawton
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton To Deliver Inaugural Lecture
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will visit Brown University to deliver the inaugural lecture of the Doherty-Granoff Forum on Women Leaders on Saturday, April 8, 2006. Her address begins at 7:45 p.m. in Meehan Auditorium. Tickets will be available to holders of active Brown IDs beginning Friday, March 17. The Office of Media Relations will issue press credentials for reporters covering the event.
News Release   05-094    03/15/2006   Goldstein
David Winton Bell Gallery to Host 26th Annual Student Exhibition
This year’s best student artwork will be shown in the 26th annual Student Exhibition at the David Winton Bell Gallery from Saturday, March 18, through Sunday, April 2, 2006. An opening reception for the artists will be held Saturday, March 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. Both the exhibit and the reception are free and open to the public.
News Release   05-092    03/10/2006   Goldstein
Federal Science Chief to Speak on Basic Research Funding
Raymond L. Orbach, director of the Office of Science at the U.S. Department of Energy, will visit Brown University on Friday, March 10, 2006, to see science demonstrations and discuss federal funding for basic research. Gov. Donald L. Carcieri will accompany Orbach during his visit.
News Release   05-090    03/09/2006   Lawton
Provost Robert J. Zimmer To Become University of Chicago President
The Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago has received a recommendation from its Presidential Search Committee that Robert J. Zimmer, currently provost of Brown University, be elected the University of Chicago’s next president. Chicago’s Board will act on the recommendation at a special meeting Friday, March 10, 2006. President Simmons’ message to Brown’s faculty, staff and students, sent Thursday morning, March 9, follows here.
News Release   05-091    03/09/2006   Nickel
Featured Events at Brown University through March 20
Featured Events is a listing of University lectures, performances and exhibitions of interest to the general public. Unless otherwise indicated, all events are open to the public without charge. For additional information, contact the Featured Events editor at (401) 863-2478.
News Release   05-089    03/06/2006   Goldstein
Brown Hosts Conference on Closing School Readiness Gaps
Early childhood leaders will meet at Brown University on March 8 to discuss how to best prepare minority children for success at school. The conference, co-sponsored by Brown’s Center for Human Development and Rhode Island KIDS COUNT, will feature remarks by Columbia University professor Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Providence Schools Superintendent Donnie Evans.
News Release   05-088    03/02/2006   Lawton
New Class of Compounds Promise Better Drugs, Clean Energy
Brown University chemists have created a new class of compounds that promise to produce prescription drugs more cheaply as well as to provide models for hydrogen storage – a key feature for clean energy production and use. The work has landed in top journals, including a cover of Chemical Communications this month, and has prompted two patent filings.
News Release   05-087    02/28/2006   Lawton
Featured Events at Brown University through March 13
Featured Events is a listing of University lectures, performances and exhibitions of interest to the general public. Unless otherwise indicated, all events are open to the public without charge. For additional information, contact the Featured Events editor at (401) 863-2478 or visit www.brown.edu/news.
News Release   05-086    02/27/2006   Goldstein
Corporation Approves 8.2% FY07 Budget Increase, Sets Tuition and Fees
The Corporation of Brown University has approved a fiscal year 2007 consolidated budget of $664.1 million, an 8.2-percent increase over FY06. Total undergraduate fees will rise 4.7 percent to $43,754, including a 5-percent rise in tuition to $33,888.
News Release   05-083    02/25/2006   Nickel
Brown Votes to Divest from Sudan in Response to Genocide
Brown University's governing board voted to divest the University from companies supporting and facilitating the Sudanese government in its continuing sponsorship of genocidal actions and human rights violations in Darfur.
News Release   05-084    02/25/2006   Goldstein
Corporation Accepts Gifts, Approves Appointments
Funding from Brown graduates Artemis A.W. Joukowsky and Martha Sharp Joukowsky was accepted by the Corporation at its meeting today, allowing the University to immediately establish the Joukowsky Family Professorship in Archaeology within The Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World. The Corporation also accepted a number of significant anonymous gifts to a wide range of disciplines – from history to the creative arts – and made new staff appointments.
News Release   05-085    02/25/2006   de Ramel
One Nation Indivisible? Experts to Discuss Persistence of Class in America
Some of the nation’s leading voices on class issues in America will gather at Brown University on March 6 and 7, 2006, for the 26th annual Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference, titled “One Nation Indivisible? The Persistence of Class in American Culture.” Author and The New York Times columnist David Brooks will deliver the keynote address, the Michael P. Metcalf–Howard R. Swearer Memorial Lecture. All events are free and open to the public.
News Release   05-082    02/21/2006   Goldstein
Brown Community Invited to Planning Meeting
Brown University will present a review of its Institutional Master Plan, including the University’s role in the Thayer Street Improvement District, to all members of the Brown Community on Wednesday, March 1, 2006. The meeting will be held at Brown Hillel, the Glenn and Darcy Weiner Hillel Center for Jewish Life, from 5 to 7 p.m.
News Release   05-081    02/21/2006   deRamel
Progeria Progress: Studies Show How Mutant Protein Hurts Hearts
Two new research studies on progeria, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, detail the damage a mutant protein does to blood vessel cells of humans and mice. The discoveries offer increased hope for a cure for progeria, a genetic condition fatal in children, but may also provide key insight into the cause of adult heart disease.
News Release   05-079    02/16/2006   Lawton
Sen. Reed To Give Ogden Lecture: President Bush and The Long War
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) will visit Brown University to deliver a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. Memorial Lecture on International Affairs on Friday, March 3, 2006. His address, “President Bush and the Long War: Are Slogans Enough?” begins at 6 p.m. in the List Arts Center, 64 College St. It is free and open to the public. Reed will be available for press interviews.
News Release   05-076    02/15/2006   Goldstein
A Surprising Pair of Proteins Help Make Healthy Eggs
Biologists at Brown University and the University of California–Berkeley have discovered that two proteins team up to turn on an assortment of ovarian genes critical to the production of healthy eggs. This finding, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, sheds important light on the biochemical processes underpinning fertility.
News Release   05-075    02/15/2006   Lawton
A Fresh Spin in Quantum Physics: The 'Spin Triple' Supercurrent
For the first time, scientists have created a “spin triplet” supercurrent through a ferromagnet over a long distance. Achieved with a magnet developed at Brown University and the University of Alabama, the feat upends long-standing theories of quantum physics – and may be a boon to the budding field of “spintronics,” where the spin of electrons, along with their charge, is harnessed to power computer chips and circuits. Results are published in Nature.
News Release   05-078    02/15/2006   Lawton
Landmark Study of Bipolar Disorder in Children, Teens Released
Compared with adults, children and teen-agers with bipolar disorder struggle with longer-lasting and more rapidly changing symptoms. This is the initial finding of the largest, most comprehensive study of young people with bipolar disorder, conducted by researchers at Brown Medical School, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Results of the study are published in the Archives of General Psychiatry.
News Release   05-074    02/14/2006   Lawton
Survey: Chafee Narrowly Leads Opponents; Brown Leads Whitehouse
A statewide survey of 785 Rhode Island voters, conducted Feb. 4-6, 2006, finds Sen. Lincoln Chafee in a close race with his likely Democratic challengers and Gov. Donald Carcieri with an 11-point lead over Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty. A majority of Rhode Island voters say they are unprepared for a major hurricane. Questions and Answers are included.
News Release   05-073    02/08/2006   Nickel
Aging Cells, Aging Body: Fresh Evidence for a Connection
When cells age and stop dividing, how much do they contribute to whole-body aging? Brown University research strengthens the case for a strong connection by providing evidence that non-dividing or “replicatively senescent” cells can be found in large numbers in old animals. The research, led by John Sedivy, is the first to quantify the presence of these cells in any species. Results are published by Science.
News Release   05-071    02/02/2006   Lawton
NASA's "Deep Impact" Team Reports First Evidence of Cometary Ice
Comet Tempel 1, target of last year’s July 4 cosmic collision, contains small amounts of surface water ice. Reported in Science by members of NASA’s Deep Impact mission, this finding marks the first evidence of surface ice on any comet.
News Release   05-072    02/02/2006   Lawton
Brown University Library Collections Annex To Open Officially
The Library Collections Annex at Brown University will officially open on Feb. 3, 2006, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by President Ruth Simmons. Planning for the high-density storage facility has been in the works for more than a decade and is one outcome of Brown’s billion-dollar Plan for Academic Enrichment.
News Release   05-070    01/30/2006   Goldstein
Intercollegiate Athletics at Brown Undergoes Routine Review by NCAA
Brown University has undertaken a comprehensive study of its intercollegiate athletics program as required every 10 years by the NCAA. President Ruth J. Simmons has appointed a steering committee whose members will collect and review data, gain broad campus input, and produce a report for the NCAA. Brown received a status of certified, without conditions, after its last review in 1997.
News Release   05-069    01/27/2006   Sweeney
Brown Creates First In-Depth Demographic Analysis of Katrina's Impact
The images were accurate: The Gulf Coast’s poor, black residents were hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina, according to findings by a Brown University sociologist. Professor John Logan’s new research is the first of its kind from the disaster zone and raises provocative questions about the future population of New Orleans.
News Release   05-068    01/25/2006   Goldstein
Brown's ArtsLiteracy Project Receives White House Award
The ArtsLiteracy Project, based in the Education Department at Brown University, was nationally recognized at the White House Jan. 25, 2006. The program received the 2005 Coming Up Taller Award, which recognizes outstanding community arts and humanities programs that celebrate the creativity of America’s youth.
News Release   05-067    01/25/2006   Goldstein
President of United Negro College Fund to Give 10th MLK Jr. Lecture
Michael L. Lomax, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, will deliver Brown University’s 10th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Monday, Feb. 6, 2006, at 5:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The lecture, titled “Coming of Age With King,” is free and open to the public.
News Release   05-064    01/23/2006   Goldstein
HIV Prevention Hope: Yogurt Bugs That Make Antiviral Drugs
A research team lead by Bharat Ramratnam, a Brown Medical School professor, has genetically modified bacteria found in yogurt so that the bugs produce a protein proven to block HIV infection in monkeys. The results offer hope for a microbicide that can prevent the spread of HIV, which now affects about 40 million people.
News Release   05-066    01/23/2006   Lawton
Brown, R.I. Department of Health Team up for Public Health Training
From bird flu to bioterrorism, epidemiology to environmental health, Rhode Island health leaders this year can learn about topics critical to improving public health, through a new training program planned by Brown Medical School and the Rhode Island Department of Health.
News Release   05-063    01/12/2006   Lawton
Noguchi Sculpture To Be Removed From The College Green
Internationally acclaimed artist Isamu Noguchi’s 10-foot sculpture To Tallness will be removed from The College Green on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. The work has been on loan from the Isamu Noguchi Foundation for the last three years as part of the Art on Campus Program, established by Brown University’s Public Art Committee.
News Release   05-060    01/11/2006   Goldstein
Brown Approves Arming Campus Police Officers, Effective Immediately
In December 2003, Brown University announced that it would arm its campus police officers and directed the Department of Public Safety to begin the necessary testing, training, policy development and other preparations. In a letter e-mailed to all Brown faculty, staff and students today (Jan. 11, 2006), Brown President Ruth J. Simmons announced that preparations were complete and that the University’s licensed campus police officers would be armed, effective immediately. The text of President Simmons’s letter follows here.
News Release   05-061    01/11/2006   Nickel
Edward L. Widmer Named New Director of John Carter Brown Library
Edward L. Widmer has been appointed director and librarian of the John Carter Brown Library, marking the library’s first change in leadership in 23 years. Prior to this, Widmer served as inaugural director of the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and associate professor of history at Washington College in Chestertown, Md. He will begin his new post July 1, 2006.
News Release   05-062    01/10/2006   Goldstein
Bell Gallery To Show Work of Joseph Beuys from New England Collections
Another View of Joseph Beuys: Multiples from New England Collections brings together more than 100 works by “one of the most significant figures in contemporary art” at Brown University’s David Winton Bell Gallery. The exhibition, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the German artist’s death, runs Saturday, Jan. 28, through March 8, 2005. An opening reception will be held Friday, Jan. 27.
News Release   05-058    01/06/2006   Goldstein
Not So Different After All: Mysterious Eye Cells Adapt To Light
Unlike their cousins, rods and cones, newly discovered retinal cells don’t aid sight in a traditional sense. Instead, they constrict the eye’s pupil and set the body’s circadian clock. But new research from Brown University – where the photoreceptors were discovered by David Berson and colleagues – shows that these cells are sensitive to lighting conditions in a manner similar to rods and cones. Results appear in Neuron.
News Release   05-059    01/04/2006   Lawton
$1.1M of Sidney Frank Gift Will Fund 'Recovery Semester' Scholarships
With the endorsement of philanthropist Sidney E. Frank, Brown University will use $1.1 million of Frank’s $5-million hurricane relief gift to establish “recovery semester” scholarships next semester at Dillard University and Xavier University of Louisiana, both in New Orleans, and Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss. The scholarships will help students resume or continue their studies and will help provide the schools with sufficient numbers of students to begin the return to normal operations.
News Release   05-056    12/21/2005   Nickel
Brown Sends Avian Flu Advisory as Holiday Travel Season Begins
As students, faculty and staff prepare for holiday travel, senior administrators at Brown University sent an e-mail advisory to the campus community, offering health information and providing a list of information resources about avian flu. The text of that message follows here.
News Release   05-057    12/21/2005   Nickel
Surprising Killer of Southeastern Salt Marshes: Common Sea Snails
From South Carolina to Texas, salt marshes have experienced a massive die-off in recent years, threatening fisheries and leaving coastal areas vulnerable to flooding. The culprit, ecologists have long thought, is degraded soil. But new research, published in Science, points to the periwinkle – cordgrass consuming sea snails – as a major contributor to salt marsh loss.
News Release   05-054    12/15/2005   Lawton
What Can Change In The Brain? Electrical Synapses, Research Shows
Plasticity – the brain’s ability to change based on experience and its own activity – is a key to critical functions such as making memories. Brown University scientists are the first to show that neural activity causes long-lasting changes in electrical synapses in the brains of mammals. Results are published in Science.
News Release   05-055    12/15/2005   Lawton
Study Evaluates Criminal Justice Handling of R.I. Statutory Rape Cases
A study of all statutory rape cases brought before Rhode Island Superior Court from 1985 through 2002 finds evidence of significant leniency. The study, conducted at Brown’s Taubman Center for Public Policy by Ross Cheit, Laura Braslow and Veena Srinivasa, makes recommendations to improve the performance of the criminal justice system in cases of statutory rape.
News Release   05-053    12/08/2005   Nickel
Katrina: From Disaster to Renewal
Brown University will host a colloquium, “Katrina: From Disaster to Renewal,” on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2005, from 12:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. in Sayles Hall. The event is free and open to the public, featuring a conversation with Brown President Ruth J. Simmons and Marvalene Hughes, president of Dillard University; a reading by Brenda Osbey, poet laureate of Louisiana; and panel discussions from Rhode Islanders who were among the first to respond to the catastrophe on the Gulf Coast.
News Release   05-051    11/30/2005   DeRamel
Brown Community Invited to Review of Institutional Master Plan
Brown will present a review of its Institutional Master Plan, including parking and traffic concerns, to all members of the Brown community, Tuesday December 13, 2005, in the Vartan Gregorian Lounge, from 5 to 7 p.m.
News Release   05-052    11/30/2005   Montgomery
Brown University Releases Economic and Cultural Impact Report
A new independent report released today by Brown University, concludes that Brown directly or indirectly accounted for more than 7,500 Rhode Island jobs and $753 million in statewide economic output in 2005. The report, prepared by Appleseed Inc. of New York City, cites new opportunities for partnerships in building a knowledge-based economy for Rhode Island.
News Release   05-050    11/22/2005   Chapman
The Impossible Is Possible: Laser Light from Silicon
Silicon has made its way into everything from computers to cameras. But a silicon laser? Physically impossible – until now. A Brown University research team led by Jimmy Xu has engineered the first directly pumped silicon laser by changing the structure of the silicon crystal through a novel nanoscale technique. Results appear in an advanced online publication of Nature Materials.
News Release   05-049    11/21/2005   Lawton
Decrease Cancer-Suppressing Protein Activity, Increase Life Span
Too much production of the p53 protein shortens life span. Not enough can cause cancer. New research, headed up by Brown University biologist Stephen Helfand, shows that the health benefits of this protective protein can be harnessed – and longer life can be achieved – when its activity is decreased in the neurons of fruit flies. These findings, published in Current Biology, offer the first evidence that p53 can play a positive role in aging.
News Release   05-047    11/21/2005   Lawton
Todd Andrews named Vice President for Alumni Relations
Todd G. Andrews, currently director of corporate communications for the CVS Corporation, has been named vice president for alumni relations at Brown University. Andrews, a 1983 graduate of Brown, will begin his duties Nov. 22, 2005.
News Release   05-048    11/18/2005   DeRamel
Less Sleep, More Struggles for Elementary and Middle School Students
Elementary and middle school students have more learning and attention problems when they sleep eight hours or less at night, according to Brown Medical School and Bradley Hospital researchers. Their study – the first to ask teachers to report on sleep restriction effects – points up the importance of sleep when assessing the causes of, and treatments for, learning difficulties in children. Study results appear in the December issue of the journal SLEEP.
News Release   05-046    11/10/2005   Lawton
NSF Grant Supports Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
The National Science Foundation has awarded Brown University $9.4 million to continue the work of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, a project aimed at creating new or more reliable materials for industries such electronics and aerospace. The center also provides materials science education and training to public school students and teachers as well as undergraduates.
News Release   05-044    11/10/2005   Lawton
Brown University Scientists Testing Toxicity of Nanomaterials
Nanomaterials can be found in everything from cosmetics to concrete to car bumpers. But are these atomic-scale tubes, fibers, spheres, crystals and films safe? A multidisciplinary team of scientists at Brown University is testing nanomaterial toxicity with funding from the National Science Foundation.
News Release   05-045    11/10/2005   Lawton
Bell to Show "Labyrinths" of Mancuska, McGill, Shotz through Dec. 22
Labyrinths, a group exhibition that explores the search for direction, for self, for discovery and for meaning, features work of Jan Mancuska, Domenic McGill, and Alyson Shotz. The exhibition opens Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005, and runs through Dec. 22. The exhibit and an opening reception (5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11,) are open to the public without charge.
News Release   05-038    11/07/2005   Nickel
Humanities Take Center Stage at Brown During Nov. 4-7 Celebration
Architects, scholars and performers blazing new trails in interactive media will gather at Brown University to celebrate Fall Humanities Weekend Nov. 4-7, sponsored by the University’s new Cogut Center for the Humanities. Many of the symposia, performances and workshops are open to the public without charge.
News Release   05-042    10/26/2005   Sweeney
National Experts To Discuss Science of Child Development
Three of the nation’s leading experts on public policy and preschool children will discuss the science of early childhood development Monday, Oct. 17, 2005, at the 2005 Lipsitt-Duchin Lectures in Child Behavior and Development. The presentations will be offered from 4 to 6 p.m. in MacMillan Hall at Brown University.
News Release   05-035    10/13/2005   Lawton
NIH Grants $11 Million to Brown University for Cancer Research
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Brown University a five-year, $11-million Center of Biomedical Research Excellence grant. The funding will allow researchers to explore how healthy cells become cancerous – knowledge critical to finding cures for the second leading cause of death in the United States.
News Release   05-033    10/06/2005   Lawton
Professor's Film about Women Painters of Naya Premieres Oct. 5
Brown University Anthropology Professor Lina Fruzzetti’s award-winning documentary, Singing Pictures: Women Painters of Naya, will premiere on campus on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2005, at 7 p.m. in 120 List Art Center. Fruzzetti and the three artists featured in the film will be in attendance. The screening is part of a week’s worth of opportunities to meet the artists, view their works and hear their songs.
News Release   05-034    10/03/2005   Sweeney
Committee To Begin Year with Workshop on Legacies of U.S. Slavery
Brown University’s Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice will offer a workshop and a speaker series as its on-campus program for the fall semester. The committee was charged to investigate the University’s historical relationship to slavery and the slave trade and to organize public events about the historical, legal, political, and moral questions that this history raises. The committee is due to issue its report at the end of the year.
News Release   05-032    09/27/2005   Nickel
Brown Licenses Internet ID Verification Technology to Startup Firm
Brown University has licensed a portfolio of Internet security technology to a group of entrepreneurs that has established IAM Technology Inc. The technology, developed by Brown Computer Science Professor Roberto Tamassia and associates, provides a rapid way to validate identity on Internet domains. Brown will retain an equity stake in IAM Technology.
News Release   05-031    09/20/2005   Nickel
Nozaki Named Associate Dean of the College, Director of Swearer Center
Roger Nozaki, executive director of the General Electric Foundation, has been named an associate dean of the College and director of the Howard R. Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University. Nozaki, who earned a Master of Arts in Teaching at Brown in 1989, will begin his duties Nov. 1, 2005.
News Release   05-030    09/19/2005   Sweeney
Breast Cancer Screening Trial Shows Digital Mammogram Benefits
Results of one of the largest breast cancer screening trials show that digital mammography detects significantly more cancers than film mammography in younger women and in women with dense breasts. The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) conducted the trial in conjunction with the Center for Statistical Sciences at Brown Medical School. The New England Journal of Medicine reports the results.
News Release   05-029    09/16/2005   Lawton
Indian Foreign Minister Will Present Major Public Address Sept. 23
K. Natwar Singh, India’s minister of external affairs, will deliver “The Argument for India,” his only major public address while in the United States, at Brown University on Friday, Sept. 23, at 2:30 p.m. in Sayles Hall, located on The College Green. The lecture is open to the public without charge. [News Release   05-027    09/15/2005   Sweeney
Survey: Chafee Leads Laffey, Whitehouse Leads Brown for Senate Nominations
A statewide survey of 449 Rhode Island voters conducted Sept. 10-11, 2005, finds that U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee leads Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey in the campaign for the Republican senatorial nomination, while former Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse is ahead of Secretary of State Matt Brown for the Democratic nomination. Only 25 percent of R.I. voters believe President Bush is doing an excellent or good job.
News Release   05-026    09/13/2005   Nickel
Biologist Kenneth Miller Addresses Brown's 242nd Opening Convocation
Kenneth R. Miller, professor of biology at Brown University, delivered the keynote address at the University’s 242nd Opening Convocation Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005. The text of that address is also available.
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Podcast   TEST    09/09/2005   TEST
Utah and Maine Lead All States in Online Government Services
Brown University’s sixth annual review of digital government in the 50 states and major federal agencies ranks Utah and Maine as leading states and the White House and State Department at the top among federal sites.
News Release   05-023    09/08/2005   Nickel
MELT Data Sheds New and Surprising Light on Birth of Oceanic Plates
In the first joint interpretation of data from the landmark MELT study, a team of scientists including Donald Forsyth of Brown University has found unexpected changes in the patterns of seismic velocity and electrical conductivity near the East Pacific Rise, changes due to dehydration and cooling. Results are published in Nature.
News Release   05-020    09/08/2005   Lawton
Brown and Cyberkinetics Sign Collaborative Research Agreement
Brown University and Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems Inc. have signed a research and licensing agreement under which eligible neuroscience researchers at Brown will have access to human clinical data gathered during testing of the BrainGate™ Neural Interface System.
News Release   05-012    09/08/2005   Nickel
U.S. and Four Asian Nations Are World's Five Best Online Governments
A study of digital services offered by governments around the world finds that 198 nations are making steady progress at putting services and information online, but movement forward has been slowed because of budget, bureaucratic and institutional factors. The United States ranks third behind Taiwan and Singapore and ahead of Hong Kong and China.
News Release   05-024    09/08/2005   Nickel
Bell Gallery Presents the Photography of Kerry Stuart Coppin
Kerry Stuart Coppin’s images of the trans-Atlantic black experience will be on display at the Bell Gallery through October. Coppin, who joined the Brown faculty this fall, has gathered images since 1990 for the exhibit Kerry Stuart Coppin: Materia Oscura/Dark Matter.
News Release   05-017    09/07/2005   Nickel
JAMA Study: Long Hours Equal to Alcohol in Impairing Young Doctors
After long hours on call, medical residents’ performance on attention tests and on a driving simulator was comparable to, or worse than, their performance after consuming moderate amounts of alcohol, according to a study conducted by experts at Brown Medical School and the University of Michigan. Results of the first-ever research are published in JAMA.
News Release   05-018    09/06/2005   Lawton
Sidney Frank Provides $5M To Support Brown's Hurricane Relief Effort
Sidney E. Frank, a 1942 alumnus of Brown University, is providing $5 million in support of the University’s efforts to provide relief for students and faculty at colleges and universities that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
News Release   05-021    09/06/2005   Nickel
NASA's Deep Impact Team Releases First Snapshot of Comet Tempel 1
Comet Tempel 1, source of NASA’s July 4 fireworks, is coated in a powdery layer of dust and bears evidence of other celestial collisions, according to first results from the Deep Impact mission published in Science and presented at the Division for Planetary Sciences meeting. Peter Schultz, professor of geological sciences at Brown University, was a co-investigator on the mission team.
News Release   05-022    09/06/2005   Lawton
After Hurricane Katrina: "We are fortunate to be in a position to help"
In an e-mail message to the campus community, Brown President Ruth J. Simmons outlined steps the University is taking in response to the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina. The text of the President’s message follows here.
News Release   05-016    09/02/2005   Nickel
Students in Brown residence halls to have free access to Napster
Students who live in University residence halls will have free access to digital music through Napster. Brown worked closely with Campus Action Network, an industry group, to arrange the one-year pilot project.
News Release   05-014    09/01/2005   Nickel
Biologist Kenneth Miller To Deliver 2005 Opening Convocation Address
Professor of Biology Kenneth R. Miller, known nationally for his support of evolution and the scientific method and for his opposition to creationism or intelligent design in public school science curricula, will deliver the keynote address at Brown University’s 242nd Opening Convocation Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2005. The ceremony, in which Brown President Ruth J. Simmons will officially open the 2005-06 academic year, begins at noon on The College Green.
News Release   05-013    09/01/2005   Nickel
Bell Gallery begins year with "Joe Diebes: Song of Transformation"
The David Winton Bell Gallery, located on the first floor of List Art Center, 64 College St., will open its 2005-06 season with two installations by composer and artist Joe Diebes. Joe Diebes: Song of Transformation will run from Sept. 10 through Oct. 30, 2005. An opening reception with a lecture by the artist begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, in the List Auditorium.
News Release   05-011    08/22/2005   Nickel
Brown To Purchase 121 South Main, Former Old Stone Bank Building
Brown University has agreed to purchase 121 South Main Street, the former Old Stone Square. The building, at the foot of College Hill and convenient to University units in the Jewelry District, has 11 floors of commercial space. The University will manage the facility as a fully taxable commercial property and will honor all leases for the foreseeable future.
News Release   05-010    08/12/2005   Nickel
Disparities Exist In Prenatal HIV Testing, Brown Research Shows
All pregnant women should get an HIV test, according to federal guidelines. Which women get tested, however, depends on their race and where they get their medical care, concludes research published by the Journal of the National Medical Association and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
News Release   05-007    08/05/2005   Lawton
Mesa CC, Brown receive NSF Advanced Technology Education Grant
Supported by a three-year, $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Mesa Community College (Mesa, Ariz.) and Brown University (Providence, R.I.) will develop pioneering curriculum modules for teaching digital visual literacy. As international culture and commerce become increasingly reliant on visual communications, visual literacy is becoming an essential skill for college graduates. Andries van Dam is co-principal investigator.
News Release   05-009    08/05/2005   Nickel
Researchers Reveal Secret of Key Protein in Brain and Heart Function
Brown University researchers have solved the structure of a critical piece of SAP97, a protein used to keep hearts beating and brains learning. Results, reported by Dale Mierke in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, put science a step closer to understanding how this protein aids in brain and heart function.
News Release   05-006    07/29/2005   Lawton
Brown Grad Student's Seismic Study Shakes Up Plate Tectonics
In a surprising study in Nature, a team led by a Brown University graduate student shows that a sharp boundary exists between the Earth’s hard outermost shell and a more pliable layer beneath, a difference in geological strength underpinning plate tectonic theory. The findings are strong evidence that temperature alone can’t account for differences between the regions, which allow plate tectonics to occur.
News Release   05-005    07/28/2005   Lawton
Op-Ed: Darwin, God, and a Cardinal's Big Mistake
The assertion that the theory of evolution is inherently anti-God is simply wrong. A 2004 document approved by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict, carries a ringing endorsement of the “widely accepted scientific account” of life’s emergence and evolution, describes the descent of all forms of life from a common ancestor as “virtually certain,” and echoes John Paul II’s observation of the “mounting support” for evolution from many fields of study.
News Release   05-004    07/15/2005   Nickel
James Miller Named Dean of Admission at Brown University
James S. Miller, currently dean of admissions and financial aid at Bowdoin College, has been named dean of admission at Brown University, succeeding Michael Goldberger. Miller will begin his duties at Brown Aug. 29, 2005.
News Release   05-002    07/14/2005   Nickel
$1.16-Million Grant Establishes Postdoctoral Program in the Humanities
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has given a five-year, $1.16-million grant to Brown University to establish postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities. In addition to offering professional development to recent Ph.D.s, the program will help establish ties between departments and the University's new Cogut Humanities Center, enrich the curriculum, and promote multidisciplinary research initiatives.
News Release   05-001    07/05/2005   Sweeney
Chafee leads Whitehouse and Brown; Carcieri leads Fogarty
A statewide survey of 470 Rhode Island voters conducted June 25-27, 2005, finds that former Rhode Island Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse would give incumbent Lincoln Chafee a competitive run in a U.S. Senate race. Additionally, incumbent Gov. Donald Carcieri leads Lt. Gov. Charles Fogarty in the governor’s race. The poll also found less optimism about the direction in which the state is headed, compared to a February survey.
News Release   04-150    06/30/2005   Nickel
When It Comes To Cell Entry, Being Average Has Its Advantages
Mid-sized viruses, nanotubes and other bioparticles are more likely to get through receptors, or cellular gates, than smaller or bigger versions. L.B. Freund, professor of engineering at Brown University, and colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research have published a model showing an optimal size for cell entry – an idea that can be exploited in drug design – in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   04-149    06/21/2005   Lawton
Corporation of Brown University Elects Nine Trustees
The Corporation of Brown University elected nine trustees at its regular spring meeting Friday, May 27, 2005: Richard A. Friedman, Frederic B. Garonzik, James B. Garvin, Cathy Frank Halstead, Karen M. Levy, Carmen Garcia Rodriguez, Hannelore Rodriguez-Farrar, Charles M. Rosenthal, and William H. Twaddell. The Corporation also accepted major gifts, established three endowed positions and formally approved and adopted the University’s revised policy on intellectual property.
News Release   04-146    06/15/2005   Nickel
Overly Tired Teen? Sleepiness May Signal Serious Health Problem
In a major new report in Pediatrics, doctors who care for young adults are warned that computer games and caffeine may not be the only sources of teen sleep deprivation. Sleep apnea, depression and other medical disorders could be to blame, according to the report by Richard Millman, M.D., and other researchers at Brown University. The report has been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
News Release   04-145    06/06/2005   Lawton
Five Questions About Intelligent Design
“Intelligent design” is now the subject of constant debate in and around biological circles. Humanists would be happy to help sort things out, if only they could understand what the issues really are. Toward that end, Robert Scholes poses five not entirely rhetorical questions.
Op-Ed   04-142    06/02/2005   Scholes
Bell Gallery Presents Its Summer Exhibition: "in and around us"
Six artists who live and work in New England are represented in the David Winton Bell Gallery’s summer exhibition, in and around us, through July 10, 2005. The exhibition and an opening reception Friday, June 10, at 5:30 p.m. are open to the public without charge.
News Release   04-144    06/02/2005   Nickel
Help Us Find Your Next School Superintendent
A 20-member search committee, chaired by Brown President Ruth J. Simmons, will help find the next superintendent of Providence schools. The committee is asking Providence residents for their best thinking, either through an online questionnaire or at two community forums.
Op-Ed   04-139    05/31/2005   Simmons
Ogden Lecture: “Human Rights and Women’s Rights in Afghanistan”
Dr. Sima Samar, chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, delivered a Ste-phen A. Ogden Jr. ‘60 Memorial Lecture on International Relations Saturday, May 28, 2005, in Sayles Hall on the Brown University Campus. The lecture was part of the 35th annual Commencement Forums, offered during the University’s 237th Commencement. The text of Samar’s address follows here.
News Release   04-143    05/28/2005   Samar
Brown to confer 2,094 degrees at 237th Commencement May 29, 2005
Brown President Ruth J. Simmons will preside at the University’s 237th Commencement exercises Sunday, May 29, 2005, during which 2,094 degrees will be conferred.
News Release   04-141    05/27/2005   Nickel
Sage Morgan-Hubbard and Joshua Wilson To Deliver Senior Orations
Sage Xaxua Morgan-Hubbard of Hyattsville, Md., and Joshua Isaiah Wilson of Haleyville, Ala., will deliver senior orations to their classmates on Sunday, May 29, at 12:20 p.m. in the First Baptist Church in America. Morgan-Hubbard’s address is titled “Story and Voice: Passing on Brown’s Legacy,” and Wilson’s address is titled “Dreams, Diversity and Dixie.”
News Release   04-140    05/26/2005   Montgomery
Exhibition Celebrates Launch of Library’s Public Online Image Database
Imagining America/Imaging America, an exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University, features an eclectic sampling of images newly available to the public through the Archive of Early American Images, the library’s online database of images found in books printed between 1493 and about 1825.
News Release   04-138    05/24/2005   Sweeney
HIV Guidelines Strong Step, But Doctors Need More To Protect Patients
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidelines for treating patients who have been exposed to HIV through sex or injection drug use are a powerful – but partial – weapon for fighting the spread of the virus, according to a commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
News Release   04-135    05/23/2005   Lawton
Rebecca Barnes Named Director of Strategic Growth at Brown University
Rebecca G. Barnes has been named director of strategic growth at Brown University. She will begin her duties in mid-June, overseeing and coordinating the University’s potential expansion beyond its College Hill campus.
News Release   04-131    05/16/2005   Nickel
Harriette Hemmasi Will Join Brown University as University Librarian
Harriette Hemmasi, executive associate dean of libraries at Indiana University–Bloomington, will become the Joukowsky Family University Librarian at Brown University. Hemmasi will oversee the six libraries in the University library system and will provide leadership in supporting the University’s Plan for Academic Enrichment.
News Release   04-133    05/16/2005   Sweeney
Sheila Bonde to become dean of the Graduate School in July
Sheila Bonde, an internationally renowned scholar in medieval French art and architecture and a member of the Brown University faculty for more than 20 years, will become dean of the Brown Graduate School, succeeding Karen Newman. She will begin her duties in July.
News Release   04-134    05/16/2005   Nickel
Margaret Klawunn to be associate vice president and dean for student life
Margaret Klawunn, who has been serving as interim dean for campus life during the 2004-05 academic year, has been appointed associate vice president and dean for student life. Her appointment is effective July 1, 2005.
News Release   04-136    05/16/2005   Nickel
International Group To Create Clinical Trial Registry Guidelines
On May 23, Brown University professor Kay Dickersin will join a group of international health policy experts in Portland, Ore., to create a blueprint for a global clinical trials registry. Controversy over the effects of antidepressants in children has sparked a move toward registration of drug trials, which could help ensure that research results are complete, accurate and publicly available.
News Release   04-0137    05/16/2005   Lawton
Haffenreffer Museum Opens Permanent Gallery on College Green
A former lecture space in Manning Hall will become a permanent gallery showcasing treasures from the University’s Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology in Bristol, R.I. The gallery opens to the public on May 28 with Warp Speeds.
News Release   04-130    05/12/2005   Sweeney
Anti-Tobacco Advocate To Address 2005 Medical School Graduates
Dileep Bal, M.D., former American Cancer Society president and chief of California’s leading-edge tobacco control program, will address the 30th Brown Medical School graduating class Sunday, May 29, 2005, in the First Unitarian Church. Joseph Diaz, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, will deliver the faculty address, and Robert Gray, a candidate for the M.D. degree, will deliver the student address. Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences Eli Adashi, M.D., will preside at his first Brown Medical School Commencement.
News Release   04-132    05/12/2005   Lawton
Actress Phylicia Rashad Will Deliver Baccalaureate Address on May 28
Award-winning actress Phylicia Rashad will deliver the baccalaureate address to Brown University’s graduating seniors on Saturday, May 28, 2005, at 3:30 p.m. in the First Baptist Church in America.
News Release   04-128    05/11/2005   Sweeney
Oskar Eustis Will Speak at Graduate School Convocation May 29
Oskar Eustis, chair of the Brown University/Trinity Repertory Consortium, will deliver “In and of the World,” the Graduate School Commencement address, at 11:15 a.m. Sunday, May 29, 2005, on Lincoln Field. Luk Chong Yeung, a doctoral candidate in physics, will present the student address titled “Our Miracle Year.”
News Release   04-127    05/09/2005   Sweeney
Brown University To Hold 237th Commencement on Sunday, May 29
Brown University’s 237th Commencement will follow a new schedule, with academic exercises taking place on Sunday rather than Monday of Memorial Day Weekend. Chief Marshal Artemis Joukowsky will lead more than 6,000 people down College Hill on Sunday, May 29, 2005, in one of the nation’s largest and most colorful academic pageants. The procession and academic exercises will cap a three-day Commencement/Reunion Weekend on the Brown campus.
News Release   04-124    05/06/2005   Nickel
Researchers Develop Promising New Gene Network Analysis Method
Mapping the interactions between thousands of genes is critical to understanding human development and disease. Leon Cooper and John Sedivy led a research team from Brown University with colleagues at Università di Bologna and Tel Aviv University to develop a sensitive, reliable tool for analyzing these connections, based on an innovative experiment using a notorious cancer protein. The result: potential treatment targets.
News Release   04-125    05/06/2005   Lawton
Could Life Exist on Mars? Answers May Lie in the Otherworldly Environment of a River in Spain
The Rio Tinto is a foul, oozing trickle of a river that muddles its way through southwestern Spain, has the pH of gastric juice, and is awash with pollution, heavy metals, and odd microscopic organisms called extremophiles. It's also where Associate Professor of Geological Sciences John Mustard seeks clues about how and where life might survive on Mars.
   050605h    05/06/2005   Volland
Grant Establishes Brown as Superfund Research Center
The Rio Tinto is a foul, oozing trickle of a river that muddles its way through southwestern Spain, has the pH of gastric juice, and is awash with pollution, heavy metals, and odd microscopic organisms called extremophiles. It's also where Associate Professor of Geological Sciences John Mustard seeks clues about how and where life might survive on Mars.
News Release   050605c    05/06/2005   Lawton
Pierre Mujomba: A Writer in Exile
Pierre Mujomba, Brown's second International Writers Project Fellow, is a writer in exile. "In the Congo, writing is never one's first activity," says the Congolese playwright. "There are no publishers and you won't be published, so most people don't have the courage to write."
   050605e    05/06/2005   Curtis
Sociologist Builds Bridges between Labor, Environmental Activists
Environmentalists, in their zeal to promote ecological health, often alienate the very people who could be their best allies, says Brian Mayer. A doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology, Mayer studies how labor and environmental groups can form lasting alliances.
   050605i    05/06/2005   Whitney
Brown To Host Public Forum on LNG Threat Analysis May 9
Counter-terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke will present his detailed threat analysis of LNG terminals and tanker traffic in Rhode Island waters during a public forum at 3:30 p.m., Monday, May 9, 2005, in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The event, sponsored by the Taubman Center for Public Policy and moderated by R.I. Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch, is open to the public without charge.
News Release   04-123    05/04/2005   Nickel
Brown University Will Confer 10 Honorary Degrees on May 29
Brown University will confer 10 honorary degrees during Commencement exercises Sunday, May 29, 2005. Candidates for honorary degrees include artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, writer David Eggers, philanthropist Sidney E. Frank ’42, astrochemist Wesley Huntress ’64, geneticist Mary-Claire King, actress Phylicia Rashad, financier William Rhodes ’57, human rights activist Sima Samar, and the Rev. Philip Smith, president of Providence College.
News Release   04-126    05/03/2005   Sweeney
Four Brown Faculty Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Poet C.D. Wright, anthropologist David Kertzer, engineer Rodney Clifton and historian Omer Bartov have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a distinction of excellence in science, scholarship, business, public affairs and the arts.
News Release   04-122    04/28/2005   Lawton
Brown Wins Major Award to Improve Environment, Protect R.I. Health
Brown University has won a four-year, $11.5-million grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to help scientists create new ways of cleaning up hazardous waste and identify health threats posed by asbestos and other toxicants. The research award, one of Brown’s biggest in five years, will address Rhode Island’s long history of environmental contamination. (See also background documents on research projects.)
News Release   04-118    04/25/2005   Lawton
Bill Clinton To Sign Copies of "My Life" at Brown Bookstore April 29
As part of his visit to the Brown University campus, former President William J. Clinton will sign copies of his autobiography, My Life, on Friday, April 29, 2005, from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at the Brown Bookstore, on Thayer Street north of Angell Street.
News Release   04-119    04/25/2005   Nickel
Howard Foundation Names Twelve 2005-06 Fellows
The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation has announced recipients of 12 fellowships for the 2005-06 academic year. The 12 were awarded in literary criticism, film criticism and translation in English. Next year’s fellowships will be awarded in anthropology, sociology and political science. Brown University administers the fellowships on behalf of the Howard Foundation.
News Release   04-120    04/25/2005   Nickel
Brown Summer High School Runs from July 5 through 29
Brown Summer High School, which runs from July 5-29 this year, offers students entering grades 9 through 12 the opportunity to explore a variety of topics. The program costs $100. Enrollment space is limited, and some financial aid is available.
News Release   04-121    04/25/2005   Sweeney
"Works from the Cave II" Immerses Guests into World of Virtual Reality
An interdisciplinary exhibition presented by the David Winton Bell Gallery, the Multimedia and Electronic Music Experiments program, and the Brown Literary Arts program enables guests to stroll through a variety of virtual realities created by students at Brown and the Rhode Island School of Design. The exhibition, Works from the Cave II, runs on two weekends: April 30 and May 1, and May 7 and 8. Reservations are required.
News Release   04-117    04/19/2005   Sweeney
President Clinton To Deliver Policy Address at Brown University April 29
Tickets to President William J. Clinton’s address, “Embracing Our Common Humanity: Security and Prosperity in the 21st Century,” at 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, 2005, in Meehan Auditorium, will be available to holders of active Brown IDs beginning Monday, April 25. The Brown News Service will issue press credentials for reporters who intend to cover Clinton’s address.
News Release   04-116    04/18/2005   Nickel
Simmons To Host Leadership Alliance Forum on Diversity in Higher Ed
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons will lead a 90-minute briefing and host a Leadership Alliance Presidential Forum Tuesday afternoon, April 19, 2005, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. During forum sessions after the briefing, college and university presidents will resume structured discussions about diversity trends and challenges in higher education.
News Release   04-114    04/14/2005   Nickel
Pulitzer-winning biographer A. Scott Berg to speak on “Telling Lives”
Biographer A. Scott Berg, winner of a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award for his work, will give the fifth annual Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture. Berg will speak on “Telling Lives: Writing Biography” Thursday, April 21, 2005, at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   04-115    04/13/2005   Curtis
Brown and Public Health Officials To Test Medical Emergency System
On Friday, April 22, 2005, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Brown University, together with state and city health officials, will conduct an exercise to test the community’s ability to provide emergency medical information, screenings and treatment to large numbers of people. The exercise will take place inside the Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center at the athletic complex, Hope Street at Lloyd Avenue.
News Release   04-113    04/11/2005   Nickel
Brown To Host 2005 Ivy Film Festival and Student Film Competition
Brown University will host the 2005 Ivy Film Festival, featuring entries from student filmmakers throughout the United States and Europe, April 15-17, 2005. Writer/director John Hamburg – maker of such popular films as Meet the Parents and its recent sequel, Meet the Fockers – will give the festival’s keynote address Saturday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The public is welcome.
News Release   04-111    04/06/2005   Curtis
Brown To Present Africana Film Festival at Cable Car Cinema
Brown University will present its second Africana Film festival – featuring 15 films from a dozen countries and an international group of filmmakers, writers and critics – Wednesday through Sunday, April 13-17, 2005, at Cable Car Cinema.
News Release   04-112    04/06/2005   Curtis
Bell Gallery to present photographic exhibits on prison life – and death
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present two photographic exhibitions – One Big Self: Prisoners of Louisiana and The Omega Suites – April 15 to May 29, 2005. Each exhibition depicts an aspect of U.S. prisons, Photographer Deborah Luster and poet C.D. Wright will discuss their work – One Big Self – during an opening reception Thursday, April 14. Photographer Lucinda Devlin will give a slide lecture on The Omega Suites April 21. Both events and the exhibition are free and open to the public.
News Release   04-110    04/01/2005   Curtis
Max Cleland To Deliver Barnes Lecture at Brown Medical School
Max Cleland, former U.S. senator and decorated Vietnam veteran, will visit Brown University Tuesday, April 5, to deliver the sixth annual Dr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Barnes Jr. Lecture in Public Health. Cleland will be available for press interviews.
News Release   04-109    03/31/2005   Lawton
Robert Creeley: A major artist in the landscape of American poetry
Faculty colleagues Forrest Gander and C.D. Wright notified students in the Literary Arts Program today of the death of poet Robert Creeley. Creeley had joined the Brown faculty in 2003 as a Distinguished Professor of English.
News Release   04-107    03/30/2005   Nickel
Global Team Member Comments on Landmark Ecosystem Report
Brown University’s Osvaldo Sala, a leading authority on biodiversity and global change, says that the new Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report points up the need for policies that reduce demands on the earth’s resources.
News Release   04-108    03/30/2005   Lawton
Brown Presents "Queer Window: The LGBTQ Film and Video Festival"
Brown University will present Queer Window: The LGBTQ Film and Video Festival April 7 to 10, 2005, at Cable Car Cinema. Headlining the festival will be Brown alumnus Rodney Evans ’93, who will introduce and discuss his film Brother to Brother on Sunday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m.
News Release   04-106    03/29/2005   Curtis
Experts To Discuss ‘Democracy in Middle East: Is It Possible?’
Scholars, journalists and international experts will gather at Brown University April 3 and 4, 2005, for the 25th annual Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference titled “Democracy in the Middle East: Is It Possible?” The keynote address, a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture, will be delivered by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, former Egyptian political prisoner and advocate for democracy and human rights. All sessions are open to the public without charge.
News Release   04-104    03/28/2005   Nickel
Sea Skate Experiment Sheds Light on Human Cell Transport
An experiment using the red blood cells of skates – the flat, boneless fish of the sea – has netted a critical finding about how human cells work. Brown University scientist Leon Goldstein and University of Chicago researcher Mark Musch discovered how cellular “gates” are activated to disgorge excess water. The pair believes that the molecular mechanisms that trigger this “release valve” are common to many cells and may provide clues for diabetes and cancer treatment.
News Release   04-105    03/28/2005   Lawton
Luce Scholarship Will Send Mirra Levitt, Class of 2003, to Asia for Year
Mirra Levitt is one of 15 young Americans to receive the Luce Scholarship, an award that will give her the opportunity to live and work in Asia for a year. It is the second time in as many years that a Brown graduate has been selected to receive the prestigious award.
News Release   04-103    03/24/2005   Sweeney
Brown Names Michael Goldberger Athletic Director
Michael Goldberger, currently Brown University’s director of admission, will become the University’s new athletic director on July 1, 2005.
News Release   04-100    03/23/2005   Nickel
Brown To Host 11th Performance Studies International Conference
Brown University will host Becoming Uncomfortable, the 11th annual Performance Studies international (PSi) conference, March 30 to April 3, 2005. In addition to a full schedule of conference activities for registrants, there will be a wide array of theater, dance and other arts performances in various city venues for the public.
News Release   04-101    03/23/2005   Curtis
A Statement to the Campus Community on the Death of Anthony Abanto
Staff from the Office of Student Life, the Chaplains Office, and Psychological Services will be available to members of the Brown University community following the death of Anthony Abanto.
News Release   04-102    03/23/2005   Nickel
Mark Porter Named Chief of Police and Director of Public Safety
Mark J. Porter, currently director of public safety at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, will become Brown University’s chief of police and director of the Department of Public Safety. Porter will begin his duties in April 2005.
News Release   04-098    03/18/2005   Nickel
Fire and Ice: Mars Images Reveal Recent Volcanic and Glacial Activity
Mars isn’t as sleepy as scientists suspected. An international research team, which includes Brown University planetary geologist James Head, has found evidence of recent glacial movement and volcanic eruptions in 3-D images from the Mars Express mission. The team’s latest work, laid out in three Nature papers, also includes evidence of a frozen sea close to the equator. These and other Mars Express findings are stoking debate about the possibility of life on the Red Planet.
News Release   04-097    03/16/2005   Lawton
Brown To Hold Slavery and Justice Conference on “Historical Injustices”
The Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice will host a major academic conference, “Historical Injustices: Restitution and Reconciliation in International Perspective,” Friday, March 18, through Sunday, March 20, 2005. The conference sessions, all free and open to the public, will be held in Smith-Buonanno Hall.
News Release   04-099    03/16/2005   Curtis
Bell Gallery and Visual Art To Present 25th Annual Student Exhibition
The David Winton Bell Gallery and the Department of Visual Art will present the 25th annual Student Exhibition March 19 through April 3, 2005. There will be an opening reception Saturday, March 19, from 8 to 10 p.m. at the gallery. Both the exhibition and the reception are free and open to the public.
News Release   04-096    03/11/2005   Curtis
The voices of Providence artists: A new oral history exhibition
The John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization is hosting its first exhibition in its new Carriage House Gallery through April 22, 2005. Intimacy and Isolation in Providence: An Installation is a collection of oral histories gathered by students from the city’s artists and institution builders. An opening reception is planned for Thursday, March 10, 2005, from 7 to 9 p.m.
News Release   04-095    03/09/2005   Curtis
Corporation Approves FY06 Budget, Sets 2005-06 Tuition and Fees
At its regular winter meeting Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005, the Corporation of Brown University approved a consolidated budget of $608.4 million for the 2005-06 fiscal year, an 8.2-percent increase. Total undergraduate charges (tuition and fees) will come to $41,770, an increase of 4.9 percent.
News Release   04-091    02/26/2005   Nickel
Corporation Establishes Cogut Humanities Center
The Corporation of Brown University has formally accepted a gift from Craig and Deborah Cogut that will renovate and expand Pembroke Hall to create a permanent campus home for the new Cogut Humanities Center.
News Release   04-092    02/26/2005   Nickel
University will build 24-hour Friedman Study Center in Sciences Library
A gift from Brown graduates Susan P. and Richard A. Friedman, accepted by the Corporation at its meeting today, will allow the University to move forward with plans to create a 24-hour student study center in the first three levels of the Sciences Library.
News Release   04-093    02/26/2005   Nickel
$20M Gift Will Support Center for Computational Molecular Biology
The Corporation of Brown University has formally accepted a gift that will provide five new pro-fessorships for the Center for Computational Molecular Biology. The Corporation also established new named professorships and accepted other gifts in support of the Plan for Academic Enrichment.
News Release   04-094    02/26/2005   Nickel
Pulitzer-Winning Journalist Seymour Hersh To Give Meiklejohn Lecture
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author Seymour Hersh will give the 39th annual Meiklejohn Lecture Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at 7:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. Hersh will speak on “Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib.” The lecture, sponsored by the Taubman Center, is free and open to the public.
News Release   04-090    02/22/2005   Curtis
Researchers Break New Ground in Their Study of Bacteria
Assistant Professor Jennifer Hughes and graduate student Melissa Lage have found that bacteria follow what ecologists call the "species-area relationship." Their groundbreaking work was published in Nature.
   022005a    02/20/2005   Lawton
New Initiative Studies Commerce Through a Liberal Arts Lens
Prompted by a growing interest among Brown faculty and students in the study of commerce, commercial behavior, organization and management, and technology and entrepreneurship, the University has launched a multi-departmental initiative in Commerce, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship.
   022005b    02/20/2005   Sweeney
Faculty Scholars: Pursuing Knowledge with Passion
A Rhode Island couple will realize their vision of changing people's lives - one mouse click at a time - when a new online philanthropy site created by a handful of Brown students goes live this spring.
   022005c    02/20/2005   Curtis
Software Seminar Helps Area Educators
Students in a computer science course work with area educators to create software.
   022005e    02/20/2005   Sweeney
Public Humanities Initiative, Through Steven Lubar, Pushes Boundaries of Museum Studies
The Public Humanities Initiative, through Steven Lubar, pushes the boundaries of museum studies.
   022005f    02/20/2005   Nickel
How Public Humanities Works: The Freedom Now! Web Site
The Freedom Now!, a web site about the Brown-Tougaloo collaboration, puts ideas about public humanities into practice.
   022005g    02/20/2005   Nickel
Leadership Forum
President Ruth Simmons: Across the country, the President finds enthusiasm for the University's agenda
   022005l    02/20/2005   Simmons
Online Philanthropy: From the Clink of a Coin to the Click of a Mouse
A Rhode Island couple will realize their vision of changing people's lives - one mouse click at a time - when a new online philanthropy site created by a handful of Brown students goes live this spring.
   022005d    02/20/2005   Sweeney
Life on Mars? New Data Reveal Places to Search
Data freshly gathered by the Mars Express mission and analyzed by a team of scientists, including Brown University professor John Mustard, offer new insight into the mineral composition of Mars. New research, published online by the journal Science, points out promising places to search for evidence of past life.
News Release   04-089    02/18/2005   Lawton
Langevin leads Chafee; Carcieri leads all challengers; N.E. Patriots Rule
A statewide survey of 384 Rhode Island voters conducted Feb. 12-13, 2005, finds Rep. James Langevin would lead Sen. Lincoln Chafee in a U.S. Senate race, and Gov. Donald Carcieri leads all challengers for re-election. In sports, one-third of Rhode Islanders expect the Red Sox to repeat as World Series champions; Red Sox fans outnumber Yankees fans six to one; and a majority considers the Patriots a dynasty and expects another Super Bowl victory.
News Release   04-088    02/16/2005   Nickel
JCB Library Presents Exhibition on Native American Origins
The John Carter Brown Library is presenting a new exhibition, Whence Came the Indians? Early European Theories on Native American Origins, through May 1, 2005. The exhibition, prepared by Richard Ring and Dennis Landis, features writings, publications and maps primarily from the 16th and 17th centuries. It is free and open to the public.
News Release   04-086    02/11/2005   Curtis
Brown To Present Eighth Annual Providence French Film Festival
Brown University will present its eighth annual Providence French Film Festival Feb. 24 through March 6, 2005, at the Cable Car Cinema, 204 South Main St. Among the 17 movies to be screened this year are Notre Musique, the latest film from Jean-Luc Godard, and a Saturday matinee of The Frog’s Prophecy, which will be free for children under 12.
News Release   04-087    02/11/2005   Curtis
Freedom Now! Archives of Brown-Tougaloo Exchange Are on the Web
Students at Brown University and Tougaloo College, working with faculty, archivists and information technology specialists on both campuses, have produced a Web-based archive of the Mississippi Freedom Movement and the Brown-Tougaloo Cooperative Exchange.
News Release   04-083    02/10/2005   Nickel
President Clinton To Deliver Policy Address at Brown University April 29
Former President Bill Clinton will visit the Brown University campus Friday, April 29, 2005, to deliver a policy address.
News Release   04-084    02/09/2005   Nickel
Brown To Bring Urban Bush Women to PPAC and Black Rep
Brown University will present a performance by the award-winning dance company Urban Bush Women Saturday, Feb. 26, 2005, at 7:30 p.m. at the Providence Performing Arts Center. The troupe will also present a “Hair Party” Friday, Feb. 25, at 6:30 p.m. at the Providence Black Repertory Theatre Company. The public is welcome; tickets are required for both events.
News Release   04-085    02/09/2005   Curtis
Brown Alumni Association presents Career Week 2005
The Brown Alumni Association will present Career Week 2005 for University students Wednesday, Feb. 9, through Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005. More than 100 alumni will take part in career panels and networking sessions throughout the four-day program. Members of the media are welcome to attend.
News Release   04-082    02/07/2005   Curtis
Brown offers public events to celebrate Black History Month
Brown University is presenting a series of events, titled What is Black? Addressing Our Divisions, Embracing Our Identities, Unifying Our People, now through March 1, 2005, in observance of Black History Month. All events are open to the public; admission is free, except where a charge is noted.
News Release   04-081    02/04/2005   Curtis
Intermetallic Mystery Solved With Atomic Resolution Microscope
Intermetallics could be the key to faster jets and more efficient car engines. But these heat-resistant, lightweight compounds have stumped scientists for decades. Why do so many break so easily? A team from Brown University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and UES Inc. used the world’s most powerful electron microscope to see, for the first time, atomic details that may provide the answer for the most common class of intermetallics. Their results – which could open the door for new materials for commercial use – are published in the current issue of Science.
News Release   04-080    02/03/2005   Lawton
Creative Arts Council, Hillel to host Caryl Englander photo exhibition
The Brown University Creative Arts Council is joining with the Hillel Project Gallery at the Glenn and Darcy Weiner Center to present Acts of Charity, Deeds of Kindness, an exhibition of photographs by Caryl Englander, Feb. 3 through March 7, 2005. Englander will give a gallery talk on Thursday, Feb. 3 at 5 p.m. at the center; her lecture will be followed by an opening reception at 6 p.m.
News Release   04-079    02/02/2005   Curtis
‘Freedom Now!’ is a rich Web archive of the U.S. struggle for civil rights
Students at Brown University and Tougaloo College have developed a Web-based archive of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and the four-decade cooperative exchange between their schools. The “Freedom Now!” project – and the exchange it represents – provides historical documents to help visitors understand and remember a complex history and to see the freedom struggle as ongoing.
News Release   04-077    02/01/2005   Nickel
John Hay Library presents Black Lavender exhibition
The John Hay Library will present Black Lavender: An Exhibit of Writings by Black Gay Men Feb. 8 through March 11, 2005. This exhibition, free and open to the public, features an extensive array of books and periodicals dating from the late 19th century to today, along with photographs, posters and other ephemera. The opening reception, set for Feb. 8 at 5:30 p.m., will feature a lecture by Nigerian poet Julius Sokenu.
News Release   04-078    01/31/2005   Curtis
The need for humanitarian relief in Southeast Asia remains urgent
At the start of the spring semester, Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons urged students, faculty and staff to continue their support for humanitarian relief efforts in Southeast Asia. Brown’s first day of classes was Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005, one month after the tsunami struck.
News Release   04-075    01/26/2005   Nickel
Brown Scientists Uncover Inner Workings of Rare Eye Cells
Three years ago, Brown University researchers discovered new retinal cells in the eye – indeed a parallel visual system. Now, in a report in Nature, David Berson and his team explain how these exotic cells use melanopsin to harness light energy so that they can do their chief job: setting the body’s master circadian clock.
News Release   04-076    01/26/2005   Lawton
Brown and NIH Create Joint Neuroscience Graduate Program
The National Institutes of Health has selected Brown University as the first U.S. university to join its Graduate Partnerships Program in the field of neuroscience.
News Release   04-071    01/14/2005   Lawton
Surprising Study Reveals How Cancer-Causing Protein Activates
In a study published in the current issue of Science, Brown Medical School and Rhode Island Hospital researchers show that STAT3, a cause of breast and prostate cancers, is turned on inside cells in not one, but two ways. Drug makers can use the findings to try to inhibit this deadly oncoprotein more effectively.
News Release   04-072    01/13/2005   Lawton
Bell Gallery to present Long's 'More Like a Dream Than a Scheme'
The David Winton Bell Gallery will host a new exhibition, "More Like a Dream Than a Scheme," featuring the sculptural works of Charles Long, beginning Jan. 29, 2005, and continuing through March 6, 2005. Long will speak at an opening reception that begins at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public.
News Release   04-070    01/07/2005   Curtis
Scents and Emotions Linked by Learning, Brown Study Shows
Are we born to love the smell of our mother's skin or do we learn to? A Brown University team has shown that emotional association with scents comes through experience, not genes. The results, published in the International Journal of Comparative Psychology, bolster an increasingly accepted olfaction theory and could be a boon to companies that use scents in marketing.
News Release   04-069    01/05/2005   Lawton
Evolution: You Bet – It’s ‘Just’ a Theory
Of course evolution is a theory – the biology textbook already said so. So why did the Cobb County Board of Education order stickers affixed inside the book’s cover, warning students that evolution is a theory? Kenneth Miller, co-author of the textbook and a witness at the trial in federal district court, has a theory ...
Op-Ed   04-073    01/04/2005   Nickel
Shi'aphobia
Widespread fears of gathering Shi'a political strength in Iraq may be unwarranted, writer William O. Beeman. Success for the Iraqi Shi'a could help moderate the more extreme political philosophies of the fundamentalist Iranian regime, contributing to the stability of the region.
News Release   04-068    12/23/2004   Nickel
Electrical Synapses Help the Brain's Master Clock Tick
Many nerve cells in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the brain's master circadian clock, communicate by electrical synapses, according to Brown University research published in the current issue of Nature Neuroscience. The team also found that, in rats and mice, electrical synapses synchronize this critical clock, which helps regulate the daily cycles of sleeping and waking.
News Release   04-065    12/14/2004   Lawton
Manifestations of Shiva: The Burgeoning Indian AIDS Epidemic
India, home to one-sixth of the human race, has an AIDS epidemic, writes Kenneth Mayer. Five million Indians are living with HIV infection. The stakes are high; the government is racing against time.
News Release   04-067    12/14/2004   Nickel
Families Inform Roadmap To Improve Care for Dying in Nursing Homes
End-of-life care in nursing homes often results in unnecessary suffering due mainly to a lack of staff time, training and communication, according to a new AARP study conducted at Brown Medical School. The report lists 15 recommendations to improve care, including more staffing, increased physician presence, additional training and better reimbursement rates.
News Release   04-064    12/13/2004   Lawton
VA Funds Leading-Edge Limb-Loss Research in Providence
The Department of Veteran's Affairs has awarded $7.2 million to the Providence VA Medical Center to establish a broad-based research program to restore natural function to amputees. The chief goal is to create "biohybrid" limbs that meld human tissue with a prosthesis controlled by an amputee's own muscles and brain signals. The Providence VA Medical Center is working with Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to improve the lives of amputees, particularly Iraq war veterans. (A fact sheet on individual research projects is attached.)
News Release   04-061    12/08/2004   Lawton
Chancellor's Gift Will Support Graduate School Fellowships, Recruitment
Stephen Robert, chancellor and a 1962 graduate of Brown University, has given $500,000 to establish The Chancellor Stephen Robert Fellowship. The fellowship, which includes the highest annual stipend awarded by the Brown Graduate School, will be given to three doctoral candidates in its inaugural academic year, 2005-06.
News Release   04-062    12/06/2004   Nickel
Free Radicals and Fertilization: Study Reveals Egg Protection Secret
Sea urchin eggs, a common model for human fertility research, create a protein shield just minutes after fertilization. In Developmental Cell, Brown University biologists reveal their discovery of an enzyme that generates hydrogen peroxide, a free radical critical to this protective process. The finding illuminates a survival mechanism shared across species.
News Release   04-063    12/06/2004   Lawton
Nursing Homes Register 41 Percent Drop in Residents' Pain
Pain management for nursing home residents can dramatically improve using a comprehensive, collaborative improvement process – one that quickly changes how staff assess and treat pain. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by researchers at Brown Medical School and Quality Partners of Rhode Island and published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
News Release   04-060    12/03/2004   Lawton
Brown Names Eli Y. Adashi Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences
Dr. Eli Y. Adashi, currently chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, has been named dean of medicine and biological sciences at Brown University. He will begin his work at Brown Jan. 18, 2005.
News Release   04-058    12/01/2004   Nickel
Brown Lecture Board To Host the Rev. Jesse Jackson
The Brown University Lecture Board will welcome the Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist and former presidential candidate, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004, at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. Jackson will speak on "The Future of the Democratic Party." Admission requires a Brown ID, but a limited number of seats will be reserved for the press.
News Release   04-059    12/01/2004   Curtis
Mark V. Pauly to speak on health benefits for workers and retirees
Mark V. Pauly, professor of economics, health care systems, business and public policy, insurance and risk management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, will discuss "Shooting Ourselves in the Foot? Employers and Health Benefits for Workers and Retirees" Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004, at 5 p.m. in MacMillan Hall. This event, free and open to the public, is the annual Paul Levinger Professorship Pro Tem in the Economics of Health Care Lecture.
News Release   04-056    11/19/2004   Curtis
No Student Left a Democrat
Democrats are said to outnumber Republicans on the nation's college campuses, both among faculty and students. What might that mean, and what's to be done about it? It all depends on what is meant by the terms liberal and conservative.
News Release   04-057    11/19/2004   Nickel
Controlling movement through thought alone
A 25-year-old quadriplegic is switching on lights, changing television channels and reading e-mail using only his mind, thanks to a neuroprosthetic device called Braingate, developed in the laboratory of John Donoghue.
GSJ Story   29GSJ05c    11/19/2004   Lawton
Antipsychotic Drugs Stop Fatal Viral Infection in Brain Cells
Scientists from Brown University and Case Western Reserve University have discovered a way to prevent brain cells from becoming infected by the JC virus, a common bug that can cause progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, or PML, a fatal nervous system disorder that strikes AIDS patients and others with suppressed immune systems. Their work, published in Science, reveals a surprising cellular defender: antipsychotic drugs.
News Release   04-055    11/18/2004   Lawton
Bogues, Bonde and Fischer Named Inaugural Royce Family Professors
Brown University has appointed Barrymore Bogues, professor of Africana studies; Sheila Bonde, professor of the history of art and architecture; and Karen Fischer, professor of geological sciences, as the inaugural Royce Family Professors of Teaching Excellence. They will serve three-year terms, through June 30, 2007.
News Release   04-054    11/15/2004   Nickel
Eighteen Brown Faculty Members Appointed to Named Professorships
Brown celebrates the appointment of 18 faculty to named chairs and welcomes 16 senior scholars to the faculty ranks. Faculty honored with named chairs include David M. Berson, Barrymore A. Bogues, Sheila Bonde, Stuart Burrows, Alfred E. Buxton, Thalia Field, Karen Fischer, Aaron Friedman, Timothy Harris, Jennifer Hughes, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Rene Nuenlist, Daniel J. Smith, David Sobel, Richard Stratt, Hui Wang, John Edgar Wideman, and George Yap.
News Release   04-053    11/10/2004   Nickel
Pulitzer-Winning Columnist David S. Broder To Speak on U.S. Politics
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist David S. Broder, a national political correspondent for The Washington Post, will give the Gov. Frank Licht Lecture Monday, Nov. 29, 2004, at 7:30 p.m. in Starr Auditorium in MacMillan Hall. Broder will speak on "American Politics: 2004 and Beyond." The lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   04-052    11/09/2004   Curtis
Do Cultural + Security Issues = National Republican Era?
In 1896, Republican William McKinley defeated William Jennings Bryan and ushered in a Republican hold on political power that would last 30 years – until Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression. Is it possible that Republican strategist Karl Rove is helping history repeat itself?
News Release   04-049    11/05/2004   Nickel
Alexander Calder's Tripes begins a two-year visit at Brown
The Public Art Committee has arranged to bring Tripes, a sculpture by American artist Alexander Calder, to the Brown campus for public exhibit during the next two years. The sculpture will be installed near Carrie Tower on the University's Front Green Friday, Nov. 5, 2004, weather permitting.
News Release   04-048    11/02/2004   Curtis
Brown to host international Holocaust conference Nov. 4-7, 2004
Brown University will host the eighth biennial Lessons and Legacies international conference on the Holocaust, "From Generation to Generation," Nov. 4-7, 2004, at the Providence Marriott Hotel and on the Brown campus. The media is welcome to attend conference sessions.
News Release   04-050    11/02/2004   Curtis
Sarah Doyle Gallery exhibits Jessica E. Ritter's "Sugar Coated"
The Sarah Doyle Women's Center will host a new exhibition of the work of artist Jessica E. Ritter, titled "Sugar Coated," in its gallery at 26 Benevolent St., beginning Nov. 1 and continuing through Nov. 30, 2004. There will be an artist's reception Thursday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
News Release   04-046    10/27/2004   Curtis
NPR's Mara Liasson to speak Nov. 11 on "Election 2004"
Mara Liasson, national political correspondent for National Public Radio, will discuss "Election 2004: A Washington Insider's View," part of the John Hazen White Sr. Lecture Series, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. This event is free and open to the public.
News Release   04-047    10/27/2004   Curtis
Geoffrey Stone to speak on "Civil Liberties in Wartime" Tuesday, Nov. 9
First Amendment expert and author Geoffrey Stone will speak on "Civil Liberties in Wartime" Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004, at 6 p.m. in Starr Auditorium, MacMillan Hall. This lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   04-045    10/21/2004   Curtis
Large-Scale Forces Shape Local Ocean Life, Global Study Shows
In an epic research project spanning 14 years and seven continents, a research team based at Brown University has photographed and cataloged nearly 3,000 species of sponges, corals and other shallow water ocean invertebrates from Antarctica to Australia. The key finding: Large-scale forces play a pivotal role in local species diversity. Results are published in the current online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   04-043    10/20/2004   Lawton
Bell Gallery to present exhibition of contemporary Chinese art
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present Regeneration: Contemporary Chinese Art from China and the U.S., a traveling exhibition featuring the work of 26 artists, Nov. 6 through Dec. 23, 2004. A lecture and opening reception are scheduled for Nov. 11. A second lecture is set for Nov. 15. The exhibition, reception and lectures are free and open to the public.
News Release   04-044    10/20/2004   Curtis
Katherine Farley Elected to Board of Trustees of the Brown Corporation
Katherine G. Farley, senior managing director at Tishman Speyer Properties, was elected by the Corporation of Brown University to a six-year term as a trustee. Farley and five other new trustees were formally engaged as members of the Board of Trustees during the Corporation's regular fall meeting Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004.
News Release   04-036    10/16/2004   Nickel
Brown establishes Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World
Brown University has established a new Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World that will unite and expand a number of excellent programs in ancient studies and further establish Brown's reputation as a national leader in the field. The Brown Corporation also selected the site for a new campus fitness center and accepted a number of significant gifts.
News Release   04-042    10/16/2004   Nickel
John Carter Brown Library hosts 19th-century book collecting exhibition
The John Carter Brown Library is presenting a new exhibition, "A Matter of Taste: Discrimination in 19th-Century Book Collecting," now through Jan. 5, 2005, in the library on The College Green. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
News Release   04-040    10/15/2004   Curtis
Bernstein and Hopmann awarded Fulbright Scholar grants
P. Terrance Hopmann, professor of political science, and Susan Bernstein, associate professor of comparative literature, have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants for the 2004-05 academic year. The program will also bring two visiting scholars to Brown this year: Talal Wehbe of Lebanon and Luis Nuno Valdez Faria Rodrigues of Portugal.
News Release   04-038    10/14/2004   Curtis
Herschel Grossman, the Merton P. Stoltz Professor in the Social Sciences
Herschel Grossman, professor of economics at Brown University, died suddenly Oct. 9, 2004, while attending an academic conference in France. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, at Brown Hillel, 80 Brown St. (corner of Brown and Angell). A reception will follow. Editors: A photograph is available through the News Service.
News Release   04-041    10/14/2004   Nickel
Strict and loose construction: A decent respect to the opinions of mankind
The Declaration of Independence was in part an outreach to nations of the world – an international explanation of actions the Americans were about to undertake. What might a strict constructionist reading of our nation's earliest document tell us about political life in the 21st century?
News Release   04-037    10/13/2004   Nickel
Pilot Study of Mind-to-Movement Device Shows Early Promise
A 25-year-old quadriplegic is switching on lights, changing television channels and reading e-mail using only his mind, thanks to a neuroprosthetic device developed using Brown University research. These initial clinical trial results will be presented today at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Phoenix.
News Release   04-035    10/08/2004   Lawton
New Model Shows Calcium Control Is Key for Synapse Homeostasis
When memories are made and learning occurs, the connections between brain cells change. Scientists know that an influx of calcium is critical to this process. A theoretical model developed by a Brown University research team led by Luk Chong Yeung shows that cells’ ability to fine-tune this calcium flow not only sparks changes in synapses but also allows cells to maintain a working state of equilibrium.
News Release   04-034    10/07/2004   Lawton
Brown Announces Selection Committee, Begins Athletic Director Search
An 11-member selection committee will begin work this week on a national search for Brown University's next athletics director.
News Release   04-039    10/03/2004   Humm
Higher Education Leaders To Launch Civic Learning Campaign
Campus Compact's Presidents' Leadership Colloquium, a national meeting of leaders in higher education, is launching a campaign to promote civic learning in college. The Colloquium will take place in Carmel Valley, Calif., Oct. 5-6, 2004.
News Release   04-033    10/01/2004   Nickel
Poet C.D. Wright named 2004 MacArthur Fellow
C.D. Wright, poet and professor of English at Brown University, has been named a MacArthur Fellow for 2004 by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Wright will receive $500,000 in "no strings attached support during the next five years.
News Release   04-032    09/28/2004   Curtis
E-Government in Denver and San Diego Ranks Among Nation's Best Cities
A study of the 70 largest metropolitan government Web sites shows city governments vary enormously in the extent to which they are placing electronic information and services online and maintaining basic protections for privacy, security and disability access. A ranking urban government Web sites is included.
News Release   04-030    09/27/2004   Nickel
Sarah Doyle Gallery Presents Exhibit by Photographer Deana Lawson
The Sarah Doyle Women's Center will host a new exhibition of work by photographer Deana Lawson, titled "Matters of Grace," in its gallery at 26 Benevolent St. The exhibition opens Monday, Oct. 4, and continues through Friday, Oct. 29, 2004. There will be an artist's reception Thursday, Oct. 7, from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Both the exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
News Release   04-031    09/27/2004   Curtis
At Brown
Awards and honors
GSJ Story   29GSJ02a    09/24/2004   Staff
Spreading the gospel of locally-grown
It started with the apples, crisp Cortlands and Macs from a Massachusetts orchard. Then came the local peaches and peppers, basil and squash. Then the farmer's market arrived on Wriston Quad. Now, there is Roots & Shoots at the Ratty. Want to know about Brown's sustainable food efforts? Recent graduate Louella Hill's got the dirt.
GSJ Story   29GSJ02b    09/24/2004   Lawton
Smoke Interns tackle international issues
A look at the Smoke summer interns. Each received funding to conduct research, advocacy and/or service related to a contemporary global problem. One intern spent his summer working with the UN in an Africal refugee camp; another worked in the Caribbean with young people.
GSJ Story   29GSJ02c    09/24/2004   Curtis
Teaching the arts to Dominican children: an intern's account
Smoke intern Annemarie Guzy '05 spent three months volunteering for the Dominican Dream Project, a nonprofit organization that works to improve the education of poor children in the Dominican Republic by donating supplies, building new facilities and placing volunteers in classrooms. Guzy, a music and English concentrator, taught at the LaColonia School and a summer camp. She shares her experience in this first-person account.
GSJ Story   29GSJ02d    09/24/2004   Freelance
Faculty growth: a new sense of what is possible
When it comes to faculty hiring, the news is good, according to Dean of the Faculty Rajiv Vohra. After a decade of steady-state hiring, where arrivals and departures were roughly equal, the faculty has grown nearly 9 percent in the last three years. The George Street Journal talked with Vohra about the progress.
GSJ Story   29GSJ02e    09/24/2004   Nickel
Brown Research Reveals Key Insight into Memory-Making
Brain cells in the hippocampus make new long-term memories using a synapse-strengthening process called long-term potentiation, or LTP. In the current issue of Science, Brown University and Duke University Medical Center researchers shed new light on this critical brain function, describing where AMPA receptors are stored and how they are activated during LTP.
News Release   04-026    09/23/2004   Lawton
James Garvin and Wen-Hsiung Li to speak, receive alumni awards
Chief NASA scientist James B. Garvin and Balzan Award-winning mathematician Wen-Hsiung Li, both Brown alumni, will be honored by the Brown Alumni Association and the Brown Graduate School with their most prestigious awards Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004. Garvin and Li will each give public lectures that day at 2:45 p.m. -- Garvin in the Salomon Center for Teaching and Li in the List Art Center auditorium.
News Release   04-029    09/23/2004   Curtis
Providence Residents Not Very Worried About Terrorist Attacks
A public opinion survey of 432 adults in Providence indicates that more than two-thirds of city residents are not worried about a terrorist attack harming them or a family member next year. Twenty-eight percent say they keep emergency supplies on hand, and 41 percent say they try to watch out for people who look or act like terrorists.
News Release   04-028    09/22/2004   Nickel
Tennessee, Maine Lead States; Social Security Leads Federal Agencies
A study of digital government in the 50 states and major federal agencies ranks Tennessee and Maine first and second among the states and FirstGov (the U.S. portal) and the Social Security Administration first and second among federal sites. The rankings are based on data gathered by researchers at Brown University during summer 2004. Tables for states and federal agencies are included.
News Release   04-027    09/20/2004   Nickel
Brown Ecologist Garners Major National Science Foundation Grant
Johanna Schmitt, professor of biology at Brown University, has won a $5-million National Science Foundation award for an international research project to understand how a common weed performs a complex task - turning cues of seasonal change into well-timed reproduction. Results may help predict how crops and wild plants will respond to ongoing climate change.
News Release   04-025    09/17/2004   Lawton
Slavery and Justice Committee to host lecture by John Hope Franklin
The Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice will sponsor a lecture, titled "An Open Letter to Jonathan Doe: Reflections on Racial Inequality in America," by distinguished historian John Hope Franklin Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004, at 7:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching on The College Green. This event is free and open to the public.
News Release   04-021    09/15/2004   Curtis
Brown Receives $100-Million Gift for Undergraduate Scholarships
Businessman Sidney E. Frank has given $100 million to Brown University to establish the Sidney E. Frank Endowed Scholarship Fund. The gift is the largest in the history of the University. (See also the text of President Simmons's announcement.)
News Release   04-023    09/15/2004   Nickel
Features or Creatures: Visual Expertise Taps Same Neural Networks
Is there a special area in the human brain that only processes faces? No, according to Brown University research. When study subjects learned to identify computer-generated figures and then saw both human faces and the figures, scientists found they used the same neural mechanisms. The study appears in the current online early edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   04-024    09/14/2004   Lawton
Taiwan, Singapore lead U.S. and Canada in online government
A study of digital government finds that 198 nations around the world are making steady progress at putting services and information online, but movement forward has been slowed because of budget, bureaucratic and institutional factors. The United States and Canada rank third and fourth behind Taiwan and Singapore. A table ranking the governmental Web efforts of 198 countries follows below.
News Release   04-020    09/13/2004   Nickel
Thomas W. Berry Named Chair of the Brown Annual Fund
Thomas W. Berry, Brown Class of 1969, has been named chair of the Brown Annual Fund. The Brown Annual Fund, which has enjoyed record-setting growth in the last three years, is an important source of support for the University's Plan for Academic Enrichment.
News Release   04-022    09/13/2004   Nickel
Antidepressants and kids: Safety starts with sound health services
The debate about prescribing antidepressants for children and adolescents has raised many good questions about how research is funded and how results are reported. It has also exposed a misplaced preference for a pharmacological "magic bullet" over a more comprehensive approach that includes "talk therapy." The real problem is not the pills but a system of mental health care that does not deliver the careful treatment and follow-up young patients need.
News Release   04-019    09/10/2004   Lawton
Convocation surprise: $20 million for new fitness center
Opening Convocation coverage
GSJ Story   29GSJ01a    09/10/2004   Sweeney
At Brown
Awards and honors; new people; Facilities Management online service; more
GSJ Story   29GSJ01b    09/10/2004   Sweeney
Brown Receives $20M in Gifts To Establish Campus Fitness Center
Lead gifts from three Brown alumni will allow the University to establish a campus fitness center. Brown President Ruth J. Simmons announced the gifts and the new center during her remarks at the University's 241st Opening Convocation on Tuesday.
News Release   04-015    09/08/2004   Nickel
Watson Institute To Present Symposium, Exhibit on Global Networks
The Watson Institute for International Studies will host a symposium, "The Power and Pathology of Networks," as part of its Information Technology, War and Peace Project, Friday and Saturday, Sept. 10-11, 2004. Public radio commentator Christopher Lydon will moderate the opening session on Sept. 10 at 1:30 p.m. The symposium is free and open to the public, except where an admission fee is noted.
News Release   04-018    09/08/2004   Curtis
Brown Faculty Begins 2004-05 Academic Year at 628, Largest Roster Ever
For the second consecutive year, the Brown University faculty will begin the academic year at its largest size ever. Fifty-two new members will join the roster of regular faculty, which now stands at 628. Twenty-two of those new faculty have been hired into positions that have been newly created as part of a multiyear planned expansion of the University's regular faculty. (See photos and notes on new faculty in Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Life Sciences.)
News Release   04-016    09/07/2004   Nickel
Groundbreaking Grant To Boost Rhode Island Health Care Access
Brown University has received a federal grant to establish Rhode Island's first Area Health Education Center. This statewide partnership will give the Ocean State's neediest residents more and better medical care through student recruitment and training as well as education for doctors, nurses and other health professionals. The grant award represents an unprecedented collaboration between educators, physicians, advocates and politicians to improve care for the underserved.
News Release   04-017    09/07/2004   Lawton
Former Presidential Candidate Howard Dean To Speak Sept. 9
Howard Dean, the former Democratic presidential contender and Vermont governor, will speak on "The Long-Term Implications of the 2004 Presidential Election" when he delivers the 2004 Noah Krieger Memorial Lecture Thursday, Sept. 9, 2004, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. The lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   04-014    09/02/2004   Nickel
Sarah Doyle Gallery to present Kim Salerno: Suspended Landscapes
The Sarah Doyle Women's Center will present a new exhibition, Kim Salerno: Suspended Landscapes, in the center's gallery at 26 Benevolent St., Sept. 9 to 30, 2004. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
News Release   04-013    08/31/2004   Curtis
Welfare-to-Work System Challenged To Serve New Areas of Need
Political Scientist Scott W. Allard found evidence of emerging mismatches between areas experiencing increasing rates of poverty and the locations of social services. Because social services are central to the current welfare system, proximity to providers has never been more critical.
News Release   04-010    08/30/2004   Cole
Bell Gallery To Present InVisible Silence International Group Exhibition
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present a new group exhibition titled InVisible Silence Sept. 11 through Oct. 26, 2004, featuring artists from Israel, Brazil, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Japan and the United States. An opening reception is set for Friday, Sept. 10; participating artist Yael Bartana will discuss her work on a date and time yet to be announced. Both events and the exhibition are free and open to the public.
News Release   04-012    08/27/2004   Curtis
Anthropologist Kay Warren To Address New Students Sept. 7
Political anthropologist and Latin Americanist Kay Warren will deliver the Opening Convocation address Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2004, at noon on The College Green. Brown welcomes 1,434 first-year students, 420 graduate students, 77 medical students, 112 transfer students and eight Resumed Undergraduate Education students to the 241st academic year.

The text of Warren's address is now available online.
News Release   04-011    08/26/2004   Cole
Study: In Post-9/11 Atmosphere of War, Voters Favor Male Candidates
When America is waging its war on terrorism, citizens are more apt to vote for male candidates. A survey of 2,119 people completed a year after Sept. 11, 2001, found voters prefer men's perceived leadership traits and characteristics.
News Release   04-006    08/13/2004   Cole
Malaria drug blocks brain conduits, a boon for neuroscience research
A common treatment for malaria shuts down two kinds of connexins, protein "tunnels" that transfer information between nerve cells, according to research conducted at Brown University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Published in this week's online early edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the finding will help scientists plumb the secrets of connexins – crucial electrical conduits found in the brain, heart and other organs.
News Release   04-009    08/06/2004   Lawton
Two enzymes key to calorie-burning, Brown research shows
A Brown-led research team has discovered a pair of universal switches in the brain that tell the body to stop eating and start burning calories. Tripped by leptin, these essential enzymes activate other chemical messengers that send metabolism-boosting signals from the brain to the body. The discovery, highlighted in the current issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation, can be used to create new treatments for obesity, one of the nation's most pressing health problems.
News Release   04-008    08/02/2004   Lawton
Brown names Neil D. Steinberg as vice president for development
Neil D. Steinberg, chairman and CEO of Fleet Bank--Rhode Island, has been named vice president for development and campaign director at Brown University. As the University's chief development officer, Steinberg will direct the University's next comprehensive campaign, which will support the University's Plan for Academic Enrichment. He will begin his work at Brown on Aug. 23, 2004.
News Release   04-007    07/30/2004   Nickel
Brown and Harvard team identifies potential target for obesity drugs
A quick and potent peptide produced in the base of the brain is the key to revving up metabolism – helping people burn calories and lose weight, researchers at Brown and Harvard medical schools have discovered. Published in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of July 26, the research identifies a new target for drug makers hunting for an obesity pill.
News Release   04-005    07/26/2004   Lawton
At Brown
Awards and honors; recent departures
GSJ Story   28GSJ21a    07/23/2004   Sweeney
A look at the incoming class
Statistics on the Class of 2008
GSJ Story   28GSJ21b    07/23/2004   Cole
Med School team takes part in milestone study on fetal surgery
Brown Medical School faculty members Francois Luks, a pediatric surgeon, and Stephen Carr, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, were the sole US participants in a groundbreaking international research trial aimed at testing the benefit of fetal surgery for a disease or defect.
GSJ Story   28GSJ21c    07/23/2004   Lawton
Small field, big numbers, exciting work for Brown's pharmacoepidemiologist
Kate L. Lapane, an associate professor at the Medical School who specializes in drug use by the elderly, is one of the world's few pharmacoepidemiologist - someone who crunches numbers to see what medications are being used for what purposes.
GSJ Story   28GSJ21d    07/23/2004   Lawton
Leadership Alliance secures grant to suppport symposium
The Leadership Alliance has landed a five-year $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support its National Symposium, an annual event where minority undergraduates from across the country present findings from scientific research projects.
GSJ Story   28GSJ21e    07/23/2004   Lawton
Researchers discover the first compounds that slow aging across species
Three colleagues with a common interest in the biology of aging have determined that the compound resveratrol, an antioxidant found in red wine, can slow the aging process in yeast, fruit flies and nematodes. The three – David Sinclair of Harvard, Marc Tatar of Brown, and Stephen Helfand of the University of Connecticut – report their findings in the July 15, 2004, issue of Nature.
News Release   04-002    07/15/2004   Lawton
Brown's political scientists study the issues and process of Election 2004
Brown University's political scientists are studying the issues, the media, the money and the political process at the state and national levels during this election year. Faculty experts are available for interview on a wide variety of topics and research areas.
News Release   04-003    07/15/2004   Cole
NLRB decision says graduate students are not statutory employees
The National Labor Relations Board has upheld Brown University's argument on appeal that graduate teaching assistants are students -- not statutory employees -- and are therefore not an appropriate unit for collective bargaining. The NLRB reversed a November 2001 decision by its regional director to order an election and dismissed the original petition filed by the United Auto Workers Union.
News Release   04-004    07/15/2004   Nickel
Interest in breast cancer, household pollutants draws two into research collaboration
Phil Brown and Rachel Morello-Frosch will work to pinpoint the chemicals in homes in regions with a higher-than-average incidence of breast cancer, determine where the chemicals come from, and how they can be reduced.
GSJ Story   28GSJ20a    07/09/2004   Cole
Class of 2004 scattered to the wind
Members of the Class of 2004 find their first postgraduate jobs in fresh ways and on their own timelines
GSJ Story   28GSJ20b    07/09/2004   Cole
Donkey mural coming down from library
The photoraphic mural that has been on the side of the Science Library will be removed a bit early to protect it from potential hurricane damage. The reaction to the mural far exceed Brown officials' expectations.
GSJ Story   28GSJ20c    07/09/2004   Curtis
Friedman chairs Medical School's pediatrics department
Aaron Friedman, M.D., is the new Sylvia Kay Hassenfeld Professor of Pediatrics and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical School and the new pediatrician-in-chief at Hasbro Children's.
GSJ Story   28GSJ20d    07/09/2004   Lawton
R.I. prisoners transmit hepatitis B at alarming rate, researcher finds
After two years of study, Grace Macalino, assistant professor of community health, and her research team found that inmates entering Rhode Island prisons have high rates of HIV and hepatitis. Once in prison, male prisoners pass on the hepatitis B virus at alarming rates.
GSJ Story   28GSJ20e    07/09/2004   Lawton
Through Pembroke Center, Turkish scholar probed deeper into honor crimes
As a postdoctoral fellow at Brown's Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Dicle Kogacioglu had the opportunity to further her exploration of the issue of honor crimes - the murder of a woman by members of her family who do not approve of her sexual behavior.
GSJ Story   28GSJ20f    07/09/2004   Sweeney
New MRI machine has research mission
A 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine has been installed at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island's Southeastern Medical Center in Pawtucket for use in osteoarthritis study. Later this year it will accommodate brain research.
GSJ Story   28GSJ20g    07/09/2004   Lawton
Hepatitis B transmission high in Rhode Island prisons, study shows
In the first study to gauge the risks of contracting HIV and hepatitis in Rhode Island prisons, Brown University researchers found that a significant number of men get the hepatitis B virus behind bars Ð a finding that led the team to call for prison-wide vaccinations. Results are published in the current edition of the American Journal of Public Health.
News Release   04-001    07/02/2004   Lawton
Study: Chance to retake the high-stakes high school exit exams is critical
Researchers at Brown and Harvard universities say that the opportunity for high school students to retake high-stakes exit exams will likely impact both the size and diversity of the group that will eventually pass and obtain a high school diploma. These and related findings are in the August 2004 issue of Economics and Education Review.
News Release   03-157    06/29/2004   Cole
Paola Pivi's donkey mural will leave the Sciences Library July 15
The exhibition of artist Paola Pivi's untitled mural of a donkey riding in a rowboat, currently displayed on the exterior face of the Sciences Library at Brown University, will conclude July 15, 2004. Concerned for the painting's safety, the University decided to remove it prior to the late-summer hurricane season.
News Release   03-158    06/29/2004   Curtis
Aaron L. Friedman, M.D., named chief and chair of pediatrics
Aaron L. Friedman, M.D., is pediatrician-in-chief at Hasbro Children's Hospital and the Sylvia Kay Hassenfeld Professor of Pediatrics and chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Brown Medical School.
News Release   03-159    06/29/2004   Lawton
Nursing home quality: Public reporting can't replace public policy
Going public with quality and inspection data isn't a prescription for better nursing home care, write Vincent Mor and Jacqueline Zinn. Proactive public policy is required to improve the lives of the estimated 1.6 million elderly in nursing homes in the United States.
News Release   03-160    06/29/2004   Lawton
Research on biology of aging puts Brown on map
High-profile papers by Marc Tatar and John Sedivy on the biology of aging help raise awareness of Brown's excellence in the field.
GSJ Story   28GSJ19a    06/25/2004   Lawton
AIDS conference in Bangkok will draw on Brown researchers' international focus
Ten Brown faculty members will present research and learn new ways to fight the pandemic, and new international guidelines for antiretroviral treatment, written in part by Charles Carpenter, a physician and professor of medicine, will be released.
GSJ Story   28GSJ19b    06/25/2004   Lawton
At Brown
Class of 2008; awards and honors
GSJ Story   28GSJ19c    06/25/2004   Sweeney
Ringing the Commencement Bell has its ups and downs
One of the most coveted posts during Commencement Weekend is not on any stage. It's up in the First Baptist Church in America, where a crew of five rings the bell during Baccalaureate and Commencement processions.
GSJ Story   28GSJ19d    06/25/2004   Cole
Book cover fit for a lab draws truth and beauty from Cooper's lab
This winter, Leon Cooper phoned Richard Fishman and said: "Let's make something elegant." The fruit of that phone call is a pulsing, painterly computer-generated collage used on the latest book by Cooper and colleagues. The image is testament to the connection between science and art - and the bond between two of Brown's best-known faculty members.
GSJ Story   28GSJ19e    06/25/2004   Lawton
Seen and heard on Commencement/Reunion weekend
Commencement wrapup: quotes and photos
GSJ Story   28GSJ19f    06/25/2004   Unassigned
Bell Gallery presents "Fabric of Light"
Providence-area artists explore the dynamics of fabric and light in an intriguing exhibition at the David Winton Bell Gallery through July 11. Titled "The Fabric of Light," the exhibit features the recent work of Searles, Nina Cinelli, Esther Solondz and Cynthia Treen.
GSJ Story   28GSJ19g    06/25/2004   Curtis
JCB presents exhibition on Haitian Revolution
The John Carter Brown Library is presenting a new exhibition, titled Haitian Revolution, 1789-1804, from mid-May through Sept. 15. The exhibition features pamphlets, maps and prints that illustrate the story narrated by participants and observers of the revolution.
GSJ Story   28GSJ19h    06/25/2004   Curtis
Take that, Simon Cowell; Brown's "Ivy Idol" delivers CD-load of talent
Hollywood hit campus in "Ivy Idol," the University's true-life takeoff of "American Idol" held on Staff Development Day.
GSJ Story   28GSJ19i    06/25/2004   Lawton
Research Notes
Frog stutterers, cell division, scent and slumber
GSJ Story   28GSJ19j    06/25/2004   Unassigned
Brown University faculty bring HIV and AIDS expertise to Bangkok
Brown physicians and researchers have established an international reputation for tracking, treating, detecting and preventing HIV, one of the world's most devastating diseases. Ten Brown faculty members will travel to Bangkok to share their research at the largest-ever meeting on the pandemic, July 11-16, 2004.
News Release   03-155    06/24/2004   Lawton
Brown receives major collection of 20th-century literary works
Brown University alumnus Mel B. Yoken has donated his collection of writings by hundreds of late-20th-century American, French, English and Quebecois authors and public figures. Comprising more than 25,000 books, letters, notes and personal papers, the collection is housed in the John Hay Library.
News Release   03-156    06/23/2004   Cole
More African-Americans get poor nursing home care, study finds
In the first comprehensive, national study to investigate race, income and nursing home quality, Brown University researchers found that African-Americans are four times as likely as whites to live in poorly-funded, understaffed nursing homes. The study appears in the current issue of the health policy journal "Milbank Quarterly."
News Release   03-154    06/21/2004   Lawton
Voters sharply divided over proposed Narragansett Indian casino
A statewide survey of 477 Rhode Island voters, conducted June 12-14, 2004, finds 47 percent favor a proposed casino, 43 percent oppose it, and 10 percent are undecided. The survey also finds John Kerry with a big lead over President George W. Bush.
News Release   03-153    06/15/2004   Nickel
Corporation accepts gift, approves planning for new academic building
A $20-million gift from New York businessman Sidney Frank -- the largest single gift for a building ever made to Brown University -- will allow Brown to proceed with planning and construction of a new academic building and a large, landscaped urban green space on Angell Street. At its meeting May 29, 2004, the Brown Corporation accepted the gift and authorized planning for the project to proceed.
News Release   03-150    06/14/2004   Nickel
Ricky A. Gresh named director of student activities at Brown
Ricky A. Gresh, currently assistant dean/assistant director of student life programs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will begin his duties as director of student activities at Brown University in July. He succeeds David Inman.
News Release   03-152    06/14/2004   Sweeney
Transit of Venus can be viewed at Ladd Observatory, Barus and Holley
The transit of Venus across the face of the sun can be safely viewed at Brown University's Ladd Observatory (weather permitting) and in the lobby of the Barus and Holley Building. Brown astronomers are available to provide information about safe viewing, as well as the significance of this rare astronomical event.
News Release   03-151    06/04/2004   Sweeney
Corporation elects five members to six-year terms on Board of Trustees
The Corporation of Brown University has elected five new members to its Board of Trustees: Thomas W. Berry, of Chatham, N.J.; James J. Burke Jr., of New York City; Alison Ressler, of Los Angeles; Charles M. Royce, of Greenwich, Conn.; and Marta Tienda, of Princeton, N.J.
News Release   03-146    06/03/2004   Nickel
Insulin plays central role in aging, Brown scientists discover
The life expectancy of fruit flies increases an average of 50 percent when signals within cells of fat tissue are blocked or altered, new Brown University research shows. Published in the current issue of Nature, results of the study suggest that reduced levels of insulin in one tissue regulates insulin throughout the body to slow aging -- a finding that brings science one step closer to cracking the longevity code.
News Release   03-149    06/02/2004   Lawton
John Carter Brown Library presents exhibition, conference on Haiti
The John Carter Brown Library is presenting a new exhibition, "The Haitian Revolution, 1789-1804," through September 2004, and an international conference, "The Haitian Revolution: Viewed 200 Years After," June 17-20, 2004.
News Release   03-145    05/31/2004   Curtis
Chapman named vice president for public affairs and University relations
Michael E. Chapman, currently director of communications and public affairs at New York University Medical Center, has been appointed vice president for public affairs and University relations at Brown University. Chapman begins his duties in Providence July 1, 2004.
News Release   03-147    05/29/2004   Nickel
Brown to confer 2,104 degrees at 236th Commencement May 31, 2004
Brown President Ruth J. Simmons will preside at the University's 236th Commencement exercises Monday, May 31, 2004, during which 2,104 degrees will be conferred.
News Release   03-148    05/29/2004   Nickel
Bell Gallery to present work of local artists in The "Fabric of Light"
The David Winton Bell Gallery will host a new exhibition titled "The Fabric of Light," featuring the work of local artists Nina Cinelli, Cristin Searles, Esther Solondz and Cynthia Treen, opening June 12 and continuing through July 11, 2004. An opening event Friday, June 11, at 5:30 p.m. will feature a performance of Cinelli's the dance. Both the performance and the exhibition are free and open to the public.
News Release   03-144    05/28/2004   Curtis
At Brown
TAP information, Brown's "hot papers" and more
GSJ Story   28GSJ18a    05/28/2004   Sweeney
Scholarly pursuits: A sampling of students' doctoral theses
A look at the research done by three Ph.D. graduates: Sarah Alexander Chase, Brenda Foley and Brian Zugay
GSJ Story   28GSJ18b    05/28/2004   Curtis
Brown study wins Ecological Society of America prize
A 2001 study written by then-graduate students John Williams and Bryan Shuman, and Professor of Geological Sciences Thompson Webb III, has been awarded the 2004 William S. Cooper Award, the Ecological Society of America's highest honor for book- or paper-length research in plant ecology.
GSJ Story   28GSJ18b    05/28/2004   Howell
Mapping the curriculum: online project helps visualize interdisciplinary relationships
The CRISTALS project (for Context-Rich Interactive Student Teaching and Learning System) is an attempt to find better ways to visualize and explore the full sweep of Brown's curriculum in new ways.
GSJ Story   28GSJ18d    05/28/2004   Freelance
DeGroot's research places her at forefront of push for HIV vaccine
AIDS is the leading cause of death in the world, already killing 25 million people. From the Bronx to Bangladesh, 42 million people are living with HIV and AIDS. The statistics are stunning. But Brown researcher Anne De Groot says they haven't prompted sufficient outrage - or action - to slow this global assassin.
GSJ Story   28GSJ18e    05/28/2004   Lawton
Elmo lives on: Once-mighty elm inspires student artists
Elmo, the tree outside of the Watson Institute that succumbed to Dutch elm disease, is living on through The Elm Tree Project, a collaborative effort between Brown and Rhode Island School of Design that will encompass a series of courses, exhibitions, performances and events - all inspired by Brown's elm and by the larger issues of nature, ecology and the environment.
GSJ Story   28GSJ18g    05/28/2004   Curtis
Brown faculty will grow by more than three dozen
The 2004-05 academic year will bring continued change to the Brown faculty, improving diversity, increasing the size of the faculty, and supporting the University's initiatives in new multidisciplinary centers. As of May 27, according to preliminary information from the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, 40 candidates had accepted faculty appointments.
GSJ Story   28GSJ18h    05/28/2004   Nickel
Brown junior has role in creating city's security plan
By identifying shelter and inoculation sites for Providence residents in case of an emergency, Brown junior Kerry Meath has helped the City of Providence create a Homeland Security plan.
GSJ Story   28GSJ18j    05/28/2004   Cole
Jonathan Doris, M.D., ÔScrubs' advisor, to address M.D. graduating class
Jonathan Doris, M.D., former resident in internal medicine at Brown and current technical consultant to the NBC sitcom "Scrubs," will address the medical graduating class at 8:45 a.m. Monday, May 31, 2004, in the First Unitarian Church. George Goslow Jr., professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, will deliver the faculty address, and Kerri Nottage, a candidate for the M.D. degree, will deliver the student address.
News Release   03-138    05/20/2004   Nickel
Cell division can be halted in multiple ways, with implications for cancer
Brown University researchers have found that at least two molecular mechanisms trigger senescence, a cellular process associated with aging and a key to understanding cancer and age-related illnesses. Their research is reported in the current edition of the journal Molecular Cell.
News Release   03-141    05/20/2004   Lawton
FleetBoston program rewards Med School alumni for social responsibility
FleetBoston has accepted nine Brown University Medical School alumni into its Community Fellows Program, an education loan repayment program for civic-minded physicians.
News Release   03-142    05/20/2004   Lawton
Without words, bullfrogs communicate through stutters in their croaks
Short gaps in the croaks of a bullfrog's normal call likely convey messages, according to a new Brown study. Researchers recorded 2,536 calls of bullfrogs in natural choruses and found the stutter has a communication function and does not simply represent fatigue.
News Release   03-143    05/20/2004   Cole
Summit will explore technology transfer between academia, industry
Leaders from industrial research laboratories, academia and the government will gather at Brown University on Monday, May 24, to address the future of corporate research and the role of universities. This summit, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Department of Computer Science's Industrial Partners Program.
News Release   03-140    05/18/2004   Sweeney
Scents will not rouse us from slumber, says new Brown University study
Smells do not wake people, according to Brown University researchers who studied responses to the scents peppermint and pyridine -- a common byproduct of fire. The findings indicate a significant alteration of perceptual processing as a function of sleep.
News Release   03-139    05/17/2004   Cole
Economist Rajiv Vohra named dean of the faculty at Brown University
Rajiv Vohra, professor of economics and former department chair, has been appointed dean of the faculty at Brown University. He will begin his duties July 1, 2004, succeeding Mary L. Fennell.
News Release   03-136    05/14/2004   Nickel
Brown's once-mighty "Elmo" is preserved in artists' projects
"Elmo," the majestic American elm tree that once defined the Thayer Street entrance to the Watson Institute, succumbed last year to an advanced case of Dutch elm disease and was taken down to prevent the disease from spreading. Now, in an innovative exercise in recycling and preservation, wood from the tree is providing inspiration for The Elm Tree Project and a series of courses at Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design.
News Release   03-137    05/14/2004   Curtis
Wildlife Fund's Fuller to speak at Graduate School Commencement
Kathryn S. Fuller, president and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund, will speak at the Brown Graduate School Commencement ceremonies Monday, May 31, 2004. Advanced degree graduates will also hear an address by Miguel Moniz, a member of the graduating class. The ceremonies will begin at 9:15 a.m. on Lincoln Field.
News Release   03-135    05/12/2004   Howell
Fifteen Brown students receive fellowships for public service projects
Fifteen Brown undergraduates who have demonstrated a strong commitment to community service have been awarded C.V. Starr Fellowships to pursue service projects. They will receive up to $4,000 each to fund their work.
News Release   03-134    05/11/2004   Cole
Brown selects two seniors to deliver Commencement orations
Russell Baruffi of Vineland, N.J., and Marian Thorpe of Spokane, Wash., will deliver senior orations during Brown's 236th Commencement, Monday, May 31, 2004, at 10:30 a.m. in the First Baptist Church in America.
News Release   03-133    05/10/2004   Montgomery
Four professors in national spotlight for their teaching, research
Four Brown professors have been honored by national organizations this spring for their work: Amy Greenwald of computer science and Ian Dell'Antonio of physics received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers; Thomas Banchoff of mathematics is a recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Scholar Award; Elliot Colla of comparative literature has been selected by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to receive a New Directions Fellowship.
GSJ Story   28GSJ17    05/07/2004   Cole
At Brown
New Romer award; research note; more
GSJ Story   28GSJ17b    05/07/2004   Sweeney
Spring Dance Concert 2004
Artists-in-residence will bring their cultural traditions and personal talent to the stage when the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance presents it popular annual Dance Ensemble Spring Concert May 6 to 8 at 8 p.m. and May 9 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Stuart Theatre.
GSJ Story   28GSJ17c    05/07/2004   Curtis
Free and open to the public: 20 forums scheduled for Saturday, May 29
Twenty Commencement Forums -- among the most popular and accessible elements of Brown University's Commencement/Reunion Weekend -- will be offered all day Saturday, May 29, on the Brown campus. Distinguished guests of the University will discuss topics from ancient Rome to the exploration of Mars, from Einstein's biggest blunder to the latest issues in computer science. All forums are open to the public without charge.
News Release   03-132    05/06/2004   Curtis
Seventeen Brown students named to Royce Fellowships
Seventeen undergraduates at Brown University have been appointed to Royce Fellowships for the 2004-05 academic year. The award provides financial support for a project of the student's choosing and lifetime membership in the Society of Royce Fellows.
News Release   03-125    05/05/2004   Nickel
Six op-ed voices on "The Changing Face of Immigration"
"Homeland Insecurity: The Changing Face of Immigration," a recent public affairs conference at Brown University, focused on immigration in the United States after Sept. 11, 2001. At the University's invitation, several conference speakers prepared op-ed pieces on immigration issues. These are available through the Brown News Service.
News Release   03-127    05/05/2004   Howell
Who does the housework affects whether couples have a second child
In dual-earner couples, the probability of having a second child varies substantially according to the division of housework, says a new Brown University study in Population Development and Review. Researchers studied 265 dual-earner married couples in the United States.
News Release   03-130    05/05/2004   Cole
Brown University will confer nine honorary degrees on May 31
Brown University will confer nine honorary degrees during Commencement exercises Monday, May 31, 2004. The recipients are Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil; philanthropist Malcolm G. Chace; Shirin Ebadi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize; Paul Farmer, M.D.; playwright Suzan-Lori Parks; journalist Jane Pauley; Brown University Chancellor Stephen Robert; Judith Rodin, president of the University of Pennsylvania; and cartoonist Garry Trudeau.
News Release   03-126    05/04/2004   Sweeney
Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi to deliver baccalaureate address
Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi will address graduating seniors at Brown's baccalaureate service on Sunday, May 30, 2004, at 1:30 p.m. in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America. Seating is limited to graduating seniors; the service will be simulcast to The College Green.
News Release   03-128    05/04/2004   Cole
Overview: Brown University to hold 236th Commencement Monday, May 31
More than 6,000 people will march down College Hill on Memorial Day, May 31, 2004, in one of the nation's largest and most colorful academic pageants. The procession and academic exercises cap a four-day Commencement/Reunion Weekend on the Brown campus.
News Release   03-131    05/04/2004   Nickel
Data from deep underground experiment narrows sights on dark matter
Richard Gaitskell, assistant professor of physics at Brown University and head of Brown's particle astrophysics group, is a leading member of a U.S. research collaboration that is trying to directly detect particle "ark matter." The collaboration's detectors, cooled to less than one-tenth of a degree above absolute zero, operate half a mile beneath the earth's surface in an historic iron mine in Northern Minnesota.
News Release   03-129    05/03/2004   Nickel
At Brown
Facilities Management award; more
GSJ Story   28GSJ16a    04/30/2004   Sweeney
Banchoff recalls Salvador Dali's friendship for documentary celebrating artist's centennial
The memories of meeting the flamboyant artist Salvador Dali and the ensuing decade-long friendship are particularly fresh in geometer Thomas Banchoff's mind these days as Europe celebrates the centennial of Dali's birth with major retrospective exhibitions, symposiums and other events. Banchoff is working with a crew filming "The Dali Dimension," a documentary to air in Europe this fall.
GSJ Story   28GSJ16b    04/30/2004   Sweeney
Bilingual Brown students act as medical interpreters at RI Hospital
For the past seven years, bilingual Brown students have volunteered in the adult and pediatric emergency rooms of Rhode Island Hospital providing translation at such critical moments.
GSJ Story   28GSJ16c    04/30/2004   Cole
Public Notice: Health Services accreditation
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will conduct an accreditation survey of Brown University Health Services on Monday, May 24 and Tuesday, May 25, 2004.
GSJ Story   28GSJ16d    04/30/2004   Freelance
Team Brown helps renovate Providence club, school
Sixty members of the Brown community spent a recent Saturday refurbishing the Fox Point Boys/Girls Club and the Alfred Lima Sr. Elementary School in Providence as part of the national volunteer program Rebuilding Together, formerly known as Christmas in April.
GSJ Story   28GSJ16e    04/30/2004   Montgomery
David A. Greene named VP for campus life and student services
David A. Greene, currently serving as interim vice president, has been named vice president for campus life and student services. His appointment is effective July 1, 2004.
News Release   03-124    04/28/2004   Nickel
Slavery and justice: We seek to discover the meaning of our past
Brown University's Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice will investigate and discuss an uncomfortable piece of the University's -- and our nation's -- history. The Committee's work is not about whether or how reparations should be paid, writes Brown President Ruth J. Simmons. Rather, it will do the difficult work of scholarship, debate and civil discourse, demonstrating how difficult, uncomfortable and valuable this process can be.
News Release   03-103    04/26/2004   Nickel
Brown music ensembles to perform with Grammy winner Joe Lovano
The Brown University Music Department will present the 2004 Sara and Robert A. Reichley Concert -- Viva Jazz! -- featuring the Brown Jazz Band on Friday, May 7, 2004, at 8 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. The program will also feature the Jazz Band and the Brown Wind Symphony performing with Grammy winning musician Joe Lovano and vocalist Judi Silvano. The concert is free and open to the public.
News Release   03-123    04/26/2004   Curtis
Op-Ed: Immigration and labor force participation: Have times changed?
Nationwide, manufacturing jobs, once the mainstay of the middle income, have been shrinking. In 1969 more than 34 percent of working Rhode Islanders were employed in manufacturing. Today that number is 12 percent; low-income service jobs have increasingly replaced manufacturing jobs. If today's immigrants are to become the grandparents of tomorrow's professionals, education and language skills will be a major key, writes Jean Burritt Robertson. Robertson presented her ideas at the 2004 Brown University/Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference, "Homeland Insecurity: The Changing Face of Immigration."
News Release   03-115    04/23/2004   Howell
Op-Ed: Let us leave no immigrant child behind!
Given that educating English language learners requires an investment in special programming -- in a time when resources are shrinking -- programs and services specifically designed for students who are learning English may suffer the deepest cuts. While investments in educating English language learners have a current cost, that cost is small when compared to the future cost of failing to do so, writes Virginia M.C. da Mota. Da Mota presented her ideas at the 2004 Brown University/Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference, "Homeland Insecurity: The Changing Face of Immigration."
News Release   03-116    04/23/2004   Howell
Op-Ed: Safety through immigration control
No matter the weapon or delivery system -- hijacked airliners, shipping containers, suitcase nukes, anthrax spores -- terrorists are needed to carry out the attacks, and those terrorists have to enter and operate in the United States. In a very real sense, the primary weapons of our enemies are not the inanimate objects at all, but rather the terrorists themselves. Thus keeping the terrorists out or apprehending them after they get in is indispensable to victory, writes Mark Krikorian. Krikorian presented his ideas at the 2004 Brown University/Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference, "Homeland Insecurity: The Changing Face of Immigration."
News Release   03-117    04/23/2004   Howell
Op-Ed: In defense of Tom ÔThumb' Ridge
History says that everyone coming here is a foreigner until proven otherwise. The U.S. immigration authorities have a long, flourishing tradition, beginning in the early 19th century, of treating every would-be immigrant like a criminal. Immigration personnel at Ellis Island changed names that sounded too "foreign" to sound more Amurrican, writes Andrei Codrescu. Codrescu presented his ideas at the 2004 Brown University/Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference, "Homeland Insecurity: The Changing Face of Immigration."
News Release   03-118    04/23/2004   Howell
Op-Ed: America must not close the door to refugees
Immigrants and refugees and their advocates are as shaken by terrorism as the rest of us and want to ensure that terrorists are not given a free pass to enter America. We must enforce and strengthen existing laws and institute new procedures aimed at terrorists and criminals. But we must not let refugees become collateral damage in the process, writes Lavinia Limon. Limon presented her ideas at the 2004 Brown University/Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference, "Homeland Insecurity: The Changing Face of Immigration."
News Release   03-119    04/23/2004   Howell
Op-Ed: Immigrant stories
America still offers immigrant writers a shelter -- a place and a space to write -- and even the occasional rewards of the literary marketplace. For an immigrant writer, the welcoming anonymity of American life is both liberating and stifling, exhilarating and disheartening. America still promises, and gives, much of herself to immigrant writers. But once translated and published, immigrant stories start American lives of their own, write David Shrayer-Petrov and Maxim D. Shrayer. Shrayer-Petrov and Shrayer presented their ideas at the 2004 Brown University/Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference, "Homeland Insecurity: The Changing Face of Immigration."
News Release   03-120    04/23/2004   Howell
Hepatitis B vaccination for inmates would protect health of communities
Ninety-three percent of Rhode Island inmates studied said they would agree to receive the hepatitis B vaccine in prison if it were offered, according to new Brown University research. Although vaccination has been available for two decades, 1.2 million Americans have chronic hepatitis B, and the disease continues to spread. Few prison systems offer the vaccine to inmates.
News Release   03-122    04/23/2004   Cole
Howard Foundation announces 12 fellowships for 2004-05 academic year
The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation has announced 12 creative-writing fellowships of $20,000 each for the 2004-05 academic year. Brown University, which administers the Howard Foundation for the foundation's Board of Administration, also announced that the 2005-06 fellowships will be given in the area of literary criticism.
News Release   03-113    04/21/2004   Nickel
Bilingual Brown students act as medical interpreters at a local hospital
More than 30 Brown students volunteer as medical interpreters at Rhode Island Hospital where Spanish-speaking patients are most common among those seeking help. Interpreters are increasingly important to meet the needs of a changing population, say doctors. Although required by law, interpretation services are not always available in health care settings.
News Release   03-114    04/21/2004   Cole
At Brown
New Library service; awards and honors; off the shelf; obituary; more
GSJ Story   28GSJ15a    04/16/2004   Sweeney
Here there be data: Mapping the landscape of science
In ancient maps of the world, expanses of unknown territory might hold a warning to would-be explorers: Here there be monsters. For today's explorers seeking to navigate and understand the world of science, the monsters are the untamed collections of data that inhabit a largely uncharted landscape, according to the National Science Foundation
GSJ Story   28GSJ15b    04/16/2004   Freelance
Investments set stage for growth in biological sciences, Med School
At a press briefing held on campus April 5, the University expanded upon the Plan for Academic Enrichment's proposals to enhance the Medical School.
GSJ Story   28GSJ15c    04/16/2004   Nickel
Seed Fund Awards go to six multidisciplinary research projects
Six multidisciplinary research proposals will receive financial support totaling nearly $442,000 for projects that will explore the areas of cognitive computer applications, vaccine development, environmental issues along the Israeli-Palestinian watershed, the potential toxicity of nanomaterials, adolescent pregnancy, and neuroproteomics.
GSJ Story   28GSJ15d    04/16/2004   Sweeney
Brown to host AIDS exhibition, documentary and three-day symposium
Now through June 2004, Brown will host a multifaceted project titled "Pandemic: Facing AIDS." Brown is the first U.S. university to host the international exhibition, "Pandemic: Imaging AIDS," which will be on display at Brown's Watson Institute through June 12. The University will also present "Provoking Hope: A Brown University HIV/AIDS Symposium" April 23-25, 2004, in Starr Auditorium in MacMillan Hall. All events in this project are free and open to the public.
News Release   03-109    04/14/2004   Curtis
Ted Turner to be honored for lifetime achievement in entrepreneurship
Philanthropist and cable news pioneer Ted Turner will be honored May 1, 2004, at 5 p.m. at the conclusion of a two-day Entrepreneurial Extravaganza that invites aspiring entrepreneurs from East Coast colleges and universities to compete for cash. The event is a joint collaboration by Brown University and Bryant College.
News Release   03-112    04/13/2004   Cole
Unmarried women say they feel misunderstood in doctors' offices
Inhibitions about doctor visits was a main reason unmarried women said they did not seek routine cancer screening tests, according to initial findings from a five-year study of women ages 40 to 75. Change is needed to ensure the 20 million women in this population undergo tests that detect cancer in its early stages. Researchers are recruiting 600 women for the next phase of the project.
News Release   03-110    04/12/2004   Cole
Sportscaster Chris Berman to give Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture
ESPN anchor and sportscaster Chris Berman, a member of the Brown class of 1977, will give the fourth annual Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture Thursday, April 15, 2004, at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. Berman will speak on "Sports: America's Last Melting Pot." Following the lecture, Berman will conduct an ESPN-style interview with special guest Bill Belichick, head coach of the World Champion New England Patriots. This event is free and open to the public.
News Release   03-111    04/12/2004   Curtis
Adrien Brody, Wes Craven to speak at third annual Ivy Film Festival
Brown University will host the third annual Ivy Film Festival April 8-11, 2004. The festival will feature student film entries from the United States and abroad, as well as lectures and panel discussions with Academy Award-winning actor Adrien Brody, directors Wes Craven and Brett Ratner, and others. The festival is open to the public; tickets are required for all events.
News Release   03-104    04/08/2004   Curtis
Mexican presidential candidate Jorge Castaneda to give Ogden Lecture
Jorge Castaneda, former Mexican secretary of foreign affairs and now a candidate for Mexico's 2006 presidential election, will give a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. Memorial Lecture on International Affairs titled "Mexico: Democracy in Progress." Castaneda will speak on Tuesday, April 13, 2004, at 6:30 p.m. in Sayles Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   03-107    04/08/2004   Curtis
Op-Ed: Should presidents lie?
In many cases where strong national interests are at stake, a deliberate deception may be called for. But the decision to go to war is among the most fundamental questions the state faces, writes Corey Brettschneider. For this reason, Article I of the Constitution grants the power to declare war to Congress, our deliberative body, and an agent of the people's consent. Can people give their informed consent if they have been deceived?
News Release   03-108    04/08/2004   Nickel
Meissner to open 24th Brown/Providence Journal conference April 25
U.S. immigration policy expert Doris Meissner will deliver the Michael P. Metcalf-Howard R. Swearer Memorial Lecture to open the 24th annual Brown University/-Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference. The conference, "Homeland Insecurity: The Changing Face of Immigration," runs April 25 through April 28, 2004. Meissner will give her address, titled "Immigration and Security: A Post-9/11 Report Card," on Sunday, April 25, at 5 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green.
News Release   03-105    04/07/2004   Howell
Brown announces investments in biological sciences, new hospital agreements
As part of the Plan for Academic Enrichment, the Corporation of Brown University has approved proposals that will bring significant new investments to the Division of Biology and Medicine. New laboratories and an expanded faculty are already under way in the basic biological sciences. The University is committed to expanding its Program in Public Health and providing it a new home. The Medical School and its hospital partners will be working under new agreements.
News Release   03-106    04/05/2004   Nickel
Brown's Department of Public Safety to begin reaccreditation process
As part of the national reaccreditation process for Brown University's Department of Public Safety to be conducted this summer, the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies will conduct a special public meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, April 26, in MacMillan Hall, Room 117. Community members may also submit written comments. DPS received its initial accreditation in July 1998, and was reaccredited in July 2001.
News Release   03-121    04/03/2004   Nickel
Public Art Committee will bring Paola Pivi mural to Brown
Brown's Public Art Committee is bringing a 33-by-40-foot photographic mural by Italian artist Paola Pivi to campus. The untitled work, on loan to Brown, will be installed on the western exterior of Brown's Sciences Library on Thayer Street.
News Release   03-102    04/01/2004   Curtis
What might have been: Bell Gallery to exhibit "Unbuilt Providence"
The David Winton Bell Gallery will host a new exhibition, titled "Unbuilt Providence: Architectural Visions, 1856 to 2000," April 14 through May 31, 2004. A reception and a lecture by guest curator Dietrich Neumann are set for Friday, April 23, at 5:30 p.m. in the List Art Center, 64 College St. Both events are free and open to the public.
News Release   03-101    03/31/2004   Curtis
Brown to host Cochrane Collaboration Meeting on health care April 1-2
Brown University will host the United States Cochrane Collaboration Meeting, titled "Building the Foundation: Creating Greater Awareness and Use of Evidence-based Health Care," April 1 and 2, 2004, in MacMillan Hall, 167 Thayer St.
News Release   03-100    03/30/2004   Curtis
David C. Lewis: Stop perpetuating the "crack baby" myth
After 16 years of research and more than a decade of following the development of children thought to have been at serious risk, medical experts have not identified a recognizable condition, syndrome or disorder that should merit the label "crack baby." With no basis in science, the term serves only to stigmatize and slander children and their mothers and should be eliminated from public discourse.
News Release   03-099    03/29/2004   Nickel
Committee on smoke shop raid must comply with Open Meeting Act
The Independent Review Committee, appointed by G. Carcieri to study the State Police raid on a tax-free smoke shop operated by the Narragansett tribe, is subject to Rhode Island's Open Meeting Act, according to an opinion released today by the Rhode Island attorney general.
News Release   03-098    03/26/2004   Nickel
Practicing the Ôart' of medicine
The 'Art and Medicine' course is designed to give medical students a chance to explore the roles of art and art-making in the practice of medicine, to enhance their observation and communication skills - and to encourage them to become creative, sensitive physicians.
GSJ Story   28GSJ13a    03/26/2004   Curtis
At Brown
Sheridan Center teaching awards; On the Road; research note on Milankovitch Theory
GSJ Story   28GSJ13b    03/26/2004   Sweeney
LaVigne ready to wrangle volunteers for Rebuilding Together
Brown volunteers will hoist paintbrushes, hammers and shovels to refurbish the Fox Point Boys and Girls Club on April 24
GSJ Story   28GSJ13c    03/26/2004   Cole
New LGBTQ Resource Center offers information, meeting space
The new Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgendered and Questioning Resource Center in Faunce House "is a demonstration that diversity is respected and celebrated," said Angela Mazaris, who serves as LGBTQ Resource Center part-time coordinator.
GSJ Story   28GSJ13d    03/26/2004   Cole
Laser-wielding students explore ways to jump-start nerve growth
Six undergraduate students participating in a Group Research Project (GRP) under the direction of Assistant Professor of Medical Science and Engineering Diane Hoffman-Kim are using sophisticated laser techniques to determine what makes nerves grow. The research eventually may help scientists develop treatments for people with spinal cord injuries, as well as developmental neurological disorders.
GSJ Story   28GSJ13e    03/26/2004   Freelance
Brown faculty, staff, students to refurbish Fox Point Club April 24
As Rebuilding Together, formerly called Christmas in April, marks its 10th anniversary rehabilitating homes and community buildings throughout the state, volunteers from Brown University will pitch in to refurbish one of the largest Boys and Girls Clubs in the city. The project is sponsored by Brown.
News Release   03-097    03/25/2004   Cole
Presidential election campaign platforms impact the stock market
Each fluctuation in public opinion about candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore during the 2000 presidential election led to corresponding changes in equity prices of firms aligned with the two candidates, according to a new study by a Brown University economist Brian G. Knight. Bushs ultimate victory in the election resulted in a $100-billion shift in value from Gore-favored to Bush-favored firms.
News Release   03-093    03/22/2004   Cole
Education faculty member receives Wriston Fellowship for 2004-05
Wilbur Johnson, lecturer and clinical professor of social studies and history in the Department of Education, recently received the Wriston Fellowship, one of the highest awards the University bestows upon its teaching faculty. Johnson will use the fellowship to create a new undergraduate seminar course that examines issues surrounding the concept of "white privilege."
News Release   03-094    03/22/2004   Cole
Brown and RISD to present joint exhibit of Buonanno Rome collection
Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design will jointly present "The Theater That Was Rome: 16th-18th Century Views and Maps," a simultaneous exhibition of objects from the collection of Vincent J. Buonanno, April 9 through July 11, 2004, at the RISD Museum of Art and Brown's John Hay Library. In conjunction with the exhibit, Brown will host a symposium, titled "Rome in Print," on Saturday, April 24, 2004, at the List Art Center.
News Release   03-095    03/22/2004   Curtis
Newsweek columnist Howard Fineman to give Licht Lecture
Newsweek magazine chief political correspondent Howard Fineman will give the inaugural Governor Frank Licht Lecture on Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at 7:30 p.m. in Sayles Hall on The College Green. Fineman will fill in for the previously-announced Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David S. Broder, who has canceled due to illness.
News Release   03-096    03/22/2004   Curtis
David Winton Bell Gallery to host 24th annual "Student Exhibition"
The David Winton Bell Gallery and the Department of Visual Art will present the 24th annual "Student Exhibition" March 20 through April 4, 2004. An opening reception for the artists is scheduled for Saturday, March 27, 2004, from 6 to 9 p.m. Both the exhibit and the reception are free and open to the public.
News Release   03-089    03/18/2004   Curtis
President Simmons to welcome Donald C. Eversley back to Providence
Brown President Ruth J. Simmons will host a reception to welcome Brown alumnus Donald C. Eversley back to Providence as president of the Providence Economic Development Partnership. Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and Mayor David N. Cicilline will also attend. The reception, by invitation only, begins at 5:30 p.m. in the John Carter Brown Library.
News Release   03-092    03/16/2004   Nickel
Pulitzer-winning journalist David S. Broder to give first Licht Lecture
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David S. Broder will give the inaugural Gov. Frank Licht Lecture when he speaks on "American Politics: 2004 and Beyond" on Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at 7:30 p.m. in Sayles Hall on The College Green. The lecture, sponsored by the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, is free and open to the public.
News Release   03-091    03/12/2004   Curtis
At Brown
Campaign leadership; Annual Fund challenge; more
GSJ Story   28GSJ12a    03/12/2004   Sweeney
Brown, URI secure federal grant to stimulate life sciences research in RI
Brown University and the University of Rhode Island have teamed up to secure a major federal grant through the National Science Foundation (NSF) that will stimulate life science research at the state's 11 institutions of higher education promoting life science-based economic development in Rhode Island.
GSJ Story   28GSJ12b    03/12/2004   Freelance
15,268 seek admission to the Class of 2008
Women make up 58 percent of those vying to walk through the Van Wickle Gates in the fall as members of the Class of 2008 - 8,854 applications compared to 6,414 applications from men. Letters to applicants accepted from the total applicant pool of 15,268 will be mailed April 1.
GSJ Story   28GSJ12c    03/12/2004   Cole
A look at Faculty Scholars for 2003-04
Each year, faculty are asked to nominate students for the Faculty Scholars Program, which was created by faculty in 1982 to provide scholarship and fellowship aid to undergraduate or graduate students, particularly those who have demonstrated academic excellence. Seven Brown students have been named Faculty Scholars for 2003-04. Here is a brief look at each.
GSJ Story   28GSJ12d    03/12/2004   Cole
Joukowsky's work on exhibit at American Museum of Natural History
Seldom is there a major exhibit of an archaeologist's work in his or her lifetime, but Brown's Professor Martha Sharp Joukowsky is now among the few who have been so honored. Since 1993, Joukowsky has led a team of Brown archaeologists and students in excavating the Great Temple of Petra. Now their work is on display in "Petra: Lost City of Stone," a special traveling exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City through July 6.
GSJ Story   28GSJ12e    03/12/2004   Curtis
Brown to host 2004 Responsible Leadership Forum March 11 to 13
Brown University will host the 2004 Responsible Leadership Forum, titled "Leadership in a Changing World," March 11 through 13, 2004. The conference will open with a keynote lecture on Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. All events are open to the public.
News Release   03-088    03/09/2004   Curtis
Archaeologists' work on exhibit at American Museum of Natural History
The work of a team of Brown archaeologists led by Martha Sharp Joukowsky, director of the Center for Old World Archaeology and Art, is being displayed in "Petra: Lost City of Stone," a traveling exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City through July 6, 2004. On Sunday, March 14, 2004, at the museum, Joukowsky will present a slide-illustrated lecture on her work at the Great Temple of Petra.
News Release   03-087    03/05/2004   Curtis
John Carter Brown Library hosts exhibit on college foundings
The John Carter Brown Library is hosting a new exhibition, "The Establishment Of Colleges In The English Colonies," through May 1, 2004. The collection features documents relating to the founding of Harvard University, the College of William and Mary, Yale University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Brown University and Dartmouth College.
News Release   03-090    03/05/2004   Curtis
Chinese democracy activist Wang Youcai to arrive in Providence tonight
Chinese democracy activist Wang Youcai, one of the leaders of the 1989 student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square will arrive in Providence, R.I., tonight (Thursday, March 4, 2004). Wang, who was first imprisoned in 1998, was given medical parole earlier today. Wang's stay in the United States will be sponsored by Chinese dissident Xu Wenli, visiting senior fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute.
News Release   03-086    03/04/2004   Howell
Royce Professorships will recognize teaching excellence of Brown faculty
A $5.5-million gift from Brown alumnus and trustee emeritus Charles M. Royce, will fund six professorships to honor Brown faculty for excellence in teaching. Royce's gift was one of seven major gifts presented to and accepted by the Brown Corporation at its regular winter meeting Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004.
News Release   03-085    03/02/2004   Nickel
Corporation approves historic 15-year Plan for Academic Enrichment
The Plan for Academic Enrichment, approved by the Brown Corporation at its regular meeting Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, outlines more than a decade of investments in Brown's faculty, academic programs, core academic facilities, environment for student living, and the physical campus -- a program that could transform the University.
News Release   03-082    02/28/2004   Nickel
Wideman, Houston, Bowen among new faculty appointments at Brown
At its winter meeting Saturday, Feb. 28, 2004, the Brown Corporation appointed three senior scholars to the University faculty: author John Edgar Wideman, anthropologist Stephen Houston, and neurobiologist Wayne Bowen. The new appointments and the appointments of several current faculty to named professorships are part of a continuing strategic effort to expand and better support the Brown faculty.
News Release   03-083    02/28/2004   Howell
Corporation sets tuition and fees, approves budget for 2004-05
Overall charges for undergraduates at Brown University will rise to $39,808 for the 2004-05 academic year, an increase of 4.9 percent. That figure includes tuition of $30,672, an increase of 5 percent.
News Release   03-084    02/28/2004   Nickel
First students join Brown/MBL graduate program
In the past year, both April Shiflett and Justin Widener have followed Steven Hajduk, their doctoral advisor from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, to the MBL in Woods Hole, where Hajduk is now director of the center's Global Infectious Diseases program. When Brown created an institutional affiliation with the MBL last July to foster cutting-edge research in biology, biomedicine and environmental sciences, the students saw a golden opportunity Ð and this semester they officially transferred to the Brown-MBL graduate program in pathobiology
GSJ Story   28GSJ11a    02/27/2004   Curtis
MBL scientist brings his interest in genomics to Brown
Giardia lamblia is a protozoa that can cause severe cases of diarrhea known as giardiasis. To Mitchell L. Sogin, director of the Bay Paul Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) in Woods Hole, Giardia is also a link to the past, providing insights into the evolution of life on earth. His lab works to sequence the entire Giardia lamblia genome. This data will be made available for medical use, as well as for the evolutionary research that fascinates Sogin. Thanks to the MBL partnership with Brown, he also looks forward to assisting with joint courses about genomics Ð the study of an organism's entire DNA sequence Ð and molecular evolution.
GSJ Story   28GSJ11b    02/27/2004   Freelance
A look at some of this year's Faculty Scholars
Each year, faculty are asked to nominate students for the Faculty Scholars Program, which was created by faculty in 1982 to provide scholarship and fellowship aid to undergraduate or graduate students, particularly those who have demonstrated academic excellence. Four 2003-04 Faculty Scholars were announced at the Feb. 3 faculty meeting: Tanwen Ellis, Eugene Fukudome, Julia Glenady, and Daniel Harkett.
GSJ Story   28GSJ11c    02/27/2004   Cole
Political scientist explores dearth of female candidates
Well-qualified women are less likely than their male counterparts to consider running for public office because women do not perceive themselves as qualified and do not receive as much encouragement as men, according to a new study by political scientists at Brown University and Union College.
GSJ Story   28GSJ11d    02/27/2004   Cole
At Brown
LGBTQ center opens; awards and honors; obituary; research note; more
GSJ Story   28GSJ11e    02/27/2004   Sweeney
New online employment system goes live Feb. 29
Brown University's Human Resources Department is introducing a new online employment system designed to make the employment process more efficient and accessible for job seekers and hiring managers.
GSJ Story   28GSJ11f    02/27/2004   Freelance
Student a finalist in ESPN's reality show to find ÔSportsCenter' anchor
Maggie Haskins '04.5, is one of 12 finalists, chosen among 10,000 hopefuls, to compete on ESPN's new show, "Dream Job." The winner receives a one-year anchor contract on the network's bread-and-butter show, "SportsCenter." The show debuted Feb. 22 at 10 p.m.
GSJ Story   28GSJ11g    02/27/2004   Montgomery
Burton and Pereira headline Boyer's ÔEllis Island' concert at VMA
Immigration is an experience shared by nearly all American families at some point in their history, and for many, Ellis Island plays a central role in that experience. On March 6 the Brown University Orchestra will celebrate the immigrant journey when it moves from College Hill to downtown Providence to perform Peter Boyer's multimedia composition "Ellis Island: The Dream of America" at Veterans Memorial Auditorium Arts and Cultural Center.
GSJ Story   28GSJ11h    02/27/2004   Curtis
Computer Science celebrates 25 years of 'balancing theory and practice'
"Balancing theory and practice" was the theme of a gala event that helped inaugurate the University's Department of Computer Science in September 1979. Twenty-five years later, the theme "remains our distinguishing philosophy," according to John Savage, department co-founder and its chair from 1985-1991.
GSJ Story   28GSJ11i    02/27/2004   Sweeney
Brown University to open LGBTQ Resource Center March 2
A grand opening celebration for the LGBTQ Resource Center will be held Tuesday, March 2, 2004, from 5 to 7 p.m., in Rooms 321 and 323 of Faunce House on The College Green. The center will serve as a meeting place for a variety of student groups and as a hub for academic activity and administrative programs.
News Release   03-080    02/25/2004   Cole
Brown Chorus to perform Bach's Passion According to St. John March 5
The Brown University Chorus will perform Bach's "Passion According to St. John" on Friday, March 5, 2004, at 8 p.m. at Central Congregational Church, 296 Angell St. Proceeds from the performance will support the choir's concert tour of Russia and Finland in June.
News Release   03-077    02/20/2004   Curtis
Former ambassador to Afghanistan Robert P. Finn to speak March 1
The Brown University Student Lecture Board will present Robert P. Finn, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, on Monday, March 1, 2004, at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. Finn will speak on "Afghanistan: Moving Toward Elections."
News Release   03-079    02/20/2004   Curtis
Brown Orchestra, Kate Burton to perform Peter Boyer's "Ellis Island"
The Brown University Orchestra, conducted by Paul Phillips, will perform "Ellis Island: The Dream of America," composer Peter Boyer's multimedia concert celebration of immigration, on Saturday, March 6, 2004, at the VMA Arts and Cultural Center. Noted actress Kate Burton, a member of the Brown Class of 1979, and violinist Juliana Pereira '04, a three-time Concerto Competition winner, will be among the featured performers.
News Release   03-075    02/16/2004   Curtis
Brown University and Black Coaches Association to honor Fritz Pollard
Brown University and the Black Coaches Association will co-sponsor an annual Fritz Pollard Award, to be presented to the college or professional coach chosen by the BCA as coach of the year. The award honors Frederick Douglass “Fritz” Pollard of Brown’s Class of 1919, the first African American to play in a Rose Bowl Game (for Brown, in 1916), first to quarterback an NFL team, and first to coach in the NFL. (See also background on Fritz Pollard.)
News Release   03-078    02/16/2004   Nickel
Privacy protections for children often fail in sexual abuse cases
Violations of privacy protections often occur in the most intensely publicized child abuse cases, says Ross E. Cheit, associate professor of political science and public policy. As a result, children can be further victimized by false reports about their testimony. Cheit presented his findings Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting.
News Release   03-076    02/15/2004   Cole
At Brown
Facilities Management award nominations; awards and honors; more
GSJ Story   28GSJ10a    02/13/2004   Sweeney
Bonus program honors 225 staff members
The bonus program announced by President Simmons last fall culminated during the last week of January with 225 staff members Ð 187 individuals and 13 teams totaling 38 members Ð receiving bonus checks.
GSJ Story   28GSJ10b    02/13/2004   Freelance
Hillel Center to be dedicated Feb. 26
The Brown community is invited to share in the celebration when the newly renovated Glenn and Darcy Weiner Hillel Center is dedicated Feb. 26.
GSJ Story   28GSJ10c    02/13/2004   Curtis
Inquiring Minds
Cardiologist Barbara Roberts on women's heart health
GSJ Story   28GSJ10d    02/13/2004   Curtis
SAC appoints 10 new members
Ten new members will join the Staff Advisory Committee for two-year terms beginning January 2004.
GSJ Story   28GSJ10e    02/13/2004   Freelance
17 faculty members receive Salomon research awards
The Office of the Vice President for Research has announced this year's recipients of Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Awards. This program was established to support excellence in scholarly work by providing funding for faculty research projects deemed to be of exceptional merit.
GSJ Story   28GSJ10f    02/13/2004   Freelance
Spolaore explores economics of a nation's size
For the most part, economists have left unexplored how political borders are formed and redrawn, assuming that national borders are fixed much like geographical features such as mountains or coasts, said Enrico Spolaore, Kutayba Alghanim Assistant Professor of Political Economy. However, when borders are viewed as human-made institutions, as Spoloare and Alberto Alesina of Harvard do in a new book "The Size of Nations," the importance of studying the economics of country size becomes apparent: Nations are some of the world's most powerful organizations.
GSJ Story   28GSJ10g    02/13/2004   Cole
Team's findings enhance understanding of rock friction
A group of researchers led by Professor of Geological Sciences Terry Tullis has discovered a gel-like substance Ð forming when samples of quartz rock rub against each other Ð that may help explain the weakening of friction that occurs between geologic faults during certain earthquakes.
GSJ Story   28GSJ10h    02/13/2004   Unassigned
Why don't women run for office? Less confidence and encouragement
Women have as much success being elected as men but they are not as likely to consider running for office. A groundbreaking study to be published in the American Journal of Political Science found two major factors at work: Women are not as likely as men to view themselves as qualified to hold office, and women are not as likely to receive encouragement from party leaders to become candidates.
News Release   03-074    02/12/2004   Cole
At Brown
Child care center fund raiser; research notes; obituary
GSJ Story   28GSJ14b    02/04/2004   Sweeney
A conversation between a physician and an anthropologist sheds light on aging
Stanley M. Aronson, professor emeritus of medical science, and co-author Renee Rose Shield, clinical associate professor of community health, set out to examine the complex issues facing the older person in today's society in their new book, "Aging in Today's World." Aronson, a physician, tackled the subject from a medical perspective. Shield, an anthropologist, provides the view of a careful observer.
GSJ Story   28GSJ09a    01/30/2004   Ferguson
Center for Environmental Studies recognized for its long-lasting impact
Brown's Center for Environmental Studies was one of 12 programs across the country highlighted recently for using service activities to achieve civic outcomes, and for bestowing a lasting legacy on the participants of those activities. The CES was one of just two university programs featured.
GSJ Story   28GSJ09b    01/30/2004   Ferguson
Seeking factors that prevent some from getting health care
A community-driven group research project investigates "functional disenfranchisement," which the student participants and faculty leader suspect prevents residents in underserved communities from getting the health care they need.
GSJ Story   28GSJ09c    01/30/2004   Ferguson
At Brown
Office moves; new Corporation member; obituaries; awards and honors; more
GSJ Story   28GSJ09d    01/30/2004   Sweeney
Inquiring Minds: James Head on the exploration of Mars
For several decades, Professor of Geological Sciences James Head has played a significant role in both U.S. and international space missions. Head is involved in the Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Express mission, both orbiting the planet, and worked in astronaut training, site selection and mission operations during the Apollo Lunar Exploration Program, among other efforts. He spoke recently about the current Mars missions and President Bush's recently announced new vision for NASA.
GSJ Story   28GSJ09e    01/30/2004   Howell
Master's program in public policy will begin in September 2005
Brown will offer an interdisciplinary Master's Program in Public Policy, with degrees in public policy (MPP) and public affairs (MPA), beginning in September 2005. The Taubman Center for Public Policy will administer the program, which was approved by the Board of Fellows in December 2003.
GSJ Story   28GSJ09f    01/30/2004   Sweeney
Festival offers 'Modern Exposure' for graduate playwrights
Three first-year MFA candidates will offer workshop productions of their new plays during part one of the festival Feb. 4-8 in the McCormack Family Theatre. Part two, scheduled for April 28 through May 2, will showcase the thesis projects of three second-year MFA playwriting students.
GSJ Story   28GSJ09g    01/30/2004   Curtis
SAC seeks input from staff about decision-making at Brown
At a meeting with President Simmons on Nov. 7, 2003, members of the Staff Advisory Committee (SAC) discussed progress on its examination of issues relating to staff participation in decision-making at Brown. A staff participation subcommittee has been established in response to Simmons' challenge to SAC to find ways to get staff more involved in key decision-making processes Ð decisions that will shape the direction of the University.
GSJ Story   28GSJ09h    01/30/2004   Freelance
Largest multistate study finds end-of-life care still Ôwoefully inadequate'
In a national study on end-of-life care, Brown researchers found that the physical and emotional needs of the dying continue to be unmet, particularly for those who die in institutions. According to the study, Americans who die in nursing homes and hospitals often receive inadequate pain control, too little emotional support, a lack of respect from staff, and poor communication with physicians.
GSJ Story   28GSJ09i    01/30/2004   Ferguson
Brown receives grant to expand use of hospice in nursing homes
Most nursing homes remain a long way from fully embracing hospice care in their programs, but some, in fact, have integrated it with great success. These are the organizations Susan Miller, assistant professor of community health, will look at in a one-year project funded with a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
GSJ Story   28GSJ09j    01/30/2004   Ferguson
New online calendar of events debuts on Brown Web site
The University has a new online calendar of events located at http://calendar.brown.edu. The new service, updated regularly and searchable by date, event category or keyword, makes information about lectures, concerts, athletic contests, club meetings, exhibitions and other events available throughout campus and to the extended Brown community of alumni, parents, campus neighbors and friends.
GSJ Story   28GSJ09k    01/30/2004   Sweeney
Diploma or not, high school students who learn more will earn more
Even in an economy that has moved from an industrial to a technologically advanced base, basic skills matter. High school dropouts who scored higher on a standardized test earned more when they entered the labor market than high school dropouts with lower scores, according to a new Brown University study.
News Release   03-072    01/21/2004   Cole
New online calendar of events debuts on Brown Web site
The University's new online calendar of events calendar.brown.edu offers a variety of user-friendly features and enables members of the Brown community to post events directly into the calendar database.
News Release   03-072    01/21/2004   Sweeney
New online calendar of events debuts on Brown Web site
The University's new online calendar of events -- at calendar.brown.edu -- offers a variety of user-friendly features and enables members of the Brown community to post events directly into the calendar database.
News Release   03-073    01/21/2004   Sweeney
Graduate School celebrates centennial, honors EPA research chief
On Tuesday, Feb. 10, the Brown University Graduate School will conclude its centennial celebration with the inaugural presentation of the Horace Mann Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award. Joel Scheraga, director of global change research at the Environmental Protection Agency, will receive the award and deliver the Horace Mann lecture, titled "Political Climate: The Role of Science in the Making of Climate Change Policy." The event is free and open to the public.
News Release   03-071    01/16/2004   Howell
Lani Guinier to give ninth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture
Noted author and educator Lani Guinier, the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will give the ninth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004, at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon center for Teaching. The lecture, titled "Serving the Dream," is free and open to the public.
News Release   03-069    01/14/2004   Curtis
Bell Gallery to exhibit artist Bill Seaman's "Exchange Fields"
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present a multisensory interactive exhibition, "Bill Seaman: Exhange Fields," featuring the work of award-winning video artist and RISD Professor Bill Seaman, Jan. 24 through March 10, 2004. The exhibit is free and open to the public, as is the opening reception and artist's lecture on Friday, Jan. 23, at 5:30 p.m.
News Release   03-068    01/12/2004   Curtis
Largest multistate study finds end-of-life care still "woefully inadequate"
In a national study on end-of-life care in the United States, Brown University researchers find the physical and emotional needs of the dying continue to be unmet, particularly for those who die in institutions. With baby boomers about to reach retirement age, the need for reform becomes increasingly urgent, according to Joan Teno, lead author of a paper to be published Jan. 7, 2004 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
News Release   03-066    01/06/2004   Ferguson
Brown planetary geologists play major role in space exploration
During the last several decades, geological scientists from Brown University have played significant roles in space science, participating in the design and implementation of voyages to Mars, the Earth's moon, Venus, Jupiter and its moons, and asteroids.
News Release   03-067    01/06/2004   Howell
New scholarships to benefit Brown students from Reading, Mass., area
An anonymous donor has provided scholarship funds in honor of Newell H. Morton, a 1932 Brown graduate and civic leader in Reading, Mass. Morton was instrumental in encouraging and helping young people from Reading -- including the donor -- set their sights on a college education and succeed.
News Release   03-064    01/05/2004   Nickel
Roy Lichtenstein's "Brushstrokes" begins two-year visit to Brown campus
"Brushstrokes," a 30-foot sculpture by renowned artist Roy Lichtenstein, will be on public exhibition behind MacMillan Hall for the next two years as part of a loan program sponsored by Brown's Public Art Committee.
News Release   03-065    12/22/2003   Curtis
Julie Nguyen Brown elected trustee of Brown University
The Corporation of Brown University has elected Julie Nguyen Brown to a six-year term as a University trustee. Brown, the parent of two Brown undergraduate students, will serve through June 30, 2009.
News Release   03-061    12/16/2003   Nickel
Op-Ed: Saddam's capture may either heal or hurt
Providing Saddam with an open speaker's platform in court will undoubtedly be uncomfortable, but it is the right way to proceed. The world will then see the real Hussein, rather than the symbolic villain the United States has been fighting for the last two years.
News Release   03-063    12/15/2003   Nickel
Brown receives grant to expand use of hospice in nursing homes
A one-year project funded with a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and headed by Brown University Assistant Professor Susan Miller will identify and examine nursing homes where use of hospice is widespread. The project will culminate in a "best practices" publication intended to help nursing homes and hospices collaborate more easily.
News Release   03-062    12/12/2003   Ferguson
Brown University to move ahead with plans to arm its police officers
Brown University has decided to move forward with plans to equip its campus police officers with firearms. The decision will allow the University's Department of Public Safety to undertake officer training and policy development initiatives that could lead to the issuance of firearms to campus police officers.
News Release   03-059    12/01/2003   Nickel
Study finds that fungus farming by snails causes marsh grasses to wither
A new study led by a Brown University biologist reveals that a species of marine snail uses a unique method of agriculture. According to the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the snail cultivates the growth of fungus, its preferred food, on live marsh grass, leading to a fungal infestation that suppresses marsh grass production. Fungal farming was previously thought to occur only in terrestrial insects.
News Release   03-060    12/01/2003   Howell
Events will observe 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
Brown University will present "The Promise and the Legacy: Fifty Years After Brown v. Board of Education," a year-long symposium examining the impact of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision. The symposium will open Dec. 3, 2003, with a panel discussion at 6:45 p.m. and a keynote address by Professor Charles Ogletree of the Harvard Law School at 8 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. This event is free and open to the public.
News Release   03-058    11/26/2003   Curtis
Brown Lecture Board to host filmmaker Spike Lee
The Brown University Lecture Board will host filmmaker Spike Lee, who will speak about his work Monday, Dec. 1, 2003, at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. Tickets are available only to persons with a Brown ID, but a limited number of seats will be reserved for the media.
News Release   03-057    11/25/2003   Curtis
Galor leads Wadi Arabah gathering
Katharina Galor, visiting assistant professor at the Center for Old World Archaeology and Art, has organized a symposium that will bring together some 40 scholars from Israel, Jordan, Europe and North America to discuss their research on the Wadi Arabah.
GSJ Story   28GSJ08a    11/21/2003   Curtis
At Brown
Obituary, food drives, more
GSJ Story   28GSJ08b    11/21/2003   Sweeney
Environmental change initiative taking shape
The Environmental Change Initiative takes advantage of growing collective environmental science expertise among faculty in the University's social, life, and physical science departments. The initiative will create research projects and educational programs that address geological, human and biogeochemical facets, among other aspects of environmental change
GSJ Story   28GSJ08c    11/21/2003   Howell
Behind the scenes of the MBL
Most of the work at the MBL falls under two large umbrellas - biomedicine and environmental science. The formal alliance between Brown and the MBL - announced this past summer - pushes the potential for interdisciplinary collaborative work even further.
GSJ Story   28GSJ08e    11/21/2003   Ferguson
Steve Hajduk's mentoring messengers
Stephen Hajduk, a researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory, has found a kindred spirit in the chromosomes of African Trypanosomes, single-celled parasites which use a mentoring process to fix typo-like errors in messenger molecules. Hajduk, who will be a guest lecturer in two Brown courses next semester, directs the Molecular Pathogenesis and Molecular Infectious Disease Program and is an active mentor to his students, firmly engaged in their development as researchers.
GSJ Story   28GSJ08f    11/21/2003   Whitney
Love, marriage and HIV
Daniel J. Smith, assistant professor of anthropology and a faculty member in the Population Studies and Training Center, is on the team of researchers from various universities who won a $1.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health for the three-year collaboration.
GSJ Story   28GSJ08g    11/21/2003   Cole
Smoking heavily during pregnancy
The offspring of mothers who smoke heavily during their pregnancy are far more likely to develop nicotine dependence once they themselves try cigarettes.
GSJ Story   28GSJ08h    11/21/2003   Ferguson
Nurmikko at helm of project to develop advanced materials for energy program
A group of research scientists from Brown and Yale, led by Arto Nurmikko, professor of engineering and physics, recently received $900,000 from the Department of Energy to develop advanced materials for energy-efficient lighting applications.
GSJ Story   28GSJ08i    11/21/2003   Howell
Student's internship in Tanzania
Allison Whitney's internship in Tanzania united her interest in development issues and biology with her interest in science writing.
GSJ Story   28GSJ08k    11/21/2003   Ferguson
On the horizon for research at Brown
Vice President for Research Andries van Dam talks about the direction of Brown's research efforts.
GSJ Story   28GSJ08l    11/21/2003   Nickel
Van Dam's staff makes sure research effort is supported
In the year since being named to lead the University's new Office of the Vice President of Research, Andries van Dam has hired a team of individuals to help him advocate for the University's research community on and off campus.
GSJ Story   28GSJ08m    11/21/2003   Sweeney
Freund wins 'honor of lifetime'
Engineering Professor L. Ben Freund has received one of applied mechanics' highest honors - the Stephen P. Timoshenko Medal.
GSJ Story   28GSJ08n    11/21/2003   Howell
De Groot makes Esquire's "Genius Edition"
Of the 38 men and women listed in Esquire magazine's "Genius Issue," two have ties to Brown: Assistant Professor Anne De Groot is recognized for her pioneering efforts to develop a vaccine for AIDS; Bobby Jindal '92, who narrowly missed becoming Louisiana's governor earlier this month, was presented as "the new face of southern politics."
GSJ Story   28GSJ08o    11/21/2003   Ferguson
Welfare recipients will not seek help if it is too far away, study says
The closer a welfare recipient resides to mental health and substance abuse providers, the more likely the person is to seek those services, according to a new Brown University study. Receiving such help can improve a person's chances of holding a job and leaving welfare.
News Release   03-054    11/19/2003   Cole
Op-Ed: What is killing our kids?
It is no longer disease that poses the biggest threat to young lives, but behavioral misadventures of poorly understood origins, writes Lewis P. Lipsitt. We need an effort on the scale of a Manhattan Project to create a solution that would end the behavior that is killing our children. That we are so limited in our knowledge at this stage in human history about the origins and nature of human behavior is unacceptable.
News Release   03-056    11/18/2003   Nickel
"What's Killing Our Kids?" Experts discuss behavior that ends young lives
Experts will explore the behaviors killing this country's youth -- including suicide, substance abuse, self-mutilation and bullying -- Nov. 21 and 22, 2003, in Starr Auditorium of MacMillan Hall at Brown University. The national symposium titled "What's Killing Our Kids?" is free and open to the public.
News Release   03-055    11/14/2003   Cole
Sen. Reed, Mayor Cicilline to help celebrate start of new Brown labs
Brown University will host a reception and news conference to celebrate the start of work on two new life sciences research facilities. Sen. Jack Reed, Mayor David Cicilline and others will join University officials Monday, Nov. 17, at the Doran-Speidel Building, 70 Ship St. The building is being retrofitted as a laboratory facility, to open in fall 2004.
News Release   03-053    11/12/2003   Nickel
Herpes research uncovers possible clue to Alzheimer's disease
Investigating the transport mechanisms of the herpes simplex virus, researchers at Brown University and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass., discovered, for the first time, a physical connection between the herpes virus and amyloid precursor protein (APP). A byproduct of APP -- beta-amyloid -- is a major component of the amyloid plaques that are found consistently in the brains of persons with Alzheimer's disease.
News Release   03-050    11/07/2003   Ferguson
Brown and RISD team up to offer Performance Art Series
Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design have teamed up to offer the first annual RISD-Brown Performance Art Series through April 2004. The collaborative presentations -- all free and open to the public -- will include separate performances by playwright/actor Eric Bogosian and performance artist Julia Mandle on Nov. 13, 2003.
News Release   03-052    11/07/2003   Curtis
Herpes research hints at link to Alzheimer's
Although scientists have sought a connection between the herpes virus and Alzheimer's disease for nearly a decade, agreement on the value of the research is far from universal. A recent discovery in the laboratory of Elaine Bearer, associate professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, may provide an important link.
GSJ Story   28GSJ07a    11/07/2003   Ferguson
Canada lauds freshman for her service to others
Six women - five over the age of 50 and one youth - are honored every year by the Canadian government for performing work that benefits the quality of life for women. Last month, first-year student Jennifer Hustwitt received that honor.
GSJ Story   28GSJ07b    11/07/2003   Cole
At Brown
Obit, call for artworks, more
GSJ Story   28GSJ07c    11/07/2003   Sweeney
Brown, RISD partner to offer art performance series
Audiences will be hiking College Hill on Nov. 13 when playwright/actor Eric Bogosian and performance artist Julia Mandle appear in separate venues as part of the first RISD-Brown Performance Art Series.
GSJ Story   28GSJ07d    11/07/2003   Curtis
R.I. agency honors environmental studies class
Students in ES126, "Public Perception of the Environment," have received the Rhode Island American Planning Association Journalism Award for their 2002 research project that examined the experiences and perspectives of a northern Rhode Island community in relation to a local water crisis.
GSJ Story   28GSJ07e    11/07/2003   Howell
Ready, set, scream!
Brown student athletes have been known to strike fear in the hearts of their formidable opponents on occasion, but this Halloween they turned those fear-provoking tactics elsewhere. The Brown students volunteered their time and talents to decorate, disguise, spook and haunt their way into the hearts of hundreds of young goblins and ghouls at the Fox Point Boys/Girls Club in Providence during the club's annual "Halloween Fun Night."
GSJ Story   28GSJ07f    11/07/2003   Montgomery
Economist Aizer explores after-school childcare issues for older children
Her findings suggest childcare programs should be expanded beyond the historic focus of programs for preschool-age children to include older children who stand to gain considerably from greater adult supervision in the hours after school.
GSJ Story   28GSJ07g    11/07/2003   Cole
New phase transition diagram confirms nobelist's theory, reveals new superconductor behavior
A team of scientists from Brown University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new understanding of the phase transition in type-II superconductors. The development, reported in a recent issue of Physical Review Letters, confirms the work of a Nobel Prize-winning physics theorist and reveals behavior long thought to exist in these materials.
GSJ Story   28GSJ07h    11/07/2003   Howell
Research notes
Smoking; migraines; memory; more
GSJ Story   28GSJ07i    11/07/2003   Ferguson
Parsipur, Soyinka headline "Freedom to Write"
"Freedom to Write" is a two-day series of readings and panel discussions celebrating Brown's International Writers Project.
GSJ Story   28GSJ07j    11/07/2003   Curtis
Turcotte aids Isabel's victims as Red Cross volunteer
As part of Red Cross disaster teams since 1985, Suzanne Turcotte has provided aid to victims of Hurricanes Hugo, Andrew and Bob, as well as those of countless other national and local catastrophes. On her most recent assignment just this semester, she spent two weeks in Virginia with four other local Red Cross volunteers assisting the victims of Hurricane Isabel.
GSJ Story   28GSJ07k    11/07/2003   Curtis
Helmet technology
NIH funds work on helmet technology that will shed light on head impacts in contact sports
GSJ Story   28GSJ08d    11/07/2003   Cole
GRP seeks answers to obesity in Samoa
Group Research Projects (GRPs) are small teams of undergraduate students who work with a faculty member - in this case, community health Professor McGarvey, on a project that contributes to the faculty member's research.
GSJ Story   28GSJ08j    11/07/2003   Ferguson
Brown computer science course seeks city teachers' ideas for software
"The Educational Software Seminar," a unique undergraduate course taught at Brown University for the last decade, produces software for use in elementary, secondary and post-secondary classrooms. Providence teachers are invited to submit proposals for software that would be developed by undergraduates during spring semester 2004 for use in the teachers' classrooms.
News Release   03-051    11/04/2003   Sweeney
Children are less likely to be delinquent if supervised after school
Children who are supervised after school are less likely to get into trouble than those who are home alone, according to a Brown University study forthcoming in the "Journal of Public Economics" and currently available online. Among the study's conclusions: Childcare programs that accommodate school-age children are important for society.
News Release   03-049    10/31/2003   Cole
At Brown
Campaign co-chairs; Holiday Bazaar; more
GSJ Story   28GSJ06a    10/31/2003   Sweeney
Two Brown scientists named AAAS Fellows
David Cane, professor of chemistry, and Johanna (Annie) Schmitt, professor of biology, were among the 348 scientists named this year.
GSJ Story   28GSJ06b    10/31/2003   Ferguson
Simmons, administrators address staff forum
The University closed fiscal year 2003 with a 1 percent overall surplus, the endowment returned 6.5 percent, and significant progress has been made on the Initiatives for Academic Enrichment. Those were some of the facts shared by President Simmons, Provost Robert Zimmer and Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Beppie Huidekoper at a forum sponsored Oct. 21 by the President's Staff Advisory Committee.
GSJ Story   28GSJ06c    10/31/2003   Sweeney
Gallery features Korean installation artist
Three installations by the critically acclaimed contemporary artist Do-Ho Suh will be shown Nov. 8 through Dec. 21 at the Bell Gallery.
GSJ Story   28GSJ06d    10/31/2003   Curtis
New phase transition map confirms Nobel laureate's 50-year-old theory
A team of researchers from Brown University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a new phase diagram for type-II superconductors. The research, reported in a recent issue of "Physical Review Letters," confirms the seminal theory of type-II superconductors predicted by one of the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in physics, and unravels behavior long suspected to exist in these materials.
News Release   03-048    10/30/2003   Howell
International Writers Project hosts "Freedom to Write" Nov. 7-8
Brown will celebrate its new International Writers Project with a two-day event titled "Freedom to Write," on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 7 and 8, 2003, in Starr Auditorium in MacMillan Hall. This series of readings and panel discussions will feature Iranian novelist Shahrnush Parsipur, the University's first International Writing Fellow, along with Nigerian Nobel Prize Laureate Wole Soyinka, poet Kamau Brathwaite and others. The events are open to the public without charge.
News Release   03-047    10/28/2003   Curtis
John Carter Brown Library hosts exhibition of new acquisitions
The John Carter Brown Library is presenting "In JCB: Acquisition Highlights of the 21st Century," an exhibition featuring some of the most recent additions to the library's unique collection, through Jan. 31, 2004. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
News Release   03-046    10/27/2003   Curtis
Watson Institute's trademark elm has Dutch elm disease, will be removed
The American elm tree outside the Thayer Street entrance to the Watson Institute has been found to have Dutch elm disease. It will be removed in November.
News Release   03-045    10/23/2003   Nickel
At Brown
President's Forum, Open Enrollment, more
GSJ Story   28GSJ05a    10/17/2003   Sweeney
Inquiring Minds
Cheryl Ferreira on the new Special Victims Unit
GSJ Story   28GSJ05b    10/17/2003   Sweeney
Research Notes
Climate variations, sleep, grants
GSJ Story   28GSJ05c    10/17/2003   Howell
New system called Banner will enable students to register online
Brown has signed a contract to purchase an online student information system developed and sold by SCT, an educational technology firm.
GSJ Story   28GSJ05d    10/17/2003   Sweeney
Tibetan temples' artwork preserved in Lieberman photos
To accomplish their goal of photographing Tibetan Buddhist wall paintings, faculty members and avid hikers Philip and Marcia Lieberman received a grant of $65,000 from the Getty Foundation to capture on film the wall paintings in three monastery temples of Mustang, an ethnically and culturally Tibetan district in northwestern Nepal.
GSJ Story   28GSJ05e    10/17/2003   Cole
University to offer wellness programs, insurance discounts
Brown employees will soon have an array of new - and free - health programs available to them, along with discounts on mortgage and insurance rates.
GSJ Story   28GSJ05f    10/17/2003   Curtis
Benefits/Wellness Fair Oct. 29
There's more to health than physical fitness. That's a message that the Human Resources Department and the Staff Advisory Committee hope to convey at this year's Benefits/Wellness Fair, titled "Finding the Keys to a Wealth of Health."
GSJ Story   28GSJ05g    10/17/2003   Sweeney
Brown and Tulsa to work jointly on Modernist Journals Project
Faculty at Brown University and the University of Tulsa will join forces to work on the Modernist Journals Project. That project, which originated at Brown, seeks to produce digital editions of important modernist journals and to make its work available to scholars on the Web. Faculty at both institutions already have similar but complementary scholarly projects underway.
News Release   03-044    10/15/2003   Nickel
Bell Gallery to present work by Korean artist Do-Ho Suh
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present a new exhibition of works by contemporary Korean artist Do-Ho Suh from Nov. 8 through Dec. 21, 2003, in conjunction with Brown's Korean centennial celebration. An opening reception and lecture by the artist are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 7, at 5:30 p.m. in the List Art Center Auditorium.
News Release   03-042    10/14/2003   Curtis
Career Week to cover looking for work in a tough economy and more
Career Week, a four-day series of programs for undergraduates about exploring employment options, will include discussion of such timely topics as searching for a job in a tough economy and while facing record-high cost of living.
News Release   03-043    10/14/2003   Cole
Corporation adopts Strategic Framework for Physical Planning
The Corporation of Brown University has accepted a sweeping report and adopted its set of principles to guide the University's growth for the next half century. The "Strategic Framework for Physical Planning" offers three key recommendations: Develop a circulation infrastructure to unify and enhance the campus; consolidate the core; and move beyond College Hill.
News Release   03-039    10/11/2003   Sweeney
Brown Corporation introduced to leadership for next capital campaign
As part of a strategic discussion of the University's future, members of the Brown Corporation were introduced to three co-chairs and two honorary co-chairs of the University's next comprehensive campaign. That campaign will provide crucial support for the long-range Initiatives for Academic Enrichment.
News Release   03-040    10/11/2003   Nickel
Brown to design and build, buy and retrofit two new research facilities
At its Saturday, Oct. 11, meeting, the Corporation of Brown University received a report from its Facilities and Design Committee which included an approved design for a new $95-million Life Sciences Building and information on the purchase of a building at 70 Ship St. in the Jewelry District of Providence, which the University will retrofit for use as a biomedical research laboratory. Taken together, the two facilities will increase the University's life sciences research space by 75 percent.
News Release   03-041    10/11/2003   Nickel
Independent Review Committee releases report on Smoke Shop raid
The Independent Review Committee which reviewed the July 14 State Police raid on the Narragansett Tribe's Smoke Shop has presented its final report to Gov. Donald L. Carcieri, with additional copies to the Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Tribe, the superintendent of the Rhode Island State Police, and the Rhode Island attorney general. The executive summary of the report follows here.
News Release   03-037    10/07/2003   Nickel
Former President Cardoso to speak on "Brazil: The Awakening Giant"
Former President of Brazil and Professor-at-Large Fernando Henrique Cardoso will discuss "Brazil: The Awakening Giant" on Friday, Oct. 17, 2003, at 5 p.m. in Starr Auditorium in MacMillan Hall. This lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   03-038    10/07/2003   Curtis
John Hay Library presents Celebrating 125 Years of Brown Football
Brown's John Hay Library will host a new exhibition, titled "Celebrating 125 Years of Brown Football," beginning Oct. 10 and continuing through Nov. 7, 2003. The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, is offered in conjunction with a season-long commemoration of the 1878 founding of Brown's football program.
News Release   03-035    10/03/2003   Curtis
Grant funds workshops for graduate students writing dissertations
Brown University has received a $224,936 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish a program that will support graduate students during the intense and often isolating dissertation-writing experience.
News Release   03-036    10/03/2003   Cole
At Brown
Awards and honors, on the road, more
GSJ Story   28GSJ04a    10/03/2003   Sweeney
Graduate School size could be boon to multidisciplinary research
Brown's graduate department got its start a century ago. Though the department expanded and in 1927 became the Graduate School, it has remained small. That characteristic now proves beneficial in fostering interdisciplinary work and independent thinking across departmental lines
GSJ Story   28GSJ04b    10/03/2003   Cole
Lecturer evaluates pilot site of digital health initiative
Is a better health care system a simple mouse click away? An initiative led by the World Health Organization is determining some promising practices and some of the challenges for using the Internet and other computer technologies to improve public health. Andrew Pleasant, a visiting lecturer in environmental studies, served as external evaluator of the pilot project.
GSJ Story   28GSJ04c    10/03/2003   Howell
Research Notes
Crib death; depression and smoking
GSJ Story   28GSJ04d    10/03/2003   Cole
Russian librarians to meet with Brown counterparts
Five Russian library managers will spend Oct. 5-12 examining the role of libraries in American communities with Brown counterparts.
GSJ Story   28GSJ05e    10/03/2003   Sweeney
Brown/Trinity Consortium "running on all cylinders"
Just a year after it began, the Brown/Trinity Theater Consortium is already "running on all cylinders." "We succeeded immediately out of the gate in establishing ourselves as one of the most attractive programs in the country," said Oskar Eustis. "We can tell by the number of applications, the yield and the quality of the students we're attracting.
GSJ Story   28GSJ05f    10/03/2003   Curtis
Brown to provide East Side substation for Providence Police
Brown University will renovate approximately 1,500 square feet of commercial space on Brook Street and make it available free of charge to the Providence Police Department for use as an East Side substation.
News Release   03-031    10/01/2003   Nickel
Census study: whites less likely than blacks to live with extended family
A hundred years of census data indicates whites are now less likely than blacks to live in extended-family households, a reversal from the earlier half of the century, according to a study published in the August "Demography."
News Release   03-033    10/01/2003   Cole
Russian librarians to meet with Brown counterparts Oct. 5-12
Five Russian library managers will spend Oct. 5-12 with counterparts from Brown University to examine the role of libraries in American communities. Their visit is sponsored by the Open World Program.
News Release   03-034    10/01/2003   Sweeney
Worldwide, most governmental Web sites offer no online services
Governments around the world are using Web sites and the Internet to provide information and services to their citizens. The third annual Global e-Government Survey suggests that actual online services are not as widespread as they could be and that governments have a long way to go toward realizing the promise of Internet communications. A table ranking the governmental Web efforts of 198 countries is included.
News Release   03-032    09/29/2003   Nickel
Construction, renovation projects generate new academic, research space
Since last spring the University has undertaken more than 40 building and renovation projects, at a price of about $26 million. One of the largest projects is the new Life Sciences Building.
GSJ Story   28GSJ03a    09/26/2003   Curtis
Tobacco, investing and social responsibility
The University's Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investing, which has recommended that Brown exclude tobacco manufacturers from the University's investment portfolio, is sponsoring a lecture series on socially responsible investing.
GSJ Story   28GSJ03b    09/26/2003   Sweeney
Brown participiates in statewide medical emergency drill
You rarely hear the words "pneumonic plague" and "enjoyment" in the course of the same conversation, but Terrie Wetle, associate dean of medicine and professor of community health, managed to combine them in her description of a bioterrorism exercise she participated in late last month.
GSJ Story   28GSJ03c    09/26/2003   Sweeney
At Brown
Memorial service; research note; more
GSJ Story   28GSJ03d    09/26/2003   Sweeney
Inquiring Minds
Kimberly DelGizzo on career development, job searches
GSJ Story   28GSJ03e    09/26/2003   Cole
Disability access problems plague city government Web sites
Most Web sites maintained by the governments of America's 70 largest cities fail standard tests for access by users with vision and hearing impairments, according to a new study by researchers at Brown University. Most urban government Web sites are also written at a higher reading level than the average urban American user has achieved.
News Release   03-030    09/22/2003   Nickel
Hitch a ride with safeRIDE
Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design have collaborated to provide shuttle service to faculty, staff and students through a program called safeRIDE.
GSJ Story   28GSJ02a    09/19/2003   Cole
What's it take to get in?
Is there any truth to the conventional wisdom about getting admitted to an elite college's freshman class? Leslie Killgore, a doctoral candidate in sociology, has read scores of college admission books and has interviewed scores of admissions officers at elite colleges. She shares some of her findings.
GSJ Story   28GSJ02b    09/19/2003   Cole
Brown team among first to report on Cambodia's AIDS epidemic
A Brown medical student and four of her professors recently published some of the first clinical details about the AIDS epidemic in Cambodia.
GSJ Story   28GSJ02c    09/19/2003   Turner
At Brown
Graduate student named a "Top Young Innovator"; more
GSJ Story   28GSJ02d    09/19/2003   Sweeney
Bears celebrate 125 years of football tradition
Brown football schedules season-long celebration of its 125-year history
GSJ Story   28GSJ02e    09/19/2003   Montgomery
Cape Verde Prime Minister Neves to give Ogden Lecture Oct. 2
Prime Minister Jose Maria Neves of the Republic of Cape Verde will give a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. Memorial Lecture on International Affairs on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2003, at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. Neves will speak on "New Horizons for African Leadership in a Globalizing World." The lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   03-029    09/18/2003   Curtis
Voters support Narragansett casino but worry about political corruption
A statewide survey of 367 voters conducted Sept. 13-15, 2003, finds that a majority of Rhode Island voters would support a gambling casino built by the Narragansett Tribe, but many worry about political and gaming industry corruption. The survey also finds a dead heat between Howard Dean, John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
News Release   03-028    09/17/2003   Nickel
Readability is a problem for state and federal government Web sites
The fourth annual "e-government" survey, conducted at Brown University, finds that most state and federal government Web sites are written at too high a grade level for average American users. About one-third of sites examined satisfied recognized standards for accessibility by users with vision or hearing impairment. Tables ranking state and federal Web sites are included.
News Release   03-025    09/15/2003   Nickel
Mikhail Gorbachev to receive honorary degree and give Ogden Lecture
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev will give a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. Memorial Lecture on International Affairs, titled "Democracy's Impact on Globalization," on Monday, Sept. 29, 2003, at noon on Lincoln Field on the Brown University campus. Gorbachev will also receive an honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from the University.
News Release   03-026    09/15/2003   Curtis
Brown to offer two-day conference on global corporate governance
Corporate leaders, elected officials and management scholars will meet at Brown University Sept. 19 and 20, 2003, for a conference on corporate governance in the 21st century. The Friday evening keynote panel, featuring many of the conference presenters, is open to the public without charge. It begins at 6:30 p.m. in C.V. Starr Auditorium in MacMillan Hall, Thayer and George streets.
News Release   03-027    09/15/2003   Nickel
Farmers market on Brown campus to feature locally grown produce
Eight area farmers will sell their fresh produce at a farmers market sponsored by Brown University Food Services. The farmers market, which will be held Wednesday, Sept. 17, from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Sharpe Refectory on the Brown campus, is part of University Food Service's Community Harvest Program.
News Release   03-024    09/11/2003   Sweeney
Concerts, master class to celebrate centennial of Hutchings-Votey organ
Brown will celebrate the 100th birthday of its Hutchings-Votey organ in a concert featuring University Organist Mark Steinbach and the Brown University Chorus on Friday, Sept. 19, 2003, at 8 p.m. in Sayles Hall. The centennial observance will continue on Sunday, Sept. 21, when noted British organist David Briggs will give a recital at 3 p.m. and a master class at 5 p.m. in Sayles Hall. All three events are free and open to the public.
News Release   03-022    09/09/2003   Curtis
Brown to donate physics equipment to local high schools
Brown University's Department of Physics will support local science classrooms by inviting area high school teachers to select from a stock of surplus laboratory equipment Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 145 of the Barus and Holley Building. The University has donated surplus laboratory equipment to Providence schools for more than a decade.
News Release   03-023    09/09/2003   Howell
Fixing Iraq Bush's way won't make America safer
Americans should not fool themselves into thinking that the $87 billion President Bush will request for Iraqi reconstruction is being spent for national defense, writes William O. Beeman. The only way to stop terrorism is for the United States to stop being a magnet for terrorist operations. That means, among other things, internationalizing military operations and treating Muslim people and Islamic culture with the respect accorded to other peoples and nations.
News Release   03-019    09/08/2003   Nickel
Independent Review Committee to resume public meetings Sept. 9
The fourth public interview session conducted by the Independent Review Committee will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003, in the main lounge of the Gregorian Quadrangle, 101 Thayer St. on the Brown University campus.
News Release   03-020    09/08/2003   Nickel
Brown University revises its non-academic discipline system
Brown University's newly revised system for non-academic discipline, which is in effect beginning with the 2003-04 academic year, provides additional options for disposition of cases. It is based on a new statement of principles that applies to all members of the University community -- faculty and staff as well as students.
News Release   03-021    09/08/2003   Nickel
For the nation's gay high school students, separate will never be equal
New York's Harvey Milk School opened this fall to serve a student body consisting of gay students, writes Laura Szalacha. Over the long haul, separate is never equal, and separation does not necessarily serve the best interests of students, gay or straight. But for now, safety is the primary concern; a separate school can end the hazing and attacks many gay students face.
News Release   03-018    09/05/2003   Nickel
At Brown
Announcements, SAC seeks new members, awards and honors, obituary, more
GSJ Story   28GSJ01a    09/05/2003   Sweeney
My favorite Martian
Brown student spends month at Red Planet simulation site
GSJ Story   28GSJ01b    09/05/2003   Cambra
Carol Moseley Braun to give Krieger Memorial Lecture Sept. 10
Former U.S. senator and current presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun (D-Ill.) will give the 2003 Noah Krieger Memorial Lecture Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. This event is free and open to the public.
News Release   03-017    09/03/2003   Curtis
Brown's faculty to begin academic year 2003-04 at largest size ever
Following an unusually successful year of recruiting, the Brown University faculty will begin the 2003-04 academic year at its largest size ever -- 601 regular faculty members. (See also brief profiles of new faculty in 03-015a (humanities), 03-015b (social sciences) 03-015d (physical sciences) and 03-015c. (life sciences.)
News Release   03-015    09/02/2003   Nickel
Most R.I. quasi-public agencies do not comply with public access laws
A study of the 23 Rhode Island quasi-public agencies that were included in the governor's budget for fiscal year 2004 shows that more than one-third submitted incomplete minutes of their meetings during 2002 to the secretary of state and more than one-quarter submitted no minutes at all. The study, conducted by the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University, also found that no agency submitted all of its minutes within the statutory deadline.
News Release   03-016    09/02/2003   Nickel
Bell Gallery to present Faculty Exhibition 2003
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present its tri-annual exhibition of works of art by members of the Brown faculty beginning Sept. 6 and continuing through Oct. 26, 2003. An opening reception for the artists is set for Friday, Sept. 5, at 5:30 p.m.; several of the artists will also discuss their work on Thursday, Oct. 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. All three events are free and open to the public.
News Release   03-014    08/28/2003   Nickel
Cultural historian Carolyn Dean to address new students Sept. 2
Carolyn Dean, professor of history, will deliver the Opening Convocation address to incoming students Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003, at noon on The College Green. Brown President Ruth J. Simmons will declare the 240th academic year -- her third as Brown's 18th president -- officially open. [Note: Opening Convocation took place in OMAC because of rain. See 03-013a]
News Release   03-013    08/27/2003   Cole
Brown moves to protect its network servers, e-mail and Internet access
Brown University is sending more than 50 members of its computing staff into dormitories in an effort to protect the University's network servers and maintain an acceptable level of service.
News Release   03-012    08/26/2003   Nickel
Independent Review Committee concludes first round of public hearings
The Independent Review Committee studying the incident at the Narragansett Smoke Shop concluded its first round of public hearings today. Further interviews, if required, will likely be scheduled after Labor Day.
News Release   03-011    08/21/2003   Nickel
Independent Review Committee schedules third day of interviews
The third public session of the Independent Review Committee will begin at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, in Room 120 of List Art Center, 64 College St. on the Brown University campus.
News Release   03-010    08/20/2003   Nickel
Independent Review Committee questions elected officials, State Police
The Independent Review Committee will resume its public hearings at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20, in Room 120 of List Art Center, 64 College St. on the Brown campus.
News Release   03-009    08/19/2003   Nickel
Libya is a case study in fighting state-sponsored terrorism
Libya's agreement to take responsibility for the Lockerbie Pan Am bombing, to renounce terrorism and to set up a $2.7-billion fund for families of the victims did not receive the attention it deserved, writes Brent Stuart Goodwin. It was part of a successful campaign against state sponsored terrorism that produced measurable change in an individual and a nation's foreign policy.
News Release   03-007    08/18/2003   Nickel
Why file-sharing doesn't feel like stealing
Americans are more likely to obey laws they perceive to be morally right, laws they believe were enacted through an impartial legislative process, writes Marc Perlman. The Recording Industry Association of America, among the wealthiest and most influential of industry lobbyists, has a long way to go to convince Americans that laws governing file-sharing were enacted for the good of the general public. It's easier to sue.
News Release   03-008    08/18/2003   Nickel
Independent Review Committee sets hearings for Aug. 19-21
The Independent Review Committee established by Gov. Donald L. Carcieri to review the incident at the Narragansett Smoke Shop and events that led up to it has scheduled a series of public meetings on the matter on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 19, 20 and 21, 2003, in the auditorium of Brown University's List Art Center, 64 College St., Providence, R.I.
News Release   03-006    08/15/2003   Curtis
Smoke Shop: Statement by the Independent Review Committee
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons, who chairs the Independent Review Committee established by R.I. Gov. Donald L. Carcieri to review the incident at the Narragansett Smoke Shop, issued the following statement on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003.
News Release   03-005    08/14/2003   Nickel
Fennell to step down as dean of faculty, will serve through 2003-04
Mary L. Fennell, dean of the faculty at Brown University, has announced plans to return to regular faculty life at the end of the 2003-04 academic year, as professor of sociology and community health.
News Release   03-004    08/07/2003   Nickel
Annual Fund posts record year, exceeds goal by $700,000
The Brown Annual Fund grew by 15 percent over the previous year, reaching $19.7 million and exceeding the goal of $19 million.
GSJ Story   27GSJ32a    07/25/2003   Freelance
At Brown
Brown EEP participants; awards and honors; more
GSJ Story   27GSJ32b    07/25/2003   Sweeney
Israeli, Palestinian scholars on campus to discuss region's environmental issues
Watson Institute hosts Israeli and Palestinian scholars at a conference to discuss shared concerns about the environment
GSJ Story   27GSJ32c    07/25/2003   Curtis
Center Stage
Brown students take to stage with Duende Arts
GSJ Story   27GSJ32d    07/25/2003   Curtis
Brown to host workshop on Israeli/Palestinian environmental issues
The Watson Institute for International Studies will host more than 35 Israeli and Palestinian scholars when they gather to examine their region's environmental problems and policies in a workshop program titled Middle East Environmental Futures July 21-25, 2003, at the Watson Institute.
News Release   03-002    07/18/2003   Curtis
Brown awards scholarships to two Providence public high grads
Jannella Sanbour of Classical High School and Sobondo Josiah of Central High School were recently named City of Providence Scholars for the Brown University Class of 2007. They will receive financial support from an endowment earmarked for students from local public schools.
News Release   03-003    07/18/2003   Cole
At Brown
Marisa Quinn to work for Simmons; awards and honors; off the shelf
GSJ Story   27GSJ31a    07/11/2003   Sweeney
A look at total compensation packages for faculty, staff
Although a struggling economy has prompted layoff programs and salary cuts at many colleges and universities across the country, Brown finds itself in a much better position than many institutions. In fiscal year 2003-04, the University will provide raises to more than 90 percent of all employees.
GSJ Story   27GSJ31b    07/11/2003   Sweeney
Research notes
Hormone therapy and cancer; brain cancer treatment; education reform; teens' opinions
GSJ Story   27GSJ31c    07/11/2003   Turner
Few pediatricians feel comfortable addressing patients' weight issues
Elissa Jelalian, assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, surveyed more than 1,000 pediatricians practicing in Southern New England. One-fourth reported that they were not at all or only slightly competent, and 20 percent reported feeling not at all or only slightly comfortable.
GSJ Story   27GSJ31d    07/11/2003   Cole
Financial factors play part in nursing homes' use of feeding tubes
Money may be at the root of the common practice of inserting feeding tubes into nursing home residents with end-stage dementia, even though the treatment neither delays death nor improve quality of life in the patients. That was one of several chilling findings of a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Four of the five authors of the study are based in Brown's Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research.
GSJ Story   27GSJ31e    07/11/2003   Turner
Calif. town is focus of geologist's effort to predict quakes
Terry Tullis is taking a look at seismic activity near tiny Parkfield, Calif. Using 1,024 computer processors running in concert, he will perform calculations that he and other researchers around the country hope will yield answers about forecasting earthquakes.
GSJ Story   27GSJ31f    07/11/2003   Cole
Brown and MBL create an alliance for teaching and research
Brown University and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass., today established a formal institutional affiliation that will support the joint programs of education and research in biology, biomedicine and environmental sciences.
News Release   03-001    07/07/2003   Turner
Noted conductor Benjamin Zander to speak July 2
Distinguished conductor, teacher and author Benjamin Zander will speak about his work on Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. This event, sponsored by the Office of Summer Studies, is free and open to the public.
News Release   02-159    06/30/2003   Curtis
Brown University to hold 12th annual college fair Thursday, July 10
Brown University's Pre-College Summer Program will present its 12th annual college fair Thursday, July 10, 2003, from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Free and open to the public, the event is the largest summer college fair in New England and draws more than 100 colleges and 1,000 aspiring college students to campus each year.
News Release   02-158    06/27/2003   Howell
Voters back greater health care and pension contributions by state workers
When asked about possible means of dealing with the state budget deficit, a majority of 389 voters surveyed June 21-22, 2003, favor requiring state workers to pay a portion of their health care premiums and a larger share of their pension costs. They also favor ending subsidies to dog owners at Lincoln Park. The survey also finds strong support for the job performances of Gov. Don Carcieri and Providence Mayor David Cicilline.
News Release   02-157    06/23/2003   Sweeney
At Brown
Sports awards and honors; more
GSJ Story   27GSJ30a    06/20/2003   Sweeney
A new look at Staff Development Day
The Human Resources Department has suspended Staff Development Day this year to provide for sufficient time for a thorough University-wide study of this event.
GSJ Story   27GSJ30b    06/20/2003   Freelance
Finicky snails provide new clues to evolution of coastal ecosystems
The work of a Brown postdoctoral research associate lead him to advocate for conservation of intact communities, not just certain species.
GSJ Story   27GSJ30c    06/20/2003   Turner
Marisa Quinn named assistant to the President at Brown University
Marisa A. Quinn, currently director of community and government relations, will become assistant to the President at Brown University on Aug. 1, 2003.
News Release   02-155    06/19/2003   Nickel
Freid to enter doctoral studies program, will step down as executive VP
Laura Freid, executive vice president for public affairs and University relations since 1996, will step down Aug. 14, 2003, to enter an executive doctoral program at the University of Pennsylvania.
News Release   02-156    06/19/2003   Nickel
Op-Ed: Occupational hazards
If in the coming months Americans begin to notice cutbacks in schools, libraries and public transportation, writes Elliott Cola, remember this: Our leaders decided to fund military occupation in Iraq rather than vital services here. And what's worse: If we fail to provide services in Iraq -- services that will be expensive -- we should expect nothing but chaos and violence from the occupation.
News Release   02-153    06/18/2003   Nickel
Op-Ed: What academia means to me
Sometimes dropping a tiny piece of information into position allows the larger picture to snap into sharper focus, writes Timothy Chambers. The hunt for that tiny piece of information and for the deeper understanding it makes possible is a major satisfaction of the academic life.
News Release   02-154    06/18/2003   Nickel
Op-Ed: Wisdom from Phil: Bush is in trouble
A San Diego barber and one of the world's most famous anthropologists both understand Americans' unspoken rules for the use of force and their strong preference for straight talk and a square deal. While they might follow different lines of reasoning, William O. Beeman writes, the barber and anthropologist would end up at the same conclusion: Bush is in trouble.
News Release   02-152    06/12/2003   Nickel
Corporation of Brown University elects eight new trustees
At its Commencement Weekend meeting May 24, 2003, the Corporation of Brown Uni-versity elected eight new members to its Board of Trustees: Alain J.P. Belda; Cornelia Dean; Galen V. Henderson, M.D.; Bobby Jindal; Samuel M. Mencoff; Kenneth J. O'Keefe; Eileen M. Rudden; and Laurinda Hope Spear.
News Release   02-146    06/11/2003   Sweeney
Allen named associate provost and director of institutional diversity
Brenda A. Allen, currently assistant to the president and director of institutional diversity at Smith College, has been named to the newly created position of associate provost and director of institutional diversity at Brown University.
News Release   02-151    06/10/2003   Nickel
New agreement nurtures and sustains Brown's relationship with city
On Thursday, June 5, 2003, Mayor David Cicilline and the presidents of Brown University, Johnson & Wales University, Providence College and Rhode Island School of Design announced an unprecedented financial agreement which will provide the City of Providence nearly $50 million in voluntary contributions over 20 years. The agreement includes a 15-year process whereby colleges can convert commercial properties to tax-exempt educational uses by making declining annual contributions based on the property tax. The text of President Ruth J. Simmons' announcement to the campus community follows here.
News Release   02-148    06/07/2003   Nickel
Brown Corporation approves budget, adopts new governance plan
At its regular meeting May 24, 2003, the Corporation of Brown University approved a $512-million operating budget, authorized issuance of tax-exempt bonds, authorized several major campus planning initiatives, and adopted a proposal for restructuring the Corporation's own governance procedures.
News Release   02-149    06/06/2003   Nickel
Slavs and the West on exhibit at JCB Library through Sept. 15
The John Carter Brown Library will observe the 300th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg with a new exhibition, "Slavs and the West, 1500-1815." The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, will be on display through Sept. 15, 2003.
News Release   02-150    06/06/2003   Curtis
Damp weekend, bright spirits
A look back at Commencement weekend, in photos and quotes
GSJ Story   27GSJ28a    06/06/2003   Unassigned
At Brown
TAP information, post office summer hours, awards and honors, more
GSJ Story   27GSJ28b    06/06/2003   Sweeney
Nicotine changes newborn behavior similar to heroin and crack
For the first time, researchers report that nicotine exposure in the womb produces behavioral changes in babies similar to those found in newborns of women who use crack cocaine or heroin during pregnancy. The study by Brown Medical School researchers appears in the June issue of Pediatrics.
News Release   02-143    06/02/2003   Turner
Novelist Shahrnush Parsipur named first International Writing Fellow
The Program in Creative Writing and the Watson Institute for International Studies have named Shahrnush Parsipur, an Iranian novelist, as the recipient of the inaugural International Writers Project Fellowship.
News Release   02-147    06/02/2003   Curtis
Brown, Providence, merchants announce plans for improvements
Brown University has joined with the City of Providence and property owners and merchants along Thayer Street to improve conditions in the area by establishing the Thayer Street Improvement District.
News Release   02-145    05/29/2003   Sweeney
Brown to confer 2,123 degrees at 235th Commencement May 26, 2003
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons will confer 2,123 degrees during the University's 235th Commencement Monday, May 26, 2003. (News advisory with degree counts by category.)
News Release   02-144    05/23/2003   Nickel
Brown awards research seed funds to four faculty groups
Brown University has provided four teams of faculty members a total of $356,000 in seed money to explore new lines of research and attract greater external funding for large-scale projects and centers.
News Release   02-141    05/22/2003   Turner
Brown to defer action on arming campus police officers
Citing the proposed reorganization of the Providence Police Department, Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons announced that the University will defer action on arming its campus police officers. Simmons notified the campus community of that decision by e-mail Tuesday. (Text of the e-mail is linked.)
News Release   02-142    05/21/2003   Nickel
The first David J. Zucconi Fellowship for International Study awarded
Emma K. Kuby, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has received the first David J. Zucconi '55 Fellowship for International Study. After graduating from Brown in May, she will use the fellowship to spend a year in France and England studying feminist movements and the increased representation of women in government.
News Release   02-117    05/19/2003   Cole
Brown University will confer seven honorary degrees on May 26
Brown University will confer seven honorary degrees during Commencement exercises Monday, May 26, 2003. The recipients are actress Laura Linney; RISD President Roger Mandle; former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn; Lowery Stokes Sims of the Studio Museum in Harlem; genetic researcher Joan Argetsinger Steitz; Brian Urquhart, former undersecretary-general of the U.N.; and Chinese dissident Xu Wenli.
News Release   02-138    05/15/2003   Sweeney
Bell Gallery to present work of four artists in "Obsessive Patterns"
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present the work of Rhode Island artists Tayo Heuser, Jane Masters, Dean Snyder and Neal Walsh in a new group exhibition titled "Obsessive Patterns," opening June 7 and continuing through July 6, 2003. The artists will speak about their work during a 5:30 p.m. opening reception Friday, June 6. The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public.
News Release   02-139    05/14/2003   Curtis
A message about SARS and Commencement/Reunion Weekend
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons has sent the following message about SARS to faculty, students, staff and other members of the University community, including people who may be concerned about travel to campus for the 2003 Commencement-Reunion Weekend, May 23-26, 2003.
News Release   02-140    05/14/2003   Nickel
Xu Wenli to deliver baccalaureate address May 25
Xu Wenli, who spent 16 years in Chinese prison for his pro-democracy activities, will address graduating seniors at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 25, 2003, in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America. He will speak about "My Journey to Brown: A Personal Odyssey."
News Release   02-136    05/13/2003   Sweeney
Events planned for Commencement/Reunion Weekend 2003
In addition to reunion events and formal academic exercises, the University offers campus guests a variety of opportunities, from theater and music performances to forums and historical exhibitions, during Commencement/Reunion Weekend 2003. Most offer free admission and are open to the public.
News Release   02-137    05/13/2003   Curtis
John Carter Brown Library Medal awarded to Jose Amor y Vazquez
Jose Amor y Vasquez, professor emeritus of Hispanic studies, has received the John Carter Brown Library medal for his service as an advisor, author, editor, translator and long-time supporter of the library. The medal was presented during a ceremony on Friday, May 9, 2003, at the library.
News Release   02-133    05/09/2003   Curtis
Seth Berkley, M.D., to speak at Medical School Convocation
Seth Berkley, M.D., founder and president of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, will speak at the Brown Medical School Commencement Convocation Monday, May 26, 2003, in the First Unitarian Church of Providence. Medical graduates will also hear talks by Angela Anderson, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, and Giridhar Mallya, a member of the graduating class. The convocation will begin at 8:45 a.m.
News Release   02-134    05/09/2003   Turner
Graduate School will begin centennial celebration at Commencement
The Brown University Graduate School will begin the celebration of its centennial during the University's 235th Commencement, Friday, May 23, to Monday, May 26, 2003. Brown's original "Graduate Department"was established in 1903.
News Release   02-135    05/09/2003   Howell
New sensor bares faults in smallest possible, most advanced circuits
Scientists at Brown University have created a magnetic-sensing microscope that allows them to watch electricity flow through the world's tiniest components. They are using the device to find defects in integrated circuits and micromachinery. The design opens the door to wider application of magnetic-sensing technology for imaging electrical current flow. The microscope is described in the May 12, 2003, issue of Applied Physics Letters.
News Release   02-125    05/07/2003   Turner
Use of medication to treat pediatric insomnia is common, study finds
Although guidelines do not exist for the use of medication to treat pediatric sleep disorders, about 75 percent of pediatricians surveyed had recommended some type of medication for that purpose within the previous six months. Pediatric sleep disturbances are among the most common and challenging complaints, and a set of clinical experience-based guidelines needs to be developed, according to a study in the May Pediatrics.
News Release   02-126    05/05/2003   Cole
14 Brown students receive Starr Fellowships for public service projects
Fourteen Brown undergraduates who have demonstrated a strong commitment to public and community service have been awarded C.V. Starr Fellowships to pursue such projects. They will receive up to $4,000 each to fund their work.
News Release   02-129    05/05/2003   Cole
Former Brazilian president, Linney and Colson headline forums
Brown will present its 33rd annual Commencement Forums throughout the day on Saturday, May 24, 2003. The 18 sessions, all free and open to the public, will feature leaders in the fields of science and medicine, the arts, international affairs and entertainment.
News Release   02-131    05/05/2003   Curtis
Upholding Brown tradition, two seniors will address graduating class
Martha Lackritz of San Antonio, Texas, and Onyekachukwu Iloabachie of Queens, N.Y., will deliver orations during Brown's 235th Commencement, Monday, May 26, 2003, at 10:30 a.m. in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America.
News Release   02-132    05/05/2003   Curtis
Sleep loss and driving do not mix for medical residents, study finds
In a driving simulation, fatigued pediatric residents performed equally or worse than they did when moderately intoxicated, according to a pilot study presented at the 2003 Pediatric Academic Societies' meeting by Brown Medical School researchers.
News Release   02-100    05/03/2003   Turner
Residents often feel unprepared to break bad news to kids and parents
Medical residents have not had enough education or experience in sharing bad news with younger patients and their families, suggests a new study by researchers at Brown Medical School and Dartmouth Medical School. Their research appears in the May-June issue of Ambulatory Pediatrics.
News Release   02-124    05/03/2003   Turner
Brown University to hold 235th Commencement Monday, May 26
More than 6,000 people will march down College Hill on Monday, May 26, 2003, in one of the nation's largest and most colorful academic pageants. The procession and academic exercises cap a four-day Commencement/Reunion Weekend on the Brown campus.
News Release   02-130    05/02/2003   Nickel
At Brown
Awards and Honors, more
GSJ Story   27GSJ26a    05/02/2003   Sweeney
Brunonians involved in nightclub fire investigation
Forensic Archeology Recovery, a new group of Brown faculty, graduate students and others, got its start in the wake of the World Trade Center attack. The volunteers were called in to assist in the investigation of the deadly fire at The Station nightclub in West Warwick.
GSJ Story   27GSJ26b    05/02/2003   Sweeney
Self-esteem as a social dilemma
"Perhaps self-esteem is a self-limiting commodity," writes Joachim Krueger, associate professor of psychology who served on a task force charged with determining the facts about self-esteem gleaned from more than two decades of scientific research. The task force reviewed 15,000 published papers, and reported its findings in this month's journal of the American Psychological Society.
GSJ Story   27GSJ26c    05/02/2003   
Research notes
Optimum length of treatment for drug addiction; parents, day care and antibiotics
GSJ Story   27GSJ26d    05/02/2003   Howell
Research fails to support link between high self-esteem, positive behavior
Many of the positive outcomes attributed to high self-esteem are not substantiated by research, according to Brown psychologist Joachim I. Krueger. Krueger and faculty from three other universities formed that conclusion after reviewing more than two decades of objective research studies on self-esteem at the invitation of the American Psychological Society. Their report appears in this month's issue of Psychological Science in the Public Interest, a supplement to Psychological Science.
GSJ Story   27GSJ26e    05/02/2003   Cole
Demand for wood may lead to forest growth, not decline, study says
Increased demand for forest products was a cause of increased forest cover in India during the last three decades, according to a joint study by researchers at Brown and Harvard University in the May 2003 Quarterly Journal of Economics. The finding contradicts the idea that economic development inevitably leads to deforestation.
News Release   02-127    05/01/2003   Cole
Brown University Library names William Williams Award recipients
The Brown University Library will honor three individuals for their support by presenting them with the William Williams Award on May 24, 2003, at 9 a.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching; two other Williams Awards will be presented posthumously. The ceremony immediately precedes a Commencement Forum on the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. The ceremony and the forum are open to the public.
News Release   02-128    05/01/2003   Curtis
Senators' approval ratings influenced largely by factors beyond their control
Senators' own attempts to influence approval ratings have less effect than factors beyond their control, according to a new study. Researchers examined eight factors related to senatorial approval ratings over a 17-year period, from 1981 to 1997. Their findings are published in the May "Legislative Studies Quarterly."
News Release   02-121    04/30/2003   Cole
Newport Art Museum hosts JCB Library exhibit on maritime history
The Newport Art Museum is hosting a new exhibit of books, maps and manuscripts from the holdings of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University. Those materials -- all related to maritime history -- are on display as "The Boundless Deep ...: The European Conquest of the Oceans 1450 to 1840," through July 27, 2003.
News Release   02-122    04/29/2003   Howell
Brown University Library plays key role in "Rhode Island Treasures"
The Brown University Library is lending a variety of historically significant items from its collection for display in "Rhode Island Treasures," a Smithsonian exhibition tracing more than 350 years of Rhode Island history. The exhibit will open May 10 and continue through June 15, 2003, at the Rhode Island Convention Center.
News Release   02-123    04/29/2003   Curtis
At Brown
Wriston Fellowships; Faculty Teaching Awards; announcements from Human Resouces, Financial Services; Off the Shelf; more
GSJ Story   27GSJ25a    04/25/2003   Sweeney
Brown brings "Annie Junior" to Providence Schools
In the culmination of a collaboration among Brown, Trinity Repertory Company and the New York-based Broadway Junior program, students from Asa Messer, Robert L. Bailey IV and Charles Fortes schools in Providence and the Gordon School in East Providence will each perform "Annie Junior," a one-hour version of the award-winning Broadway musical "Annie," on May 3 at Trinity Rep.
GSJ Story   27GSJ25b    04/25/2003   Curtis
Cave painting for the 21st century
The University's newest art exhibition has a decidedly 21st century flavor: Its works are three-dimensional and interactive. "Works from the Cave" features artworks created within the University's virtual reality lab, called the Cave. When entering the Cave, visitors remove their shoes and don special shutter glasses to synchronize the vision with alternating stereo projections on the walls; special hardware and software keep track of visitors' positions and movements, changing the images in a way that allows them to feel immersed in the virtual space.
GSJ Story   27GSJ25c    04/25/2003   Curtis
It's a bug-eat-bug world in Brown greenhouse
Visit the conservatory of the campus greenhouse and, in addition to the lush vegetation and tropical flowers and fruits, you are likely to notice the presence of ladybugs. The introduction of specific predatory insects like ladybugs is creating a new indoor ecology in the conservatory while reducing insect pest populations.
GSJ Story   27GSJ25d    04/25/2003   Freelance
Inquiring Minds: Deborah Cohen on troops' return from war
Deborah A. Cohen, assistant professor of history, recently answered questions from Kristen Cole about the reception of veterans returning home after war, and what the veterans of the war with Iraq may face. Cohen is author of the book "The War Come Home: Disabled Veterans in Britain and Germany, 1914-1939," in which she analyzed the different ways in which two nations cared for their disabled after World War I.
GSJ Story   27GSJ25e    04/25/2003   Cole
Brown University is monitoring one possible case of SARS
Brown University administrators and public health officials are monitoring a possible case of SARS involving a faculty member who recently traveled to Toronto. All members of the campus community are being notified about that case and are receiving information about SARS.
News Release   02-120    04/24/2003   Nickel
Brown receives two-year, $750,000 grant for advancing innovation
The Atlantic Philanthropies has awarded Brown University a two-year, $750,000 grant in support of academic innovation -- particularly pedagogical and curricular initiatives -- and to recognize President Ruth J. Simmons' distinguished campus leadership.
News Release   02-113    04/23/2003   Nickel
Fifteen Brown undergraduates named Royce Fellows for 2003-04
Fifteen undergraduates at Brown University have been appointed to Royce Fellowships for the 2003-04 academic year. The award provides financial support for a project of the student's choosing and lifetime membership in the Society of Royce Fellows.
News Release   02-118    04/23/2003   Nickel
Sportswriter Frank Deford to speak on "Hype and Hypocrisy" April 30
Award-winning journalist, author and sports commentator Frank Deford will speak on "Sports: The Hype and Hypocrisy" Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. Deford's lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Brown Lecture Board.
News Release   02-119    04/23/2003   Curtis
Thomas Friedman to give Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture May 1
New York Times columnist and award-winning author Thomas L. Friedman will deliver the third annual Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The evening's program, free and open to the public, will include presentation of the annual Casey Shearer Memorial Awards for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction.
News Release   02-116    04/18/2003   Curtis
Howard Foundation announces 13 fellowship recipients for 2003-04
The Board of Administration of the George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation has announced recipients of fellowships for the 2003-04 academic year, all of them in history, history of science, or political science. Fellowships for the 2004-2005 academic year will be awarded in the field of creative writing. The Howard Foundation is administered by Brown University.
News Release   02-115    04/17/2003   Nickel
Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan to speak April 15 on death penalty
The Brown University Lecture Board will welcome former governor of Illinois George Ryan and Lawrence Marshall, the legal director for the Center on Wrongful Convictions, on Tuesday, April 15, 2003, at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The pair will speak on the death penalty.
News Release   02-112    04/14/2003   Curtis
Bell Gallery and Creative Arts Council to exhibit "Works from the Cave"
The David Winton Bell Gallery and the Creative Arts Council will present "Works from the Cave" in limited exhibition on April 26 and May 3, 2003, in the University's virtual reality lab at the Technology Center for Advanced Scientific and Computing Visualization. This exhibit is free and open to the public, but advance reservations are required.
News Release   02-114    04/14/2003   Curtis
Odors summon emotion and influence behavior, new study says
Psychologist Rachel S. Herz found that college students stymied by a computer game exhibited their frustration during a later word test when they were in a room with the same scent. Herz will present her study at the annual meeting of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) April 13, 2003, at 8 a.m.
News Release   02-090    04/13/2003   Cole
"New ethnic studies" looks at interactions, relationships
CSREA alumni have established themselves in institutions of higher ed across the nation. They recently gathered at Brown to share.
GSJ Story   27GSJ24a    04/11/2003   Howell
Master plan offers suggestions for the campus decades down the road
How might the Brown campus grow and change over the next several decades to accommodate its ambitious strategic and academic goals? That question was posed to the architectural firm of Kliment & Halsband, which was hired to develop a master plan for campus that would support the Initiatives for Academic Enrichment. Architect Frances Halsband led an analysis of existing buildings, land use, open space, campus history and zoning provisions, and arrived at some preliminary findings, which she shared with members of the Brown community during two meetings held April 8.
GSJ Story   27GSJ24b    04/11/2003   Sweeney
Brown begins national search for senior institutional diversity officer
Brown University has established a new position with overall responsibility for all programs of institutional diversity. The new position -- associate provost and director of institutional diversity -- will be part of the president's cabinet and will work closely with the president, provost and other senior officers. President Ruth J. Simmons is chairing the 17-member selection committee.
News Release   02-109    04/10/2003   Nickel
Op-Ed: Meanwhile across the border, Iran's war apprehension is growing
What effect might the American military action in Iraq have next door in Iran? Iranians may be overly cautious, writes William O. Beeman, but the signs are everywhere that Iran is seriously concerned about a U.S. military threat.
News Release   02-111    04/10/2003   Nickel
Two Brown faculty receive Wriston Fellowships for 2003-04
Brooke Harrington, assistant professor of sociology and public policy, and David H. Laidlaw, assistant professor of computer science, recently received Wriston Fellowships, one of the highest awards the University bestows upon its teaching faculty.
News Release   02-110    04/09/2003   Cole
Internet weight loss program effective among adults at risk for diabetes
In a 12-month study of an Internet weight loss program, overweight adults at risk for type 2 diabetes lost enough weight to reduce their chances of getting the disease. Those who received regular e-mail counseling from a therapist experienced the greatest success. The study, led by Deborah F. Tate of the Brown Medical School, is in the April 9, 2003, Journal of the American Medical Association.
News Release   02-105    04/08/2003   Cole
Oscar nominee Todd Haynes to speak at Brown April 11 and 12
Writer/director and Academy Award nominee Todd Haynes, a 1985 graduate of Brown University will speak about his work on Friday, April 11, 2003, at 3 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching and again on Saturday, April 12, 2003, at the Cable Car Cinema, following a 4:15 p.m. screening of his film "Far from Heaven."Both events are free and open to the public.
News Release   02-108    04/08/2003   Curtis
New study documents domestic violence by race, income in R.I.
Although black and Hispanic women comprised 6 percent of Rhode Island's 1990 population, they represented more than 17 percent of victims in police reports documenting domestic violence and sexual assault, according to a Brown University study published in the journal Public Health Reports.
News Release   02-106    04/07/2003   Turner
Creative Arts Council to sponsor gala performance of "Grease" April 30
The University's Creative Arts Council will host a one-night gala performance of the Broadway musical hit "Grease" on Wednesday, April 30, 2003, at 7:30 p.m. in the Providence Performing Arts Center. Proceeds from this event will benefit the Creative Arts Council programs.
News Release   02-107    04/07/2003   Curtis
Acceptance letters go out to Class of 2007
The Admissions Office sent acceptance letters to 2,258 high school seniors inviting them to become members of Brown's Class of 2007.
GSJ Story   27GSJ23a    04/04/2003   Cole
At Brown
Announcements, awards and honors, more
GSJ Story   27GSJ23b    04/04/2003   Sweeney
English Department dedication set for April 7-8
Noted historian and author Henry Louis Gates Jr. will give a keynote lecture in a series of events set for April 7 and 8 to celebrate the dedication of the new English Department.
GSJ Story   27GSJ23c    04/04/2003   Curtis
Policy paper examines effects of delayed childbearing in Europe
Putting the brakes on the ever-increasing age of childbearing in Europe would greatly moderate the continent's trend toward population aging and decline. That's according to a policy paper in the March 28 issue of "Science" co-written by Brian O'Neill of the Watson Institute
GSJ Story   27GSJ23d    04/04/2003   Turner
Last Word: Our Choice: VIP or RIP
The Vulnerable Infants Program of Rhode Island (VIP-RI) prevents potential problems for drug-exposed babies by intervening early in the infant's life Ð and it saves money. In this case it is actually cheaper to prevent problems than to wait for them to occur (by Barry Lester and Jeremiah S. Jeremiah Jr.).
GSJ Story   27GSJ23e    04/04/2003   
Braun, Joukowsky will receive Sheridan Awards April 30
Lundy Braun, associate professor of pathology and laboratory medicine, and Martha Sharp Joukowsky, professor of anthropology and Old World art and archaeology, have been selected to receive the Harriet W. Sheridan Award for Distinguished Contribution to Teaching and Learning.
GSJ Story   27GSJ23f    04/04/2003   Sweeney
Chancellor Robert announces $500K challenge to Brown Annual Fund
To honor Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons, Chancellor Stephen Robert, a member of the Class of 1962, has made a $500,000 challenge gift to the Brown Annual Fund, a gift designed to spur participation.
News Release   02-103    03/31/2003   Nickel
Henry Louis Gates Jr. to speak on "Encyclopedia Africana" April 7
Noted scholar and teacher of African and African-American history and culture Henry Louis Gates Jr. will speak on "W.E.B. Du Bois and the Encyclopedia Africana" Monday, April 7, 2003, at 5 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. This lecture is the keynote address in a series of events planned to celebrate the dedication of the English Department's new academic home.
News Release   02-104    03/31/2003   Curtis
At Brown
Awards and honors, Brown in the news, more
GSJ Story   27GSJ22a    03/28/2003   Sweeney
Medical devices may benefit from Brown fuel cell technology
Two new tiny fuel cells developed at Brown may make long-running medical implants more of a reality. The cells offer features sought by manufacturers hoping to provide long-term power for medical devices such as implants that monitor glucose levels in diabetics. The lead scientist on the project is Tayhas Palmore, associate professor of engineering, biology and medicine.
GSJ Story   27GSJ22b    03/28/2003   Turner
Second Ivy Film Festival to feature Tim Robbins, original films
Critically acclaimed actor and director Tim Robbins will share his cinematic expertise with budding filmmakers when Brown hosts the second annual Ivy Film Festival April 4-6.
GSJ Story   27GSJ22c    03/28/2003   Curtis
New findings about HIV biology and behavior; research conferences
Four recent studies involving Brown AIDS researchers provided new insights into the behavior and biology of HIV infection and treatment; two conferences
GSJ Story   27GSJ22d    03/28/2003   Turner
23 receive Salomon Faculty Research Awards
The Office of the Vice President for Research has announced this year's recipients of Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Awards. This program was established to support excellence in scholarly work by providing funding for faculty research projects deemed to be of exceptional merit. From 1995-99, the program was funded by the bequest of the late Richard B. Salomon, chancellor of the University. Brown has funded the continuation of the program since 1999.
GSJ Story   27GSJ22e    03/28/2003   Sweeney
Course brings cognition to bear in cutting through advertisements' spin
In her undergraduate course "Language, Truth and Advertising," Julie Sedivy, assistant professor of cognitive and linguistic sciences, offers Brown students the tools to decipher the information they see and hear, and reasons they should want to do so.
GSJ Story   27GSJ22f    03/28/2003   Cole
A brave new world in live performance comes to campus April 4-6
Audiences will get a preview of the future of stage performance when the University's arts departments present their seventh annual Festival of Art and Technology, "Video, Technology and Performance," April 4-6.
GSJ Story   27GSJ22g    03/28/2003   Curtis
Julie Sedivy analyzes advertising and its effect on society
Julie Sedivy, a cognitive and linguistic researcher, says science holds the answers to ques-tions about the impact of advertising on society. Sedivy teaches some 150 undergraduates each spring about "Language, Truth, and Advertising."
News Release   02-096    03/27/2003   Cole
New advance in fuel cell technology may help power medical implants
With designs that hurdle several scientific barriers, two new fuel cells developed at Brown University are models for power sources that may one day energize medical implants or remote sensors. Brown engineers discussed the new cells Thursday March 27, 2003, in New Orleans at the 225th national meeting of the American Chemical Society.
News Release   02-098    03/27/2003   Turner
Bell Gallery to exhibit "Walter Feldman: The Work of Five Decades"
The David Winton Bell Gallery will host a new exhibition, "Walter Feldman: The Work of Five Decades," April 12 to May 26, 2003, celebrating the artistic and educational endeavors of a long-time faculty member. An opening reception is scheduled for April 11, 2003, at 5:30 p.m. in the gallery. The reception and the exhibit are free and open to the public.
News Release   02-102    03/26/2003   Curtis
Barry S. Sternlicht elected trustee of the Brown Corporation
The Corporation of Brown University has elected Barry S. Sternlicht, a 1982 graduate of Brown, to a six-year term as trustee beginning March 1, 2003.
News Release   02-075    03/25/2003   Nickel
Arts collaborators present "Video, Technology and Performance" April 4-6
"Video, Technology and Performance," the seventh annual Festival of Art and Technology, April 4-6, 2003, brings together a multidisciplinary group of innovators exploring new concepts and interactive technologies for live performance. The festival begins with a free presentation of "Falling Up" and "Future of Memory" April 4 at 8 p.m. in Stuart Theatre.
News Release   02-101    03/25/2003   Curtis
Op-Ed: The Shock and Awe approach: Target the means and will to fight
War is an unfortunate feature of this world. As long as there are wars, the humane thing to do is to seek to make them as quick and decisive as possible, which goes a long way toward preventing them in the first place.
News Release   02-099    03/24/2003   Nickel
NBC's Andrea Mitchell to receive Welles Hangen Award March 30
Andrea Mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent for NBC News, will receive Brown's Welles Hangen Award for Superior Achievement in Journalism on Sunday, March 30, 2003, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. Mitchell will also give the keynote lecture titled "Pax Americana." The public is welcome.
News Release   02-095    03/20/2003   Curtis
High school students travel to state capitols for civic education program
High school students from Connecticut, Illinois, Nebraska, Rhode Island, and Utah, will travel to their state capitols March 21 through April 18 to debate the role of the U.S. in the world, the war with Iraq, and critical international concerns on the environment, immigration, trade, and conflict resolution. The students are participating in the Capitol Forum on America's Future, designed by Brown University's Choices for the 21st Century Education Program.
News Release   02-097    03/20/2003   Cole
Valerie Petit Wilson named executive director of Leadership Alliance
Valerie Petit Wilson, currently deputy director of the Tulane/Xavier Center for Bioenvironmental Research and clinical associate professor of environmental health sciences at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, has been named executive director of the Leadership Alliance at Brown University. Wilson will begin her work at Brown July 1, 2003.
News Release   02-080    03/19/2003   Nickel
Brown hosts second annual Ivy Film Festival and actor Tim Robbins
Brown will host the second annual Ivy Film Festival April 4-6, 2003. The festival features filmmaking and screenwriting competitions, as well as a keynote lecture by actor/director Tim Robbins and a series of film screenings, lectures and panel discussions. The Robbins lecture is reserved for students, but the remainder of the festival is open to the public.
News Release   02-094    03/19/2003   Curtis
Andrea Mitchell to open 23rd Brown/Providence Journal conference
Acclaimed foreign affairs reporter Andrea Mitchell will deliver the Michael P. Metcalf-Howard R. Swearer Memorial Lecture to open the 23rd annual Brown University/Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference. The conference, "A Time of Great Consequence: America and the World," runs March 30 through April 4, 2003. Mitchell will give her address, titled "Pax Americana," on Sunday, March 30, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green.
News Release   02-092    03/17/2003   Howell
Remarks on the eve of war: Universities have an important role to play
At 9 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, 2003, less than an hour before U.S. armed forces began their attack on Iraq, Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons addressed a meeting of students in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The text of her remarks follows here.
News Release   02-093    03/17/2003   Nickel
Brown to host ASEH conference, Pulitzer winner Jared Diamond
Brown University will host the annual meeting of the American Society for Environmental History, titled "Frontiers in Environmental History: Mainstreaming the ÔMarginal,'" March 26-30, 2003, at the Providence Biltmore Hotel. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond will open the conference when he speaks Wednesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green.
News Release   02-091    03/14/2003   Curtis
Brown teams with Trinity Rep and local schools for "Annie Junior"
Brown University and Trinity Repertory Company are collaborating to launch a pilot program that will introduce students from four local schools to the theater arts. The students and their teachers will mount productions of "Annie Junior," a product of Music Theatre International's Broadway Junior program. The project is sponsored by Brown's Creative Arts Council.
News Release   02-089    03/13/2003   Curtis
Brown helps Hope High establish much-needed computer laboratory
Brown University's donation of 30 new desktop computers to Hope High School helps establish a new computer lab and bolster the high school's technology resources. Hope principal Nancy Mullen and Brown President Ruth J. Simmons celebrate the formal opening of the lab on March 11, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. at Hope High.
News Release   02-084    03/11/2003   Howell
The success of colleges and universities is crucial to R.I. cities and towns
As part of his budget, presented Wednesday evening, March 5, 2003, Gov. Donald Carcieri proposed that cities and towns be allowed to tax nonprofit private colleges and universities, eliminating a tax-exempt status that dates to the 18th century. Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons has issued the following statement in response.
News Release   02-086    03/07/2003   Nickel
Abraham Verghese, M.D., to speak on meaning in medical life
Abraham Verghese, M.D., author of "My Own Country--A Doctor's Story," will give the 11th annual Harriet W. Sheridan Literature and Medicine Lecture when he speaks on "The Search for Meaning in a Medical Life" on Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. This event is free and open to the public.
News Release   02-087    03/07/2003   Curtis
Bell Gallery, Visual Art Department host annual student exhibition
The David Winton Bell Gallery and the Department of Visual Art will present the 23rd annual Student Exhibition from March 15 through March 30, 2003, in the List Art Center. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
News Release   02-088    03/07/2003   Curtis
Survey finds many hospitals dispense alcohol to patients
Two Brown researchers and colleagues have found that many hospitals prescribe alcohol for medicinal purposes, yet clinical studies find alcohol uneffective for such uses.
GSJ Story   27GSJ20a    03/07/2003   Turner
At Brown
Awards and honors, Brown in the news, more
GSJ Story   27GSJ20b    03/07/2003   Sweeney
New IT security chief keeping tabs on copyright infringement
CIS's new security officer, Connie Sadler, hopes to educate Brown community regarding the legality of downloading copyrighted material
GSJ Story   27GSJ20c    03/07/2003   Montgomery
Athletic trainers help save fan's life
The new automated external defibrillators that were installed recently in Brown athletic facilities come to the rescue at a recent women's basketball game after two Brown trainers notice a fan in trouble.
GSJ Story   27GSJ20d    03/07/2003   Unassigned
Janine Bempechat looks at poor students who succeed, those who don't
Education researcher Janine Bempechat is leading a two-year study in the United States, Great Britain and Russia, attempting to learn why some teens from low-income backgrounds are motivated to achieve academically and others are not. The project is an offshoot of Bempechat's study of achievement differences between Catholic and public school students in the United States.
News Release   02-085    03/06/2003   Cole
Collector of rare books Maury Bromsen to receive President's Medal
The President's Medal, the highest award a Brown University president may bestow, will be presented to Maury A. Bromsen, March 12, 2003, at 5:30 p.m., during a ceremony in the John Carter Brown Library. The award recognizes Bromsen's lifetime dedication to collecting and preserving historic books and manuscripts.
News Release   02-083    03/05/2003   Cole
Former Sen. Gary Hart to speak on "Restoration of the Republic"
Former senator and presidential candidate Gary Hart will speak on "Restoration of the Republic" Tuesday, March 18, 2003, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. This John Hazen White Sr. Lecture, sponsored by the Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, is free and open to the public.
News Release   02-081    03/03/2003   Curtis
Former Attorney General Janet Reno to speak on terrorism March 17
Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno will deliver a Meiklejohn Lecture Monday, March 17, 2003, at 7:30 p.m. in Sayles Hall. Reno will speak on "Freedom and Terrorism." This event is free and open to the public.
News Release   02-082    03/03/2003   Curtis
Scientists, artists and archaeologists collaborate on digital archaeology
A team of Brown University archaeologists, computer scientists, engineers, mathematicians and artists has received a grant of more than $2 million from the National Science Foundation to develop technology for digital restoration and reservation of architecture and artifacts from the Great Temple of ancient Petra and to further develop shape theory.
News Release   02-077    02/28/2003   Curtis
Op-Ed: Coalition the Unwilling falters as European leaders battle populace
In America, the president stays in office for four years unless impeached, writes William O. Beeman. In a parliamentary system, the prime minister can be removed anytime on a vote of no confidence. If the United States is in the middle of an attack on Baghdad when an ally suddenly changes leadership, the war effort will revert, by default, to the unilateral action Americans fear.
News Release   02-078    02/28/2003   Nickel
University offers condolences to West Warwick and victims of fire
Brown President Ruth J. Simmons and Brown Chancellor Stephen Robert have extended the University's sympathy and support to the citizens of West Warwick. Simmons has directed that the University's flag be flown at half staff this week in memory of the victims and all those whose lives have been affected by last week's tragic fire.
News Release   02-079    02/28/2003   Nickel
Scientists and artists partner to create virtual Petra
Supported by a grant of more than $2 million from the National Science Foundation, Prof. Martha Joukowsky is receiving some unusual and innovative assistance from a team of engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists and artists. Together they are using technology to capture and restore aspects of the Great Temple of Petra for future generations. The multi-faceted project bridges research in the physical sciences and humanities.
GSJ Story   27GSJ19a    02/28/2003   Curtis
At Brown
President's Forum for staff, awards and honors, more
GSJ Story   27GSJ19b    02/28/2003   Sweeney
Research notes
Visual cues and hearing; gay and lesbian high school students
GSJ Story   27GSJ19c    02/28/2003   Cole
Former president of Brazil to serve as professor-at-large at Brown
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil, has been appointed to a five-year term as professor-at-large at Brown University. Cardoso's appointment, based in the University's Watson Institute for International Studies, will begin July 1, 2003, and continue through June 30, 2008.
News Release   02-071    02/25/2003   Nickel
Corporation considers plans, strategic direction for University's future
At its winter meeting, Feb. 21-22, 2003, the Brown Corporation reviewed plans for the University's future. The plans and the strategic direction they represent grow out of the Initiatives for Academic Enrichment, approved by the Corporation last year.
News Release   02-072    02/25/2003   Nickel
R.I. voters rate Cicilline and Carcieri highly, disagree on Iraq war
In a statewide survey of 479 Rhode Island voters conducted Feb. 22-23, 2003, approximately two-thirds of respondents gave Mayor Cicilline and Gov. Carcieri high marks. Seventy-four percent of voters said the state is headed in the right direction. Voter responses varied widely on the advisability and timing of pursuing war in Iraq.
News Release   02-076    02/24/2003   Nickel
Randall Kennedy to speak on politics of race and marriage March 3
Noted Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy will give the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture when he speaks on "Marriage and the Politics of Race in America" Monday, March 3, 2003, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching on The College Green. This lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   02-073    02/21/2003   Curtis
Pulitzer-winning writer N. Scott Momaday to speak March 6
Pulitzer Prize-winning author N. Scott Momaday will speak on "Native American Oral Traditions: The Stories and Storytellers" on Thursday, March 6, 2003, at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. This event is free and open to the public.
News Release   02-074    02/21/2003   Curtis
Brown and seven universities file amicus brief in U-Michigan cases
Brown University joined seven other academically selective universities in filing an amicus curiae brief today supporting the University of Michigan in cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. The brief supports the right of colleges and universities to consider race and ethnicity as part of an individualized admission process.
News Release   02-070    02/18/2003   Nickel
Eye movements indicate initial attempts to process what humans hear
Even before a speaker completes a sentence, a listener attempts to interpret what he or she is hearing by searching out visual cues, according to new research at Brown University. Julie Sedivy, assistant professor of cognitive and linguistic sciences, will discuss her findings Feb. 17, during the annual American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting in Denver.
News Release   02-063    02/17/2003   Cole
Fly mutation suggests link to human brain disease
The finding of a new genetic mutation that prompts adult fruit flies to develop symptoms similar to Alzheimer's disease may have human implications. Humans have the same gene, say scientists at Brown University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.
News Release   02-068    02/17/2003   Turner
John Carter Brown Library hosts "Plants and Publications exhibition"
The John Carter Brown Library is hosting a new exhibition, "Plants and Publications from the New World: 1492-1825," through May 1, 2003, in the library's MacMillan Reading Room. The display features botanical observations made by some of the earliest European travelers to America. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
News Release   02-069    02/17/2003   Curtis
Op-Ed: History lessons about God and war
America's past crusades offer three great lessons about God and arms. First, remember humility. Second, wartime anxieties spill over to domestic suspects. Finally, fighting for our ideals abroad can remind us to take them more seriously at home.
News Release   02-065    02/13/2003   Nickel
Laura Szalacha evaluates safe schools plan for gay and lesbian students
Laura Szalacha, visiting assistant professor of education at Brown University, wrote her doctoral thesis on the success of the Massachusetts Safe Schools Program for Gay and Lesbian Students. Massachusetts has the only statewide program in the country.
News Release   02-066    02/13/2003   Cole
Brown to present French Film Festival Feb. 20 through March 2
Brown will present its annual French Film Festival Feb. 20 through March 2, 2003, at the Cable Car Cinema, 204 South Main St., Providence. Eighteen French films will be screened throughout the 11-day festival, which is open to the public.
News Release   02-067    02/13/2003   Curtis
At Brown
Cheit course selected as national model; Brown in the news; awards and honors; more
GSJ Story   27GSJ17a    02/07/2003   Sweeney
Brown researchers pioneer first-principles modeling of microbubble drag reduction
Brown applied mathematicians George Karniadakis and Martin Maxey are creating the first first-principles computational models of microbubbles in action. "Most of the people involved in studying microbubbles, even today, are experimentalists. We're doing the only direct numerical simulations of microbubbles in turbulent flows," says Karniadakis. Their team includes Suchuan Dong, a visiting postdoctoral research associate, and Jin Xu, a graduate student.
GSJ Story   27GSJ17b    02/07/2003   Sweeney
Lecture series on race, poverty and environment opens Feb. 10
The Center for Environmental Studies and the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America will co-sponsor The Provost's Lecture Series on Race, Poverty and Environmental Justice, a semester-long program that will open Feb. 10 with a lecture by University of Michigan Professor Dorceta Taylor.
GSJ Story   27GSJ17c    02/07/2003   Curtis
Medical students' ÔFast Food Facts' hopes to take a bite out of heart disease
For most indulgences, moderation is the wisest course. At fast-food outlets, it's vital, say a group of Brown medical students. The 16 first- and second-year students run "Fast Food Facts," a 90-minute program designed to teach young people how to make healthy food choices.
GSJ Story   27GSJ17d    02/07/2003   Turner
Student's memoir, "Breathing for a Living," set for summer publication
Laura Rothenberg, a Brown junior who has cystic fibrosis, has just finished her memoir, "Breathing for a Living," which is to be published this summer. Rothenberg underwent a lung transplant, but her body is rejecting the organ. She has left Brown and returned home to New York, where she is receiving Hospice care.
GSJ Story   27GSJ17e    02/07/2003   Cole
Provost's lecture series on environmental justice opens Feb. 10
The Center for Environmental Studies and the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America will co-sponsor The Provost's Lecture Series on Race, Poverty and Environmental Justice, a semester-long program that will open Feb. 10, 2003, with a lecture by University of Michigan Professor Dorceta Taylor. The lectures are free and open to the public.
News Release   02-061    02/05/2003   Curtis
Scholars often complicit in perpetration of mass violence, historian says
New research by Brown University historian Omer Bartov calls into question actions of academics throughout the last century. At various times, scholars legitimized and supported acts of ethnic cleansing, genocide and terrorism, Bartov writes in the current International Social Science Journal.
News Release   02-062    02/05/2003   Cole
Op-Ed: Clipping the "Barbershop" controversy
Critics charge that the film "Barbershop" is disrespectful to civil rights leaders Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Defenders say the film carries an important message about freedom of speech. In either case, news that one of the film's stars will emcee the NAACP's Image Awards show suggests that the controversy might be at an end.
News Release   02-060    01/31/2003   Nickel
PIK: A picture worth a thousand breaths
Supported by a grant from the EPA, a Brown team worked with children with asthma at Hasbro Hospital to develop a novel way to educate them about their disease and its triggers. The children have taken a series of photos portraying their environments.
GSJ Story   27GSJ16a    01/31/2003   Curtis
New clerkship unites medical education, technology
"Clerkship in Biotechnology" offers fourth-year medical students the chance to receive credit for working up to six weeks in one of four firms in the Boston area that specialize in biotechnology or in designing and building medical devices.
GSJ Story   27GSJ16b    01/31/2003   Turner
At Brown
Legislative Institute; calling all singers; three obituaries; more
GSJ Story   27GSJ16c    01/31/2003   Sweeney
Research notes
Researcher makes case for scientifically-based education studies; health screenings at drug treatment clinics; venture capital received; new findings about eye cell receptor
GSJ Story   27GSJ16d    01/31/2003   Unassigned
Huidekoper discusses University's finances
In mid-December, the University announced both a nonfaculty hiring freeze and the immediate implementation of a policy for reviewing all vacant staff positions. These steps, together with ongoing savings from vacancies, are designed to help keep the budget in balance and avoid more dramatic steps. Elizabeth Huidekoper, executive vice president for finance and administration, spoke recently with the GSJ about the University's financial affairs.
GSJ Story   27GSJ16e    01/31/2003   Nickel
Funding sparks effort to reduce juvenile arson rate
A $49,000 grant from the Rhode Island Justice Commission will fuel an effort to reduce the number of fires set by young people in Rhode Island. Steven Barreto, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, leads that education program, called FireSafe Families.
GSJ Story   27GSJ16f    01/31/2003   Turner
Montero to become vice chancellor at UCLA
Janina Montero, vice president for campus life and student services, will be leaving Brown at the end of the current academic year to become vice chancellor for student affairs at UCLA
GSJ Story   27GSJ16g    01/31/2003   Nickel
Video offers lessons on recovery and living
Professor Emeritus Peter Wegner beat the odds when he recovered from life-threatening injuries he suffered when he was struck by a bus. Now a new video,"Peter Wegner is Alive and Well and Living in Providence," is being used to teach students about the physical and emotional process of recovery.
GSJ Story   27GSJ16h    01/31/2003   Cole
Noguchi sculpture on exhibit on Green
Brown's Public Arts Committee has arranged for the long-term loan of sculptures by distinguished artists, including an imposing work by Isamu Noguchi that's now on display on The College Green.
GSJ Story   27GSJ16i    01/31/2003   Curtis
Bell Gallery hosts "Katarzyna Kozyra: Bathhouses" exhibition
The latest Bell Gallery exhibition, two video installations filmed in a Budapest bathhouse by noted Polish artist Katarzyna Kozyra, raises questions about privacy, voyeurism, narcissism, beauty and aging.
GSJ Story   27GSJ16j    01/31/2003   Curtis
Page Turners
Margareta Levitsky, academic programs coordinator, Watson Institute for International Studies
GSJ Story   27GSJ16k    01/31/2003   DeCesare
Op-Ed: Should you drink for your health?
A new study in "The New England Journal of Medicine" reports on the health benefits of moderate alcohol consumption. However, that study does not mean alcohol is a health food for everyone.
News Release   02-059    01/30/2003   Nickel
Montero to become vice chancellor for student affairs at UCLA
Janina Montero, vice president for campus life and student services, will be leaving Brown University at the end of the current academic year to become vice chancellor for student affairs at UCLA.
News Release   02-058    01/28/2003   Nickel
Martin Scorsese to speak, receive creative arts award Jan. 27
Acclaimed filmmaker Martin Scorsese, winner of this year's Golden Globe award for directing, will be honored for his work by Brown University's Creative Arts Council on Monday, Jan. 27, 2003, at 4:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. Scorsese will also speak about his work and take questions from the audience in a session moderated by Michael Ovitz.
News Release   02-056    01/24/2003   Curtis
Industry and education joined in new medical clerkship at Brown
The Brown Medical School now offers fourth-year medical students a rotation at one of four Boston-area biotechnology or medical device firms.
News Release   02-057    01/24/2003   Turner
Professor's recovery from near-fatal crash the focus of teaching video
A new video about Brown computer scientist Peter Wegner's recovery from a 1999 bus accident will be used to spark discussion of ethical questions surrounding the treatment of patients with catastrophic injuries. Wegner was given a 5-percent chance of survival.
News Release   02-054    01/23/2003   Cole
Noguchi sculpture, "To Tallness," on exhibition on The College Green
"To Tallness," a 10-foot sculpture by internationally known artist Isamu Noguchi, will be on public exhibition on The College Green for the next three years as part of a loan program sponsored by Brown's Public Art Committee.
News Release   02-055    01/23/2003   Curtis
Chinese dissident Xu Wenli to serve as visiting senior fellow at Brown
Xu Wenli, the Chinese pro-democracy activist whose Christmas Eve medical release from prison allowed him to emigrate to the United States, has been appointed a visiting senior fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies.
News Release   02-052    01/22/2003   Nickel
Op-Ed: Who can stop the White House warriors? Only the American public
With public opinion so crucial in shaping the actions of the Bush administration, it seems certain that Americans will get a war in Iraq unless they say emphatically that they don't want it. The militants in the White House are champing at the bit. Only their fear of the voters holds them in check.
News Release   02-053    01/22/2003   Nickel
Bell Gallery to present "Katarzyna Kozyra: Bathhouses"through March 9
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present work by one of Poland's leading contemporary artists in a new exhibition titled "Katarzyna Kozyra: Bathhouses." The exhibit opens Jan. 25, 2003, and will continue through March 9, 2003. An opening reception and slide lecture on Kozyra's work are scheduled for Friday, Jan. 24, 2003, at 5:30 p.m. Both the exhibit and the reception are free and open to the public.
News Release   02-050    01/15/2003   Curtis
Kimberly DelGizzo named director of the Office of Career Services
Kimberly DelGizzo, currently an associate director in the Office of Career Services at Harvard University, has been named director of the Office of Career Services at Brown. She will begin her service in Providence March 3, 2003, succeeding Sheila Curran.
News Release   02-051    01/15/2003   Cole
Pulitzer winner Paula Vogel named to creative writing professorship
Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and professor of English, has been appointed the inaugural Adele Kellenberg Seaver '49 Professor of Creative Writing at Brown University.
News Release   02-049    12/17/2002   Curtis
Two recent Brown graduates win scholarships toward further study
Sasha Polakow-Suransky '01 has won a Rhodes Scholarship, and Eric Tucker '02 has won a Marshall Scholarship. Both will pursue advanced degrees at the University of Oxford next fall.
News Release   02-047    12/16/2002   Cole
Rhode Island disability numbers are the highest in New England
Rhode Island ranks 16th nationally in the percentage of civilians classified as disabled, according to an analysis of U.S. census figures by researchers at Brown University. Disability rates vary widely within the state, from 12.7 percent in Narragansett to 30 percent in Central Falls.
News Release   02-048    12/16/2002   Nickel
DHHS designates Brown as national site for Cochrane Collaboration
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $2.3 million to Brown University for the establishment of the U.S. Cochrane Center. It is part of the Cochrane Collaboration, a global network with centers in 13 countries that promotes evidence-based healthcare.
News Release   02-045    12/12/2002   Cole
Talan Memmott awarded Brown's first electronic writing fellowship
Award-winning writer and multimedia artist Talan Memmott has been named as the University's first graduate fellow in electronic writing. The fellowship, which provides tuition and a stipend for its recipient, includes teaching opportunities that will add new course offerings in the digital arts to the University curriculum.
News Release   02-046    12/12/2002   Curtis
Brown renovates 1960s-era dining hall to create an inviting student eatery
Daily student diners increased 74 percent after a renovation to the Verney-Woolley Dining Hall at Brown University, one of two campus dining facilities for students on the meal plan. The $3-million project exchanged dark and dated decor for bright space with a skyroof where the chefs work in view of the students.
News Release   02-044    12/11/2002   Cole
At Brown
Library hours during break; EEP reminder; research note; more
GSJ Story   27GSJ14a    12/06/2002   Sweeney
Brownbrokers present a musical ÔAnna Karenina'
The Brownbrokers will bring the classic Tolstoy epic "Anna Karenina" to the stage of Stuart Theatre Dec. 5-8, in a musical adaptation written by Jillian Tucker '04.
GSJ Story   27GSJ14b    12/06/2002   Curtis
New theory explains economic growth in terms of evolutionary biology
It took an evolutionary leap in the human species to help trigger the change from centuries of economic stagnation to a state of sustained economic growth, according to the first theory that integrates evolutionary biology and economics. This research by Brown economist Oded Galor and Omer Moav from the Hebrew University is the lead article in the current Quarterly Journal of Economics.
GSJ Story   27GSJ14c    12/06/2002   Turner
Last Word
Proposals that would have the Medical School implement an across-the-board ban of gifts from the pharmaceutical industry go overboard and discount the integrity of those in the medical profession, writes Patrick Sweeney, M.D., associate dean of medicine for continuing medical education.
GSJ Story   27GSJ14d    12/06/2002   Sweeney
Scholarship organization founder donates papers to Brown library
Dr. Irving A. Fradkin, founder of Citizens'Scholarship Foundation of America, will donate to the Brown University libraries his collection of papers, tapes and other artifacts documenting the founding and growth of the organization. The papers, which will be housed at the John Hay Library, will be donated during a ceremony at Fradkin's home in Fall River, Mass., on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, at noon.
News Release   02-042    12/05/2002   Curtis
New theory explains economic growth in terms of evolutionary biology
The struggle for survival that characterized most of human existence stimulated a process of natural selection that conferred an evolutionary advantage on humans who had a higher genetic predisposition for a careful rearing of the next generation. This evolutionary change permitted the Industrial Revolution to trigger a change from an epoch of stagnation to an age of sustained economic growth, according to the first theory that integrates the fields of evolutionary biology and economic growth. This research by Brown University economist Oded Galor and Omer Moav from the Hebrew University is the lead article in the current Quarterly Journal of Economics.
News Release   02-040    12/02/2002   Turner
ormer Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to speak Dec. 10
Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel, will be the guest of the Brown Lecture Board on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002, at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   02-041    12/02/2002   Curtis
New hardcover pictorial album captures a year in the life of Brown
"Brown: Images of the University" captures a single academic year at the Ivy League institution, beginning on the morning of Opening Convocation. The 128-page book is available online or at the Brown University Bookstore.
News Release   02-038    11/25/2002   Cole
John Carter Brown Library acquires rare 18th century book on Brazil
The John Carter Brown Library acquired the early 18th-century book "Cultura e opulencia do Brasil por suas drogas e minas" -- one of the rarest and most coveted volumes on colonial Brazil -- at Sothebys auction in London Nov. 14, 2002.
News Release   02-039    11/25/2002   Curtis
At Brown
Suuberg appointment, food drive, more
GSJ Story   27GSJ13a    11/22/2002   Sweeney
Brown-RISD course unites two disciplines, two institutions
Interdisciplinary Scientific Visualization, taught by Brown Professor David Laidlaw and RISD Professor Fritz Drury, pairs artists and programmers. The two universities have named a joint faculty committee to explore further collaboration.
GSJ Story   27GSJ13b    11/22/2002   Unassigned
Brown has hand in landmark HIV protocol
Rhode Island recently became the first state to create guidelines for treating non-healthcare workers exposed accidentally to the HIV virus. Principal author of the guidelines was research fellow Roland Merchant, M.D., of Rhode Island Hospital. Co-authors were professor Kenneth Mayer, M.D., of The Miriam Hospital and Carol Browning of the Rhode Island Department of Health. The voluntary procedures apply to people who come in contact with HIV-infected fluids, such as through sexual activity, sharing needles or by exposure to a needle or other object. The guidelines detail what antiretroviral drugs should be administered and under what circumstances.
GSJ Story   27GSJ13c    11/22/2002   Turner
Research notes
Beta-blockers; hostility and heart disease; perimenopause
GSJ Story   27GSJ13d    11/22/2002   Turner
Fathers want it all, too, anthropologist reports in new book
Brown anthropologist Nicholas Townsend's latest book, "The Package Deal: Marriage, Work and Fatherhood in Men's Lives," describes the conflicting pressures of work and home in the lives of a very familiar portion of the population: the all-American dad.
GSJ Story   27GSJ13e    11/22/2002   Cole
Decameron web reaches across the globe
An NEH grant to Italian Studies powers the "Decameron" Web site, as successive generations of students add to a mini-library of resources related to this classic collection of stories of medieval life during the Great Plague.
GSJ Story   27GSJ13f    11/22/2002   Curtis
From the Faculty Bookshelf: Diamond Stories
Assistant Professor of Community Health ReneŽ Rose Shield made the most of her family ties to get the inside story on the history and culture of the New York City diamond industry.
GSJ Story   27GSJ13g    11/22/2002   Turner
Orchestra travels to McGill for concert, CD recording
The Brown Orchestra and conductor Paul Phillips traveled to Montreal this month to perform and and record with the McGill University Chamber Singers and Opera Chorus in a concert to be broadcast nationally by the Canadian Broadcast Company.
GSJ Story   27GSJ13h    11/22/2002   Curtis
Politics and food in Plymouth colony
Just in time for Thanksgiving, John Carter Brown Library Fellow Michael A. Lacombe is examing the ties between food and political authority in the American colonies.
GSJ Story   27GSJ13i    11/22/2002   Curtis
Newman takes cities class to Paris
Professor Karen Newman has received an NEH grant to offer a seminar on modern urban woes for teachers this summer Ð in Paris.
GSJ Story   27GSJ13j    11/22/2002   Sweeney
Brown researcher makes case for scientifically based education studies
On Dec. 11, 2002, John H. Tyler, assistant professor of education, public policy and economics, will address policy-makers about supporting education research that is designed in the same way as medical research -- controlled, randomized studies -- and about the potential of research designs that approximate this "gold standard."
News Release   02-036    11/18/2002   Cole
Metal baseball bats outperformed wooden bats in Brown study
Metal bats consistently outperformed wooden bats in an analysis of 502 hits off 19 baseball players at the professional minor league, collegiate, and high school level. Researchers attributed the metal bats' greater batted ball speeds to faster swings and greater elastic performance.
News Release   02-037    11/18/2002   Cole
Dean shapes curriculum for virtual medical school
Stephen R. Smith, M.D., associate dean for medical education, has devoted most of his current sabbatical to this project. He drafted a prototype for the virtual school's curriculum. He structured it around a virtual medical practice, based on the type of electronic medical charts used in the offices of real doctors.
GSJ Story   27GSJ12a    11/15/2002   Turner
Bears' linebacker tackles mycobacteriophages and comes up with new variety
Heavily recruited as a football player by MIT, Penn State, and Carnegie Mellon, Bill Brucker '04 makes most of his plays in the lab as a bio-chemistry major. In his freshman year, he became one of the youngest recipients ever to receive the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship, during which he isolated several new mycobacteriophages. (He even got to name one Ð "corndog" Ð for its shape.)
GSJ Story   27GSJ12b    11/15/2002   Montgomery
Brown has its first graduate fellow in electronic writing
Although the average reader may not have seen Talan Memmott's work, it's attracting an impressive amount of attention. Last year he was awarded the trAce/Alt-X New Media Writing Award for his piece "Lexia to Perplexia," and he was one of five finalists for the most prestigious prize yet offered in the field, the Electronic Literature Organization's prize in fiction writing. Memmott is Brown's first graduate fellow in electronic writing.
GSJ Story   27GSJ12c    11/15/2002   Curtis
At Brown
Risen on the road; funding notes
GSJ Story   27GSJ12d    11/15/2002   Sweeney
Don't kill the messenger
To tweak a clichŽ: Instant Messaging doesn't kill language, lack of engagement kills language, writes Brown lecturer Selma Moss-Ward. "I am delighted that Instant Messaging, e-mail and other bells and whistles of computer communication have captivated tomorrow's college students. A rising generation now views writing as a normal and enjoyable aspect of daily life, not merely as assignments to be periodically turned in," she says.
GSJ Story   27GSJ12e    11/15/2002   Cole
Making connections: The digital dimensions of student lives
The presence of online resources may be changing campus in small, immeasurable ways.
GSJ Story   27GSJ12f    11/15/2002   Cole
WebCT replaces Course Publisher
This semester, Brown introduced WebCT (Web Course Tools), a commercial product aimed at creating an online community in the classroom. Nearly 50 faculty are piloting the product, with plans to offer it to the entire faculty for the spring semester.
GSJ Story   27GSJ12g    11/15/2002   Howell
Making connections: The digital dimensions of education
Many agree: Using the Web for the classroom is a difference in media, but it's not a difference in teaching or goals.
GSJ Story   27GSJ12h    11/15/2002   Howell
Wind Symphony to perform Brudner Memorial Concert Nov. 22
The Brown University Wind Symphony, directed by Matthew McGarrell, will present the 16th annual Eric Adam Brudner '84 Memorial Concert on Friday, Nov. 22, 2002, at 8 p.m. in Sayles Hall. The concert, which is free and open to the public, will feature the Brass Venture quintet and the music of guest composer Eric Ewazen of The Juilliard School.
News Release   02-034    11/13/2002   Curtis
Brown University Orchestra to perform broadcast concert in Montreal
The Brown University Orchestra will join the McGill Chamber Singers and Opera Chorus in concert Saturday, Nov. 16, 2002, at McGill University in Montreal. The concert will be broadcast nationally by the Canadian Broadcast Company and recorded by ARSIS Records.
News Release   02-035    11/13/2002   Curtis
Former SEC Chairman Harvey Pitt to speak Nov. 18
Former Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt, who resigned his position on Nov. 5, will give a Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture Monday, Nov. 18, 2002, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. This event is free and open to the public.
News Release   02-033    11/08/2002   Curtis
At Brown
Holiday Bazaar, Awards and Honors, more
GSJ Story   27GSJ11a    11/08/2002   Sweeney
Freshman seminar uses birds as metaphor for life
On the first day of her freshman seminar ÐÊBio 19, "The Life of Birds" Ð Prof. Annette Coleman summed up her educational mission: "I want to give you a feeling for a different life form other than yourself." And in a suggestion that serves as a rule to live by, she added, "Keep your eyes open. The world is full of wonders every day, but you don't come across them unless you are looking."
GSJ Story   27GSJ11b    11/08/2002   Turner
Choices program has role in grant to teach foreign policy in high school history
Throughout the next three years, Brown will collaborate with history teachers from nearly 50 secondary schools nationwide on a program aimed at bringing extensive consideration of foreign policy into the core American history curriculum.
GSJ Story   27GSJ11c    11/08/2002   Cole
Athletes kick off 12th year of volunteering at Fox Point School
Cheering fans are nothing new for Brown's athletes, but the cheers the athletes got at the Vartan Gregorian Elementary School at Fox Point may be the sweetest. One, chanted by the students in Mrs. Teixeira's resource class, goes like this: Water polo water polo/You're our team/You stay drug free/And so do we/Heroes, heroes come from Brown/The best school in all the town. The cheering took place Oct. 30 to kick off Brown Athletics'12th year of partnership with the elementary school.
GSJ Story   27GSJ11d    11/08/2002   Montgomery
Drug company gifts: marketing technique poses ethical questions for some
Research has shown that accepting gifts and hospitality from pharmaceutical companies affects prescribing patterns to benefit drug companies, often to the detriment of the patient. To fourth-year medical student Jaya Agarwal, drug company marketing is "bribery" and " bad medicine." She would like to see the school adopt an across-the-board ban of industry gifts.
GSJ Story   27GSJ11e    11/08/2002   Turner
Infants know what's in a name
Researchers find that very young infants use their own names and at least one other highly familiar name Ð that associated with their mother Ð to pick out adjoining new words in fluent speech.
GSJ Story   27GSJ11f    11/08/2002   Cole
Report urges policy changes aimed at adolescent drug abusers
A national group of physicians led by a Brown professor has released a report on adolescent substance abuse that urges lawmakers and public health officials to focus attention on strategies for preventing and treating the abuse.
GSJ Story   27GSJ11g    11/08/2002   Cole
Off Hours: Christopher Bizzaco '03.5, campaign manager
Christopher Bizzacco '03.5, a political science and public policy major, took a leave of absence last September to accept the position of campaign manager for David Cicilline '83, the Democratic candidate for mayor of Providence.
GSJ Story   27GSJ11h    11/08/2002   Montgomery

Student Security and Safewalk. Thanks to Bratton report, these student-run groups received money to implement changes that they came up with themselves. They're a dedicated bunch. What drives their interest in students safety? Why drive a van around?
GSJ Story   27GSJ11i    11/08/2002   Sweeney
Infants use their own name to recognize other words in fluent speech
A Brown University study of 24 six-month-olds found infants recognized nouns and verbs when spoken in connection with their names. It is the youngest age at which the ability for word recognition has been documented.
News Release   02-032    11/07/2002   Cole
At Brown
SAC recording secretary position available; awards and honors; Page Turners
GSJ Story   27GSJ10a    11/01/2002   Sweeney
"The Green Bird" opens Nov. 7
Brown University Theatre will present Carlo Gozzi's "The Green Bird" Nov. 7-10 and 14-17 in Leeds Theatre. Translated by Albert Bermel and Ted Emery, "The Green Bird" is a comedy about the rites of passage; a fable in which the supernatural, the demonic and the Machiavellian harmoniously intertwine in a land where apples sing and statues speak.
GSJ Story   27GSJ10b    11/01/2002   Curtis
Inquiring Minds: Wendy Schiller on midterm elections
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, voters will head to the polls. The George Street Journal's Kristen Cole spoke with Wendy J. Schiller, associate professor of political science and public policy, about what is at stake on Election Day.
GSJ Story   27GSJ10c    11/01/2002   Cole
Debris on Mars hints that it once had "cold-based" glaciers like those at Earth's poles
Professor Jim Head presents research suggesting something new about Mars: The equally spaced bands of rocks and similar debris found across the Martian equator are signs of former "cold-based glaciers." On Earth, cold-based glaciers occur near the poles.
GSJ Story   27GSJ10d    11/01/2002   Turner
Medical School campaign exceeds goal
The Medical School successfully completed its first full-fledged fund-raising campaign, exceeding its $70-million goal by $3.2 million.
GSJ Story   27GSJ10e    11/01/2002   Turner
Conference scholars to consider mysteries of Qumran Nov. 17-19
Brown's Center for Old World Archaeology and Art will host "Qumran: The Site of the Dead Sea Scrolls" on Nov. 17-19, 2002. This is the first international conference on the Qumran, and it will bring together some of the world's leading archaeological scholars to consider the many unanswered questions about the settlement.
News Release   02-031    10/29/2002   Curtis
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. to speak on education as a human right Nov. 11
U.S. Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) will speak on "Education as a Human Right" at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, 2002, in the Salomon Center for Teaching. This John Hazen White Lecture, sponsored by the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions, is free and open to the public.
News Release   02-030    10/28/2002   Curtis
At Brown
Off the Shelf; Corporation notes; others
GSJ Story   27GSJ09a    10/25/2002   Sweeney
For one first-year student in particular, determination is her guiding light
Like other first-year students, Zunaira Wasif had to get to know her roommate, find the Ratty for meals and Store 24 on Thayer Street for extra items, and locate her classes. Unlike other first-year students, Wasif accomplished it all in a darkness she has known since an allergic reaction to penicillin claimed her vision.
GSJ Story   27GSJ09b    10/25/2002   Cole
Determination, inspiration, guidance: sophomores' tools for selecting a major
how sophomores go about declaring a major; the advising process that leads to this declaration; etc. Will interview three (or so) students and their advisors about how each approaches what can be a very hard decision
GSJ Story   27GSJ09c    10/25/2002   Howell
The icewoman cometh back to campus
It can seem like there are a thousand ways to die trekking across miles of frozen landscape carrying 60 pounds on your back. Confront that challenge, however, and you will discover a million life-affirming moments. Last summer, Anna Henderson '03 spent eight weeks in the Juneau Icefield Research Program investigating a glacial region four times the size of Rhode Island. The adventure took her 150 miles across moss, rock, ice and snow.
GSJ Story   27GSJ09d    10/25/2002   Turner
Inquiring Minds: Col. Verrecchia on campus safety initiatives
Last spring, the University hired The Bratton Group, an international security consulting firm, to gather information about campus safety and to make recommendations for improvements. The group made a number of recommendations. The George Street Journal recently asked Col. Paul Verrecchia, head of Brown's Department of Public Safety, about them.
GSJ Story   27GSJ09e    10/25/2002   Sweeney
From the Faculty Bookshelf: Celebrity Politics
As we head into mid-term elections, Professor of Political Science Darrell West examines how celebrities are influencing the American political process both as candidates and lobbyists.
GSJ Story   27GSJ09f    10/25/2002   Curtis
Visiting scholars to consider mysteries of Qumran
Brown's Center for Old World Archaeology and Art will host a major conference next month when archaeologist Katharina Galor gathers her international colleagues to discuss the mysteries of Qumran Ð the site where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered a half-century ago.
GSJ Story   27GSJ09g    10/25/2002   Curtis
Bell Gallery to host Italian artists
The Bell Gallery will host "Toward Uncertainty," a new exhibition featuring some of the best established and emerging artists of Italy. The exhibit opens Nov. 9 and continues through Dec. 29.
GSJ Story   27GSJ09h    10/25/2002   Curtis
Uhry brings 'Edgardo' to stage
Award-winning playwright Alfred Uhry '58, the author of "Driving Miss Daisy," premieres his newest play at the Hartford Stage this week. Titled "Edgardo Mine," the play is based on Professor David Kertzer's book, "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara."
GSJ Story   27GSJ09i    10/25/2002   Curtis
Ashley to headline performing artists festival
Electronic music pioneer Robert Ashley is the headline performer for "Any One Can Hear Anything," a festival of internationally-known , groundbreaking artists in electronic music and sound poetry set for Nov. 4 and 5.
GSJ Story   27GSJ09j    10/25/2002   Curtis
Campaign for Brown Medical School exceeds $70-million goal
The Campaign for Brown Medical School raised $73.2 million to support professorships, scholarships, library resources, a proposed Life Sciences Building and other key elements of its mission of teaching, research, community service and patient care.
News Release   02-029    10/24/2002   Turner
Voters want Harwood out as speaker, are divided about military in Iraq
A survey of 418 statewide voters conducted Oct. 19-21, 2002, finds a majority of voters want John Harwood to step down as speaker. The survey also finds Democrat Myrth York leading Republican Don Carcieri in the race for governor. A majority of voters feel the state is headed in the wrong direction.
News Release   02-028    10/22/2002   Nickel
Wolfram lecture rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22
The lecture by physicist Stephen Wolfram has been rescheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2002, in MacMillan Hall.
News Release   02-026    10/21/2002   Curtis
On the 40th anniversary, George Bush hijacks the Cuban Missile Crisis
If the historical John F. Kennedy had done in October 1962 what the Bush administration says he did -- asserting a doctrine of "preemptive defense" -- the likely outcome would have been a nuclear holocaust. The historical evidence, write James G. Blight and janet M. Lang, is now unambiguous.
News Release   02-027    10/21/2002   Nickel
At Brown
Awards and honors; more
GSJ Story   27GSJ08a    10/18/2002   Sweeney
Stars aligned for ethnic studies center, says Hu-DeHart
Evelyn Hu-DeHart, director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, believes the program is on the verge of national distinction. "We want to work across disciplines as they re-examine and broaden their curriculum," she says. "My hope is to involve all departments and to build an excellent, credible ethnic studies concentration. I hope not to proceed as one lonely, separate unit, but to build bridges and alliances [across departments] so we can share and maximize our resources and energies."
GSJ Story   27GSJ08b    10/18/2002   Curtis
Research notes
Education reform by district; minorities in Providence; global e-government
GSJ Story   27GSJ08c    10/18/2002   Cole
Middle Eastern students bear witness to conflict
Brown students who grew up in Palestine, Israel, Jordan and Syria are working with Brown graduate student Michael Burch to help educate high school seniors at Rocky Hill School about life in the Mideast and issues that have cost the lives of some of their friends.
GSJ Story   27GSJ08d    10/18/2002   Cole
Hospital's simulation center trains medical staff to prevent ER errors
A computer-controlled, anatomically correct rubberized mannequin is the centerpiece of the new Rhode Island Hospital Simulation Center. The state-of-the-art facility hopes to help medical professionals and those still in training learn to minimize the possibilities of medical error.
GSJ Story   27GSJ08e    10/18/2002   Turner
Teens who witness domestic violence are more likely to engage in risky sex
Witnessing violence between parents has the same detrimental effect on teen-age girls as being a victim of abuse themselves, according to a new study by Brown sociologists: The teen-agers are more likely to engage in risky sex.
GSJ Story   27GSJ08f    10/18/2002   Cole
Peers appear to be a big factor in teen-age smoking
A study by five Brown investigators shows that teens with at least two friends who smoke are six times more likely to become regular cigarette users compared to those whose circle of friends does not include smokers.
GSJ Story   27GSJ08g    10/18/2002   Turner
New grant will advance women's health research
A five-year $2.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will fund a joint effort between the Medical School and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island to foster new interdisciplinary research in women's health and support the training of junior faculty researchers.
GSJ Story   27GSJ08h    10/18/2002   Turner
Bell Gallery to present work of award-winning Italian artists
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present works by two masters of modern Italian art, along with the prize-winning work of five emerging Italian artists, in the exhibition Toward Uncertainty, opening Nov. 9 and continuing through Dec. 29, 2002. An opening reception for the artists is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, 2002.
News Release   02-024    10/17/2002   Curtis
Teens who witness or experience violence at home take risks with sex
Teen-age girls are three times more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior if they live in a family afflicted by physical violence -- whether they are victims of abuse or witness it between parents, according to a new study by Brown sociologists.
News Release   02-025    10/16/2002   Cole
Van Dam aims for impact: top faculty grad students, research awards, visibility
Andries van Dam, the Thomas J. Watson Jr. University Professor of Technology and Education and professor of computer science at Brown and the new vice president for research, discusses the process that led to his taking the job, and the vision he has for research at Brown.
GSJ Story   27GSJ07a    10/11/2002   Nickel
Sponsored funding rises 13 percent to $115 million
For the fifth year in a row, external funding rose significantly. When the books closed last June 30, grants awarded to campus faculty had topped $115 million, up 13 percent over the previous fiscal year and $49 million more than the $66 million in external funding received in fiscal year 1997-98. The majority of outside grants to Brown support research in the sciences, social sciences, and medicine.
GSJ Story   27GSJ07b    10/11/2002   Turner
Negotiations: the price for private funding
Brown pays a price for financial support from private foundations and nonprofit agencies. In the last few years, such funds have arrived packaged in restrictive terms and conditions on patents, inventions and other intellectual property.
GSJ Story   27GSJ07c    10/11/2002   Turner
The sleepyheads of summer
One of the more intensive investigational enterprises at Brown is the Sleep Research Lab's academic-research summer apprenticeship. This three-month program unites Brown students with others from universities around the world to receive instruction in human sleep and circadian rhythms and learn firsthand the techniques of behavioral sciences research.
GSJ Story   27GSJ07d    10/11/2002   Turner
ORA at your service
To snare a share of the external funding pie, the Office of Research Administration provides services in four key areas.
GSJ Story   27GSJ07e    10/11/2002   Turner
For East Asian Studies, a wish list fulfilled
The East Asian Studies Department received a four-year $1,995,775 grant from the Freeman Foundation. Much of the grant will be spent on the University's East Asian collection Ð mostly Chinese and Japanese vernacular material. The size of the grant is a rarity in the humanities.
GSJ Story   27GSJ07f    10/11/2002   Curtis
Online health education gets a new look
The new Health Education website, designed to ensure anonymity, has information concerning such topics as sexually transmitted infections, drug and alcohol use, eating disorders, pregnancy prevention, and relationship abuse.
GSJ Story   27GSJ07g    10/11/2002   Cole
Attention shoppers: Downtown malls make you feel good about your city
A year after the Providence Place Mall opened, citizens viewed it as an engine of economic development and a factor in making them feel good about their city, according to a survey by two political scientists.
GSJ Story   27GSJ07h    10/11/2002   Cole
Where are they now? Cedric Jennings '99
After graduating from Brown nearly four years ago, Cedric Jennings, featured in the best-selling book "Hope in the Unseen," spent two years working in the private sector before returning to school. He also speaks around the country about his odyssey from a Washington, D.C., ghetto to Brown.
GSJ Story   27GSJ07i    10/11/2002   Cole
At Brown
Open Enrollment, more
GSJ Story   27GSJ07j    10/11/2002   Unassigned
Former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria receives top alumni award
The Brown Alumni Association presented its highest honor, the William Rogers Award, to William H. Twaddell '63, U.S. ambassador to Nigeria from 1997 to 2001, during the 19th annual Alumni Recognition Ceremony Saturday, Sept. 28, 2002.
News Release   02-023    10/04/2002   Curtis
Economist Grossman looks at the payoffs of amorality
Having a moral disposition does not pay, economics Professor Herschel I. Grossman told a conference on business ethics a few years ago. He and a colleague then set out to demonstrate that statement using the tools of economic theory. Their findings appear in the September issue of the Journal of Banking & Finance.
GSJ Story   27GSJ06a    10/04/2002   Cole
From the Faculty Bookshelf: "Insurgent Images"
"Insurgent Images: The Agitprop Murals of Mike Alewitz" is a new book co-written by the artist and American civilization Lecturer Paul Buhle. Alewitz has used his art to lobby for pro-labor causes. Buhle, who has had a long involvement with the labor movement, met Alewitz several years ago when both became active with Scholars, Artists and Writers for Social Justice. "I was charmed by his effusive character and sense of humor, and I was overwhelmed by the strength and nondidactic character of his work," said Buhle. "It teaches you, but it doesn't hit you over the head."
GSJ Story   27GSJ06b    10/04/2002   Curtis
Road scholars
For the students of Brown's Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (FSAE) racecar design team, a journey that begins each September ends, if only temporarily, in May at the annual FSAE design competition in Pontiac, Mich. This past May, Brown's FSAE team finished 10th among an international field of more than 130 collegiate teams, ahead of formidable engineering schools Rochester Institute of Technology, North Carolina State University, and University of Illinois Ð Urbana-Champaign.
GSJ Story   27GSJ06c    10/04/2002   Howell
"Hot Comb" takes its cue from African-American entrepreneur
"An independent woman is what I planned for me, to be as free and safe as I could be," says the character Madam Dessaline in "Hot Comb," a new musical drama which Rites and Reason Theatre presents Oct. 3-6 and 10-13 at Churchill House.
GSJ Story   27GSJ06d    10/04/2002   Howell
When colleges compete, public loses, survey finds
As colleges and universities compete for students, funding and prestige, higher education's ability to live up to its commitment to the public has begun to erode. The findings are reported in a study sponsored by the Brown-based Futures Project: Policy for Higher Education in a Changing World and conducted by Public Agenda, a nonprofit public opinion and research organization.
GSJ Story   27GSJ06e    10/04/2002   Unassigned
Brown takes first steps toward integrating data systems
The University has embarked upon a selection of an enterprise system that has the potential to affect Brown's business practices in the coming decade. Oracle, Peoplesoft and SCT/Banner will demonstrate enterprise systems beginning Oct. 28.
GSJ Story   27GSJ06f    10/04/2002   Sweeney
At Brown
Awards and honors, retirements, more
GSJ Story   27GSJ06g    10/04/2002   Sweeney
Taiwan, South Korea, Canada outpace United States in online services
Brown University's second annual study of online services offered by the 198 nations of the world shows that Taiwan, South Korea and Canada have surpassed the United States, last year's leader. The study analyzed nearly 1,200 governmental Web sites throughout the world. The full report is online.
News Release   02-022    09/30/2002   Nickel
Simmons briefs staff about long-term planning
In a noontime forum attended by hundreds of staff members, President Simmons outlined a variety of steps her administration is taking to ensure Brown's position among the top research institutions in the coming decade. Her remarks included information about campus expansion, safety, and diversity.
GSJ Story   27GSJ05a    09/27/2002   Sweeney
Sketching out opportunities for public school students
Dennie Palmer Wolf, a new director at the Annenberg Institute, is working to give all public school children access to the fine arts, regardless of their socioeconomic status.
GSJ Story   27GSJ05b    09/27/2002   Cole
Putting down roots: Immigrants tend to settle within existing segregated areas
Immigrants arriving in the nation's cities are not changing the existing, somewhat segregated, neighborhoods in which people of different races and ethnicities reside, according to a new study by Brown sociologists.
GSJ Story   27GSJ05c    09/27/2002   Cole
Inquiring Minds: Paul Kellstedt on presidents and the economy
Do voters blame stagnant wages, rising unemployment and accounting scandals on President Bush? Kristen Cole asked Paul Kellstedt, assistant professor of political science and public policy, how voters form conclusions about a president's ability to manage the economy and how much power a president has to influence those opinions.
GSJ Story   27GSJ05d    09/27/2002   Cole
Researchers discover substance in brain that acts like chemical that gives chilies fire
An international group of researchers led by a Brown graduate student recently identified a substance in the brain similar in structure and function to the active ingredient in hot chili peppers. Although they do not yet know exactly what drives the body's production of the compound, researchers think its release in tissues would likely cause burning pain, much like the sensation caused by the chemical capsaicin in chili peppers.
GSJ Story   27GSJ05e    09/27/2002   Cole
Student shows influence on Native American art
Sunil Kapila '03 was pleased when he received an UTRA grant to travel to New Mexico to study the influence of white culture on Native American art this past summer, but not all of the lessons he learned were quite what he expected.
GSJ Story   27GSJ05f    09/27/2002   Curtis
Contagion and controversy
A new exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library and a newly published essay by Stanley Aronson, M.D., examine the history of smallpox in America Ð and the pain and controversy it generated.
GSJ Story   27GSJ05g    09/27/2002   Curtis
From classroom to stage: Making it real
As Brown Theatre gets ready to present Chekhov's "The Seagull," Professor Lowry Marshall teaches a new crop of young actors the basic skills they must bring to the stage.
GSJ Story   27GSJ05h    09/27/2002   Curtis
Climate theory for Earth also describes changes on Mars
Orbit affects climate on Mars in a similar way that it does on Earth, suggesting that a climate change theory for Earth can also be applied to Mars, and possibly to other Earth-like planets. Brown geoscientist Jack Mustard and two colleagues are reporting these findings in the Sept. 26 issue of Nature.
GSJ Story   27GSJ05i    09/27/2002   Turner
Diagnostic imaging at center of lung screening trial
A host of Brown faculty and staff are involved in a new national trial to evaluate the effectiveness of using diagnostic imaging to prevent lung cancer deaths. The researchers helped assemble the study, and they will help conduct it.
GSJ Story   27GSJ05j    09/27/2002   Turner
Activist/author Derrick Bell to speak Sept. 28
Harvard professor and prominent African-American attorney/ethics expert Derek Bell will speak on ethics and ambition Sept. 28 in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
GSJ Story   27GSJ05k    09/27/2002   Howell
At Brown
Awards and honors; more
GSJ Story   27GSJ05l    09/27/2002   Unassigned
Climate model for Earth also describes changes on Mars
A climate change theory for Earth can be applied to Mars and possibly to other Earth-like planets, report a Brown geoscientist and two colleagues in the Sept. 26 issue of Nature.
News Release   02-019    09/25/2002   Turner
Voters favor Cicilline as mayor; minorities feel they have too little power
A survey of 688 Providence voters conducted Sept. 14–22, 2002, finds a big margin for David Cicilline over his general election rivals. Minorities feel they have too little political power in Providence.
News Release   02-020    09/24/2002   Nickel
City government Web sites improve but rely more heavily on user fees
Brown University's second annual analysis of government agency Web sites in America's 70 largest cities shows that cities have made dramatic improvements over last year. De-spite improvements in online services, however, cities are relying to a greater extent on revenue-generating Web user fees and premium services.
News Release   02-018    09/23/2002   Nickel
Op-Ed: Specialists on Iran-Iraq region see U.S. action in Iraq as a mistake
U.S. interventions in Afghanistan and its contemplated interventions in Iraq will demand a depth of non-military historical, social and political expertise that the United States currently does not have. The author reports from an international conference in Tajikistan.
News Release   02-021    09/23/2002   Nickel
Op-Ed: False-conviction chic in the Berkshires
Robert Halsey was convicted in 1993 of sexually abusing two boys on his school van route in Lanesboro, Mass. There was a mountain of evidence against him, and he was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. Now a growing movement is trying to suggest that Halsey was unjustly convicted. A country that cherishes the presumption of innocence still needs to learn something about the presumption of guilt.
News Release   02-009    09/20/2002   Nickel
Where are they now: Jonathan Mooney '00
A few months after Jonathan Mooney collected his Brown diploma in 2000, he purchased a bus ticket to tour the country and talk to people. Mooney's book with classmate David Cole, "Learning Outside the Lines," had just been published. The book chronicled the friends' experiences as learning-disabled students. Now Mooney, 25, travels around the world speaking to students with disabilities about celebrating their differences, and students in medical school about caring for patients with disabilities.
GSJ Story   27GSJ04a    09/20/2002   Cole
SAC sponsors forum with president, gears up for membership drive
On Sept. 24 at noon in Sayles Hall, the Staff Advisory Committee will sponsor its second President's Forum for all University staff. In addition, the committee seels 10 new members for two-year terms to begin in January.
GSJ Story   27GSJ04b    09/20/2002   Unassigned
Faces of Brown: Emil Fioravanti
"Making the community safe." "Working in partnership with the community." Capt. Emil Fioravanti uses such phrases repeatedly in describing his objectives as the new second-in-command of Brown's Department of Public Safety. Hired this past August, Fioravanti will be heavily involved in implementing the recommendations made by the Bratton Group.
GSJ Story   27GSJ04c    09/20/2002   Sweeney
Brown students to perform in city opera's "Cinderella"
David T. Cohen '03 and Spyridon Antonopoulos '03 won't get to dance with Cinderella at the ball, but they will add valuable experience to their resume by performing in a fully staged opera production of the beloved fairy tale this weekend.
GSJ Story   27GSJ04d    09/20/2002   Curtis
Researchers use interferon to peer into reactions that control immune responses
Scientists at Brown and at the NIH have produced greater insight into the complex physical interactions that control the immune responses to infections. Their study may lead to more judicious design of therapeutic cytokines, which act to regulate immune responses. Some cytokines are used to treat cancer, multiple sclerosis, viral infections and other illnesses.
GSJ Story   27GSJ04e    09/20/2002   Turner
Research notes
Aged garlic's effect on cancer cells; douching and microbicide; alcohol-smoking treatment
GSJ Story   27GSJ04f    09/20/2002   Turner
At Brown
Award for Simmons; safety measures; shuttles to football game; more
GSJ Story   27GSJ04g    09/20/2002   Unassigned
John Carter Brown Library hosts exhibition on history of smallpox
The John Carter Brown Library will host the exhibition "Smallpox in the Americas, 1492 to 1815: Contagion and Controversy" through Jan. 15, 2003. The collection of books, pamphlets and broadsides has been developed in conjunction with the publication of an essay on the history of smallpox by Stanley Aronson, M.D., dean of medicine emeritus, and Lucile Newman, professor emerita of community health.
News Release   02-017    09/17/2002   Curtis
Governments improve Web security but offer more restricted areas
The third annual survey of state and federal "e-governments" conducted at Brown University shows that government Web sites have improved their security and privacy provisions over last year. However, there has been a proliferation of Internet services and Web sites that offer access only to registered users or in some cases only to users who pay fees. Top e-government states this year include Tennessee, New Jersey, California, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
News Release   02-016    09/16/2002   Nickel
Andries van Dam named vice president for research
Andries van Dam, a computer graphics pioneer and member of the Brown faculty since 1965, has been appointed the University's first vice president for research. He will begin his work Oct. 1, 2002.
News Release   02-013    09/03/2002   Nickel
Karen Newman named dean of the Brown University Graduate School
Karen Newman, University Professor and professor of comparative literature and English, has been named dean of Brown University's Graduate School, effective Oct. 1, 2002.
News Release   02-014    09/03/2002   Sweeney
Voters favor York over Whitehouse and Pires, Brown over Inman
A survey of 437 likely Rhode Island Democratic primary voters conducted Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2002, finds voters favor Myrth York over Sheldon Whitehouse and Antonio Pires in the race for governor. In the race for secretary of state, voters favor Matt Brown over incumbent Ed Inman, with more than half the voters undecided.
News Release   02-015    09/03/2002   Nickel
University will observe first anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks
The Brown University community will observe Sept. 11 with a variety of events commemorating the victims of last year's terrorist attacks and reflecting upon the lessons learned in the intervening months.
News Release   02-012    08/30/2002   Curtis
First-years choose among nearly two dozen new seminars just for them
Brown introduces a slate of small seminars for freshmen to give incoming students an immediate opportunity for an intimate learning experience and to avoid the danger that they will be swallowed up by large courses. The seminars are part of President Simmons' Initiatives for Academic Enrichment.
GSJ Story   27GSJ01a    08/30/2002   Cole
The advising partnership: Grant enables enhancements to advising system for first- and second-year students
Funds from a five-year $250,000 grant presented to Brown last year to examine and support the advising system have been directed at efforts surounding students' first two years at the University. The grant has made possible new written materials, a revamped Web site about advising, training and orientation sessions for all groups involved, and a new advising coordinator.
GSJ Story   27GSJ01b    08/30/2002   Cole
Med students travel to Caribbean on an AIDS/HIVeducation mission
With a mixed bag of talks, skits and small group chats, eight medical students and one newly fledged physician from Brown recently carried out a 12-day HIV/AIDS education mission to high school and college students across the Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
GSJ Story   27GSJ01c    08/30/2002   Turner
CIS upgrades help desk with professional staff, new services
Faculty, staff and students seeking computing assistance can now call upon Computing and Information Services' revamped Help Desk, which debuted Aug. 28 with a professional staff, an upgraded call center and a new service dubbed SOS.
GSJ Story   27GSJ01e    08/30/2002   Sweeney
From the Faculty Bookshelf: "Scandal in a Small Town"
Anthropology Professor Marida Hollos sees eery similarities between Providence Mayor Vincent Cianci and the disgraced Hungarian mayor she chronicled in her latest book, "Scandal in a Small Town."
GSJ Story   27GSJ01f    08/30/2002   Curtis
Coover's class brings text to (virtual) life in the Cave
Adjunct Professor Robert Coover and his writing students are collaborating with artists and computer programmers to explore the new frontiers of literature Ð in 3-D.
GSJ Story   27GSJ01g    08/30/2002   Curtis
On Angell Street: One of Hollywood's top postproduction software makers
Professors Donald McClure and Stuart Geman have gone Hollywood with their company, Mathematical Technologies Inc., creating the digital technology used to restore movie classics for DVD.
GSJ Story   27GSJ01h    08/30/2002   Nickel
At the Bell: Turning politics into art
Two decades of work by political artist Sue Coe will be on exhibit at the Bell Gallery Sept. 7 - Oct. 27, illustrating her views on race relations, sweatshops, war and the meat industry, among other topics.
GSJ Story   27GSJ01i    08/30/2002   Curtis
Schneider to help launch performance studies program
New faculty member Assistant Professor Rebecca Schneider brings her expertise in performance studies and feminist theater to Brown's graduate and undergraduate students this fall.
GSJ Story   27GSJ01j    08/30/2002   Curtis
Seven-year project will explore the biology of osteoarthritis
Brown researchers recently launched a seven-year project to help uncover the biological markers that predict who will develop the most common form of arthritis.
GSJ Story   27GSJ01k    08/30/2002   Turner
Fourth-quarter surge helps annual fund set records
A total of 22,665 donors raised more than $17 million for the Brown Annual Fund (BAF) this past fiscal year. Notable, too, was the surge of fourth-quarter giving. While the stock market experienced its worst turmoil in years, the BAF raised $8 million between April and June, $3.3 million in June alone.
GSJ Story   27GSJ01l    08/30/2002   Sweeney
Brown awards scholarships to two Providence public high school grads
Evelyn Duran of Hope High School and Ansu Baysah of Classical High School were recently named City of Providence Scholars for the Class of 2006. They will receive financial support from an endowment earmarked for students from local public schools.
News Release   02-011    08/23/2002   Cole
Computer science pioneer Andries van Dam to deliver address Sept. 3
Andries van Dam, co-founder of Brown's Department of Computer Science, will deliver the Opening Convocation address Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2002, at 11 a.m. on The College Green. President Ruth J. Simmons will declare the 239th academic year officially open.
News Release   02-010    08/22/2002   Cole
Parenthood is an increasingly isolated job, Brown sociologists say
As the 20th century progressed, parents shouldered the care and financial burdens of raising children with less and less help, say Brown sociologists. Frances K. Goldscheider and colleagues analyzed census data from 1880 to 1990 and presented their findings at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association.
News Release   02-007    08/19/2002   Cole
Huidekoper named executive VP for finance and administration
Elizabeth Huidekoper, currently vice president for finance at Harvard, has been named executive vice president for finance and administration at Brown University. She will begin her service at Brown Oct. 15, succeeding Donald J. Reaves.
News Release   02-008    08/19/2002   Nickel
Op-Ed: For peace in the Middle East: A two-state solution?
Palestinian Arabs often take the colonial experiences of Algeria and South Africa as models for their conflict with Zionism: As Europeans ultimately lost power in both Algeria and South Africa, perhaps Jewish settlers will not prove to be permanent, writes Herschel I. Grossman. But suppose that analogy is wrong. What if the situation is more like the example of Ireland, where a two-state solution has worked?
News Release   02-006    08/14/2002   Nickel
Without blue crabs, southern salt marshes wash away, study finds
Over-harvesting of blue crabs may be triggering the colossal die-off of salt marshes across the southeastern United States, suggests a new study by two Brown University biologists who report their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   02-005    08/05/2002   Turner
Bell Gallery exhibition of political artist Sue Coe to open September 7
The David Winton Bell Gallery will host a new exhibition, "Commitment to the Struggle: The Art of Sue Coe," Sept. 7 to Oct. 22, 2002, in the List Art Center. The show represents two decades of work by the political artist, who will discuss her work during an opening reception set for Friday, Sept. 13 at 5:30 p.m.
News Release   02-003    08/02/2002   Curtis
International grad students gain command of English during summer session
This summer, international graduate students who wanted assistance with spoken English had the opportunity to enroll in an intensive English language program created specifically for teaching assistants. Sixteen graduate students enrolled in the program offered for the first time by the Office of Summer Studies.
GSJ Story   26GSJ32a    08/02/2002   Cole
At Brown
Staff Development Day public service project; obituary for Chet Worthington; more
GSJ Story   26GSJ32b    08/02/2002   Sweeney
Hormone boon goes bust
Women across the country were shocked earlier this summer when a national long-term study on hormone replacement therapy revealed the treatment -- long believed to help aging women maintain good health -- actually increases their risk for several life-threatening diseases. The findings are bittersweet for the women participating in the Brown-led arm of the Women's Health Initiative.
GSJ Story   26GSJ32c    08/02/2002   Curtis
JCB Library hosts 'Errand into the Wilderness'
A new exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library recaptures in print the New England experience, body and spirit during the region's formative period. 'Errand into the Wilderness: The Early English Colonization of New England, 1602-1753' is on display in the library's MacMillan Reading Room through Aug. 31.
GSJ Story   26GSJ32d    08/02/2002   Curtis
Inquiring Minds: Ken Miller on recent ruling regarding the Pledge of Allegiance
Professor Kenneth Miller, who has long debated with creationists to advocate for teaching the science of evolution in schools, reflects on the latest controversy over the separation of church and state.
GSJ Story   26GSJ32e    08/02/2002   Curtis
It's now or never for greenhouse gas reductions, study's authors say
Begin to reduce greenhouse gas emissions soon or it might be too late to avoid dangerous climate change, say a Brown author and his Princeton colleague in a policy forum in the June 14 issue of Science. Their scientific analysis responds to calls for well-defined long-term objectives in dealing with climate change.
GSJ Story   26GSJ32f    08/02/2002   Turner
$5.3-million grant to disseminate best treatments for eyes and vision
Brown University researchers have received a seven-year $5.3-million contract from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health to systematically review data on the best treatments in the field of eyes and vision and to make that information accessible to practitioners and the public.
GSJ Story   26GSJ32g    08/02/2002   Turner
Research notes: dermatologists and sunscreen; aging baboons; couch potatoes
Study shows that dermatologists don't practice what they preach when it comes to using sunscreen; aging baboons provide insight into human lifespan; computerized calls fire up couch potatoes to exercise.
GSJ Story   26GSJ32h    08/02/2002   Turner
Op-Ed: Will education be the next security risk in the Occupied Territories?
The Israeli military raid on Al-Quds University in Jerusalem is ironic in light of the recent claim by the Israeli military that Palestinian textbooks incite students against the Israeli government. That claim, repeatedly debunked by U.S. academics, misses the point, writes Lara Harb. The occupation -- not to mention the ongoing attack on primary schools and universities -- provides a far more provocative education than anything a textbook could ever convey.
News Release   02-004    07/12/2002   Nickel
Inquiring Minds: Goldberger on college admission process
Inquiring Minds: Michael Goldberger on the college admission process
GSJ Story   26GSJ31a    07/12/2002   Cole
Hiring under way for 87 new courses, sections
When students arrive on campus for the start of the academic year, they will find new options both in living space and classroom study. Through a variety of measures, the University is adding nearly 200 beds to prepare for a larger-than-usual entering class (the yield for the class is 60 percent), and 87 courses or sections of courses to offer a wider range of academic choices for entering students.
GSJ Story   26GSJ31b    07/12/2002   Cole
Page Turners
Rachel Spaulding and Kenneth Sacks
GSJ Story   26GSJ31c    07/12/2002   
Summer theater returns with "Carousel"
After a year's hiatus, Brown Summer Theatre is back with a concert performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Carousel" July 11-13, 18-20 and 25-27 in Leeds Theatre.
GSJ Story   26GSJ31d    07/12/2002   Curtis
At Brown
Memorial fund donation; obituary; awards and honors
GSJ Story   26GSJ31e    07/12/2002   
Ad hoc committee takes a look at grading system
Results from a survey conducted last fall by an ad hoc committee interested in the University's grading system showed overwhelming support for adopting a grading scale that includes plus and minus grades in final grade reports.
GSJ Story   26GSJ31f    07/12/2002   Bramson
Faces of Brown: Fatiima Areia of UFS
Faces of Brown: Fatima Areia of University Food Services
GSJ Story   26GSJ31g    07/12/2002   Curtis
MOM - a mentoring program run by medical students
In the Medical Students Outreach to Mothers-to-Be program, known as the MOM program, medical students attend sessions on postpartum depression, breastfeeding, nutrition in pregnancy and the effects of alcohol and cigarette use, among other topics, and are paired with expectant mothers in need of social support -- some faced language barriers, others were single moms and others just needed help navigating through the medical establishment.
GSJ Story   26GSJ31h    07/12/2002   Bramson
Researchers fill a vital role on NIH study sections
The NIH lacks the staff to review grant applications. Instead, it invites researchers -- including many Brown faculty members -- to serve on study sections to determine the fate of an application.
GSJ Story   26GSJ31i    07/12/2002   Cole
Finding the cellular machine behind blood clotting
Three Brown scientists have described a critical blood-clotting role for a seven-protein complex found in animal and plant cells. Understanding this dynamic of cell biology could lead to better treatments for abnormal clotting, which is the chief cause of stroke.
GSJ Story   26GSJ31j    07/12/2002   Turner
Research notes
Headaches, vision, mountains
GSJ Story   26GSJ31k    07/12/2002   Turner
R.I. high school students invited to explore "Culture and Mass Media"
Rhode Island high school students may enroll at a reduced rate in "Culture and Mass Media," a course offered through Brown University's Office of Summer Studies. The course, created by political scientist Darrell West and taught by Katherine Stewart, meets weekdays from July 22 through August 2.
News Release   02-001    07/01/2002   Sweeney
Cloning expert Lanza to speak at Brown July 15
On Monday, July 15, 2002, at 7 p.m. Robert Lanza, M.D., a member of the scientific team that reported cloning the world's first human embryo, will deliver the lecture "Stem Cell Research, Cloning and the Future of Medicine."He will speak in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green at Brown University. His presentation will be free and open to the public.
News Release   02-002    07/01/2002   Turner
Feeding tubes may not help in severe dementia, yet use varies widely
Use of feeding tubes in nursing home patients with severe dementia is more than 10 times higher in some states than others despite evidence that it may not delay death or improve quality of life, according to a study by Brown University researchers in the June 26, 2002, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
News Release   01-155    06/25/2002   Turner
Op-Ed: World Cup heralds a new Korea
The Dutch football coach Guus Hiddink, hired two years ago to coach Korea's national team, brought with him a different set of values, including meritocracy and individual accountability. The success of those values has not gone unnoticed off the field, writes Herschel Grossman. Whatever the outcome of the World Cup, changes to Korean society are not likely to fade with the euphoria of soccer fans.
News Release   01-158    06/24/2002   Nickel
A look at salary pool, adjustments and equity increases
Walter Hunter, vice president of administration, discusses the 5 percent salary pool for fiscal year 2002-03 and the one-time directed adjustments prompted by the University's increase in its minimum wage.
GSJ Story   26GSJ30a    06/21/2002   Cole
Spring sports wrapup
Spring sports wrapup. Women's crew wins NCAA championship; men's tennis wins Ivy championship; more
GSJ Story   26GSJ30b    06/21/2002   Montgomery
Inquiring Minds: Martin Weinstock on summer skin safety
Martin Weinstock, M.D., discusses summer skin safety.
GSJ Story   26GSJ30c    06/21/2002   Bramson
Staff Development Day is Aug. 8
Staff Development Day, the University's unique opportunity for staff to share the breadth and wealth of knowledge within the entire Brown community, returns this year on Thursday, Aug. 8. The event offers more than 50 seminars ranging from professional growth to personal development. Many stem from the off-hours pursuits of members of the Brown community. Here is a look at some of the presenters and their interests.
GSJ Story   26GSJ30d    06/21/2002   staff
A smoke alarm for anthrax
A nationwide team of researchers led by Arto Nurmikko, professor of engineering and physics, recently received $8.4 million to create a compact warning system for airborne biological agents such as anthrax. The award comes from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
GSJ Story   26GSJ30e    06/21/2002   Turner
Bell Gallery showcases local artists
Providence artists Yizhak Elyashiv, David Newton and Judyth van Amringe are showcased in an exhibition at the Bell Gallery through July 7.
GSJ Story   26GSJ30f    06/21/2002   Curtis
At Brown for June 21, 2002
Besdine is named interim dean of medicine and biological sciences; new trustees named; bone marrow donor found; more
GSJ Story   26GSJ30g    06/21/2002   Nickel
Team to build compact warning system for anthrax, other bioagents
A Brown-led team of investigators has received $8.4 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to build a small laser-based bioagent warning system for use in buildings or homes or for troops to carry in their backpacks in the field.
News Release   01-156    06/19/2002   Turner
J. Carter Brown's years of service enriched campus life at the University
J. Carter Brown, a former trustee of the University and board member of the John Carter Brown Library and the John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization, died Monday at age 67.
News Release   01-157    06/18/2002   Nickel
Op-Ed: Fighting pacifism
Decades ago, the Cold War and Vietnam came equipped with terms like "red" and "commie," words which drained enemies of their human complexity. Might the term "axis of evil" serve a similar purpose now? The author can't shake the feeling that we have passed this way before. This article was written originally for publication in the Friends Journal.
News Release   01-154    06/17/2002   Nickel
Most voters believe Cianci is guilty; few believe the jury will convict
A survey of 482 statewide voters conducted June 8-10, 2002, finds 67 percent of voters believe Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr. has provided strong leadership, 52 percent believe he is guilty of the federal charges he now faces and 15 percent believe the jury will convict him. The survey also finds Myrth York leading Sheldon Whitehouse and Antonio Pires in the race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
News Release   01-153    06/11/2002   Nickel
Keynote offers preview of 'science-fiction future'
Professor Andries van Dam, the keynote speaker at Opening Convocation, presented his vision of what the future holds in a presentation titled "he Future Ain't What It Used to Be"
GSJ Story   27GSJ02a    06/09/2002   Sweeney
New faculty members learn the ropes from colleagues at orientation
Dealing with the academic characteristics that make Brown unique were among the topics of an orientation attended by 37 new faculty members. The orientation was sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the Faculty and organized by the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning.
GSJ Story   27GSJ02b    06/09/2002   Cole
Brown-affiliated ICU gains national notice for its compassionate care
On Sept. 4, the Rhode Island Hospital medical ICU, which is affiliated with the Medical School, was one of 11 intensive care units honored at a national forum in Washington, D.C., for introducing "innovations in ICU care that have improved the quality of that care and that serve as models for the rest of the nation." It was praised for its use of life-saving intensive care, willingness to emphasize palliative end-of-life care, and use of computers to improve care.
GSJ Story   27GSJ02c    06/09/2002   Turner
Physician dives into relatively uncharted waters of surfing research
Andrew Nathanson, M.D., a clinical assistant professor of medicine, has led the largest study of surfing injuries to date. "I think that surfing is quite a bit safer than people believe," he says, although there is room to improve the safety of equipment.
GSJ Story   27GSJ02d    06/09/2002   Turner
Faces of Brown: Gail Medbury of Rental Facilities
Faces of Brown: Gail Medbury of Rental office
GSJ Story   27GSJ02e    06/09/2002   Turner
Brown Corporation elects new trustees, hears report on campus safety
The Corporation of Brown University, Brown' governing body, elected two new trustees at its Commencement Weekend meeting May 25, 2002. The Corporation also heard a presentation on campus safety by William Bratton and approved a $460.7-million budget for fiscal year 2003.
News Release   01-151    06/04/2002   Nickel
$5.3-million grant to disseminate best treatments for eyes and vision
Brown University researchers have received a seven-year, $5.3-million contract from the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health to systematically review data on the best treatments in the field of eyes and vision and to make that information accessible to practitioners and the public.
News Release   01-152    06/04/2002   Turner
Bell Gallery exhibition features Providence artists' new work
The David Winton Bell Gallery will host an exhibition of new work by Providence artists Yizhak Elyashiv, David Newton and Judyth van Amringe, beginning June 8 and continuing through July 7, 2002, in the List Art Center. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, June 7, 2002, from 5 to 7 p.m.
News Release   01-149    05/31/2002   Curtis
Protein complex found to regulate first step in human blood clotting
Using human blood, Brown University scientists show that a complex of seven proteins is required for platelets to form the shape-changing filaments that begin a blood clot. Understanding this dynamic could lead to better treatments for abnormal clotting, which is the chief cause of stroke. The study appears in the June 15 issue of "Blood."
News Release   01-150    05/31/2002   Turner
Modern Culture and Media to offer Ph.D. program
Building upon its reputation as a leader in its field, the Department of Modern Culture and Media will begin offering a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), a move that department faculty believe will lead to breakthrough work and innovation in their field.
GSJ Story   26GSJ29a    05/31/2002   Curtis
Fellowship will help Bartov explore Ukranian history
Professor Omer Bartov will use his Guggenheim Fellowship to explore Buczacz, the hometown of the only Hebrew author who has won the Nobel Prize for Literature, Shmuel Yosef Agnon; of the great Polish Jewish historian, Emanuel Ringelblum; of Sigmund Freud's parents; and of Bartov's own mother.
GSJ Story   26GSJ29b    05/31/2002   Bramson
2009 graduate from Brown with "gift of learning" at their sides
Brown awarded a total of 2,009 degrees during Commencement ceremonies held on Monday, May 27. Of those, 1,506 were undergraduate degrees, 280 were master's degrees, 75 were doctors of medicine, and 148 were doctors of philosophy. Commencement weekend offered a variety of speakers, from those who presented Commencement Forums May 25 to students addressing their classmates Memorial Day. Here are excerpts from many of those presentations.
GSJ Story   26GSJ29c    05/31/2002   
Three degrees of graduation
On Commencement Day, George Kaufman took the triple crown: a bachelor of arts, a bachelor of science and a master of science.
GSJ Story   26GSJ29d    05/31/2002   Cole
Biomedical engineering will offer graduate program
The Board of Fellows of the Brown Corporation approved a graduate program in biomedical engineering. Recently, President Simmons approved a Center for Biomedical Engineering. In addition, six seniors are the first to graduate with degrees in the new undergraduate biomedical engineering program.
GSJ Story   26GSJ29e    05/31/2002   Turner
At Brown
Commencement weekend award presentations; more
GSJ Story   26GSJ29f    05/31/2002   
That sounds about right
The sound that accompanies an onscreen image of feet sloshing through mud is an exaggeration of the true sound, but viewers don't mind. In fact, we may think it is more realistic that way. A new study by researcher Laurie Heller supports longtime claims by sound effect technicians, known as Foley artists, that exaggerating sounds in movies makes the sounds more believable to the audience.
GSJ Story   26GSJ29g    05/31/2002   Cole
Hands-on Haffenreffer
A wealth of resources awaits youngsters who travel to the Haffenreffer Museum in Bristol from throughout Southeastern New England.
GSJ Story   26GSJ29h    05/31/2002   Curtis
Page Turners
Mark Shelton and Tim Engels
GSJ Story   26GSJ29i    05/31/2002   
Research notes
Research notes on psychiatric patients after Sept. 11, hepatitis research; more
GSJ Story   26GSJ29j    05/31/2002   Turner
Researching school reform strategies
Brown's Advanced Studies Fellowship Program recently selected 10 scholars to research federal and national strategies of school reform in the United States. The postdoctoral fellows will receive funds for a nine-month leave to pursue their research, and they will participate in a three-year program of seminars, mentoring and group discussions at Brown.
GSJ Story   26GSJ29k    05/31/2002   Cole
Hunt for HIV vaccine is a community effort
Five years ago, President Clinton called for an HIV/AIDS vaccine within 10 years. If that goal is to be reached it will be because of the joint efforts of clinicians, researchers, community advisers and the people who volunteer for vaccine trials. Here are five stories that look at those efforts.
GSJ Story   26GSJ29l    05/31/2002   Turner
The Last Word
Mixed-race persons in the classroom: making the invisible visible
GSJ Story   26GSJ29m    05/31/2002   
John Carter Brown Library to host "Errand into the Wilderness"
The John Carter Brown Library will host a new exhibition, Errand into the Wilderness: The Early English Colonization of New England, 1602-1753, through Aug. 31, 2002, in its MacMillan Reading Room.
News Release   01-148    05/29/2002   Curtis
Students worry about nuclear proliferation, support international cooperation
High school students are concerned about the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons; about damage to the global environment; and that more Americans will die at the hands of terrorists, according to a Brown University survey of 2,225 high school students. The survey of students involved with the University-sponsored Capitol Forum Program provides insight into what the next generation of voters believe is cause for concern on an international scale.
News Release   01-146    05/28/2002   Bramson
Besdine named interim dean of medicine and biological sciences
Richard W. Besdine, M.D., the David S. Greer Professor of Geriatric Medicine, has been named interim dean of medicine and biological sciences at Brown University. Besdine will begin his new duties July 1, 2002.
News Release   01-147    05/28/2002   Nickel
Pilot diversity program builds insight and understanding
80 freshmen and 30 upperclassmen participated in Building Understanding Across Differences, a collaboration offered by Student Life and the Dean of the College to increase understanding and dialogue among students of differing social identities related to race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, ability and class.
GSJ Story   26GSJ28a    05/24/2002   Curtis
A conversation with Provost-designate Zimmer
Robert Zimmer discusses the work that awaits him when he begins his new postion as Brown's provost.
GSJ Story   26GSJ28b    05/24/2002   Sweeney
Special awards presented to members of Class of 2002
Class of 2002 winners of Joslin, other awards
GSJ Story   26GSJ28c    05/24/2002   Sweeney
Special speakers for a special weekend
A look at senior orators, Baccalaureate speaker, Medical School speakers, Ogden lecture (GSJ of May 24, 2002)
GSJ Story   26GSJ28d    05/24/2002   Sweeney
Seeing double: Several sets of twins are among the graduates
Some graduates have more in common than membership in the Class of 2002. They're twins. What is it like to grow up together, go to college together, then go your own way?
GSJ Story   26GSJ28e    05/24/2002   Cole
Graduating students faced stifff competition in the hunt for jobs
Companies had fewer jobs to offer when recruiting on campus this year, and competition was stiff, according to Career Services officials.
GSJ Story   26GSJ28f    05/24/2002   Cole
Faces of Brown: Debbie Lister
Faces of Brown: Debbie Lister works on more than 5,000 events each year for Facilities Management. Commencement-Reunion Weekend is her biggest task.
GSJ Story   26GSJ28g    05/24/2002   Bramson
Page Turners
Cristina Bonuso and Eric Mueller of the graduating Class of 2002
GSJ Story   26GSJ28h    05/24/2002   DeCesare
Years of research culminate in doctoral theses
The depth and breadth of graduate student scholarship is reflected in the listing of doctoral theses published each year in the Commencement program. Here is a look at five of them.
GSJ Story   26GSJ28i    05/24/2002   staff
For a decade, Brown's Title IX news has followed Amy Cohen '92
This year marks the 30th anniversary of Title IX, the law that prohibits gender discrimination at educational institutions, and a decade since a group of Brown athletes turned to the justice system to uphold the statute they believed the University had violated. Cohen, now a public school teacher in New York City, is returning for her 10-year reunion. She reflects on the lawsuit that carries her name.
GSJ Story   26GSJ28l    05/24/2002   Cole
South Pacific ridge bears Brown's name
As with other scientific discoveries, if you're the first to discover or map a volcanic ridge, you get to name it. That's how the Brown Ridge in the South Pacific recently acquired its name. Last winter, researchers affiliated with Brown were the first to map the approximately 200-kilometer-long ridge that they've since named after the University.
GSJ Story   26GSJ28m    05/24/2002   Bramson
STG Faculty Grants Program
The Scholarly Technology Group is poised to help faculty members create an online literary journal, an electronic book to examine 1960s popular culture in West Germany and technology to allow more sophisticated research of South Asian manuscripts. These and other projects have been selected for the second annual round of STG's Faculty Grants Program.
GSJ Story   26GSJ28n    05/24/2002   Bramson
Political turmoil postpones environmental exchange program
Deborah Lapidus '05 and Bekah Rottenberg '03 both planned to conduct research this summer in Nepal with a Nepalese scholar who spent this past semester at Brown in the Watson Institute's International Scholars of the Environment Program. However, due to internal conflict in Nepal just weeks before they were set to travel, the undergraduates' trips are being postponed until next summer.
GSJ Story   26GSJ28o    05/24/2002   Bramson
Sock and Buskin celebrate a century at Brown
The year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Sock and Buskin stages its grand finale during Commencement weekend with a full slate of events offered by the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance and its alumni.
GSJ Story   26GSJ28p    05/24/2002   Curtis
Department of Modern Culture and Media establishes Ph.D. program
The Brown University Board of Fellows has approved the establishment of a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) program in Modern Culture and Media. Applications will be accepted next year for the 2003-2004 academic year.
News Release   01-144    05/23/2002   Curtis
Some sound effects are better than the real thing, says Brown study
New scientific evidence supports long-time claims by sound effect technicians, known as Foley artists, that exaggerating sounds in movies makes them more believable to the audience. Laurie Heller, assistant professor (research) of psychology, will present her findings June 3, 2002, at the 143rd meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, in Pittsburgh, Pa.
News Release   01-145    05/23/2002   Cole
Brown will award eight honorary degrees at Commencement May 27
Brown University presented eight honorary degrees during Commencement ceremonies today, Monday, May 27. The recipients were John Birkelund, Raymond G. Chambers, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Paul LeClerc, Emily Arnold McCully, Jessye Norman, Sadako Ogata and William Warner.
News Release   01-143    05/22/2002   Sweeney
Terror aftermath tough on psychiatric patients, study shows
Findings from a post-Sept. 11, 2001, study by Brown University researchers support the idea that psychiatric patients are at increased risk for experiencing distressing symptoms following national terrorist attacks. The results will be presented May 20, 2002, during the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in Philadelphia.
News Release   01-138    05/20/2002   Turner
Howard Foundation awards 12 fellowships for 2002-2003
The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation, administered by Brown University, has named 12 recipients of $20,000 fellowships for the 2002-2003 academic year in the areas of music, musicology, playwriting and theater arts.
News Release   01-140    05/14/2002   
Marian Wright Edelman to speak at Medical School Convocation
Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, will speak at the Brown Medical School Commencement Convocation Monday, May 27, in the First Unitarian Church of Providence. Medical graduates will also hear talks by James McIlwain, M.D., the Fox Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, and Robert Wolf, a member of the graduating class. The convocation will begin at 8:45 a.m.
News Release   01-141    05/14/2002   Turner
Ruth Bader Ginsburg to deliver baccalaureate address May 26
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will address graduating seniors at Brown's baccalaureate service on Sunday, May 26, 2002, at 1:30 p.m. in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America.
News Release   01-142    05/14/2002   Bramson
Newsman Howard Fineman, Sopranos writers headline forums
Brown will present its 32nd annual Commencement Forums on Saturday, May 25, 2002, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 17 sessions, all free and open to the public, will feature leaders in the fields of international affairs, science, medicine, arts and entertainment.
News Release   01-139    05/13/2002   Curtis
Brown University to hold 234th Commencement Monday, May 27, 2002
Chief Marshal William Rogers '52 will lead more than 6,000 people down College Hill on Monday, May 27, 2002, in one of the nation's largest and most colorful academic pageants. The procession and academic exercises cap a four-day Commencement/Reunion Weekend on the Brown campus.
News Release   01-136    05/10/2002   Nickel
Graduate School will honor distinguished alumni, teaching assistants
During Commencement ceremonies on Monday, May 27, the University's Graduate School will present its Distinguished Graduate School Alumnus/a Award and the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching.
News Release   01-137    05/10/2002   Sweeney
Upholding Brown tradition, two seniors will address graduating class
Maithili Parekh of Bombay, India, and Edward Smith of Washington, D.C., will deliver orations during Brown's 234th Commencement, Monday, May 27, 2002, at 10:15 a.m. in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America.
News Release   01-135    05/07/2002   Cole
Poggioli: Reporting on war is risky business
Welles Hangen Award recipient Sylvia Poggioli of NPR reflects on the dangers of reporting from a war zone.
GSJ Story   26GSJ27a    05/03/2002   Curtis
Computing plan begins with network upgrades this summer
As early as this fall, the Brown community will see changes in its computing environment. ACUP members heard about some of the changes from Ellen Waite-Franzen, vice president of Computing and Information Services. She outlined a plan that will begin to address many of Brown's urgent computing needs, particularly those that support the Initiatives for Academic Enrichment.
GSJ Story   26GSJ27b    05/03/2002   Sweeney
Estrup stepping down as dean of Graduate School and research
Peder Estrup, dean of the Graduate School and research since 1996, will step down to return to the faculty. Two searches will be conducted to fill Estrup's shoes: one for a new dean of the Graduate School, and a second to fill the new position of vice president of research. Both will report to the provost.
GSJ Story   26GSJ27c    05/03/2002   Sweeney
Marsh reflects on decade at help of Medical School
After nearly 10 years as Brown's chief medical education officer, Donald J. Marsh, M.D., will begin a year-long sabbatical July 1 after which he will retire as dean of medicine and biological sciences emeritus.
GSJ Story   26GSJ27d    05/03/2002   Turner
Off Hours: Linda Karewa will walk 60 miles to raise awareness
Linda Karewa, who works in Alumni Relations, will join approximately 3,000 other people who will walk 60 miles over three days to raise awareness of breast cancer.
GSJ Story   26GSJ27e    05/03/2002   DeCesare
Faculty, staff invited to personal safety workshop
Police and Security is sponsoring a personal safety workshop for faculty and staff on May 6.
GSJ Story   26GSJ27f    05/03/2002   Cole
Research Notes
Narragansett Bay oxygen levels; Ling's DNA research
GSJ Story   26GSJ27g    05/03/2002   
Gift endows artist-in-residence program
Thanks to a $1-million gift from an alumna, Brown's arts departments will have the means to bring distinguished visiting artists to campus beginning in September.
GSJ Story   26GSJ27h    05/03/2002   Curtis
Lawton Wehle Fitt '74 endows an artists-in-residence program
Lawton Wehle Fitt '74 has given $1 million to Brown University to establish and endow an artists-in-residence program. The endowment will help bring distinguished artists in the fields of creative writing, dance, digital media, film, fine art, music, theater and visual arts to the University each semester.
News Release   01-131    05/02/2002   Curtis
Op-Ed: Where there is no vision, the people perish
The children of Abraham have shed too much blood. Neither has had a vision of the future which makes room for the other. It is time for Israelis and Palestinians alike to develop a new vision of the future Ð and it must be a moral vision, since the politicians have shown themselves to be disreputable and untrustworthy.
News Release   01-132    05/02/2002   Nickel
East Coast urban youths to compete in debate championship May 4
High school students from Providence, Newark, New York City, Baltimore and Atlanta will compete in the first East Coast urban debate championship for May 4, 2002.
News Release   01-133    05/02/2002   Cole
Donald J. Reaves named VP and CFO at University of Chicago
Donald Reaves, Brown's CFO and executive vice president for finance and administration, will leave the University this summer to become vice president and CFO at the University of Chicago.
News Release   01-134    05/02/2002   Nickel
Interactive workshops, games and quizzes to promote Mars exploration
A Mars outreach day at Brown University seeks to generate interest in the exploration of Mars. The May 4 event in Smith-Buonanno Hall is open to the public without charge.
News Release   01-130    04/29/2002   Bramson
Marsh to step down as dean of medicine and biological sciences
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons has announced that Donald J. Marsh, M.D., will step down as dean of medicine and biological sciences. Marsh will begin a year-long sabbatical July 1, after which he will retire as dean emeritus, effective July 1, 2003.
News Release   01-127    04/26/2002   Turner
Ronald Vanden Dorpel named senior vice president for advancement
Ronald D. Vanden Dorpel, a Brown alumnus who is currently vice president for university development at Northwestern University, has been named senior vice president for advancement at Brown University. Vanden Dorpel will begin his work at Brown in August.
News Release   01-128    04/26/2002   Nickel
Chris Tucker talks to theater class
Like a persistent tickle in your side, "Rush Hour" star Chris Tucker kept his audience of faculty, staff and students laughing throughout his brief visit to campus. Be true to yourself and treasure your education: Those were the themes Tucker expressed when he visited Professor Lowry Marshall's theater arts class.
GSJ Story   26GSJ26a    04/26/2002   Mongtomery
Tennis team wins its first Ivy championship
The Brown men's tennis team dismissed Harvard 4-3 in a fight to the end as the two squads struggled to hold on to their undefeated Ivy League records. The April 21 win gave the Bears their first-ever Ivy League tennis title and snagged their first NCAA invite in the process.
GSJ Story   26GSJ26b    04/26/2002   Montgomery
GM gives Brown patent to new technology
Associate professor of engineering Gregory Crawford is poised to lead a research team seeking to develop ways to produce more cost-effective screen displays. The research team hopes to improve display technology developed by General Motors and Delphi, which have donated their patents for multi-color display technology to Brown.
GSJ Story   26GSJ26c    04/26/2002   Bramson
Hafffenreffer's new exhibit a rare find
A collection of Taoist folk paintings was thought to have dated from the 19th century. A recent translation of text, however, reveals the paintings are nearly 200 years older.
GSJ Story   26GSJ26d    04/26/2002   Curtis
ACUP meeting on capital improvements
Capital improvements, particularly those that support President Simmons' Initiatives for Academic Enrichment, were discussed by the Advisory Committee on University Planning at its April 22 meeting.
GSJ Story   26GSJ26e    04/26/2002   Sweeney
Indoor wheelchair safety
People in wheelchairs who live in homes that are not adapted for handicapped fall more often, according to Brown researchers.
GSJ Story   26GSJ26f    04/26/2002   Turner
At Brown for April 26
Two professors named Guggenheim Fellows, more
GSJ Story   26GSJ26f    04/26/2002   
Research notes for April 26
Research notes about Elaine Bearer's work with herpes virus; eye drops used for treatment of "lazy eye"
GSJ Story   26GSJ26h    04/26/2002   Turner
Op-Ed: PBS Frontline embraces a child molester
PBS Frontline's "Did Daddy Do It?" purports to be a documentary about an unjustly convicted child molester. Frontline, however, appears to have dismissed important evidence and credible arguments on its way to embracing a man convicted of horrendous sex crimes against numerous children, including his own son, writes Ross Cheit.
News Release   01-119    04/25/2002   Nickel
Girls focus on interactive projects; parents get practical school advice
The "Empowering Your Future"conference at Brown University on Saturday, April 27, provides hands-on science and engineering experience for middle-school girls and their parents and teachers. The event is open to the media.
News Release   01-125    04/24/2002   Bramson
Op-Ed: French insecurity and the presidential elections
The Far Rights first-round success in French presidential elections and a recent conservative victory in Germany are indications of rising insecurity in Europe, writer Hilary Silver. Given the weakness of the European Parliament, national elections serve as the main outlets for sentiments of malaise, mistrust or misery.
News Release   01-126    04/24/2002   Nickel
Trombonist George Masso and Brown Jazz Band to perform April 27
Trombonist and Rhode Island native George Masso will perform with the Brown Jazz Band in the 15th annual Eric Adam Brudner '84 Memorial Concert Saturday, April 27, 2002, at 8 p.m. in the Richard and Edna Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   01-123    04/23/2002   Curtis
NPR's Sylvia Poggioli to receive Welles Hangen Award May 3
Sylvia Poggioli, senior European correspondent for National Public Radio, will receive the Welles Hangen Award for Superior Achievement in Journalism on Friday, May 3, 2002, at 4 p.m. in Sayles Hall on The College Green. Poggioli will speak on "Terrorism, Wars and the Trans-Atlantic Relationship."
News Release   01-124    04/23/2002   Curtis
Parental contributions to education boost students' ability to spend
Every dollar parents contributed toward law school expenses increased their offspring's lifetime consumption by $1.76, says an economist at Brown University.
News Release   01-120    04/19/2002   Cole
Two Brown faculty members receive Wriston Fellowships
Assistant Professor of Modern Culture and Media Wendy Hui Kyong Chun and Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Elliott Colla have been awarded Wriston Fellowships, one of the highest awards Brown bestows upon its teaching faculty.
News Release   01-121    04/19/2002   Curtis
Conference to examine relationship between Portugal and Africa
International scholars, authors, artists and diplomats will convene at Brown University April 25-28, 2002, for a literary symposium, ambassadors roundtable, social sciences conference, art exhibition and film series all devoted to the historical and contemporary relationship between Portugal and Africa.
News Release   01-122    04/19/2002   Bramson
P.O.W. experience captured in John Hay exhibit
The John Hay Library's latest exhibit, "POW: The Prisoner of War Experience," is a collection of sketches, watercolors, memoirs and diaries from soldiers captured and held by enemy forces from the Civil War to Operation Desert Storm.
GSJ Story   26GSJ25a    04/19/2002   Curtis
Environmental scientist's collaborations win notice from EPA
A realization nearly a decade ago by Steven Hamburg about his climate-change research has led to an altered environmental education landscape in New England. His work has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He's one of about a dozen individuals who have won the EPA's Region I Environmental Merit Awards this year.
GSJ Story   26GSJ25b    04/19/2002   Bramson
Medical researcher mentors high school teacher
Theodore Johnson of Feinstein High School worked in the labs of Brown's Sharon Rounds for eight weeks last summer through Frontiers in Physiology, a program of the American Physiological Society (APS). This program provides fellowships to help teachers delve into laboratory science.
GSJ Story   26GSJ25c    04/19/2002   Turner
WTC work was emotional for psychologists specializing in disaster
Visiting professors Vitali Skriptchenko and Anahit Azarian, who are affiliated with Brown's Center for the Study of Human Development, spent 11 days in New York City interviewing victims of the World Trade Center attack. They recently talked about their psychological observations as part of the center's colloquium series.
GSJ Story   26GSJ25d    04/19/2002   Cole
Inquiring Minds: Patricia Risica on schools' anti-obesity campaign
Parents of students in some schools in Pennsylvania and Florida received letters this year notifying them that their children are overweight and encouraging them to change their children's eating habits and help them get more exercise. Patricia Risica, assistant professor (research) of community health, comments.
GSJ Story   26GSJ25e    04/19/2002   Cole
Hillel pitches in to help East Side neighbor in need of bone marrow donor
When Brown Hillel members learned that neighbor Eileen Rosenberg-Black needed help finding a bone marrow donor, the University's Jewish community was eager to get involved.
GSJ Story   26GSJ25f    04/19/2002   Bramson
Athletic program rated among nation's top 20
US News and World Report has ranked Brown's sports programs among the top 20 in the nation.
GSJ Story   26GSJ25g    04/19/2002   
At Brown for April 19
Awards and honors for April 19
GSJ Story   26GSJ25h    04/19/2002   
Evelyn Hu-DeHart named director of Center for Race and Ethnicity
Evelyn Hu-DeHart, currently professor and chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of ColoradoÐBoulder, has been named professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University. Hu-DeHart will begin her duties July 1, 2002.
News Release   01-115    04/12/2002   Nickel
Bush must overcome hesitations and commit troops to Middle East
The only hope of breaking the Israeli-Palestinian deadlock lies in outside intervention. Whereas many nations may influence Palestinian actions, the United States is the only nation with any leverage over Israel. This makes some form of American intervention in the Palestinian conflict inevitable, despite substantial domestic political risk.
News Release   01-118    04/12/2002   Nickel
Would cloning necessarily undermine human potential and sense of self?
In the April 12 issue of Science, Brown University philosopher Dan W. Brock argues human cloning should not undermine our sense of self. Although genetically identical, clones would not have the same traits, character, decisions and life history.
News Release   01-116    04/11/2002   Cole
Jarat Chopra available for interviews Friday, April 12, at 11 a.m.
Jarat Chopra, assistant professor (research) at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies, will recount his recent experiences during the siege of Ramallah and make himself available for interviews at 11 a.m. Friday, April 12, 2002, in Maddock Alumni Center on the Brown campus.
News Release   01-117    04/11/2002   Nickel
Jarat Chopra, now in Jerusalem, will speak with press at 4:15 p.m.
Jarat Chopra, a Brown University assistant professor (research) who was among international observers trapped in Ramallah by Israeli forces, has made his way to Jerusalem. Chopra will be available by phone to reporters at 4:15 p.m. today (Monday, April 8) in the Watson Institute for International Studies on the Brown campus.
News Release   01-114    04/08/2002   Nickel
Atrocious Reports and Reporting Atrocities
As long as the Israeli military closes off its military operations to news coverage, writes Elliott Colla in an op-ed, we have the moral duty to take seriously reports of atrocities that arrive via other media each day.
News Release   01-112    04/05/2002   Nickel
Applications available for Brown Summer High School
Brown Summer High School, which runs July 8-26 this year, offers students entering grades 9 through 12 the opportunity to work in small groups, participate in discussions, conduct laboratory experiments, and engage in numerous hands-on activities in the areas of social studies, biology, and English. The cost is $100; a limited amount of financial aid is available.
News Release   01-113    04/05/2002   Sweeney
Acceptance letters mailed to 2,433 Class of '06 hopefuls
A new early decision admissions policy caused a sharp decline in the number of early applications to Brown, and the overall admit rate is up slightly.
GSJ Story   26GSJ23a    04/05/2002   Cole
Educational Diversity and Excellence at Brown April 12-13
Educational Diversity and Excellence at Brown is the topic of a retreat April 12-13 sponsored by President Simmons.
GSJ Story   26GSJ23b    04/05/2002   Sweeney
Enhancing first-year experience is one motive behind work-study change
The Initiatives for Academic Enrichment include replacing work-study money with grant money for first-year students in the hope that freshman-year experience will be the same for students on financial aid as it is for those who don't have to work 10-15 hours a week.
GSJ Story   26GSJ23c    04/05/2002   Bramson
Inquiring Minds: Lewis Gordon on minorities and the film industry
Professor of Africana Studies Lewis Gordon discusses the treatment of minorities in the film industry.
GSJ Story   26GSJ23d    04/05/2002   Curtis
Off Hours: Gerry Diebold - chemist, glassblower
Off Hours: Gerry Diebold - chemist, glassblower
GSJ Story   26GSJ23e    04/05/2002   Bramson
At Brown for April 5
At Brown for April 5: Library Users Survey; awards and honors
GSJ Story   26GSJ23f    04/05/2002   
Cokie Roberts to deliver second annual Casey Shearer Lecture April 11
ABC News chief congressional analyst Cokie Roberts, co-anchor of "This Week With Sam Donaldson and Cokie Roberts," will give the second annual Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture on Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The lecture series honors the memory of Casey Shearer '00, who died just days before he was to graduate from Brown.
News Release   01-111    04/01/2002   Curtis
Facilities worker takes shot at five-figure prize
Brown employee wins $7,777 in half-court shootout at Celtics game
GSJ Story   26GSJ22a    03/29/2002   Montgomery
Undergrads had hand in Gates Foundation ÔEarly College' initiative
Nancy Hoffman leaving Brown to work on Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Early College Initiative. Six Brown undergraduates enrolled in Hoffman's course on education reform helped develop the five-year multimillion-dollar nationwide plan.
GSJ Story   26GSJ22b    03/29/2002   Cole
Staff react favorably to new tuition aid benefit
Beginning July 1, Brown's tuition aid program will provide equal dollar benefits, up to $10,000 per eligible dependent, to all benefits-eligible faculty and staff.
GSJ Story   26GSJ22c    03/29/2002   Cole
At Brown
Awards and honors for week of March 29, 2002
GSJ Story   26GSJ22d    03/29/2002   
New resource will make online information more accessible to disabled
During Disability Awareness Day, organizers will announce a service that makes the Brown Web site more accessible for people with disabilities. Betsie, as the service is known, will be up and running on Brown's Web site by April 10. It transforms Web pages so their information is easier to access.
GSJ Story   26GSJ22e    03/29/2002   Bramson
Grant to chemist funds his work in breast cancer detection
Brown chemist Gerry Diebold has been awarded a four-year grant of nearly $1.9 million from the U.S. Army to investigate better ways to detect breast cancer.
GSJ Story   26GSJ22f    03/29/2002   Bramson
Students with disabilities hope April 10 event will promote change
Brown students who hope to enlighten their peers, their professors and administrators about what they and others with disabilities face at Brown sponsor Disability Awareness Day April 10.
GSJ Story   26GSJ22g    03/29/2002   Bramson
Life at Brown for wheelchair-bound fraught with difficulty
Life as a Brown student as seen from the wheelchair of Sarah Volante '05
GSJ Story   26GSJ22h    03/29/2002   
Inquiring Minds: Janet Cooper-Nelson on pedophilia and the clergy
Inquiring Minds: University Chaplain Janet Cooper-Nelson discusses the controversy concerning recent revelations that church leaders sexually abused children.
GSJ Story   26GSJ22i    03/29/2002   Curtis
Exchange program with South Africa benefits cross-cultural research
The exchange program that brought Sandile Gxilishe, an associate professor of linguistics at the University of Cape Town, to Brown is the type of collaboration that provides a step closer to the creation of a "global map" of how children acquire the ability to communicate through words.
GSJ Story   26GSJ22j    03/29/2002   Cole
Winter sports wrapup
Winter sports wrapup
GSJ Story   26GSJ22k    03/29/2002   Montgomery
Third-graders better equipped to handle stress if early to bed, study says
Measuring the hormone cortisol, blood pressure and perceptions of events, researchers at Brown University found that third-grade girls who went to bed before 9 p.m. showed more adaptive responses to stress than those who stayed up later. The study included 138 girls in New York City.
News Release   01-109    03/28/2002   Cole
Separate and unequal: Sex segregation is a Saudi national obsession
The tragic deaths of at least 14 girls in a fire in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, presents an opportunity for the royal family to chip away at the country's obsession over sex-segregation. The girls died when the morals police prevented them from leaving the burning building because they weren't covered in the traditional abaye and when civil defense workers were denied access to the building.
News Release   01-110    03/28/2002   Nickel
Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss possibilities for ending conflict
Yasser Abed Rabbo, the Palestinian minister of culture and information, and Yossi Beilin, the former Israeli minister of justice, have embarked on a new peace initiative that includes joint publications and a speaking tour in the United States. They will finish their U.S. speaking tour with a panel discussion at Brown University on April 11.
News Release   01-107    03/27/2002   Bramson
Bioterrorism specialist Margaret Hamburg to speak at Brown April 11
On Thursday, April 11, 2002, at 4 p.m. Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., will deliver a lecture titled "Bioterrorism: Ready or Not," in Sayles Hall, located on The College Green at Brown University. Her presentation, the third annual Dr. and Mrs. Frederick W. Barnes Jr. Lectureship in Public Health, will be free and open to the public.
News Release   01-108    03/27/2002   Turner
Starr Foundation donates $15 million to Brown for financial aid
A Starr Foundation gift of $15 million will endow undergraduate scholarships at Brown University. The gift is the largest ever received by Brown in support of financial aid.
News Release   01-104    03/26/2002   Sweeney
Tom Wolfe to open 22nd annual Brown/Providence Journal conference
Author Tom Wolfe will headline "The City: No Limits," the 22nd annual Brown University/Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference, April 14-19, 2002. He will deliver the keynote address, titled "Cities of Ambition," on Sunday, April 14, at 4 p.m. in the Richard and Edna Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   01-105    03/26/2002   Curtis
Floyd Abrams to speak on First Amendment and terrorism April 9
Civil rights attorney Floyd Abrams will give the 36th annual Alexander Meiklejohn Lecture on Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 7:30 p.m. in Sayles Hall. He will speak on "The First Amendment and the War on Terrorism." The public is welcome.
News Release   01-106    03/26/2002   Curtis
Author Andrew Solomon to speak April 3 on depression
Andrew Solomon, author of the award-winning The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, will give the 10th annual Harriet W. Sheridan Literature and Medicine Lecture on Wednesday, April 3, 2002, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching on The College Green. This event, which is dedicated to Drs. Stanley and Betty Aronson, is free and open to the public.
News Release   01-103    03/21/2002   Curtis
Med students to receive residency placements at Match Day ceremony
Fourth-year Brown medical students will receive their residency placements at noon Thursday, March 21, 2002. Media are welcome to attend this event. For more information, call Scott Turner, 863-2476.
News Release   01-102    03/20/2002   Turner
Op-Ed: Minds don't snap
When tragic, unbelievable behaviors seem to emerge suddenly from nowhere, they are invariably preceded by a process that was under way for years, writes Lewis Lipsitt. If we could learn how human experiences work to erode an individual's stability, we could become sensitive to imminent disasters and intervene to prevent them. But if we go on believing that "crazy behaviors" are happenstances, we will never get to their roots.
News Release   01-100    03/19/2002   Nickel
Op-Ed: Censorship and violence in the Middle East
A hard look at what Israeli military censors cut from news articles before their publication reveals a pattern, writes Elliott Colla. The censors sought to stifle the notion that the death of Palestinians might have a pattern. Incidents of violence against Palestinians could only be reported as isolated occurrences.
News Release   01-101    03/19/2002   Nickel
University hires security consultants
The University has hired consultants to help develop strategies to make Brown a safer and more secure campus, a senior administrator told an audience of about 50 at a recent staff forum on campus safety. The Bratton Group begins its work the week of March 11.
GSJ Story   26GSJ21a    03/15/2002   Bramson
Researchers demonstrate direct, real-time brain control of cursor
Researchers at Brown University show that signals from the brain which normally control hand movement can be decoded and used as the sole input to control a computer cursor. Their report appears in the March 14 issue of Nature.
GSJ Story   26GSJ21b    03/15/2002   Turner
Exploring the artistic side of medicine
Twenty first-year medical students are exploring the intersections of art, science, health and medicine this semester in a new elective course, "Art and the Human Body," created by one of their peers.
GSJ Story   26GSJ21c    03/15/2002   Sweeney
At Brown for March 15
Awards and Honors; Summer Studies move
GSJ Story   26GSJ21d    03/15/2002   
Bell Gallery showcases student art
This year's best student artwork is showcased in the annual Student Exhibition at the Bell Gallery.
GSJ Story   26GSJ21e    03/15/2002   Curtis
Survey explores reasons for high turnover for caretakers of HIV patients
The high turnover rate of health workers taking care of patients who have both HIV and hemophilia is due more to stress from their colleagues than to the high emotional demands of such work, according to a new study.
GSJ Story   26GSJ21f    03/15/2002   Turner
Last Word: Sam Sing's is closing
On March 20 the Lai family plans to close the doors of Sam Sing Laundry for the last time. They will also be closing a chapter of R.I. business history dating from the beginnings of the 20th Century and before.
GSJ Story   26GSJ21g    03/15/2002   Eng-Wong
Research grants to Bio-Med top $105 million
Research grants awarded to Division of Biology and Medicine faculty topped $100 million recently for the first time during a fiscal year.
GSJ Story   26GSJ21h    03/15/2002   Turner
Page Turners
Gretchen Yealy and Sally Zerler
GSJ Story   26GSJ21j    03/15/2002   
Campus Compact teaches service learning to K-12 educators
Campus Compact program trains RI teachers in K-12 how to incorporate service learning into curriculum.
GSJ Story   26GSJ21k    03/15/2002   Cole
Researchers demonstrate direct, real-time brain control of cursor
Researchers at Brown University show that signals from the brain which normally control hand movement can be decoded and used as the sole input to control a computer cursor. Their report appears in the March 14 issue of Nature.
News Release   01-098    03/13/2002   Turner
Bell Gallery to exhibit 40 years of work by Malangatana
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present Malangatana: A 40-Year Survey of a Contem-porary Mozambican Artist April 13 through May 27, 2002. A reception for the artist is scheduled for Saturday, April 27 at 7 p.m. at the gallery in the List Art Center.
News Release   01-099    03/13/2002   Curtis
Brown commissions Bratton Group to lead campus security study
Brown University has commissioned a team of security consultants from the Bratton Group to study campus safety and security and to make recommendations for improve-ments. The work will begin March 11, with the final report due by the end of May.
News Release   01-097    03/11/2002   Nickel
ACUP clears path for staff role on panel
The Advisory Committee on University Planning voted unanimously March 4 to invite a representative of the Staff Advisory Committee to be involved as a nonvoting member of ACUP pending the outcome of a review of faculty governance issues.
GSJ Story   26GSJ20a    03/08/2002   Sweeney
They think, therefore they video
Lifelong friends and seniors Eli Batalion and Jerome Saibil (that's Eli and Jerome in the photo; Jerome is wearing the garland) are producing a video for high school students about the study of philosophy and its relevance to their lives.
GSJ Story   26GSJ20b    03/08/2002   Cole
Timelines, hiring plans, proposed policy changes focus of faculty meeting
President Simmons outlines the short-term, intermediate and long-term steps for the Initiatives for Academic Enrichment; Dean of the Faculty Mary Fennell outlines the spring discussions regarding temporary teaching needs for fall 2002. These discussions will set the stage for the faculty expansion to come.
GSJ Story   26GSJ20c    03/08/2002   Sweeney
Providence residents say there's more to a hot city than a great downtown
Using Providence as a case study, Marion E. Orr and Darrell M. West created a survey to determine factors that play into citizens' views about whether their urban domain is moving in the right direction. Police protection, street repairs, race relations and political leadership all weighed heavily on the way residents thought about life in the city, the survey showed.
GSJ Story   26GSJ20d    03/08/2002   Cole
The City: No Limits
"The City: No Limits" is the theme for this year's Brown University-Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference April 14-19. Keynote speaker is Tom Wolfe on April 14.
GSJ Story   26GSJ20e    03/08/2002   
In pursuit of the Muse
Newly published author Sameer Parekh finds medicine feeds creativity; Dean Marjorie Thompson's music "came out like a flood"
GSJ Story   26GSJ20f    03/08/2002   Curtis
Teaching awards go to Bonde, McIlwain and van Dam
Professors Sheila Bonde, James T. McIlwain and Andy van Dam have won the the latest Harriet W. Sheridan Award for Distinguished Contribution to Teaching and Learning. (GSJ of March 8, 2002)
GSJ Story   26GSJ20g    03/08/2002   Bramson
Antidepressant drug trials turn away many depressed patients
Studies establishing the effectiveness of antidepressants are based on highly selective samples of depressed patients. New research by Brown psychiatrists found as many as 85 percent of depressed patients treated in an outpatient setting would be excluded from the typical study to determine whether an antidepressant works.
GSJ Story   26GSJ20h    03/08/2002   Cole
China's one-child policy intrigues sociologist
Susan Short hopes her research into China's highly controversial one-child policy will provide insight into how it is fundamentally reshaping family life.
GSJ Story   26GSJ20i    03/08/2002   Cole
Hospital care and patients' wishes often at odds
A just-released study led by Joan Teno, M.D., finds that more than one in three seriously ill patients who express their desire for comfort instead receive life-extending treatment that often prolongs their pain and suffering.
GSJ Story   26GSJ20j    03/08/2002   Turner
Archives - whether RI's or Brown's - are repositories for pieces of history
A recent collaboration between Rhode Island's secretary of state Ð a Civil War buff Ð and Brown highlights the richness of archival materials that are available to the public.
GSJ Story   26GSJ20k    03/08/2002   Bramson
Page Turners
Nan Sumner-Mack and Kathleen Nelson
GSJ Story   26GSJ20m    03/08/2002   
Bell Gallery and Department of Visual Art host student exhibition
The David Winton Bell Gallery and the Department of Visual Art will present the 22nd annual Student Exhibition from March 16 to March 31, 2002, in the List Art Center. An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, March 16, at 6 p.m.
News Release   01-096    03/07/2002   Curtis
Study details costs of providing care inconsistent with patient wishes
A new study shows how frequently seriously ill people who crave comfort receive more aggressive care instead. The study also details the costs and survival rates associated with this contrary care. It will appear in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society and was led by Brown Medical School researchers.
News Release   01-094    03/04/2002   Turner
High school students get civics lesson, share views with policymakers
Students from Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Rhode Island and Utah will debate the U.S. foreign policy role in their state capitols through a program sponsored by Brown University's Choices for the 21st Century Program. After weeks of study and debate, the students will share their views on the environment, international conflict resolution, trade and the global economy, and immigration with their elected officials.
News Release   01-095    03/04/2002   Bramson
Antidepressant drug trials turn away most of the depressed population
Studies establishing the effectiveness of antidepressants are based on highly selective samples of depressed patients. New research by Brown University psychiatrists found as many as 85 percent of depressed patients treated in an outpatient setting would be ex-cluded from the typical study to determine whether an antidepressant works.
News Release   01-091    03/01/2002   Cole
Proposal includes measures to reward, retain staff, president tells forum
University staff will play a crucial role in bringing Brown's Proposal for Academic Enrichment to a successful conclusion, President Simmons told a packed audience in Alumnae Hall Feb. 26. She outlines some of the steps the plan takes to reward and retain staff.
GSJ Story   26GSJ19a    03/01/2002   Curtis
Inquiring Minds: Elisabeth Bell on transferring literature to film
Inquiring Minds with Elisabeth Bell, visiting professor, talks about turning a novel into a movie. Timed for Oscars
GSJ Story   26GSJ19b    03/01/2002   Curtis
At Brown for March 1
Awards and honors
GSJ Story   26GSJ19c    03/01/2002   
Faces of Brown: James Stewart and Mark Sands
Faces of Brown: Mark Sands of UPS and James Stewart of Fed Ex
GSJ Story   26GSJ19d    03/01/2002   Montgomery
Last Word: Should Brown arm its officers?
Should Brown arm its police officers? Two Brown students offer their opinions. Anne Barylick believes Brown officers should not be denied their tools. Dmitri Seals urges a broad discussion that includes a greater portion of the Providence community.
GSJ Story   26GSJ19e    03/01/2002   
Summary of Initiatives for Academic Enrichment
The Corporation of Brown University received and discussed a set of Initiatives for Academic Enrichment at its regular meeting Feb. 22-23, 2002. A summary of the document presented to the Corporation is reprinted in the March 1 edition of the George Street Journal.
GSJ Story   26GSJ19f    03/01/2002   
Salman Rushdie to speak at Brown University February 27
The Brown University Student Lecture Board will present "A Conversation with Salman Rushdie" Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2002, at 8 p.m. in Alumnae Hall, 194 Meeting St. Seating is limited. Some seating has been reserved for press who make arrangements in advance.
News Release   01-093    02/25/2002   Curtis
Brown Corporation endorses Proposal for Academic Enrichment
The Corporation of Brown University has endorsed the multiyear Initiatives for Academic Enrichment under which Brown will institute need-blind undergraduate admission, expand its faculty by as many as 100 additional faculty members, improve support for graduate students and make substantial new investments in libraries, information technology and academic space. Increases to the University's annual budget will reach $36 million by fiscal year 2005.
News Release   01-090    02/23/2002   Nickel
Corporation approves 4.6-percent increase in total charges for 2002-03
Overall charges for undergraduates at Brown University will rise 4.6 percent to $36,356 for the 2002-03 academic year. That figure includes a 4.8-percent increase in tuition (to $27,856).
News Release   01-092    02/23/2002   Nickel
International borders: passŽ or back with a vengence?
"The Re-Bordering of North America: Integration or Exclusion After September 11?" was the inaugural event in the Watson Institute's Joukowsky Forum in the institute's new building on Thayer Street.
GSJ Story   26GSJ18a    02/22/2002   Bramson
Six Brown professors present at AAAS annual meeting
The annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) draws approximately 4,000 attendees and 1,000 journalists. This year, six Brown professors -- James Anderson, Sheila Blumstein, Dan Brock, Xinsheng Sean Ling, Marc Tatar and Greg Tucker -- will be making presentations.
GSJ Story   26GSJ18b    02/22/2002   Staff
Universitiy reexamines issue of arming campus police
President Simmons is considering arming Brown's police force in the wake of a rash of robberies that have affected every segment of the campus community.
GSJ Story   26GSJ18c    02/22/2002   Cole
Mentoring brings mathematician Banchoff full circle
In Beijing this summer in conjunction with the International Congress of Mathematical Software, the conference has given Banchoff a way to visit an old mentor and show off collaborative work with former Ph.D. student.
GSJ Story   26GSJ18d    02/22/2002   Bramson
Artist-in-training had key roll in eye cell breakthrough
Although she trained to be an artist, Felice Dunn changed plans when she took a vision course taught by Professor James McIlwain. The function of vision interests Dunn, an art and neuroscience concentrator who played an important roll in the Brown-based research that led to the discovery of a new kind of eye cell.
GSJ Story   26GSJ18e    02/22/2002   Turner
Festival brings best of French film to local audiences
For the fifth year, the Malcolm S. Forbes Center for Research in Culture and Media Studies will join with nearly a dozen other University and community-based organizations in sponsoring an 11-day cavalcade of French cinema.
GSJ Story   26GSJ18f    02/22/2002   Curtis
Haffenreffer: Off-campus seaside jewel
The University's only museum houses more than 10,000 artifacts from the native people of the Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific -- all 18 miles from The College Green.
GSJ Story   26GSJ18g    02/22/2002   Curtis
Czech, mate? Sure, and Russian, too, at Slavic coffee, tea gatherings
Put on by the Slavic languages department, the tea and coffee gatherings are one way students can fulfill class requirements to use the language they're studying outside the classroom. The Russian teas have been held regularly for the past six or seven years, and the Czech coffees began a little more than a year ago.
GSJ Story   26GSJ18h    02/22/2002   Bramson
Weekend celebration engages alumni, students in foreign policy issues
"America in the World: A Conversation with Foreign Policy Experts and Scholars" drew about 50 alumni, scholars and past employees as well as 50 students, community members and others.The gathering celebrated the 21st anniversary of the creation of Brown's Center for Foreign Policy Development. The center and the Institute for International Studies, in which the center was housed, were renamed in the early 1990s as the Watson Institute for International Studies.
GSJ Story   26GSJ18i    02/22/2002   Bramson
At Brown for the week of Feb. 22
Announcements, research notes, more
GSJ Story   26GSJ18j    02/22/2002   Sweeney
Brown, RISD, police and East Side neighbors to discuss security issues
Brown University will host a community meeting to discuss issues of crime and public safety at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, 2002, in MacMillan Hall, Thayer and George streets.
News Release   01-089    02/19/2002   
Superconductor discovery could lead to more efficient electricity
New research has shown that type-II superconductors really superconduct - they transmit electricity without dissipating energy. Xinsheng Sean Ling, assistant professor of physics at Brown University, will discuss his team's research, which answered a longstanding question in physics. Engineers can use this latest discovery to seek ways to distribute electricity more efficiently.
News Release   01-083    02/15/2002   Bramson
Brown to make six-month status reports to the city about parking plans
Brown University is conducting detailed traffic studies and user group surveys and is gathering estimates for construction and operating costs of a new parking structure. In this statement, Laura Freid, executive vice president for University relations and public affairs, discusses the University's planning process.
News Release   01-087    02/15/2002   Nickel
Johnnetta Cole to speak on King's life and legacy Feb. 20
Johnnetta B. Cole, president emerita of Spelman College, will present "The Life and Work of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Old Lessons for a New Day," this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2002, at noon in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   01-085    02/11/2002   Curtis
Providence: There's more to a hot city than a great downtown
Police protection, street repairs, race relations and political leadership were foremost in residents minds when determining whether their city was doing well, according to a case study of Rhode Island's state capital published in the Urban Affairs Review.
News Release   01-086    02/11/2002   Cole
Brown researchers find new photoreceptor and visual system in the eye
Rods and cones are not the only photoreceptors in our eyes. Reporting in theFebruary 8 issue of "Science," researchers at Brown University describe a third photoreceptor and a parallel visual system. The newly discovered cells turn light energy directly into brain signals. The signals govern the body's 24-hour clock.
News Release   01-080    02/07/2002   Turner
Ted Turner to speak Feb. 11 on "Our Common Future"
AOL Time Warner Vice Chairman Ted Turner will deliver the Stephen A Ogden Jr. '60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs, titled "Our Common Future," on Monday, Feb. 11, 2002, at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green.
News Release   01-084    02/07/2002   Curtis
Op-Ed: Bush's targeting of Iran is an inept foreign policy move
Iran's strategic location and economic importance make it both inevitable and imperative that the United States reestablish relations with the Iranians, rather than lob intemperate and ill-considered invective at them. It is a sad commentary on American political life that the State of the Union address should be used for cheap political shots.
News Release   01-082    02/05/2002   Nickel
Robert J. Zimmer named ninth provost of Brown University
Robert J. Zimmer, vice president for research and for Argonne National Laboratory at the University of Chicago, has been named ninth provost of Brown University. Zimmer will begin his service at Brown July 15, 2002.
News Release   01-081    02/04/2002   Nickel
Soros, Luce awards go to two seniors
Two Brown seniors recently learned that they are the recipients of awards from two prestigious programs. Elena Lesley received a Luce Scholarship to live and work in Asia; Mikhail Shapiro received a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans to continue his studies.
GSJ Story   28GSJ14a    02/04/2002   Cole
Dickersin helped clear path for breast cancer survivors' advocacy
Associate Professor Kay Dickersin was a key player in developing the national model for breast cancer activists.
GSJ Story   26GSJ16a    02/01/2002   Cole
At Brown
At Brown for Feb. 1: STG faculty grants, research notes
GSJ Story   26GSJ16b    02/01/2002   
Miss Manners? Etiquette dinner gives students a refresher course
Career services is hosting an "etiquette dinner" to teach students how to gracefully spit out the bones when they're having dinner with a prospective employer or big client. The project is part of Career Week events that will bring alumni in to mentor students.
GSJ Story   26GSJ16c    02/01/2002   Cole
Looking to the future with respect for the past
As the University grows, maintaining and restoring its historic structures presents special challenges, from replacing period features to converting 18th century buildings to a 21st century use.
GSJ Story   26GSJ16d    02/01/2002   Ferguson
Faces of Brown: Daniel Nuey of Police and Security
Faces of Brown: Daniel Nuey of Police and Security
GSJ Story   26GSJ16e    02/01/2002   Montgomery
Page Turners: Soterios Zoulas and Paul Phillips
Orchestra director Paul Phillips and Soterios C. Zoulas, communications director at the Annenberg Institute
GSJ Story   26GSJ16f    02/01/2002   DeCesare
Inquiring Minds: Michael Vorenberg on widow activism
INQUIRING MINDS: History professor Michael Vorenberg on "widow activism" -- women like Lisa Beamer who rally in the wake of tragedy to do something positive.
GSJ Story   26GSJ16g    02/01/2002   Cole
New Sarah Doyle Gallery a Ôpleasant surprise for people coming in'
The relocation of the Sarah Doyle Women's Center has provided more than attractive new lodgings: The larger building offers an inviting area Ð two rooms in all Ð to showcase one of the Sarah Doyle's most popular programs: its art exhibitions.
GSJ Story   26GSJ16h    02/01/2002   Curtis
York leads Whitehouse for governor; Kennedy leads GOP challengers
A survey of 461 statewide voters conducted Jan. 26-28, 2002, shows Myrth York leading Sheldon Whitehouse and Antonio Pires for the Rhode Island Democratic gubernatorial nomination and Rep. Patrick Kennedy leading all potential Republican challengers in the 1st District congressional race. The survey also finds a drop in the job approval rating for Gov. Lincoln Almond, but high numbers for President George W. Bush. Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr.'s approval rating has risen since a survey in September.
News Release   01-079    01/30/2002   Nickel
Rebuild the government and Afghans will rebuild their country
The way to support Afghanistan's evolution to peaceful representative government is to bind the Afghan people to the government and the government to the people. Money and experts can help, but the majority of the work cannot be done without the people's support and cooperation.
News Release   01-077    01/25/2002   Nickel
Capt. Rick Ziccardi retires as second-in-command at Police and Security
Capt. Rick Ziccardi, a resident of Freetown, Mass., retires Jan. 31 from his position as second-in-command of Brown's Department of Police and Security Services.
News Release   01-078    01/25/2002   Bramson
Sayles Hall portraits leave for the holidays
Three dozen of the University's famous portraits will rest in storage while Sayles Hall is closed for renovations during the winter. The two large portraits above the stage at the front of the hall Ð those of Francis Wayland and Nicholas Brown Ð will be cleaned and restored. All should return by Commencement.
GSJ Story   26GSJ15e    01/25/2002   Nickel
Rachel Pepper, Marshall scholar, headed for Cambridge
Rachel Pepper, who will graduate this June with a concentration in biophysics, will spend the next two years at the University of Cambridge pursuing her interest in physics, thanks to a Marshall scholarship. Pepper learned in early December she was one of 40 students across the country to receive the prestigious award.
GSJ Story   26GSJ15f    01/25/2002   Ferguson
Brown team builds support for Mars missions
Five Brown students are in the running to help NASA build "customer engagement" for its Mars exploration program. The Brown team is one of four finalists.
GSJ Story   26GSJ15g    01/25/2002   Ferguson
An apple a day keeps the doctor away?
What should a consumer do when today's news reports a study hailing the latest medical discovery Ð and tomorrow's contradicts its findings? How should we evaluate the news, and who and what should we believe?
GSJ Story   26GSJ15h    01/25/2002   Cole
Hospice enhances nursing home care
Although nursing homes have been slow to offer hospice care to their terminal residents, Brown gerontologists say the program clearly benefits those patients.
GSJ Story   26GSJ15j    01/25/2002   Ferguson
Media mammogram bias
Medical experts disagree about the value of mammography for women under 50, but newspaper coverage tends to exaggerate its potential benefits, according to a recent Brown study.
GSJ Story   26GSJ15k    01/25/2002   Turner
Life writing helps students find their voices
Literature is more than entries on the best-seller list. According to Carol DeBoer-Langworthy, it includes letters, diaries Ð and the personal narratives of students in her life writing classes.
GSJ Story   26GSJ15l    01/25/2002   Curtis
Off-Hours: Mike Grady
On the ice, Mike Grady is known as a good passer. At work at the Annenberg Institute, he's also known as one of 13 volunteers who read once a week to children at a Providence elementary school through the Power Lunch program.
GSJ Story   26GSJ15m    01/25/2002   Bramson
Medical School joins statewide biomedical research network
A $6-million NIH grant will help Brown and five other Rhode Island colleges and universities collaborate on biomedical research.
GSJ Story   26GSJ15n    01/25/2002   Turner
Career Week dinner to serve etiquette lessons for job-seeking seniors
Cornish game hen, wild greens with cherry tomatoes, brownie royale and tips on dining etiquette are on the menu for a three-course mock interview dinner at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, in the Brown University Faculty Club. The dinner is part of Career Week 2002, Jan. 22-26, which features more than 100 alumni speakers.
News Release   01-076    01/17/2002   Cole
Brown unites offices of development, alumni, international advancement
Brown University will bring its development, alumni relations and international outreach efforts together under the direction of a senior vice president for University advancement. A national search is under way for this newly created position.
News Release   01-072    01/14/2002   Nickel
"Mark Dion: New England Digs" on exhibit at Bell Gallery
The David Winton Bell Gallery will host a new exhibition, "Mark Dion: New England Digs," at the List Art Center Jan. 26 to March 10, 2002. Dion will discuss his work during an opening reception on Friday, Jan. 15, 2002, at 5:30 p.m.
News Release   01-075    01/14/2002   Curtis
Corporation of Brown University elects Donald C. Hood as a fellow
Donald C. Hood, a professor of psychology at Columbia University and a Ph.D. graduate of Brown University, will serve on Brown's Board of Fellows through June 2012.
News Release   01-073    01/11/2002   Nickel
Bell Gallery to host John Pfahl's "Extreme Horticulture"
The David Winton Bell Gallery will host "Extreme Horticulture," a collection of landscape photographs by John Pfahl, Jan. 26 through March 10, 2002, in the lobby of the List Art Center. In conjunction with the exhibit, Pfahl will present a slide lecture Friday, March 1, at 5:30 p.m. in the List Auditorium.
News Release   01-074    01/11/2002   Curtis
Scholes to lead Modern Language Association of America
Robert Scholes, professor emeritus of modern culture and media, has been elected second vice president of the Modern Language Association of America, designating him as the association's vice president in 2003 and president in 2004.
News Release   01-071    01/09/2002   Curtis
Three Brown faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar grants
Professor Frances K. Goldscheider and visiting faculty members Saburo Haraguchi and Gustavo Florentino Vega-Canovas have been awarded Fulbright Scholar grants for 2001-2002.
News Release   01-070    01/07/2002   Curtis
Brown group advocates for South African asbestos victims
After researching the asbestos-related health and economic problems of South African mine workers, Nancy Jacobs, Lundy Braun and their students brought the victims' voices to their country's Parliament.
GSJ Story   26GSJ15a    12/19/2001   Ferguson
Annenberg volunteers share love of reading
Thirteen Annenberg staff members are among the 220 professionals who've joined the Power Lunch program to read to children in Pawtucket and Providence schools. Their goal: to build confidence and foster a love of reading.
GSJ Story   26GSJ15b    12/19/2001   Bramson
A note of hope in Afghanistan's future
Watson Instiutute hosts a panel discussion and keynote lecture on the political future of Afghanistan.
GSJ Story   26GSJ15c    12/19/2001   Bramson
Brown joins a new search for water, life on Mars
John Mustard and a colleague in Maryland will build a spectrometer for a mission to Mars in 2005. The instrument will remotely analyze the composition of the Martian surface, looking for telltale signs that would suggest life may have existed on the red planet.
GSJ Story   26GSJ15d    12/19/2001   Ferguson
Brown appeals NLRB decision on graduate students/UAW election
Brown University is seeking a reconsideration of a Nov. 16 decision by the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board which directed that certain graduate students could vote for or against representation by the United Auto Workers union. The election was held Dec. 6-7, but the ballots have been impounded and will not be counted until the appeal process is concluded.
News Release   01-069    12/14/2001   Nickel
Brown University senior wins Marshall Scholarship
Brown senior Rachel Pepper will use her Marshall Scholarship to pursue her interest in math and physics at the University of Cambridge. Pepper is one of 40 American students named this year as recipients of this prestigious award.
News Release   01-068    12/13/2001   Ferguson
Op-Ed: Terrorism, Israel and America
The sense of national unity that followed the World Trade Center attacks has allowed the United States to undertake a strong response to terrorism. But enemies also develop unity when they, in turn, are attacked. We should not let our sense of national unity erode the natural strength of our diversity. Listening to the voices of dissent is the best insurance for our continuing democratic values.
News Release   01-067    12/12/2001   Nickel
Microsoft gives Brown students, faculty free access to most products
In selecting Brown University as a site for its Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance, Microsoft Corp. will give all students, faculty and staff access to a comprehensive package of programs -- products that are especially useful to those in the school's computer science and engineering departments.
News Release   01-065    12/07/2001   Ferguson
A successful war against terrorism cannot end with amnesty
History teaches us that extra-national terrorist organizations -- pirates, terrorists, barbarians -- must not be allowed to walk away from conflict once they lose the upper hand. Granting amnesty to such belligerents will only allow them to reappear and will embolden other groups which may share their ideology or methodology.
News Release   01-066    12/07/2001   Nickel
Preliminary Plan for Academic Renewal
The following figures represent a preliminary investment proposal that will be shaped and refined in coming months. President Simmons will present the final proposal to the Corporation at its February 2002 meeting. A separate budget for one-time capital expenditures is also being developed.
GSJ Story   26GSJ14a    12/07/2001   Nickel and Curtis
ACUP's dramatically different year
ACUP chair William Rakowski speaks about the unusual demands made upon ACUP this year and how that committee is adapting to its new, more important role.
GSJ Story   26GSJ14b    12/07/2001   Nickel
Simmons outlines Plan for Academic Renewal
President Ruth J. Simmons this week unveiled a draft version of a multi-million dollar Plan for Academic Renewal for both ACUP and University faculty.
GSJ Story   26GSJ14c    12/07/2001   Nickel
Michael Baron: Education Coordinator, Stage Director
Off Hours: Mike Baron of the Education Department and Arts Literacy program is directing Trinity Rep's seasonal offering of "A Christmas Carol."
GSJ Story   26GSJ14d    12/07/2001   Montgomery
Cheit offers ethics course to inmates
Associate Professor of Public Policy Ross Cheit moves each week to an off- campus classroom at the Adult Correctional Institution in Cranston, where he teaches ethics to prisoners in the Sex Offender Treatment Program.
GSJ Story   26GSJ14e    12/07/2001   Bramson
Dance students give Body and Sole for fall concert
For the first time, the Fall Dance Concert will be a student-only production, mounted by the newly created company Body & Sole, a collaboration between several student dance groups.
GSJ Story   26GSJ14f    12/07/2001   Curtis
Inquiring Minds: Calvin Goldscheider on the Middle East
Calvin Goldscheider, Ungerleider Professor of Judaic Studies and professor of sociology at Brown, spoke with George Street Journal writer Kate Bramson recently about his latest book, "Cultures in Conflict: The Arab-Israeli Conflict," which was released at the end of October.
GSJ Story   26GSJ14g    12/07/2001   Bramson
Service learning serves community -- and volunteers
Students participating in the Swearer Center's service-learning program won't earn an A for ladling soup, but they can learn some valuable lessons and make a contribution to the community beyond College Hill.
GSJ Story   26GSJ14i    12/07/2001   Bramson
Jack Wands, M.D., appointed first Greenberg-Joukowsky Professor
Jack Wands, M.D., will hold the Jeffrey and Kimberly Greenberg -Artemis and Martha Joukowsky Professorship in Gastroenterology at Brown Medical School. Two $1.25 million gifts endowed the professorship.
News Release   01-064    12/05/2001   Turner
Waite-Franzen named VP for Computing and Information Services
Ellen J. Waite-Franzen, currently vice president for information services at the University of Richmond, has been named vice president for computing and information services at Brown University. Waite-Franzen will begin her duties at Brown Feb. 1, 2002.
News Release   01-063    12/03/2001   Nickel
Toddlers, blickets, cause and effect
David Sobel of cognitive and linguistic sciences uses a "blicket detector" to study how kids learn the concepts of cause and effect.
GSJ Story   26GSJ13a    11/30/2001   Ferguson
Brown honors Charles Margiotta
Brown has established the Lt. Charles Margiotta Memorial Scholarship Fund to honor a New York City firefighter and 1976 alumnus who died in the World Trade Center attack.
GSJ Story   26GSJ13b    11/30/2001   Curtis
Teaching hospitals teach elected officials
Project Medical Education, conducted at Brown's seven affiliated hospitals, helped elected officials learn about medical education, its benefits, funding and the role of government support.
GSJ Story   26GSJ13c    11/30/2001   Turner
Rabbi Kirschen comes to Hillel
Interview with new Hillel director Rabbi Richard Kirschen.
GSJ Story   26GSJ13d    11/30/2001   Bramson
Researchers aid in oil spill monitoring and management
Kristy Pond and Yongsong Huang have developed an important new method for monitoring and managing land- and water-based oil spills.
GSJ Story   26GSJ13f    11/30/2001   Ferguson
Off Hours: David Reed
David Reed, communication technician, leads an R&B band.
GSJ Story   26GSJ13g    11/30/2001   Montgomery
Wands named to gastroenterology chair
Jack Wands is the first Greenberg-Joukowsky Professor of Gastroenterology.
GSJ Story   26GSJ13h    11/30/2001   Turner
R&R explores profiles, shadows and human nature
Rites & Reason's current research-to-performance project involves students creating and then performing roles of people who have been profiled on basis of race, sex, age.
GSJ Story   26GSJ13i    11/30/2001   Curtis
R.I. nursing homes improve under Brown-led project
A 15-month project on pain assessment and management, led by the Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research and Rhode Island Quality Partners (RIQP), has enabled nursing home residents to enjoy life more and, in some case, use less medication.
GSJ Story   26GSJ13j    11/30/2001   Turner
UAW petition to be put to a vote
About 500 Brown graduate students will vote Dec. 6-7 on whether the United Auto Workers will become their representative in collective bargaining with the University.
GSJ Story   26GSJ13ll    11/30/2001   Nickel
Op-Ed: Harry Potter and Whose Stone?
A small change in the American edition of the first Harry Potter book -- from philosopher's stone to sorcerer's stone -- robs the British original of an important connection to the history of human thought. The magic of Harry Potter, writes Robert Scholes, was designed by author J.K. Rowling to exist alongside "muggle" science.
News Release   01-060    11/28/2001   Nickel
Oliver Stone to speak and participate in student film festival Dec. 1
Noted writer and director Oliver Stone will be the guest of the Brown Lecture Board and the first Ivy Film Festival on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2001, when he will give a lecture at noon in the Salomon Center for Teaching. Stone will also participate in festival workshops.
News Release   01-062    11/28/2001   Curtis
Brown honors fallen firefighter with scholarship, Hall of Fame induction
Brown parent and trustee Martin Granoff and his wife Perry, of Saddle River, N.J., have given $1.4 million to the University to establish the Lt. Charles Margiotta Memorial Scholarship Fund. Margiotta, a member of the Brown Class of 1979, was among the firefighters who perished Sept. 11 in the World Trade Center. He was posthumously inducted into Brown's Hall of Fame along with all other members of the Ivy League champion football team of 1976.
News Release   01-058    11/27/2001   Curtis
Public meeting to gather comments on Brown's Life Sciences Building
In accordance the National Historic Preservation Act, the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission will host a public meeting to discuss Brown University's Life Sciences Building project. The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001, in the Saunders Inn Conference Room, 101 Thayer St.
News Release   01-059    11/27/2001   Nickel
Providence public schools are beneficiaries of Brown's EPA settlement
As part of a consent agreement and final order announced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Brown University will spend $285,596 on a Supplemental Environmental Project much of which will directly benefit Providence public high schools. The SEP will include microscaled chemistry labs in four high schools, a computerized chemical management system for Providence public high schools, and summer workshops for high school chemistry teachers. Brown will also pay $79,858 in penalties levied by the EPA.
News Release   01-061    11/27/2001   Nickel
Students organize World AIDS Day events
Students for AIDS Awareness will sponsor an array of events Nov. 29 to Dec. 1 in recognition of World AIDS Day.
GSJ Story   26GSJ12a    11/16/2001   Ferguson
Drug-therapy combo helps alcoholics in treatment
Alcoholics treated with a combination of the drug naltrexone and coping skills training experienced fewer and less severe relapses, according to a newly published study led by Peter Monti.
GSJ Story   26GSJ12b    11/16/2001   Turner
Students and neighbors harvest garden of bounty
Brown's Urban Environmental Laboratory offers city gardeners a chance to get their hands dirty.
GSJ Story   26GSJ12c    11/16/2001   Ferguson
Gulf War veterans get treatment, if not answers
The nature and cause of Gulf War Syndrome remain a mystery, but the veterans' experience in that conflict holds lessons for todays medical and miltary leaders, says Phil Brown.
GSJ Story   26GSJ12d    11/16/2001   Ferguson
Aetna chief to discuss future of health insurance
Aetna head Dr. John Rowe will give a Paul Levinger Lecture titled "Good Health: Can We Afford It?" on Nov. 29 at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
GSJ Story   26GSJ12f    11/16/2001   Turner
Jennifer Madden on George W. Bush and communication
Jennifer Madden, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance, has taught persuasive communication and effective speaking. She sat down recently with the GSJ's Mary Jo Curtis to talk about President George W. Bush's communication skills.
GSJ Story   26GSJ12g    11/16/2001   Curtis
Quilt to honor ÔFallen but not Forgotten'
Student leaders from The Multi-Faith Council will coordinate the creation of a memorial quilt to honor the six Brown alumn and other friends of the Brown community who perished in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11.
GSJ Story   26GSJ12h    11/16/2001   Bramson
Experts offer tips to reduce holiday stress
Kent Yrchik-Shoemakerof Psychological Services tell staff and faculty there are things they can do to make this holiday season happier, healthier -- and less stressful.
GSJ Story   26GSJ12i    11/16/2001   Bramson
Page Turners: Recommended reading from colleagues at Brown
Recommended reading from Reda Bensmaia, professor of French studies; Kate James, Web editor, the Brown University News Service; and Anne Diffily, editor at large, Public Affairs and University Relations
GSJ Story   26GSJ12j    11/16/2001   DeCesare
ACUP hears about computers, libraries
ACUP received reports Monday (Nov. 12) about investments the University must make in its libraries, computing infrastructure and IT training and development.
GSJ Story   26GSJ12k    11/16/2001   Nickel
Op-Ed: "The Great Game" continues
"The Great Game" Ð Kipling's term for great-power rivalry in Central Asia Ð is ongoing, with the United States, Russia, Pakistan, oil companies and other external forces competing to shape the Afghani future. The losers are likely to be the Afghani people.
News Release   01-057    11/15/2001   Nickel
Drug-therapy combination helps alcoholics in treatment
People in alcoholism treatment benefit from medication and coping skills training, according to a new Brown-led study published in "Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research."
News Release   01-053    11/14/2001   Turner
Aetna chief to discuss future of health coverage in United States
On Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001, at 4 p.m., John Rowe, M.D., will discuss "Good Health: Can We Afford It?" in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. Rowe is chairman, president and CEO of Aetna Inc. His lecture will be free and open to the public.
News Release   01-056    11/14/2001   Turner
Op-Ed: German, Japanese help in Afghanistan may create problems
The addition of German and Japanese military resources to the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan raises Middle East suspicions and hatreds more than a century old and may create domestic problems for those two countries. But German and Japanese support is also proof that even the worst of enemies can eventually become friends.
News Release   01-055    11/12/2001   Nickel
Medical School to brief Rep. Kennedy about bioterrorism Nov. 12
On Monday, Nov. 12, the Brown Medical School will host a roundtable of experts to brief Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy on bioterrorism preparedness in Rhode Island. The briefing is by invitation only, but all participants will be available to speak with reporters afterward, at approximately 10:30 a.m. The briefing will take place in the main conference room, Saunders Inn, 101 Thayer St., on the Brown campus.
News Release   01-054    11/09/2001   Turner
Brown physicist a pioneer in calculating universe's dark matter
Physics professor Ian Dell'Antonio, who has been part of various efforts working toward trying to identify, weigh and measure everything in the universe, including dark matter. (GSJ of Nov. 9, 2001)
GSJ Story   26GSJ11a    11/09/2001   Ferguson
Rubertone challenges Roger Williams' views of Narragansetts
Patricia Rubertone doesn't want to knock Rhode Island's greatest colonial hero from his time-honored pedestal, but she would like us to know Roger Williams wasn't the ultimate authority on the area's Native Americans.
GSJ Story   26GSJ11b    11/09/2001   Curtis
Andrew Artenstein talks about bioterrorism
Inquiring Mind: Dr. Artenstein discusses issues of bioterrorism with the GSJ's Scott Turner.
GSJ Story   26GSJ11c    11/09/2001   Turner
Thanksgiving dinner with an 18-year track record
The Rothenbergs, track coaches both, have hosted team members in their home on Thanksgiving.
GSJ Story   26GSJ11d    11/09/2001   Montgomery
Estrup outlines graduate support plan
On Monday, Oct. 30, Peder Estrup, dean of the Graduate School and research, appeared before ACUP to present comparative data and outline a plan for investing in graduate student support at Brown.
GSJ Story   26GSJ11e    11/09/2001   Nickel
Seeking scholars to study national education projects
Carl Kaestle is at the helm of a new postdoctoral fellowship program that will explore education reform at the federal level.
GSJ Story   26GSJ11f    11/09/2001   Bramson
Brown is one of four campuses in Microsoft Developer Network
Under a new arrangement with Microsoft Corp., Brown students, faculty and staff will have free access to vitutally all of the Microsoft product line.
GSJ Story   26GSJ11g    11/09/2001   Ferguson
Brown and Vernadsky: Science is an international thing
Planetary geologists at Brown and in Russia have collaborated across some difficult historical and political terrain, and they're still at it.
GSJ Story   26GSJ11h    11/09/2001   Ferguson
Rites & Reason performance summons the young Langston Hughes
"Langston, No Regrets," a new research to performance play at Rites & Reason, portrays Langston Hughes during 1923-24, a transformative point in the young writer's life.
GSJ Story   26GSJ11i    11/09/2001   Curtis
Enough turkey for everyone
TWC offers Thanksgiving dinner for students who aren't going home.
GSJ Story   26GSJ11j    11/09/2001   Montgomery
STOP REGAIN aims for successful long-term weight loss
The National Weight Control Registry has gathered information on more than 3,000 people who have lost more than 30 pounds and have kept it off for a year.
GSJ Story   26GSJ11k    11/09/2001   Turner
Recommended this week: ÔOn Democracy' and ÔWatership Down"
This week, Merwin Sibulkin and Kelly Smith talk about good books they've recently read.
GSJ Story   26GSJ11l    11/09/2001   
Bell Gallery to host new group exhibition through Dec. 30
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present "Before Reflection Begins," a new group exhibition featuring the work of five international artists -- Jin Soo Kim, Wolfgang Laib, Ernesto Neto, Valeska Soares and Marisa Telleria-Diez -- from Nov. 10 to Dec. 30, 2001, in the List Art Center.
News Release   01-052    11/07/2001   Curtis
Richard R. Spies named executive VP for planning, senior advisor
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons has announced the appointment of Richard R. Spies as executive vice president for planning. Spies, who will begin his duties at Brown on Jan. 15, 2002, will also serve as the president's senior advisor.
News Release   01-051    11/06/2001   Nickel
Physicist Landsberg working to whip up black holes on demand
Physicist Greg Landsberg and others expect breakthroughs when the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland goes online. Among the possibilities: creating miniature black holes in the laboratory for use in the exploration of gravity and extra dimensions.
GSJ Story   26GSJ10a    11/02/2001   Ferguson
Course on Vietnam War expands to encompass new campaign against terrorism
Jim Blight's course about the Vietnam war is evolving into a course comparing Vietnam with the United States' new campaign against terrorism and current events in Afghanistan
GSJ Story   26GSJ10b    11/02/2001   Bramson
NASA grant supports scientist's work toward helping computers grasp human mind
NASA grant supports cognitive linguist Steve Sloman in his work toward helping computers grasp the human mind.
GSJ Story   26GSJ10c    11/02/2001   Ferguson
Forum airs concerns regarding disciplinary system
Committee exploring how Brown's non-academic disciplinary procedures work holds community forum. The committee's report is due to be presented to president in January.
GSJ Story   26GSJ10d    11/02/2001   Bramson
Inquiring Minds: Jeffrey Singer on the Nobel Prize in medicine
Inquiring Minds: Jeffrey Singer, whose research here at Brown stems from the work done by latest winners of Nobel Prize in medicine, comments on the winners' research.
GSJ Story   26GSJ10e    11/02/2001   Turner
Ivy Film Festival debuts Dec. 1
The Brown Film Society seeks contributions to the Ivy Film Festival, which will be held on Brown campus Dec. 1. Winners will have their works posted at ifilm.com.
GSJ Story   26GSJ10f    11/02/2001   Curtis
Page Turners
Page Turners James Campbell, Peggy Chang
GSJ Story   26GSJ10g    11/02/2001   
Brown lays groundwork for collaboration with boys' school in Saudi Arabia
Brown partnership with King Faisal School in Saudi Arabia and with the IESE, Education Department at Brown, Summer Studies
GSJ Story   26GSJ10h    11/02/2001   Bramson
At Brown
Provost search committee, November flu vaccine clinics rescheduled, more
GSJ Story   26GSJ10i    11/02/2001   Nickel
Christopher Reeve presents Parents Weekend keynote lecture
Christopher Reeve presents Parents Weekend keynote lecture
GSJ Story   26GSJ10j    11/02/2001   Curtis
Brown University seeks 10 scholars to study national education projects
A new postdoctoral studies program at Brown University will provide 10 scholars with nine-month research leaves to examine issues around the theme "The Nation and Its Schools: Federal and National Strategies for School Reform."
News Release   01-050    10/30/2001   Bramson
Career events help heat job search in a cooling economy
Networking with alumni, drop-in sessions and Career Week Jan. 22-27 are among the ways Career Services hopes to match seniors with positions upon graduation
GSJ Story   26GSJ09a    10/26/2001   Bramson
Hourglass Cafe: late-night java with a shot of social issues concerning hunger
Brown Oxfam opens a coffee bar in Bear's Lair called The Hourglass Cafe. Proceeds will benefot Oxfam America
GSJ Story   26GSJ09b    10/26/2001   Bramson
Faculty Scholars Program honors the "best of the best" of Brown
This year's crop of Faculty Scholars: Peter Lee, Marc Manseau, Joshua Farkas, Eric Stovkovich, Natasha Zaretsky
GSJ Story   26GSJ09c    10/26/2001   staff
Alcohol use often overlooked as drug that prompts risky behavior
Alcohol is a forgotten drug that leads to unsafe sex among injection drug users, according a new Brown-led study.
GSJ Story   26GSJ09d    10/26/2001   Turner
Corporation endorses Simmons' goals; plan for library storage facility gets OK
Corporation endorses Simmons' goals; plans for library storage facility gets OK
GSJ Story   26GSJ09e    10/26/2001   Nickel
Endowment copes with market's ups and downs
Brown's conservative investment strategy works well when the market is volatile. As of September, the endowment was $1.36 billion
GSJ Story   26GSJ09f    10/26/2001   Bramson
Inquiring Minds: James Head on NASA chief's departure
Inquiring Minds: James Head reflects on tenure of NASA chair Daniel Goldin, who just stepped down
GSJ Story   26GSJ09g    10/26/2001   Ferguson
Geologist digs deep to unravel accurate account of storms long past
To help insurance industry determine the probability of major hurricanes striking a certain region, Jeffrey Donnelly looks back hundreds of years by taking core samples from marsh sediment
GSJ Story   26GSJ09h    10/26/2001   Ferguson
At Brown
At Brown: facilities management move; obituary; on the road
GSJ Story   26GSJ09i    10/26/2001   
Page Turners
Page Turners: Karl Jacoby and Robert Stoner
GSJ Story   26GSJ09j    10/26/2001   
P&S a leading example of how campus law enforcement has matured nationwide
Police and Security a leading example of how campus law enforcement has matured nationwide. The force is accredited, many are trained to carry firearms, and one member has trained in exclusive FBI program.
GSJ Story   26GSJ09k    10/26/2001   Bramson
Brown Medical School to hold white coat ceremony Oct. 27
First-year students in the Brown Medical School will receive white coats during a campus ceremony at 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct 27, 2001. Media are welcome to attend the event at Alumnae Hall, 194 Meeting St., between Brown and Thayer streets.
News Release   01-049    10/24/2001   Turner
Providence residents rate police highly, unsure about treatment of races
A survey of 509 voters in Providence, conducted Oct. 20-21, 2001, finds a majority of voters rank Providence police highly and 30 percent believe Providence police have gotten better over the last year. Voters are divided on whether people are treated the same regardless of race; many think there should be more training on race relations and a civilian review process to check on citizen complaints.
News Release   01-046    10/23/2001   Nickel
Christopher Reeve to give Parents Weekend keynote lecture
Actor, director and activist Christopher Reeve will deliver the keynote address during this year's Parents Weekend on Friday, Oct. 26, 2001, at 7:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. Because of space limitations, the event will be open only to Brown students and their parents. Limited space will be available to press by prior arrangement with the News Service.
News Release   01-047    10/23/2001   Curtis
Brown computer scientists win five awards for information technology
With projects that will break new ground in everything from virtual reality to robotic devices for the severely disabled, computer scientists from Brown University recently won five of the competitive National Science Foundation awards for information technology research.
News Release   01-048    10/23/2001   Ferguson
President Simmons to chair selection committee for next provost
A nine-member committee chaired by President Ruth J. Simmons will select the next provost of Brown University. Applications and nominations for provost, the University's second-ranking administrative officer, should be received no later than Nov. 15, 2001.
News Release   01-045    10/22/2001   Nickel
John Carter Brown Library to host 18th-century architectural exhibit
The John Carter Brown Library is hosting a new public exhibition, Architectural Pattern Books in 18th Century America, an illustration of the influence of European styles on colonial construction now through Dec. 1 and again Dec. 16, 2001, to Feb. 15, 2002.
News Release   01-044    10/19/2001   Curtis
Teaching, learning at heart of Simmons' inaugural address
In her inaugural address, President Simmons paid ardent tribute to the enterprise of education.
GSJ Story   26GSJ08a    10/19/2001   Sweeney
At Brown
At Brown: Inauguration by the numbers; information regarding CIS vice president post; Vince Hunt award; Glicksman award
GSJ Story   26GSJ08b    10/19/2001   
Trio collaborates on modeling brain cell behavior
NSF gives nearly $5 million to Brown faculty working on IT: trio collaborates on modeling brain cell behavior.
GSJ Story   26GSJ08c    10/19/2001   Ferguson
Charniak and others push into new areas of speech recognition
NSF gives nearly $5 million to Brown faculty working on IT: Charniak and others push into new areas of speech recognition.
GSJ Story   26GSJ08d    10/19/2001   Ferguson
Study finds disparities across state in enforcing drunk driving laws
Study finds disparities across state in enforcing drunk driving laws
GSJ Story   26GSJ08e    10/19/2001   Bramson
Van Dam project hopes to marry 3-D graphics with interactive medical books
NSF gives nearly $5 million to Brown faculty working on IT: Van Dam project hopes to marry 3-D graphics with interactive electronic books that one day may train surgeons using virtual reality.
GSJ Story   26GSJ08f    10/19/2001   Ferguson
Classroom Visit Program introduces engineering to youngsters in local schools
Classroom Visit Program introduces engineering to youngsters in local schools
GSJ Story   26GSJ08g    10/19/2001   Ferguson
Highlights of Voyages of Discovery
Highlights of inauguration Voyages of Discovery
GSJ Story   26GSJ08g    10/19/2001   staff
Recovery of indirect costs plays key role in campus research
Research issue: Recovery of indirect costs plays key role in campus research
GSJ Story   26GSJ08i    10/19/2001   Turner
Student-run OWL cultivates leadership skills among women
Student-run OWL cultivates leadership skills among women
GSJ Story   26GSJ08j    10/19/2001   Curtis
Brown counters national trend in funding for physical sciences
Research issue: Brown counters national trend in funding for physical sciences
GSJ Story   26GSJ08k    10/19/2001   Kerlin
Brown research grants exceed $100 million for first time
Research issue: Brown research grants exceed $100 million for first time
GSJ Story   26GSJ08l    10/19/2001   Turner
Research notes: shift-work research; use of meth during pregnancy
Mary Carskadon will participate in study of shift workers and sleep; Barry Lester on meth use during pregnancy
GSJ Story   26GSJ08m    10/19/2001   Turner
No stem cells used by Brown researchers are derived from human embryos
Research issue: No stem cells used by Brown researchers are derived from human embryos
GSJ Story   26GSJ08n    10/19/2001   Turner
Inaugural Symposium panelists consider future of higher education
Highlights from Inaugural Symposium
GSJ Story   26GSJ08o    10/19/2001   Bramson
Upfal project explores dynamic behavior of networks
NSF gives nearly $5 million to Brown faculty working on IT: Upfal project explores dynamic behavior of networks.
GSJ Story   26GSJ08p    10/19/2001   Ferguson
Van Hentenryck in the hunt for algorithm that takes uncertainty into account
NSF gives nearly $5 million to Brown faculty working on IT: Van Hentenryck in the hunt for algorithm that takes uncertainty into account.
GSJ Story   26GSJ08q    10/19/2001   Ferguson
Global survey shows U.S.A. takes the lead in online government
The United States was one of only three nations to score higher than 50 percent in a new study of Internet use by governments worldwide. The survey of 196 nations was con-ducted for the World Markets Research Centre of London by the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University.
News Release   01-038    10/18/2001   Nickel
Corporation unanimously supports goals outlined by President Simmons
In her first full meeting with the University's governing body since being sworn in July 3, Brown President Ruth J. Simmons received enthusiastic and unanimous support for her goals of strengthening the University's academic mission.
News Release   01-043    10/17/2001   Nickel
Alcohol, the Ôforgotten drug,' leads to unsafe sex among drug users
New findings link alcohol use and risky sex among injection drug users. The results appear in a Brown-led study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
News Release   01-042    10/15/2001   Turner
Founder of U.S. hospice organizations receives top alumni award
The Brown Alumni Association presented its highest honor, the William Rogers Award, to Zachary Morfogen '50, the founding chairman emeritus of the National Hospice Foundation and the National Hospice Organization, during the 18th annual Alumni Recognition Ceremony Friday, Oct. 12, 2001.
News Release   01-039    10/12/2001   Curtis
Six alumni, victims of terrorists, to be honored in inaugural events
Six Brown alumni who perished in New York City, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon will be remembered and honored during inaugural events this weekend.
News Release   01-041    10/12/2001   Curtis
Inaugural Symposium will grapple with future of higher education
Tough questions and intense dialogue about the future of higher education are what moderator Frank Newman expects from the Oct. 13 Inaugural Symposium titled "Evolution or Revolution: The University As We Do Not Know It."
GSJ Story   26GSJ07a    10/12/2001   Bramson
At Brown
At Brown for Oct. 12: flu shots, new faculty
GSJ Story   26GSJ07b    10/12/2001   
Retired school teacher travels from Ga. to witness Simmons' inauguration
Mignon Lewis has no connection to Brown and has only passed through Rhode Island once Ñ on her way to another destination. But the 72-year-old Georgian will be on campus to see the inauguration of Ruth Simmons as the University's 18th president.
GSJ Story   26GSJ07c    10/12/2001   Cole
Page turners
Page Turners: Ross Cheit and Carol DeBoer-Langworthy
GSJ Story   26GSJ07d    10/12/2001   
Weekend takes cues from inaugurations past
History of inaugurations past
GSJ Story   26GSJ07e    10/12/2001   Sweeney
Symbols of the office of president
The symbols of the office of President will be visible during Inauguration
GSJ Story   26GSJ07f    10/12/2001   
Study finds disparities across state in enforcing drunk driving laws
In Rhode Island, second-offense drunk drivers are accurately charged only 60 percent of the time, according to a study recently released by the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University. Violators often receive lighter penalties than the law prescribes. The study recommends improvements to data collection and data access across jurisdictions.
News Release   01-037    10/11/2001   Bramson
$1.2M grant will help train Hispanics in education to be teachers
The federal government has awarded $1.2 million to the Education Alliance at Brown University to help train Hispanics in education as English Language Learner teachers.
News Release   01-040    10/11/2001   Bramson
Daily Weighing and Quick Action Keeps Pounds Off, Study Shows
Most successful dieters regain the weight they lost. But new research shows that a daily weigh-in – and quick adjustments to diet and exercise – can significantly help dieters maintain weight loss. The clinical trial, conducted by researchers at The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, reports results of the first program designed specifically for weight loss maintenance. The study appears in the New England Journal of Medicine.
News Release   06-035    10/11/2001   Lawton
Jessye Norman forced to cancel her appearance
Because of international travel difficulties, soprano Jessye Norman has been forced to cancel her appearance at Brown University on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001. The Brown University Orchestra will perform the concert, which will feature an appearance by the Tougaloo College Concert Choir, at 5 p.m. in Meehan Auditorium.
News Release   01-035    10/08/2001   Nickel
At Brown for Oct. 5, 2001
At Brown: Open Enrollment memo, bookmark contest, more
GSJ Story   26GSJ 06j    10/05/2001   Sweeney
Post Office relocation signals approach of Life Sciences Building construction
In a move that will help make way for construction of the Life Sciences Building, the U.S. Post Office at 201 Meeting St. will close Oct. 6 and will reopen Oct. 9 at 302 Thayer St.
GSJ Story   26GSJ06a    10/05/2001   Turner
Chem 10 Web offers students online method of brushing up skills
This past summer, 28 entering freshmen were able to master their periodic tables in any number of settings, thanks to Chem 10 Web, an interactive Web-based course developed by the chemistry department to prepare students for college-level chemistry
GSJ Story   26GSJ06b    10/05/2001   Ferguson
Governor's task force puts Brown's Arts/Literacy Project in state spotlight
Governor's task force puts Brown's Arts/Literacy Project in state spotlight. Almond created the task force in March 1999 to determine how the arts can significantly impact the state's educational agenda. The task force's recommendations includes projects such as the Arts/Literacy Project. With information about the may Brown-affiliated projects aimed at K-12 education in state and nation
GSJ Story   26GSJ06c    10/05/2001   Bramson
Ancient Studies Program launches lecture series
Ancient Studies Program launches "Perceptions and Representations of the Past in Ancient Civilizations," a broad and unique program of seven lectures that will consider how ancient cultures Ñ from Rome and the Near East to China Ñ viewed the past.
GSJ Story   26GSJ06e    10/05/2001   Curtis
Page Turners
Page Turners Lewis Gordon and Felicia Ackerman
GSJ Story   26GSJ06f    10/05/2001   
Project hopes to raise managers' awareness about informal recognition of staff
Angel Hilliard is working on a presentation for Brown managers to illuminate how informal rewards (not just the annual Brown Says Thank You and Years of Service awards) motivate staff
GSJ Story   26GSJ06g    10/05/2001   Bramson
Medical residency: an exercise in sleep deprivation
To meet educational and clinical obligations, most of the nation's 100,000 medical interns and residents work between 60 and 130 hours a week. Some now question the method. Brown Medical School and students hope to play a role in exploring the issue of sleep deprivation.
GSJ Story   26GSJ06h    10/05/2001   Turner
Sock and Buskin kicks off 100th season, anniversary celebration
The country's oldest college theater organization directed by faculty, Sock and Buskin has mounted hundreds of theatrical productions involving thousands of students, serving as their laboratory and preparing many for successful careers in professional theater. This season is its 100th, which will be marked by a variety of special events.
GSJ Story   26GSJ06i    10/05/2001   Curtis
Brown to celebrate inauguration of President Ruth Simmons Oct. 14
The inauguration of Ruth J. Simmons as 18th president of Brown University will take place on The College Green at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001. The three-day inaugural celebration will include theater performances, concerts, faculty forums and other events.
News Release   01-036    10/04/2001   Nickel
Visionary thinkers to discuss the evolution and role of universities
In "The University As We Do Not Know It," moderator Frank Newman will engage former college and university presidents Johnnetta Cole, Vartan Gregorian, J. Jorge Klor de Alva and Frank Rhodes in an Inaugural Weekend discussion about the future of higher education. Jasmine Waddell, a 1999 Brown graduate who was a Truman Scholar, Rhodes Scholar and student body president, will provide a student and young alumni perspective.
News Release   01-036s    10/04/2001   Bramson
Faculty to present Voyages of Discovery forums Oct. 12-13
In celebration of the inauguration of Brown's 18th president, Ruth J. Simmons, the faculty will offer "Voyages of Discovery," a series of 20 public forums on a wide variety of topics, to be presented Oct. 12 and 13, 2001.
News Release   01-036v    10/04/2001   Curtis
Brown prepares to build new Life Sciences Building
The U.S. Post Office now located at 201 Meeting St. will move to 306 Thayer St. during the weekend of Oct. 6-8, 2001. Demolition of the former site will make way for construction of Brown University's new Life Sciences Building. Brown owns both buildings.
News Release   01-034    10/02/2001   Turner
An act of war or a crime against humanity?
The way we interpret events, especially traumatic events like the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, will have an impact on the options we consider for responding. Rather than interpreting this tragedy as an "attack on America" Ð a war Ð it would be better to frame it as "a crime against humanity."
News Release   01-033    09/28/2001   Nickel
Faculty-staff forum offers ways to cope with stress in wake of attacks
Faculty-staff session "Caring for yourself and loved ones after the trauma of Sept. 11" describes ways people can help themselves and loved ones if they are feeling traumatized by attacks.
GSJ Story   26GSJ05a    09/28/2001   Sweeney
Choices project helps students sort out nation's options
The Choices Program has prepared a teaching packet in wake of Sept. 11 attacks. Available for dissemination to participating teachers around the country.
GSJ Story   26GSJ05b    09/28/2001   Bramson
Simmons prepares ACUP for rigorous semester
In the next few months, ACUP members will hear presentations from administrators who at Simmons' request have been gathering and evaluating a variety of data since summer. Simmons said she has asked the presenters to bring budget requests as well as ideas for strategic program investments, and is asking ACUP to think big.
GSJ Story   26GSJ05c    09/28/2001   Sweeney
Schultz on Deep Impact team, which hopes to peer into comet's core
On July 4, 2005, a spacecraft is scheduled to crash into Tempel 1's nucleus, leaving a crater the size of a football field and giving scientists, including Peter Schultz, a chance to see material that is as old as the solar system itself.
GSJ Story   26GSJ05d    09/28/2001   Ferguson
Faculty forum considers graduate unionization
A United Auto Workers petition now before the National Labor Relations Board seeks to designate the UAW as the sole representative for teaching assistants, proctors and certain research assistants. Faculty Forum discusses the issues.
GSJ Story   26GSJ05e    09/28/2001   Nickel
Research notes: Bay oxygen levels, colloidal crystals, genes and cholesterol
Oxygen levels in Narragansett Bay; colloidal crystals, Genes and diet influence cholesterol levels
GSJ Story   26GSJ05f    09/28/2001   staff
Page Turners for Sept. 28
Page Turners: Nadine Harris, David Konstan, Ruth Rosenberg
GSJ Story   26GSJ05g    09/28/2001   DeCesare
At Brown for Sept. 28
Memo from Police and Security; call for papers, and more
GSJ Story   26GSJ05h    09/28/2001   
Ancient Studies Program announces new seven-part lecture series
Funded by a grant from the Kirk Foundation, the Ancient Studies Program will sponsor the newly established Kirk Lecture Series for 2001-2002 titled Perceptions and Representations of the Past in Ancient Civilizations. The public is invited to attend the seven lectures free of charge. The series begins Oct. 1, 2001, and continues through March 11, 2002.
News Release   01-029    09/25/2001   Curtis
Op-Ed: Terror War against the superpower
We must come to terms with the reality that we cannot utterly control the powers of all peoples, and we must begin to imagine a world without superpowers. [Kevin Lourie]
News Release   01-031    09/25/2001   Nickel
Op-Ed: Is Charles Darwin the Most Dangerous Man in America?
To dedicated opponents of evolution, the battle against Darwin is never-ending. Well-funded critics of evolution will fulminate against this week's NOVA series on evolution, but their charges of "false" statements about the genetic code show only the emptiness of their so-called "evidence" against Darwin. Kenneth R. Miller, professor of biology, is the author of Finding Darwin's God.
News Release   01-028    09/24/2001   Nickel
Op-Ed: Fear itself: Why retaliation doesn't work
In Northern Ireland and Israel, history shows a pattern of escalation Ð that violence has only bred more violence. Similarly, previous U.S. retaliation against suspected terrorists has not brought an end to terrorism. [Neta Crawford]
News Release   01-030    09/24/2001   Nickel
Op-Ed: The pernicious effects of fear: Why we need greater deliberation
None of us will ever feel calmly about what happened on September 11, 2001, and what may happen in the future. We cannot expect a young administration to form a coherent policy to meet an enormous challenge in just a few days or weeks. But we must demand greater deliberation. And for that we need time. [Neta Crawford]
News Release   01-032    09/24/2001   Nickel
Hillel prepares for High Holidays in wake of terrorist attacks
In wake of terrorist attacks, Hillel anticipates larger gathering for High Holidays
GSJ Story   26GSJ04a    09/21/2001   Bramson
Members of Brown family share their stories in wake of attacks
Brunonians share their experiences in wake of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
GSJ Story   26GSJ04b    09/21/2001   staff
What do we tell our children?
Lewis P. Lipsitt, professor emeritus of psychology, medical science, and human development, offers advice to parents in the wake of the terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon
GSJ Story   26GSJ04c    09/21/2001   Lipsitt
Campus blood drive exceeds goals in less than 3 hors
Campus blood drive held in wake of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Response is overwhelming, with the goal exceeded in less than three hours
GSJ Story   26GSJ04d    09/21/2001   staff
Graduate School dean reflects on union issues
In May, the UAW petitioned the NLRB for exclusive right to represent certain teaching assistants and other graduate students at Brown. This summer, 28 Brown faculty and administrators provided testimony before the NLRB in Boston. Attorneys from Brown and the UAW will file final arguments in the case by Sept. 25. A talk with Peder Estrup, dean of the Graduate School and research
GSJ Story   26GSJ04e    09/21/2001   Nickel
Inauguration weekend's Voyages of Discovery showcase faculty
Inauguration Weekend's Voyages of Discovery showcase faculty excellence
GSJ Story   26GSJ04f    09/21/2001   Bramson
At Brown for Sept. 21
Page Turners, research notes
GSJ Story   26GSJ04g    09/21/2001   DeCesare
Brown student logs development of polar bear cub
Little is known about polar bear cub development. Research conducted since last spring by senior Katy Greenwald will help change that.
GSJ Story   26GSJ04g    09/21/2001   Turner
High school curriculum promotes dialogue about recent terrorist attacks
Brown University's Choices for the 21st Century Education Project has created curricular materials to help high school teachers discuss policy direction in the aftermath of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. The material is available free of charge on the Web.
News Release   01-026    09/20/2001   Bramson
Op-Ed: Bush's plan is excellent in principle, but falters on the details
In the Middle East, South and Central Asia, where the administration hopes to achieve the greatest cooperation, most governments sit very uneasily. If they don't cooperate, they risk military retribution by the U.S. If they do cooperate, they risk being overthrown, removed from office, or even assassinated by extreme elements in their own societies. William O. Beeman, professor of anthropology, has more than 30 years' experience in research throughout the Middle East and Central Asia.
News Release   01-027    09/20/2001   Nickel
Voters worry about terrorist attacks, are less confident in R.I. economy
In the wake of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, a survey of 413 Rhode Island voters conducted Sept. 15-16, 2001, finds 77 percent of Rhode Island voters worry about terrorist attacks. Sixty-eight percent think President Bush is doing a good job, up from 34 percent in June. The survey also finds sharply lower consumer confidence in the state economy and indications of a tight race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
News Release   01-024    09/19/2001   Nickel
Op-Ed: Why Middle Eastern terrorists hate the United States
Middle Eastern opposition to the West is far from being a phenomenon invented by Osama bin Laden, or the Taliban, or for that matter Iran, Iraq or the Palestinians. It has waxed and waned as an effective oppositional force in confrontation to secular political systems for more than a century.
News Release   01-025    09/19/2001   Nickel
Study finds urban Ôe-government' sites need to put more services online
An analysis of Web sites maintained by the 70 largest U.S. cities indicates that urban governments need to invest more time and effort in Ôe-government.' The study by researchers at Brown University placed San Diego, Albuquerque, Seattle, Washington, Salt Lake City, Virginia Beach and Kansas City among the leaders, but only one city scored higher than 50 on the 100-point scale researchers used for evaluations.
News Release   01-021    09/17/2001   Nickel
Herschel I. Grossman: Considering the costs and benefits of security
Economists are used to thinking about policy choices as involving a comparison of perceived costs and benefits. Can this perspective help us to understand why we protected ourselves so poorly that suicidal terrorists were easily able to hijack four airplanes in one morning?
News Release   01-022    09/17/2001   Nickel
Brent Stuart Goodwin: On war in the 21st century
Piracy on the high seas, as terrorism today, plagued the international system with raids, hostages and slavery and in general dealt in the currency of fear. In the early 19th century as now in the wake of the World Trade Center attack, the United States faced important choices of war and peace in securing freedom from fear.
News Release   01-023    09/17/2001   Nickel
Better treatment for bettors
Medical School clinicians and researchers in the Rhode Island Hospital Gambling Treatment Program are helping compulsive gamblers control their impulses.
GSJ Story   23GSJ03d    09/14/2001   Turner
Consider the source when weighing contradictory health advice
Searching for the proverbial "apple" in the adage "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" has resulted in a lot of varying Ð and contradictory Ð information. How can you weigh the merits of such studies?
GSJ Story   23GSJ03i    09/14/2001   Cole
Shaken Brunonians react to Sept. 11 attacks on NYC, Pentagon
As horrific attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., unfolded Sept. 11, members of the Brown community met in groups large and small, seeking information and struggling to cope with grief and disbelief.
GSJ Story   26GSJ03a    09/14/2001   Sweeney
Cohee takes on directorship, new home for Sarah Doyle
Sarah Doyle Women's Center has a new director, Gail Cohee, and a new home at 26 Benevolent St.
GSJ Story   26GSJ03b    09/14/2001   Curtis
OSL has new address
Office of Student Life moves to 20 Benevolent St.
GSJ Story   26GSJ03c    09/14/2001   
New self-report to help make psychiatric diagnoses
Two faculty members in the Medical School unveiled a new diagnostic/assessment report to improve routine clinical practice for all patients. Based on the current diagnostic manual, the Psychiatric Diagnostic Screening Questionnaire (PDSQ) is designed to assess the most common psychiatric disorders encountered in an outpatient setting.
GSJ Story   26GSJ03g    09/14/2001   Turner
At Brown for Sept. 14
At Brown for Sept. 14: awards and honors, off the shelf
GSJ Story   26GSJ03j    09/14/2001   
William O. Beeman: Understanding Osama bin Laden
A despicable act of mayhem such as those committed at the World Trade Center in New York and at the Pentagon in Washington is a measure of the revulsion that others feel at U.S. actions. If we perpetuate a cycle of hate and revenge, this conflict will escalate into a war that our great-grandchildren will be fighting.
News Release   01-020    09/13/2001   Nickel
World Trade Center: Text of President Simmons' remarks to campus gathering
At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, Brown President Ruth J. Simmons addressed brief remarks to faculty, students and staff who had assembled in The Salomon Center for Teaching. More than 1,200 members of the campus community attended, hundreds listening to an overflow broadcast on The College Green and in nearby classrooms. The text of President Simmons' remarks follows.
News Release   01-019    09/11/2001   Nickel
Study finds improvement in state and federal Ôe-government' Web sites
The second annual "e-government" survey, conducted by researchers at Brown University's Taubman Center, finds significant improvement in state and federal Web sites. Analysis indicates that Indiana, Michigan, Texas, Tennessee and Washington have the top-ranking online services among the 50 states and that the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Agriculture, Federal Communications Commission, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Internal Revenue Service rank most highly among federal agencies.
News Release   01-017    09/10/2001   Nickel
Brown contacts DEM about high arsenic levels in College Green soil
Brown University has filed a report with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management describing levels of arsenic that exceed state limits in soil samples from The College Green. As the University works with the DEM to decide what remedial efforts may be appropriate, a geochemical consultant hired by Brown has reported that these concentrations of arsenic do not pose a health risk to the campus community, and that typical activities on the Green may continue.
News Release   01-018    09/10/2001   Nickel
Research notes: Goldscheider on fatherhood; Greenwald's shobot paper, NASA
Frances Goldscheider on fatherhood; Amy Greenwald on "shopbots"; students go weightless for science; meteorite's origin; more
GSJ Story   26GSJ01a    08/31/2001   staff
Education professor probes cultural differences in way preschoolers learn
Jin Li, assistant professor of education, does research about the cultural differences in the way American and Chinese children think about learning.
GSJ Story   26GSJ01b    08/31/2001   Cole
Collector's cherished Americana headed to Brown a century ago
Sudden death prompted construction of John Carter Brown Library on what is now central campus, according to Robert Emlen, who related library history on Staff Development Day
GSJ Story   26GSJ01c    08/31/2001   Cole
Mathiesen and tarot cards: divining the future and human nature
When Robert Mathiesen's Staff Development Day class on tarot reading and divination was among the first to be filled during registration, he wasn't surprised. Mathiesen believes such esoteric subjects pique our natural curiosity. "We're hard-wired for mystery, religion and spirituality," he explained.
GSJ Story   26GSJ01d    08/31/2001   Curtis
Simmons to welcome 1,381 members of the Class of 2005 at Sept. 4 convocation
Advance on opening convocation; speaker is Ruth Simmons; with statistics on Class of 2005
GSJ Story   26GSJ01e    08/31/2001   Curtis
Simmons: "Every intellect is important"
In her Staff Development Day address July 31, President Simmons encouraged Brown to become a "community of leaders." During an Aug. 28 interview with the George Street Journal, Simmons elaborated upon that theme, and discussed her upcoming inauguration Oct. 14. Here are excerpts from that conversation.
GSJ Story   26GSJ01f    08/31/2001   Sweeney
At Brown for Aug. 31
At Brown: new appointments at Hillel, Swearer Center; a familiar face in Food Services dies; awards and honors; Brown community members on the road
GSJ Story   26GSJ01g    08/31/2001   
Climate, not CO2, may drive make-up of plant communities
Rising carbon dioxide levels tied to global warming may not directly determine the composition of plant communities. Localized climate shifts appear to play a larger role, according to a Brown-led research team's report in this week's Science.
News Release   01-016    08/29/2001   Turner
President Simmons to welcome and address 1,381 freshmen students
Brown President Ruth J. Simmons will officially open the new academic year and welcome the Class of 2005 during the 238th Opening Convocation Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001, at 11 a.m. on The College Green. Presiding at her first Opening Convocation as Brown's 18th president, Simmons also will deliver the keynote address.
News Release   01-014    08/28/2001   Curtis
Brown awards two Providence public high school students scholarships
Carol Hang of Central High School and Elda Roman of Classical High School were recently named City of Providence Scholars for the Class of 2005. They will receive financial support throughout their four years at the University.
News Release   01-015    08/28/2001   Cole
Census study finds significant differences between Providence and state
Compared to statewide statistics, residents of Providence are more likely to be younger, live in rental housing, reside in single-parent families and be of mixed race, according to a study of census figures conducted by researchers at the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown University. Their report also finds significant variations in median age and living conditions for whites, African-Americans, Asian-Americans, and Hispanics.
News Release   01-013    08/27/2001   Nickel
Brown scientists identify Tagish Lake meteorite's origin in space
The well-preserved Tagish Lake meteorite has been identified as coming from a D-type asteroid, confirming that it contains the oldest raw materials among asteroids in the solar system. The study in the journal Science online by Brown geologists Takahiro Hiroi and Carle Pieters and a colleague from NASA shows that the meteorite fell from the mid-to-far end of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
News Release   01-011    08/23/2001   Kerlin
Bell Gallery to present work of Sean Scully Sept. 8 through Oct. 28
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present Sean Scully: Walls, Windows, Horizons from Sept. 8 through Oct. 28, 2001. Scully, an internationally acclaimed artist known for his abstract paintings, will discuss his work during an opening reception Friday, Sept. 7, 2001, at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the List Art Center.
News Release   01-012    08/21/2001   Curtis
Gathering evidence toward the possibility of life on Mars
There have been many extraordinary claims of life on Mars, writes John Mustard, professor of geological sciences, yet none has proffered extraordinary evidence. During the next 20 years the continued exploration will bring us closer to answering that question.
News Release   01-010    08/10/2001   Kerlin
Summer collaboration with zoo, city schools introduces ABCs of teaching to MATs
About 70 local students entering grades 2-6 learned about biodiversity from Brown MAT students this past July in a collaborative program with Wheeler and Community Prep schools and Roger Williams Park Zoo.
GSJ Story   25GSJ31a    08/09/2001   Cole
STG grants help faculty wed humanities and technology
STG Faculty Grant Proposal Descriptions Ð Accepted Projects for 2002. Titon (who will do a multimedia project on the Rev. C.L. Franklin), Bonde, Massimo Riva, Steven Sloman; Shoggy Waryn and Annie Wiart, French Studies
GSJ Story   25GSJ31b    08/09/2001   Curtis
Increasing numbers of high-school teens attend Brown summer programs
An increasing number of high-school teens attended Brown summer programs this summmer. They took either seven-week credit courses, boosting enrollment 64 percent compared to last summer, or more intensive noncredit mini courses, increasing enrollment 72 percent over last year.
GSJ Story   25GSJ31c    08/09/2001   Cole
Hospice cuts hospital stays for nursing home residents
Elderly nursing home residents who receive hospice care through Medicare are less likely to be hospitalized in their last days of life compared to peers who do not receive such care or reside in facilities where it is not present, say a trio of Brown researchers.
GSJ Story   25GSJ31d    08/09/2001   Turner
Study explores drug treatment for teens' depression
A Brown-led study has produced some good news for the treatment of depression in teens. The largest clinical trial, treating major depression in adolescents with antidepressants, suggests that paroxetine, sold under the brand name Paxil, may be successful.
GSJ Story   25GSJ31e    08/09/2001   Turner
Diet and exercise cut type 2 diabetes risk drastically, study finds
A lifestyle intervention of diet and exercise helped people at high risk for type 2 diabetes lower their chances of developing the disease by 58 percent. Rena Wing, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University, designed the intervention.
News Release   01-009    08/08/2001   Turner
Kathryn Spoehr to conclude service as provost, executive vice president
Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons announces that Kathryn T. Spoehr will resign as the University's executive vice president and provost effective Aug. 31, 2001. Spoehr will return to her teaching and research after taking sabbatical leave.
News Release   01-008    08/02/2001   Sweeney
Op-Ed: A new president for Indonesia, continued abuses for citizens
The ascension of Megawati Sukarnoputri was supported by one of the most brutal and unaccountable militaries in the world. Now, Janet Gunter writes, the United States and others must press her to become a force for change, reform and true, sustainable peace.
News Release   01-007    07/27/2001   Kerlin
Evidence of icy region and recent climate change observed on Mars
Evidence of water ice has been detected on Mars in a location that indicates the planet's climate has changed relatively recently Ð during the last 100,000 years, according to Brown University geologist John Mustard. The data was collected using NASA's Mars Orbiter Camera.
News Release   01-006    07/26/2001   Kerlin
Diane Balestri named VP for Computing and Information Services
Diane Pelkus Balestri, currently vice president at Vassar College, has been named vice president for computing and information services at Brown University. She will begin her work at Brown in January 2002.
News Release   01-005    07/25/2001   Nickel
Paxil treats major depression in adolescents, study finds
Paxil is a safe and effective treatment for major depression in adolescents, suggests a Brown-led study in the current "Journal of the Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry." No antidepressant is currently labeled for use in teens.
News Release   01-003    07/23/2001   Turner
Hospice care in nursing homes can reduce end-of-life hospital stays
The presence of hospice care in a nursing home cuts cumbersome and costly hospital stays for elderly residents in the last days of life, says a new Brown study in the "American Journal of Medicine."
News Release   01-004    07/23/2001   Turner
Medical mission brings students to Ghana
Brown Chapter of the Student National Medical Association held HIV-prevention workshops for high schools, churches in Ghana
GSJ Story   25GSJ20a    07/20/2001   Turner
Medical mission brings students to Ghana
Brown Chapter of the Student National Medical Association held HIV-prevention workshops for high schools, churches in Ghana
GSJ Story   25GSJ30a    07/20/2001   Turner
Donate a book during Staff Development Day
SAC is sponsoring a Bring a Book to Brown as a public service project during Staff Development Day
GSJ Story   25GSJ30b    07/20/2001   SAC
R.I. welfare caseloads drop, are concentrated in four geographic areas
Researchers at Brown University used state welfare caseload data from the Rhode Island Department of Human Services along with population figures from the U.S. Census to study welfare trends and implications for cities and towns. Among the conclusions: Welfare caseloads are down since the implementation of state welfare reform in 1997, and cases are concentrated in Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls and Woonsocket.
News Release   01-002    07/17/2001   Sweeney
Statewide job listing service offered to nonprofit, public employers
Brown University's Swearer Center for Public Service and Rhode Island Campus Compact have developed a Rhode Island Community Jobs List service designed to link nonprofit and public interest employers with prospective employees.
News Release   01-001    07/09/2001   Curtis
Watson Institute launches environmental programs
Seven scholars from various countries came to the Watson Institute for a semester of research on environmental issues in their home countries.
GSJ Story   25GSJ29a    07/06/2001   Kerlin
Students examine data for state agencies
Do Rhode Island's public policies work? Research carried out by several public policy concentrators last May has been turned over to the state agencies that provided the data.
GSJ Story   25GSJ29b    07/06/2001   Cole
Researcher leads nation's first long-term look at diabetes and weight loss
If some studies suggest that diabetics who lose weight die sooner, then what do you tell overweight diabetics who want to shed pounds? Rena Wing will try to answer that question over the next 12 years through a $180-million nationwide study of whether weight loss in people with type 2 diabetes decreases risk for heart disease, stroke and death.
GSJ Story   25GSJ29c    07/06/2001   Turner
Margaret A. Jablonski named dean for campus life at Brown University
Margaret A. Jablonski, interim associate vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Connecticut-Storrs, has been appointed dean for campus life at Brown University.
News Release   00-157    06/29/2001   Nickel
People say they are unique but don't seem to believe it, study finds
A study of 152 Brown University students found the way in which students viewed themselves greatly affected how they viewed others in their social group. However, when asked directly whether they were "typical," most responded no.
News Release   00-156    06/27/2001   Cole
First long-range look at the effects of weight-loss on type 2 diabetes
Rena Wing, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University, is co-directing a new 12-year, $180-million nationwide study of how weight loss affects people with type 2 diabetes. Wing is also directing a study site at The Miriam Hospital in Providence, where she is based.
News Release   00-154    06/25/2001   Turner
Selections from Commencement Forums 2001
Selections from 2001 Commencement Forums
GSJ Story   25GSJ28a    06/22/2001   staff
Inquiring Minds: Richard besdine on living longer
Inquiring Minds: Richard Besdine on living longer
GSJ Story   25GSJ28b    06/22/2001   Turner
Brown alum returns to campus after 65-year hiatus
You know a graduate has been away from Brown when he passes the Sharpe Refectory and asks, "That's new, isn't it?" So inquired Louis Leonard, who returned last month for his first class reunionÐ65 years after graduating in 1936.
GSJ Story   25GSJ28c    06/22/2001   Turner
University eyes several sites for major parking structure
University eyes several sites for major parking structure
GSJ Story   25GSJ28d    06/22/2001   Cole
Professor teaches engineering, business to imprisoned teens
Engineering Professor Greg Crawford is working with RI Training School, teaching a class on engineering and entrepreneurism.
GSJ Story   25GSJ28e    06/22/2001   Kerlin
Brown announces new Department of Africana Studies
Brown University's Afro-American Studies Program has been upgraded to department status and will be renamed the Department of Africana Studies, effective July 1. The name change reflects an already broad focus on research and teaching about the African diaspora.
News Release   00-155    06/15/2001   Kerlin
81 percent of R.I. voters believe corruption is a problem for Providence
A statewide survey of 400 Rhode Island voters conducted June 9-11, 2001, finds 81 percent believe corruption is a problem in Providence city government. Forty-one percent think Providence Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr. is guilty of corruption charges, 21 percent think he is not guilty, and 38 percent are unsure. In a possible race for the U.S. House, Rep. Patrick Kennedy leads Gov. Lincoln Almond.
News Release   00-152    06/13/2001   Nickel
Gail E. Cohee named director of Sarah Doyle Women's Center
Gail E. Cohee, a member of the Governing Council of the National Women's Studies Association and a long-time activist on women's issues, has been named director of the Sarah Doyle Women's Center.
News Release   00-153    06/13/2001   Curtis
Damage to global environment is a top concern, young people say
Damage to the global environment was among top international concerns cited by 50 percent of 3,000 high school students surveyed in six states by the Choices for the 21st Century Education Project at Brown University.
News Release   00-150    06/11/2001   Kerlin
New material's odd traits to help improve computer memory
Scientists from Brown University and other labs have created a new type of material known as a half-metallic ferromagnet, which may lead to improvements in computer memory. Brown physicist Gang Xiao, with help from IBM, developed the single crystal films of the new material.
News Release   00-151    06/11/2001   Kerlin
Mount Hope bay warmer due to Brayton Point power plant discharge
Geologist John Mustard and others will brief Rep. Patrick Kennedy on the use of NASA's remote sensing technology in recording higher temperatures in Mount Hope Bay due to discharges from the Brayton Point power plant. The briefing will be held Tuesday, June 5, from 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. at the Lincoln Field Building, Room 105, located between George and Waterman streets. Press are welcome to attend.
News Release   00-146    06/04/2001   Kerlin
Op-Ed: Liberians' fear of being denied refuge is a real one
No one Ð not the Liberians or any other immigrant or refugee group Ð should have to worry about returning to a country where they would fear for their lives, writes recent Brown graduate Melissa Bowman.
News Release   00-147    06/04/2001   Kerlin
Disagreement Ð not harmony Ð is key to business success, study says
In money-making organizations, respectful disagreement among colleagues Ð not close friendships Ð is the ideal, according to a new study by Brown sociologist Brooke Harrington. Harrington's study appeared in the May issue of Research in the Sociology of Organizations
News Release   00-148    06/04/2001   Cole
Brown, Trinity Rep form consortium for graduate study in theater arts
Brown University and Trinity Repertory Company have formed a consortium to offer new master's and doctoral programs in theater arts. The new consortium, approved by the Brown faculty and Trinity Rep's board of trustees earlier this month, was approved by the Brown Corporation Saturday, May 26. Discussions are underway to include Rhode Island College and the Rhode Island School of Design as future consortium partners.
News Release   00-145    05/31/2001   Nickel
University urges grad students to preserve collegial mentoring relationship
In a recent letter e-mailed to faculty and graduate students, Provost Kathryn Spoehr and Dean of the Graduate School Peder Estrup discussed a petition filed by the United Auto Workers before the National Labor Relations Board in Boston. The UAW is asking the NLRB for the exclusive right to represent teaching assistants at Brown.
News Release   00-149    05/31/2001   Nickel
Bell Gallery to exhibit latest Fessler work and new acquisitions
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present "Ann Fessler: Close to Home" and "Recent Acquisitions by Yitzak Elyashiv, Richard Fleischner, Irene Lawrence, and Howard Ben Tre" June 9 through July 8, 2001, in the List Art Center.
News Release   00-143    05/30/2001   Curtis
Brown Corporation elects eight new trustees to its 42-member board
At its Commencement Weekend meeting May 26, 2001, the Corporation of Brown University elected eight new members to its Board of Trustees: Craig M. Cogut, Paul R. Dupee, Jeffrey W. Greenberg, Bernicestine McLeod Bailey, John Seely Brown, Kenneth R. Fitzsimmons Jr., Laura Geller, and Javette Pickney Laremont.
News Release   00-141    05/28/2001   Cole
Faculty presents highest honor to Interim President Sheila E. Blumstein
During Commencement ceremonies May 28, Interim President Sheila E. Blumstein, the Albert D. Mead Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, received the highest honor Brown's faculty can bestow -- the Rosenberger Medal -- as well as an honorary Doctor of Science degree and an endowed undergraduate scholarship fund named in her honor. A portrait of Blumstein, which will hang in Sayles Hall, was unveiled Friday evening, May 25.
News Release   00-144    05/28/2001   Sweeney
Faculty, trustee and students to receive Commencement honors
Faculty members, a former University chancellor, graduate students and undergraduate students have been selected to receive special honors during Commencement ceremonies on Monday, May 28, 2001.
News Release   00-142    05/25/2001   Curtis
Public gives R.I. State Police high marks on professionalism and service
A survey of 372 people who received a traffic citation, filed an accident report or contacted the State Police to report an incident or offense during calendar 2000 finds high public ratings of the professionalism, courtesy, fairness and service delivery of the Rhode Island State Police. The survey was conducted May 5-9, 2001, by researchers at Brown University.
News Release   00-137    05/23/2001   Cole
John Carter Brown Library hosts new maritime history exhibit
The John Carter Brown Library is hosting a new exhibit, titled "The European Conquest of the Oceans, 1450 to 1830: A Selection of Original Sources on Maritime History from the John Carter Brown Library," now through Sept. 15, 2001.
News Release   00-139    05/23/2001   Curtis
Access and press credentials for Brown's 233rd Commencement
Editors: More than 20,000 people will visit the Brown campus for four days of reunion and activities and the University's 233rd Commencement. To assist with crowd control and to ensure media access to any areas that are open to press, the Brown News Service will provide credentials for reporters, photographers and other media personnel.
News Release   00-140    05/23/2001   Nickel
Brown will award nine honorary degrees at Commencement May 28
Honorary degree recipients at Brown University's 233rd Commencement will be former Secretary of State Madeleine Korbel Albright; Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations; Professor Sheila E. Blumstein, interim president of Brown University; mathematician and physicist Demetrios Christodoulou; Oskar Eustis, artistic director of Trinity Repertory Company; Margaret H. Marshall, chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; visual scientist Lorrin A. Riggs; author Philip Roth; and Lawrence M. Small '63, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
News Release   00-135    05/21/2001   Sweeney
Op-Ed: Corruption is losing its role in China
In China, corruption has provided incentives for local government officials in much the same way as methods of compensation in Western economies. There are increasingly good reasons, however, for the Chinese authorities to reconsider their policy of tolerating corruption.
News Release   00-138    05/21/2001   Kerlin
Commencement Forums 2001
Commencement forums
GSJ Story   25GSJ27a    05/21/2001   Curtis
Winners of Public Service Fellowship, Interfaith Leadership Award, Manning Medal
Winners of Public Service Fellowship, Interfaith Leadership Award, Manning Medal announced
GSJ Story   25GSJ27b    05/21/2001   
Even in a bear market there appears to be a market for Bears
Graduating into the worst economy in a decade, members of the Class of 2001 may need to spend more time on their job search and diversify their strategies, but they continue to be able to find jobs, according to Sheila Curran, director of career services. With statistics about the Class of 2000 job searches.
GSJ Story   25GSJ27b    05/21/2001   Cole
Harold Cohen, a lifelong learner
Harold Cohen says it's never too late to start. He married at age 40. At a time when some people become grandparents, he became a father. In 1987, Cohen entered Brown as a 71-year-old student resuming an undergraduate education. He graduates this Memorial Day at age 84.
GSJ Story   25GSJ27c    05/21/2001   Turner
Dafermos, Sosa named to AAAS
Dafermos and Sosa named to AAAS
GSJ Story   25GSJ27d    05/21/2001   Sweeney
Nine honorary degrees will be presented at Commencement
Nine will receive honorary degrees at Commencement: Madeleine Albright; Kofi Annan of the United Nations; Sheila E. Blumstein, interim president; mathematician and physicist Demetrios Christodoulou; Oskar Eustis of Trinity Repertory Company; Margaret H. Marshall of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; author Philip Roth; visual scientist Lorrin A. Riggs; and Lawrence M. Small of the Smithsonian Institution.
GSJ Story   25GSJ27e    05/21/2001   Sweeney
Africana Studies reflects broad focus
Faculty meeting approves name change and department status for Afro-American studies. Department of Africana Studies awaits Corporation-level approval
GSJ Story   25GSJ27f    05/21/2001   Kerlin
Theater department will team up with Trinity to offer MFA and Ph.D.
Faculty meeting approves master's degrees in acting and directing, doctorate in theater and performance studies
GSJ Story   25GSJ27g    05/21/2001   Curtis
The quick-change artists of Commencement
In the pre-dawn hours throughout Commencement-Reunion Weekend, crews arrange and rearrange venues for events
GSJ Story   25GSJ27h    05/21/2001   Cole
Lightman '02 wins Shearer Award for nonfiction writing
"Stillness Seeking" by Elyse Lightman '02 wins the first Casey Shearer Award for nonfiction
GSJ Story   25GSJ27i    05/21/2001   Curtis
Students send medical supplies to Armenian hospital in need
REMEDY, a group run by medical students, collects unused medical supplies from hospitals and physicians and redistributes them to local and international charities. Most recent shipment went to Armenian hospital
GSJ Story   25GSJ27j    05/21/2001   Turner
Four grad students honored for their teaching excellence
Mark Bayfield, Vanya Dukic, Domingo Ledezma and Susanne Wiedemann will receive graduate teaching awards at the Graduate School Commencement ceremony
GSJ Story   25GSJ27k    05/21/2001   Kerlin
Student Life celebrates Joslin and Jin award recipients
The Office of Student Life will sponsor a ceremony on Friday, May 25, at 4 p.m. in room 101 of Salomon Center to honor recipients of the Joslin Awards and the Jin Prize.
GSJ Story   25GSJ27l    05/21/2001   Sweeney
Syringe prescriptions may help prevent HIV spread
Syringe prescriptions written by physicians are a feasible way to increase the access of injection drug users to sterile syringes for HIV prevention, according to a Brown-led pilot study.
GSJ Story   25GSJ27m    05/21/2001   Turner
Student's sleuthing on Internet improved cardiac study's follow-up
Arthur Pete Morello, a Brown senior, used the Internet to track down nearly every single medical research participant for a follow-up study.
GSJ Story   25GSJ27o    05/21/2001   Cole
Blumstein on her presidency: 'exciting and stimulating'
As Professor Sheila E. Blumstein entered the final weeks of her interim presidency, she sat down with the George Street Journal to talk about the success, challenges and surprises she's experienced since being named interim president on Feb. 9, 2000.
GSJ Story   25GSJ27p    05/21/2001   Kerlin
Brown Summer Theater on hiatus
Brown Summer Theatre on hiatus this year
GSJ Story   25GSJ27q    05/21/2001   Curtis
Brown's graduating Class of 2001 offers some noteworthy stories
Brown's Class of 2001 includes an 84-year-old who will graduate after 14 years, two students who are leading nonprofit organizations, and a student who started an art program for local hospitalized adults. More than 1,300 seniors are expected to graduate May 28.
News Release   00-129    05/17/2001   Cole
Madeleine Albright to deliver Baccalaureate address on May 27
Madeleine Albright, U.S. secretary of state during the second Clinton administration, will address graduating seniors during the Baccalaureate service on Sunday, May 27, 2001, at 1:30 p.m. in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America.
News Release   00-133    05/15/2001   Curtis
Op-Ed: Is day care worse than cocaine?
Press reports linking day care to increased violent behavior were premature, according to Barry Lester. It turns out that the rates of violent behavior for children in day care were the same as the national norms, and that other factors, including family factors, were better predictors of violent behavior in kindergarten than whether or not the child was in day care. The day care reports and reports about prenatal cocaine use by women shared a common problem: the premature release of scientific information.
News Release   00-136    05/15/2001   Kerlin
Partners in Health founder Paul Farmer to speak at medical Commencement
Medical anthropologist Dr. Paul Farmer will speak at the Brown Medical School Commencement Convocation Monday, May 28, in the First Unitarian Church of Providence. Eighty-one students will graduate. The medical graduates will also hear addresses from Edward Feller, M.D., of the Brown Medical School faculty, and Derrick Hamilton, a member of the graduating class. The two-hour convocation will begin at 8:45 a.m.
News Release   00-134    05/11/2001   Turner
Laura Linney, Barry Scheck to headline Commencement Forums
Brown's 31st annual Commencement Forums, to be offered from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 26, 2001, will feature presentations by leaders in the fields of science, technology, law and entertainment. Eighteen forums will be offered.
News Release   00-132    05/10/2001   Curtis
Brown University to hold 233rd Commencement Monday, May 28
Chief Marshal Paul Nadler '51 will lead more than 6,000 people down College Hill on Monday, May 28, 2001, in one of the nation's largest and most colorful academic pageants. The Commencement procession academic exercises cap a four-day Commencement/Reunion Weekend at Brown.
News Release   00-130    05/07/2001   Nickel
Upholding a Brown tradition, two seniors will address graduating class
Ana Escrogima of New York City and Joshua Levine of North Hollywood, Calif., will deliver orations during Brown's 233rd Commencement Monday, May 28, 2001, at 10:15 a.m. in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America.
News Release   00-131    05/07/2001   Cole
Designing women get business under way
Julie Strongwater, Emily Levy and Amy Kulak (from left) are partners in Corner Studio, Inc., a home-decorating-kit business that spun out of their enjoyment in decorating their own apartment.
GSJ Story   25GSJ26a    05/04/2001   Cole
Cub Camp for Brown employees' children opens June 25
Cub Camp for Brown employees' children opens June 25
GSJ Story   25GSJ26b    05/04/2001   Sweeney
ÔJust in time teaching' taking place in Brown classrooms
"Just in time teaching" is a method that combines materials on the Web witl a lively classroom environment. One Brown professor who uses the method in a physics course gives the method high marks
GSJ Story   25GSJ26c    05/04/2001   Kerlin
Ear drops may reduce need for antibiotics to treat ear infections
Selected use of eardrops may prevent overprescription of antibiotics for childhood ear infections while satisfying the desire of parents to treat the illness, says a new study by Medical School researchers.
GSJ Story   25GSJ26d    05/04/2001   Turner
Study finds barriers to immigrants' involvement in their children's education
A study of 308 Dominican, Cambodian and Portuguese parents found a low level of parental involvement in their childrens'education due to several factors, including discomfort with the English language, cultural conceptions of the role of teachers and parents, and lack of familiarity with the system.
GSJ Story   25GSJ26e    05/04/2001   Cole
Wriston and Slone fellowships awarded to four Brown professors
James Mahoney and Marc Perlman receive Wriston Fellowships; Greg Landsberg and David Sheinberg receive research fellowships from Sloan Foundation
GSJ Story   25GSJ26f    05/04/2001   Kerlin
Faces of Brown: Cynthia Schwartz, Office of University Events
Faces of Brown: Cynthia Schwartz, Office of University Events
GSJ Story   25GSJ26g    05/04/2001   Cole
Twenty-six undergraduates receive Royce Fellowships for research
Twenty-six Brown University undergraduates have been awarded Royce Fellowships to advance their research and public service projects locally, nationally and internationally. They will also receive lifetime membership in the Society of Royce Fellows.
News Release   00-128    05/03/2001   Curtis
NPR's Ira Glass to speak on ÔA New Kind of Radio' May 6
Ira Glass '82, host and producer of NPR's "This American Life" and a 1982 graduate of Brown, will speak on "Lies, Sissies and Fiascoes: Notes on Making a New Kind of Radio" at 8 p.m. Sunday, May 6, 2001, in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. The public and media are welcome, but seating is limited.
News Release   00-127    05/02/2001   Curtis
Accreditation team will evaluate Brown's Police and Security Services
A team from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. will visit the Brown campus beginning Saturday, May 5, as part of a program to retain accreditation. Members of the Brown community and the public are invited to offer comments at a public session on Monday, May 7, at 7 p.m. in Salomon Center.
News Release   00-126    05/01/2001   Sweeney
Ear drops may reduce need for antibiotics to treat ear infections
Selected use of eardrops may prevent overprescription of antibiotics for childhood ear infections while satisfying the desire of parents to treat the illness, says a new study by Brown Medical School researchers. They will present the findings April 30 at the 2001 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.
News Release   00-105    04/30/2001   Turner
Eight Brown employees receive President's Achievement Awards
Eight Brown employees are the recipients of the 2001 President's Achievement Awards, which recognize exceptional innovation, initiative and service. The awards were presented April 30 by Interim President Sheila E. Blumstein.
News Release   00-123    04/30/2001   Sweeney
Howard Foundation names 13 fellowship recipients for 2001-02
The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation, administered by Brown University, has announced 13 fellowships of $20,000 each for the 2001-2002 academic year in the areas of painting, sculpture and art history. For 2002-03, the Foundation will provide fellowships in music, musicology, playwriting and theater arts.
News Release   00-125    04/30/2001   Nickel
Study finds barriers to immigrants' involvement in children's education
A study of 308 Dominican, Cambodian and Portuguese parents found a low level of parental involvement in their children's education due to several factors, including discomfort with the English language, cultural conceptions of the role of teachers and parents, and lack of familiarity with the system.
News Release   00-124    04/27/2001   Cole
Brownbrokers' ÔEmma' takes spotlight on national stage
Brownbrokers' "Emma" wins national competition, will be webcast from Kennedy Center
GSJ Story   25GSJ25a    04/27/2001   Curtis
Javanese puppet master performs with gamelan ensemble
Javanese shadow puppet performance with Brown's gamelin ensemble
GSJ Story   25GSJ25b    04/27/2001   Curtis
Study finds holes dug in dry-sand beach can collapse and suffocate
Digging holes in dry sand, a frequent activity for children during a day at the beach, carries a risk of sudden death and other dangers, says a Brown University medical student whose study appears in the current Journal of the American Medical Association.
GSJ Story   25GSJ25c    04/27/2001   Turner
Astrophysicist Greg Tucker probes the universe as it was billions of years ago
Greg Tucker is part of the research team that is behind the instrument design and building of a satellite that will and analysis of the data it will provide to scientists eager for measurements that will measure the light that remains from the Big Bang
GSJ Story   25GSJ25d    04/27/2001   Kerlin
Researchers find pain widespread and severe in nursing homes
A new nationwide study shows that severe pain among elderly nursing home residents is prevalent, persistent and poorly treated.
GSJ Story   25GSJ25e    04/27/2001   Turner
Office of Campus Life begins study of Campus Climate Assessment
The Office of Campus Life and Student Services at Brown University has received results of a campuswide assessment it commissioned early this year. That study, prepared by Mcguire Associates Inc. of Boston, gathered information and opinions from 45 percent of undergraduates, 31 percent of graduate students and 39 percent of medical students via the Web during February.
News Release   00-121    04/25/2001   Nickel
Journalist Robert Zelnick to speak on open government and privacy
Former ABC News correspondent Robert Zelnick will speak on "Open Government v. Privacy Concerns" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, 2001, in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. This lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   00-122    04/25/2001   Curtis
Study finds persistent and severe pain among nursing home residents
The first national look at pain among the frailest nursing home residents uncovers "woefully inadequate pain management," say its Brown Medical School authors. Their study appears in the April 25 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
News Release   00-118    04/24/2001   Turner
Three faculty members win 2001 Guggenheim Fellowships
Three associate professors on the Brown faculty -- Maggie Bickford, Amy Remensnyder and Joan L. Richards -- have received Guggenheim Fellowships for 2001. They are among 183 scholars and artists selected from more than 2,700 applicants for this honor.
News Release   00-120    04/20/2001   Curtis
Demographers are eager to tap Census 2000 data
With the release of Census 2000 data, Brown researchers in a variety of disciplines Ñ from economics to sociology Ñ are thinking about how they will tap the new information.
GSJ Story   25GSJ24a    04/20/2001   Cole
Inquiring Minds: James Patterson on legacy of Brown v. Board of Education
Inquiring Minds: James Patterson on legacy of Brown v. Board of Education
GSJ Story   25GSJ24b    04/20/2001   Curtis
Diary of a loser
Participant in Flynn diet study records her experiences.
GSJ Story   25GSJ24c    04/20/2001   Curtis
Olive oil: friend or foe? Volunteers spend 8 weeks finding out
Seventeen campus volunteers answer researcher Mary Flynn's call for subjects for a pilot study to compare dieters eating Mediterranean fare to those following a traditional low-fat diet.
GSJ Story   25GSJ24d    04/20/2001   Curtis
Marvel Gym now destined to become athletic fields
Marvel Gym will be razed to make room for athletic fields.
GSJ Story   25GSJ24e    04/20/2001   Cole
Three medical students lend helping hands at quake site in India
Originally headed to India to join hospital rotations for fourth-year electives, Amit Joshi, Anish Sheth and Jason Slosberg adjusted their schedules to spend a week helping patients in a makeshift international Red Cross center in the flattened city of Bhuj
GSJ Story   25GSJ24f    04/20/2001   Turner
Crew teams' Lenten generosity helps parish outreach project in Haiti
During Lent, Frank Almeida places a box at the Brown Boathouse to collect change that heads to Haiti through Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral. This year, members of the crew teams placed more than $175 into the box. Sheila Walsh and Luke Cunningham, captains of crew teams, will present the box to the priest at the cathedral on Palm Sunday.
GSJ Story   25GSJ24g    04/20/2001   Rose
Physics professor, grad students refine computer memory device
Gang Xiao and his graduate students have helped IBM to improve a memory device that could make turning on a personal computer as instantaneous as clicking on a television.
GSJ Story   25GSJ24h    04/20/2001   Kerlin
Study finds holes dug in dry-sand beach can collapse and suffocate
Digging holes in dry sand, a frequent activity for children during a day at the beach, carries a risk of sudden death and other dangers, says a Brown University medical student whose study appears in the current Journal of the American Medical Association.
News Release   00-119    04/18/2001   Turner
Ellen O'Connor named vice president for finance at Brown University
Ellen M. O'Connor, an executive with more than 20 years experience in health care, economic development and state and municipal governments, has been named vice president for finance at Brown University. She will succeed Vice President and University Controller Judith Michalenka, who retires June 30.
News Release   00-113    04/13/2001   Nickel
Discussions are only the beginning of diversity initiatives
Dean of College, Office of Campus Life and Student Services, UCS and other parties join forces to prepare diversity orientation pilot project, year-round community-building conversations
GSJ Story   25GSJ23a    04/13/2001   Sweeney
ACUP reviews plan for grad students' health insurance
At its meeting April 9, the Advisory Committee on University Planning (ACUP) reviewed a proposal that in the course of five years would reduce to zero the amount graduate students would have to pay for health insurance.
GSJ Story   25GSJ23b    04/13/2001   Sweeney
Brown Arts/Literacy Project uses Shakespeare to turn students on to reading
Brown's Arts/Literacy Project isn't about turning high school students into actors; it's about getting them to read
GSJ Story   25GSJ23c    04/13/2001   Curtis
Inquiring Minds: Hopmann on actions since collision of Chinese, U.S. planes
Inquiring Minds: Terry Hopmann on actions since collision of Chinese, U.S. planes
GSJ Story   25GSJ23d    04/13/2001   Kerlin
Making connections - electronic and othewise - in Career Services
It used to be that graduating seniors stopped by the Career Services office, did some interviews and got "placed." It hasn't worked that way for a while. Career Services now helps seniors and a growing number of alums find their way in a Web-fueled network-driven world.
GSJ Story   25GSJ23e    04/13/2001   Nickel
Research Notes: engineered DNA; visual control of locomotion; space weathering
Research Notes: engineered DNA; visual control of locomotion; space weathering on minerals
GSJ Story   25GSJ23f    04/13/2001   staff
Women who have sex with other women need to know HIV and STD risks
In their survey of 504 lesbians and bisexual women, Brown researchers Kate Morrow and Jenifer Allsworth found that the majority engaged in multiple episodes of unprotected sex monthly, yet few thought they were at risk for HIV or other STD infections
GSJ Story   25GSJ23g    04/13/2001   Turner
Researchers find evidence of aging system that may promote long life
A Brown-based research team says an important aging function takes place in the brain, and it plays a powerful role in the rest of the body. Their study appears in the current Science
GSJ Story   25GSJ23h    04/13/2001   Turner
Survey of graduate students' library use
Survey of graduate student use of libraries
GSJ Story   25GSJ23i    04/13/2001   Library
Diggin' the arts
Bell Gallery collaborates with waterway cleanup. Trash will be made into piece of art
GSJ Story   25GSJ23i    04/13/2001   Curtis
Boswell to deliver inaugural Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture
Washington Post sports columnist and best-selling author Thomas Boswell will deliver the first Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, April 25, 2001, at 6:30 p.m. in Starr Auditorium, MacMillan Hall. The evening's program will include the first presentation of the annual Casey Shearer Memorial Award for Excellence in Creative Nonfiction.
News Release   00-117    04/11/2001   Curtis
Applications available for Brown Summer High School July 2-27
Brown Summer High School, which runs July 2-27 this year, offers students entering grades 9 through 12 the opportunity to build critical-thinking, reading, writing and problem-solving skills. The cost is $100; a limited amount of financial aid is available.
News Release   00-115    04/10/2001   Sweeney
Bell Gallery to exhibit selections from its collection through May 28
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present a new exhibition, Selections from the Collection, opening April 14 and continuing through May 28, 2001, at the List Art Center. An opening reception and lecture by curator Vesela Sretenovic are set for Friday, April 13, at 6 p.m. at the Gallery.
News Release   00-116    04/10/2001   Curtis
Health alert for students who visited Acapulco during spring break
Brown University's Office of Health Services has issued a health alert for students who visited Acapulco during spring break. An easily treated fungal infection has been identified in the air conditioning ducts of a hotel there.
News Release   00-114    04/09/2001   Nickel
CBS anchor Dan Rather to receive journalism award April 16
CBS News anchor Dan Rather will be presented with Brown University's Welles Hangen Award for Superior Achievement in Journalism on Monday, April 16, 2001, at 11 a.m. in Sayles Hall on The College Green. This award honors the memory of Welles Hangen '49, a journalist captured and executed by Viet Cong and Khmer Rouge guerillas in Cambodia.
News Release   00-112    04/06/2001   Curtis
Next stop for one med student: U. of Chicago
For fourth-year medical students, the key to their future is Match Day mail
GSJ Story   25GSJ22a    04/06/2001   Turner
Inquiring Minds: Economist Ignacio Palacios-Huerta on the stock market
Inquiring Minds: Economist Ignacio Palacios-Huerta on the stock market
GSJ Story   25GSJ22c    04/06/2001   Cole
Admission mails more than 2,630 acceptance letters
Admission mails more than 2,630 acceptance letters. Of the 16,601 people who applied to be a member of the Class of 2005, 16 percent were accepted. Those who applied early had a higher admit rate: 21 percent
GSJ Story   25GSJ22d    04/06/2001   Cole
First anniversary of Performance Appraisal form
First anniversary of Performance Appraisal Form
GSJ Story   25GSJ22e    04/06/2001   HR office
Researchers find evidence of aging system that may promote long life
A Brown-based research team says an important aging function takes place in the brain, and it plays a powerful role in the rest of the body. Their study appears in the current Science.
News Release   00-108    04/05/2001   Turner
Dame Cicely Saunders, hospice movement founder, to speak April 19
On Thursday, April 19, 2001, at 4 p.m. Dame Cicely Saunders, M.D., will deliver a lecture titled "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: Reflections on End-of-Life Care," in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. Her lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   00-111    03/30/2001   Turner
Bell Gallery to join in Dion's New England Digs Project April 3 to 6
The David Winton Bell Gallery will work with artist Mark Dion on his New England Digs Project, beginning with an April 2-6, 2001, dig of the Seekonk River near Brown's Marston Boat House. The project will culminate in an exhibition at the Bell Gallery next year.
News Release   00-110    03/29/2001   Curtis
Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell to speak April 16
Kim Campbell, elected in 1993 as the first woman Prime Minister of Canada, will deliver a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. '60 Memorial Lecture on "Culture, Trade and Globalization" at 6:30 p.m. Monday, April 16, 2001, in the Salomon Center for Teaching. This event is free and open to the public.
News Release   00-109    03/28/2001   Curtis
Brown issues statement on campus security in response to mail threat
Following a Brown student's receipt of threatening mail, the University reminded students of security services, especially those that will be available throughout spring break. Interim President Sheila Blumstein reinforced the University's opposition to all forms of racism and intolerance.
News Release   00-106    03/23/2001   Sweeney
Overall, construction workers welcome warm-weather wear
As the temperature begins to rise, construction workers on campus will shed the layers of clothing they've worn all winter for protection against the frigid air of their outdoor workplace. Through rain, snow and biting cold, as many as 140 people worked outside each winter day on two building projects: the Watson Institute for International Studies at the corner of Thayer and Charlesfield streets, and English department expansion on the corner of Brown and Angell streets.
GSJ Story   25GSJ21a    03/23/2001   Cole
Senior creates nonprofit to assist cancer victims
Emily Spivack, Brown senior, has created and is trying to expand a non-profit corp. that provides personal shoppers for breast cancer survivors
GSJ Story   25GSJ21b    03/23/2001   Rose
Faculty comment regardind BDH ad and student group reaction
Faculty comment on free speech vs. community concerns
GSJ Story   25GSJ21c    03/23/2001   Cole
Making editorial decisions about controversial content
Balancing a community's sensitivities against the constitutional right to free speech is a tricky feat, one that often makes decisions about whether and how to run controversial material difficult even for veteran editors and journalists. In the wake of protests over the Brown Daily Herald's May 13 publication of a paid advertisement, several journalists weighed in on the process of making the tough decisions.
GSJ Story   25GSJ21d    03/23/2001   Curtis
Blumstein asks faculty to support those offended by ad
At the faculty meeting held March 20, Interim President Blumstein reaffirms the University's defining values of free speech and expression. She also called upon the Brown community to support those who were offended by an advertisement published March 13 in the Brown Daily Herald. She issued a statement afterward reiterating these points.
GSJ Story   25GSJ21e    03/23/2001   Sweeney
Inquiring Minds: S. Hamburg on carbon dioxide emissions and Bush administration
Inquiring Minds: Steven Hamburg, Ittleson Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology, answered questions posed by Janet Kerlin about air pollution and the power industry. The Bush administration has reversed itself and said it won't restrict carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
GSJ Story   25GSJ21f    03/23/2001   Kerlin
Off Hours: Scott Allen, clinical assistant professor, singer-songwriter
Off Hours: For Scott Allen, M.D., life is about making people feel better. He does his healing through medicine and music. A full-time physician at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI), Allen also maintains a private practice. In the Medical School, he teaches residents at Miriam Hospital.
GSJ Story   25GSJ21g    03/23/2001   Turner
Publishing is a sideline at John Carter Brown Library
There will be a new book on the shelves next month at the John Carter Brown (JCB) Library. While that's certainly not an unusual event for any library, it's one that's been eagerly anticipated at this library, where Director Norman Fiering and his staff expect to take delivery on Barbara B. McCorkle's "New England in Early Printed Maps, 1513 to 1800: An Illustrated Carto-Bibliography."
GSJ Story   25GSJ21h    03/23/2001   Curtis
Dean of the College to host faculty forum on civil discourse, free press
Paul Armstrong, dean of the College at Brown, will host a faculty forum to discuss a current campus controversy involving freedom of the press and community values. The forum, at 7 tonight (Wednesday, March 21) will be held in Alumnae Hall on the Pembroke Campus. Only persons with a valid Brown ID will be admitted; the forum is closed to all press.
News Release   00-104    03/21/2001   Nickel
General Motors to fund $3-million materials lab at Brown
Brown University engineers will conduct research in lightweight materials funded with $3 million from General Motors. The collaborative lab at Brown will develop computer models of how materials behave, culminating in the prediction of mechanical properties of finished parts in vehicles.
News Release   00-107    03/21/2001   Kerlin
A call for support, debate and dialogue to resolve disagreements
At the March faculty meeting, Interim President Sheila E. Blumstein reaffirmed the University's defining values of free speech and expression. She also called upon the Brown community to support those who were offended by the March 13 publication of an ad in the Brown Daily Herald, and to move forward with discussion, debate and dialogue.
News Release   00-103    03/20/2001   Nickel
ACLU President Nadine Strossen to speak on "Cyberliberties" April 5
Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union, will deliver the 35th annual Alexander Meiklejohn Lecture on Thursday, April 5, 2001, at 7:30 p.m. in Sayles Hall on The College Green. The public is welcome.
News Release   00-101    03/19/2001   Curtis
University urges discussion, dialogue in resolving free-speech issues
An advertisement published recently in the Brown Daily Herald led to conflict and has sparked debate about freedom of speech on college campuses. The University plans to facilitate discussion of these issues and urges student groups on all sides to use dialogue and debate in resolving their disagreements.
News Release   00-102    03/17/2001   Nickel
Former FDA head David Kessler to discuss confronting ÔBig Tobacco'
On Thursday, April 5, 2001, at 4:30 p.m., David Kessler, M.D., will speak about "Tobacco Wars" in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. His lecture will be followed by a question and answer session. It is free and open to the public.
News Release   00-098    03/16/2001   Turner
Medical students to receive residency placements at Match Day ceremony
Fourth-year Brown medical students will receive their residency placements at noon Thursday, March 22, 2001. Media are welcome to attend this event. For more information, call Scott Turner, 863-2476.
News Release   00-099    03/16/2001   Turner
Author Samuel Shem to speak on medicine and literature April 4
Novelist Samuel Shem (a pseudonym for Stephen J. Bergman, M.D.) will speak on "Fiction as Resistance: Healing in Hard Medical Times" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 4, 2001, in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green. This ninth annual Harriet W. Sheridan Literature and Medicine Lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   00-100    03/16/2001   Curtis
For taking weight off, logging on works
The Internet appears to be a good way to deliver structured behavioral weight loss programs, according to a Brown study Ñ the first to examine the use of information technology to aid weight loss
GSJ Story   25GSJ20a    03/16/2001   Cole
Celebration of Community will be held April 10
Celebration of Community at Brown April 10th. Speaker is Dr. Mildred Garcia, Associate Provost of Arizona State University West. She will speak at a noon and 4 p.m. Prez Office will give out her book in advance to inform eight campus wide discussion groups for staff concerning affirmative action, diversity. Faculty/staff will facilitate these groups.
GSJ Story   25GSJ20b    03/16/2001   EEO
Lectureship created in thanks for caring medical student, physician
Medical student and Miriam M.D. were so tender in their care of a patient that the patient's family endowed a lecture series aimed at promoting humane patient-doctor relationships
GSJ Story   25GSJ20c    03/16/2001   Turner
Staff Advisory Committee reports on parking, workplace relations, training
For the past year, the 20 members of the President's Staff Advisory Committee (SAC) have been hard at work exploring such issues as parking, service excellence, workplace relations, employee recognition, and outreach and communication. Their research culminated in the presentation of recommendations to Interim President Blumstein last November, and Blumstein responded to their recommendations in late February.
GSJ Story   25GSJ20d    03/16/2001   Sweeney
Exchange student discovers community theater
Hidetake Miyamoto, an exchange student at Brown for the year, is in the current play at Perishable Theater, "Exchange at Cafe Mimosa." He comes from Keio University in Tokyo, Japan. He plays the Asian man who doesn't speak English.
GSJ Story   25GSJ20e    03/16/2001   Curtis
Students help bridge the gap between poverty, good health
Through Project HEALTH (Helping Empower, Advocate and Lead through Health), 75 student volunteers are working with underprivileged children suffering from asthma, sickle cell anemia and other health problems to educate them about their illnesses and foster good health habits.
GSJ Story   25GSJ20f    03/16/2001   Curtis
Research notes: magma, erythromycin, word recognition
Research notes: magma, erythromycin, word recognition
GSJ Story   25GSJ20g    03/16/2001   
Excerpts from "Dignity of Children"
Excerpts from the "Dignity of Children" Public Affairs Conference
GSJ Story   25GSJ20h    03/16/2001   John A.
Conference to address implications of charting the human genome
Four panels will address questions raised by charting the human genome at a conference titled "Genetic Influences on Human Behavior and Development" April 5-6, 2001, in Leung Gallery at Faunce House. The event is free and open to the public.
News Release   00-097    03/15/2001   Cole
Once again, a crossroads in the Balkans
By limiting U.S. troop deployments, the Bush administration sends encouragement to Albanian terrorists. To the people of the Balkans who so earnestly seek peace and stability it sends an insult that will only create disillusion and division.
News Release   00-096    03/13/2001   Kerlin
Balkan experts to speak on "The Downfall of the Milosevic Regime"
Misha Glenny and Aleksa Djilas, historians and expert commentators on the Balkans, will deliver a joint presentation titled "The Downfall of the Milosevic Regime and Its Aftermath" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, 2001, in the Salomon Center for Teaching. Their presentation is part of the Watson Institute's Directors Lecture Series.
News Release   00-095    03/09/2001   Nickel
Memorial service for Elizabeth J. Cronin set for Monday, March 12
The Office of the Chaplains and Religious Life has scheduled a memorial service for Elizabeth J. Cronin at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, 2001, in Sayles Hall. In addition, the offices of Student Life and Psychological Services will host a discussion group at noon Friday, March 9, in North Wayland Lounge.
News Release   00-094    03/07/2001   Nickel
Dieting study finds Internet effective in producing initial weight loss
The Internet appears to be a viable method for delivery of structured behavioral weight loss programs, says Deborah F. Tate of the Brown Medical School. Tate's study in the March 7, 2001, Journal of the American Medical Association is the first to examine the use of in-formation technology to aid weight loss.
News Release   00-093    03/06/2001   Cole
Inquiring Minds: Thomas Lasater on faith-based delivery of health care
Inquiring Minds: Thomas Lasater on faith-based delivery of health care
GSJ Story   25GSJ19b    03/02/2001   Turner
A Brown physician has created a form for pediatricians to use to question parents about their childrens' sleep habits
Pediatric sleep-disorders form developed
GSJ Story   25GSJ19d    03/02/2001   Turner
Philip Lieberman research on effects of long-term exposure to humans at high altitudes - from Everest to space.
Researchers to devise brain monitoring system for Mars exploration
GSJ Story   25GSJ19g    03/02/2001   Cole
Health Services unlikely to provide RU-486, co-director says
Health Services unlikely to provide RU-486, co-director says
GSJ Story   25GSJ19h    03/02/2001   Cole
Off Hours: Michael McKeown, biologist, activist for rigorous math education
Off Hours: Michael McKeown, biologist, activist for rigorous math education
GSJ Story   25GSJ19i    03/02/2001   Cole
Deep-brain stimulation surgery for Parkinson's patient involves a collaboration of neurosurgeon, neurologist and neuroscientist
New technique helps tame the brain and move a muscle
GSJ Story   25GSJ19j    03/02/2001   Turner
Mission to probe asteroid, with which Carle Pieters is affiliated, is among three being reviewed by NASA for funds
Pieters is on team seeking NASA approval for asteroid exploration
GSJ Story   25GSJ19k    03/02/2001   Kerlin
R.I. voters favor car tax phaseout; oppose Clinton pardon of Rich
A survey of 350 statewide voters conducted Feb. 24-25, 2001, find voters support phasing out the state tax on cars and strongly oppose President Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich. Nearly two-thirds of voters feel the state is headed in the right direction and believe education, unemployment and jobs are the most important problems facing the state.
News Release   00-087    02/27/2001   Nickel
University sets inauguration of Ruth Simmons for October 14, 2001
Ruth J. Simmons will be inaugurated as the 18th president of Brown University on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2001, at 2 p.m.
News Release   00-091    02/27/2001   Nickel
John Medesky to headline 14th Brudner Memorial Concert March 3
Organist John Medesky of Medesky, Martin and Wood will perform with the Brown Jazz Band when the Music Department presents its 14th annual Eric Adam Brudner '84 Memorial Concert on Saturday, March 3, 2001, at 8 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   00-092    02/27/2001   Curtis
Brown adopts an Ôearly decision' admission policy for early applicants
After discussions with the Brown Corporation Saturday (Saturday, Feb. 24, 2001), Interim President Sheila E. Blumstein announced her decision to change the University's non-binding "early action" admission option. Beginning with the Class of 2006, students who apply for early admission must agree to make a binding decision on Brown's offer of admission.
News Release   00-088    02/24/2001   Nickel
Brown Corporation approves 3.6 percent increase in total charges
The Corporation of Brown University has approved an overall increase in undergraduate charges of 3.6 percent for the 2001-02 academic year, bringing the cost of a year at Brown to $34,750. That figure includes a 3.8-percent increase in tuition, to $26,568.
News Release   00-089    02/24/2001   Nickel
Brown University issues an interim report on financial aid issues
Based upon their recent deliberations, the Corporation of Brown University and the University's senior administration have decided that strategies for achieving both need-blind admission and competitive graduate student support should be considered, formulated and acted upon in tandem.
News Release   00-090    02/24/2001   Nickel
Inquiring Minds: Enrico Spolaore on the blackouts in California
Inquiring mind: Enrico Spolaore, assistant professor of economics and political science, responds to questions about the California blackouts.
GSJ Story   25GSJ18a    02/23/2001   Cole
Brown faculty, high school teachers team up to find new ways to teach classics
Brown faculty members work with high school teachers to help them reinvigorate the way they teach classic literature in an IESE workshop titled "Stuck with the Canon?"
GSJ Story   25GSJ18b    02/23/2001   Cole
Making waves in turbulence studies
Applied mathematics professor George Karniadakis has demonstrated a method to make surfaces more slippery, which has potential applications for any flowing fluid, from water past a ship, oil in a pipeline, and air against an aircraft. He is working with Kenneth Breuer of engineering.
GSJ Story   25GSJ18c    02/23/2001   Kerlin
For physician-to-be, art plays a role in healing
Med student / artist senior Ainsley MacLean coordinates an art program for women with cancer photographs cancer patients
GSJ Story   25GSJ18d    02/23/2001   Curtis
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your earrings
Even the ancients were slaves to fashion, classics scholar Jeri DeBrohun notes. She's writing a book on fashions from 600 B.C. to the fourth century A.D.
GSJ Story   25GSJ18e    02/23/2001   Curtis
Brown's black history: Rhett Jones and Karen McLauren-Chesson on the 1970s
What it was like to be a black student at Brown during 1970s. Interviews with Rhett Jones and Karen McLauren-Chesson
GSJ Story   25GSJ18f    02/23/2001   Curtis
Teen-agers take seats at state capitols in Ôlaboratory for democracy'
High school students from Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Nebraska, North Carolina and Rhode Island will debate environment, immigration, trade and other U.S. foreign policy issues at their state capitols. The students are studying and debating these issues in classrooms as part of the Capitol Forum on America's Future sponsored by Brown University.
News Release   00-086    02/22/2001   Kerlin
Researchers to develop brain monitoring system for Mars exploration
Brown researchers received a three-year, $638,000 grant from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute to develop a system to monitor astronauts' cognitive abilities, decision-making and language comprehension during prolonged space missions.
News Release   00-083    02/20/2001   Cole
Public Affairs Conference to end with children's concert, events
The 21st annual Brown University/Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference, "The Dignity of Children," will devote its final day Ð Saturday, March 10 Ð to children's activities, including a performance of "Peter and the Wolf."
News Release   00-084    02/20/2001   Curtis
Op-Ed: Powell may reverse hard times at the State Department
Since the 1950s the State Department has been a hard sell to Congress, and more than a few presidents have ignored the department's counsel. It may take a figure with the gravi-tas Ð and popularity Ð of Colin Powell to make the case to Congress for more funds and personnel and to help the State Department win back its influence with the president.
News Release   00-085    02/20/2001   Kerlin
Brown to present French Film Festival Feb. 21 through March 3
Brown will present its annual French Film Festival Feb. 21 through March 3, 2002, at the Cable Car Cinema, 204 South Main St., Providence. Seventeen French films will be screened throughout the 11-day festival, which is open to the public.
News Release   01-088    02/18/2001   Curtis
Op-Ed: Remembering and admiring two hard-working black men
All black men are not drug addicts, pimps or gang members. Work such as that about to be published in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science demonstrates this. But that's not the way I think of black men anyway. I think of them as mostly being shrewd, supportive, sensible, hard-working men like Granddad and Dad.
News Release   00-082    02/16/2001   Kerlin
Lowry to headline 21st annual Brown/Providence Journal conference
The 21st annual Brown University/Providence Journal conference, "The Dignity of Children," will be presented March 4-10, 2001. Award-winning children's author Lois Lowry '58 ("The Giver") will deliver the keynote address for the conference on Sunday, March 4, at 4 p.m. in the Richard and Edna Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   00-081    02/14/2001   Curtis
Providence residents say public schools are moving in right direction
Providence residents give public schools mixed marks but approve their general direction, according to a survey conducted Feb. 3-6, 2001, at Brown University. Sixty-one percent of residents rate Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr.'s job performance excellent or good. Survey participants cite crime, ethics and corruption, violence and education as the most impor-tant problems facing the city.
News Release   00-080    02/13/2001   Nickel
Brown to present French Film Festival Feb. 22 through March 4
Brown will offer its annual French Film Festival Feb. 22 through March 4, 2001, at the Cable Car Cinema, 204 South Main St. in Providence. More than 20 French language films and four roundtable discussions will be presented during the festival, which is open to the public.
News Release   00-079    02/09/2001   Curtis
Responding to disaster in India
A Brown student for many years has collected donations that help many in India. Her efforts now focus on quake survivors there, and her efforts may grow through campus participation
GSJ Story   25GSJ17a    02/09/2001   Kerlin
Research notes: Ganymede, stress studies, work after incarceration, mind-body link
Ganymede, stress studies, work after incarceration, mind-body connection
GSJ Story   25GSJ17b    02/09/2001   Kerlin
Brown's Black History: Beatrice Minkins Ô36
Brown's Black History: Beatrice Minkins '36: 'Papa thought that education is the one thing no one could take from you'
GSJ Story   25GSJ17c    02/09/2001   Cole
Brown's black history: Augustus White III '57
Brown's Black History: Interview with Augustus White III '57: ÔThere was lots of give and take between individual students. People had friendships, but there was no institutional identity'
GSJ Story   25GSJ17d    02/09/2001   Nickel
How do humans derive 3-D images from 2-D projections?
Domini, assistant professor of cognitive and linguistic sciences, investigates how velocity influences the way the human brain derives the three-dimensional structure of objects such as those moving past the train window.
GSJ Story   25GSJ17e    02/09/2001   Cole
Senior takes to the director's chair in Showcase production of 'Venus'
Maria Goyanes is center stage, directing this year's offering in the theater department's Senior Director Showcase
GSJ Story   25GSJ17f    02/09/2001   Curtis
Brown, high school collaborate on redesign project
Brown students and a recent Brown graduate are helping to give Hope High School teens a voice in the public school's redesign plans by assisting in the instruction of a new course.
GSJ Story   25GSJ17g    02/09/2001   Cole
Is work calling your name?
Is work calling your name? Flora Gardner runs a flower shop; Dr. Bird's an ornithologist. Lewis Lipsitt has long pondered whether there's a connection
GSJ Story   25GSJ17h    02/09/2001   Cole
Brown receives exceptional collection of skin disease teaching slides
Brown received some of the best microscope slides in existence for the teaching and evaluation of skin diseases. They are contained in a set of 2,000 original glass slides collected and catalogued painstakingly by two dermatologists over seven decades.
GSJ Story   25GSJ17i    02/09/2001   Turner
Op-Ed: School reform plans should include urban school districts
With heavy reliance on rewards and punishments, the Bush educational reform plan seems to imply that incentives alone will encourage schools to lift themselves out of failure. The plan pays scant attention to the one institution that can make sure there are good schools for all students: the urban school district.
News Release   00-077    02/06/2001   Kerlin
Ken Burns' Jazz succeeds as a documentary
In the unsteady state of American race relations today it would be all too easy to believe, as a small number of white jazz players and critics maintain, that the African American culture and African American musicians have not provided the major sources and shapes of the jazz art form. Ken Burns' documentary firmly represents the truth of African American creativity that we all need to acknowledge – and not rationalize away or forget.
News Release   00-078    02/06/2001   Kerlin
Off hours: Cheng-Chieh Chuang, physician, watercolorist
Off hours: Cheng-Chieh Chuang, physician, watercolorist
GSJ Story   25GSJ16a    02/02/2001   Turner
Someone to watch over them
A team of Brown researchers and colleagues at the Miriam Hospital reach out to help HIV-infected patients stick to their daily medical treatment. Their efforts are made possible through the National Institute on Drug Abuse to expand a program called directly observed therapy.
GSJ Story   25GSJ16b    02/02/2001   Turner
Training and Development launches Mentoring Program for Managers
"Mentoring Program for Managers" is formally introduced.
GSJ Story   25GSJ16c    02/02/2001   Rose
Months of planning are behind Black History Month
Months of planning are behind Black History Month events
GSJ Story   25GSJ16d    02/02/2001   Curtis
Brown University celebrates annual Years of Service Awards
Sixteen Brown employees will receive special honors for their 25 years of service to the University at a campus ceremony Feb. 14: Manuel Medeiros; Susan Danforth; Patricia Alves; Karen Hyman; Thomas Wunderlich; Richard Patenaude; Sandra Kunz; Genevieve Pari; Nicholas Golato; Gisela Belton; Karen Chapman; Donna Corcoran; Maria D'Onofrio; Debra Nelson; Maureen Byrne; and Donna Hustler.
News Release   00-075    02/01/2001   Sweeney
Kosovo, Milosevic era are topics for Watson Institute lecture series
Author Michael Ignatieff will speak on "Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond" on Wednesday, Feb. 14, and historians Misha Glenny and Aleksa Djilas will discuss "The Downfall of Milosevic" on Wednesday, March 14. The lectures are part of the Watson Institute's Directors Series on Contemporary International Affairs.
News Release   00-076    02/01/2001   Kerlin
Howard Gardner to speak on good work research Feb. 12
Howard Gardner, author of the theory of multiple intelligences, will give a President's Lecture, titled "Good Work in Tumultuous Times," on Monday, Feb. 12, 2001, at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. This event is free and open to the public.
News Release   00-073    01/30/2001   Curtis
L.A. mayor, R.I. superintendent to discuss future of urban schools
Los Angeles Mayor Richard J. Riordan and Providence Schools Superintendent Diana Lam will participate in a conference titled "The Future of Urban Schools" on Feb. 15–16, 2001, in Sayles Hall on The College Green. The conference is free and open to the public.
News Release   00-074    01/30/2001   Cole
Brown physician helps Egyptian children
Tony Caldemone, M.D. headed a six-member team of medical specialists, which spent nine days sharing their medical experience and techniques with Egyptian counterparts. The November trip was the latest in a series of missions by medical workers nationwide under the organization Physicians for Peace.
GSJ Story   25GSJ15a    01/26/2001   Turner
Inquiring Minds: Warren Simmons on student testing
Inquiring Minds: Warren Simmons on student testing
GSJ Story   25GSJ15b    01/26/2001   Cole
Boning up on the issues at the Legislative Policy Institute
The state's newly elected legislators met at Brown for a daylong session Dec. 15 to attend discussions led by faculty members and veteran legislators, about major issues facing the state and country.
GSJ Story   25GSJ15c    01/26/2001   Cole
Artist links painful pasts of Vietnam and America
Artist Aimee Pickett '01 links painful pasts of Vietnam and America in an exhibition on display at the Watson Institute.
GSJ Story   25GSJ15d    01/26/2001   Kerlin
Two with ties to Brown are named Marshall Scholars
Marshall scholarships to Lam Ho '01 and Michael Bhatia '99
GSJ Story   25GSJ15e    01/26/2001   Cole
Two with ties to Brown are named Rhodes Scholars
Gyanprakash Ketwaroo '01 and Courtney C. J. Voelker Ô99 have been selected Rhodes scholars
GSJ Story   25GSJ15f    01/26/2001   Kerlin
Off Hours: Ron Kandzerski, Facilities Management, campaign volunteer
Off Hours with Ron Kandzerski, campaign volunteer
GSJ Story   25GSJ15g    01/26/2001   Sweeney
Experimental implant may help lift depression
Assistant Professor Linda Carpenter leads a study of a pacemaker-like implant to treat debilitating depression that does not respond to medications.
GSJ Story   25GSJ15h    01/26/2001   Turner
An inheritance of more than money
Lessons of compassion taught by his grandmother lead Brown senior to use $20,000 she left him to found an organization to help the Lakota in South Dakota
GSJ Story   25GSJ15i    01/26/2001   Cole
Theater, science, history merge in physics course
Leon Cooper and three others will be teaching a physics class using the play "Copenhagen," about Bohr and Heisenberg. Trinity Rep actors will also participate.
GSJ Story   25GSJ15k    01/26/2001   Kerlin
Winner named in Brown/Providence Journal photography contest
Patricia Harrington of Naperville, Ill., has been named the winner in the photography contest sponsored by Brown University and The Providence Journal. Her photo best illustrated "The Dignity of Children," the theme of the 21st annual Brown University / Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference, scheduled for March 4-10, 2001.
News Release   00-072    01/25/2001   Curtis
Brown-led team observes melting in a superconductor
Researchers from Brown University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology are the first to directly observe the melting of a vortex lattice in a superconductor. Their discovery provides a model for the study of melting, a physical phenomenon that has eluded generations of physicists.
News Release   00-071    01/23/2001   Kerlin
Artists mix fact and fantasy in "False Witness" exhibition at Bell Gallery
A new exhibition at the David Winton Bell Gallery will leave viewers wondering if they can believe their own eyes. "False Witness: Installations by Joan Fontcuberta and Kahn/Selesnick" opens Jan. 27 and continues through March 11, 2001.
News Release   00-070    01/17/2001   Curtis
People prefer to know when a stressful event is about to occur
Sixty percent of participants in a study led by Brown researchers expressed a preference for knowing when an anxiety-provoking event was about to occur Ð findings which provide insight into the management of panic disorder.
News Release   00-069    01/16/2001   Cole
Jane E. Smith to give Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Jan. 29
Jane E. Smith, president and CEO of the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., will speak on "Interchangeable Experiences: Building America in a New Century" on Monday, Jan. 29, 2001 at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. This is Brown's sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, and it is free and open to the public.
News Release   00-068    01/12/2001   Curtis
Iranian women's situation has improved under Islamic Republic
The average marriage age for Iranian women before the 1979 Islamic revolution was 18; it is 21 today. Education for women is obligatory and universal. More than 75 percent of Iranians are under 25. For this population, literacy for men and women is well over 90 percent even in rural areas. University enrollment is nearly equal for men and women.
News Release   00-067    01/11/2001   Kerlin
Op-Ed: The United States has its own record of atrocities
The United States still refuses to practice what it preaches. As supreme Cold War victor, its representatives lecture others about human rights without stopping to consider their own past crimes. For both moral and political reasons, the United States should create a commission to investigate its own involvement in Cold War misdeeds.
News Release   00-065    01/05/2001   Kerlin
John Carter Brown Library to host early New England map exhibition
The John Carter Brown Library will host an exhibition spotlighting historic maps of New England to coincide with its publication of a new reference book, "New England in Early Printed Maps, 1513-1800: An Illustrated Carto-Bibliography."
News Release   00-066    01/05/2001   Curtis
RI computer ownership doubles since 1994 but trails New England, U.S
Researchers at Brown University used census data to study patterns of computer and Internet usage. Among the conclusions: Rhode Island lags behind New England and the nation in computer usage. The study also showed wide variations in computer ownership by income, education, sex, age and race.
News Release   00-064    01/04/2001   Nickel
Op-Ed:Can reliving history teach and change us?
The family who volunteered to live in "The 1940 House" have found themselves changed by the experience, differently from their prior expectations. This sounds like the mark of education: that it produces positive changes in oneself to carry forward in life. Can immersion in history, even if vicariously shared, teach us effectively?
News Release   00-063    12/15/2000   Kerlin
Op-Ed: The American social drama
Nothing could prove the existence of American culture more clearly than the recent presidential controversy and its resolution with the concession speech of Al Gore, and the reconciliation speech of George W. Bush, writes William O. Beeman. With these two events, the United States has gone through a textbook cultural process that anthropologists call a "social drama." In this process, members of a culture deal with a crisis by reasserting social institutions and cultural values.
News Release   00-062    12/14/2000   Kerlin
ACUP will recommend 3.7 percent increase in student charges
At their Dec. 4 meeting, members of the Advisory Committee on University Planning (ACUP) said they will recommend a 3.7 percent increase in student charges and a 4.6 percent draw from endowment income for the 2001-02 fiscal year budget.
GSJ Story   25GSJ14a    12/08/2000   Curtis
Digging up dirt on a rare flower
Ailene Kane, a senior environmental science concentrator, is writing a plan to protect and manage an increasingly rare wildflower called northern blazing star
GSJ Story   25GSJ14b    12/08/2000   Turner
Campus eye appeal: Survey shows Brunonians favor greenspace
Brunonians favor greenspace, according to survey conducted by environmental studies course; results will aid Campus Planning Committee and consultants working on strategic plan
GSJ Story   25GSJ14c    12/08/2000   Kerlin
University responds to EPA report
EPA will be issuing a report about Brown campus, detailing violations and/or fines for same. EPA says it is encouraged by Brown's responsiveness in addressing the problems
GSJ Story   25GSJ14d    12/08/2000   Nickel
Researchers examine Harvard Pilgrim closing
A year-long project will investigate how patients and physicians have fared in the wake of the bankruptcy of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
GSJ Story   25GSJ14e    12/08/2000   Turner
Inquiring Minds: Bess Marcus on keeping fit during holidays
Bess Marcus discusses how to motivate yourself to exercise when it's dark and you're pressed for time through the holidays.
GSJ Story   25GSJ14f    12/08/2000   Turner
Off Hours: Mary McClure, director at CIT, Providence School Board member
Mary McClure, a director at CIT, is a member of the Providence School Board in her off hours
GSJ Story   25GSJ14g    12/08/2000   Curtis
Audiozine offers issues from the Inside Out
BSR audio documentary format (audiozine) offers issues from ÔInside Out'
GSJ Story   25GSJ14h    12/08/2000   Curtis
Juniors get early start on securing off-campus housing
Juniors get an early start on securing next year's off-campus housing. They frequently have a sense of urgency that sends them knocking on doors of privately owned housing nearly a year before they'll be moving in
GSJ Story   25GSJ14i    12/08/2000   Cole
Brown and Providence Journal to sponsor photography contest
The Providence Journal and Brown University are sponsoring a contest to find a photo to illustrate "The Dignity of Children," the theme of this year's Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference. The winner will receive a $500 cash award. All entries must be postmarked by Dec. 13, 2000.
News Release   00-061    12/07/2000   Curtis
Brown University addresses compliance issues raised in EPA report
Brown University is addressing charges made in a report released today by the New England Region of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA's report, based on an inspection conducted in May 1999, charges Brown with 15 violations of environmental law.
News Release   00-057    12/01/2000   Nickel
Researcher presents findings at national AIDS symposium
Brown faculty member Susan Cu-Uvin presents paper at AIDS conference sponsored by Brown, held at Tufts
GSJ Story   25GSJ13a    12/01/2000   Turner
Astroid named for geosciences researcher
Asteroid named for geosciences researcher Takahiro Hiroi in recognition of his contributions in linking asteroids and meteorites using reflectance spectroscopy.
GSJ Story   25GSJ13b    12/01/2000   Kerlin
Author of ÔGirl Interrupted' reads from her book
Author of "Girl Interrupted" reads from her book
GSJ Story   25GSJ13c    12/01/2000   Curtis
Arab, Jewish students finding common ground
Arab-Jewish Dialogue is a student group organized to help members of each group find common ground. It began with friendship building, which has sustained the group through some heated political discussions
GSJ Story   25GSJ13d    12/01/2000   Kerlin
Inquiring Minds: Gordon Wood on the Electoral College
Inquiring Minds -- Gordon Wood on the Electoral College
GSJ Story   25GSJ13e    12/01/2000   Cole
Scholars hail long-awaited atlas of the classical world
Brown professors have a personal connection to a long-awaited atlas of the classical world
GSJ Story   25GSJ13f    12/01/2000   Curtis
Faculty Forum discusses online courses
Faculty attending Nov. 14 forum on distance learning air their concerns about online courses and Brown's pilot project with Global Education Network
GSJ Story   25GSJ13g    12/01/2000   Kerlin
External reviews: themes and findings to date
A look at some of the findings to date that are emerging from the external reviews of academic departments
GSJ Story   25GSJ13h    12/01/2000   Nickel
Brown, CareLink form research, teaching collaborative
To collaborate on research and teaching related to improving care for seniors, the Medical School's Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research and Division of Geriatrics have signed a two-year association agreement with CareLink
GSJ Story   25GSJ13i    12/01/2000   Turner
Fall presentations prepare ACUP for budget discussions
Fall presentations prepare ACUP for budget discussions on Dec. 4 . Administrators' proposals total millions of dollars; members must begin to choose which will gain priority status
GSJ Story   25GSJ13j    12/01/2000   Sweeney
Ralph Nader to speak about democracy and big business Dec. 3
Former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader will be the guest of the Brown Lecture Board at 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, when he will discuss Democracy, Big Business and the American Duopoly in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   00-060    11/30/2000   Curtis
Today's entertainment descends from minstrel shows
The question of whether today's audiences would enjoy Spike Lee's fictional "New Millennium Minstrels" remains an open one. My research into a particularly shameful form of minstrelsy Ð shows presented by white amateurs Ð supports Lee's view that the racist stereotypes of minstrel shows have been an integral part of American culture up to the present day.
News Release   00-059    11/29/2000   Kerlin
Scholar's book about the Azores to be launched in New Bedford
Top minds in the field of Portuguese studies will discuss a new bibliography by Brown doctoral candidate Miguel Moniz at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, in New Bedford. Moniz' work facilitates future study of the Azores.
News Release   00-058    11/28/2000   Cole
Brown-led study to examine consequences of Harvard Pilgrim closing
A one-year project led by Brown researchers will survey 1,200 patients and 500 physicians to document the health care consequences of the bankruptcy and closure of Harvard-Pilgrim Health Care of New England, the Rhode Island subsidiary of Boston-based Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
News Release   00-055    11/27/2000   Turner
The Rev. Al Sharpton to speak about blacks and the political process
Rev. Al Sharpton will be the guest of the Brown Lecture Board when he discusses Black Participation in the Political Process on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2000, at 8:15 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   00-056    11/27/2000   Curtis
Poet Carolyn ForchŽ to discuss The Angel of History Dec. 4
Award-winning poet Carolyn ForchŽ, internationally recognized for her writings and work on behalf of human rights and for the preservation of memories from the darkest moments of the 20th century, will read and discuss her most recent collection of poetry. Her presentation, part of the President's Lecture Series, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 4, 2000, in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green.
News Release   00-054    11/21/2000   Curtis
Panel of political scientists to discuss long-term impact of Florida vote
A five-member panel of Brown political scientists will discuss the Florida recount during a forum at noon Monday, Nov. 20, 2000, in Wilson Hall, Room 102. The public is wel-come, and a microphone will be set up for audience questions.
News Release   00-052    11/17/2000   Cole
What it takes to run a college these days
Is University president a doable job anymore? In 1976, here is what presidents Keeney, Heffner, and Wriston had to say. A reprint from the GSJ.
GSJ Story   25GSJ12a    11/17/2000   DeCesare
Inquiring Minds: Stephen Nelson on the moral voice of college presidents
Inquiring Minds: Stephen J. Nelson, research associate in the education department, on the moral voice of college presidents
GSJ Story   25GSJ12b    11/17/2000   Cole
Simmons: Brown remembered its values when it chose her
Faculty, students and staff, who heard Ruth Simmons speak in Sayles Hall just hours after the Corporation named her the University's 18th president, greeted her with a standing ovation, whoops and applause before she began to speak.
GSJ Story   25GSJ12c    11/17/2000   Kerlin
Reaction from the Brown community to the Simmons selection
Campus reaction to appointment of Ruth J. Simmons as Brown's 18th president
GSJ Story   25GSJ12d    11/17/2000   staff
Smith community reflects on ÔSimmons years'
Simmons appointment as the 18th president of Brown stunned some students at Smith, where she had served since 1995. Smith faculty members were aware that Simmons would be an attractive candidate for any of the three Ivy League universities - Brown, Harvard and Princeton - searching for a president.
GSJ Story   25GSJ12e    11/17/2000   Cole
Search for Simmons was Ôexhausting' and Ôexhaustive'
It was an "exhausting and exhaustive" search that led to the Nov. 9 election of the 18th president of Brown. But that work paid off. In the selection of Ruth J. Simmons, "we're convinced we've found the right person," said Professor Mari Jo Buhle, who chaired the Campus Advisory Committee.
GSJ Story   25GSJ12f    11/17/2000   Curtis
Mailboxes brimming since Mail Services began accepting UPS deliveries
Since Mail Services began accepting United Parcel Service deliveries in January, it has been deluged by packages for students, a combination of the usual care packages from family and friends, and Internet orders. As a result, Mail Services is working on a proposal to address the stream of student package deliveries. The biggest need is space.
GSJ Story   25GSJ12g    11/17/2000   Cole
Rites and Reason brings ÔLiliane' to life through research-to-performance menthod
Rites and Reason theater program embraces a research-to-performance concept. Students in the "Research to Performance Method" course this year know author Ntozake Shange's novel, 'Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter,' and its characters intimately after a semester spent living with both.
GSJ Story   25GSJ12h    11/17/2000   Curtis
NASA selects Brown geologist to participate in satellite project
John Mustard, associate professor of geological sciences, has been selected by NASA to participate on the team that will analyze data from an Earth-observing satellite. Mustard and graduate student Andrew Elmore will attend the launch of the EO-1 satellite, scheduled for Nov. 18 on a Delta rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
GSJ Story   25GSJ12i    11/17/2000   Kerlin
Study to look at lifestyle factors influencing the decision to retire
A $726,981 grant from the National Institute on Aging will support economist Robin L. Lumsdaine's study into a variety of non-economic factors influencing the decision to retire.
News Release   00-053    11/16/2000   Cole
St. Luke's Trombone Quartet, Wind Symphony to perform Nov. 17
The acclaimed St. Luke's Trombone Quartet will join the Brown University Wind Symphony and conductor Matthew McGarrell in presenting a free public concert on Friday, Nov. 17, 2000, at 8 p.m. in Grant Recital Hall.
News Release   00-050    11/10/2000   Curtis
University orchestra teams with Bill Harley for children's concert
Nationally known children's entertainer Bill Harley will join the Brown University Orchestra and director Paul Phillips in presenting a children's concert, "You're in Treble," on Sunday, Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. in Sayles Hall.
News Release   00-051    11/10/2000   Curtis
Brown considers a change to early-decision admissions
Brown may move from early action to early decision. Director of Admissions Michael Goldberger comments about the issues surrounding the discussion
GSJ Story   25GSJ11a    11/10/2000   Nickel
Off Hours: Kelley Smith, administrative assistant, folk festival coordinator
Off Hours: Kelley Smith works at Newport folk festival
GSJ Story   25GSJ11b    11/10/2000   Cole
Giving local teens something to talk about
Swearer Center, city school partnership creates Urban Debate League in 10 city high schools
GSJ Story   25GSJ11c    11/10/2000   Cole
ACUP meeting hears about residence hall project
Campus life task force mkes presentation to ACUP on its pilot dorm renovation project
GSJ Story   25GSJ11d    11/10/2000   Kerlin
Fitness study targets couch potatoes seeking motivation to exercise
Couch potatoes looking for motivation to exercise may consider joining a new study that uses phone calls or letters, pamphlets and other written materials to prod them into adopting and maintaining a regimen of physical activity.
GSJ Story   25GSJ11e    11/10/2000   Turner
Colorful exhibition explores dark side of artificial flowers
Student's exhibition explores the dark side of Victorian artificial flowers
GSJ Story   25GSJ11f    11/10/2000   Curtis
Four-year migration studies project ends in PSTC conference
Conference at Brown about migration is culmination of four-year research and training effort in PSTC
GSJ Story   25GSJ11g    11/10/2000   Cole
NIH grant for MCB space in new Life Sciences Building
Brown was one of about 45 institutions nationwide to receive funds from the National Institutes of Health Research Facilities Improvement Program. The $2-million grant to Brown will pay for a portion of the construction costs of the space to be occupied in the new building by the Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (MCB).
GSJ Story   25GSJ11h    11/10/2000   Turner
Inquiring Minds: Mark Steinbach on shortage of organists nationwide
Inquiring Minds: Mark Steinbach, University organist, comments on reported shortage of organists nationwide
GSJ Story   25GSJ11i    11/10/2000   Curtis
Ruth J. Simmons named 18th president of Brown University
Ruth J. Simmons, currently president of Smith College, has been named 18th president of Brown University. Her appointment was approved unanimously by the Corporation of Brown University during a special session at 1 p.m. today (Thursday, Nov. 9, 2000). Simmons will begin her duties July 1, 2001.
News Release   00-049    11/09/2000   Nickel
Brown unveils David S. Greer, M.D., Professorship in Geriatric Medicine
Richard W. Besdine, M.D., will hold the David S. Greer, M.D., Professorship in Geriatric Medicine. Besdine directs the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research. Greer is dean of medicine emeritus. More than $1.5 million in gifts to the Brown Medical School and The Miriam Hospital endowed the professorship.
News Release   00-048    11/07/2000   Turner
Brown-led center receives grant to create lightwave superchip
Researchers in a seven-university consortium led by Brown University will try to add light waves to the microchips used in personal computers, eventually creating a superchip that could replace the electronic microchip. The creation of a superchip would enable faster personal computers and connections to the Internet. The project is funded by a four-year, $5.5-million DARPA grant.
News Release   00-047    11/03/2000   Kerlin
Building a staff to build Brown's endowment
Brown's endowment grew by 22.3 percent last year. The $237-million increase brought the endowment to a record level of $1.44 billion on June 30. The hiring of Cynthia E. Frost, Brown's new vice president and chief investment officer, is the first step in creating an Investments Office focused on the endowment long-term.
GSJ Story   25GSJ10a    11/03/2000   Cole
Gaining research experience, one call at a time
Sociology students have taken on Computing and Information Services as a client this semester for the chance to survey one of CIS' consumer groups Ð graduate students. The new course is designed to teach survey research through hands-on experience.
GSJ Story   25GSJ10b    11/03/2000   Cole
Dean of engineering receives top applied mechanics award
Rodney Clifton has been selected by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to receive the Timoshenko Medal, the society's top award in applied mechanics.
GSJ Story   25GSJ10c    11/03/2000   Kerlin
Off hours: Mellissa Whiteley, administratiave assistant, water aerobics instructor
Off hours: Melissa Whiteley, administrative assistant, water aerobics instructor
GSJ Story   25GSJ10d    11/03/2000   Rose
Inquiring Minds: Darrell West on the presidential election
Inquiring Minds: Darrell West on presidential election.
GSJ Story   25GSJ10e    11/03/2000   Cole
One of Brown's true gems bids goodbye
When Pearl Woolf began working at Brown on St. Patrick's Day 1965, Barnaby Keeney was president and tuition and fees totaled $2,770 a year. The Rock had just opened; the Sci Li was yet to be built. Woolf, an assistant director in Facilities Management, retired from Brown on Oct. 31.
GSJ Story   25GSJ10f    11/03/2000   Sweeney
Taubman report finds problems with access to public information
A team of undergraduate researchers from the Taubman Center release a study of public access to information about legal proceedings. Among their conclusions: The public interest does not figure prominently in decisions to expunge or seal certain records.
GSJ Story   25GSJ10g    11/03/2000   Nickel
Study indicates certain rules underlie calling behavior of bullfrogs
Calling by male bullfrogs may be elicited by calls of distant neighbors or even inhibited by calls of neighbors close by, say researchers at Brown and the University of Rhode Island.
News Release   00-046    11/02/2000   Turner
Author Barry Lopez to speak on social responsibility Nov. 15
National Book Award winner Barry Lopez will present a President's Lecture titled The Writer and Social Responsibility on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2000, at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   00-045    11/01/2000   Curtis
Ana Devic: Helping Serbia enter the company of civil societies
If financial aid and political pressures are channeled to help the civic bases of protests against Slobodan Milosevic's rule – those around the popular youth Resistance movement and other non-nationalistic initiatives scattered across the political spectrum – then what seems like Vojislav Kostunica's nationalistic inflexibility or the general post-Milosevic inertia will be soon fading away.
News Release   00-043    10/31/2000   Kerlin
In Yugoslavia, now for the hard part
The West should add incentives for Yugoslavia's old guard to cede key posts without fueling nationalist fears. It should offer economic, security and judicial aid conditioned on pro-democracy leadership in key institutions, especially the police, the judiciary and the military. The West should temporarily delay action on Milosevic's war crimes indictment, waiting until Kostunica's allies have consolidated power.
News Release   00-044    10/31/2000   Kerlin
Study finds problems with access to public information in R.I. courts
Student researchers at Brown's Taubman Center for Public Policy have found problems with access to public information at Rhode Island courts. While seeking information about expungement of felony convictions, sealed records and municipal settlements, researchers encountered inconsistent record keeping, missing files and faulty implementation of open records laws. They also found a set of felony convictions that had been improperly expunged.
News Release   00-039    10/30/2000   Nickel
University to host conference on multi-media Nov. 2-4
The Department of Modern Culture and Media will host a two-and-a-half day conference titled "The Archaeology of Multi-Media" Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 2-4.
News Release   00-042    10/27/2000   Curtis
Inquiring Minds: Linda Miller on violence in Middle East
Inquiring Minds: Linda Miller of Watson Institute on violence in Middle East
GSJ Story   25GSJ09a    10/27/2000   Kerlin
School of Medicine changes its name to Brown Medical School
School of Medicine changes its name to Brown Medical School
GSJ Story   25GSJ09b    10/27/2000   Turner
Getting from Ôeureka!' to the marketplace
How do Brown faculty members' discoveries get from "eureka!" to the people who need it? They work with the Brown University Research Foundation, a nonprofit corporation formed to hold and license patents and work with companies that could take inventions to market.
GSJ Story   25GSJ09c    10/27/2000   Kerlin
Paul Armstrong named dean of College
Paul Armstrong of SUNY-Stony Brook is named new Dean of the College
GSJ Story   25GSJ09d    10/27/2000   Nickel
Sponsored research funding reaches record level in FY 2000
In fiscal year 2000, which ended June 30, the University received a record high of $92.7 million for sponsored research. That's close to $12 million more than Brown garnered during the previous fiscal year, continuing a multiyear trend of steady funding increases.
GSJ Story   25GSJ09e    10/27/2000   Turner
AAU letter seeks Senate's support for teaching hospital, med schools
President Blumstein and 40 other university presidents and chancellors signed a letter to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott asking for his support to prevent further reductions in reimbursements to America's teaching hospitals and medical schools.
GSJ Story   25GSJ09f    10/27/2000   Turner
RAND study shows schools pay fair share of research costs
For years, universities have claimed that the federal government does not pay fully for the indirect costs of federally sponsored research, and that the costs are legitimate ones necessary to conducting the research. Now, a RAND analysis provides evidence to support those claims. The study finds that universities already pay a significant share of the costs associated with their research partnership with the federal government.
GSJ Story   25GSJ09g    10/27/2000   Turner
Phil Brown: The Catskills always survive
Novelists, journalists, local residents and many others have forecast the Catskills' decline. But while the resort area is a fragment of its past glory, the Catskills are crawling with all sorts of developments, from casinos to old hotels converted into modest private homes.
News Release   00-041    10/26/2000   Kerlin
Bell Gallery to exhibit Kim Dingle and the Wild Girls Nov. 11
The David Winton Bell Gallery at the List Art Center will present a new exhibition, "Kim Dingle and the Wild Girls," Nov. 11 through Dec. 31, 2000. Dingle will speak about her work during an exhibition preview Nov. 9.
News Release   00-040    10/25/2000   Curtis
Paul Armstrong named dean of the College at Brown University
Paul B. Armstrong, currently dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at SUNYÐStony Brook, has been named dean of the College at Brown University.
News Release   00-038    10/24/2000   Nickel
MFA student wins award for film
A short film co-written by Stacia Owens, a candidate for a master's of fine arts in creative writing in May, recently received the 2000 Princess Grace Foundation Award in Film. Owens wrote the black comedy "Out of Habit" with Robin Larsen, a student in UCLA's master's of fine arts program. The award includes $10,000 in completion funds.
GSJ Story   25GSJ08a    10/20/2000   Curtis
Inquiring Minds: Robert Coover on e-publishing
Inquiring Minds: Bob Coover on Stephen King, electronic publishing and what Coover and others have been doing for years.
GSJ Story   25GSJ08b    10/20/2000   Curtis
Becoming advocates for themselves can be disabled students' biggest challenge
In college, the responsibility of getting accommodations for a learning disability or handicap is on the student, unlike the K-12 years when parents often are the primary advocate for ensuring their LD child's needs are met. A look at how some Brown students fare.
GSJ Story   25GSJ08c    10/20/2000   Cole
Festival of Contemporary Music offers audiences first crack at new compositions
Music lovers will have a unique opportunity to hear the world premieres of some exciting works by students, faculty, alumni and professional composers when the first Brown Festival of Contemporary Music opens. Between Oct. 26 and 28, the festival - the first ever organized and run solely by students - will offer four public concerts and master classes with two professional composers.
GSJ Story   25GSJ08d    10/20/2000   Curtis
Off Hours: David Targan, associate dean, Monadnock EMT
Off Hours: Associate Dean David Targen is a certified EMT on Mt. Monadnock
GSJ Story   25GSJ08e    10/20/2000   Cole
Shelter for girls in Vietnam touched senior at scholarly and personal level
Interest in the economy and culture of the Pacific Rim drew Sarah Olverson '01, left, to Vietnam, but it was her interaction with a group of young women that remains with her.
GSJ Story   25GSJ08f    10/20/2000   flance
Care to contribute to the public discourse?
How can Brown contribute to the public discourse? One forum for sharing ideas and perspectives is the opinion and editorial pages of the nation's daily newspapers. Brown's Op-Ed Service provides a way for the thoughtful arguments of faculty, staff and students to reach those pages.
GSJ Story   25GSJ08g    10/20/2000   Kerlin
ACUP will help develop long-term approach to spending
Members of ACUP review scope and challenges of the coming year and will help develop a long-term approach to spending. The plan will be presented to the Corporation before its February meeting.
GSJ Story   25GSJ08h    10/20/2000   Sweeney
A statement frm the Corporation on need-blind admissions
A statement from the October 2000 meeting of the Corporation on need-blind admissions
GSJ Story   25GSJ08i    10/20/2000   Nickel
Study describes brain changes during learning
Brown neuroscientists who taught rats a new skill found that not only had the animals' behavior changed but so had their brains. The research appears in the current Science.
News Release   00-036    10/19/2000   Turner
Brown researchers use wildcards to develop better way to sequence DNA
Brown computer science professors Franco Preparata and Eliezer Upfal are working on a method to sequence DNA that would be faster and more efficient than the current technique. They are attempting to improve on an alternative method known as sequencing by hybridization by inserting gaps that act as wildcards in DNA probes.
News Release   00-037    10/18/2000   Kerlin
Head Start architect Sheldon White to speak about early education
Developmental psychologist Sheldon White will deliver the first Lewis P. and Edna Duchin Lipsitt Lecture in Child Behavior and Development Thursday, Nov. 2, 2000, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The public is welcome to attend without charge.
News Release   00-035    10/17/2000   Cole
Brown Festival of Contemporary Music debuts Oct. 26-28
Original musical works by students, alumni, faculty and professional composers will be premired during the first Brown Festival of Contemporary Music Thursday, Oct. 26, through Sat., Oct. 28, 2000. Composers Julian Wachner and Thomas Goss will also con-duct master classes.
News Release   00-034    10/16/2000   Curtis
Alzheimer patients sought for drug and memory-training program
Brown researchers have begun testing the efficacy of a combined medication and memory-training program for Alzheimer's patients.
GSJ Story   25GSJ07a    10/13/2000   Turner
Blumstein seeks campus response to working paper on diversity
President Blumstein is taking the first steps toward creating Brown's vision for diversity by calling for reactions to a working paper she drafted in response to recommendations made last May by the Visiting Committee on Diversity. During the Oct. 3 faculty meeting, Blumstein discussed portions of the working paper, which she said she hopes "will be the impetus for campuswide discussion" about diversity.
GSJ Story   25GSJ07b    10/13/2000   Sweeney
Five receive University's first President's Leadership Awards
Five members of the Brown community are the recipients of the first President's Leadership Award.
GSJ Story   25GSJ07c    10/13/2000   T&D
Low-cost access to high-speed communications comes to campus through OSHEAN
A non-profit consortium called OSHEAN works to increase Rhode Island's access to high-speed networking has taken a page from discount stores: buy in bulk at wholesale prices, pass the savings to the members. Brown is a founding member of the consortium.
GSJ Story   25GSJ07d    10/13/2000   Sweeney
Students organize in effort to raise awareness about gun violence
As part of a national campaign to raise awareness about gun violence and gun safety, several Brown students have founded the Brown Campus Alliance to End Gun Violence.
GSJ Story   25GSJ07e    10/13/2000   flance
it's play time: 60 audition for a role in "Emma"
Auditions for "Emma," this year's Brownbrokers musical
GSJ Story   25GSJ07f    10/13/2000   Curtis
De Groot lab in the hunt for HIV, TB vaccines
Kara Chew '01 works at the smallest of scales on the largest of human problems. She is one of several undergraduates, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and others who conduct research under the leadership of Anne De Groot, M.D., director of Brown's TB/HIV Research Lab
GSJ Story   25GSJ07g    10/13/2000   Turner
Emily Brochin '03, bike roadie extraordinaire
"I'm not a musician, and I thought you'd have to be a 200-pound tatooed male to be a roadie," says Emily Brochin '03, who was looking for a cool summer job. "But I knew I could ride my bike, so - even though it seemed very bizarre - I applied." She spent her summer as a bike roadie for the band Bicycle.
GSJ Story   25GSJ06a    10/06/2000   Curtis
Blumstein will offer Corporation a need-blind plan to discuss at its Oct. meeting
When the Corporation meets on campus Oct. 12 and 13, President Blumstein will offer its members a plan to implement a need-blind admissions policy, she tells ACUP at its Oct. 2 meeting.
GSJ Story   25GSJ06b    10/06/2000   Sweeney
Avocation evolves into a second career
Donna Leveillee works in the Library, helping researchers locate and use electronic sources of demographic, historical and sociological data. But Leveillee has another career Ð as a nautical anthropologist. She obtained a doctorate from Brown because of her interest in diving and through a fortunate partnership with the anthropology department.
GSJ Story   25GSJ06c    10/06/2000   Rose
Inquiring Minds: Howard Chudacoff on the Olympics
Inquiring Minds: Howard Chudacoff on summer Olympics
GSJ Story   25GSJ06d    10/06/2000   Curtis
Hay exhibition celebrates Beat Generation's Burroughs
The work of the controversial and influential Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs will be the subject of a new exhibit at the John Hay Library.
GSJ Story   25GSJ06f    10/06/2000   Curtis
New program hopes to keep 'border babies' in arms of their parents
In Rhode Island, babies born to mothers who used drugs while pregnant fall into state custody and frequently languish in hospitals before bouncing around in foster care, a fact that may change under a new program led by Brown faculty member Barry Lester. The $1.5-million plan aims to speed the process of getting those infants out of the hospital and into permanent care, ideally to their own mothers who have been treated for drug abuse.
GSJ Story   25GSJ06g    10/06/2000   Cole
NSF awards $7 million to materials and engineering center
The National Science Foundation has awarded $7 million to Brown to continue its Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.
GSJ Story   25GSJ06h    10/06/2000   Kerlin
A cup o' joe
UFS expands use of Equal Exchange coffee supplied to campus.
GSJ Story   25GSJ06i    10/06/2000   Sweeney
Robert Reich to speak on ÔWho Cares about Politics?' Oct. 25
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich will deliver a Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture titled "Who Cares about Politics?" on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2000, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   00-033    10/05/2000   Curtis
Federal Reserve's William Poole to speak on monetary policy
William Poole, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, will deliver a Bernard I. Fain Lecture titled "Confidence and Central Banking" on October 14, 2000.
News Release   00-032    10/04/2000   Curtis
David Estlund: Should we associate with the Scouts?
People who find the Boy Scouts' practice of excluding gay people morally offensive should make their views clear through their own free expression and non-association. The Supreme Court's decision settles a legal dispute in favor of the Boy Scouts. The court of public opinion remains open.
News Release   00-031    10/03/2000   Kerlin
Whisking up a memory with a whiff
Psych prof. Rachel Herz explores the psychology of scent and memory
GSJ Story   25GSJ05a    09/29/2000   Cole
Robert Reich discusses socially responsible investing
Investors must work through political system to get companies to behave ethically, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich tells a conference on socially responsible investing. The conference is sponsored by the Values Initiative.
GSJ Story   25GSJ05b    09/29/2000   Curtis
Two juniors bearing messages of hope are trekking pole to pole
Jessica Casas and Heidi Hausman, both members of the class of 2002, have postpooned their studies to participate in Pole to Pole 2000, a project conceived as a way to initiate environmental and humanitarian projects worldwide.
GSJ Story   25GSJ05c    09/29/2000   DeCesare
Auto design team races for the finish
Brown's Formula SAE team placed sixth in the competition in May, which takes place in the immense parking lot of the Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan. A team of 20 returning students and 15 first-years will try to win a second trophy in the competition just eight months away.
GSJ Story   25GSJ05d    09/29/2000   Kerlin
Inquiring minds: Wendy Schiller on the women's vote
Inquiring minds: Wendy Schiller on the women's vote
GSJ Story   25GSJ05e    09/29/2000   Cole
Use of contraceptives by teenage girls appears to have increased over past decade
More young American women are using contraceptives than a decade ago, particularly those who attend church regularly and have college-educated parents, according to a new study that examines changes between 1985 and 1995
GSJ Story   25GSJ05f    09/29/2000   Cole
Brown locks in oil prices for winter
Brown has locked in the price it pays for heating oil, which may bode well for Brown's budget if oil prices soar this winter.
GSJ Story   25GSJ05g    09/29/2000   Sweeney
Off Hours: Ashley Feldman Ô04, bike restorer
Off Hours: Ashley Feldman '04, bike restorer
GSJ Story   25GSJ05h    09/29/2000   Cole
The mane event
The newest addition to the Providence Police Department's Mounted Command is "Bruno," a 5-year-old dark bay Percheron draft cross purchased for the department by Brown University.
GSJ Story   25GSJ05i    09/29/2000   staff
LAST WORD: Should we associate with the Scouts?
Professor David Estlund's commentary: Should we associate with the Boy Scouts?
GSJ Story   25GSJ05j    09/29/2000   Estlund
Five-year, $11-million NIH grant will support Brown genetics research
Brown University has received a five-year, $11-million grant through the National Insti-tutes of Health COBRE program. The NIH grant will support new studies in genetics, ranging from research into cancer and inflammation to an examination of the genetic basis of certain human dementias.
News Release   00-029    09/28/2000   Turner
NSF awards Brown $7 million for materials and engineering center
The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at Brown University has been awarded $7 million by the National Science Foundation. Current research at Brown explores the mechanics of materials used in electronic devices and the mechanics of materials with complex microstructures.
News Release   00-030    09/27/2000   Kerlin
John Hay Library to open new William S. Burroughs exhibit Oct. 10
The work of the controversial and influential Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs will be on exhibit at Brown University's John Hay Library Oct. 10 through Dec. 29, 2000. Robert Jackson, an authority on Burroughs' work, will speak on the writer's legacy Oct. 21.
News Release   00-027    09/22/2000   Curtis
Zo‘ Baird and Jonathan Sallet to discuss closing the digital divide
One-time U.S. attorney general nominee Zo‘ Baird and former MCI WorldCom executive Jonathan Sallet '74 will lead a Brown Policy Forum titled Closing the Digital Divide at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 28, 2000, in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   00-028    09/22/2000   Curtis
Don Wolfe on the changing nature of computing at Brown
Since his arrival at Brown 15 years ago, Don Wolfe, vice president of computing and information services, has seen an evolution of computing on campus. The George Street Journal's Mark Nickel recently had an opportunity to discuss those changes with Wolfe, who will be retiring from Brown at the end of the academic year.
GSJ Story   25GSJ04a    09/22/2000   Nickel
Females appear to perform better on math tests if men aren't in group
In a recent Brown study, women performed as much as 12 percent better on math problems when tested in a setting without men.
GSJ Story   25GSJ04b    09/22/2000   Cole
University offices becoming showcase for students' works of arts
Professor Richard Fishman is promoting the sale of his students' artwork to University departments
GSJ Story   25GSJ04c    09/22/2000   Curtis
Gardner House offers gracious accommodations for VIPs
George Washington may have never slept in Gardner House, but two first ladies have - and so have a host of other American and foreign dignitaries and VIPs.
GSJ Story   25GSJ04d    09/22/2000   Curtis
Lessons you can't get from books
Jill Edwardson '01 spent her junior year studying in Zimbabwe. "I was a white woman based in the black African experience," she says. "I gained more from talking to men and women about their experiences than all the scholarly research I had done at Brown."
GSJ Story   25GSJ04e    09/22/2000   f'lance
Inquiring Minds: David Kertzer on Pope Pius IX
Inquiring Minds: David Kertzer on the beatification of Pope Piux IX
GSJ Story   25GSJ04f    09/22/2000   Curtis
Help wanted at University Food Services
Over the past decade, University Food Services has experienced a decline in student interest in its jobs. To combat the trend, UFS has instituted innovative recruiting tactics to attract students to its work force.
GSJ Story   25GSJ04g    09/22/2000   Cole
Brown team looks for new ways to examine scientific data
A team of researchers led by Brown computer scientist David H. Laidlaw will use expertise from art and perceptual psychology to develop new ways to look at scientific data from magnetic resonance imaging, computational blood flow and geographic remote sensing from satellites.
News Release   00-025    09/21/2000   Kerlin
Brown computer scientists receive grant to speed Internet use
A team of researchers led by Brown computer scientist Stanley Zdonik will search for a way to make using the Internet faster with a $3.2-million grant from the National Science Foundation. The research will focus on creating user profiles that would lead to the quick supply of customized information.
News Release   00-026    09/21/2000   Kerlin
Professors developing better way to map DNA
Brown computer science professors Franco Preparata (left) and Eliezer Upfal (right) believe they have found a faster and more efficient way to sequence DNA by improving on an alternate method known as sequencing by hybridization.
GSJ Story   25GSJ03a    09/15/2000   Kerlin
Advancements in fetal medicine lead to new program at Brown
Beginning this semester, the obstetrician-gynecologist and two pediatric surgeons who performed the procedure, the first of its kind in the Northeast, will apply their multidisciplinary approach to medical education through the School of Medicine's new Program in Fetal Medicine.
GSJ Story   25GSJ03b    09/15/2000   Turner
International internship offered through German Studies
Nathanael Thompson, computer science major, spent his summer working as an intern for Bosch, an international firm specializing in automotive and communications technologies, at its world headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. Thompson took the plum assignment as the first Brown student to participate in an new internship program offered by the Department of German Studies in conjunction with MIT.
GSJ Story   25GSJ03c    09/15/2000   Curtis
Senior's travel to Middle East yields report for human rights monitoring group
Evan Weiss, a student, traveled over the summer to research education in Palestine
GSJ Story   25GSJ03d    09/15/2000   Cole
Inquiring minds: Maria Pacheco on bilingual education
Maria Pacheco, director of New England Equity Assistance Center, comments on recent news that two years after Californians voted to end bilingual education, standardized test scores show Spanish-speaking students improving in reading and other subjects.
GSJ Story   25GSJ03e    09/15/2000   Cole
Summering with a medicine man
Supported by a Royce Fellowship, Dai Shizuka '01 spent two months this summer categorizing the plants in a Costa Rican garden. Many of the plants are used for medicinal purposes.
GSJ Story   25GSJ03f    09/15/2000   Turner
Essayist Wright giving voice to Louisiana prisoners
poet-Prof. C.D. Wright won the Dorothea Lange/Paul Taylor prize for her book about inmates in La. prisons, written in collaboration with a documentary photographer.
GSJ Story   25GSJ03g    09/15/2000   Curtis
Faces of Brown: Spencer Haddow, Police and Security
FACES OF BROWN: Officer Spencer Haddow of Police and Security
GSJ Story   25GSJ03h    09/15/2000   P&S
Taubman Center sends e-government a report card
Darrell West and students at the Taubman Center set out to answer that question last summer. They visited 1,813 Web sites operated by federal and state governments and governmental agencies, evaluated each for 27 distinct features features, summarized the best and worst features of each, then tabulated the results. Their conclusion: Government at all levels is not making full and effective use of commonly available information technology.
GSJ Story   25GSJ03i    09/15/2000   Nickel
Robert Reich to speak at investment conference Sept. 21
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich will deliver the keynote address Thursday, Sept. 21, to kick off a two-day conference on socially responsible investing. The conference is sponsored by Brown's Values Initiative.
News Release   00-024    09/14/2000   Curtis
Women do better in math when tested without men, study says
A study of 164 Brown University undergraduates in 1998 and 1999 found women performed as well as men when they took math tests with other women, but did not perform as well when tested with men.
News Release   00-023    09/12/2000   Cole
R.I. offers nation a view of the future for higher quality end-of-life care
A Brown-led survey of 204 bereaved family members finds a need for better pain management, care planning, communication and pastoral counseling in R.I. nursing homes. Researchers have determined that Rhode Island ranks sixth in the nation in the proportion of residents dying in nursing homes.
News Release   00-019    09/11/2000   Turner
Web site study finds Ôe-government' far short of potential
Professor Darrell M. West, director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy at Brown Uni-versity, will discuss his study of 1,813 state and federal "e-government" Web sites during a news conference at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, in the National Press Club.
News Release   00-021    09/11/2000   Nickel
Op-Ed: A tolerable death
Family members who are seeing loved ones through their final days should expect that pain can be controlled. The U.S. Health Care Financing Administration, which oversees all nursing homes in the country, should make pain a focus of state inspections of nursing homes.
News Release   00-022    09/11/2000   Kerlin
OFF HOURS: Geoff Surrette: senior academic secretary, artist
OFF HOURS: Digital artist Geoff Surrette, senior academic secretary
GSJ Story   25GSJ02a    09/08/2000   Cole
Inquiring Minds: Ken Mayer on AIDS conference
Inquiring Minds: Q&A about AIDS with Ken Mayer
GSJ Story   25GSJ02b    09/08/2000   Turner
Tight squeeze in residence halls
By converting some dorm space into triples and six Wriston libraries into rooms for four, the Office of Residential Life finds places for the growing number of students who want to live on campus.
GSJ Story   25GSJ02c    09/08/2000   Nickel
Frequent flier David Meyer
Professor David Meyer commutes weekly between the University, where he is a faculty member in the departments of sociology and urban studies, and St. Louis, where he and his wife moved last year to be close to her new job.
GSJ Story   25GSJ02d    09/08/2000   Cole
For many visitors, tour guide is first encounter with flesh-and-blood Brunonian
For many visitors, the tour guide is their first encounter with a flesh-and-blood Brunonian (GSJ of Sept. 8, 2000
GSJ Story   25GSJ02e    09/08/2000   Cole
Researchers find evidence of folds on Europa
Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and Brown University may have solved a 20-year-old geological mystery surrounding Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
GSJ Story   25GSJ02f    09/08/2000   JHU
New faculty group explores field of science studies
A new faculty committee has been created to strengthen the field of science studies at Brown. Its charge is to promote interdisciplinary research and teaching at the intersections of science, technology and society.
GSJ Story   25GSJ02g    09/08/2000   Turner
Researcher hopes findings on end-of-life care will shape RI policy on nursing homes
A study led by Joan Teno, M.D., shows that more than one in three residents of Rhode Island now die in a nursing home - up from 19.5 percent just over a decade ago. The finding may force the state to confront the quality of its end-of-life care.
GSJ Story   25GSJ02h    09/08/2000   Turner
Research notes from annual sociological association meeting
Research findings presented by Brown faculty and students at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association
GSJ Story   25GSJ02i    09/08/2000   
Keynoter gazes through stained-glass window to view life of the mind
Coverage of Opening Convocation, with an excerpt from keynote speaker Meera Viswanathan's address, "The Monumental Miniature."
GSJ Story   25GSJ02j    09/08/2000   Sweeney
FEC outlines agenda for year; presidential search in screening phase
Coverage of first faculty meeting of the year (9/5/00) includes special report from Blumstein, report from Presidential Search Advisory Committee, list of agenda items from Faculty Executive Committee
GSJ Story   25GSJ02k    09/08/2000   Sweeney
First-year students set up housekeeping in new surroundings
Freshmen move in, set up housekeeping in new surroundings.
GSJ Story   25GSJ02l    09/08/2000   Curtis
Web efforts, other initiatives hope to engage student voters in this fall's election
The Web plays a role in Brown's efforts to encourage students to vote in November election.
GSJ Story   25GSJ02m    09/08/2000   Cole
John Carter Brown Library to host exhibit on colonial Brazil
The history of Colonial Brazil, illustrated through a selection of significant printed works from the John Carter Brown Library's collection, will be on display Sept.11 through Dec. 15, 2000.
News Release   00-020    09/06/2000   Curtis
Program teaches business skills to graduate students
Thirty Ph.D. candidates considering careers outside academia enroll in three-week program offered through Career Services, Graduate School
GSJ Story   25GSJ01a    09/01/2000   Curtis
Task force seeks student feedback on its report on student life
The Campus Life Task Force plans to seek feedback this fall from students, faculty, and staff on its report on improving the quality of life at Brown and integrating it with the academic environment.
GSJ Story   25GSJ01b    09/01/2000   Kerlin
Opening Convocation to welcome 1,420 members of Class of '04
Opening Convocation Sept. 5 will welcome 1,420 members of the Class of 2004. Keynote speaker is Meera S. Viswanathan, associate professor of comparative literature and East Asian studies. Article also includes statistics about freshman class. (GSJ of Sept. 1, 2000)
GSJ Story   25GSJ01c    09/01/2000   Curtis
Math professors patent computer security system
Jeffrey Hoffstein, Jill Pipher and Joseph H. Silverman believe they have built the world's fastest, smallest encryption system, which will make secure communications less expensive for manufacturers to build into consumer electronics. The three mathematicians were issued a patent for their company, NTRU.
GSJ Story   25GSJ01e    09/01/2000   Kerlin
Ivy League football ruling motivates team
Interview with senior tri-captain Drew Inser about the effect the Ivy League ruling prohibiting Brown from defending its football championshop, had on the Brown football team. Inser transferred to Brown when BU ended its football program.
GSJ Story   25GSJ01f    09/01/2000   Cole
Scientists record movement of herpes simplex virus in nerve cell
Elaine Bearer and colleagues record movement of herpes simplex virus in nerve cell. Understanding how a virus travels within the nerve cell may lead to better treatment and perhaps cures for potentially lethal viral infections, says Bearer. (GJS of Sept. 1, 2000)
GSJ Story   25GSJ01g    09/01/2000   Kerlin
Dance team heads to West Africa
Michelle Bach-Coulibaly is traveling with four Brown students, two alumni and several other educators to a village in Mali, where they are studying dance, drumming, culture and history, and participating in the traditional ceremonies of the people from surrounding villages. (GSJ of Sept. 1, 2000)
GSJ Story   25GSJ01h    09/01/2000   Curtis
Probing the mysteries of the brain using nanotechnology
Using electronic structures so tiny they would be 500 times smaller than the width of a human hair, six Brown professors hope to employ nanotechnology to explore the function of the human brain. Their research is financed by a $4.25-million grant from the U.S. Defense Department.
GSJ Story   25GSJ01i    09/01/2000   Kerlin
OFF HOURS: Biology Professor Ken Miller, NCAA umpire
Ken Miller is an NCAA softball umpire in his off hours.
GSJ Story   25GSJ01j    09/01/2000   Cole
Research notes
Caregivers who themselves have AIDS rarely take time out to get treatment for themselves, research shows; aging and asthma; bloodstream infections, fluconazole study; forceps delivery and mom's gas; preemies cognitive function; CO2 and ancient animals; grant to study adolescent depression; fission in electrons (GSJ of Sept. 1, 2000)
GSJ Story   25GSJ01k    09/01/2000   staff
Students' fieldwork helps R.I. explore Latino chapters of its history
The neighborhoods of Providence have become classrooms for the students of Deborah Pacini Hernandez. The associate professor of American civilization and 20 students spent the spring semester interviewing the city's Latino residents for Hernandez' course, "Urban Borderlands: Latino Interactions," and as part of an oral history project for the Rhode Island Historical Society. (GSJ of Sept. 1, 2000)
GSJ Story   25GSJ01l    09/01/2000   Curtis
Breast cancer survivors sought for study on walking, self-esteem
At the Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine at The Miriam Hospital, researchers are recruiting participants for a study of whether regular exercise helps breast cancer survivors improve their well-being.
GSJ Story   25GSJ01m    09/01/2000   Turner
Inquiring Minds: Steve Hamburg on wildfires in the West
Inquiring Minds: Q&A with Steve Hamburg about wildfires raging in the west.
GSJ Story   25GSJ01n    09/01/2000   Kerlin
Brown engineering and neuroscience group wins grant for brain study
Six Brown scientists plan to explore the function of the human brain using tiny electronics -- nanotechnology -- with a $4.25-million grant from the U.S. Defense Department.
News Release   00-018    08/24/2000   Kerlin
Non-whites rate court performance and fairness lower than whites
A survey of 1,724 people who used the Providence Superior Court, District Court, Family Court, and Workers' Compensation Court examined racial and gender differences in views about court performance, fairness, personnel and processes.
News Release   00-016    08/22/2000   Nickel
Johnnie Cochran to speak on "Justice in America" Sept. 7
Famed trial lawyer Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. – known for his defense of such high-profile clients as O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson and Riddick Bowe – will deliver a John Hazen White Sr. Lecture Thursday, Sept. 7, 2000, in Sayles Hall.
News Release   00-017    08/22/2000   Curtis
Op-Ed: Disengaged youth: What's a politician to do?
In the last national election, four out of five potential voters aged 18 to 24 did not cast a vote. Voting among young persons has declined since 1972, when Congress extended the franchise. Campus Compact Executive Director Elizabeth Hollander argues that we must find a way to address civic disengagement among college-age voters.
News Release   00-011    08/18/2000   Kerlin
Brown summer program trains teachers in world affairs curriculum
Nine teachers from across the country participated in Brown University's Choices for the 21st Century Teaching Fellows Program, a summer institute that provides training in a curriculum designed to engage secondary school students in debate on international public policy issues.
News Release   00-015    08/18/2000   Kerlin
Opening Convocation to welcome 1,420 students in Class of 2004
Interim President Sheila E. Blumstein will officially open the new academic year during the 237th Opening Convocation Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000, at 11 a.m. on The College Green. Associate Professor of Comparative Literature Meera S. Viswanathan will be the keynote speaker for the ceremony.
News Release   00-014    08/17/2000   Curtis
Campus Life Task Force recommends changes to residential system
A report issued by the Campus Life Task Force recommends that Brown University reconfigure its current residential system to create a system of residential clusters. Two pilot clusters, designed to enhance student-faculty interaction and support a sense of community and continuity, could be ready for the fall of 2001.
News Release   00-005    08/16/2000   Nickel
Brown faculty offers perspectives on the 2000 presidential race
Brown faculty are available to offer perspectives on many issues in the 2000 presidential campaign: the role of television advertising, the influence of special interest groups, the history of American public opinion, and the perspectives of minority groups and young people.
News Release   00-012    08/14/2000   Cole
Bell Gallery to present recent work of Stephan Balkenhol
The recent work of German-born artist Stephan Balkenhol will be on exhibit at the David Winton Bell Gallery Sept. 9 through Oct. 29, 2000. Balkenhol is best known for his carved wooden sculptures of people and animals.
News Release   00-013    08/11/2000   Curtis
The Ivy League decision: some questions and answers about Brown football
On Tuesday, August 1, 2000, the Council of Ivy Group Presidents announced its final disposition of a case involving violations of Ivy League athletics rules on the part of Brown University. The final disposition increased the severity of Ivy- and NCAA-approved measures announced earlier and made Brown ineligible to defend its Ivy League Championship in the 2000 season. The following questions and answers address issues in the case.
News Release   00-010    08/09/2000   Nickel
Walter C. Hunter named vice president for administration at Brown
Walter C. Hunter, a labor and employment law partner at Edwards & Angell, has been appointed vice president for administration at Brown. His responsibilities will include human resources, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, police and security, facilities management, the Brown Bookstore, graphic services, stores operations, construction, real estate and rental properties, and labor relations.
News Release   00-007    08/02/2000   Sweeney
Cynthia E. Frost named vice president and chief investment officer
Cynthia E. Frost, a vice president and portfolio strategist for Duke Management Company, has joined Brown University as vice president and chief investment officer.
News Release   00-008    08/02/2000   Sweeney
Brown physicist proposes that electron may be split in two
Brown professor of physics and engineering Humphrey Maris proposes that it is possible to split the electron. A paper describing the theory appears in the Aug. 1 Journal of Low Temperature Physics. Maris presented his research at the International Conference on Quantum Fluids and Solids, held in June at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
News Release   00-009    08/01/2000   Kerlin
University statement on Susan Klein vs. Brown University
Laura Freid, executive vice president of public affairs and university relations for Brown University, issued the following statement regarding the July 21 decision in Susan Klein vs. Brown University.
News Release   00-006    07/21/2000   Sweeney
Performers to present evening of West African dance and music
Students from Brown's summer session will be joined by a West African drumming troupe for a July 18th performance of West African dance, music and storytelling at Brown's Ashamu Dance Studio.
News Release   00-004    07/14/2000   Curtis
Study finds caregivers often postpone seeking treatment for themselves
A nationwide study of HIV-positive patients led by Michael D. Stein of Brown University found 14 percent of women and 8 percent of men delayed their own medical treatment because they were caring for others.
News Release   00-003    07/10/2000   Cole
How faculty recruit subjects for drug trials
Researchers who need to recruit subjects with particular illnesses go to great lengths to find the right people, even placing ads in newspapers. (The sports section works best, they say.)
GSJ Story   24GSJ29a    07/07/2000   Turner
The ins and outs of drug trials
Researchers who test promising new drugs in human subjects must follow closely reviewed protocols and gain approval from internal and external review boards.
GSJ Story   24GSJ29b    07/07/2000   Turner
Small business looks at the big picture Ð taken from space
Cranberry growers say the most useful view of their crops may be from miles overhead. NASA-sponsored remote sensing lets them identify diseases and other problems before they are visible to the naked eye in the bog.
GSJ Story   24GSJ29c    07/07/2000   Kerlin
Off hours: Richard Roe, comic book collector
"It's amazing how the ridiculously mundane can infiltrate culture Ð and even become iconic," says comic book collector Richard Roe.
GSJ Story   24GSJ29d    07/07/2000   Curtis
Madagascar research blossoms into international UTRA
A summer research opportunity in Madagascar leads to a multi-departmental international group UTRA for six Brown undergraduates.
GSJ Story   24GSJ29e    07/07/2000   Rose
Scientists record movement of herpes simplex virus in nerve cell
A team of scientists led by Elaine Bearer of Brown University is the first to observe and record the movement of the herpes simplex virus within a living a nerve cell. The research was performed at Brown and at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass., using squid taken from local waters.
News Release   00-001    07/03/2000   Kerlin
Brown University officials present master plan update to community
In conjunction with a five-year review of current operations and growth, University and city officials hosted a community meeting to review Brown's proposed Master Plan 2000 with area residents.
News Release   00-002    06/29/2000   Curtis
New master's of public health program integrates public health, health care
Brown's new Master's of Public Health program is designed to prepare professionals who are at home in both the public health and health services arenas. The program has strong ties to the Rhode Island Department of Health, which has helped define the character of the training, the types of internship exposures that students will have, and its mission. The MPH program is administered through the Department of Community Health.
GSJ Story   24GSJ28a    06/23/2000   Turner
Summer Theatre producer to take his final bow
John Lucas -- hailed as a teacher, designer, mentor and friend -- will retire in September after 31 years in Brown's theater department and as longtime producer of Brown Summer Theatre.
GSJ Story   24GSJ28b    06/23/2000   Curtis
Sarah Doyle Women's Center celebrates 25 years, looks ahead
The 25th anniversary of the Sarah Doyle Women's Center has become a time to clarify its mission and services in response to changes in the women's movement.
GSJ Story   24GSJ28c    06/23/2000   Cole
Perspectives on psychotropic drugs and preschoolers
There is an urgent need for more research on psychotropic drug use in very young children, says Henrietta Leonard, M.D., a practicing child and adolescent psychiatrist and a professor of psychiatry and human behavior in the School of Medicine. In fact, no research results support psychotropic drug treatment in preschoolers, she says.
GSJ Story   24GSJ28d    06/23/2000   Turner
OFF HOURS: Lynne Collinson, executive assistant, actress/director
Off Hours: Lynne Collinson, an executive assistant, is equally at home on stage as an actress or behind the scenes as a director.
GSJ Story   24GSJ28e    06/23/2000   DeCesare
College presidents convene to mobilize campuses for civic work
Fifty college and university presidents will meet in Philadelphia June 26-27, 2000, to develop strategies for increasing civic engagement among the country's youth and to call upon U.S. presidential candidates to put the issue on the national agenda.
News Release   99-142    06/16/2000   Cole
Op-Ed: The dangers of Trent Lott's new regime
In ruling the Senate with an iron fist, Trent Lott is going far beyond the innocuous goal of achieving efficient government. The consequence of his actions, whether intended or not, are to undermine and weaken the very purpose of the Senate as an institution.
News Release   99-141    06/13/2000   Kerlin
Op-Ed: Hafez Assad Ð a pragmatic dictator
The West has maintained many myths about Hafez Assad, whose son is poised to take over the presidency of Syria after his recent death. Although in the west, Assad was generally seen as a hard-line enemy of Israel, he actually walked a very fine line, balancing support for Palestinians with restraint in attacking Israel. He was also seen as a repressive dictator, but his struggle to modernize the state was met by resistance from religious conservatives.
News Release   99-140    06/12/2000   Kerlin
Commencement/Reunion weekend highlights
Highlights from Commencement/Reunion weekend
GSJ Story   24GSJ27a    06/09/2000   staff
Faculty, staff, graduate students receive Commencement Day awards
Faculty, staff, graduate students receive awards presented on Commencement Day
GSJ Story   24GSJ27b    06/09/2000   staff
Medical school begins $70-million campaign
School of Medicine begins $70-million campaign.
GSJ Story   24GSJ27c    06/09/2000   Turner
Study examines Brown's impact on city, state
Visitors to the University spend upward of $3 million a year on lodging, meals, entertainment and other services, according to a new independent study detailing Brown's wide-ranging impact on the local economy. The study is titled "Partners for the 21st Century: Brown University's Economic Contributions to Providence and Rhode Island"
GSJ Story   24GSJ27d    06/09/2000   Cole
Gravestone studies shed light on life and times of the deceased
Brown's Rob Emlin is keynote speaker at national conference on gravestone studies being held in Providence this June.
GSJ Story   24GSJ27e    06/09/2000   Curtis
Quest for correct answer led Kosterlitz to new definition and Onsager Prize
Physics professor J. Michael Kosterlitz received the 2000 Lars Onsager Prize of the American Physical Society for recognition of a controversial 1973 paper in which he and partner came up with a new definition of an ordered phase of matter.
GSJ Story   24GSJ27f    06/09/2000   Kerlin
Physics professor searches for extra dimensions
Assistant professor Greg Landsberg's search for extra dimensions is attracting attention within the physics world and against the backdrop of a public that is fascinated by the ideas of poking through to extra dimensions and black holes.
GSJ Story   24GSJ27g    06/09/2000   Kerlin
Few sips may sink ships, researchers find
A new study led by Damaris Rohsenow finds that low doses of alcohol may impair sailors who are unaware that their skills are diminished. In the study, two to three drinks significantly tarnished the performance of mariners who were adamant that they were not impaired.
GSJ Story   24GSJ27h    06/09/2000   Turner
Smart software could create e-shopping price wars
Amy Rachel Greenwald, an assistant professor of computer science, works with what are called "intelligent automated software agents on the Internet." She researches how software that goes out to search for stuff "learns" every time you use it. Her analysis is based on "game theory" and other economic techniques.
GSJ Story   24GSJ27i    06/09/2000   Kerlin
Last Word: Decriminalize the possession of syringes
Josiah Rich of Brown writes that Rhode Island must decriminalizing the sale and possession of syringes if it hopes to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. In Rhode Island, the majority of these infections are caused by the reuse of contaminated syringes.
GSJ Story   24GSJ27j    06/09/2000   Rich
Residents rate mall highly, but jobs, tax revenues fall short of predictions
A survey of 329 Providence residents conducted May 6-9, 2000, finds they rate the Providence Place Mall highly even though it has fallen short of predictions for job creation and sales tax revenue. The survey also finds positive ratings for the job performance of Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr., but his numbers are down from a year ago.
News Release   99-138    06/08/2000   Nickel
Conference will explore ways to promote civic engagement for youth
Promoting civic participation among young people is the subject of a three-day conference, June 15-17, 2000, in the Salomon Center for Teaching on The College Green. The event is free and open to the public.
News Release   99-139    06/07/2000   Cole
High school students are worried about environment, weapons
High school students who participated in a civic education program developed at Brown say their top international concerns are damage to the global environment and the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons
News Release   99-137    06/06/2000   Kerlin
Brown School of Medicine begins $70-million campaign
The Brown University School of Medicine's $70-million campaign, entitled "Building the Bridge," is designed to build upon the uniqueness of one of the nation's youngest medical schools.
News Release   99-135    06/01/2000   Turner
Corporation of Brown University elects four new trustees
At its May meeting, the Corporation of Brown University elected four new trustees to six-year terms. Richard Barker, Robin Lenhardt, Jonathan Nelson and Daniel O'Connell will serve as members of the University's governing body through 2006.
News Release   99-136    06/01/2000   Nickel
Brown to host brain researchers from around the world
Twenty-four of the world's leading neuroscientists will gather at Brown June 1-3, 2000, to present the latest findings in brain development and function. The meeting is open to media.
News Release   99-134    05/31/2000   Turner
Rose named director of financial aid stewardship, special assignment dean
Dean of Student Life Robin Rose will leave that position July 1, 2000, to become director of financial aid stewardship and dean on special assignment Jean Joyce-Brady, associate dean of student life, will serve as interim dean.
News Release   99-133    05/30/2000   Nickel
Steinfeld '01 on 'brink of life in the arts' after winning national acting award
Ben Steinfeld, a junior concentrating in theater, has won the national Irene Ryan Acting Award from the American College Theater Festival.
GSJ Story   24GSJ26a    05/26/2000   Curtis
Months of preparation for six minutes of oration
Student orators have been selected for the past decade or more by a committee. Who selects, who coaches?
GSJ Story   24GSJ26b    05/26/2000   Cole
Stepping into start-ups, commencing at dot coms
Graduates are heading to start-ups and dot-com companies, according to Career Services
GSJ Story   24GSJ26c    05/26/2000   Cole
Brown anthropologist working to revive Mead's lesser-known works in honor of centennial
Anthropology Professor William Beeman is editing seven works by anthropologist Margaret Mead in honor of her centennial.
GSJ Story   24GSJ26d    05/26/2000   Curtis
The interdisciplinary mind of Leon Cooper
A look at Nobel Laureate Leon Cooper, the physics professor who is always moving from one scientific venue to another. He won his Nobel in theoretical physics; now he's among the leading thinkers in brain science.
GSJ Story   24GSJ26e    05/26/2000   Cole
Physics grad students spread the word about science in city's high schools
Graduate students in the physics department are showing teen-agers that high school science and math can lead them into powerful careers. The graduate students reach out through a federal fellowship programcalled Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need.
GSJ Story   24GSJ26f    05/26/2000   Kerlin
Brown will present 10 honorary degrees at Commencement May 29
Honorary degrees will be presented to Xerox scientist John Seely Brown, author and chef Julia Child, geneticist Francis S. Collins, violin teacher Dorothy DeLay, Providence artist Barnaby Evans, the Rev. Gustavo Gutierrez, abstract artist Brice Marden, author David McCullough, Israeli scholar Alice Shalvi and Louis Sullivan, former secretary of Health and Human Services and now president of the Morehouse School of Medicine.
GSJ Story   24GSJ26g    05/26/2000   Sweeney
Award ceremonies acknowledge service, leadership of senior class members
Recipients of the Joslin Awards, presented by Student Life Office, and other awards
GSJ Story   24GSJ26h    05/26/2000   Sweeney
Graduating senior finds the brain is where the heart is
Member of graduating class entered Brown to study premed but fell in love with neuroscience. His research with lab of Mark Bear resulted in paper published in scientific journal.
GSJ Story   24GSJ26i    05/26/2000   Turner
Bell Gallery exhibit to feature artists' works of illusion
The David Winton Bell Gallery will present a two-person exhibition, Sleight of Hand, featuring works by Holly Laws and Larimer Richards, from June 10 through July 9.
News Release   99-132    05/26/2000   Curtis
Brown will award 10 honorary degrees at Commencement May 29
Honorary degree recipients at Brown University's 232nd Commencement include Xerox scientist John Seely Brown, author and chef Julia Child, geneticist Francis S. Collins, violin teacher Dorothy DeLay, Providence artist Barnaby Evans, the Rev. Gustavo Gutierrez, abstract artist Brice Marden, author David McCullough, Israeli scholar Alice Shalvi and Louis Sullivan, president of the Morehouse School of Medicine.
News Release   99-130    05/24/2000   Sweeney
New study describes Brown's economic impact in Rhode Island
An independent study has measured Brown's economic impact on the R.I. economy at nearly $400 million in 1998 -- 1.4 percent of the gross state product. The study was released during a University ceremony Tuesday, May 23, 2000.
News Release   99-128    05/23/2000   Cole
Cianci Scholar to develop urban garden program for South Providence
Christine Coletta of Warwick, R.I., has been named the 2000 Vincent A. Cianci Jr. Urban Scholar. Coletta will begin a training program about turning vacant lots into urban gardens.
News Release   99-129    05/23/2000   Cole
Updated directory describes Brown's community partnerships
An updated Community Partnership Directory describes more than 220 community service initiatives between the University and community.
News Release   99-131    05/23/2000   Cole
Brown University to hold 232nd Commencement Monday, May 29
Chief Marshal Lacy Herrmann '50 will lead more than 6,000 people down College Hill on Monday, May 29, in one of the nation's largest and most colorful academic pageants. The Commencement procession and 232nd academic exercises cap a four-day Commencement-Reunion Weekend at Brown.
News Release   99-124    05/19/2000   Nickel
Memory mechanism found at nerve cell connections in the brain
In today's Science, researchers from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Brown University describe machinery at the synapse for the synthesis of new proteins that de-press synaptic strength. Synaptic weakening is thought to be a key process in memory creation and storage.
News Release   99-123    05/18/2000   Turner
Gutierrez, father of liberation theology, to give baccalaureate address
Gustavo Gutierrez, best known for his work, "A Theology of Liberation," and his support for the poor in Latin America, will deliver an address to graduating seniors at Brown's baccalaureate service on Sunday, May 28, 2000, at 1:30 p.m. in the First Baptist Meeting House, simulcast to The College Green.
News Release   99-126    05/18/2000   Kerlin
Feminist Alice Shalvi to deliver Ogden Lecture May 27
Noted scholar and feminist Alice Shalvi will speak on the effects of feminism on Judaic life in Israel and the world beyond as part of the Stephen A. Ogden Jr. Memorial Lectureship on Saturday, May 27.
News Release   99-127    05/18/2000   Curtis
Drug-psychotherapy combo found highly effective in depression study
The prescription drug Serzone, combined with psychotherapy designed specifically for chronic depression, produced an 85-percent response rate among 681 patients under treatment for chronic forms of major depression. The study appears in the current New England Journal of Medicine.
News Release   99-120    05/17/2000   Turner
WorldCom, Brown announce grants to 20 underserved U.S. communities
WorldCom and Brown University have awarded grants to 20 community-campus partnerships in support of educational technology programs for youth in underserved communities. The $5-million Making a Civic Investment grant program will benefit thousands of K-12 schoolchildren nationwide during the next five years.
News Release   99-119    05/16/2000   Nickel
Khrushchev and Paterno headline 30th annual Commencement Forums
Brown's 30th annual Commencement Forums will spotlight lessons in leadership from the arenas of international politics, science and technology to the world of art, the newsroom and the football field.
News Release   99-125    05/16/2000   Curtis
Surgeon general to discuss nation's health agenda at Commencement
Dr. David Satcher will speak at the Brown University School of Medicine Commencement Convocation Monday, May 29, at 8:45 a.m. in the First Unitarian Church. Eighty-one students will graduate.
News Release   99-121    05/15/2000   Cole
New research on maritime alcohol: A few sips may sink ships
New findings published in the current journal Addiction suggest that low doses of alcohol may impair sailors who are unaware that their skills are diminished.
News Release   99-122    05/15/2000   Turner
Twenty-four undergraduates receive fellowships for research, public service
Twenty-four Brown University undergraduates will receive Royce Fellowships, which will enable them to advance their research and public service projects locally, nationally and internationally.
News Release   99-117    05/10/2000   Curtis
ACUP finalizes spring report, hears need-blind concerns
Included in ACUP's spring report to the president is its recommended distribution of an unallocated $450,000 in the FY01 budget, with $200,000 going toward the University's technology and information infrastructure, $100,000 for the library's acquisition budget, and $150,000 toward graduate student financial aid. During a portion of the meeting, a student group held a silent demonstration in support of a need-blind admissions policy.
GSJ Story   24GSJ25a    05/05/2000   Sweeney
WBRU news team is tuned in to what it takes to win
WBRU was recently named News Station of the Year for Massachusetts and Rhode Island by the Associated Press. For the team of students from a university that doesn't offer a major in broadcast journalism, it's particularly sweet to beat competition from colleges that pride themselves on such programs.
GSJ Story   24GSJ25b    05/05/2000   Curtis
Brown student wins national award for best college actor
Ben Steinfeld '01 has been named the winner of the Irene Ryan Winners' Circle best college actor award in the annual American College Theater Festival in Washington, D.C.
News Release   99-118    05/03/2000   Curtis
GED a distinct advantage for low-skilled white dropouts, study says
Low-skilled white high-school dropouts who pass the GED earn 10 to 19 percent more than those without the GED, according to a nationwide study of 80,000 people published in the spring Quarterly Journal of Economics.
News Release   99-115    05/02/2000   Cole
Two seniors chosen to deliver parting words to Class of 2000
Eirene Donohue of Barrington, R.I., and Joseph Edmonds Jr. of Baltimore, Md., will deliver speeches during Brown's 232nd Commencement, Monday, May 29, 2000, at 10:15 a.m. in the First Baptist Meeting House.
News Release   99-116    05/02/2000   Cole
ACUP takes first pass at setting budget priorities
At their April 24 meeting, members of ACUP begin to determine their recommendations for budget priorities. Rising to the top of the committee's tentative list: information and technology infrastructure, library support and graduate financial aid.
GSJ Story   24GSJ24a    04/28/2000   Sweeney
Faculty committee efforts lead to Web resource for work, family issues
The Committee on the Status of Women, a standing committee of the faculty, is working on a new Web site to provide information about everything from locating day care to choosing a doctor, and finding everything from a used couch to a summer camp.
GSJ Story   24GSJ24b    04/28/2000   Cole
After 18 years of serving campus, Rabbi Flam is ready for change
Rabbi Alan Flam is leaving Brown and Hillel after 18 years of service.
GSJ Story   24GSJ24c    04/28/2000   Curtis
Provocative pieces have place at Faculty Exhibition 2000
Bell Gallery's annual faculty artist show includes Khalid Kodi's mixed-media work about Sudan, which iss but one example of art as political statement.
GSJ Story   24GSJ24d    04/28/2000   Curtis
Researchers use GIS software to map studies of Rhode Island, Jordan, Venus
Geographic information systems link data to a place, and most importantly, answers questions that researchers ask of it. The software, which is widely used by government and industry, is now available for use by anyone at Brown.
GSJ Story   24GSJ24e    04/28/2000   Kerlin
Brown concludes inquiry, files report with Ivy League, NCAA
Brown University has concluded its inquiry into alleged violations in athletic recruiting and has filed its final report with the Ivy League and the NCAA. The report lists several violations and outlines a wide range of penalties and remedies which the University will undertake pending NCAA approval.
News Release   99-111    04/27/2000   Nickel
Professor Mary L. Fennell named dean of the faculty
Mary L. Fennell, professor of sociology and community health, has been named dean of the faculty at Brown University. Fennell will begin her duties June 1, succeeding Kathryn T. Spoehr, who was appointed executive vice president and provost in November 1999.
News Release   99-114    04/26/2000   Nickel
The undersea world of Jon Witman and students
Jon Witman and two doctoral candidates just returned from South Africa, where he completed sampling a biogeographic region of the world in his study of global patterns of marine species diversity.
GSJ Story   24GSJ23a    04/21/2000   Kerlin
New museum could offer unique approach to study of material culture
ACUP hears an update from Bill Simmons regarding the status of relocating the Haffenreffer Museum to campus.
GSJ Story   24GSJ23b    04/21/2000   Sweeney
ACUP gets updates about benefits options, Campus Life Task Force
ACUP members at their April 17 meeting hear about possible changes in faculty and staff benefit packages and an update on the Campus Life Task Force work.
GSJ Story   24GSJ23c    04/21/2000   Sweeney
Finding the Words: Tales of life, love and loss
Finding the Words, a Swearer Center program run in partnership with CCRI and Hospice, helps families mourn and illustrates the grieving process to participating students.
GSJ Story   24GSJ23d    04/21/2000   Turner
Off Hours: Richard Gould, aerobatic anthropology professor
Off Hours: Richard Gould, chair of anthropology department who specializes in underwater archaeology, is an aerobatist, piloting gliders and power planes through aerobatic moves.
GSJ Story   24GSJ23e    04/21/2000   Kerlin
The case of three graduate programs and the transformation of Brown
Thomas Kniesche of German Studies responds to an April 7 Last Word on elimination of three graduate programs. With reference to online letters to the editor.
GSJ Story   24GSJ23f    04/21/2000   Kniesche
Hospital opens haven for despondent new moms or moms-to-be
Women & Infants' Day Hospital opened in February through the efforts of Karen Rosene-Montella, M.D., associate professor of medicine and obstetrics and gynecology in the School of Medicine. The facility treats postpartum or pregnant women suffering from a range of psychiatric illnesses including depression, anxiety, and obsessive compulsive disorder.
GSJ Story   24GSJ23g    04/21/2000   Turner
Howard Foundation announces 11 recipients of 2000-01 fellowships
The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation, administered by Brown University, has announced 11 recipients of $20,000 fellowships for the 2000-01 academic year. This year, the fellowships were awarded in anthropology, philosophy and sociology. Next year, the Foundation will award fellowships in painting, sculpture and art history.
News Release   99-112    04/20/2000   Nickel
Bell Gallery spotlights faculty artwork in Faculty Exhibition 2000
A multimedia exhibit features the work of 14 artists in the Departments of Visual Art and Modern Culture and Media now through May 30 at the David Winton Bell Gallery.
News Release   99-113    04/20/2000   Curtis
Applications available for Brown Summer High School, July 5-28
Brown Summer High School is a month-long program of provocative, question-based learning that offers students entering grades 9 through 12 the opportunity to build critical thinking, reading, writing and problem-solving skills. Partly funded by the Brown University Education Department, the program includes 50 educators working in teams to instruct 300 students.
News Release   99-109    04/17/2000   Sweeney
History of American West featured at John Hay Library
The American West will be the featured topic April 27 when historian Ron Tyler discusses his work. Tyler's presentation, at 8 p.m. in the John Hay Library, marks the opening of an exhibition at the library drawn from the Ames Collection of Illustrated Books.
News Release   99-110    04/17/2000   Curtis
The face of the Class of 2004: 2,541 acceptance letters mailed
Of the 16,801 students who applied this year, only 2,541 received acceptance letters. They represent 15 percent of the pool of applicants who vied for acceptance to the Class of 2004, the lowest acceptance rate ever.
GSJ Story   24GSJ22a    04/14/2000   Cole
Locked-in oil prices, dual fuel system help campus cope with latest hikes
How did Brown cope with the season's rise in heating oil prices? The impact was minimal, because Brown locked in the price it paid last year. In addition, Brown can switch betweel oil-fueled burners or natural gas-fueled burners to take advantage of the cheapest fuel. (GSJ of April 14, 2000)
GSJ Story   24GSJ22b    04/14/2000   Cole
Faculty asked to explore possibilities of distance learning
In the near future, Brown faculty members will need to determine what role they and the University will play in the rapidly expanding world of distance learning, a topic that was discussed at the April 4 faculty meeting.
GSJ Story   24GSJ22c    04/14/2000   Sweeney
Habitat chapter helps family build a future
Brown chapter of Habitat for Humanity is working with other campus chapters to build a house on Pembroke Street.
GSJ Story   24GSJ22d    04/14/2000   Rose
Two studies examine role hostility plays in health
Hostility may be hazardous to your health, judging from the results of two recent studies conducted by Brown-affiliated investigators. One study suggests that hostility contributes to heart disease. Another indicates that a hostile personality increases a person's susceptibility to depression.
GSJ Story   24GSJ22e    04/14/2000   Turner
Robert Hass, poet laureate from 1995-97, will present reading May 8
Robert Hass, who as U.S. poet laureate championed the causes of literacy and environ-mentalism from 1995-97, will present a reading on Monday, May 8, at 7 p.m. in Salomon Center. His presentation is part of the President's Lecture Series.
News Release   99-105    04/12/2000   Sweeney
Brown will maintain its membership in FLA and WRC
Brown University will continue its membership in the FLA (Fair Labor Association) and the WRC (Worker Rights Consortium) and will remain productively engaged in issues related to sweatshop conditions in the apparel industry.
News Release   99-108    04/11/2000   Nickel
Novelist and playwright Samuel Shem will lecture May 3
Samuel Shem, a.k.a. Stephen J. Bergman, author of two best-selling novels about the medical community, will present "How to Stay Human in Medicine: ÔThe House of God' and ÔMount Misery,'" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 3, 2000, in the Salomon Center for Teaching. His talk is free and open to the public.
News Release   99-107    04/10/2000   Turner
ACUP examines issues surrounding need-blind admissions
Coverage of April 3 ACUP meeting on new resources, associated program costs, and need-blind admissions.
GSJ Story   24GSJ21a    04/07/2000   Sweeney
Online interaction appears to help weight loss
Deborah F. Tate, a graduate student in psychiatry and human behavior at the School of Medicine, is the lead researcher in a project that aims to find out whether interactive guidance through the Internet would help people lose weight.
GSJ Story   24GSJ21b    04/07/2000   Cole
'Packrats' makes the case for the importance of anthropology
On April 9, the Haffenreffer Museum opens its first major exhibition in many years. Called "Packrats for Posterity?," it examines the relevance of anthropology museums. It is being curated by graduate student Juliette Rogers.
GSJ Story   24GSJ21c    04/07/2000   Cole
Off Hours: Ara Sadaniantz, M.D.: cardiologist, poet
Off Hours: Cardiologist Ara Sadaniantz, M.D. composes poems about matters of the heart. "As physicians, we observe so much of life, from the physiological to the psychological to the sociological," says Sadaniantz, associate professor of medicine in the School of Medicine. "Poetry is my way of expressing myself."
GSJ Story   24GSJ21d    04/07/2000   Turner
Don't equate closing of three graduate programs with dismissing three great cultures
William Monroe of the University Library writes in support of University cuts of three graduate-level programs: Slavic, German and Italian.
GSJ Story   24GSJ21e    04/07/2000   Monroe
LAST WORD: Don't equate closing of 3 graduate programs with dismissing 3 great cultures
LAST WORD: Don't equate the closing of three graduate programs with dismissing three great cultures, writes William Monroe, head of the University Library's Collections Department.
GSJ Story   24GSJ21e    04/07/2000   Monroe
ACUP hears proposal for improved graduate student financial aid
An annual commitment of $4 million would enable Brown to offer each graduate student in a Ph.D. program five years of financial support, according to a report presented on March 13 to members of the Advisory Committee on University Planning. (In the April 7 paper edition of the GSJ, this article is combined with coverage of ACUP's April 3 meeting about need-blind admissions policies.)
GSJ Story   24GSJ21f    04/07/2000   Sweeney
Reporter Adam Clymer will speak about Kennedy biography April 10
New York Times Washington correspondent Adam Clymer will discuss his recently released biography of Sen. Edward Kennedy at noon Monday, April 10, 2000, in the Salomon Center for Teaching. His talk will be followed by a book-signing.
News Release   99-106    04/05/2000   Sweeney
Putting psychotropic drugs and preschoolers in perspective
Henrietta Leonard, M.D., a practicing child and adolescent psychiatrist, is a professor of psychiatry and human behavior in the Brown University School of Medicine. Leonard has talked and written extensively on scientific and ethical issues in prescribing medications for preschoolers and other children.
News Release   99-104    04/03/2000   Turner
More than 50 colleges will be represented at College Fair July 14
The Ninth Annual Brown University Summer College Fair will be held Friday, July 14, in Sayles Hall. Representatives of more than 50 colleges and universities will be on hand to talk with high school students and their parents from 1:30 until 4:30 p.m.
News Release   99-103    03/29/2000   Sweeney
Campus Advisory Committee on Presidential Selection announced
Brown Interim President Sheila E. Blumstein has announced the membership of the Campus Advisory Committee on the Presidential Selection. That committee, composed of faculty, students and staff, will assist the Brown Corporation in its selection of the University's 18th president.
News Release   99-100    03/28/2000   Nickel
University Disciplinary Council reaches findings in Feb. 21 assault case
After a hearing on March 22, the University Disciplinary Council found that three male students had violated the University's disciplinary code during a Feb. 21 incident in a residence hall. Dean of the College Nancy Dunbar has reviewed the UDC's findings and has affirmed the recommended penalties, which range from sanction to expulsion.
News Release   99-101    03/27/2000   Nickel
Times Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse will lecture April 12
Linda Greenhouse, who covers the U.S. Supreme Court for The New York Times, will present "Telling the Court's Story: The Role of Courts as Communicators" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 12, in Sayles Hall. The presentation is this year's Meiklejohn Lecture.
News Release   99-102    03/27/2000   Sweeney
Frances Mayes, author of Under the Tuscan Sun, will speak April 20
Frances Mayes, poet and author of the best-selling memoirs Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy and Bella Tuscany, will present a lecture titled "Finding the Rhythm of a Memoir" April 20, 2000, at 7 p.m. Her lecture is part of the President's Lecture Series.
News Release   99-098    03/23/2000   Sweeney
Brown author examines the lifelong impact of losing a mother
In Motherloss, Lynn Davidman analyzes the impact of losing a mother during childhood. Based on interviews with 60 adults, Davidman provides an understanding of the need to talk about the death of this loved one.
News Release   99-099    03/22/2000   Cole
Middle East scholars participate in Israeli-Palestinian workshop
Scholars from Israeli and Palestinian backgrounds will take part in a workshop April 7 and 8 that will examine the relations between the two sides since the Oslo accord. The workshop, "Oslo and Beyond: Israeli-Palestinian Relations in a New Era," is sponsored by the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown.
News Release   99-097    03/21/2000   Kerlin
Grad students give high marks to academic experience; health care issues a concern
The University's graduate students rate as "very good" their academic experience at Brown, and rate their student life experience as "good." But there is room for improvement in a number of areas, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Office of Institutional Research.
GSJ Story   24GSJ20a    03/17/2000   Sweeney
Faculty unanimously approve expression of thanks to chancellor
Chancellor Stephen Robert has pledged a $5-million gift to the University and, in the course of three weeks, has secured verbal commitments from other friends of Brown that total $30 million. The announcement, made by President Sheila Blumstein at the March 7 faculty meeting, was met with prolonged applause and a unanimous vote of appreciation for Robert's efforts.
GSJ Story   24GSJ20b    03/17/2000   Sweeney
Faculty explore other cultures through Fulbright grants
The adventure of international travel and the opportunity to teach - and be taught by - students and educators of another culture are the benefits of receiving a Fulbright scholar grant, say Brown recipients of the grants.
GSJ Story   24GSJ20c    03/17/2000   Kerlin
Reed, Feingold to speak on citizen participation in politics
Ralph Reed, a presidential campaign advisor to Gov. George Bush, and Sen. Russell Fein-gold (D-Wis.) are among speakers during a three-day program entitled "Participatory Citi-zenship: First Steps into Politics." Reed will speak Thursday, March 16, and Feingold will speak Friday, March 17, both at 7 p.m. in Sayles Hall. All events of the three-day program, sponsored by the Robert Values Initiative, are free and open to the public.
News Release   99-096    03/15/2000   Cole
Poet/dramatist Amiri Baraka will read from his works April 6
Amiri Baraka, who gained prominence as an influential Beat poet and a leader in the black arts movement, will present a reading of his works on April 6 as part of the President's Lecture Series. He will be accompanied by Blue Ark, a six-person jazz ensemble.
News Release   99-094    03/13/2000   Sweeney
Five college students receive national honors for community service
Five U.S. college students will receive the Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award Thursday, March 16, 2000, in recognition of their commitment to public service and service learning.
News Release   99-095    03/13/2000   Nickel
From Tiananmen Square to Providence, in poetry
Dissident poet Xue Di came to Brown in 1989 after the Tienanmen Square uprising in China. He has remained since then through the University's Freedom to Write program.
GSJ Story   24GSJ19a    03/10/2000   Kerlin
First steps for Life Sciences Building under way, ACUP told
The site for the new Life Sciences Building has been approved and architect selection is under way, members of ACUP are told at their March 6 meeting.
GSJ Story   24GSJ19b    03/10/2000   Sweeney
Science Library sees red over rising journal prices
In an effort to draw attention to the rising costs of subscriptions for scientific journals, the Science Library has hung red tags from science and medical journals with annual subscription rates of $1,000 or more.
GSJ Story   24GSJ19c    03/10/2000   Turner
Venezuelan ambassador to speak at opening of Bolivar collection
The Venezuelan ambassador to the United States will give an address March 12 to celebrate the unveiling of a collection of manuscripts and memorabilia pertaining to Latin American independence leader Simon Bolivar. The new Bromsen-Bolivar Room at the John Carter Brown Library holds the largest collection of Bolivar manuscripts, engravings, and paintings outside of Latin America.
News Release   99-091    03/08/2000   Kerlin
Brown and Providence Journal present symposium on health care crisis
Brown University, the Brown University School of Medicine and the Providence Journal will convene a day-long symposium on the current health care crisis Friday, March 24, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. in Sayles Hall, located on The College Green.
News Release   99-092    03/08/2000   Nickel
Medical school to hold white coat and Match Day ceremonies
Brown medical students will receive white coats, symbolic of their entry into the medical profession, during ceremonies at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 11. At noon on Thursday, March 16, fourth-year medical students will receive their residency placements. Both events are open to the press.
News Release   99-093    03/08/2000   Turner
Student charges will rise 3.9 percent
At its winter meeting Feb. 26 the Corporation approved a 3.9-percent increase in total undergraduate charges for the 2000-01 academic year, including a 4-percent increase in tuition. That overall increase is similar in percentage terms to increases in the previous two years.
GSJ Story   24GSJ18a    03/03/2000   MN/TS
Two campus labs uncover what babies know and when they know it
Research in infants is more than child's play: two campus labs uncover what babies know and when they know it.
GSJ Story   24GSJ18c    03/03/2000   Turner
Letter to Brown students from President Blumstein regarding assault on campus
Letter from President Blumstein to Brown students regarding assault that occurred on campus
GSJ Story   24GSJ18e    03/03/2000   Blumstein
Faces of Brown: Drew Yerich, executive chef, Faculty Club
Faces of Brown: Drew Yerich, the chief chef at Faculty Club.
GSJ Story   24GSJ18f    03/03/2000   Poole
Corporation sponsors forums to solicit ideas on qualities for next president
Corporation members sponsor three forums Feb. 24 to solicit Brown community suggestions regarding qualities sought in Brown's next president.
GSJ Story   24GSJ18g    03/03/2000   Kerlin
Brown team receives DOD grant aimed at speeding up electrons
Three Brown professors of engineering and physics and researchers from three other institutions receive $4-million grant from the Department of Defense to conduct research into the action of atomic-level materials that may someday make using the Internet faster
GSJ Story   24GSJ18h    03/03/2000   Kerlin
Novelist William Styron to discuss depression and recovery
Novelist William Styron will present "Darkness Visible: The Loss and Recovery of Self" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, 2000, in the Salomon Center for Teaching. Styron's address is the 2000 Harriet W. Sheridan Literature and Medicine Lecture. The event is free and open to the public.
News Release   99-088    03/02/2000   Turner
Barry Lester: Fate of drug-exposed infants and mothers rests in Supreme Court
The high court has decided to hear a case that could determine how society views pregnant women who use drugs and their babies. The problem of drug use by pregnant women is real, but it is not a criminal problem, writes Barry Lester. It is a mental health problem that can be treated. Criminalizing these women's actions will only further the stigma they face.
News Release   99-089    03/02/2000   Sweeney
Defense Department awards $4-million grant to Brown research center
The Defense Department has awarded a $4-million grant to researchers from Brown, who will collaborate with scientists from three other universities. The researchers in engineer-ing, physics, and materials science will explore the action of atomic-level materials that may someday make using the Internet faster.
News Release   99-090    03/02/2000   Kerlin
Brown separates two students charged in Monday morning assault
Brown University officials have separated two of three students involved in a violent incident in a residence hall Monday morning. The students will not be allowed on campus, but arrangements will be made to allow them to continue their coursework until the University's disciplinary process is complete.
News Release   99-087    02/27/2000   Nickel
Brown Corporation approves 3.9-percent increase in student charges
At its winter meeting, the Corporation of Brown University approved a 3.9-percent increase in undergraduate charges for the 2000-01 academic year, to $33,530. That figure includes a 4-percent increase in tuition, to $25,600.
News Release   99-084    02/26/2000   Nickel
Chancellor announces membership of Presidential Selection Committee
Brown University Chancellor Stephen Robert has announced the membership of the Presidential Selection Committee, which will identify and hire the University's 18th president. That committee, composed of trustees and fellows, will be assisted by a 13-member Campus Advisory Committee of students, faculty and staff, to be appointed during March.
News Release   99-085    02/26/2000   Nickel
Barry Scheck and other defenders of the wrongly convicted to speak
Nationally known attorneys Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld and journalist Jim Dwyer will talk about miscarriages of justice and their new book, "Actual Innocence: Five Days to Execution and Other Dispatches from the Wrongly Convicted," on March 23, part of the President's Lecture Series.
News Release   99-086    02/26/2000   Kerlin
ACUP looks ahead to spring priorities
ACUP meeting Feb. 14 looks ahead to spring semester priorities, which may include the capital budget and capital projects, need-blind admissions and graduate financial aid, campus life initiatives, and new revenue sources.
GSJ Story   24GSJ17a    02/25/2000   Sweeney
Bringing home baby from far away: International Adoption Clinic
International Adoption Clinic opened by Boris Skurkovich, M.D., at Hasbro Children's Hospital offers medical insight for parents pursuing international adoption.
GSJ Story   24GSJ17b    02/25/2000   Turner
Civil rights leader speaks at Brown
Celebration of Community luncheon keynote speaker is civil rights leader Bernard Lafayette, who traced the history of harm toward African Americans and how he devoted his life toward working for justice using methods of nonviolence.
GSJ Story   24GSJ17c    02/25/2000   Kerlin
Brown University celebrates annual Years of Service Awards
Twenty-three Brown employees will receive special honors for their 25 years of service to the University at a campus ceremony Feb. 23
News Release   99-079    02/23/2000   Sweeney
McCain leads Gore among R.I. voters; Gore leads Bradley and Bush
Sen. John McCain draws more support among Rhode Island voters than either Democratic presidential candidate, according to a new survey of 327 Rhode Island voters conducted Feb. 19-21, 2000. The survey also finds Sen. Lincoln Chafee ahead in his Senate race and Rep. Robert Weygand leading Richard Licht in the race for the Democratic Senate nomination. Many voters see racial tension as a big problem in Rhode Island and are less optimistic about the state's economy.
News Release   99-083    02/23/2000   Nickel
New RI coalition unveils campaign to improve end-of-life care
A three-year, $380,000 grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will fund a new Rhode Island partnership that will conduct education campaigns statewide to improve the caliber of end-of-life care. The partnership will be based at the Brown University Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research.
News Release   99-081    02/22/2000   Turner
Students will go to state capitols for lively debates on U.S. policy
High school students from Illinois, Nebraska, Connecticut and Rhode Island will visit their state capitols this spring to debate environment, immigration, trade and other U.S. foreign policy issues. The students are studying and debating these issues in classrooms as part of the Capitol Forum on America's Future sponsored by Brown University.
News Release   99-082    02/21/2000   Kerlin
Brown Jazz Band to perform with trombonist Carl Fontana Feb. 26
Renowned trombonist Carl Fontana and the Joe Coccia Trombone Choir will join the Brown University Jazz Band for the 13th annual Eric Adam Brudner '84 Memorial Concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, 2000, in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   99-080    02/17/2000   Nickel
Gee resigns Brown presidency for Vanderbilt post
Gee resigns from Brown presidency; at special faculty meeting called hours after the announcement, Provost Spoehr and Chancellor Robert outline the steps the Corporation will take and answer faculty questions.
GSJ Story   24GSJ16a    02/11/2000   Sweeney
Committees explore campus priorities on instructional technology
Instructional technology presents challenges the University needs to grapple with, according to several committees on campus.
GSJ Story   24GSJ16b    02/11/2000   Sweeney
Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and their special ties to Brown
Brown has historic ties to Presidents Lincoln and Washington through special collections and historic visits.
GSJ Story   24GSJ16c    02/11/2000   Poole
Researchers surprised by rate of sleep disorders among youngsters
Sleep disturbances may be more common among school-aged children than previously recognized, according to a Brown study of children in kindergarten through fourth grades.
GSJ Story   24GSJ16d    02/11/2000   Turner
Study finds host of sleep-related problems among school-age kids
A higher-than-expected percentage of children may have sleep disorders, suggests a new study by Judith Owens, M.D., and other Brown University researchers. The findings are reported in the February 2000 issue of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
News Release   99-073    02/11/2000   Turner
Brown Corporation names Sheila Blumstein as interim president
Sheila E. Blumstein, a former dean of the College and former interim provost, has been named interim president of Brown University. Blumstein will begin serving immediately and will continue until Brown's 18th president is sworn in.
News Release   99-078    02/09/2000   Nickel
President Gee resigns, will become chancellor of Vanderbilt University
E. Gordon Gee, 17th president of Brown University, has resigned as president and accepted an appointment as chancellor of Vanderbilt University. He will leave Brown April 15, 2000, and begin his work at Vanderbilt August 1.
News Release   99-077    02/07/2000   Nickel
Faculty hear progress report on external reviews
Feb. 1 faculty meeting includes Provost Spoehr's report on progress of external reviews and the Academic Council's first outcome report, submitted to the modern languages and literatures cluster.
GSJ Story   24GSJ15a    02/04/2000   Sweeney
Partnership puts Providence one step closer to environmental plan
Harold Ward and a group of students from the Center for Environmental Studies compiled a report for the city of Providence that puts in one place for the first time information about environmental organizations, guidelines, help/assistance centers. The booklet helps put Providence a step closer to creating an environmental master plan for the city.
GSJ Story   24GSJ15b    02/04/2000   Kerlin
Celebration of Community features Feb. 9 talk by rights leader, Feb. 15 session
Annual Celebration of Community events Feb. 9 and Feb. 15
GSJ Story   24GSJ15c    02/04/2000   
Off Hours: Joan Lusk, Karen Romer, cello players
Off Hours: Joan Lusk and Karen Romer are both cello players
GSJ Story   24GSJ15d    02/04/2000   Rose
Sheridan Awards honor Borts, Waage, Goodwillie for contributions to teaching
Borts, Goodwillie and Waage receive Sheridan Teaching Awards
GSJ Story   24GSJ15e    02/04/2000   Sweeney
Report says physician volunteerism expands care for uninsured
A new report shows that given the opportunity, physicians are willing and eager to play a role in helping the uninsured.The document summarizes Reach Out, a program directed by H. Denman Scott of the School of Medicine.
GSJ Story   24GSJ15f    02/04/2000   Turner
New President's Achievement Award replaces Brown Says Thank You! award
The President's Achievement Award, which replaces the Brown Says Thank You! awards, will be presented May 12.
GSJ Story   24GSJ15g    02/04/2000   
Well Being rises from student interest in community health
The Well Being is a newsletter written by students about health. Students facilitate focus groups to identify topics of interest and concern to community members. Past newsletters have focused on HIV/AIDS, alternative health, and cancer. Students work with community members to write, edt and design the newsletter.
GSJ Story   24GSJ15h    02/04/2000   Kerlin
Study helps parents of children with asthma to quit smoking
For smokers who don't know that their habit worsens a child's asthma, a team of Brown researchers will compare two stop-smoking programs.
GSJ Story   24GSJ15i    02/04/2000   Turner
Faculty combine drug and alcohol therapies to treat alcoholism
A new study will examine the combined effect of state-of-the-art counseling and medication to treat alcohol dependence
GSJ Story   24GSJ15j    02/04/2000   Turner
Brown to offer French Film Festival at Cable Car Cinema Feb. 10-20
The Department of French Studies at Brown University will present a Festival of French Film, Feb. 10 through 20, 2000. All films, in French with English subtitles, will be screened at the Cable Car Cinema, 204 South Main St. in Providence.
News Release   99-075    02/04/2000   Nickel
Halberstam will open annual Brown/Journal Public Affairs Conference
The 20th annual Brown University/Providence JournalPublic Affairs Conference, "Sport: Is It Only a Game?", opens Sunday, Feb. 27, 2000, with a 4 p.m. keynote address by David Halberstam. The conference, which runs through Friday, March 3, features Lombardi biographer David Maraniss and sports commentators Frank Deford, Chris Berman and Dick Schaap.
News Release   99-076    02/04/2000   Sweeney
CBS News president to discuss broadcast journalism with President Gee
Andrew Heyward, president of CBS News, will visit the Brown campus Thursday evening, February 17, 2000, for a "Conversation on College Hill" with Brown President E. Gordon Gee. Gee and Heyward will discuss issues in contemporary broadcast journalism and will respond to questions from the floor, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Starr Auditorium (Room 117, MacMillan Hall).
News Release   99-074    02/01/2000   Nickel
Montero's mission: enhancing the quality of campus life for students
Interview with Janina Montero. She comes to Brown to oversee campus life and student life. She will lead a task force that will examine campus life, and will report the task force recommendations to Gee in April
GSJ Story   24GSJ14a    01/28/2000   Kerlin
How Brown learned to stop worrying and love the millennium
Brown's Y2K rollover went off with nary a hitch. Quotes from Ann Oribello praising teamwork of varied departments
GSJ Story   24GSJ14b    01/28/2000   Nickel
Task force makes headway in reducing campus red tape, paperwork
Changes inspired by the red tape reduction committee have drawn praise from many; latest initiative streamlines independent contractor policy, puts forms on Web; spring semester will bring centralized room reservation system and a second town meeting
GSJ Story   24GSJ14c    01/28/2000   Sweeney
Engineering professor discovers Y-shaped nanotubes
Brown engineering and physics Professor Jingming Xu has created the Y-junction carbon nanotube, a collection of carbon atoms that could change the course of electronics and computers and someday the repair of the human body.
GSJ Story   24GSJ14d    01/28/2000   Kerlin
Competing in hot market puts pressure on staff salaries, ACUP told
The region's hot labor market may be good news for job seekers, but it poses a challenge for Brown, Roberta Gordon, director of Human Resources, told the Advisory Committee on University Planning at its Dec. 6 meeting.
GSJ Story   24GSJ14e    01/28/2000   Sweeney
Students' engineering startups pursue products with local companies
An entrepreneurship course in engineering is an effort of two professors who wanted to create something to prepare students for real-world experience, such technical marketing and business decision-making, and that would bridge the gap between a truly academic background and industry.
GSJ Story   24GSJ14f    01/28/2000   Turner
Faculty hear update on new museum, strategy for Life Sciences Building
The faculty meeting of December hears an update about the new University museum to be built on campus and a presentation about the financing and programmatic goals of the Life Sciences Building
GSJ Story   24GSJ14g    01/28/2000   Sweeney
Faces of BrownL Sgt. Kevin Pepere
Faces of Brown: Sgt. Kevin Pepere, campus police officer
GSJ Story   24GSJ14h    01/28/2000   Lopes
Researcher looks at how weapons get branded inhumane
Nina Tannenwald of the Watson Institute has received a grant to explore how the UN casts certain weapons in unfavorable light, ie, land mines.
GSJ Story   24GSJ14i    01/28/2000   Kerlin
R.I. girls to get hands-on science experience at Brown University
About 50 girls will participate in science demonstrations during a Discovery Day at Brown University Jan. 29, 2000, sponsored by the University and the Girl Scouts of Rhode Island.
News Release   99-071    01/19/2000   Kerlin
International panel announces new treatment guidelines for HIV
A 17-member international panel of AIDS/HIV experts has reviewed existing treatment guidelines for people infected with HIV and announced new guidelines. The new guide-lines focus on individualized therapy, a greater choice of treatment regimens, and en-hanced patient adherence to the prescribed treatment regimen. The new guidelines appear in the January 19, 2000, issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association.
News Release   99-070    01/18/2000   Turner
Stephen D. Shenfield: Reading between the lines to understand Putin
Russia has a new acting president, but only the barest biographical facts are known about him in the West. Vladimir Putin's writings, however, may offer a few hints to the type of policies he may try to pursue. To judge by a recent essay published under his name, change will be gradual: There are to be no more sharp breaks.
News Release   99-072    01/11/2000   Sweeney
Brown to celebrate Ôtopping out' of Barus and Holley addition Jan. 11
Officials from Brown University and the George B. H. Macomber Co. will celebrate the topping out of a new addition to the Barus and Holley Building at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 11, 2000.
News Release   99-069    01/07/2000   Nickel
William Julius Wilson will deliver MLK Jr. Lecture Jan. 26
Sociologist William Julius Wilson will discuss "The Bridge over the Racial Divide" when he delivers Brown University's fifth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The public is invited.
News Release   99-067    01/04/2000   Sweeney
Contemporary Irish drawings coming to Bell Gallery Jan. 29
The David Winton Bell Gallery in the List Art Center will exhibit A Measured Quietude: Contemporary Irish Drawings beginning Jan. 29. The exhibition will feature nine artists from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The show continues through March 12.
News Release   99-068    01/04/2000   Nickel
Dissident poet Xue Di receives grant to continue work at Brown
Xue Di, a dissident Chinese poet who came to Brown University in 1989 shortly after the violence in Tiananmen Square, has received a two-year $40,000 grant from the Joukowsky Foundation. The grant will support him as he completes work on a new book of poetry.
News Release   99-062    12/28/1999   Sweeney
Alcoholics Anonymous founder's archives acquired by Brown
Letters, notes and writings of Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Dr. Robert H. Smith have been acquired by Brown University and will be made available to researchers interested in the origins of 12-step recovery programs. Among the items are Smith's "Big Book" and the coffee pot he used to help himself and others stay sober. Dr. David Lewis, director of Brown's Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, arranged the acquisition.
News Release   99-063    12/28/1999   Kerlin
Brown geologist finds evidence supporting ancient ocean on Mars
James Head, a Brown University planetary geologist, is the lead investigator on a team of scientists that has found evidence supporting the presence of an ancient ocean on Mars. The team received topographical data from the unmanned Mars Global Surveyor that they say is consistent with a former ocean. Editors: Color images are available through the News Service.
News Release   99-060    12/09/1999   Kerlin
Brown delivers holiday gifts: a book for every child at Flynn School
On Friday, Dec. 10, members of Brown University's Class of 2000 will present nearly 700 books to pupils at the E. W. Flynn Arts and Technology Academy in Providence and will read aloud in 12 of the classrooms. The senior class public service project is an extension of one begun by the Brown Alumni Association that distributes 2,000 new books to area schoolchildren every year.
News Release   99-061    12/08/1999   Sweeney
Visiting Committee on Diversity returns to campus in January
The Visiting Committee on Diversity will be on campus in January to assess Brown's progress on this issue. This is a Q&A with Augustus White, M.D, who is chairing the committee. With sidebar on the committee members and mission.
GSJ Story   24GSJ13a    12/03/1999   Nickel
ACUP hears proposals concerning classroom quality, quantity
Coverage of the Nov. 22 ACUP meeting on classrooms and deferred maintenance issues.
GSJ Story   24GSJ13b    12/03/1999   Cole
Grad students design payload to snare comet dust
Adam Fontecchio and Mike Escuti have created a device to capture comet dust. The payload will be aboard a Viper Rocket to be launched in Charlestown Nov. 18. RI schoolkids will be at the launch. The payload will deploy a capture device and fall back through the Leonid meteors trail, collecting dust and then closing up. After landing, the device will be recovered so that the grad students can analyze any particles.
GSJ Story   24GSJ13c    12/03/1999   Turner
Faces of Brown: Carleia Lighty, parking office assistant
Faces of Brown -- Carleia Lighty, parking office assistant
GSJ Story   24GSJ13d    12/03/1999   Lopes
Go to the head of the class
Older adults leave their established careers to come to Brown to earn a Master of Arts in Teaching
GSJ Story   24GSJ13e    12/03/1999   Cole
Rosenblum, Gee answer questions about values initiative at forum
Coverage of Values Initiative forum presented by President Gee and Nancy Rosenblum
GSJ Story   24GSJ13f    12/03/1999   Cole
Student director takes 'Artistic License' in latest Brownbrokers production
Behind the scenes of "Artistic License," the latest Brownbrokers production, and interview with director Christopher Hayes
GSJ Story   24GSJ13g    12/03/1999   Hare
ACUP hears of need to boost faculty salaries to remain competitive
Coverage of the Nov. 29 ACUP meeting on faculty salary issues.
GSJ Story   24GSJ13h    12/03/1999   Cole
Library, CIS present their technology issues to ACUP
Library, CIS present their technology issues to ACUP at its Nov. 15 meeting
GSJ Story   24GSJ13i    12/03/1999   Cole
Raiola named vice president for alumni relations at Brown University
Lisa J. Raiola, currently director of the medical ethics program and director of strategic planning for southern New England at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, has been named vice president for alumni relations at Brown University. Raiola is a 1984 graduate of Brown (A.B., magna cum laude, biomedical ethics).
News Release   99-059    12/02/1999   Nickel
ER counseling on alcohol helps teens stop drinking/reckless behavior
Teens counseled in the emergency room have fewer subsequent drinking and driving incidents, alcohol-related injuries and other alcohol-related problems than teens who received standard ER care, according to a new Brown study in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
News Release   99-058    12/01/1999   Turner
Strobe Talbott, deputy secretary of state, to speak on Kosovo Dec. 2
Strobe Talbott, U.S. deputy secretary of state, will speak about Kosovo on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 4:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, located on The College Green at Brown University. His visit is sponsored by the Watson Institute for International Studies.
News Release   99-056    11/24/1999   Kerlin
Brown's Service of Lessons and Carols to benefit Amos House
Brown University's annual Service of Lessons and Carols will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, in Sayles Hall. The service will feature sacred hymns and readings and will benefit Amos House, Rhode Island's largest soup kitchen.
News Release   99-057    11/24/1999   Hare
New York Times health reporter Jane Brody at Brown Dec. 8
Jane Brody, health columnist and science writer for "The New York Times," will bring her insights to Brown when she delivers the Rothman Forum, "Taking Charge of Your Health," Wednesday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. in Sayles Hall.
News Release   99-053    11/23/1999   Kerlin
Latest Brownbrokers production features action-packed drama
The Brown University Brownbrokers present the 64th annual original student musical "Artistic License" Thursday through Monday, Dec. 2-6, 1999, in the Stuart Theatre of the Catherine Bryan Dill Center for the Performing Arts. An action-packed drama, "Artistic License" is set in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
News Release   99-054    11/23/1999   Hare
Brown professor wins grant for study of weapons bans
Nina Tannenwald, assistant professor at the Watson Institute for International Studies, is studying why some weapons are banned and some aren't. She has been awarded a $73,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
News Release   99-055    11/23/1999   Kerlin
David C. Lewis: Justice for Juveniles
Adolescents with serious behavioral problems are seven times more likely to be dependent on alcohol or illicit drugs, writes Dr. David C. Lewis. But rather than provide them with needed treatment, our policy toward their misbehaviors, however egregious, has become more and more punitive (distributed November 1999).
News Release   99-064    11/23/1999   Sweeney
Barry Lester: Drug-abusing moms and babies Ð victims of stigma
A pregnant woman's substance abuse problem is not a criminal one. It is a mental health problem that needs to be treated and prevented like any other health problem such as hypertension, says Barry Lester, professor of psychiatry and human behavior. Dismissing the similarities between these two health problems is a symptom of the stigma associated with drug use (distributed November 1999).
News Release   99-065    11/23/1999   Sweeney
In wake of crash, Brown community offered helping hands, listening ears
A look at Brown community involvement with the family members who survived the EgyptAir crash off of Nantucket. Some students were involved through Red Cross; a few Arabic-speaking students volunteered; Psych Dept. offered its services.
GSJ Story   24GSJ12a    11/19/1999   Cole
Students on call for Red Cross emergencies
Many Brown students are on-call as volunteers for the Red Cross of Rhode Island.
GSJ Story   24GSJ12b    11/19/1999   Cole
More prospective students applying early for admission
Applications for early action at Brown are up, possibly due to change in policy.
GSJ Story   24GSJ12c    11/19/1999   Kerlin
FACES of BROWN: Margaret Marisi
Faces of Brown: Margaret Marisi
GSJ Story   24GSJ12d    11/19/1999   Castillo
Lester Feder's summer of blues cast music in new light
Lester Feder 01, a Royce Fellow, was an apprentice to Del Rey, a blues guitarist from Seattle. His project involved doing research on blues history, helping Rey's producer and agent create an album, and taking guitar lessons.
GSJ Story   24GSJ12e    11/19/1999   Hare
For Wells' students, key to literacy was poetry
Interview with Sarah Wells '01, Royce Fellow who created literacy program for second-language learners using poetry as the curriculum.
GSJ Story   24GSJ12f    11/19/1999   Rose
Stuart Altman lecture Dec. 2 on Medicare
Interview with Stuart Altman in advance of his lecture Dec. 2
GSJ Story   24GSJ12g    11/19/1999   Turner
Jane Brody, health writer, gets personal
Interview with Jane Brody in advance of her lecture Dec. 8, titled "Taking Charge of Your Life"
GSJ Story   24GSJ12h    11/19/1999   Kerlin
Technology project helped teachers, students take 'Walk Along Wickenden'
Interviews with Brown faculty, young pupils and their teachers who have been involved in using technology to learn about cultural differences. These projects, now on the web, incorporate interdisciplinary learning and technology. IESE project, once called CHAP, is now called ATTLaS.
GSJ Story   24GSJ12i    11/19/1999   Sweeney
Letter from Irkutsk
Letter from Irkutsk by history graduate student Andrew Gentes looks at a true Soviet holdout.
GSJ Story   24GSJ12j    11/19/1999   Gentes
Taking the good news about addiction treatment to the streets
The Brown-based Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy, an advocacy group for a public health approach to addiction treatment, received $1.35 million in grants to build coalitions with community groups and specialists in addiction medicine and primary care.
News Release   99-052    11/18/1999   Turner
Free forum at Brown will explore fate of Medicare
Stuart Altman, an expert on Medicare reform, will discuss "Medicare in the Millennium: Politics, Policy and Patient Care" at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999, in Room 117 of MacMillan Hall, at George and Thayer streets on the Brown University campus. The event is free and open to the public.
News Release   99-051    11/15/1999   Turner
Gee urges Brown to redefine in loco parentis
In a Presidential Seminar discussion titled "Students Living at Brown: Motivations and Obligations beyond the Classroom," President Gee asks the Brown community to redefine, and perhaps embrace, a new concept of in loco parentis.
GSJ Story   24GSJ11a    11/12/1999   Sweeney
University Hall in gingerbread? Piece of cake!
Daniel Tortorella, a baker at University Food Services, is making a gingerbread model of University Hall for a fundraiser at Moses Brown.
GSJ Story   24GSJ11b    11/12/1999   DeCesare
Faculty approval of Brain Science program will be sought Dec. 7
An oversight that left faculty out of the approval process for the new Brain Science Program will be rectified in December. Several faculty members raised the oversight with President Gee during the Nov. 2 faculty meeting. Gee and others apologize for the oversight.
GSJ Story   24GSJ11c    11/12/1999   Cole
Increasingly, Brown students are studying abroad
During the past academic year, 478 Brown undergraduates studied abroad through the Office of International Programs.
GSJ Story   24GSJ11d    11/12/1999   Cole
Off Hours: Peter Mello, computer coordinator, contrabass player
Off Hours with Peter Mello, a computer coordinator who plays the contrabass with the Brown Wind Symphony.
GSJ Story   24GSJ11e    11/12/1999   Hare
Off Hours: Jill Lawlor, assistant director sharing her passion for opera
Off Hours: Jill Lawlor, assistant director and opera singer who is sharing her passion for the art with others through her work with Beavertail Opera Productions.
GSJ Story   24GSJ11f    11/12/1999   Sweeney
Finding that teachable moment to counsel smokers
Brown researchers receive a grant to pursue teachable moments in the emergency room with patients who arrive w/ heart problems who also smoke.
GSJ Story   24GSJ11g    11/12/1999   Turner
Center for Study of American Civilization helps scholars answer "What's next?"
Center for the Study of American Civilization helps young scholars answer the question "What next?" With a look at the work and research being done by one research fellow in particular, Justin Wolff, whose fellowship was critical for his new publication on corporealism in antibellum visual culture.
GSJ Story   24GSJ11h    11/12/1999   Sweeney
Indian novelist to speak at South Asian Student Association conference
Arundhati Roy, an award-winning Indian novelist, will speak as part of a South Asian Student Association conference at 7 p.m. Friday Nov. 19 at the First Baptist Church in America. She is the author of the best selling book, "The God of Small Things."
News Release   99-050    11/10/1999   Hare
Spoehr appointed provost
Kathryn Spoehr is appointed the new provost at faculty meeting Nov. 2
GSJ Story   24GSJ10a    11/05/1999   Nickel
Table for two (thousand) - guest chef program
John O'Shea, executive chef at University Food Services, is starting a Visiting Chefs Program for students on meal plan. Periodically, John will have a renown chef in the industry come to Brown to prepare a meal for the entire student population. The first is John Conte of Raphael Bar Risto
GSJ Story   24GSJ10b    11/05/1999   Cole
Home exercise equipment increased weight-loss success in study
New report in JAMA on use of treadmills in the home and long-term weight loss in women.
GSJ Story   24GSJ10c    11/05/1999   Cole
Teens learn about living in a material world
The Materials Research Science and Engineering Center is introducing scientific principles to groups of area teen-agers
GSJ Story   24GSJ10d    11/05/1999   Turner
A lifelong learner: Harold Cohen
Interview with Harold Cohen, perhaps Brown's oldest student. Cohen, taking one course every semester, will graduate in 2001 with a degree in history. He will be 85.
GSJ Story   24GSJ10e    11/05/1999   Turner
'Passion Play' explores differences between actors, characters they play
Interview with graduate playwriting student Sarah Ruhl, whose "Passion Play" will be performed in Leeds.
GSJ Story   24GSJ10f    11/05/1999   Hare
Wind Symphony concert to feature guest tuba player
Gary Buttery, tubist, will perform with the Brown University Wind Symphony Friday, Nov. 19, at 8 p.m. in Grant Recital Hall. The concert will feature a mix of contemporary and 16th century compositions.
News Release   99-049    11/04/1999   Hare
Cerebral cortex cells may pulse electrical rhythm through the brain
Brown University researchers have shown that some nerve cells in the cerebral cortex use electrical connections to communicate. Scientists had thought nerve cells in the cerebral cortex communicated only through connections that use chemical signals. The new findings appear in the Nov. 4 issue of Nature.
News Release   99-048    11/03/1999   Turner
Kathryn Spoehr named executive vice president and provost
Kathryn T. Spoehr, currently dean of the faculty and interim provost at Brown University, has been named executive vice president and provost, succeeding William S. Simmons.
News Release   99-047    11/02/1999   Nickel
Bottom line for sponsored research grew $14 million in past fiscal year
Research issue: In past year, Brown research funding has experienced a $14 million increase, $10 million of which comes from DHHS/NIH.
GSJ Story   24GSJ09a    10/29/1999   Kerlin
Education Alliance garners multigrant support
A look at the Education Alliance, which received multigrant support totaling almost $11 million, the most external funding at Brown outside of the Division of Biology and Medicine
GSJ Story   24GSJ09b    10/29/1999   Turner
$2-million Burroughs Wellcome grant launched Brain Science Program
A look at the brain science program, which received a $2 million grant to help launch it
GSJ Story   24GSJ09c    10/29/1999   Kerlin
Watson Institute researchers investigate sanctions
Researchers at the Watson Institute are working to improve the effectiveness of U.N. sanctions on countries that violate international norms.
GSJ Story   24GSJ09d    10/29/1999   Kerlin
Off Hours: Carole Costello, secretary, actress
OFF HOURS: Carole Costello, dinner theater actress, singer and administrative assistant in Am Civ
GSJ Story   24GSJ09e    10/29/1999   Sweeney
Providence Place Mall will be a living lab for American Civilization course
The Providence Place Mall will be a living laboratory for an American Civilization course taught by Susan Smulyan.
GSJ Story   24GSJ09f    10/29/1999   Cole
New effort will explore families' nicotine dependence across three generations
Research grant for $11.9 million will investigate three generations of smokers.
GSJ Story   24GSJ09g    10/29/1999   Turner
Seafaring Vikings inspired works written for 'Voyages Festival'
Preparations for the Icelandic "Voyages Festival," at which the president of Iceland, who will be delivering an Ogden Lecture around the same time, will be the honored guest.
GSJ Story   24GSJ09h    10/29/1999   Cole
Ruth Bader Ginsburg to discuss women and the Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will discuss "The Supreme Court: A Place for Women" on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1999, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. Her presentation is the annual Noah Krieger '93 Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the A. Alfred Taubman Center for Public Policy and American Institutions.
News Release   99-045    10/29/1999   Hare
ÔPassion Play' to premire at the Leeds Theatre Nov. 11
Passion Play, a new work by Sarah Ruhl of Brown's Creative Writing Program, will receive its premire in Leeds Theatre of the Catherine Bryan Dill Center for the Performing Arts, with performances Nov. 11-21, 1999. The play takes a provocative look at the offstage lives of actors who are cast in a play about the crucifixion of Christ
News Release   99-046    10/29/1999   Hare
Home exercise equipment increased weight-loss success in study
In a recent study of 115 overweight women, participants with home exercise equipment lost twice as much weight as those without the equipment. The findings were published in the Oct. 27 Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
News Release   99-035    10/26/1999   Cole
Conference to examine impact of virtual reality on international affairs
VIRTUALY2K, a three-day conference sponsored by the Watson Institute, will bring more than a dozen economists, military officers, computer scientists, filmmakers, journalists and foreign affairs specialists to Brown Nov. 5-7, 1999. They will seek to understand the current and future impact of digitized and networked technologies on world affairs.
News Release   99-043    10/26/1999   Nickel
JCB Library marks the 200th anniversary of Washington's death
"Washington: The Man, the Facts, the Myth," an exhibition honoring the 200th anniversary of George Washington's death, is on display in the John Carter Brown Library through Jan. 15, 2000. The exhibition's 66 artifacts provide first-hand accounts of one of the most accomplished men of the 18th century.
News Release   99-042    10/25/1999   Hare
Sen. John Chafee was an American hero and a Rhode Island legend
Brown University President E. Gordon Gee today praised the late Sen. John Chafee as an American hero, Rhode Island legend and member of the Brown family, whose exemplary public life featured a "consistently measured approach to finding a solid middle ground on the most contentious of issues."
News Release   99-044    10/25/1999   Nickel
To your health: Taking a look at the medical school's impact on R.I.
This academic year marks the 25th anniversary of the graduation of the first MD class from the School of Medicine. In that time, the medical school has had a profound impact on the University and the health of Rhode Islanders. With information about contributions made during the 25 years; several special lectures.
GSJ Story   24GSJ08a    10/22/1999   Chadwick
Scholars of the spooky and mysterious have plenty of campus resources
Several special collections and courses on campus take a scholarly look at the spooky, the mysterious and the occult.
GSJ Story   24GSJ08b    10/22/1999   Hare
Findings about cell division yield new target for cancer drug
John Sedivy and Kam Yeung of the Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry discovered a new mechanism of mammalian cell division - signaled by a molecule called Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP). RKIP represents a powerful weapon against cancerous cells because at high intracellular levels, it prevents a cell from dividing, and thus cancer from growing.
GSJ Story   24GSJ08c    10/22/1999   Amita
Deepak Chopra presentation to open Asian American History Month
Deepak Chopra, physician, best-selling author and leader in the field of mind-body medicine, will deliver a President's Lecture to open Asian American History Month at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, 1999, in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   99-040    10/22/1999   Hare
New multigeneration study at Brown to explain nicotine dependence
Researchers at Brown University will lead a new $11.9 million project, funded by the National Cancer Institute, that will study three generations of families to determine why people smoke.
News Release   99-041    10/22/1999   Turner
Annual Halloween recital to feature really spooky music
University organist Mark Steinbach will present a recital of spooky music at midnight on Sunday, Oct. 31, Halloween. The free concert will feature music by Bach, Saint Sa‘ns and Gounod and will take place in Sayles Hall.
News Release   99-039    10/20/1999   Hare
President of Iceland to discuss relations with the northern region
Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, president of Iceland, will deliver a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. Memorial Lecture Thursday, Nov. 4, at 6:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   99-036    10/19/1999   Cole
Music Festival celebrates Viking exploration of North
In honor of the 1000th anniversary of Viking exploration of North America, the Brown University Department of Music will host the "Voyages Festival" Nov. 4-6, 1999. The festival will showcase the premire of seven new compositions and a lecture by Olafur Ragnar Grimson, the president of Iceland.
News Release   99-038    10/19/1999   Hare
Brown to remain in Fair Labor Alliance, join Worker Rights Consortium
President E. Gordon Gee announced today that Brown University will maintain its membership in the Fair Labor Association and will become a founding member of a new student-led alternative group, the Worker Rights Consortium. Both FLA and WRC work to end sweatshop exploitation of apparel industry workers and to assure consumers that the items they buy have been manufactured under conditions that respect worker rights.
News Release   99-037    10/18/1999   Nickel
Peter Wegner on the mend
Peter Wegner's accident and amazing recovery.
GSJ Story   24GSJ07a    10/15/1999   Lans
Brown receives $2.8-million math grant from NSF
Brown's math and applied math departments will be strengthened with a grant of $2.8 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
GSJ Story   24GSJ07b    10/15/1999   Kerlin
Well-dressed from head to footlight
A behind-the-scenes look at the costume shop and its work to prepare "A Flea in Her Ear."
GSJ Story   24GSJ07c    10/15/1999   Hare
Faces of Brown: Sue Thibault
Faces of Brown: Sue Thibault
GSJ Story   24GSJ07d    10/15/1999   Castillo
Sculptural installation has Northeast premire at Bell Gallery
The Boat of My Life, a 58-foot handcrafted wooden boat by Russian-born artist Ilya Kabakov, will have its Northeast premire at the David Winton Bell Gallery in the List Art Center beginning Nov. 13, 1999. The sculptural installation will be on display through Dec. 31.
News Release   99-034    10/15/1999   Hare
George Soros to deliver inaugural Lee-Gregorian Distinguished Lecture
International financier and philanthropist George Soros will deliver the inaugural Chong Wook Lee and Vartan Gregorian Distinguished Lecture at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, 1999, in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   99-033    10/14/1999   Nickel
Brown Orchestra to open season with music by Russian composers
The Brown University Orchestra will open its 1999-2000 season performing the works of Russian composers Rachmaninoff and Borodin. Concerts are planned for 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Oct. 22-23, in Sayles Hall.
News Release   99-032    10/12/1999   Hare
Brain releases marijuana-like substance in response to pain, study finds
Brown University researchers recently documented the release of the naturally produced cannabinoid, anandamide, in response to pain in anesthetized animal models.
News Release   99-031    10/11/1999   Cole
Should Brown's Web include ads?
Panel seeks campus reaction Brown is considering what policy to set regarding advertising on its web pages. What will be allowed? At what level? What are the problems that advertising on web raises?
GSJ Story   24GSJ06a    10/08/1999   Cole
Gamelan - Gateway to Javanese culture
Brown has acquired a spectacular set of musical instruments from Indonesia called a gamelan, an orchestra of tuned bronze gongs and metallophones. It takes up an entire classroom, and the be! autifully carved wooden cases, painted crimson and gold, make it visually as well as aurally stunning. Students will be able to learn how to play it for credit.
GSJ Story   24GSJ06b    10/08/1999   Hare
Harvard law professor will put hate crime in Gilbane Lecture spotlight
Q&A with Martha Minow of Harvard Law, who will be presenting three lectures and a symposium on campus Oct. 19, 26, Nov. 2 and Nov. 19, on "Breaking the Cycle of Hatred," which will examine hate crimes and the laws that focus on such crimes.
GSJ Story   24GSJ06c    10/08/1999   Kerlin
Wind Symphony concert to showcase folk tunes from around the world
Folk tunes from around the world will be performed at a special Parents Weekend concert in the Solomon Center for Teaching at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16. The concert will feature compositions inspired by songs from Sweden, Korea, Great Britain and other countries.
News Release   99-029    10/07/1999   Hare
Virtual reality systems under construction for archaeologists
A research team is creating new software to help archaeologists reassemble complex objects from images of unearthed fragments and pieces. The work is funded by a $1.25-million grant from the National Science Foundation.
News Release   99-030    10/07/1999   Turner
Brain Science Program to be unveiled with faculty research presentations
David Mahoney, one of the world's foremost champions of brain research, will receive an honorary degree from Brown University on Oct. 8, during a ceremony that will feature research presentations by faculty from the University's new Brain Science Program.
News Release   99-026    10/04/1999   Turner
Survey: Undergrads `very satisfied' with overall experiences, less so with sense of community
Results of the Cycles Survey conducted by the Registrar's Office/Office of Institutional Research last May. Students report high levels of satisfaction with their overall experience and academic experience at Brown. Level of satisfaction with sense of community on campus is low, as are satisfaction with food services, advising, dorms
GSJ Story   24GSJ05a    10/01/1999   Sweeney
Will Y2K computer problems bug you?
Interview with Anne Oribello re: Brown's Y2K work. She has some concerns re: lab equipment. To coincide with the one-hour Y2K training sessions on contingency planning being offered to academic and administrative departments.
GSJ Story   24GSJ05b    10/01/1999   Kerlin
Final revisions to Circular A-110 due shortly
Update of status of Circular A-110 research issue.
GSJ Story   24GSJ05c    10/01/1999   Sweeney
Brain science leader to receive honorary degree
Champions of brain research David Mahoney will receive an honorary degree at 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, in Starr Auditorium in a ceremony that will also unveil Brown's new Brain Science Program.
GSJ Story   24GSJ05d    10/01/1999   Turner
Brown has new director of EEO/AA
Brown has a new director of EEO/AA -- Henry Johnson Jr.
GSJ Story   24GSJ05e    10/01/1999   Sweeney
Brown/Fox Point Day Care has openings for children of Brown community
Brown/Fox Point Child Care Center offers spaces for Sept. 2000
GSJ Story   24GSJ05f    10/01/1999   Sweeney
Johnson named director of Equal Employment, Affirmative Action
Henry V. Johnson has begun his duties as Brown's new director of Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action. He held a similar title at Lifespan, the non-profit hospital network.
News Release   99-028    10/01/1999   Kerlin
Concert to showcase traditional music from the Emerald Isle
The Brown Music Department will feature Joe McKenna, Irish bag piper, and other traditional Irish musicians in concert on Saturday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m. in Grant Recital Hall.
News Release   99-027    09/30/1999   Hare
Gore in virtual tie with Bradley and Bush for 2000 presidential election
A survey of 363 Rhode Island voters conducted September 25-27, 1999, finds Vice President Al Gore and former Sen. Bill Bradley almost tied for the Democratic presidential nomination. It also finds a close race for Rhode Island's U.S. Senate seat, high marks for Providence Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr., and a drop in consumer confidence about the state's economy.
News Release   99-024    09/29/1999   Nickel
New machine may provide answers about leading cause of blindness
A Brown University psychologist has developed an easy-to-use device that measures levels of macular pigment in the human eye. Macular pigmentation correlates with macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the world. One of the primary goals of the macular pigmentation research will be to determine the exact cause-and-effect relationship between the pigment and disease.
News Release   99-025    09/29/1999   Cole
Television at bedtime is associated with sleep difficulties in children
A television in the bedroom is the most powerful predictor of overall sleep disturbances in school-aged children, according to a new study by Dr. Judith Owens, assistant professor of pediatrics in the Brown University School of Medicine.
News Release   99-023    09/27/1999   Cole
Gee discusses changes to financial infrastructure, other goals
Interview w. Gee re: his focus for the coming academic year -- new financial infrastructure, new vice president of student affairs/campus life
GSJ Story   24GSJ04a    09/24/1999   Nickel
Two weeks of violence in East Timor
Interview with Natalie Reid, Watson Institute researcher who spent two weeks in East Timor observing referendum
GSJ Story   24GSJ04b    09/24/1999   Poole
The evening snooze? Not for kids who watch TV at bedtime
Children who watch television just before bedtime have more sleep problems, according to Brown researcher
GSJ Story   24GSJ04c    09/24/1999   Cole
Faces of Brown: Sgt. Ronald Levy
Faces of Brown -- Sgt. Ronald Levy
GSJ Story   24GSJ04d    09/24/1999   Castillo
$5-million plan will enhance learning in underserved communities
Under a five-year, $5-million program funded by MCI WorldCom and administered by Brown University, schools and community groups nationwide may apply for grants of $25,000 to $40,000 in support of education technology projects for schoolchildren and their parents in underserved communities.
News Release   99-022    09/21/1999   Nickel
Three-story house to leave East Side for South Providence
A blue and gray triple-decker apartment house will be relocated from the East Side to its new location in South Providence beginning at daybreak Sunday, Sept. 26. Traveling at 2 miles per hour, the journey will take an estimated 12-14 hours to complete.
News Release   99-021    09/20/1999   Hare
Gee outlines plans for new $80-million Life Sciences Building
First faculty meeting of the academic year: $80 million to be borrowed to build the Life Sciences Building, a science/research center; series of faculty seminars slated to introduce faculty to new Brown way of doing things by setting priorities and funding only those, borrowing money for campus improvements, etc.
GSJ Story   24GSJ03a    09/17/1999   Cole
Convocation speaker Lewis urges alternative alcohol, drug policy for campuses
Coverage of opening convocation. Guest speaker is David Lewis, professor, speaking on "This is Your Brain. This is Your Brain at Brown."
GSJ Story   24GSJ03b    09/17/1999   Kerlin
FACES of BROWN: Frank Sears, parking manager
Frank Sears, parking manager -- latest in the FACES OF BROWN series.
GSJ Story   24GSJ03c    09/17/1999   Castillo
Oh lighten up! Comedy festival offers antidote to taking ourselves too seriously
Jokes, jugglers, cranks and crackpots will spread a little jocularity during the Brown Comedy Festival. Hosted by the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance, the festival opened Sept. 14 and continues through October.
GSJ Story   24GSJ03d    09/17/1999   Hare
Three judges to discuss justice and affirmative action Sept. 27
Federal Judges Joseph Tauro and Bruce Selya and Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Rogeriee Thompson will share views on affirmative action during "Justice for All: Affirmative Action and the American Ideal," a panel discussion taking place at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27, 1999, in Starr Auditorium.
News Release   99-020    09/16/1999   Hare
Brown Bookstore celebrates 30th year doing business on Thayer Street
The Brown Bookstore is marking its 30th anniversary on Thayer Street with readings, book signings, a children's story hour, raffles, door prizes and more Oct. 1-5.
News Release   99-019    09/15/1999   Hare
Brown foreign policy discussion program receives $250,000 grant
Brown's Choices for the 21st Century Education Project has received $250,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to expand a program of foreign policy discussion at local libraries.
News Release   99-018    09/13/1999   Kerlin
First year of academic reviews is complete; physical sciences next in line
The first year of external reviews of academic departmental clusters is now finished. This is the first of a three-year project. Reviews slated for the 1999-2000 academic year will be for the physical sciences and regional programs.
GSJ Story   24GSJ02a    09/10/1999   Cole
Fifty years later, George Borts is still teaching economics
George Borts, professor of economics, will begin his 50th year teaching at Brown in academic year 1999-2000. He is the University's longest-serving faculty member.
GSJ Story   24GSJ02b    09/10/1999   Cole
The Graduate School Level of Information (GrSLI) Test
What do you know about graduate education at Brown? Here are some facts provided by Peder Estrup, dean of the graduate school and research.
GSJ Story   24GSJ02c    09/10/1999   Estrup
Study shines new light on ocean species diversity
Three Rhode Island researchers, including one from Brown, have countered the common ecological concept that all biodiversity crests at the equator and declines toward the poles. Their new study found that foraminifera, a one-celled animal that floats in the ocean, was most diverse at middle latitudes in all oceans and in both hemispheres.
GSJ Story   24GSJ02d    09/10/1999   Turner
'Hert to Heart' educates women of color about cardiovascular disease
Rites and Reason, with Lifespan and the Heart Association, are producing play about African American women and heart disease. The production will tour the state in September.
GSJ Story   24GSJ02e    09/10/1999   Hare
Florentine art to grace gallery walls when 'Splendor of Florence' comes to Brown
An exhibition featuring painted portraits of the Medici family will open at the David Winton Bell Gallery beginning Sept. 18. The free exhibition, "Crafting the Medici: Patrons and Artisans in Florence, 1537-1737," is made possible by the contributions of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, which loaned the paintings to the gallery.
GSJ Story   24GSJ02f    09/10/1999   Hare
Sitar and tabla masters to perform at Brown University Sept. 25
Two rising stars of Indian classical music Ð Krishna Mohan Bhatt, sitar, and Sandip Burman, tabla Ð will be in concert at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, 1999, in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   99-017    09/10/1999   Hare
Theater department to host Brown Comedy Festival through October
Jokes, jugglers, cranks and crackpots will spread a little jocularity during the Brown Comedy Festival. Hosted by the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance, the festival will showcase silent clown Avner the Eccentric, a production of the French farce A Flea in Her Ear, theater critic John Lahr of the New Yorker, and others. The festival begins Sept. 14, 1999, and continues through October.
News Release   99-015    09/08/1999   Hare
Institutional barriers discourage part-time work as balance to family life
Lack of policies, threats to partnership status, and stigma are among the barriers to part-time work arrangements in radiology, according to a Brown sociologist. These hurdles mainly affect young women seeking to balance work and family.
News Release   99-016    09/08/1999   Cole
Gordon Gee: Democracy and a new declaration from higher education
"Higher education must shoulder some of the blame for the fact that young adults are increasingly disengaged from the democratic process," say Brown President E. Gordon Gee and University if Pennsylvania President Judith Rodin. "A group of college and university presidents recently recommitted their institutions to playing a vital role in rekindling the national democratic spirit."
News Release   99-066    09/07/1999   Sweeney
Princeton dean named vice president for campus life and student services
Princeton dean Janina Montero has been named Brown's new vice president for campus life and student services. She will begin her duties Jan. 3, 2000.
GSJ Story   24GSJ01a    09/03/1999   Turner
Summer sees shift in senior officialsl search for new provost under way
Summer sees shift in senior officials, search for new provost is under way.
GSJ Story   24GSJ01b    09/03/1999   Turner
Moving out of house, in to dorms is first order of business for many families
Moving out of the house and in to the dorms is the first order of business for many families.
GSJ Story   24GSJ01c    09/03/1999   Cole
Streets near campus will close for Gravity Games
Streets near campus will close for Gravity Games.
GSJ Story   24GSJ01d    09/03/1999   Kerlin
Off Hours: Officer Leite preps for Boston-NY AIDS ride
OFF HOURSL Sgt. Tony Leite of Police and Security will be participating in a three-day Boston to New York City bike ride to raise funds for AIDS research. Ride is Sept. 16-18.
GSJ Story   24GSJ01e    09/03/1999   Hare
Opening Convocation welcomes 1,381 to Class of 2003
The Class of 2003 by the numbers, as well as the info on opening convocation with speaker David Lewis.
GSJ Story   24GSJ01f    09/03/1999   Cole
RIPTA trolleys link College Hill to city highlights
Riding the RIPTA trolley, which serves Brown area and connects downtown and the new mall to campus.
GSJ Story   24GSJ01h    09/03/1999   Hare
Health care, retirement plan, parking top town fair balloting
Results of SAC Town Fair "balloting" held during Staff Development Day.
GSJ Story   24GSJ01i    09/03/1999   SAC
Adolescents with asthma often skip preventive steps, researcher notes
Study by medical school faculty member McQuaid of asthmatic teens' use of their medication.
GSJ Story   24GSJ01j    09/03/1999   Turner
Race: Mississippi Meanings, Illinois Ideas, and Rhode Island Realities
Rhett Jones writes commentary about growing up black in the South and racism that still exists in Rhode Island.
GSJ Story   24GSJ01k    09/03/1999   Jones
New research on dying in the U.S. aims to improve quality of care
A new study, funded by $2.3 million from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will chronicle what it's like to die in the United States. Findings will be published for consumers and policy-makers and posted on the World Wide Web.
News Release   99-009    09/02/1999   Turner
15th-century portion of CNN's ÔMillennium' will premire at Brown
Episode five of the CNN presentation Millennium will premire at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999, in the Starr Auditorium of the MacMillan Science Building. Millennium is a 10-hour documentary series that takes a sweeping look at events, culture and people that have sculpted the world during the past 1,000 years.
News Release   99-014    09/02/1999   Hare
Opening Convocation will welcome 1,381 students to Class of 2003
Internationally-known addiction expert Dr. David C. Lewis will deliver Brown's Opening Convocation address Sept. 7 at 11 a.m. on The College Green. In case of heavy rain, the ceremony will be held at Meehan Auditorium, 235 Hope St.
News Release   99-013    09/01/1999   Cole
New play to educate women of color to risks of heart disease
"Heart to Heart (Ain't Your Life Worth Saving?)," an original drama set in Providence, is designed to educate women of color to the warning signs and symptoms of cardiovascular disease. The free touring production will be staged at 11 sites throughout Rhode Island and will include free health screenings for audience members.
News Release   99-012    08/29/1999   Hare
Janina Montero named vice president for campus life, student services
Janina Montero, dean of student life at Princeton University, has been appointed vice president for campus life and student services at Brown University.
News Release   99-011    08/27/1999   Sweeney
Mixed-gender investment clubs perform better than same-sex clubs
Men and women together make more profitable investing decisions than groups of men only or women only, according to a Brown sociologist.
News Release   99-010    08/24/1999   Cole
Teachers trained in world affairs curriculum at Brown summer program
Twelve teachers from across the country participated in Brown University's Choices Teaching Fellows Program, a summer institute that provides training in a curriculum designed to engage high school students in debate on international public policy issues.
News Release   99-008    08/16/1999   Kerlin
Rare Uffizi paintings come to the Bell Gallery at Brown University
"Crafting the Medici: Patrons and Artisans in Florence, 1537-1737" opens for display Sept. 18, 1999, in the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University. The exhibition will host rarely shown painted portraits of the Medici family on loan from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. The show continues through Oct. 24.
News Release   99-007    08/12/1999   Hare
Simmons named senior VP for academic outreach, affiliated programs
Provost William S. Simmons will undertake a new assignment as senior vice president for academic outreach and affiliated programs, effective July 31, 1999. Dean of the Faculty Kathryn Spoehr will serve as interim provost.
News Release   99-005    07/29/1999   Nickel
Many young people with asthma are not taking their prescribed medicine
Young people are not using inhalers prescribed to prevent asthma, and many children and parents know little about their asthma medications, say two studies.
News Release   99-006    07/27/1999   Turner
John F. Kennedy Jr., Brown University Class of 1983
The Brown University family joins all Americans and people around the world in mourning the untimely loss of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife, Carolyn, and her sister, Lauren Bessette.
News Release   99-004    07/19/1999   Sweeney
John F. Kennedy Jr., Brown University Class of 1983
Information about John F. Kennedy Jr.'s years at Brown University, September 1979 through May 1983.
News Release   99-003    07/17/1999   Sweeney
Repair of cradleboards is a labor of love
Vanessa Jennings, who restores Native American cradles, comes to the Haffenreffer to refurbish some of the museum's collection before it heads out on a national tour. (GSJ of July 9, 1999)
GSJ Story   23GSJ31a    07/09/1999   Cole
Uncovering a clockwork composer
Paul Phillips, director of Brown University Orchestra, is leading the quest to make the name Anthony Burgess as well-known in the music world as it is in the literary world.
GSJ Story   23GSJ31b    07/09/1999   Hare
Off Hours: John Stein -- neuroscientist, bicycle racer
Off Hours -- John J. Stein, neuroscientist and bicycle racer.
GSJ Story   23GSJ31c    07/09/1999   Cole
Deaf Literacy Program teaches reading, sign by sign
Deaf Literacy Program, run out of the Swearer Center, teaches the deaf and hard of hearing
GSJ Story   23GSJ31d    07/09/1999   Poole
Koetting Archives: a music menagerie that circumnavigates the globe
Taking a look at the Orwig Music Library's unique James Koetting Ethnomusicology Archives
GSJ Story   23GSJ31e    07/09/1999   Hare
Sergei Khrushchev will take oath of U.S. citizenship on July 12
Sergei Khrushchev will be sworn in as a U.S. citizen at 2 p.m. July 12 in Providence. He and his wife, Valentina Golenko, will be sworn in with 250 other people at Bishop McVinney Auditorium in Providence.
News Release   99-002    07/07/1999   Kerlin
College presidents challenge U.S schools to address civic disengagement
At a meeting in Colorado, 51 college presidents challenged their colleagues across the country to assess civic involvement on their own campuses and to take action against a growing trend toward civic disengagement among college-age people.
News Release   99-001    07/02/1999   Nickel
Brain region used in face recognition is active in new object recognition
Researchers at Brown University and the Yale Medical School used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to demonstrate that the area of the brain active in face recognition is also involved in recognizing new, non-face objects, according to a study in the June issue of Nature Neuroscience.
News Release   98-154    06/22/1999   Cole
Sergei Khrushchev will take test for U.S. citizenship June 23
After eight years at Brown University, Sergei Khrushchev has decided to seek United States citizenship. He and his wife, Valentina Golenko, will take the exam Wednesday, June 23, in Providence.
News Release   98-155    06/22/1999   Kerlin
Brown University research team finds keys to liver development
In the June 18 issue of Science, Brown University researchers describe the signaling mechanisms that initiate unspecialized embryonic cells to begin liver development. The researchers use the signals to direct immature mouse cells to become liver cells and to begin growing and forming liver tissue.
News Release   98-152    06/17/1999   Turner
Survey: Weygand leads in U.S. Senate race, but Violet makes it close
A survey of 357 Rhode Island voters conducted June 12-14, 1999, finds U.S. Rep. Robert Weygand leading Warwick Mayor Lincoln Chafee in the U.S. Senate race, but independent candidate Arlene Violet is making it close. The survey also asked voters about the Quonset Point Port, a tax cut for the rich, and a close race for a Narragansett gambling casino.
News Release   98-153    06/16/1999   Nickel
Vigorous exercise helps women quit smoking and stay smoke free
A Brown University study in the current Archives of Internal Medicine indicates that smokers have a much easier time kicking the habit and will gain much less weight when they add vigorous exercise to their smoking cessation program.
News Release   98-145    06/13/1999   Turner
New initiative will integrate formal study of values into curriculum, campus life
The Stephen Robert Initiative for the Study of Values is a campuswide initiative to promote sustained, focused study and discussion of fundamental human values. It was announced at a Commencement Forum.
GSJ Story   23GSJ29a    06/11/1999   Nickel
Students raced clock to finish well at annual car competition
Brown team finishes 15th out of 100 college/university teams at the annual Society of Automotive Engineers competition. It is Brown's best placement in the four years it has entered. The team beat several top engineering schools.
GSJ Story   23GSJ29b    06/11/1999   Cole
Drug-therapy combo appears higly effective for chronic depression
A study led by Dr. Martin Keller shows that Serzone, an antidepression drug, combined with psychotherapy is much more effective than either the medication or therapy alone for treating chronic depression.
GSJ Story   23GSJ29c    06/11/1999   Turner
A sampling of Commencement Forums
Excerpts from some of the Commencement/Reunion forums.
GSJ Story   23GSJ29d    06/11/1999   Sweeney
Common notes: diversity, global unity, service
Excerpts from Ogden Lectures, Baccalaureate speech presented during Commencement/Reunion weekend.
GSJ Story   23GSJ29e    06/11/1999   staff
Scenes from Commencement
Overseen and overheard during Commencement weekend.
GSJ Story   23GSJ29f    06/11/1999   Sweeney
Brown geologist among 20 who create first three-dimensional map of Mars
Brown geologist Jim Head among the scientists who compile first complete 3-D map of Mars.
GSJ Story   23GSJ29g    06/11/1999   Kerlin
Researchers find protein abnormality associated with Alzheimer's disease
Brown researchers sasy that a protein widespread in the nervous system is also found in plaques and other brain lesions associated with Alzheimer's disease.
GSJ Story   23GSJ29h    06/11/1999   Turner
Last Word: Kleptocracy, revolution and Kosovo
Herschel Grossman offers a Last Word commentary about kleptocratic ruling elites and notes that the situation in Kosovo is no different than other revolutions involving elite factions.
GSJ Story   23GSJ29i    06/11/1999   Grossman
University presidents to address civic disengagement on U.S. campuses
More than 60 college and university presidents Ð a cross-section of American higher education Ð will meet at the Aspen Institute June 29 to July 1, 1999, to address the need for civic renewal. They will issue a formal challenge to the nation's campuses: Take action against growing civic disengagement among college-age people. The meeting is sponsored by Campus Compact, the American Council on Education and the Aspen Institute.
News Release   98-150    06/11/1999   Nickel
College fair featuring scores of representatives will be held July 7
News directors and station managers: Please consider running this PSA through Wednesday noon, July 7. If you have any questions, please call Kathy Sweet, Office of Summer Studies, at (401) 863-7903.
News Release   98-151    06/11/1999   Sweeney
Brown Summer Theatre offers three comedies in 30th anniversary season
The Summer Theatre program will present "As Bees In Honey Drown," "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" and "Privates Eyes" in celebration of its 30th anniversary season. The laughter begins June 22 and continues through August 7 in the Leeds Theatre of the Catherine Bryan Dill Center for the Performing Arts.
News Release   98-147    06/09/1999   Hare
High school students cite weapons, environment as top world concerns
After studying international relations in a civic education program developed at Brown, high school students say their top international concerns are the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons and damage to the global environment.
News Release   98-148    06/09/1999   Kerlin
Search Committee submits names of two finalists to school board
Diana Lam, most recently superintendent of the San Antonio Independent School District, and June Rimmer, currently assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction for Indianapolis Public Schools, are the two finalists in Providence's search for a new superintendent of schools. Brown President E. Gordon Gee, chair of the search committee, submitted their names to the Providence School Board today.
News Release   98-149    06/08/1999   Nickel
Brown names two City of Providence Scholars for the Class of 2003
Kate Gubata of Classical High School and Samuel Snead of Mount Pleasant High School have been named City of Providence Scholars for the Class of 2003. They will receive financial support throughout their undergraduate education at Brown.
News Release   98-146    06/04/1999   Cole
Brown Corporation elects two new fellows and nine new trustees
At its Commencement Weekend meeting May 29, 1999, the Corporation of Brown University elected Elizabeth Z. Chace and David E. McKinney to its Board of Fellows and elected nine new members to its Board of Trustees: Ralph J. Begleiter, Martin Granoff, Robin Neustein, Frank Newman, O. Rogeriee Thompson, Chelsey C. Remington, Charles M. Rosenthal, Robert E. Turner, and Jerome C. Vascellaro.
News Release   98-144    06/03/1999   Nickel
Haffenreffer collections will move to Brown's main campus in Providence
The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, which was to move from its current campus in Bristol, R.I., to the Old Stone Bank Building in Providence, will move instead to a new museum planned for Brown University's main campus. Brown is considering new public and educational uses for the Old Stone Bank Building, which it acquired in 1995.
News Release   98-143    06/01/1999   Nickel
Brown will award 10 honorary degrees at Commencement
Honorary degree recipients are Brian Dickinson, James Friedman, John Glenn, John Hume, Ruth Kirschstein, Queen Noor of Jordan, Romano Prodi, William Raspberry, Steven Spielberg and Julia Taft
GSJ Story   23GSJ28a    05/28/1999   Sweeney
On your mark, get set, graduate!
The Class of 1999 will scatter all over the world after Commencement. Some will go into directing, others will try to get their own businesses off the ground, still others will head into the Peace Corps
GSJ Story   23GSJ28b    05/28/1999   Lans
Mapping their future: Entrepreneurship looks hot
Anecdotal evidence from Career Services indicates that entrepreneurship is hot for many graduates of the Class of 1999
GSJ Story   23GSJ28c    05/28/1999   Lans
Taking the hovercraft out for a spin
Students in two engineering classes build a hovercraft. Professor Hazeltine and others take it for a test drive around Barus & Holley and pronounce it "awesome."
GSJ Story   23GSJ28d    05/28/1999   Sweeney
New computer visualization 'cave' creates virtual reality for researchers
New computer visualization "cave" creates virtual reality for researchers. The lab "is based on the idea that it is easier to understand how something works or is put together if you can hold it in your hand or walk around inside it."
GSJ Story   23GSJ28e    05/28/1999   Lans
Several awards for teaching will be presented May 31
Teaching awards to be presented at Commencement ceremonies
GSJ Story   23GSJ28f    05/28/1999   Sweeney
The muse and the students
Students in Julio Ortega's Spanish literature classes create imaginative artwork as part of their coursework
GSJ Story   23GSJ28g    05/28/1999   Sweeney
Let there be light
The stained glass windows by LaFarge are restored and replaced in Maddock Alumni Center
GSJ Story   23GSJ28h    05/28/1999   Sweeney
Commencement Forums
Commencement Forums will be held Saturday, May 29.
GSJ Story   23GSJ28i    05/28/1999   Sweeney
Groundbreaking for new Watson Institute
Queen Noor of Jordan will deliver an Ogden Lecture to coincide with the groundbreaking for the new headquarters of the Watson Institute
GSJ Story   23GSJ28j    05/28/1999   Kerlin
Pediatric emergency rooms a place to identify adult abuse victims
In a recent study by Brown University researchers, more than half of 157 women who sought emergency care for children aged 3 or younger were themselves victims of domestic abuse. The findings underscore the importance of intervention in that setting.
News Release   98-140    05/27/1999   Cole
Brown to integrate formal study of values into curriculum, campus life
Beginning in the 1999-2000 academic year, Brown University will develop a focused inquiry into human values designed to enrich the freshman experience, the College curriculum, departmental scholarship, graduate fellowships and the University's public lecture program. President Gee will introduce a panel discussion about the Robert Values Initiative at 2:15 p.m. Saturday, May 29, 1999, in Sayles Hall.
News Release   98-141    05/27/1999   Nickel
Baccalaureate, graduate and medical students honor special faculty
Four Brown professors will receive special awards from graduating students at this year's Commencement: two for work with undergraduates; one for support of graduate students; and a doctor for service to medical students. Four graduate students will receive honors for outstanding doctoral dissertations and four for teaching excellence.
News Release   98-142    05/27/1999   Turner
Brown will present 10 honorary degrees at Commencement May 31
At Commencement Monday, May 31, Brown University will present honorary degrees to Brian Dickinson, James Freedman, John Glenn, John Hume, Ruth Kirschstein, Queen Noor of Jordan, Romano Prodi, William Raspberry, Steven Spielberg and Julia Taft.
News Release   98-136    05/26/1999   Sweeney
University to honor its first African-American Ph.D. recipient with portrait
In recognition of his service to Brown University, higher education and the nation, the Brown Corporation will honor Samuel Nabrit, the University's first African-American Ph.D. recipient, by unveiling his portrait Friday evening, May 28, in Sayles Hall.
News Release   98-139    05/25/1999   Hare
Researchers find protein abnormality associated with Alzheimer's disease
The protein agrin could play a distinctive role both in the early and later stages of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study in the current Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   98-138    05/24/1999   Turner
Researchers find protein abnormality associated with Alzheimer's disease
The protein agrin could play a distinctive role both in the early and later stages of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study in the current Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   98-138    05/24/1999   Turner
Queen Noor to deliver Ogden lecture at Watson Institute groundbreaking
Queen Noor of Jordan will deliver a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. Memorial Lecture Sunday, May 30, as part of groundreaking ceremonies for the new home of the Watson Institute for International Studies. The Queen will speak at 11:30 a.m. on The College Green.
News Release   98-135    05/19/1999   Kerlin
Walter Massey, president of Morehouse College, to speak May 29
Walter Massey, president of Morehouse College, will present a Commencement Forum at Brown University on Saturday, May 29, at 3:30 p.m. Massey's presentation will mark the groundbreaking for new undergraduate engineering laboratories.
News Release   98-137    05/19/1999   Turner
Evidence shows drug-psychotherapy combo effective for chronic depression
Preliminary results from the largest study undertaken of medication alone, psychotherapy alone and a combination of the two, to treat chronic depression, show a mixture of medication and psychotherapy works best.
News Release   98-125    05/18/1999   Turner
Best way to reduce adult disability: Improve high school graduation rates
A new analysis of a 1996 survey of 4,682 Rhode Islanders found nearly one in four experience some type of limitation in functioning. Researchers concluded that one of the most effective ways to reduce disability is to improve high school graduation rates.
News Release   98-130    05/17/1999   Cole
Brown University to hold 231st Commencement Monday, May 31, 1999
Chief Marshal Stephen Weil '49 will lead more than 6,000 people down College Hill on Monday, May 31, in one of the nation's largest and most colorful academic pageants. The Commencement procession and 231st academic exercises cap a four-day Commencement-Reunion Weekend at Brown.
News Release   98-132    05/17/1999   Nickel
Northern Ireland's peace broker John Hume to give baccalaureate address
Nobel Peace Prize laureate John Hume and two student orators are among the scheduled speakers during Brown's 231st Commencement Weekend, May 28-31.
News Release   98-133    05/17/1999   Cole
John Glenn, Queen Noor, Europe's President Prodi give Ogden Lectures
Brown University's Stephen A. Ogden Jr. Memorial Lecture series on global issues brings Sen. John Glenn, Queen Noor of Jordan and European Commission President Romano Prodi to Providence on Commencement Weekend, May 29-30. The Ogden Lectures are free and open to the public.
News Release   98-134    05/17/1999   Kerlin
Dance Legacy Institute gets NEA grant to preserve historical choreography
A $40,000 NEA grant will be used by the Brown University American Dance Legacy Institute to document and restore the choreography of a former New York-based arts organization. The money will support a variety of projects, among them collecting oral histories, dance reconstruction and development of a multimedia database.
News Release   98-126    05/14/1999   Hare
Ô(Im)Mobile Spaces,' a new exhibit at the Bell Gallery, opens June 11
A Bell Gallery exhibition will show work by painter Irene Lawrence and sculptor Barbara Westermann. (Im)Mobile Spaces will open Friday, June 11, 1999, with a free public reception beginning at 5:30 p.m. The display will continue through Sunday, July 11.
News Release   98-127    05/14/1999   Hare
Five student teams receive funding and services to start businesses
Business teams led by Daniel Goldstein of New York City and Jessica Nam of Warren, N.J., recently won cash and services to grow their companies from Brown's Entrepreneurship Program. Three other student ventures will receive free marketing and public relations services.
News Release   98-128    05/14/1999   Cole
College fair featuring scores of representatives will be held July 7
A college fair featuring representatives from colleges and universities in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states will be held on July 7, 1999, from 3 to 6 p.m. in Sayles Hall at Brown University.
News Release   98-129    05/14/1999   Sweeney
ummer High School asks: How will people remember the 20th century?
How will the 20th century be remembered? Students participating in this year's Brown Summer High School program will study history, social studies, science, English, or the arts with this question in mind. The program for area students in grades 9 through 12 will run from June 28 to July 23.
News Release   98-131    05/14/1999   Sweeney
Fossil footprints show foot-movement similarity in dinosaurs and birds
A new study of dinosaur footprints preserved in three dimensions finds similarities and differences between modern-day fowl and ancient theropods. The study's authors still believe birds evolved from dinosaurs. The research appears in Nature and was led by Brown University scientists.
News Release   98-123    05/12/1999   Turner
Groups explore ways to encourage employees to use mass transit
Several initiatives, among them an "Environmental Stewardship" course, may culminate in a program that will encourage more Brown employees to use public transit to get to work.
GSJ Story   23GSJ27a    05/07/1999   Sweeney
Student-designed software helps area teachers
Roger Blumberg teaches CS92, "Educational Software," in which students create educational computer games for use in public schools around RI. Games include "Pizarro's Haunted Mansion," "Campaign Trail," "States of Matter," "Rima the Rat."
GSJ Story   23GSJ27b    05/07/1999   Kerlin
Pediatricians play key role in getting parents to read to their kids
Three new Brown studies point to the crucial role pediatricians can play in getting parents to read aloud to their children.
GSJ Story   23GSJ27c    05/07/1999   Turner
OFF HOURS: Marcus Civin '99 - coordinator of Project New Urban Arts
OFF HOURS: Marcus Civin '99 coordinates the youth programs at Project New Urban Arts, which allows young college artists to develop relationships with young high school and middle school artists. Project New Urban Arts also has a gallery that exhibits youth and local Providence artists.
GSJ Story   23GSJ27d    05/07/1999   Sweeney
Public policy students test police, towns on open records law
Update on Access RI report from Ross Cheit class. This year's report examines town and city compliance with Open Records laws.
GSJ Story   23GSJ27e    05/07/1999   Kerlin
25 undergraduates receive Royce Fellowships for research, public service
Twenty-five Brown University undergraduates will receive Royce Fellowships, which will enable them to advance their research and public service projects locally, nationally and internationally.
News Release   98-124    05/07/1999   Sweeney
Thirteen Brown Says Thank You! awards presented at special breakfast
Thirteen members of Brown University's support staff received Brown Says Thank You! awards for the innovation, initiative, service and personal commitment they demonstrate in their work. The awards were presented at the University's annual staff appreciation breakfast May 4.
News Release   98-122    05/05/1999   Sweeney
Brown University and IBM to unveil new computer visualization center
On May 26, 1999, officials from Brown University and IBM will unveil an $8-million Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Visualization. The center will be dedicated during a 2 p.m. ceremony in MacMillan Hall.
News Release   98-119    05/03/1999   Cole
Doctor-prescribed reading is good Rx for low-income families, studies say
It's a simple prescription: take home a book, read to your children, enjoy. Reading books to children is powerful medicine for low-income families, say three new Brown studies.
News Release   98-120    05/03/1999   Turner
Computer science symposium offers talks by slate of industry leaders
Leading computer scientists will headline a symposium titled "The Computer, The Academy and the World" at Brown University May 27-28, 1999. The event marks the 60th birthday of Andries van Dam, Brown professor and computer science pioneer.
News Release   98-121    05/03/1999   Cole
Study finds most R.I. municipalities do not comply with open records laws
Requests for arrest reports and municipal financial settlements were denied or ignored in most Rhode Island municipalities, according to a Brown University study. The second study of access to public records and meetings, conducted by Brown students, provides data on compliance by police departments, municipal clerks and tax assessors, and school committees. (See also news advisory 114a.)
News Release   98-114    04/28/1999   Kerlin
Peter Jennings to receive award for superior achievement in journalism
ABC News anchor Peter Jennings will receive the University's Welles Hangen Award for Superior Achievement in Journalism on Tuesday, May 4, in Sayles Hall. Presented for lifetime achievement, the award honors the memory of Welles Hangen, a journalist and 1949 graduate of Brown, who was captured and executed by Viet Cong and Khmer Rouge guerrillas during the Vietnam War.
News Release   98-118    04/27/1999   Hare
Dance concert to feature West African ballet and other selections
Two traditional dances that capture the spirit of Mali, West Africa, will be featured at the Spring Concert presented by the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance in the Stuart Theatre of the Catherine Bryan Dill Center for the Performing Arts. The program, which runs May 5-9, 1999, will also showcase modern, jazz and tap selections.
News Release   98-116    04/26/1999   Hare
Wind and Jazz groups to play Updike poems and Ellington suites
A joint concert by Brown's Wind Symphony and Jazz Band at 8 p.m. Friday, April 30, will feature Duke Ellington Suites and poems by John Updike.
News Release   98-117    04/26/1999   Hare
New phone prefix Ð 867 Ð coming to campus beginning July 31
Beginning July 31, Brown will have an additional telephone exchange Ð 867. This will require dialing a five-digit number when calling from campus phone to campus phone. The new exchange will be assigned to the student block of phone numbers. The change is announced by the Communications Office.
GSJ Story   23GSJ26a    04/23/1999   Sweeney
Prospective students train their sights on Brown
About 230 prospective members of the Class of 2003 took the "A Train" from Washington, D.C., to Providence April 13 for A Day on College Hill.
GSJ Story   23GSJ26b    04/23/1999   Lans
Going it alone: New book examines the bachelor lifestyle at height of its prominence
History Professor Howard Chudacoff has written a new book, "The Age of the Bachelor," in which he examines the heyday of the lifestyle.
GSJ Story   23GSJ26c    04/23/1999   Lans
Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity celebrating its 10th year
The Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a lecture series.
GSJ Story   23GSJ26d    04/23/1999   Hare
Visiting professors add spice to faculty mix
Visiting professors, lecturers and researchers add spice to the faculty mix. Most visiting faculty are brought in to fill open teaching or research slots. They spice up the academic environment with new ideas; many get long looks by departments conducting national searches to fill permanent positions.
GSJ Story   23GSJ26e    04/23/1999   Turner
James Ron: Confessions of a human rights observer
James Ron, postdoctoral research fellow at Watson Institute who has researched ethnic clensing, went to Albania for nine days to interview Kosovar refugees on behalf of Human Rights Watch
GSJ Story   23GSJ26f    04/23/1999   Kerlin
Six principles to guide Brown's participation in national monitoring effort
Brown University has announced six principles that will govern its participation in the FLA (Fair Labor Association), a national effort to eliminate sweatshop conditions in the apparel industry. President E. Gordon Gee also announced a six-member advisory committee that will monitor issues related to Brown's Code of Conduct for licensees.
News Release   98-115    04/21/1999   Nickel
National labor expert to discuss trends in minority employment
Harry Holzer, chief economist for the U.S. Department of Labor, and local experts will examine minority hiring trends and other employment issues nationally and in Rhode Island on Wednesday, April 28, at 8 p.m. The presentation is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.
News Release   98-113    04/19/1999   Hare
New panel will review annual budget requests
Coverage of April 6 faculty meeting at which provost Simmons announces creation of a new panel to review all departments' annual budget requests. The new panel is called the Provost's Planning Committee.
GSJ Story   23GSJ25a    04/16/1999   Lans
Dilania Inoa '99: Miss Rhode Island Latina
Miss Rhode Island Latina is Dilania Inoa '99, a Latin American studies student
GSJ Story   23GSJ25b    04/16/1999   Sweeney
Vartan Gregorian Quad dedicated
Vartan Gregorian Quadrangle dedicated
GSJ Story   23GSJ25c    04/16/1999   Sweeney
OFF HOURS: Jonathan Bender and Gabriel Kuriloff -- Yes, we have some bananas
Off Hours: Jonathan Bender ('00, Biomedical Ethics) and Gabriel Kuriloff ('00.5, Urban Studies and Undergraduate Teacher Education in English) co-owners/managers of Fruit and Rally, on-campus fresh fruit and produce pick-up service.
GSJ Story   23GSJ25d    04/16/1999   Sweeney
Promise of collaboration lured engineer from Xerox
Engineering professor Greg Crawford left corporate world of Xerox for the promise of collaboration in academia. He is a specialist in liquid crystal displays.
GSJ Story   23GSJ25e    04/16/1999   Turner
Students help preserve the past for the future
Three graduate students in anthropology department's museum studies program help Rehoboth museum revive itself.
GSJ Story   23GSJ25f    04/16/1999   Lans
Duke Ellington centennial film to premire at Brown April 26
Brown University will join the 100th birthday celebration of jazz composer and band leader Duke Ellington with the premire of Swingin' With Duke: Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis. The screening is planned for Monday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Starr Auditorium of MacMillan Hall.
News Release   98-110    04/14/1999   Hare
PONG '99 art and technology festival to feature DJ Spooky, EBN, others
PONG '99, Brown University's fifth annual art and technology festival, will host hip-hop mix master DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid and the multimedia performance group EBN in concert April 23. The festival also will feature several leading-edge performance, installation and multimedia artists on April 25.
News Release   98-111    04/14/1999   Hare
Busta Rhymes headlines Browns Spring Weekend April 22
Hip-hop superstar Busta Rhymes will kick off Brown's annual Spring Weekend on April 22 with concert in Meehan Auditorium. Performing April 24 on The College Green as part of the Spring Weekend Extravaganza will be DJ Maseo of De La Soul, singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt, and bands Black Star and Wilco.
News Release   98-112    04/14/1999   Hare
Inside the admission process
How the admissions office selects the Class of 2003. Behind the scenes at one of the meetings at which candidates are reviewed. Seventeen officers pondered 14,749 applications to come up with 2,483 people who were offered a place in the upcoming class.
GSJ Story   23GSJ24a    04/09/1999   Lans
Cluster reviews help orient departments for interdisciplinary future
University's academic departments are being reviewed through a new system called cluster reviewing. The system looks at groups of related departments not only to review their progress individually but also to determine how effectively they interact with each other. All are external reviews.
GSJ Story   23GSJ24b    04/09/1999   Lans
Superintendent of Schools Search Committee will report to the public
PSA: News directors and station managers: The Search Committee for the new Superintendent of Providence Public Schools asks your help in notifying residents about the following community meeting. This PSA should run through Tuesday, April 20. If you have any questions, please call Kate Wilson at (401) 863-9485. (Also distributed in Spanish by Marie Rose.)
News Release   98-108    04/09/1999   Nickel/Rose
Dedication of Gregorian Quadrangle scheduled for Monday, April 12
News Advisory: Brown University will formally dedicate its newest residential quadrangle in honor of President Emeritus Vartan Gregorian at 4 p.m. Monday, April 12. President and Mrs. Gregorian will return to Providence for the event.
News Release   98-109a    04/09/1999   Nickel
National initiative targets civic disengagement among college students
Campus Compact, a national organization of college and university presidents dedicated to higher education's civic mission, has received a $3-million grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts to address a national trend toward civic disengagement, which is reflected on the nation's campuses. Campus Compact also has formally established itself as part of Brown University.
News Release   98-087    04/08/1999   Nickel
The art of Maggie Poor to be showcased at Bell Gallery April 17-May 30
The drawings and sculptures of Maggie Poor, a New York artist and 1976 Brown graduate, will be shown in the David Winton Bell Gallery starting Saturday, April 17. The show, which contains more than 40 pieces, will continue through May 30.
News Release   98-107    04/07/1999   Hare
Survey will gauge undergraduates' opinions
The new Office of Institutional Research, run by Registrar Kay Lewis, will be distributing a survey to half of all undergrads to gauge their satisfaction with a wide range of campus offices and services, advising, other campus life issues. Sponsored by Dean of College, Dean of Student Life. Info will be used by Brown for evaluation and planning. (GSJ of April 2, 1999)
GSJ Story   23GSJ23a    04/02/1999   Sweeney
Nights spent in hiding are now part of his past
RUE student Darren Jorgensen grew up on welfare and was told he didn't belong in college. He lived in Bagdad as part of UNSCOM. He saw such poverty and hopelessness in the children there that when he left, he vowed to get an education.
GSJ Story   23GSJ23b    04/02/1999   Lans
Mentors know it's not easy being gay
The Renn Mentoring Program pairs gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered students with gay/lesbian faculty/staff mentors who provide counsel, a sounding board, etc. in a framework that is relevant to the students' orientation.
GSJ Story   23GSJ23c    04/02/1999   Kerlin
Engineer puts her energy into 'power-conscious' computing
Ruth Iris Bahar, assistant professor of engineering in electrical engineering, has received an NSF grant given to promising young researchers and another grant for women in the sciences. Her research focuses on computer design technology.
GSJ Story   23GSJ23d    04/02/1999   Takasch
BDD studies in teens; magnetic field induces change in frog cells
Research notes: Magnetic field induces changes at the cellular level in embryonic frogs; Body Dysmorphic Disorder study of teens
GSJ Story   23GSJ23e    04/02/1999   Turner/Lans
Where do you go when you can't go home?
Where do you go when you can't go home for the holidays. Two administrators at Brown are working on a proposal they hope will match students from afar with host families from faculty and staff during breaks, holidays or long weekends.
GSJ Story   23GSJ23f    04/02/1999   Pipkin
LAST WORD: Language crimes from the professoriate
LAST WORD - Language crimes: A lesson in how not to write, courtesy of the professors. Essay by Denis Dutton, who each year holds a Bad Writing Contest. Nominations come from academia. Reprint from February Wall Street Journal.
GSJ Story   23GSJ23g    04/02/1999   Dutton
Marisa Quinn named director of federal relations at Brown University
Marisa A. Quinn, currently chief of communications and public information at the Rhode Island Department of Education, will become director of federal relations at Brown University in May.
News Release   98-105    04/01/1999   Nickel
Experimental sound and visual imagery performance set for April 11
Wood, Ink, Water and Winter Buds, an experimental performance work that combines film, recorded sound, improvised choreography and music, will be presented free in Grant Recital Hall at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 11. The piece will feature French composer, musician and dancer Eugenie Kuffler and Brown composer Elaine Bearer.
News Release   98-106    04/01/1999   Hare
Spanish guitar trio to perform at the John Carter Brown Library April 21
The John Carter Brown Library at Brown University will host a benefit recital of Spanish guitar and madolin music featuring the widely acclaimed Chamorro Trio on Wednesday, April 21 at 8 p.m. The concert will showcase the talents of Pedro Chamorro, a virtuoso guitar, mandolin and bandurria (Spanish lute) player.
News Release   98-104    03/30/1999   Hare
Brown to host national introduction of McNamara Vietnam War book
Former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and co-authors will visit Brown University April 23, 1999, to introduce their new book, Argument Without End: In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy. Their presentation, at 4 p.m. in MacMillan Hall, is open to the public without charge and will be followed by a book signing. (The authors will be available to the press at 2:30 p.m.)
News Release   98-100    03/26/1999   Kerlin
Three Brown students receive Truman scholarships for public service
Seth Andrew, of Providence, Jonathan Mooney, of Culver City, Calif., and Katherine Weisburd, of Philadelphia, are among 65 college students nationwide to receive 1999 Truman Scholarships. This year, 656 college students applied for the awards.
News Release   98-103    03/25/1999   Lans
Tribute to celebrate John Hawkes, novelist and teacher
A tribute to John Hawkes, an internationally recognized innovative novelist and Brown professor, will take place April 13-14. Family, friends, colleagues and former students will gather at the University to celebrate Hawkes' life and art.
News Release   98-097    03/24/1999   Hare
Powerful magnetic field forces living cells to change
Brown University researchers have found that a strong, steady magnetic field can alter the way cells divide in a developing frog. Their work may end the decades-old debate among scientists over whether a magnetic field can affect an organism. The research was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
News Release   98-098    03/24/1999   Turner
Debilitating body image disorder often begins in teens; likely to be missed
A new study of 33 children and adolescents with body dysmorphic disorder Ð the largest study ever conducted on this age group Ð found subjects dropping out of school, becoming reclusive and attempting suicide.
News Release   98-099    03/24/1999   Lans
Brown theater to offer premire of sharp Irish drama in April
A sharp new play will have its premire at Brown University April 15-18 and April 22-25 in Leeds Theater. An Irish Play is the story of seven amateur actors who come together to read a new drama by an American writer, during which old rivalries are re-ignited and jealousies come to a head.
News Release   98-101    03/24/1999   Hare
Brown conference to explore the future of online multimedia literature
Technology Platforms for 21st Century Literature (TP21CL), a three-day conference at Brown University April 7-9, 1999, will feature many of world's breakthrough hyperfiction writers and cutting-edge technologists discussing the future of literature on the Internet.
News Release   98-102    03/24/1999   Hare
Women report greater depression when wed-locked into hosehold labor
New study by sociologist Chloe Bird suggests that women who carry the bulk of the housework burden have higher incidence of depression.
GSJ Story   23GSJ22a    03/19/1999   Lans
Administrators field students' questions at Ultimate Forum
UCS sponsors "The Ultimate Forum" March 8 at which Gee, Dunbar, Joyce-Brady, Reaves, Simmons and Holmes will be available for 2 hours of Q&A to all comers. UCS says this is a first.
GSJ Story   23GSJ22c    03/19/1999   Pipkin
New treatment for drug-induced psychosis in Parkinson's patients
A new treatment for drug-induced psychosis in patients with Parkinson's disease is reported by Joseph Friedman, MD, of the medical school.
GSJ Story   23GSJ22d    03/19/1999   Turner
Writers gather for forum, workshops on "Writing Vietnam"
Nationally recognized writers whose work has explored aspects of the American involvement in Vietnam will gather at Brown University for a six-session conference titled "Writing Vietnam," April 21-23, 1999. Their lectures, readings and discussions are open to the public without charge.
News Release   98-095    03/18/1999   Kerlin
School Superintendent Search Committee announces public meetings
The Search Committee for the next superintendent of Providence public schools will hold public meetings March 23, 24, and 25, 1999, to gather views of the Providence community. A survey will also be distributed to gather additional information for the search. (See also the Public Service Announcement, 98-094a)
News Release   98-094    03/16/1999   Nickel
Unequal share of housework causes depression in women, study says
Working women and homemakers alike are depressed when their husbands don't share the housework, says a study of 1,256 adults in the March Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
News Release   98-093    03/15/1999   Lans
Faculty approve elimination of M.D. requirement considered unfair
Faculty members voted to eliminate a long-standing medical degree requirement after School of Medicine officials described it as unfair to learning-disabled students and unnecessary. The proposal now goes to the Board of Fellows for a final decision. If approved, students will not have to pass the second part of the Medical Licensing Examination to receive an MD.
GSJ Story   23GSJ21a    03/12/1999   Lans
Web Advisory committee expanding to take on new challenges
The Web Advisory Committee is tripling in size to represent all areas of the University and tackle issues that were not even a thought when it was formed a few years ago.
GSJ Story   23GSJ21b    03/12/1999   Lans
Grant funds virtual design and testing of materials
William Curtin, Alan Needleman and Rob Phillips in engineering received a grant from the Department of Defense to lead a five-university project that will develop computer simulations to predict the mechanical properties of potential high-tech materials. The research will focus on what happens when the materials fail, particularly the behavior of individual atoms and their electrons.
GSJ Story   23GSJ21c    03/12/1999   Turner
Cow intestine and other things we eat
Ryan Firestone '97 and Gidon Felsen '98 are walking across the country. They started out in Florida in September and hope to reach California by August. Along the way, the walkers file electronic newsletters.
GSJ Story   23GSJ21d    03/12/1999   
Bell Gallery and Department of Visual Art to display student work
A wide array of art will be featured during the 1999 Juried Student Exhibition opening March 15 in the David Winton Bell Gallery of the List Art Center. The annual exhibition will continue through April 4.
News Release   98-090    03/11/1999   Hare
Sportsmanship, ethics of sport to be examined at symposium April 9-10
"Fair Play or Foul Ball," a symposium exploring ethics in sports, will be held April 9-10 in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The two-day meeting will feature a leading sports ethicist, nationally recognized sportswriters, commentators, coaches and athletes examining the social values of sports.
News Release   98-091    03/11/1999   Hare
Free program to explore spending R.I.'s $1.4-billion tobacco settlement
The public is invited to a free program about spending Rhode Island's $1.4-billion share of the tobacco settlement. Four speakers will propose ideas and discuss tobacco as a health problem at 4 p.m. Friday, March 19, in Room 202 of the Brown University Bio-Medical Center, 171 Meeting St.
News Release   98-092    03/11/1999   Turner
Dannie Abse, Welsh poet and physician, to read his work April 6 and 7
Welsh writer and physician Dannie Abse will read selections of his writings and speak about his life as a doctor and poet at the 1999 Harriet W. Sheridan Literature and Medicine Lecture. The presentation will take place at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 7, in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   98-088    03/10/1999   Hare
Poll: Cianci, police firefighters rate highly; schools, streets fare worse
A survey of 324 Providence residents conducted March 6-8, 1999, found a large majority approves of the job Mayor Cianci, police and firefighters are doing. Public schools, street repairs and taxes fared worse. The city's biggest problem: its public schools.
News Release   98-089    03/10/1999   Nickel
Students go to state capitols March 26 for lively debates on U.S. policy
On Friday, March 26, high school students in Nebraska and Connecticut will visit their state capitols to debate environmental, trade and other policy issues with elected officials. The students are studying and debating these issues in classrooms as part of the Capitol Forum on America's Future, sponsored by Brown University.
News Release   98-085    03/08/1999   Kerlin
Oklahoma City bombing victim to speak against capital punishment
Bob Welsh, whose daughter was killed in the Oklahoma City bombing, will share his feelings about the death of his child, about Timothy McVeigh and about the death penalty on Monday, March 15, at 7 p.m. in MacMillan Hall. Welsh will be the featured speaker at a forum, "Murder: Should We Seek Vengeance or Healing?"
News Release   98-086    03/08/1999   Hare
In VR lab, subjects don VR gear to help researchers learn how humans, robots learn to navigate
A virtual reality lab in Metcalf Research Laboratory has opened. It is being used to test how humans and robots learn to navigate new environments. It is under the direction of professors in cognitive and linguistic sciences and computer sciences.
GSJ Story   23GSJ20a    03/05/1999   Lans
Senior returns from Bosnia with research, aid drive
Zaid Ashai '99 went to Bosnia over winter break to do research and humanitarian work. (His honors thesis is on the implementation effort of the Dayton Peace Accords.) In Bosnia he interviewed officials from the general of the Bosnian Armed Forces to the Deputy Foreign Minister of Bosnia, and came face-to-face with refugees. He has started an aid drive to help the refugees.
GSJ Story   23GSJ20b    03/05/1999   Kerlin
The Water Cooler: Who are you rooting for when Academy Awards are presented?
Which movies or actors are you rooting for when the Academy Awards are presented March 21?
GSJ Story   23GSJ20c    03/05/1999   Sweeney
Cancer, heart disease, depression to be discussed at women's health conference
panel on "Women's Health: Critical Issues, New Frontiers."
GSJ Story   23GSJ20d    03/05/1999   Kerlin
Using tobacco settlement funds to save lives in Rhode Island
The Last Word: Using tobacco settlement funds to save lives in Rhode Island, by David B. Abrams
GSJ Story   23GSJ20f    03/05/1999   Abrams
Not all cities can be winners in the high-tech race, researchers say
Factors beyond the control of city planners are important to computer companies, according to a study of 317 cities from 1977 to 1992, published in the February European Economic Review.
News Release   98-083    03/05/1999   Lans
Researchers to conduct virtual design and testing of materials
A Department of Defense grant of $1 million per year for three years will allow Brown researchers to lead a five-university project designed to produce computer-based "virtual" tools for studying advanced materials used in jet engines and launch vehicles.
News Release   98-084    03/05/1999   Turner
Bach Birthday Bash to showcase the Brown University Chorus
The 45 members of the Brown University Chorus will mark the 314th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach with a concert featuring sacred selections for voice and organ in Sayles Hall Saturday, March 20, at 8 p.m.
News Release   98-081    03/04/1999   Hare
Ivy League, Stanford, MIT collaborate on virtual career fair April 12-18
The Ivy-Plus Virtual Career Fair is an on-line week-long event through which employers in diverse fields from around the country can recruit some of the best liberal arts graduates in the world.
News Release   98-082    03/04/1999   Sweeney
The Advisory Committee on University Planning (ACUP) budget recommendations for 1999-00
The Advisory Committee on University Planning (ACUP) presents its budget recommendations for 1999-2000 to President Gee and the Corporation
GSJ Story   23GSJ18g    02/26/1999   Howitt
Research and undergrads: Interaction enriches faculty and students
RESEARCH issue: To faculty at Brown, undergraduates represent a fountain of ideas, wonder and fellowship in the research endeavor. A look at how students, faculty and grad students work together in the classroom and the lab.
GSJ Story   23GSJ19b    02/26/1999   Turner
Undergraduates and research: in the lab
RESEARCH issue: Faculty members talk about the benefits of having undergraduates participate "eyeball to eyeball" on research in their labs.
GSJ Story   23GSJ19d    02/26/1999   Turner
Franco Capaldi: seasoned researcher by senior year
for RESEARCH section: Franco Capaldi '99, a mechanical engineering student, works in Barus & Holley where he is doing graduate-level work on the stresses of thin films and coatings.
GSJ Story   23GSJ19e    02/26/1999   Turner
Mohsin Malik '01: generating creatures for cognitive research
for RESEARCH section: Mohsin Malik '01 is using computer design to create nondescript creatures for use in research about how the brain learns to recognize people.
GSJ Story   23GSJ19f    02/26/1999   Lans
Undergraduates and research: in the classroom
RESEARCH issue: Faculty members talk about how teaching undergraduates inthe classroom enhances the research endeavor.
GSJ Story   23GSJ19g    02/26/1999   Turner
Virali Gokaldas '99: Views fromthe heavens shed light on land use
for RESEARCH section: Virali Gokaldas '99, student in environmental science and comparative literature, is doing research using remote sensing data to examine land use in a semi-arid region of Southern California.
GSJ Story   23GSJ19h    02/26/1999   Turner
Eric Serrano '99: Bits of data may help answer cancer treatment question
for RESEARCH issue: Eric Serrano '99 is gathering bits of data from databases in his cancer research.
GSJ Story   23GSJ19i    02/26/1999   Lans
New federally funded research on child disability aims at policy
A new study led by Brown's Population Studies and Training Center, will query Rhode Island families, many with disabled children, to determine whether government surveys on child disability can be improved. The project makes Brown part of the nationwide Family and Child Well-Being Network.
GSJ Story   23GSJ19j    02/26/1999   Lans
April 5 is last day to voice concerns about research disclosure mandate
Time is running out for the comment period on a federal law that could force disclosure of once-confidencial research data. Revisions to Circular A-110 appeared in the Federal Register Feb. 4 and are subject to a 60-day comment period ending April 5.
GSJ Story   23GSJ19k    02/26/1999   Turner
Can't remember the face, but the name is familiar
Artist John Hagen paints a new portrait of Stephen Hopkins, Brown's first chancellor, to correct a 19th-century mix-up that produced the wrong face on the man. The new portrait hands in the Corporation Room.
GSJ Story   23GSJ19l    02/26/1999   Hare
Tutu addresses capacity crowd
Religion could be "an abomination or a blessing depending on its quality and the fruit it bore," Desmond Tutu tells the audience attending the opening of the Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference, "Spiritual Life in America: One Nation Under God?"
GSJ Story   23GSJ19m    02/26/1999   Sweeney
Faces of Brown: Merrily Taylor, University librarian
FACES of BROWN: Merrily Taylor, University librarian
GSJ Story   23GSJ19n    02/26/1999   Peters
Doctors often miss abusive head injuries to young children, study says
Research done in Colo. by Carole Jenny, now of Brown, shows that doctors often fail to pinpoint abusive head injuries to young children.
GSJ Story   23GSJ19o    02/26/1999   Turner
The guideposts of morality, legality and reality
Excerpts from a Commencement Forum delivered by King Hussein of Jordan at 1985's Commencement
GSJ Story   23GSJ19p    02/26/1999   Sweeney
Paleontologists respond to molecular geneticists: Fossil record is good
A paleontological study in the Feb. 26 issue of Science shows that modern mammals probably originated no later than 65 to 75 million years ago, not 130 million years as indicated by molecular geneticists, and that the fossil record during this period is at least 10 times better than molecular geneticists have suggested.
News Release   98-077    02/25/1999   Turner
Entrepreneurship Program meets student interest in starting businesses
Initiated by two undergraduates, the Brown University Entrepreneurship Program has attracted about 140 students in its first semester.
News Release   98-078    02/25/1999   Lans
Robert Putnam will lecture on civic engagement in America March 11
Robert Putnam, who has written extensively on community involvement and civic responsibility, will discuss "Civic Engagement in America: Trends and Challenges" on Thursday, March 11, at 6:30 p.m. His lecture is the first public component of a new University initiative called The Presidential Seminar, which is exploring how the University can serve the public good.
News Release   98-080    02/25/1999   Sweeney
Brown Theater to present Chekhov's ÔThree Sisters' March 11-21
The Brown University theater department will stage Anton Chekhov's classic drama Three Sisters in Stuart Theatre of the Catherine Bryan Dill Center for the Performing Arts March 11-14 and March 18-21, 1999.
News Release   98-076    02/23/1999   Hare
Brown University-RISD festival to focus on Turkish-German films
A unique film festival focusing on Turkish-German migration will take place Tuesday, March 2, through Sunday, March 7, on and near the campuses of Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design. Culture of Birth, Culture of Migration: Turkish Filmmakers and German Society will offer an insightful glance at the ethos of crossing geographical and cultural boundaries.
News Release   98-075    02/22/1999   Hare
Brown to spend $5 million on undergraduate financial aid improvements
Beginning with the Class of 2003, all students who qualify for Brown University scholarship aid will receive larger grants and smaller loans. On average, students with the greatest need will receive approximately $17,000 in additional grant support during their four years and will graduate with an estimated $7,000 in loan debt. The new policy will cost approximately $5 million when fully implemented.
News Release   98-070    02/20/1999   Nickel
Corporation approves lowest tuition increase in more than 30 years
The Corporation of Brown University has approved a 4.3-percent increase in undergraduate tuition for the 1999-00 academic year, to $24,624. The total annual charge for undergraduate tuition, room, board and fees will be $32,280, a 3.9-percent increase.
News Release   98-074    02/20/1999   Nickel
Legendary saxophonist to share stage with Brown Jazz Band March 6
Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist Dave Liebman will join the Brown University Jazz Band for an evening of finger-snappin', toe-tappin' hot jazz on Saturday, MarchÊ6, 1999, in the Salomon Center for Teaching. Liebman has made numerous recordings and has played with jazz greats Miles Davis, Chick Corea and Elvin Jones.
News Release   98-072    02/19/1999   Hare
Brown University concert to showcase music of writer Anthony Burgess
Best known for his futuristic novel A Clockwork Orange, British novelist Anthony Burgess was also a prolific composer. A concert showcasing his chamber music will take place at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, 1999, in Grant Recital Hall. The free concert will premire several works for piano solo, chamber group and voice.
News Release   98-073    02/19/1999   Hare
New federally funded research on child disability aims to affect policy
A five-year, $1.6-million study of child disability will draw on the experiences of Rhode Island families to strengthen questions on surveys mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
News Release   98-071    02/18/1999   Lans
Doctors often miss abusive head injuries to young children, study says
The diagnosis of head trauma caused by abuse was not recognized in 54 of 173 young children seen by doctors. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, also finds that the injuries were more likely to be unrecognized in very young white children from two-parent families.
News Release   98-069    02/16/1999   Turner
Current events breathe new life into sociologist's dissertation
A PhD dissertation by Brown sociology student Margaret Lang spots what she considers cluster of autistic children in Leominster, Mass. Recent reports of a similar cluster in New Jersey prompt her efforts to put affected parents in the two communities in touch with one another so that they might consider taking action.
GSJ Story   23GSJ18a    02/12/1999   Lans
The paws that refresh: Cancer care includes pet visits, massage, other therapies
A dog who visits chemotherapy patients at Women and Infants Hospital is just one of the complementary care services offered to women treated in the hospital's gynecological oncology chemotherapy unit. The services are not billed as alternative medicine designed to improve patient outcomes but considered therapies to enrich the quality of life for those undergoing treatment.
GSJ Story   23GSJ18b    02/12/1999   Turner
Community directors overcome isolation while giving undergrads benefit of their experience
The Community Directors Program places graduate students in undergraduate dorms. The graduate students support the undergraduate residential programmers and counselors, and provide counseling themselves, and serve as a liaison between undergraduates and deans.
GSJ Story   23GSJ18c    02/12/1999   Genereux
In hopes of giving peace a change, Brown students mentor youngsters at two city schools
PEACE - Promoting Equality and Community Everywhere - tries to educate young children about discrimination by using dialogue, peer mentoring, and coalition building. Mentors from the Brown chapter visit second-graders at two elementary schools.
GSJ Story   23GSJ18d    02/12/1999   Stanco
New procedures in place for prioritizing departments' renovation proposals
Striving to improve planning for capital projects and facility renovations, Brown establishes new procedures for soliciting and reviewing proposals.William S. Simmons, executive vice president and provost, described the procedures at the first faculty meeting of the year, held Feb. 2. The procedures take effect immediately.
GSJ Story   23GSJ18e    02/12/1999   Lans
Rep. John Lewis will speak on civil rights
Rep. John Lewis, the Georgia Democrat who has been described as "one of the most courageous persons the civil rights movement ever produced," will deliver the third annual Noah Kreiger Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
GSJ Story   23GSJ18f    02/12/1999   sweeney
Research shows wrong activity worse than no activity in developing brain
New research reported in the Jan. 28 issue of Nature provides insights into a fundamental part of normal brain development. The wrong kind of sensory stimulation is worse than no stimulation at all.
News Release   98-066    02/08/1999   Turner
'The Individual, the University and Responsibility within a Free Society' at center of campuswide conversation
"The Individual, the University and Responsibility within a Free Society" will be the center of a President's Seminar series exploring the intersection of liberal education and civil society, focusing primarily on the question of personal and institutional responsibility to Brown and the larger community. Such dialogue is the topic of a book by researcher Stephen Nelson on college and university presidents talking about moral issues and concerns - the principles of right and wrong, the values of the academy, and theresponsibilities of the educated.
GSJ Story   23GSJ17a    02/05/1999   Lans
Entrepreneurship Program links students to faculty and alumni who will help develop students' business ventures
Student entrepreneurs Evan Geller and David Cohen create the Entrepreneurship Program, a partnership with faculty and alumni to support and mentor students who want to create their own companies. Over the course of the semester, participants will learn how to develop marketing strategies, form a team to run the business, and raise capital.
GSJ Story   23GSJ17b    02/05/1999   Lans
Redding becomes all-time career scorer in Bear basketball history
Women's basketball player Vita Redding '99 became the all-time career scoring leader in Brown basketball history on Jan. 30 when she scored 16 points against Dartmouth at Pizzitola Center.
GSJ Story   23GSJ17c    02/05/1999   Sports Info
Desmond Tutu to address annual Providence Journal/Brown conference
Archbishop Desmond Tutu will address annual Providence Journal/Brown public affairs conference at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21, at the First Baptist Church in America. His lecture launches the week-long conference, "One Nation Under God? Spiritual Life in America"
GSJ Story   23GSJ17d    02/05/1999   Hare
Seeing America, one step at a time
Two recent Brown graduates are walking across the country. Ryan Firestone '97 and Gidon Felsen '98 set out from Florida in September in the hopes of getting to California by August. They are sending newsletters to family and friends by e-mail. This excerpt gives a look at their adventures in eastern Texas.
GSJ Story   23GSJ17e    02/05/1999   Sweeney
Judging a book by its cover leads to performance of Obie-winning play
Brown student Danah Beard '00 spearheaded an effort to produce the acclaimed play "The Vagina Monologues" on Valentine's Day as part of a nationwide V-Day Campus Initiative that aims to stop violence against women. Sponsored by Sarah Doyle Women's Center, Production Workshop.
GSJ Story   23GSJ17f    02/05/1999   Sweeney
Faces of Brown: Paul Ruscito, security officer
Faces of Brown: Paul Ruscito, security officer
GSJ Story   23GSJ17g    02/05/1999   Castillo
New project supports better end-of-life care in Rhode Island
Joan Teno, M.D., leads a new statewide coalition that received a six-month planning grant of $70,000 to improve end-of-life care in the state.
GSJ Story   23GSJ17h    02/05/1999   Turner
Bishop Tutu to open 19th annual Brown/Journal Public Affairs Conference
The 19th annual Brown University/Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference will open with a keynote address by Archbishop Desmond Tutu at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, 1999, in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church of America. The week-long conference, Feb. 21-28, also will feature some the nation's most prominent religious thinkers, commentators and writers discussing topics of spirituality.
News Release   98-068    02/05/1999   Hare
Voters prefer Clinton censure to removal; many say he committed perjury
A survey of 313 Rhode Island voters conducted Jan. 30-31, 1999, finds a strong preference for censure of President Clinton rather than removal. The survey also finds Sen. John Chafee ahead of Secretary of State James Langevin in the U.S. Senate race.
News Release   98-067    02/02/1999   Nickel
Revision to federal guidelines on research may force disclosure of confidential data
University researchers sound an alarm in the wake of a provision to revise Circular A-110, which sets many of the guidelines for federally sponsored research. The revision would require federal agencies to ensure that all research data produced under federal grants be made available to the public through procedures under the Freedom of Information Act.
GSJ Story   23GSJ16a    01/29/1999   Heenan
Brown gives thumbs-up to proposed Lifespan merger
The proposed merger of Lifespan and Care New England is good news for the School of Medicine, say Brown administrators. Medicare cuts, the loss of funds from private insurers and the need for cost reductions have left hospitals looking for ways to remain competitive. These are among the reasons cited for the planned merger. The new entity would include five of the seven hospitals affiliated with Brown.
GSJ Story   23GSJ16b    01/29/1999   Turner
Staff Advisory Committee seeks 10 new members to serve two-year terms
Review of first year of SAC (Staff Advisory Committee) members, along with call for nominations.
GSJ Story   23GSJ16d    01/29/1999   Sweeney
Education policy seminar will probe achievement and accountability
Education leaders will gather at Brown Feb. 8 to discuss policies on testing student achievement and holding schools accountable for results. They will be on campus for the annual Educational Policy Seminar, which this year is titled "Education Reform: Results Matter." The event is sponsored by the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory.
GSJ Story   23GSJ16e    01/29/1999   Lans
Off Hours: Marjorie Thompson, making cells that sell
OFF HOURS: Marge Thompson, associate dean of biology and adjunct faculty member in bio/pathology, makes "biologically correct" pins and biological clocks.
GSJ Story   23GSJ16f    01/29/1999   Lans
Smulyan helps weave 'Whole Cloth' to explore pivotal role of technology in America
Susan Smulyan of American civilization worked with museum designers and teachers of middle and high school social studies, science and vocational education to create "Whole Cloth," a Smithsonian Web-based site of lesson plans and activities to help classroom teachers cast American industrialization as a process whose origins long predate the Civil War.
GSJ Story   23GSJ16g    01/29/1999   Genereux
Electronic Campus Watch uses e-mail to alert Brown campus to reported crimes
The electronic crime watch project run by police and security gives Brown community heads up about crimes on campus and gives safety tips. (GSJ of Jan. 29, 1999)
GSJ Story   23GSJ16h    01/29/1999   Sweeney
New antibiotic shown useful in fighting drug-resistant bacteria
Brown researcher Stephen Zinner, M.D., professor of medicine, reports that an experimental antibiotic, moxifloxacin, may have the potential to treat a range of drug-resistant, infectious bacteria that produce serious, even deadly, illnesses. Resistance to penicillin and other antibiotics is increasing worldwide among many bacterial strains.
GSJ Story   23GSJ16i    01/29/1999   Turner
Selections from the Women Writers Project
Selections from the Women Writers Project. Created in 1986 as a project and funded by National Endowment for the Humanities as an electronic archive in 1988, the WWP textbase contains nearly 250 encoded texts of all genres, including poems, sermons, prayers, prose, drama and letters. So, what was on women's minds 200-plus years ago?
GSJ Story   23GSJ16j    01/29/1999   Sweeney
Bell Gallery features Masami Teraoka retrospective
The art of Japanese-American painter Masami Teraoka is being showcased at the David Winton Bell Gallery through March 7 in "Masami Teraoka: From Tradition to Technology, the Floating World Comes of Age." The retrospective includes more than 30 works that survey the artist's production from 1974 to the present.
GSJ Story   23GSJ16k    01/29/1999   Hare
The Marquis de Sade imprisoned at Leeds Theatre Feb. 24-28
The Brown University Theatre Department will present a play that dramatizes the jailing of the Marquis de Sade during the French Revolution. "Quills," an intriguing new play by Doug Wright, will run at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, through Sunday, Feb. 28, in Leeds Theatre at the Catherine Bryan Dill Center for the Performing Arts.
News Release   98-063    01/28/1999   Hare
Ashamu Studio to showcase Canadian modern dance troupe Feb. 19
The Canadian-based Danny Grossman Dance Company will perform contemporary works at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, in the Ashamu Dance Studio at Brown University. Formed more than 20 years ago, the ensemble has garnered critical acclaim throughout North America and Canada for its highly energetic performances.
News Release   98-065    01/28/1999   Hare
Experimental antibiotic promptly kills drug-resistant bacteria in studies
New findings by Dr. Stephen Zinner and colleagues at Brown University suggest that the compound moxifloxacin is a potential treatment against a range of drug-resistant infectious organisms that produce serious, even deadly illnesses.
News Release   98-062    01/27/1999   Turner
Brown University will honor 21 employees for their 25 years of service
Brown University annually honors employees who have served 10, 20 and 25 years at the University. At a special awards luncheon Feb. 5, employees who have worked at Brown for 25 years will receive an engraved Brown University chair in appreciation of their dedication.
News Release   98-064    01/27/1999   Sweeney
NASA grant makes Brown's remote-sensing capabilities available to firms
A NASA initiative to increase the competitiveness of U.S. firms will allow companies to advance their operations by using Brown University's remote sensing expertise without an exchange of funds.
News Release   98-061    01/26/1999   Turner
Education seminar to discuss student testing, school accountability
The Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory (LAB) at Brown University is sponsoring a policy seminar on student testing and school accountability on Feb.Ê8 from 3:30 to 6 p.m. in Sayles Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
News Release   98-059    01/25/1999   Lans
Hyde family establishes intern scholarship in memory of daughter
The Portland, Ore., family of the late Timory Hyde has created a scholarship at Brown University enabling students to accept unpaid or low-paying internships in muusic or the creative arts without having to incur the accompanying financial hardships. Hyde, an imaginative undergraduate who was studying music at Brown, died in April 1997 of injuries suffered in a fall.
News Release   98-060    01/25/1999   Sweeney
Gee approves SAC-recommended expansion of Employee Education Program
The Staff Advisory Committee has recommended to Gee action on six employee concerns; Gee approved five: expanding the Employee Education Program; implementing campuswide use of a single performance evaluation form; a staff public service initiative; and changes in HR policies on pay practices and flextime.
GSJ Story   23GSJ15a    01/22/1999   Sweeney
Registrar-CIS collaboration yields New BOCA
The Brown Online Course Announcement has been improved. New BOCA, as the Web database is now called, gives students access to up-to-the-minute course information at any time. The Registrar and Computing and Information Services collaborated on the project.
GSJ Story   23GSJ15b    01/22/1999   Sweeney
Student presidential hosts are University's ambassadors at events
A group of 10 students are the first selected to be presidential hosts, who will be the University's ambassadors at Gee-sponsored events and elsewhere.
GSJ Story   23GSJ15c    01/22/1999   Lans
State House newcomers get up to speed on critical issues
Brown co-sponsors the Rhode Island Legislative Policy Institute for new state legislators and others. They gather for panel sessions on health and education.
GSJ Story   23GSJ15d    01/22/1999   Lans
Move over, Emeril -- Bryant Currie's cooking on TV
Bryant Currie, a manager in University Food Services and a graduate of Johnson & Wales University, is a featured chef on Ch. 10 cooking segments
GSJ Story   23GSJ15e    01/22/1999   Sweeney
Faces of Brown: Frank Perna, communications control officer
Faces of Brown: Frank Perna, communications control officer with Police and Security.
GSJ Story   23GSJ15f    01/22/1999   Castillo
Brown announces James R. Rice Endowed Fund for Solid Mechanics
A lead gift by two former graduate students has established the James R. Rice Endowment for Solid Mechanics at Brown University. The fund will support a unique, flexible faculty position and a graduate fellowship in the Division of Engineering.
News Release   98-057    01/12/1999   Nickel
Bell Gallery to show Masami Teraoka retrospective through March 7
The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University will present "Masami Teraoka: From Tradition to Technology, the Floating World Comes of Age" from Jan. 23 through March 7, 1999. The retrospective will feature more than 30 paintings produced by the Japanese-American painter during the last 25 years.
News Release   98-058    01/08/1999   Hare
Brown agrees to settlement with Massachusetts in Corrigan contract
Brown University and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have filed a joint motion for settlement of issues arising from a professional services contract the University had with the John C. Corrigan Mental Health Center in Fall River. Brown will return $300,170 to the Commonwealth.
News Release   98-056    12/29/1998   Nickel
Student presidential hosts to be the University's ambassadors at events
Ten Brown University students, recently chosen as the first presidential hosts, will act as University ambassadors at events sponsored by President E. Gordon Gee, sharing their experiences with visitors.
News Release   98-054    12/15/1998   Lans
Two win Marshall Scholarships to study at universities in Britain
Two Brown University students were among 40 students nationwide to receive Marshall Scholarships for study in Britain next year. Thaddeus Heuer of Holliston, Mass., will study at the University of London, and Meena Seshamani of Warren, N.J., will study at the University of Oxford.
News Release   98-055    12/14/1998   Lans
Pocketful of glass leads geologist to site of ancient, powerful collision
Peter Schultz and a colleague have a report in Science on a vein of glass in mountains in Argentina that appear to have been formed by the impact of a meteor about 3 million years ago. At the same time,numerous species of mammals disappeared.
GSJ Story   23GSJ14a    12/11/1998   Turner
New center seeks commericial applications for remote sensing technology
Brown is charting new territory in the field of remote sensing by beginning an effort to transfer some of its expertise and technology to the business community through the receipt of a grant from NASA to Jack Mustard and geological sciences.
GSJ Story   23GSJ14b    12/11/1998   Turner
Off Hours: Alice Pate: customer service rep, stained-glass artist
Off Hours: Stained glass artist Alice Pate, a customer service representative in CIS
GSJ Story   23GSJ14c    12/11/1998   Mahdesian
Detours in science often yield research paths to explore
Coverage of Research Symposium on Mental Health Sciences. Featured are Rena Wing talking about weight loss.
GSJ Story   23GSJ14d    12/11/1998   Lans
Providence Singers: A choral sea of voices from Brown
More than 30 members of the Brown community are members of the Providence Singers, a community chorus that performs four times a year throughout Rhode Island.
GSJ Story   23GSJ14e    12/11/1998   Genereux
In 'Magdalene Passion,' Bearer gives voice to ninth-century abbess
Pathology Professor Elaine Bearer is also a composer. She has written a new choral piece called "Magdalene Passion," based on poetry by ninth-century abbess named Kasia. The piece will be performed in spring 1999 by Providence Singers.
GSJ Story   23GSJ14f    12/11/1998   Genereux
Study associates asteroid or comet impact with extinctions in Argentina
A paper in Science magazine proposes that a major ecosystem-altering asteroid or comet impact took place 3.3 million years ago Ð a geologically recent time Ð in what is now Argentina.
News Release   98-052    12/10/1998   Turner
Targan available for interviews on Sunday night's Geminid meteor shower
The Geminid meteor shower predicted for this Sunday evening (Dec. 13, 1998) "may well be worth staying awake for," according to David Targan, director of Brown University's Ladd Observatory. Targan is available for interviews about the Geminids through noon on Friday, Dec. 11.
News Release   98-053    12/10/1998   Turner
Helping Southeast Asians become teachers
New program through Education Alliance helps Southeast Asians become teachers by offering financial assistance and mentoring to help address diversity issues in Providence public schools.
GSJ Story   23GSJ13a    12/04/1998   Lans
Playing in the sand
For 10 weeks each summer, Martha Sharp Joukowsky leads Brown students to Jordan to unearth an ancient city's path. The Brown team's archaeological dig is at the Great Temple in Petra.
GSJ Story   23GSJ13b    12/04/1998   Lans
If you dig archaeology ...
Amateur archaeologists with enough curiosity can scout areas in their own backyards for likely sites to excavate or can volunteer to work with an organized dig.
GSJ Story   23GSJ13c    12/04/1998   Lans
Star trek: Astronomers, students, Skyscrapers team up to view meteor storm
David Targan, others from Brown and Skyscrapers, an amateur astronomy club in RI, go to New Mexico to view Leonid meteor shower.
GSJ Story   23GSJ13d    12/04/1998   Targan
Rx for waste: Group helps hospitals recycle surplus medical supplies
Medical school students team up to help recycle surplus medical supplies from hospitals to clinics for the poor, charities, doctors overseas. The group calls itself Remedy of Brown University and was created by Dr. Rochelle S. Strenger, who had seen the recycling project done elsewhere.
GSJ Story   23GSJ13e    12/04/1998   Lans
Thinking globally, acting locally at United Nations simulation
High school students from around New England come to campus to participate in a United Nations simulation weekend. The event is sponsored by Brown's Model United Nations club.
GSJ Story   23GSJ13f    12/04/1998   Pipkin
Review board takes a look at Brown's financial aid policies
Review board is taking a look at Brown's financial aid policies. Changes like those made by Ivy peers would help low- and middle-class families and would increase Brown's ability to compete for the best students, says Michael Bartini, director of financial aid.
GSJ Story   23GSJ13g    12/04/1998   Bernstein
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno receives top alumni award
The Brown Alumni Association awarded Penn State football coach Joseph V. Paterno, Class of 1950, the William Rogers Award, its highest honor, at the fifteenth annual Alumni Recognition Ceremony. Fifteen alumni/ae were honored at the ceremony.
News Release   98-051    12/02/1998   Lans
Research symposium on weight loss, alcoholism, obsessive compulsives
Brown University's Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior will hold its third annual research symposium Dec. 1 from 1-5:15 p.m. at Butler Hospital. The half-hour presentations are free and open to the public.
News Release   98-050    11/25/1998   Lans
Free forum asks if hospital mergers are good for the public health
The public is invited to attend a free program on hospital consolidations, entitled "Hospital Mergers: Are They Good For The Public Health?" The program will take place Friday, Dec.4, 4-6 p.m., in room 101, Salomon Center for Teaching, College Green, Brown University.
News Release   98-047    11/23/1998   Turner
New York Times columnist Frank Rich will lecture at Brown Dec. 9
New York Times columnist Frank Rich will present a President's Lecture Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 6:30 p.m. in Salomon Center, room 101.
News Release   98-048    11/23/1998   Sweeney
Slain Russian Duma member was a visiting scholar at Brown University
For nearly five years, Galina Starovoitova was affiliated with Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies. She conducted research and writing on national self-determination and taught a popular international relations seminar series on the recent historical changes in the former Soviet Union.
News Release   98-049    11/23/1998   Sweeney
Scholar offers new look at inner workings of Warren Commission 35 years later
John Nicholas Brown scholar Max Holland takes a new look at the inner workings of the Warren Commission 35 years after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
GSJ Story   23GSJ12a    11/20/1998   Lans
First effective treatment found for chronic depression
A national team of researchers led by Dr. Martin Keller has published the first study that suggests an effective drug treatment - sertraline, sold under the brand name Zoloft - for chronically depressed patients.
GSJ Story   23GSJ12b    11/20/1998   Turner
Brown Oxfam members, Marble Project featured in national kickoff
Brown members of Oxfam and their Marble Project are featured in Washington, DC, to kick off Oxfam fast.
GSJ Story   23GSJ12c    11/20/1998   Sweeney
First drug shown effective for treating chronic forms of major depression
A new study shows that sertraline is safe and effective for treating chronic forms of depression. The research, directed by Martin B. Keller, M.D., and reported in the latest Journal of the American Medical Association, complements similar findings in the Nov. issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
News Release   98-041    11/17/1998   Turner
Oxfam America features Brown's Marble Project in nation's capital
Four Brown University students representing the campus chapter of Oxfam America and its innovative Marble Project will be featured in the U.S. Capitol as Oxfam America kicks off its 25th annual "Fast for a World Harvest" Thursday, Nov. 19.
News Release   98-046    11/17/1998   Sweeney
Brown separates student charged in radiation case, limits campus access
Brown officials announced today that the University has separated a graduate student from the campus community and has limited his access to the campus. The graduate student was arrested Friday on felony charges involving radioactive contamination of two fellow students.
News Release   98-045    11/16/1998   Nickel
Brown University Graduate student arrested on charges of assault
A Brown University graduate student has been arrested by Providence Police on five felony charges. He is accused of providing two Brown students with radioactively contaminated food. Neither victim suffered a serious health problem. An investigation by Providence and Brown police is ongoing.
News Release   98-044    11/14/1998   Nickel
Brown's M.D.-Ph.D. program: The making of physician-scientists
Students in Brown's eight-year M.D.-Ph.D. program are strongly motivated toward careers in academic medicine, research and biomedical sciences. This package looks at Peter Lee's space shuttle experiment on the effects of microgravity on genetically altered muscle cells; and Sam Poore's research on the evolution of flight that landed him in a National Geographic article on dinosaurs. (GSJ of Nov. 13, 1998)
GSJ Story   23GSJ11a    11/13/1998   Turner
The election of 1998 and its fallout: Mara Liasson's hindsight
Mara Liasson, who covers the White House for National Public Radio (NPR), presents a John Hazen White lecture that takes a look at the 1998 election results and the fates of President Clinton and Newt Gingrich. (GSJ of Nov. 13, 1998)
GSJ Story   23GSJ11b    11/13/1998   Lans
Royce Fellow Kate Weisburd '00 keeping tabs on R.I. Training School
Royce Fellow Kate Weisburd '00 is investigating the status and legal compliance report of the Rhode Island Training School's non-compliance with a federal court order. She is using statistical and documentary data to create a portrait of current conditions of confinement and will compare these findings with legal standards in support of a federal class-action suit. (GSJ of Nov. 13, 1998)
GSJ Story   23GSJ11c    11/13/1998   Bernstein
Faces of Brown: Security Officer Sean Greene
Faces of Brown: Security Officer Sean Greene, who often patrols campus by bike (GSJ of Nov. 13, 1998)
GSJ Story   23GSJ11d    11/13/1998   Castillo-Lopes
Playwright Tony Kushner will speak at Brown Nov. 18 at 6:30 p.m.
Playwright Tony Kushner will present a lecture at Brown University Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 6:30 p.m. The lecture, "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures," is part of the President's Lecture Series and is presented in association with the University's Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance, and Trinity Repertory Theatre.
News Release   98-042    11/12/1998   Sweeney
Leonid meteor shower could be a major storm this year
The annual Leonid meteor showers are especially heavy every 33 years. Although this month's display, Nov. 16-18, will most likely be viewed best in Eastern Asia, local skywatchers may see up to 60 per hour.
News Release   98-043a    11/12/1998   Turner
$1.2-million grant will help Southeast Asians become R.I. teachers
A new program at Brown University will increase the number of Southeast Asian teachers in Rhode Island, an underrepresented population in the school systems.
News Release   98-039    11/11/1998   Lans
Scholar offers new look at inner workings of the Warren Commission
Thirty-five years after John F. Kennedy's assassination on Nov. 22, Max Holland seeks to shed new light on the Warren Commission's findings by examining the personalities of the men that made up that seven-member panel.
News Release   98-040    11/11/1998   Lans
Arts further students' academic progress, Challenge participants find
The fall issue of "Challenge Journal," a publication of the Annenberg Challenge, offers examples of how learning has improved in Challenge schools that use funds to create local collaborations with arts organizations. Experiences in Challenge schools seem to confirm government-sponsored research that found student understanding increases when the arts are used to teach academic subjects.
News Release   98-037    11/10/1998   Sweeney
High school, Brown team up to create oral history of 1968 on Web
Students and teachers from South Kingstown High School and members of Brown's Scholarly Technology Group have created a new Web site that turns oral histories from 31 subjects into a multimedia resource for students, teachers and researchers interested in finding out about history and culture of 1968.
News Release   98-038    11/10/1998   Sweeney
Coming next year: a worthy successor to OBM
New concentration called Public and Private Sector Organizations will replace Organizational Behavior and Management.
GSJ Story   23GSJ10a    11/06/1998   Nickel
High school, STG join to create multimedia history of 1968
The Scholarly Technology Group (STG) teams up with South Kingstown high school students to create a new Web project: "The Whole World Was Watching: An Oral History of 1968."
GSJ Story   23GSJ10b    11/06/1998   Sweeney
Addressing U.N. a warm-up for career
A look at the thriving International Relations concentration offered through the Watson Institute through the eyes of Michael Bhatia '99, who recently addressed UN committee about refugees in Western Sahara.
GSJ Story   23GSJ10c    11/06/1998   Sweeney
The care and feeding of good teaching assistants
Kenneth Miller and three other faculty members share their ideas about ways to make large lecture courses effective learining environments. The forum is sponsored by the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning.
GSJ Story   23GSJ10d    11/06/1998   Lans
Brown researchers take a look at protocol for football injuries
Don't remove helmets, pads from football players who may have suffered spinal injuries on the playing field, says a group of researchers led by Mark A. Palumbo.
GSJ Story   23GSJ10e    11/06/1998   Lans
Off Hours: Lauren Gaffney '02 - AIDS Web site for young adults
Lauren Gaffney '02 has created a Web site to help youngsters take action against AIDS. The organization she founded is called Kids-CAN.
GSJ Story   23GSJ10f    11/06/1998   Lans
Former ambassador to Soviet Union offers insider's view of collapse
Juan JosŽ Bremer, ambassador of Mexico to Spain and former ambassador of Mexico to the Soviet Union, presents his insider view of the collapse of the USSR at a campus lecture.
GSJ Story   23GSJ10g    11/06/1998   Stanco
Study provides instruction on emergency removal of football equipment
When treating a football player with a possible spinal cord injury, helmet and shoulder pads should be considered a unit and neither should be removed without the other, says a study by Brown University researchers in the October issue of the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
News Release   98-036    11/02/1998   Lans
Proposals to simplify hiring process, travel policy, room reservation system win Gee OK
President Gee approves proposals from the Red Tape Reduction and Administrative Savings Committee to simplify the hiring process, travel policy and room reservation system. Some of the changes will be implemented immediately.
GSJ Story   23GSJ09a    10/30/1998   Sweeney
Boy's playground; scientist's passion - Jon Witman's personal environmental ethic
Jon Witman of Ecology and Environmental Biology is sampling biodiversity at six places around the globe. Since his youth, the ocean has shaped his thinking about his own environmental ethic.
GSJ Story   23GSJ09b    10/30/1998   Genereux
Acclaimed composer Steve Reich will lecture; concerts feature his works
Steve Reich, "perhaps the greatest living composer and a very prestigious guest," is coming to campus for three days of teaching and performing.
GSJ Story   23GSJ09c    10/30/1998   Sweeney
Grad student Silvia Gennari's summer of 'gator bellows
Silvia Gennari, a graduate student in cognitive and linguistic sciences, spent a summer recording alligator noises in Florida. Her work was as a research assistant who is investigating a correlation between the size of the animals and the sound quality of their bellows.
GSJ Story   23GSJ09d    10/30/1998   Freeman
Curriculum Council approves new concentration in organizational behavior
Organizational Behavior and Management, long one of the University's most popular undergraduate concentrations, will be replaced by a new course of study titled Public and Private Sector Organizations. The new concentration will be managed jointly by sociology and public policy.
News Release   98-034    10/30/1998   Nickel
Brown-RISD pumpkin-carving contest on Brown's College Green Oct. 30
A pumpkin-carving contest for students of Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University will be held Friday, Oct. 30, 1998, on The College Green at Brown. Judging begins at 7 p.m. Prizes will be awarded at 9 p.m. by Providence Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr. Some of the pumpkins will go to Hasbro Children's Hospital. Others will be displayed at WaterFire Oct. 31.
News Release   98-035a    10/28/1998   Sweeney
Steve Reich on campus for lecture, concerts featuring his works Nov. 6-7
Composer Steve Reich will deliver a lecture at 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, 1998. Later that evening, the Dutch Percussion Group will perform Reich's "Music for Pieces of Wood." On Saturday, Nov. 7, the Brown Orchestra will perform with the Dutch Percussion Group. During this concert, which includes a piece by Reich, the composer will deliver remarks to the audience.
News Release   98-032    10/27/1998   Sweeney
NPR White House correspondent to speak on the state of the presidency
Mara Liasson, White House correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), will deliver an address about the Clinton presidency Monday, Nov. 9, 1998, at 7:30 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 101. The lecture is free and open to the public.
News Release   98-033    10/27/1998   Lans
Bat sonar sharper than thought, much better than man-made gear
A study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences sheds light on the remarkably sophisticated sonar that bats use to navigate, hunt and otherwise orient themselves to their surroundings. Jim Simmons and colleagues show that the animal's brain can resolve the timing of echoes for sonar images up to three times more sharply than previously thought and much better than conventional man-made equipment.
GSJ Story   23GSJ08a    10/23/1998   Turner
Heywood, Miller honored for their commitment to teaching the teachers
Professors of biology Peter Heywood and Kenneth R. Miller receive the Harriet W. Sheridan Award for Distinguished Contribution to Teaching and Learning, presented by the Sheridan Center for Teaching.
GSJ Story   23GSJ08b    10/23/1998   Lans
Effects of prenatal cocaine exposure more subtle than previously thought
A new study by Barry Lester and colleagues demonstrates that the effects of prenatal cocaine exposure affects youngsters in more subtle ways than previously thought. The findings have ramifications in the cost of special education that would be required for such youngsters.
GSJ Story   23GSJ08c    10/23/1998   Lans
Off Hours: Allen Pires -- Food Service worker, DJ
Allen Pires, a Food Service worker in the Blue Room, is also a popular DJ at parties throughout Rhode Island.
GSJ Story   23GSJ08d    10/23/1998   Pipkin
Prenatal cocaine exposure leads to lower child IQ scores, language skills
An analysis of studies on more than 800 school-age children found prenatal cocaine exposure had subtle effects on intelligence. Millions of dollars in special education funding must be spent each year to ensure those children do not fail in school.
News Release   98-029    10/22/1998   Lans
West to discuss book, conduct R.I. straw poll at Brown Bookstore Oct. 30
As part of its celebration of a new book by Darrell West, the Brown Bookstore will conduct a straw poll for the R.I. governor and attorney general races. The public can cast votes at the bookstore on Friday, Oct. 30, from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. The results will be announced following a 7 p.m. talk by the author.
News Release   98-031    10/22/1998   Lans
Summer research fellowship offered to area secondary school teachers
A new six-week research fellowship is available to secondary school teachers in Southeastern New England. It is supported by the John Nicholas Brown Center and Institute for Elementary and Secondary Education at Brown.
News Release   98-030    10/20/1998   Lans
Fredericka Wilson '99: Cookbook editor
Fredericka Wilson of Detroit, Mich., who will graduate from Brown in May 1999,has published a cookbook, "Freddie's Cooking with Family and Friends."
GSJ Story   23GSJ07a    10/16/1998   Sweeney
NSF grant supports cross-training
A three-year, $1.7-million grant from the National Science Foundation will support graduate student training in interdisciplinary research on human and machine behavior, fund the development of new courses, and help acquire new computer and other research equipment.
GSJ Story   23GSJ07b    10/16/1998   Lans
Hospice: A Photographic Inquiry
In conjunction with a major photographic exhibition on hospice care, Kristen Lans reports on the hospice movement from three perspectives: patient, caregivers, physicians. (Includes calendar of special presentations.)
GSJ Story   23GSJ07c    10/16/1998   Sweeney
Hospice: the Caregivers
Hospice workers at the Philp Hulitar Hospice Center are special people doing special work
GSJ Story   23GSJ07d    10/16/1998   Lans
Hospice: a family
AndrŽ and Barbara Cullen were married in 1953. Hospice care helped AndrŽ and the family.
GSJ Story   23GSJ07e    10/16/1998   Lans
Hospice: a physician
Joan Teno, M.D., took time to ask better questions of hospice patients
GSJ Story   23GSJ07f    10/16/1998   Lans
Physician-assisted suicide: Let us seek the common ground
The real question is not the obvious one. Certainly both sides of the physician-assisted suicide debate can work toward high-quality, sensitive care for the dying
GSJ Story   23GSJ07g    10/16/1998   Teno and Martin
Endowment takes hedge-fund losses in stride
Bad news from hedge funds, including Everest Capital, in which Brown had an investment, looks different to managers who invest for perpetuity
GSJ Story   23GSJ07i    10/16/1998   Nickel
Lab safety goal: Practice Safe Science
After a laboratory explosion in which no one was seriously injured, the George Street Journal interviewed Steven Morin, Brown's director of risk management
GSJ Story   23GSJ07j    10/16/1998   Nickel
Brown senior cooks up a project to help pay off student loans
Fredericka Wilson of Detroit, Mich., who will graduate from Brown in May 1999, has published a cookbook, "Freddie's Cooking with Family and Friends."
News Release   98-028    10/15/1998   Sweeney
Bat sonar sharper than thought; much better than man-made gear
A new study in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" shows that the processing of sonar echoes by bats is significantly more sophisticated than scientists had suspected.
News Release   98-026    10/13/1998   Turner
Learning-disabled Brown students mentor elementary-age counterparts
Two Brown students who have learning disabilities have started a mentoring program called Eye-to-Eye, which links students from the Vartan Gregorian Elementary School who have learning disabilities with Brown students who have learning disabilities. The project is facilitated by the Swearer Center.
GSJ Story   23GSJ06a    10/09/1998   Lans
Parents may say tut tut, but Egyptology grads find ways to make a living
Egyptology students find themselves in demand not only by top colleges and universities throughout the nation but by employers in a host of professions as well.
GSJ Story   23GSJ06b    10/09/1998   Tribble
Policy adviser on environment will speak about climate change Oct. 15
Rafe Pomerance, deputy assistant secretary of state for environment and development, will speak about Rhode Island's role in combating global climate change on Thursday, Oct. 15, at 4:30 p.m. in Starr Auditorium, MacMillan Hall.
News Release   98-027    10/09/1998   Sweeney
MacMillan improves teaching, lab possibilities for campus
McMillan Hall, the University's new undergraduate sciences building, is formally dedicated Oct. 9. It creates a shared interdisciplinary space at Brown to serve the undergraduate teaching and laboratory needs of chemistry, geological and environmental sciences. A fair number of environmental issues and research questions overlap the three disciplines.
GSJ Story   23GSJ05a    10/02/1998   Turner
Public Affairs and University Relations restructures itself
Laura Freid, executive vice president of Public Affairs and University Relations, talks about the rationale behind her office's recent reorganization. The changes, which eliminate some positions, create others and centralize several administrative functions, aim at meeting challenges of Brown's growing communications needs.
GSJ Story   23GSJ05c    10/02/1998   Sweeney
Off Hours: Brian Casey, researcher and competitive swimmer
Brian Casey, a researcher in Public Affairs and University Relations, competes at the masters level in swim meets.
GSJ Story   23GSJ05e    10/02/1998   Mahdesian
Last Word: Will future readers have electronic access to Starr report?
Daniel O'Manhoney, government documents coordinator at the Rockefeller Library, comments on whether important documents like the Starr Report, posted on the Web for all to read - will remain archived for all. Bills in Congress would assure the electronic longevity of such documents.
GSJ Story   23GSJ05f    10/02/1998   O'Mahoney
Pollsters tell how interest groups take to airwaves to shape public policy
In their new book, "The Sound of Money: How Political Interests Get What They Want," political scientists Darrell M. West and Burdett A. Loomis probe how special-interest spending on communication campaigns shapes public policy.
News Release   98-025    10/02/1998   Lans
$1.7-million grant for cross-training graduate students in three areas
A three-year, $1.7-million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will support graduate student training in interdisciplinary research on human and machine behavior, fund the development of new courses, and help acquire new computer and other research equipment.
News Release   98-024    09/30/1998   Lans
Learning-disabled Brown students mentor elementary counterparts
On Monday, Oct. 5, 1998, six Brown University students with learning disabilities will begin mentoring six Vartan Gregorian Elementary School students who have similar learning disabilities.
News Release   98-023    09/29/1998   Lans
Brown to open new science building for public tours Saturday, Oct. 10
Brown University will dedicate its new undergraduate science instruction center, the W. Duncan MacMillan '53 Hall, on Friday, Oct. 9, 1998. The public is invited to an open house Saturday morning, Oct. 10, featuring special tours, research presentations and refreshments.
News Release   98-020    09/28/1998   Turner
Study examines Brown Ð Providence school partnerships
Brown graduate Lucia Trimbur's 40-page report examines why partnerships between the University and local public schools succeed or flounder. Trimbur, the first Cianci Urban Scholar, grew up in Cranston and is a member of the Brown Class of 1997.
News Release   98-022    09/28/1998   Lans
Schlesinger hopes to bring to development a holistic view of relationships
Leonard A. Schlesinger, the George F. Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, was named senior vice president for development in July. Schlesinger spoke about Brown and his plans for development office.
GSJ Story   23GSJ04a    09/25/1998   Nickel
Hughes grant strengthens undergraduate biosciences
Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant will fund Undergraduate Biological Sciences Education Program, provide for new courses and equipment for bioscience.
GSJ Story   23GSJ04b    09/25/1998   Turner
Decoding our racial Rosetta stones
Renea Henry is a Ph.D. candidate whose dissertation examines contemporary experiences of black vs. black as in the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas testimony.
GSJ Story   23GSJ04c    09/25/1998   Mahdesian
NIH grant links 41 Brown and Tufts scientists for AIDS research
Scientists involved in AIDS research at Brown University and Tufts University will share a five-year multimillion grant from NIH that allows for collaboration across a broad range of disciplines.
GSJ Story   23GSJ04d    09/25/1998   Lans
New concentration links biology, computer science
University starts a new undergraduate concentration in computational biology
GSJ Story   23GSJ04e    09/25/1998   Turner
Study explores surgical options to stem bleeding
A medical study explores surgical options to stem bleeding of women ages 18 to 45 and will compare the quality of life of women who have had hysterectomy vs. the quality of life of women who have endometrial ablation.
GSJ Story   23GSJ04f    09/25/1998   Turner
Birds of a feather
Annette Coleman has compiled a list of birds sighted on campus
GSJ Story   23GSJ04g    09/25/1998   Coleman
Simmons named director of Annenberg Institute for School Reform
Warren Simmons, executive director of the Philadelphia Education Fund, has been named director of the Annenberg Institute for Education Reform, based at Brown University.
News Release   98-019    09/24/1998   Sweeney
Touring exhibit 'Hospice: A Photographic Inquiry' on display at Brown
The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University will present "Hospice: A Photographic Inquiry" Oct. 24 through Dec. 13, 1998. This will be the Northeast's only showing of the exhibit, which tours through 2000.
News Release   98-021    09/23/1998   Lans
Survey: Almond leads York; Whitehouse leads Mayer; Clinton job performance approved
A survey by Darrell West of 304 Rhode Island voters conducted Sept. 19-20, 1998, finds Almond leading York in governor's race and Whitehouse leading Mayer for attorney general. Voters think President Clinton lied to the grand jury and committed perjury, but favor censure over impeachment or resignation. Clinton's job performance is rated highly.
News Release   98-018    09/22/1998   Nickel
Growing number of Brown faculty visit Capitol Hill
Dr. Leonard goes to Washington: A growing number of Brown faculty are visiting Capitol Hill, where an appearance underscores Universitiy research and forges ties with Rhode Island's elected officials, other senators and representatives.
GSJ Story   23GSJ03a    09/18/1998   Turner
Star quality: Brown shows up in the movies and on television
The entertainment business has discovered Brown. Campus architecture -- and even the University's name -- are regularly sought for use in movies and commercials. Brown alumni informally known as the Hollywood "Brown mafia" also are active in the entertainment business.
GSJ Story   23GSJ03b    09/18/1998   Sweeney
Taking a look at partnerships with city schools
A study performed over the summer by Lucia Trimbur, the Vincent A. Cianci Jr. Urban Fellow, examined University partnerships with public schools in Providence. Her report, submitted to Gee and Mayor Cianci, describes the common elements of successful University-school collaborations
GSJ Story   23GSJ03c    09/18/1998   Lans
Primary care physicians informally consult subspecialists often, study says
Primary care physicians often use "curbside consults." They find them useful, but the specialists who are consulted are less convinced of their usefulness. A study of the frequency of curbside consultations and whether physicians find them useful was done by Dr. David Gifford and colleagues at the School of Medicine.
GSJ Story   23GSJ03d    09/18/1998   Turner
Off Hours: Kathryne Jennings: voice instructor, artistic director of opera company
Off Hours: Kathryne Jennings, applied voice instructor, is the new artistic director of Ocean State Lyric Opera. Brown's music department and a number of Brown students and graduates are instrumental in OSLO as well.
GSJ Story   23GSJ03e    09/18/1998   Mahdesian
'Providence Poison!' playing soon in your neighborhood
Don't worry about a meteorite smacking into your home anytime soon. A more realistic threat to Providence is the release of a deadly hazardous material, says Chris Harwood, an EMT with Health Services. His environmental studies masters thesis examined whether the city was prepared for a disaster that involved hazardous materials. A copy of his recommendations was sought by the Rhode Island Emergency Managemen Agency.
GSJ Story   23GSJ03f    09/18/1998   Morton
$1.4-million grant strengthens undergrad biological sciences education
A four-year $1.4-million grant to Brown from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute will support a broad range of education and research programs in the biological sciences, from new courses to new equipment.
News Release   98-017    09/16/1998   Turner
With new people in place, Gee looks ahead to challenges of coming year
President Gee discusses some of the changes in senior administration, challenges and goals of the coming academic year.
GSJ Story   23GSJ02a    09/11/1998   Sweeney
Vogel's three lessons on education
Paula Vogel speaks to Opening Convocation 1998 and offers three lessons on higher education.
GSJ Story   23GSJ02b    09/11/1998   Sweeney
BEARS lend a paw to newcomers
More than 120 faculty and staff participate in the BEARS program (Brown Early Arrival Response System), which helped first-year students and their parents find their way around campus.
GSJ Story   23GSJ02c    09/11/1998   Lans
Faces of Brown: Det. David B. Boucher
Faces of Brown: P&S Detective David Boucher.
GSJ Story   23GSJ02d    09/11/1998   Castillo
To sleep, perchance to dream: Larks and owls tend sleep lab subjects
Students who are interns on Mary Carskadon's sleep research laboratory must be part scientist, part camp counselor and part chaperone.
GSJ Story   23GSJ02e    09/11/1998   Turner
Getting an eyeful about young sleepyheads
Dr. Judith Owens and Brown colleagues have received a grant to develop sleep education curriculum for use in medical schools. This will help expose medical students to issues surrounding sleep disorders in children and adolescents.
GSJ Story   23GSJ02f    09/11/1998   Turner
Batting around the speed of a baseball
Two Brown bioengineers are building a machine to measure the speed of a baseball as it comes off of an aluminum bat. NCAA has approved new ball speed standards, which precipitates the research.
GSJ Story   23GSJ02g    09/11/1998   Lans
Change your perspective
Change your perspective! Where to go on campus for some of the best bird's-eye views.
GSJ Story   23GSJ02i    09/11/1998   Lans
IESE teams up with Training School to provide technology partnerships
The Institute for Elementary and Secondary Education is serving as a consultant at the state Training School to help provide Training School teachers the technology, skills to use the technology, and mentoring in order to better educate the youngsters for life outside.
GSJ Story   23GSJ02j    09/11/1998   Lans
9/4/98
Primary care physicians frequently call or talk to subspecialists for advice about their patients rather than making a formal referral. A new study of these "curbside consults" shows the practice is widespread, but primary care physicians and subspecialists disagree about the quality of information exchanged.
News Release   98-016    09/08/1998   Turner
Opening Convocation puts focus on faculty honors; Vogel to speak
Opening Convocation Sept. 8 focuses on faculty honors, features an address by English professor Paula Vogel. Her speech is called "Dis-Orientation for the Class of 02." Also, a look at the statistics of the Class of 2002.
GSJ Story   23GSJ01a    09/04/1998   Lans
There's an orientation for every type of newcomer
Getting off on the right foot: Brown has an orientation for every type of newcomer. Here's a look at some of the sessions offered to a variety of constituencies: faculty, staff, grad students, freshmen, international students, Third World Transition Program
GSJ Story   23GSJ01c    09/04/1998   Sweeney
Are you lonesome tonight? 'Dating Zone' returns to BTV
BTV has a new game show similar to The Dating Game. Called The Dating Zone, student couples win dinner and dessert. The show was sparked by complaints of a flagging college dating scene.
GSJ Story   23GSJ01d    09/04/1998   Lans
Take us out to the ball game!
President Gee goes to a PawSox game with the winners of a contest. Entrants had to describe to Gee why his first summer as a Rhode Islander would be incomplete without a trip to see the Pawtucket Red Sox play. Here are the winning entries.
GSJ Story   23GSJ01e    09/04/1998   Sweeney
High school students tackle timely topic of charter schools
High school students and their Brown student mentors participate in the Research Apprenticeship Program (RAP). They design their ideal charter school.
GSJ Story   23GSJ01f    09/04/1998   Lans
Participants in public policy discussions favor international cooperation
Participants in the 1998 Choices for the 21st Century public policy discussion series, held in 110 libraries in 11 states, deliberated U.S. options in international affairs, then cast "citizen ballots" expressing their views. Nearly 60 percent favored a strategy of international cooperation, "even if we have to sacrifice some of our sovereignty."
News Release   98-014    09/01/1998   Sweeney
Five-year NIH grant links 41 Brown and Tufts scientists for AIDS research
A five-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant will support collaboration among 41 AIDS researchers affiliated with Brown University in Providence, R.I., and Tufts University in Boston.
News Release   98-015    09/01/1998   Lans
Brown Community for Learning in Retirement announces 14th season
The Brown Community for Learning in Retirement (BCLIR) will offer nine 12-week seminars in its fall semester. The fall program will begin with a convocation and buffet lunch at noon Thursday, Sept. 15, 1998, in Alumnae Hall. The convocation speaker will be Brown President E. Gordon Gee.
News Release   98-013    08/27/1998   Nickel
Students in Conn., Neb. will discuss foreign policy with elected officials
The Capitol Forum on America's Future prepares high school students for direct discussions on U.S. foreign policy with elected officials and policymakers in their home states. The Forum will be offered in Connecticut and Nebraska this year through the Choices for the 21st Century Education Project of Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies.
News Release   98-012    08/25/1998   Sweeney
Brown invites Ladd Observatory neighbors for tour and view of night sky
Brown University has invited its East Side neighbors near the Ladd Observatory to a special preview reception, tour and viewing of the night sky Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1998. The Observatory has been fully renovated and its grounds have been redesigned to provide an attractive green space for the neighborhood.
News Release   98-011a    08/24/1998   Nickel
Pulitzer Prize playwright to address 1,433 members of Class of 2002
Paula Vogel, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and professor of English at Brown University, will be the featured speaker at Opening Convocation Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1998, on The College Green. The ceremony will recognize faculty who have received honors during the past year.
News Release   98-010    08/21/1998   Lans
Bell Gallery to present Korean art from the Won-Kyung Cho Collection
Ninety Korean paintings and porcelains will be on display at the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University from Aug. 29 through Oct. 11, 1998, as part of the exhibition titled Symbolism and Simplicity: Korean Art from the Won-Kyung Cho Collection.
News Release   98-009    08/06/1998   Mahdesian
Brown's Police and Security Services receives national accreditation
The Department of Police and Security Services at Brown University has received national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA). It is the first Ivy League police department and the third police department in Rhode Island to receive accreditation.
News Release   98-008    08/05/1998   Nickel
Brown marks 50th anniversary of Egyptology with year-long celebration
Brown University will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Department of Egyptology and the 200th anniversary of the study of Egypt with a year-long series of events, beginning in September. The celebration will include illustrated talks, art exhibitions and a costume ball on Halloween.
News Release   98-007    07/30/1998   Mahdesian
Learning through the arts: BSHS becomes testing ground for curriculum
Brown Summer High School program becomes a test case for using the performing arts to teach literacy skills. Providence and Rhode Island teachers are participating in the three-year program. (GSJ of July 24, 1998)
GSJ Story   22GSJ34a    07/24/1998   Mahdesian
Scientists find solar system's hottest surfaces on Jupiter's moon Io
Research presented in the publication Science shows that volcanoes on the Jupiter moon Io produce the solar system's highest surface temperatures. Jim Head is a co-investigator of the research project. The data were collected by the Galileo spacecraft
GSJ Story   22GSJ34b    07/24/1998   Morton
Faces of Brown: Zachary Fox, security officer
Faces of Brown: Zachary Fox, security officer (GSJ of July 24, 1998)
GSJ Story   22GSJ34c    07/24/1998   Castillo
Off Hours: Rebecca Kanost, service response coordinator, writer
Rebecca Kanost, response services at plant ops, is a poet and novelist. (GSJ of July 24-Sespt. 3, 1998)
GSJ Story   22GSJ34d    07/24/1998   Mahdesian
Back to Africa - following the footsteps of slaves
While doing research for the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Alex Majumder found information about the Interfaith Pilgrimage of the Middle Passage, a journey that retraces the footsteps of millions of slaves. He will participate in a portion of the pilgrimage. (GSJ of July 23, 1998)
GSJ Story   22GSJ34e    07/24/1998   Mahdesian
B-BOP: Brown's Best Office Practices from the Internal Audit Department
B-BOP: Brown's Best Office Practices from the Internal Audit Department, examines procedures for accounting for equipment and getting computers updated for the year 2000 date change. (GSJ of July 24, 1998)
GSJ Story   22GSJ34f    07/24/1998   Escalera
Research notes: A bumpy flight; cholesterol testing and management
Research notes: Two researchers say they have found a technique that could reduce the drag of an aircraft by producing random pattern of bumps on plane skin; study on the frequency of family physicians, general internists and cardiologists perform cholesterol testing and management on their patients. (GSJ of July 24, 1998)
GSJ Story   22GSJ34g    07/24/1998   Sweeney
Brown names two City of Providence Scholars for the Class of 2002
Adeola Oredola of Central High School and Vadim Slavin of Classical High School, were recently named City of Providence Scholars for the Brown Class of 2002. They will receive financial support throughout their four years at the University.
News Release   98-006    07/23/1998   Lans
Story ideas and expert sources in health and medicine
Better care needed for high-cholesterol screening and treatment. How to talk to your doctor. Terminally ill patients not receiving enough pain management. Compulsive exercise may be sign of mild eating disorder. Doctors prescribe education
News Release   98-004    07/20/1998   Morton
Story ideas and expert sources in HIV and AIDS
New guidelines stress early potent drug cocktails, individualized therapy Powerful AIDS drugs may promote heart disease Promising results for woman-controlled anti-HIV product Answers to access, adherence and tolerance of protease inhibitors Better access to clean needles may reduce spread of HIV infection Doctors scale prison walls to help women at risk for AIDS stay out of jail Worrisome delay between positive HIV test and medical care
News Release   98-005    07/20/1998   Morton
What makes a good mentor?
LAST WORD: Brown hosted a conference of the Association for Religion and Intellectual Life at which participants discussed mentoring and mentoring communities. Several offered their thoughts about the ingredients that go into the making of a good mentor.
GSJ Story   22GSJ33a    07/10/1998   Mahdesian
Leonard A. Schlesinger named senior vice president for development
Leonard A. Schlesinger, currently the George F. Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, has been appointed senior vice president for development at Brown University. Schlesinger will also serve as professor of sociology with tenure and as professor of public policy.
News Release   98-003    07/09/1998   Nickel
Scientists find solar system's hottest surfaces on Jupiter's moon Io
Hundreds of millions of miles from the sun, volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io sizzle at the highest recorded surface temperatures of any planetary body in the solar system. Planetary scientists from University of Arizona, Brown University and five other institutions report this finding in the July 3 issue of the weekly journal Science.
News Release   98-001    07/02/1998   Morton
Fall River brothers receive Outstanding Employee Award at Brown
Richard Lopes and Lewis "Roy" Lopes of Fall River, Mass., custodians in the Brown Bookstore, are the recipients of Brown University's first Plant Operations Outstanding Employee Award.
News Release   98-002    07/02/1998   Sweeney
Brown Corporation will begin academic year with new leadership
Incoming Chancellor Stephen Robert, Vice Chancellor Marie Langlois, Treasurer Matthew Mallow, and Secretary Wendy Strothman will lead the Brown Corporation into the new academic year. They and 11 new or re-elected trustees and fellows will begin their duties July 1, 1998. The Corporation is the governing body of Brown University.
News Release   97-150    06/30/1998   Nickel
Doctors, students return to basics through exchange program in Africa
Doctors and medical students participate in an exchange program with a university and hospital in Kenya. Lacking technology, the participants discover ways to reconnect to patients' needs.
GSJ Story   22GSJ32a    06/26/1998   Lans
Software compliance and your work computer
Article about copyright on software copyright, work computers, compliance, liability, licencing
GSJ Story   22GSJ32b    06/26/1998   Oribello
Faces of Brown: Mark Perry -- crime prevention officer
Faces of Brown: Mark Perry, crime prevention officer, of Police and Security
GSJ Story   22GSJ32c    06/26/1998   Sweeney
Off Hours: The dish on soaps
Off Hours: A group of staff and students are faithful observers of a television soap opera. They gather daily to watch "Days of Our Lives" in the lower Blue Room
GSJ Story   22GSJ32d    06/26/1998   Lans
One in four elderly cancer patients receives no pain medication
Pain management in nursing homes: One in four elderly cancer patients receives no pain medication, according to research published in the Journal of American Medical Association. Author of study is Giovanni Gambassi, professor in the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research at Brown University and one of the study's authors.
GSJ Story   22GSJ32e    06/26/1998   Turner
Corps of volunteers link R.I. schools to Internet and new ways of learning
In Providence, Brown employees from CIS (the department of Computing and Information Services) work through Tech Corps to wire three schools for connections to the Internet.
GSJ Story   22GSJ32f    06/26/1998   Lans
New Brown professor establishing weight loss and obesity lab
Nationally known weight-loss researcher and behavioral medicine researcher Rena Wing, now affiliated with Brown University and Miriam Hospital, seeks participants in a weight-loss study.
GSJ Story   22GSJ32g    06/26/1998   Turner
Brown faculty to discuss research at World AIDS Conference
Brown University researchers will discuss a variety of research projects at the 12th World AIDS Conference and related events, beginning June 25, 1998, in Geneva. (Six story ideas attached.)
News Release   97-149    06/24/1998   Morton
David Winton Bell Gallery announces 1998-99 exhibition schedule
The David Winton Bell Gallery's 1998-99 schedule of exhibitions will include a collection of Korean paintings and porcelains, photos of hospice patients and portraits depicting the ravages of AIDS.
News Release   97-147    06/23/1998   Mahdesian
Brown and plaintiffs seek court's approval of Title IX joint agreement
Brown University and attorneys for plaintiffs in a Title IX athletics discrimination case received the District Court's preliminary approval of a joint agreement that will settle remaining legal issues in the Title IX compliance case.
News Release   97-148    06/23/1998   Nickel
Kenneth Sacks resigns as dean of the College, will return to teaching
Kenneth Sacks has resigned as dean of the College, effective Aug. 15, 1998, to return to full-time teaching and research. Nancy Dunbar, senior lecturer in the Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance, will succeed Sacks for a two-year term.
News Release   97-145    06/18/1998   Nickel
One in four elderly cancer patients receives no pain medication
Research published in the June 17 issue of the Journal of American Medical Association indicates that daily pain is prevalent among nursing home residents with cancer and is often untreated, particularly among older and minority patients. Increasingly, nursing homes are the site of death for such frail and older individuals.
News Release   97-144    06/16/1998   Turner
New phone system enables students to retrieve grades over the phone
Registrar's new system called BRUTIS allows students to call the Registrar's Office to get their grades over the phone and to check the status of course registration
GSJ Story   22GSJ31a    06/12/1998   Layne
Three startup companies with ties to Brown get biotech grants
biotechnology industry Rhode Island Center for Cellular Medicine (RICCM) awarded $75,000 commercial innovation grants fledgling firms with ties to the School of Medicine start-up companies businesses around new medical therapies and technologies biotech companies generate new jobs EpiVax Summa Biologics Traumatos Therapeutics Anne DeGroot Abdalla Rifal Masyuki Endoh Hugh S. Keeping and Jonathan S. Reichner
GSJ Story   22GSJ31b    06/12/1998   Turner
New provost a skilled administrator with 'knack for figuring priorities
An interview with William S. Simmons, who has been selected as the new executive vice president and provost of Brown. Simmons, an anthropologist and administrator at the University of California-Berkeley, said he learned early in his academic career that he had a knack for solving problems and setting priorities.
GSJ Story   22GSJ31c    06/12/1998   Sweeney
Text of Gee inaugural speech, "The Convergence of History and Potential"
Text of Brown University President E. Gordon Gee's inauguration address, speech delivered at his installation. "The Convergence of History and Potential"
GSJ Story   22GSJ31d    06/12/1998   Gee
George Street Journal, Brown Alumni Magazine win gold medals in national competition
George Street Journal (GSJ) and Brown Alumni Magazine (BAM) win gold medals (top awards) in a national competition (CASE) for publications, communications.
GSJ Story   22GSJ31e    06/12/1998   Sweeney
Carol Wooten to retire as head of planning and construction at Brown
Carol Wooten, who has led Brown's physical planning and construction office since 1980, will retire from the University at the end of July.
News Release   97-146    06/12/1998   Nickel
William S. Simmons named executive vice president and provost
William S. Simmons, dean of the Division of Social Sciences at the University of CaliforniaÐBerkeley, has been named executive vice president and provost of Brown University.
News Release   97-143    06/09/1998   Nickel
Chelsea Remington elected head of Brown Annual Fund Committee
Chelsey C. Remington, a 1961 alumna of Brown University, has been elected national chair of the Brown Annual Fund Executive Committee.
News Release   97-142    06/04/1998   Nickel
Science and technology story ideas
1) The menopause debate: Are grandmothers an evolutionary strategy? 2) Could the deafness of tadpoles help explain the development of fetal hearing? 3) If early intervention is crucial in managing HIV, why do so many people put it off? 4) You make my heart sing: Healthy hearts generate the most pleasing music. 5) New technology lets teleconferencing cameras switch automatically among speakers.
News Release   97-124i    06/02/1998   Morton
University of Texas-San Antonio joins Leadership Alliance consortium
The University of Texas-San Antonio has joined the Leadership Alliance. The Alliance voted to approve the new membership during its annual meeting, April 17-18, 1998, on the campuses of two member schools Ð the University of Maryland-Baltimore County and Morgan State University.
News Release   97-139    05/29/1998   Mahdesian
Michael Bartini named director of Brown's Office of Financial Aid
Michael D. Bartini, director of financial aid services in the College Board's New England Office, has been named director of financial aid at Brown University.
News Release   97-140    05/29/1998   Nickel
Bell Gallery presents ÔSix Painters' June 13 through July 12
Six Painters, a new exhibition at the Bell Gallery, will be on display from June 13 through July 12, 1998. It features works by members of the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
News Release   97-141    05/29/1998   Mahdesian
Brown hosts benefit for program that wires schools for the Internet
Rhode Island K-12 students will demonstrate projects using the Internet during a fund-raiser for TECH CORPS Rhode Island, a non-profit organization devoted to wiring schools for Internet access. Brown President E. Gordon Gee will host the event on Thursday, May 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Brown's Center for Information Technology, corner of Waterman and Thayer streets. A $50 donation is requested.
News Release   97-138    05/26/1998   Lans
Gordon Gee: Brown's history and traditions will shape Ôthe new university'
In his inaugural address, delivered at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 23, 1998, Brown University President E. Gordon Gee honored the University's history and academic traditions and cited them as significant factors that would "set the standard for the new university in the new century."
News Release   97-134    05/23/1998   Nickel
Thayer Street dorm renamed in honor of President emeritus Gregorian
The Thayer Street Quadrangle has been renamed the Vartan Gregorian Quadrangle to honor Brown University's 16th president. Also, a portrait of Gregorian, which will hang in Sayles Hall, was unveiled May 22.
News Release   97-135    05/23/1998   Sweeney
Chancellor Joukowsky to become ambassador for Brown
Artemis A. W. Joukowsky, who will step down as Brown University's chancellor June 30, 1998, will become the University's new ambassador, a role created for him by President E. Gordon Gee.
News Release   97-136    05/23/1998   Sweeney
Eight honorary degrees will be presented at Commencement
Eight honorary degrees will be presented during Commencement. The recipients are author Chinua Achebe; composer John Harbison; philanthropist Anthony Ittleson; Mamphela Ramphele of the University of Cape Town; mathematician Kenneth A. Ribet; educator Theodore Sizer; U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Tauro; and economist Janet Yellen
GSJ Story   22GSJ30b    05/22/1998   Sweeney
After Commencement, graduates start businesses, write books, travel and study
Brown University graduates go far after graduating. They start businesses in Ireland, travel to Europe, get jobs, go to graduate school, write books
GSJ Story   22GSJ30c    05/22/1998   Lans
Even in their careers, graduates continue to learn on the job
Brown graduates do not enter a job for life once they graduate. Even in their careers, graduates continue the explorations they started here at Brown, says Sheila Curran of Career Planning Services.
GSJ Story   22GSJ30d    05/22/1998   Lans
Dr. Peter Monti works in emergency rooms to dissuade teens from drinking
Teenagers whose alcohol use land them in emergencly rooms often encounter Dr. Peter Monti and colleagues who try to change the young adults' attitudes about drinking.
GSJ Story   22GSJ30e    05/22/1998   Turner
The signs and symbols of Commencement exercises
A number of signs and symbols of Brown are represented during Commencement, including the University mace; academic gowns and hoods of symbolic colors; the Manning Chair
GSJ Story   22GSJ30f    05/22/1998   Sweeney
Arlene Gorton, retiring after 37 years, reflects on women's athletics
Arlene Gorton, who is retiring from Brown University after 37 years in the Athletics Department, has seen numerous changes in women's athletics during that time.
GSJ Story   22GSJ30g    05/22/1998   Nickel
Doctoral dissertations represent breadth and depth of scholarship
Some 140 doctoral dissertations will be presented for completion of a Ph.D. at Brown. A look at some of the titles gives an idea of the depth and breadth of scholarship.
GSJ Story   22GSJ30h    05/22/1998   Mahdesian
A new picture emerges of Earth's most volcanically active area
Early results from one of the largest marine geophysical experiments ever undertaken suggest that the separating seafloor guides magma up to the mid-ocean ridge, where it erupts and forms new oceanic crust. Seismologists from six institutions report the first detailed look at these upper-mantle processes in the May 22 issue of Science.
News Release   97-129    05/21/1998   Morton
Voters oppose casino; Almond opens lead over York in governor's race
A survey of 357 Rhode Islanders conducted May 16-18, 1998, finds voters oppose casino gambling in Providence. Gov. Lincoln Almond and Treasurer Nancy Mayer lead in their races for governor and attorney general. Reps. Kennedy and Weygand have big leads over their opponents. Rhode Islanders are optimistic about the economy.
News Release   97-132    05/20/1998   Nickel
Teaching, research awards honor graduate students, faculty
The new Joukowsky Family Foundation Outstanding Dissertation Award honors four graduate students' doctoral research; the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching honor four graduate students; the School of Medicine Senior Citation honors an anatomy professor; and an associate dean of Graduate School wins the William-Deblois Award.
News Release   97-133    05/20/1998   Morton
Doctors and nurses influence low-income families to read more books
A new study in the current issue of the Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine shows that low-income parents of toddlers read to their children more often after receiving children's books and reading-promotion handouts from residents and nurses during well-child checkups.
News Release   97-131    05/19/1998   Turner
Brown University student's odyssey depicted in A Hope in the Unseen
A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind, chronicles the path of Cedric Jennings from his high school in inner-city Washington, D.C., to Brown University. The book tour will be launched at Brown during a Commencement Forum Saturday, May 23.
News Release   97-130    05/18/1998   Mahdesian
Commencement speakers include students and honored guests
New President E. Gordon Gee, theologian Margaret R. Miles, South African university chancellor Mamphela Ramphele and members of the Class of 1998 are among those who will speak during Brown's 230th Commencement Weekend, May 23-25.
News Release   97-128    05/13/1998   Lans
Task force recommends new models for two student affairs offices
A task force studying the organizational and working relationships of the offices of the Dean of Student Life and the Dean of the College has submitted its report to Interim Provost Sheila E. Blumstein. The task force recommended two models for restructuring the offices in a way that will avoid duplication and help unify the academic and social elements of the student experience at Brown.
News Release   97-122    05/11/1998   Nickel
Brown to award eight honorary degrees at 230th Commencement
At Commencement Monday, May 25, Brown University will present honorary degrees to author Chinua Achebe, composer John Harbison, philanthropist H. Anthony Ittleson, Maphela Ramphele of the University of Cape Town, mathematician Kenneth Ribet, educator Theodore R. Sizer, U.S. District Judge Joseph L. Tauro and Janet Yellen of the Council of Economic Advisers.
News Release   97-125    05/11/1998   Sweeney
Annenberg Institute selects fellows to discuss improving urban education
Thirteen university professors, urban educators and administrators have been selected to serve two-year terms as Senior Fellows for the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, based at Brown University. They will be charged with examining ways to improve urban education by focusing on improved teacher recruitment, training, support and retention.
News Release   97-127    05/11/1998   Lans
Advising awards presented to Pucci, Terry-Morgan at first Faculty-Student Dinner
The first Faculty-Student Dinner, co-sponsored by the Dean of the College and the Undergraduate Council of Students (UCS) is held. More than 130 faculty members dined with some 230 students. At the dinner, the UCS Advising Awards are presented to Professors Pucci and Terry-Morgan.
GSJ Story   22GSJ29a    05/08/1998   Sweeney
ÔHope in the Unseen' follows Cedric Jennings from inner city to College Hill
A new book titled "A Hope in the Unseen" chronicles undergraduate Cedric Jennings' transition from inner-city high school achiever in Washington, D.C., to culture-shocked survivor at Brown University. The book is written by Ron Suskind, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal.
GSJ Story   22GSJ29b    05/08/1998   Mahdesian
Curiosity about pigeons helped student's UTRA project take wing
Joshua Woolley '99 teamed up with Professor Ted Goslow to learn about bird anatomy. Woolley's work was part of the Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistantship (UTRA) program.
GSJ Story   22GSJ29c    05/08/1998   DeMaio
Red Tape Reduction Task Force focusing on key tasks
Before the end of the academic year, the Red Tape Reduction and Administrative Savings Committee will have identified the top issues to tackle and decided upon the process by which changes can be made.
GSJ Story   22GSJ29d    05/08/1998   Sweeney
100 years of teacher education at Brown University
For more than 100 years, Brown has been producing educators.
GSJ Story   22GSJ29e    05/08/1998   Lans
Brown to hold 230th Commencement Monday, May 25, 1998
Chief Marshal Willard C. Butcher '48 will lead more than 6,000 people down College Hill on Monday, May 25, forming one of the nation's largest and most colorful academic pageants. The Commencement procession and 230th academic exercises cap a four-day Commencement and Reunion Weekend at Brown. In addition to presiding at his first Brown Commencement, President E. Gordon Gee will deliver an inaugural address on Saturday, May 23, at 11:30 a.m.
News Release   97-121    05/08/1998   Nickel
Forum to discuss public access to public school information
A public forum, co-sponsored by Brown University's Taubman Center and ACCESS/RI, will discuss the rationale and methods for public access to public school information. Five panelists will make brief presentations beginning at 7 p.m. Monday, May 18, 1998, in Room 102 of Wilson Hall, located on the Brown campus.
News Release   97-126a    05/08/1998   Nickel
10 employees receive Browy Says Thank You awards
Ten members of Brown University's support staff received Brown Says Thank You! awards for the innovation, initiative, service and personal commitment they have demonstrated in their work. The awards were presented at the University's annual staff appreciation breakfast May 7.
News Release   97-123    05/07/1998   Sweeney
Can I quote you on that? Brown scientists meet the press
Despite the risks of being misquoted and misunderstood by the media, Brown professors and researchers take the time to communicate the details of their work to reporters.
GSJ Story   22GSJ28a    05/01/1998   Morton
Haitian-American medical student hopes serving in Navy will complement interest in international medicine
Michelle Ferdinand, a Brown student from Haiti, is attending medical school courtesy of the Navy. She also has performed public service in Haiti.
GSJ Story   22GSJ28b    05/01/1998   Mahdesian
Research team offers fresh findings on reason for menopause
A research team that included Marc Tatar reports that menopause carries no evolutionary benefit or cost. It is simply a consequence of aging, a finding that contradicts an earlier theory galled the "grandmother hypothesis."
GSJ Story   22GSJ28d    05/01/1998   Turner
New book examines motherhood outside the norm
Prof. Cynthia Garcia Coll has co-written a new book called "Mothering Against the Odds," which takes a look at all kinds of mothers and how they succeed in raising their children.
GSJ Story   22GSJ28e    05/01/1998   Lans
26 undergraduates receive Royce fellowships for research, public service
Twenty-six distinguished Brown University undergraduates will receive Royce Fellowships, which will enable them to advance their research and public service projects locally, nationally and internationally. In many cases, the Fellows will work side by side with senior faculty in laboratories and classrooms.
News Release   97-119    05/01/1998   Sweeney
Brown student studies deportations in Portuguese community
Brown University anthropology graduate student Miguel D. Moniz is researching the growing rate of deportation from North America to the Azores Islands. He recently interviewed resident aliens from southern New England who are awaiting deportation, and plans to spend a year in the Azores documenting their experiences once abroad.
News Release   97-120    05/01/1998   Lans
New book attempts to expand definition of the "good mother"
Brown professor Cynthia Garc’a Coll is one of the editors and authors of Mothering Against the Odds, Diverse Voices of Contemporary Mothers. The book challenges the dominant cultural stereotype of the "good mother" by presenting the stories of women who do not conform. It is scheduled for release in early May 1998.
News Release   97-117    04/27/1998   Lans
Robots take center stage at Brown student talent show
Intelligent robots built and programmed by students will perform in a talent show designed to showcase these final class projects. The students' robots may look like toys, but they operate at nearly the same level of sophistication as some of the world's most famous robots. The show begins at 4Êp.m. Tuesday, April 28, in the Watson Center.
News Release   97-118    04/27/1998   Morton
Professor Paula Vogel wins the Pulitzer Prize for drama
Paula Vogel, professor of creative writing, wins the Pulitzer Prize for her play, "Learning to Drive."
GSJ Story   22GSJ27a    04/24/1998   Mahdesian
Building self-esteem at the end of a rope: OLEEP program
Through BOLT's Outdoor Leadership ane Experiential Education Program (OLEEP), Providence high shool pupils and their Brown student mentors learn about success and self-esteem by taking a ropes course in Conn.
GSJ Story   22GSJ27c    04/24/1998   Lans
Population Studies and Training Center lends a hand to Ethiopia
A Population Studies and Training Center report provides a snapshot of a region of Ethiopia which will guide policy-makers' decisions about improving the livelihoods of the area's residents.
GSJ Story   22GSJ27d    04/24/1998   Lans
Head of Brown's investment office to join Hughes Medical Institute
Robert J. Kolyer Jr., associate vice president for investments at Brown, will leave the University June 1 to become a managing director in the investment office of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Kolyer has directed Brown's investment office since 1988.
News Release   97-116    04/23/1998   Nickel
Survey on life in southern Ethiopia given to government policy-makers
A survey on community and family life in Ethiopia, conducted in part by the Brown University Population Studies and Training Center, is expected to be used as a policy planning tool by the Ethiopian government.
News Release   97-115    04/21/1998   Lans
Brian Hawkins to leave Brown, become president and CEO of EDUCAUSE
Brown Senior Vice President Brian L. Hawkins has been named president and CEO of EDUCAUSE, a new organization formed by the consolidation of Educom and CAUSE, the nation's premier associations for information technology in higher education.
News Release   97-114    04/20/1998   Nickel
Kamal Abdel-Malik receives Wriston Fellowship, which he will use to write a book
Kamal Abdel-Malik receives a Wriston Fellowship, which he will use to write a book on the "Rhetoric of Violence and Reconciliation"
GSJ Story   22GSJ26a    04/17/1998   Mahdesian
Newly patented technology from Brown enables video conference cameras to track whoever is speaking
Technology developed at LEMS and recently patented by Harvey Silverman enables video conferencing cameras to automatically track whoever is speaking
GSJ Story   22GSJ26b    04/17/1998   Turner
Faces of Brown: Campus Police Officer Roland Garant
Faces of Brown: Campus Police Officer Roland Garant
GSJ Story   22GSJ26c    04/17/1998   Sweeney
Howard Foundation at Brown announces 1998-99 grant winners
Eleven writers and poets from colleges and universities throughout the country have received 1998-99 fellowships from the George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation, administered by Brown University.
News Release   97-113    04/16/1998   Mahdesian
U.S. and former Soviet officials to seek reasons why the Cold War ended
Reagan-era policy-makers from the former Soviet Union and the United States will gather at Brown University May 8 to 10, 1998, to analyze the end of the Cold War and determine whether there are lessons to be learned for policy-making today.
News Release   97-105    04/15/1998   Nickel
Brown creates Code of Conduct for vendors of Brown-imprinted goods
Brown University will require vendors who are licensed to supply products imprinted with the Brown name or symbols to adhere to a Code of Conduct that respects labor law, worker rights, environmental preservation and a high standard of business ethics. The code was developed by students and administrators as an effort to end sweatshop abuses.
News Release   97-107    04/13/1998   Nickel
Arabic literature scholar wins Wriston Fellowship from Brown University
Dean of the College Kenneth Sacks announced that Kamal Abdel-Malek, assistant professor of comparative literature was selected as the winner of the 1998-99 Henry Merritt Wriston Fellowship competition.
News Release   97-111    04/13/1998   Mahdesian
Researchers patent technology for voice-activated camera tracking
Brown engineers receive patent for technology that allows voice-actuated camera tracking. The technology has been licensed to Polycom, a maker and marketer of videoconferencing products.
News Release   97-112    04/13/1998   Turner
International graduate students and spouses often struggle to fit into community
International graduate students and their spouses often struggle to fit into the community of Brown and Providence. A broad network offers support and assistance.
GSJ Story   22GSJ25a    04/10/1998   Lans
Transportation talks on fast track: Brown, RIPTA explore ways employees travel to campus
Brown teams up with RIPTA to explore commuting alternatives as ways to alleviate lack of parking, pollution
GSJ Story   22GSJ25b    04/10/1998   Mahdesian
The year 2000 and desktop computing: Make sure software meets compliance
University is making progress toward solving the Year 2000 (Y2K) computing problem. People at Brown who use desktop computers will have to ensure their software meets compliance
GSJ Story   22GSJ25c    04/10/1998   Oribello
Task force takes aim at red tape, administrative savings
President Gee creates a Red Tape Reduction and Administrative Savings Task Force
GSJ Story   22GSJ25d    04/10/1998   Sweeney
Police and Security staff participate in a cultural diversity workshop
Police & Security personnel participate in a cultural diversity workshop
GSJ Story   22GSJ25e    04/10/1998   Sweeney
Graduate Student Council celebrates Appreciation Week
Graduate Student Council (GSC) celebrates Graduate Student Appreciation Week
GSJ Story   22GSJ25f    04/10/1998   Sweeney
Last Word: Debating character at Brown
Last Word: John Tomasi's remarks, taken from his introduction to a debate about affirmative action, focus on the very nature of debate and the dueling expressions of character on campus.
GSJ Story   22GSJ25i    04/10/1998   Tomasi
Department of Police and Security aims for national accreditation
The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies will conduct an on-site visit to the Brown campus May 2 to 6. Public comment is sought from the community at a forum May 4; comments also will be accepted by telephone May 5.
News Release   97-109    04/10/1998   Sweeney
Jamaican prime minister to receive honorary degree from Brown
Brown University President E. Gordon Gee will confer an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on the Right Honorable P. J. Patterson, prime minister of Jamaica, at 7 p.m. Friday, April 10, 1998, in the Salomon Center for Teaching. Patterson will deliver the keynote address at a regional meeting of Caribbean students.
News Release   97-110    04/10/1998   Mahdesian
Regional briefing on national public engagement report set for April 21
The Annenberg Institute for School Reform will sponsor a regional briefing for area educators, parents, policy-makers and media on April 21. The briefing, which will describe findings of a national study on public engagement in public education, will feature representatives from several organizations in southern New England cited in the groundbreaking study.
News Release   97-108    04/09/1998   Sweeney
Stakeholders' forum will examine public access to police documents
Police, ACLU, legal experts and the public will gather at Brown University at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, for an open forum on the police and access to public documents.
News Release   97-106    04/06/1998   Mahdesian
How did Adia Benton do on 'College Jeopardy' quiz show?
Undergraduate Adia Benton is a contestant on 'College Jeopardy' television show.
GSJ Story   22GSJ24a    04/03/1998   Lans
April 6 is National Student-Athlete Day
Brown athletes and their public service projects are celebrated as part of National Student-Athlete Day
GSJ Story   22GSJ24b    04/03/1998   Lans
Faces of Brown: Mary O'Reilly of Special Events
Faces of Brown: Mary O'Reilly of Special Events
GSJ Story   22GSJ24c    04/03/1998   Sweeney
New electronic journals at the University Library
The University Library offers the use of electronic journals, but there are some concerns
GSJ Story   22GSJ24d    04/03/1998   Nolan
Jamaican leader will keynote Caribbean student conference
Annual conference of the Students of Caribbean Ancestry (SOCA) host annual regional conference for Caribbean students. Jamaican Prime Minister P.J. Patterson is the keynote speaker.
GSJ Story   22GSJ24e    04/03/1998   Mahdesian
Last Word: Martin Martel, William McLoughlin and Anti-Racism
Last Word: Rhett Jones writes about lessons of anti-racism he learned from the late Bill McLoughlin and the late Martin Martel
GSJ Story   22GSJ24f    04/03/1998   Jones
New financial aid program expands internship choices for some students
The University's new Aided Internship Program waives the summer earning expectations for a select number of financial aid students who take unpaid internships between their junior and senior years.
GSJ Story   22GSJ23a    03/27/1998   Lans
David Lewis and allies urge treatment for drug addiction
David Lewis, working through the Physician Leadership on National Drug Policy (PLNDP), issues a report aimed at redirecting the nation's "war on drugs" toward treatment of addiction, not punishment
GSJ Story   22GSJ23b    03/27/1998   Turner
Annenberg Institute releases report on public engagement in education
Annenberg Institute presents a national report about what kinds of partnerships work to advance education reform.
GSJ Story   22GSJ23c    03/27/1998   Sweeney
Police & Security aims for accreditation by national law enforcement agency
Police & Security seeks accreditation from the national Campus Association of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA)
GSJ Story   22GSJ23d    03/27/1998   Sweeney
Off Hours: Fred Jackson -- Greenhouse manager, talk show host
Off Hours: Fred Jackson, manager of Brown's greenhouse, hosts a gardening show on radio
GSJ Story   22GSJ23e    03/27/1998   Turner
Honoring the man who sent writing in New Directions
A festival at brown features noted writers paying tribute to editor James Laughlin, the founder of New Directions Press, one of the publishing world's most important independent presses
GSJ Story   22GSJ23f    03/27/1998   Mahdesian
Study reports that R.I. cities, towns fall short in complying with open records laws
In a statewide audit of Rhode Island cities and towns conducted by students at Brown and URI, researchers were given access to nearly 85 percent of the public documents they requested. Police departments failed to comply with open records law more often than did town clerks and school departments
GSJ Story   22GSJ23h    03/27/1998   Nickel
Personal approach works to increase breast cancer screening rates
Women are more likely to start getting regular mammograms if health information is tailored to their personal concerns, according to a Brown University study of nearly 1,400 women in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The findings may lead to early detection and treatment of breast cancer in more women.
News Release   97-101    03/27/1998   Morton
Kathryn Montgomery Hunter to deliver annual Harriet W. Sheridan Lecture
Physicians must move beyond the style of Sherlock Holmes to find better ways to diagnose and treat medical mysteries, says Kathryn Montgomery Hunter, this year's Harriet W. Sheridan Literature and Medicine lecturer. Hunter's presentation, at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, 1998, in the Salomon Center, is open to the public at no charge.
News Release   97-104    03/26/1998   Morton
Jamaica's prime minister to keynote regional Caribbean student forum
The Right Honorable P. J. Patterson, prime minister of Jamaica, will give the keynote address at the Sixth Annual Northeast Regional Caribbean Students Conference, April 10-12 on the Brown campus. Patterson's address will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, April 10, in Room 101 of the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   97-103    03/25/1998   Mahdesian
Brown staffer will help start the ignition on Express Travel program
Kurt Teichert, coordinator of the Brown Is Green program, will be a featured speaker at a news conference to launch RIPTA's Express Travel program at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, on the steps of the Federal Building in downtown Providence. Gov. Lincoln Almond will proclaim the week of March 23 Commute-to-Work Week.
News Release   97-102    03/23/1998   Mahdesian
Annenberg Institute releases first report on public engagement in education
Reasons for Hope, Voices for Change, a new report describing an 18-month study of public engagement in America's public schools, was released today in Washington by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University.
News Release   97-099    03/19/1998   Sweeney
Associated Press names WBRU 1997 News Station of Year
WBRU News won six Associate Press Awards for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism, including 1997 News Station of the Year in the Massachusetts/Rhode Island College Division.
News Release   97-100    03/19/1998   Mahdesian
Study: RI cities, towns not fully compliant with records law
Researchers were given access to public documents nearly 85 percent of the time during a recent audit of public records access in Rhode Island cities and towns. The study, conducted by students at Brown University and the University of Rhode Island, provides detailed statistical data on compliance by town clerks, school boards and police departments.
News Release   97-095    03/16/1998   Nickel
R.I. physicians may be missing opportunities to get smokers to quit
Research shows that 30 seconds of advice from a physician increases by more than 20 percent the chances a smoker will quit for at least a year, according to a study by Dr. Michael Goldstein.
GSJ Story   22GSJ22a    03/13/1998   Lans
Members named to new Staff Advisory Committee
The University names members to the new Staff Advisory Committee
GSJ Story   22GSJ22c    03/13/1998   Sweeney
Faces of Brown: Calvin Watts, Campus Police Officer
Faces of Brown: Campus Security Office Calvin Watts
GSJ Story   22GSJ22d    03/13/1998   
New Directions Press founder to be honored in three-day festival
The Brown University Program in Creative Writing will host a three-day memorial tribute to James Laughlin, founder and editor of New Directions Press. The New Directions Festival will take place March 31 through April 2 on the Brown campus.
News Release   97-097    03/12/1998   Mahdesian
Self-interest not whole secret of successful economy, economist says
While its ability to draw on self-interest has been among its greatest strengths, capitalism still needs a reserve of other values, says Louis Putterman, Brown University economics professor.
News Release   97-098    03/12/1998   Sweeney
Public invited to kick-off conference for new Public Health Program
The public is invited to a free conference to discuss public health policy and the role of a public health agency. The event will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday, MarchÊ20, 1998, in the Ray Conference Center at Butler Hospital in Providence.
News Release   97-096    03/11/1998   Turner
Detailed images from Jovian moon Europa point to slush below surface
Detailed images from the moon Europa point to slush below the surface of Jupiter. Several Brown scientists and graduate students are on the team analyzing the images, presented at a NASA/JPL/Brown news conference
GSJ Story   22GSJ21a    03/06/1998   Morton
Faces of Brown: Michael Jackson, reference librarian
Faces of Brown: Michael Jackson, reference librarian
GSJ Story   22GSJ21b    03/06/1998   Sweeney
Constance Bumgarner Gee: Honored to be Brown's first lady'
In an interview with the GSJ, Constance Bumgarner Gee discusses her unique role within the University and her special partnership with husband Gordon Gee, Brown's president
GSJ Story   22GSJ21c    03/06/1998   Sweeney
Muscle vs. aesthetics: Physician tries to change women's attitudes about fitness and their bodies
Bone-thin dancers, gymnasts and figure skaters hurt their health, says Dr. Dorreen Wiggins, a physician who is trying to change women's attitudes about fitness and their body images
GSJ Story   22GSJ21d    03/06/1998   Lans
Gice 'em the business: Brown's first entrepreneurship forum
Brown alumni who are making a living as entrepreneurs speak to undergraduates about their trials and tribulations.
GSJ Story   22GSJ21e    03/06/1998   Rabbino
Physicians are missing opportunities to counsel patients against smoking
A survey of 3,037 adult cigarette smokers in Rhode Island who had visited physicians within the past year found that half were not advised to quit. Doctors are missing opportunities to provide the smoking interventions, say investigators from the Brown University School of Medicine.
News Release   97-093    03/05/1998   Lans
Exhibition will mark centenary of Spanish-American War
Brown University will present A Splendid Little War, 1898: The Artists' Perspective, an exhibition that opens April 10, and a one-day symposium presented April 11, to commemorate the centenary of the Spanish-American War.
News Release   97-094    03/05/1998   Mahdesian
Bell Gallery to present Kelley collection of African-American art
The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art will be presented by the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University from April 18 through May 31, 1998. The Kelley collection has been called "one of the finest that has been assembled tracing the history of African-American art."
News Release   97-091    03/02/1998   Mahdesian
Beanie Baby raffle will benefit Rhode Island Community Food Bank
The Brown University Bookstore will hold weekly raffles in March for a chance to win a "Princess" bear Beanie Baby. The Bookstore will donate all proceeds to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank.
News Release   97-092    03/02/1998   Sweeney
Brown, URI researchers to release evaluation of public records access
Students and faculty from Brown University and the University of Rhode Island will release a report evaluating the level and quality of access to public records afforded by Rhode Island cities and towns. The researchers will discuss their work during a news conference at 9:30 a.m. Monday, March 16, 1998, in the Cranston Public Library.
News Release   97-095a    03/02/1998   Nickel
With fierce belief in herself, postdoc Gabrielle McLamore flies high in science
Postdoctoral student Gabrielle McLamore, studying pharmacology with Michael Walker, rescued herself from a life of gangs and drugs with a fierce belief in herself
GSJ Story   22GSJ20a    02/27/1998   Mahdesian
Researchers speak at NIH about new fertility probes
Brown-affiliated researchers speak at the NIH about a new fertility probe that tests the viability of eggs
GSJ Story   22GSJ20c    02/27/1998   Turner
Bobby Jindal '92 is making a name for himself in health-care reform
Having overhauled a health agency in Louisiana, Brown alumnus Bobby Jindal now turns his attention to the national health-care arena and Medicare reform
GSJ Story   22GSJ20d    02/27/1998   Lans
What's opera, Doc? Anthropologist Bill Beeman takes to German stage for research
Anthropologist Bill Beeman performed musical theater on the German stage for 18 months. He used the participant-observation method of research because "at some point I want to be able to talk about performance and performing from the standpoint of the inside ... not just be an observer but to find out what it's like to perform."
GSJ Story   22GSJ20e    02/27/1998   Lans
Gee responds to ACUP budget recommendations
President Gee response to ACUP regarding recommendations for 1998-99 budget
GSJ Story   22GSJ20f    02/27/1998   Sweeney
Century of student handbooks reflects changes in life at Brown
Excerpts from a century of rules and regulations found in Brown and Pembroke student handbooks
GSJ Story   22GSJ20g    02/27/1998   Lans
Scientists will present Galileo images suggesting water on Jupiter moon
At an 11 a.m. press briefing Monday, March 2, 1998, scientists from NASA and Brown University will discuss new images of Jupiter's moon Europa taken by the Galileo spacecraft. The images suggest water may exist below Europa's frozen surface.
News Release   97-090    02/27/1998   Turner
Brown to offer meningitis vaccination clinics on campus in March
Brown University will offer meningitis vaccinations to Brown students 22 years of age or younger at vaccination clinics in March. The vaccine will be provided to the University at no cost by the Rhode Island Department of Health.
News Release   97-088    02/26/1998   Nickel
Accreditation team to hold forums March 9 for faculty, staff, students
The NEASC visiting team has scheduled separate faculty, staff and student forums to receive comments about Brown University accreditation.
News Release   97-089    02/26/1998   Sweeney
New fertility probes help researchers identify viable eggs
Researchers have developed two tiny probes that may be a first step in finding and treating egg abnormalities in infertile women. Testing with the probes could allow the women to use their own eggs successfully to bear children.
News Release   97-087    02/24/1998   Turner
Videoconference March 5 will examine Ôpublic engagement' in education
A free national videoconference sponsored by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform Thursday, March 5, will examine how the concept of "public engagement" has advanced education reform in three sites around the country. The videoconference from 7-9 p.m. EST will feature video profiles of each site, panel discussions and called-in questions from viewers linked to the videoconference.
News Release   97-086    02/23/1998   Sweeney
The mane event: Founded two years ago, the varsity equestrian team now has 25 members and ranks third among 13 schools
Founded two years ago, the University's varsity equestrian team has 25 members, ranks third among 13 schools
GSJ Story   22GSJ19b    02/20/1998   Lans
Off Hours: Mark Oribello, CIS staff member, EMT/Firefighter in Warren
Off Hours: Mark Oribello in computer science is a volunteer EMT/Firefighter with the Warren Fire Department
GSJ Story   22GSJ19c    02/20/1998   Sweeney
NCAA certifies Brown's athletics program
NCAA certifies Brown athletics program
GSJ Story   22GSJ19d    02/20/1998   Nickel
Two ACUP members submit a minority report to Gee
Two ACUP members submit a minority report to President Gee
GSJ Story   22GSJ19e    02/20/1998   Sweeney
Reorganization leads to larger role for Provost
President Gee announces a reorganization of the University's senior administration. Among the chances is a larger role for the provost and a new position of vice provost for affiliated programs
GSJ Story   22GSJ19f    02/20/1998   Nickel
AAAS: Study of arts and music may enhance math, reading skills; future of mathematics
Presentations to AAAS include a look at how the study of arts and music may enhance students' math and reading skills and a look at the future of mathematics
GSJ Story   22GSJ19g    02/20/1998   Sweeney
Gee forgoes Inaugural Weekend, plans series of academic, community events
Brown President E. Gordon Gee has announced that inaugural ceremonies planned for April 24-25, 1998, will instead be distributed across the year, with the inaugural address now scheduled for Commencement Weekend. A portion of the funds that would have been dedicated to organizing and staging a formal inauguration will be divided equally between the University's libraries and scholarship fund.
News Release   97-085    02/20/1998   Nickel
Jindal, director of national Medicare reform commission, to speak
Bobby Jindal, 26, director of the National Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare, will outline the pressures and issues facing that program in a public lecture Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The Brown alumnus resigned as head of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals earlier this month to accept the one-year post.
News Release   97-084    02/17/1998   Lans
Brown approves lowest percentage fee increase in more than 30 years
The Brown Corporation has approved an increase of 3.9 percent in total undergraduate fees, the lowest percentage increase since 1967. Tuition will rise 4.5 percent to $23,616; undergraduate fees, including room and board, will total $31,060. Brown's undergraduate financial aid budget, which is indexed to increases in overall fees, will receive $1.6 million in new funding.
News Release   97-082    02/14/1998   Nickel
Outsiders looking in: an overview of Brown
In preparation for Becoming Brown's president, E. Gordon Gee asked a team of educators to provide an independent overview of the University. The trio -- Frank Rhodes, Pat McPherson and Len Schlesinger -- spent time on campus in the fall of 1997 talking with trustees, faculty, staff and students. Gee shared excerpts of the team's final report.
GSJ Story   22GSJ18a    02/13/1998   Sweeney
Answering the call of the muse: Seekers of the arts find an array on campus
An array of arts are represented on campus, from sculpture and paintings, to collections and performances -- musical, theatrical and dance
GSJ Story   22GSJ18b    02/13/1998   DeMaio
Helen Thomas rates the presidents
Reporter Helen Thomas, who has covered the White House for decades for UPI, gives quick impressions on all the presidents she's written about
GSJ Story   22GSJ18c    02/13/1998   Mahdesian
State underutilizes minority-owned businesses, study shows
Research conducted by sociologist Hilary Silver finds that the state of Rhode Island underutilizes minority-owned businesses
GSJ Story   22GSJ18d    02/13/1998   Lans
ACUP budget recommendations for 1998-99
The ACUP budget recommendations for 1998-99
GSJ Story   22GSJ18f    02/13/1998   Howitt
Study of arts, music may enhance young pupils' math and reading skills
Martin F. Gardiner of Brown University's Center for the Study of Human Development will discuss his work investigating how youngsters who studied the arts and music in their classrooms showed improved math and reading skills. He will speak Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1998, at a 10:30 a.m. news briefing and during a 2:15-4:15 p.m. session titled "Alternate Mechanisms for Motor and Visual Spatial Cognition."
News Release   97-080i    02/12/1998   Sweeney
Queen Elizabeth I will come to life during Women's History Month
During Women's History Month, actress Marilyn Murphy Meardon will bring Queen Elizabeth I to life in three performances drawn from texts written by one of Great Britain's greatest rulers. In Her Own Words: Elizabeth I Onstage and Online is sponsored by Brown University's Women Writers Project and Rhode Island's Office of Library and Information Services.
News Release   97-081    02/12/1998   Sweeney
Brown University athletic program receives certification from NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced today that Brown University has successfully completed the certification process now required of all Division I institutions.
News Release   97-083    02/12/1998   Humm
Public affairs conference to paint a complex portrait of art in America
The 18th annual Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference, titled The Arts in America: Creativity and Controversy, will take place Feb. 23 through Feb. 27, 1998. It will be presented in partnership with the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and in conjunction with an arts conference organized by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA).
News Release   97-071    02/10/1998   Mahdesian
Reorganization of senior administration leads to larger role for provost
Brown University President E. Gordon Gee has announced a reorganization of the senior administration, which streamlines and expands the provost's office and upgrades the position to executive vice president and provost. Mark Schupack, former dean of the Graduate School, has been named to the new position of vice provost for affiliated programs.
News Release   97-078    02/09/1998   Nickel
Professor to outline dynamic history, uncertain future of mathematics
The practice and instruction of mathematics have changed over history, and more changes are in store, according to Brown Professor Joan L. Richards, who will join a discussion of "The Changing Environment of Science" from 3 to 6 p.m. Feb. 14 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
News Release   97-079i    02/09/1998   Lans
Gee enlists faculty in plans for Brown, urges streamlined administration
At his first faculty meeting, President Gee urges a streamlined administration, calls for faculty participation in shaping Brown's future
GSJ Story   22GSJ17a    02/06/1998   Sweeney
The Bear necessities -- what it takes to be Brown's mascot
The students who don the Brown Bear costume bring life to the University's mascot. But they'll never reveal their faces.
GSJ Story   22GSJ17b    02/06/1998   Lans
The SATs: Just one way to evaluate students
A look at how the SATs are just one way to evaluate high school students' chances for success in college.
GSJ Story   22GSJ17c    02/06/1998   Billimyer
Last Word: Can there be one America?
Last Word: Can there be one America? John Eng-Wong, director of Brown's Office of Foreign Student, Faculty and Staff Services, provides his perspective, reflected in a summer trip from Williamsburg to Washington, D.C.
GSJ Story   22GSJ17d    02/06/1998   Eng-Wong
Blumstein appoints task force on academic/non-academic student life
Since 1979, Brown University has had separate dean's offices for the academic and non-academic areas of undergraduate student life. A task force appointed by Interim Provost Sheila Blumstein will review the rationale for that arrangement and consider whether the two-office structure is the optimal way of organizing student affairs.
News Release   97-077    02/06/1998   Nickel
Many HIV-infected men and women hide HIV status from sex partners
A study in the Archives of Internal Medicine indicates that many HIV-infected individuals do not disclose their status to sexual partners. The result is that the sexual partners of HIV-infected individuals may be unaware of their risk for acquiring the HIV virus. (Embargoed for 2/8/98)
News Release   97-075    02/04/1998   Turner
Edward J. Wing named chair of the Department of Medicine
Edward J. Wing, M.D., has been named chairman of the Department of Medicine in the Brown University School of Medicine. Wing comes to Brown after serving as interim chairman of the Department of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
News Release   97-076    02/04/1998   Turner
Brown University honors 17 employees for their 25 years of service
Brown University annually honors employees who have served 10, 20 and 25 years at the University. At a special awards luncheon Feb. 3, 1998, employees who have worked at Brown for 25 years received an engraved Brown University chair in appreciation of their dedication.
News Release   97-074    02/03/1998   Sweeney
Changes at Human Resources hope to enhance 'human' aspect of the office
Changes in the human resources department at Brown hope to enhance service aspect of the office. In the wings are a staff advisory panel, a mentor program and greater employee recognition
GSJ Story   22GSJ16a    01/30/1998   Sweeney
Pediatrics professor and colleagues help RI institute hearing tests for all newborns
Dr. Betty Vohr helped Rhode Island become the first state in the nation to screen all newborns for hearing loss. The procedure spots potential problems early, often leading to early intervention for the youngsters and their parents
GSJ Story   22GSJ16c    01/30/1998   Turner
A trio of perspectives on presidential scandal
Professors Morone, West and Cornwell give their perspectives on the allegations President Clinton is facing regarding extramarital affairs.
GSJ Story   22GSJ16c    01/30/1998   Lans
The orphaned girls of India: Anthropologist Fruzetti takes a look at culture, customs
Anthropologist Lina Fruzetti spent a year researching the roots of female abandonment in India. The mother of two daughters, she found the work emotionally trying.
GSJ Story   22GSJ16d    01/30/1998   Lans
Race, diversity get in-depth treatment in four-day seminar
The offices of Training and Development and EEO sponsor a four-day-long diversity seminar for University employees in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., to support President Clinton's initiative on race, and to "celebrate community" at Brown.
GSJ Story   22GSJ16e    01/30/1998   Sweeney
International UTRAs: Opportunities for students, faculty to work abroad
International UTRAs increase opportunities for Brown students to do research in another country
GSJ Story   22GSJ16f    01/30/1998   Romer
Last Word: All I needed to know about life I learned from soup
Last Word: Life is like a recipe for soup, says William Jackson, president of Brown University Research Foundation.
GSJ Story   22GSJ16g    01/30/1998   Jackson
Survey of voters shows Kennedy and Pine ahead, Almond and York tied
A survey of 414 Rhode Island voters conducted Jan. 24 and 25 found Rep. Patrick Kennedy leading Treasurer Nancy Mayer and Attorney General Jeff Pine leading two potential opponents. Voter responses suggested that the governor's race is a dead heat between Gov. Lincoln Almond and Myrth York.
News Release   97-073    01/28/1998   Nickel
Pell seminar Feb. 9 will examine the making of excellent teachers
The Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown University is sponsoring a policy seminar that will consider the steps needed to prepare, recruit and support excellent teachers. Claudio Sanchez, education reporter for National Public Radio, will moderate a panel of educators and policymakers who will gather from 4-6 p.m. Feb. 9 in Sayles Hall.
News Release   97-070    01/26/1998   Sweeney
Work of Annette Messager to be featured at Bell Gallery
An exhibition of works by French artist Annette Messager, titled "Map of temper, Map of tenderness," will be presented at the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University from Jan. 31 through March 15, 1998. Messager will speak at an opening reception at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 30, at the gallery, 64 College St. in the List Art Center.
News Release   97-072    01/26/1998   Mahdesian
Renewed bipartisan support for research spurs challenges
A look at the numbers suggests that Brown benefited from the improved research and development (R&D) climate. In general, research funding for Brown was $90 million for sponsored activities in fiscal year 1997, a 44-percent increase over the previous year. This article looks at trends in Brown's R&D funds as well as national trends
GSJ Story   22GSJ15a    01/23/1998   Turner
Lobbyists on behalf of funding for science unveil web site
The Science Coalition -- a lobbying group for research and development -- creates a web site to document R&D trends, legislative news, federal funding for science, and the work of major research universities
GSJ Story   22GSJ15b    01/23/1998   Turner
State provides funds to three ventures involving Brown faculty
Rhode Island's new Slater Technology Fund Innovation Partnership Program is created to spur manufacturing and job growth based on local technology. Three collaborations involving Brown engineering faculty received some of this money: a laser endeavor, technology for high-rate preparation of indium tin oxide powder, and an effort to advance digital color printing technology.
GSJ Story   22GSJ15c    01/23/1998   Turner
Recovering indirect costs: sponsored-funding activities involve millions of dollars at Brown
As a private university, Brown relies heavily on recovering the facilities and administrative (F&A) costs, formerly called indirect costs, of its sponsored activities. Sponsored-funding activities involve millions of dollars at Brown, and recovery of F&A costs plays a key role in the University's overall budget profess
GSJ Story   22GSJ15d    01/23/1998   Turner
Re-tooled cellular assembly line creates novel antibiotics
A research team that included David Cane of chemistry and biochemistry have re-tooled the molecular building blocks of an antibiotic-producing bacteria to allow it to construct new drugs.
GSJ Story   22GSJ15e    01/23/1998   Turner
Case study in grant applications: Population Studies and Training Center
Five years ago Dennis Hogan was deciding the fate of grant applications for the National Institutes of Health. Now he is using his experience to help Brown faculty at the Population Studies and Training Center to produce successful applications. PSTC saw a dramatic increase in research funding recently, from $406,000 in 1996 to $1.6 million last year.
GSJ Story   22GSJ15f    01/23/1998   Lans
NASA funds help to outfit MacMillan Hall computer site
NASA has provided funding to outfit a campus computer learning center devoted to the teaching and use of remote sensing. This center will be housed in MacMillan Hall
GSJ Story   22GSJ15g    01/23/1998   Turner
ORA supports faculty research
If you plan to conduct research at Brown, expect to work with the Office of Research Administration, which helps departments and faculty members identify funding sources, prepare proposals and negotiate contracts, grants and other agreements
GSJ Story   22GSJ15h    01/23/1998   Turner
Three students win Marshall, Rhodes scholarships
Three students receive prestigious Marshall and Rhodes scholarships: Kristi Abrams, Sylvia Sellers-Garcia and Justin Driver
GSJ Story   22GSJ15i    01/23/1998   Mahdesian
The staff-eye view: Top concerns include salaries, benefits, communications, diversity
A survey of staff found that Brown employees give the University high marks for academic quality, but their top concerns include salaries and benefits, internal communications and diversity issues. The survey was sponsored by the Office of Public Affairs and University Relations, and was conducted by a Cambridge, Mass., public opinion polling firm.
GSJ Story   22GSJ15j    01/23/1998   Nickel
Strictly ballroom: Dance club and offshoot team put increasing number of students on their toes
The ballroom dancing club has grown by leaps and bounds since it formed in 1991 with eight students. Since then, the club has swelled to about 150 members, and formed a competitive ballroom dance team
GSJ Story   22GSJ15k    01/23/1998   Lans
WBSR: A new 'old' vboice on campus
The radio station WBSR is on the air at 88.1 FM. Originally the first college radio station, the station was eclipsed by WBRU, ending WBSR broadcasts by the mid-1970s. The revived station h opes to provide more coverage of campus events and sports with its staff of reporters
GSJ Story   22GSJ15l    01/23/1998   Mahdesian
The playwright's the thing at Steinberg Festival of New Plays
The Steinberg Festival of New Plays, now in its second year, is produced in partnership with Trinity Repertory Company. The festival gives budding playwrights the opportunity to see their writing performed on stage and provides feedback from the audience. The festival is a wonderful outlet for graduate students in the Graduate Writing Program
GSJ Story   22GSJ15m    01/23/1998   Mahdesian
Taking a turn at the crystal ball
If the New York Times were to run a story about Brown on front page five years from now, what would you hope the story would be about? Several Brown administrators had an opportunity to offer their ideas when E. Gordon Gee was about to become Brown's president. This article expanded the query to members of the Brown community. Responses ranged from ideas for the medical school to the undergraduate orientation program to football
GSJ Story   22GSJ15n    01/23/1998   Sweeney
Steinberg Festival of New Plays to run Jan. 29 through Feb. 8
The 1998 Steinberg New Plays Festival - the second year of collaboration between Brown's graduate program in playwriting and Trinity Repertory Company - presents eight plays by graduate students at Brown, from Jan. 29 through Feb. 1, and Feb. 5 through Feb. 8, at the Trinity Repertory Company in downtown Providence.
News Release   97-067    01/20/1998   Mahdesian
Brown seeks public comment on reaccreditation
In preparation for a March 11, 1998, reaccreditation visit by a team representing the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, the public is invited to submit comments regarding Brown University. Comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of the University and must be received by March 11.
News Release   97-068    01/20/1998   Sweeney
Brown and RISD presidents to create mosaic panels
On Friday, Jan. 23, at 2:30 p.m., Brown President E. Gordon Gee, RISD President Roger Mandle and Stephen Kane, principal of the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, will create two mosaic panels as part of a larger mosaic project that brought all three institutions together.
News Release   97-069    01/20/1998   Mahdesian
Brown establishes Tillinghast Chair in international studies
Brown University has established the Tillinghast Professorship in International Studies, honoring Charles C. Tillinghast Jr., longtime trustee, fellow and chancellor emeritus. Funding for the chair included a $1-million grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, of which Tillinghast served as a director from 1974 to 1996.
News Release   97-066    01/15/1998   Nickel
Ram—n Cortines named interim director of Annenberg Institute
Ram—n Cortines, former chancellor of New York City Schools from 1993-95, has been appointed interim director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform.
News Release   97-065    01/12/1998   Sweeney
All parties in Lack case agree to settlement ending legal proceedings
Adam Lack, Sara Klein and Brown University have agreed to settle a law suit in U.S. District Court arising from a University disciplinary hearing in May 1996.
News Release   97-063    12/31/1997   Nickel
Brown University senior in critical condition after shooting
Brown Police and Security Services issues Safety Bulletin following an on-campus shooting incident.
News Release   97-064a    12/23/1997   Nickel
Brown University senior in critical condition after shooting
David McManus, a Brown University senior from Acton, Mass., was the victim of a shooting early Saturday morning, Dec. 20. He was listed in critical condition at Rhode Island Hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
News Release   97-064    12/20/1997   Nickel
Two Brown students selected for Marshall Scholarships
Two Brown University students are among 38 Americans selected this year to receive British Marshall Scholarships for study in Britain next year.
News Release   97-061    12/19/1997   Mahdesian
Phil Estes named Brown University's head football coach
Phil Estes, who has served as Brown's recruiting coordinator and coach of receivers and running backs, has been named head football coach at Brown University, succeeding Mark Whipple.
News Release   97-062    12/18/1997   Humm
Sheila E. Blumstein named interim provost for second semester
President-elect E. Gordon Gee has announced that Professor Sheila E. Blumstein will serve as interim provost until June 30, 1998. Blumstein, former dean of the College, will succeed Provost and Acting President James Pomerantz on Jan. 6, 1998, when Gee assumes his full-time duties at Brown.
News Release   97-059    12/16/1997   Nickel
Whipple resigns to become U-Mass. head football coach
Mark Whipple, head football coach at Brown for four seasons, has resigned to become head coach at the University of Massachusetts.
News Release   97-060    12/16/1997   Humm
Brown student receives Rhodes Scholarship
Brown University senior Sara Kristine Abrams is one of 32 students nationwide to receive a Rhodes Scholarship for study in England. Abrams, of Edmonds, Wash., will begin studying at the University of Oxford next fall.
News Release   97-058    12/12/1997   Lans
Annenberg sponsors interactive video discussion on urban schools
A free live videoconference on Jan. 29, 1998, will give teachers, parents, administrators and others an opportunity to participate in a national discussion about building stronger urban schools. To support local discussion, community groups can get free materials from the Annenberg Institute for School Reform, sponsors of the videoconference.
News Release   97-057    12/09/1997   Sweeney
President-elect Gee to visit Martin Luther King Elementary School
Brown University President-elect E. Gordon Gee will visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School on Camp Street in Providence, at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, meeting students involved in the Brown-MLK mosaic project and a class of fifth-graders.
News Release   97-056    12/07/1997   Mahdesian
Weekly drug strategy may lead to breast cancer treatment
A new weekly regimen of an intense dose of the drug paclitaxel significantly shrinks breast cancer tumors in many patients.
News Release   97-054    12/06/1997   Turner
Ten-year demographic study of Providence finds highly transient student body
Most children who start off in the Providence public school system do not complete their education in the city's schools because families move elsewhere. A demographic study of the city schools, done by the Population Studies and Training Center, was part of a project called "Counting Ourselves." This database eventually will include information on all aspects of city life and will be made available to the public for use by businesses, agencies and scholars.
GSJ Story   22GSJ14a    12/05/1997   Lans
Mosaic project is more than the sum of its parts
Community art project unites Brown professor Richard Fishman, his class of 14 freshmen in Art 11, and 14 fourth and fifth graders from Martin Luther King School. Fishman is working with Jonny Skye Njie, at RISD, to conceive of the project, which will be a mosaic made up of tiles. The mosaic will be built on panels, then exhibited at the RISD Museum Feb. 28, then mounted in some building or at some outdoor location in the city of Providence.
GSJ Story   22GSJ14b    12/05/1997   Mahdesian
Star Trek's Borg Queen finds her way into dissertation
Janice Okoomian, a graduate student student in American civilization, is working on a dissertation about the way the body is used to define female identity in conjunction with race or ethnicity in narratives of origin. The alien Borg Queen of Star Trek fame finds her way into one chapter of the dissertation.
GSJ Story   22GSJ14c    12/05/1997   Lans
Community director program provides support network in first-year dorms
The Community Director program provides a support network for undergraduates living in campus dorms. Some CDs, who are graduate students, even provide a taste of family life in the dorms. This story focuses on Sumit Nijhawan and Ihab Girgis, married grad students who are CDs in one of Brown's dorms
GSJ Story   22GSJ14d    12/05/1997   Lans
Putting down roots through RUE helps student blossom
The Resumed Undergraduate Education program (RUE) helps older students blossom. Among the latest participants is Ilona Domanska, who left Poland for the United States to study cactus. She wound up ant Brown, where she is a member of the Class of 1999. She is studying comparative literature and has plans to study international relations in graduate school
GSJ Story   22GSJ14f    12/05/1997   Linda
Margalit web page works wonders for Math 35, Physics 21
Working with Prof. Tom Banchoff under an Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistantship (UTRA) Dan Margalit has designed an interactive web page template for use by faculty members in their classes
GSJ Story   22GSJ14g    12/05/1997   Scott
Four-day series for Brown employees will celebrate diversitiy, honor King's vision
A special four-day workshop for Brown staff will be held Jan 20-24. The "Celebration of Community: Differences in Harmony" is offered in honor of the vision of MLK and in support of President's Initiative on Race in America
GSJ Story   22GSJ14h    12/05/1997   Sweeney
Adeste Fideles to the Fiftieth Annual Latin Carol Celebration
The Department of Classics will present the 50th annual Latin Carol Celebration at 8Êp.m. Monday, Dec. 8, in the First Baptist Meeting House. The program will feature readings in Latin by Brown faculty and staff, including President-elect E. Gordon Gee.
News Release   97-055    12/03/1997   Mahdesian
Clinton official to give keynote at Leadership Alliance symposium
The Leadership Alliance will present a two-day symposium Dec. 11-12, 1997, in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology. A high-ranking official in the Clinton administration will deliver the keynote address at the symposium.
News Release   97-053    12/02/1997   Mahdesian
Rose takes part in national dialogue on hate crimes
Dean of Student Life Robin Rose was among some 350 people -- from educators to law enforcement officers, legislators, ministers, students and victims, who assembled in Washington, D.C., for a national conference on hate crimes.
GSJ Story   22GSJ13a    11/21/1997   Lans
Campus renovations aim at increasing Brown's public and academic spaces
Campus renovation projects aim at increasing Brown's public and academic spaces. Work is being done on the President's House, Carr House, Sayles Gym, and the Old Stone Bank Building, which will become the new home of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
GSJ Story   22GSJ13b    11/21/1997   Lans
Having confronted her disability, engineering student sets her sights on high targets
Krystyn Van Vliet is an outstanding engineering student who is active in community service. A scholar of the highest order, she overcame grave head injuries from a high school auto accident. She had to regain her memory, judgment, speech and other communication skills
GSJ Story   22GSJ13c    11/21/1997   Turner
Ten-year demographic study of Providence finds revolving door at schools
The first half of a demographic study of Providence led by James W. McNally of Brown's Center for Population Studies, offers a look at the public school system. The statistics are part of a database that will describe all aspects of city life from 1987 to 1997. The database should be completed by March 1998 with regular updates thereafter.
News Release   97-051    11/21/1997   Lans
Aspirin not given to many heart-attack patients, despite recommendation
A new study shows that only 45 percent of 463 emergency-room heart-attack patients received a timely dose of aspirin at the hospital. Medical guidelines call for immediate administration of 160 mg of aspirin to patients suspected of having had a heart attack.
News Release   97-052    11/21/1997   Turner
A selection of holiday story ideas from Brown University experts
From holiday stress to international travel, Brown professors offer their expertise and commentary on a variety of seasonal topics.
News Release   97-050    11/19/1997   Mahdesian
Ladd Observatory on target for February reopening
Ladd Observatory is on target for a reopening in February. The renovated buildilng now meets fire code and accessibility laws.
GSJ Story   22GSJ12a    11/14/1997   Lans
Newly-implanted pacemaker helps hockey player reclaim her place on the ice
Women's ice hockey player Vanessa Reid has a pacemaker implanted in her chest. That hasn't stopped her from climbing onto the ice
GSJ Story   22GSJ12b    11/14/1997   Lans
Sarah Doyle helps place another woman in spotlight. Replacement portrait is a copy of a much livelier version done in 1902
A replacement portrait of Sarah Doyle, stolen from campus in August 1997, will be a copy of a much better version painted by Cecilia Beaux, whose claim to fame was portraits of strong, independent women. The copy work is being done by RISD student Bryan Konietzko.
GSJ Story   22GSJ12c    11/14/1997   Lans
'I'm basically just a human scanner,' RISD painter says
How does an artist copy a 97-year-old portrait of Sarah Doyle? "I'm just basically a human scanner," says RISD student Bryan Konietzko, who is copying a lively portrait of Sarah Doyle, painted by Cecilia Beaux in 1902, to replace they Doyle portrait stolen from campus in August 1997.
GSJ Story   22GSJ12d    11/14/1997   Lans
D'Souza, Wu debate affirmative action.
Dinesh D'Souza and Frank Wu debate affirmative action at a session sponsored during Asian-American Month.
GSJ Story   22GSJ12e    11/14/1997   Niss
Looking for a 'win-win-win' among U.S., China and Taiwan
Ying-Mao Kau, professor of political science, an expert on China-Taiwan relations and former president of Taiwanese think tank the 21st-Century Foundation, talks about Chinese President Jiang Zemin and the future of U.S.-China-Taiwan relations.
GSJ Story   22GSJ12f    11/14/1997   Mahdesian
Off Hours; Jim Coccio -- payroll supervisor, National Guardsman
Off Hours: Jim Coccio of Payroll is in the National Guard
GSJ Story   22GSJ12g    11/14/1997   Sweeney
Olympians recall their quests for medals
Thirteen Brown alumni who competed in the Olympic Games come back to campus to talk about their experiences. Thirty-nine current and former Brunonians have participated in 13 summer and five winter Olympics for nine different countries.
GSJ Story   22GSJ12h    11/14/1997   Bettancourt
Role-playing high school students learn by doing at U.N. simulation
Brown students sponsor the first Brown University Simulation of the United Nations (BUSUN), a conference that draws some 300 high school students from as far away as Chicago to debate international issues and role-play as members of the United Nations
GSJ Story   22GSJ12i    11/14/1997   Niss
Men as likely as women to suffer from body image disorder, study says
A study by psychiatrists at Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I., found a nearly equal sex ratio among patients with body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), as well as similarities in age of onset, course of illness and severity of symptoms between genders.
News Release   97-049    11/14/1997   Lans
Two from Brown have role in U.S. Department of Education conference
Maria Pacheco of the New England Desegregation Assistance Center and John R. Correiro of The Education Alliance are helping the Department of Education plan its eastern regional conference, expected to draw 2,000 participants to Washington, D.C. Also, Pacheco will chair a session titled "Involving Families and Communities in Education." Correiro's session will focus on charter and magnet schools.
News Release   97-047    11/12/1997   Sweeney
Conference will offer ideas for bilingual education, cross-cultural studies
Prominent researchers and leaders in bilingual education and cross-cultural studies will gather with some 400 educators from around the country to share ideas and projects at a conference Nov. 19-21 sponsored by the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown University.
News Release   97-048    11/12/1997   Sweeney
Brown's Krystyn Van Vliet wins three national engineering awards
Krystyn Van Vliet, a Brown University student who overcame serious head injuries and a resulting learning disability, has won academic scholarships that cover her senior-year tuition and other expenses.
News Release   97-046    11/11/1997   Turner
Chaperone proteins may hold clue to aging process
Chaperone proteins may hold clue to aging process. In a study conducted by Marc Tatar and others, a brief genetic response to heat stress increased a fruit fly's life span. But don't head for the sauna yet
GSJ Story   22GSJ11a    11/07/1997   Turner
Trick-or-treat at Wriston, sponsored by Greek Council, is 'the bomb' for youngsters
Some 300 youngsters from Providence schools, communitiy centers and clubs come to campus to trick-or-treat at Wriston Quad. The event is sponsored by the Greek Council.
GSJ Story   22GSJ11b    11/07/1997   Lans
Walter Feldman: A man of the books and the books of the man
Art Prof. Walter Feldman made his first book at the age of 8. He's been inventing books ever since. More than books, these are works of art. Some 30 items from his collections are on display.
GSJ Story   22GSJ11c    11/07/1997   Mahdeisan
Patients with gastrointestinal cancer are sought for clinical drug trials
Doctors in the Brown University Oncology Group seek patients with gastrointestinal cancer who want to participate in clinical trials involving novel anti-canger agents. These trials are being conducted in Brown-affiliated hospitals and in Kent County Hospital. The first drug tested will be Marimastat.
GSJ Story   22GSJ11d    11/07/1997   Turner
Who was on trial -- the au pair or in-home day care and working moms?
Professors Lipsitt and Cheit discuss who was on trial -- the au pair or in-home day care and working moms -- in the wake of a trial of British nanny Louise Woodward, accused in the death of a Boston-area infant under her care.
GSJ Story   22GSJ11e    11/07/1997   Mahdesian
Brown to replace portrait of Sarah Doyle, advocate for women students
Brown University's portrait of Sarah E. Doyle (1830-1922), stolen in August, will be replaced with a copy of what is considered to be a better portrait from the Rhode Island School of Design. RISD student Bryan Konietzko recently began the two-month project, and the new portrait may hang in Sayles Hall by the end of the year.
News Release   97-044    11/07/1997   Lans
Oral history participants will reunite to see latest chapter of project
Women who provided oral histories about Rhode Island during World War II will reunite with their interviewers Ð members of South Kingstown High School's Class of 1990 Ð for an introduction to the project's latest incarnation: an award-winning web site that has become a model for other intergenerational and school-community education projects. Their gathering on Thursday, Nov. 6, is open to media.
News Release   97-045    11/05/1997   Sweeney
Presence of protein extends life; potential aging mechanism found
Transgenic flies exposed to warmth produce a brief genetic response that increases their survivability, according to a study in this week's Nature. The finding uncovers a potential aging mechanism.
News Release   97-043    11/03/1997   Turner
The joys of Brown parenthood (and we didn't pay her to say this -- really!)
For Parents Weekend: a chat with a parent of a Brown senior who is coming to her last Parents Weekend event talks about the joys of being a Brown parent
GSJ Story   22GSJ10a    10/31/1997   Mahdesian
Student shows national conference one route to 'community'
Brown senior Christopher Punongbayan, a Filipino American, presented a resolution at national conference for Filipino Americas regarding gay rights. The resolution divided the conference, and ultimately passed. The student will be a keynote speaker at Asian-American Week on campus and will discuss working together despite differences.
GSJ Story   22GSJ10b    10/31/1997   Lans
Off Hours: Ron Rattier, assistant to the director, tenor
Off Hours: Ron Rattier, assistant to the director of the Center for Latin American Studies and a tenor
GSJ Story   22GSJ10c    10/31/1997   Mahdesian
Before there was e-mail, there was longhand correspondence
A century ago, Brown and Pembroke students didn't send e-mail to Mom and Dad. They wrote letters home. Here are excerpts from the University archives.
GSJ Story   22GSJ10e    10/31/1997   Mahdesian
Panel discussion Nov. 8 will feature Brown's alumni Olympians
As part of the University's homecoming weekend, Brown will feature 19 of its Olympians in a panel discussion, "Mens sana in corpore sano Ð Sound Mind, Sound Body," on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 4 to 6 p.m.
News Release   97-041    10/30/1997   Sweeney
Brown student studies effect of deportations on Portuguese community
Miguel D. Moniz, a Brown University graduate student in anthropology, will spend the next year interviewing resident aliens slated for deportation by the United States, then document their experiences abroad.
News Release   97-042    10/29/1997   Lans
Ambassadors to share stage for discussion of U.S.-Vietnam relations
Douglas "Pete" Peterson, the U.S. ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Le Van Bang, the Vietnamese ambassador to the United States, will present a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. Memorial Lecture titled "U.S.-Vietnam Relations: A Dialogue Between the Ambassadors" at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17, in the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   97-035    10/28/1997   Nickel
Two-day conference will examine gender equity under Title IX
A conference in celebration of the 25 years since passage of Title IX, the law that prohibits gender discrimination at educational institutions, will offer tools, skills, strategies and workshops for educators, students and parents.
News Release   97-040    10/28/1997   Sweeney
Six receive honors for their Ôcommitment to reflective teaching'
Six people from Brown have been honored by the Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning for their "ongoing commitment to reflective teaching as an integral part of the enterprise of higher education."
News Release   97-038    10/27/1997   Sweeney
Banchoff named R.I. Professor of the Year
Math Prof. Tom Banchoff wins the R.I. Professor of the Year award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) for his decades of making math come alive for students. "I try to set up a framework where students work hard because their teacher is working hard," he says.
GSJ Story   22GSJ09a    10/24/1997   Turner
Brown geologist set her sights on Martian moons
Geologist Carle Pieters had hoped that NASA and its Discovery Program would select her Aladdin project to go to Martian moons of Phobos and Deimos. Aladdin would have collected geologic samples from the moons by firing projectiles into the surfaces.
GSJ Story   22GSJ09b    10/24/1997   Turner
'Strangers in Two Lands' examines the effect of deportation to the Azores
Miguel Moniz, a graduate student in anthropology, has done research on "men without a country" -- Azoreans who came to U.S. as infants, learned English, never became U.S. citizens, got into trouble in the United States and were deported. These deportees are rejected by Azorean culture as well. The Portuguese government, concerned about the situation, has taken an interest in Moniz's dissertation
GSJ Story   22GSJ09c    10/24/1997   Lans
Off Hours: Paul Deissler: Mail clerk, Gettysburg battle buff
Off Hours; Paul Deissler, a window clerk at Mail Services, is a Civil War battle buff. Each year, he heads to the battlefield at Gettysburg for a first-hand look at history.
GSJ Story   22GSJ09e    10/24/1997   Lans
A uniform look for athletic teams
Brown athletics teams sport a new logo on their uniforms -- a brown bear reaching its front paws around the word BROWN
GSJ Story   22GSJ09f    10/24/1997   Lans
Turning back the clock may bring on Seasonal Affective Disorder
The change back to Eastern Standard Time may bring on a case of the winter blahs or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
GSJ Story   22GSJ09g    10/24/1997   Mahdeisan
Thomas Banchoff named 1997 Rhode Island Professor of the Year
Thomas F. Banchoff, professor of mathematics at Brown University, has been named the 1997 Rhode Island Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement for Teaching. He is the fifth Brown professor to win the award since its establishment in 1981.
News Release   97-039    10/23/1997   Turner
Kristen Renn will leave Office of Student Life to pursue doctorate
Assistant Dean of Student Life Kristen Renn has accepted an AERA/Spencer Doctoral Fellowship and will leave the University to pursue doctoral studies in education at Boston College.
News Release   97-037    10/21/1997   Nickel
Center for Advancement of College Teaching renamed Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
The Center for Advancement of College Teaching (CACT) is renamed the Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. The center helps professors, graduate students and undergraduate teaching assistants become better instructors and professors
GSJ Story   22GSJ08a    10/17/1997   Lans
For past decade, center has demonstrated that learning how to teach is a lifelong process
What makes a good professor? For the past decade, the CACT -- now known as the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning -- has demonstrated that learning how to teach is a lifelong process. Graduate students, undergraduate teaching assistants and long-time faculty members all have benefitted from the center's programs, workshops and lectures.
GSJ Story   22GSJ08b    10/17/1997   Lans
Kertzer's 'Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara' nominated for National Book Award
Professor David Kertzer's book "The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara" has been nominated for a National Book Award.
GSJ Story   22GSJ08c    10/17/1997   Lans
Off Hours: Graduate student Sara Beliveau running marathon to benefit MS research
Off Hours: Graduate student Sara Beliveau is running a marathon to benefit multiple sclerosis research.
GSJ Story   22GSJ08d    10/17/1997   Lans
Mummy dearest: Looking back at ancient Egypt through funerary rituals
Lanny Bell, adjunct professor of Egyptology, studies ancient Egyptian culture through the lens of Egyptian of funerary rites and practices, including mummification. He talks about why the Egyptians made mummies
GSJ Story   22GSJ08e    10/17/1997   Mahdesian
ÔR.I. Reconsidered' will challenge perceptions of state's history
"Rhode Island Reconsidered," Nov. 14-15, a conference hosted by The John Nicholas Brown Center, will bring together more than 40 scholars and historians for nine sessions exploring how recent scholarship has challenged common perceptions of Rhode Island's history.
News Release   97-036    10/15/1997   Mahdesian
Pioneering thoracic surgeon to receive top alumni award Oct. 18
On Saturday, Oct. 18, the Brown Alumni Association will present Dr. Hermes C. Grillo (Class of 1943) with the William Rogers Award, its highest honor, at the Fourteenth Annual Alumni Recognition Ceremony. Seventeen alumni will be honored during the ceremony.
News Release   97-033    10/14/1997   Mahdesian
Interdisciplinary teams receive $2.3 milion for research into ways humans learn
Researchers get $2.3 million from National Science Foundation (NSF) for work that may advance programming artificial intelligence to treating learning defects. The projects involve Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, Computer Science, Applied Math, Neuroscience, Physics. The projects: "Structured Statistical Learning," "Adaptive Cortical Computation in Visual Domain," and"Learning Minimal Representations for Visual Navigationand Recognition."
GSJ Story   22GSJ07a    10/10/1997   Lans
The perils and possibilities of parking around campus: too many cars, too few spaces
Parking a car on the Brown campus is a problem. This story takes a look at the history of the parking problem, some of the statistics, and possible solutions offered by staff members
GSJ Story   22GSJ07b    10/10/1997   Mahdesian
The priest, the minister and the rabbi: New campus ministers feed the spirit
Three new faces in the University's Office of the Chaplain: the Rev. Henry Bodah, Catholic chaplain; the Rev. Theodore Wilson II, who leads the Imani Jubilee; and Rabbi Susan Fendrick who also holds a new position of director, visions for change
GSJ Story   22GSJ07c    10/10/1997   Mahdesian
"We don't come here to park; we come here to work," says driving force behind ride sharing
"We don't come here to park; we come here to work," says Kurt Teichert of Brown is Green, a driving force behind ride sharing proposals to alleviate problems with the lack of parking for people who drive to work
GSJ Story   22GSJ07d    10/10/1997   Mahdesian
Library celebrates three-millionth volume with three major acquisitions
Brown celebrates acquisition of the Library's 3-millionth book, on the history of fireworks, with Water Fire, guest speaker Gee.
GSJ Story   22GSJ07e    10/10/1997   Mahdesian
A Harvest Gathered shows Columbus discovered more than land
Facts about food from A Harvest Gathered: Food in the New World, the current exhibition at the John Carter Brown Library, shows the variety and range of food exchanges between the Old World and the New World, before and after Columbus.
News Release   97-034    10/10/1997   Mahdesian
Provost Pomerantz named acting president
Provost Jim Pomerantz has been named acting president. He will leave the administration when his work concludes Jan. 1, 1998, and will return to teaching
GSJ Story   22GSJ06a    10/03/1997   Nickel
New program offers study of Israelis, Palestinians in Jerusalem
Brown, in partnership with Wesleyan University and Trinity College, launches a program of study affiliated with The Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The program in Israeli and Palestinian studies is a semester-long program. Professors Jacobson and Abdel-Malek have worked from Brown's end to create the program
GSJ Story   22GSJ06b    10/03/1997   Mahdesian
By knocking out gene p21, researchers temporarily thwart cells' aging process
Brown researcher John Sedivy, former postdoc Jeremy Brown and graduate student Wenyi Wei modify a gene "knockout" method. Through this gene manipulation, they temporarily thwart human cells' aging process. The findings may help scientists understand the cancer process
GSJ Story   22GSJ06c    10/03/1997   Turner
DeQuincy Lezine: From edge of suicide to survival -- and helping others
DeQuincy Lezine, a student who once contemplated suicide, now runs a hotline for Brown students. He also has started a Brown champter of the Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network.
GSJ Story   22GSJ06d    10/03/1997   Mahdesian
Brown receives $2.3M from NSF to study human and machine learning
Brown University was the largest New England recipient of the National Science Foundation's $22.5-million Learning and Intelligent Systems (LIS) awards. Grants to Brown will fund three projects over three years.
News Release   97-032    10/03/1997   Nickel
Institute seeks examples of public involvement in public education
To help revitalize public support for public education, the Annenberg Institute for School Reform is gathering examples of school-community collaborations to find out how they work and whether they are making a difference. A report on the findings will be released in February 1998.
News Release   97-029    10/02/1997   Sweeney
Brown to dedicate Harriet Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
Brown University will mark the 10th anniversary of its Center for the Advancement of Teaching Oct. 24-25, by dedicating it in honor of the late Harriet W. Sheridan, dean of the College. Lee S. Shulman, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, will speak.
News Release   97-030    10/02/1997   Lans
NEH awards $250,895 to Choices public policy discussion program
The Choices Library Program, a project of Brown University's Choice for the 21st Century Education Project, is one of six library or reading-based projects across the country selected to receive support from the National Endowment for the Humanities for the coming fiscal year. The grant will help the public policy discussion program continue in libraries in more than a dozen states.
News Release   97-031    10/02/1997   Sweeney
Student organizes suicide prevention group; will serve on national panel
Brown University junior DeQuincy Lezine has organized the Brown chapter of SPAN, the Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network, after surviving three suicide attempts. He has been selected to serve on the Centers for Disease Control committee to formulate a national strategy for suicide prevention.
News Release   97-027    10/01/1997   Mahdesian
Medical school celebrates primary care with free forum and workshops
The National Primary Care Day celebration Oct. 23 at the Brown University School of Medicine will feature a free public panel discussion and workshop series.
News Release   97-028    10/01/1997   Turner
Faculty artists show their work at Bell Gallery's ÔFaculty Exhibition 1997'
Thirteen faculty from Brown University's Department of Visual Art and the Malcolm S. Forbes Center for Research in Modern Culture and Media will have their art work displayed in the David Winton Bell Gallery exhibition, Faculty Exhibition 1997, from Oct. 18 through Dec. 14, with an opening reception at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17.
News Release   97-026    09/30/1997   Mahdesian
Brown and Wesleyan present Israeli-Palestinian studies program
Brown University and Wesleyan University, in cooperation with Trinity College, have joined to present a semester-long Program in Israeli and Palestinian Studies. The Program will take place at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, from early January through June 1998.
News Release   97-024    09/29/1997   Mahdesian
Brown researchers discover important piece of genetic aging puzzle
Brown researchers have endowed human cells with extended lifespans, making an inroad into the mysterious mechanism of aging. The findings have implications for tinkering with the aging process.
News Release   97-025    09/29/1997   Turner
When minor flaws loom large in the mirror: body dysmorphic disorder
Psychiatry Prof. Kathatrine Phillips' book "The Broken Mirror," takes a look at patients who suffer from body dysmorphic disorder -- when minor flaws loom large in the mirror.
GSJ Story   22GSJ05a    09/26/1997   Lans
Should you leave? Author turns therapeutic ear toward couples' relationships
Psychiatry Prof. Peter Kramer has written a book titled "Should You Leave?," which explores couples' relationships and how adults value autonomy and intimacy
GSJ Story   22GSJ05b    09/26/1997   Lans
Crews coax MacMillan Hall toward June finish
Construction crews work toward completing MacMillan Hall, the new science building, toward completion in June 1998. Peter Landry is at the helm as the construction manager.
GSJ Story   22GSJ05c    09/26/1997   Lans
Test of Mars laser altimeter hints at data feast to come
Brown researchers are analyzing data from the spacecraft Surveyor to help create a more detailed than ever map of Mars surface/
GSJ Story   22GSJ05d    09/26/1997   Turner
Rep. Brown considers engineering in a new era
Rep. George Brown Jr. of California presents a speech about changes in the field of engineering. The speech is part of a convocation celebrating the Division of Engineering's 150th -- or sesquitennial -- celebration
GSJ Story   22GSJ05e    09/26/1997   Lans
University to receive books and archives from St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press will donate books and archives to the University Library
GSJ Story   22GSJ05f    09/26/1997   Mahdesian
Walter Loiselle leaving Brown a safer place
Walter Loiselle is retiring after serving as Brown's fire marshall for nearly a dozen years.
GSJ Story   22GSJ05g    09/26/1997   Lans
Brown library to receive books and archival files from St. Martin's Press
St. Martin's Press and Brown University have entered into an agreement in which thousands of books and author files from the publisher will be transferred to the University's archives, beginning this year, and occurring every three years thereafter.
News Release   97-018    09/26/1997   Mahdesian
They think they're ugly: Treating a debilitating body-image disorder
Dr. Katharine A. Phillips offers hope for sufferers of body dysmorphic disorder, a little-known disease in which people obsess about imagined flaws in their appearance. Antidepressants and cognitive-behavioral therapy may provide relief.
News Release   97-021    09/26/1997   Lans
Provost Pomerantz named acting president of Brown University
Brown Provost James Pomerantz has been appointed acting president of Brown University. He will serve as both acting president and provost through Jan. 2, 1998, at which time he will resign as provost for personal reasons.
News Release   97-022    09/26/1997   Nickel
Brown named to National Honor Roll of Character-Building Colleges
The John Templeton Foundation has named Brown University to its 1997-98 Honor Roll for Character-Building Colleges, a list of 134 institutions honored for their commitment to developing character and moral values in students.
News Release   97-023    09/26/1997   Sweeney
Survey: RI voters express themselves about stadium
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News Release   97-020    09/24/1997   Nickel
President-elect doing his homework before taking reins in January
In preparation for his arrival as Brown's 17th president, E. Gordon Gee has been compiling information from all fronts. He talks about his preparations and how the transition from Ohio State University to Brown is going
GSJ Story   22GSJ04a    09/19/1997   Sweeney
Shop until you drop -- or add
Courses shopping season -- that time at the start of each semister when students test a course for a few sessions before actually dropping or adding them to their official schedule. It's a nightmare for the Registrar's office, but in some ways the course changes are a consequence of the Brown Curriculum
GSJ Story   22GSJ04b    09/19/1997   Mahdesian
Icons for the 1990s: How two very different women attained "icon" status
What does it mean when we say someone is "an icon"? How does one become an icon? The deaths of Princess Diana and Mother Teresa prompt comments from Professors Scholes and Torres, who teach in Modern Culture and Media
GSJ Story   22GSJ04c    09/19/1997   Lans
Brown researchers play key roles in missions to Mars
Brown's participation in the next Mars mission, when the Surveyor probe enters the planet's orbit. Probe is doing 3-D mapping of Mars using device built in part by Jim Head. The Brown team will help fill in 'big missing pieces of the Mars puzzle,' Head says.
GSJ Story   22GSJ04d    09/19/1997   Turner
Chemists describe 3-D structure of terpene synthase
Chemistry Prof. Kane presents a paper describing the 3-D structure of terpene synthase. The findings are the groundwork for understanding how to regulate the creation of cholesterol
GSJ Story   22GSJ04e    09/19/1997   Turner
Portrait of Sarah Doyle sliced from Sayles Hall frame, stolen
A portrait of Sarah Doyle, which hung in Sayles Hall, was cut out of its frame; theft discovered in late August.
GSJ Story   22GSJ04f    09/19/1997   Lans
Off Hours: ANn Killion -- computer trainer, keeper of 'Little People'
Off Hours: Ann Killion, who collects "Little People" toys and is a computer trainer
GSJ Story   22GSJ04g    09/19/1997   Lans
Caldwell named interim president of MGH Iinstitute in Boston
Ann W. Caldwell, vice president for development at Brown University, has been named interim president of MGH Institute of Health Professions. She will leave the University for Boston at the end of this month.
News Release   97-019    09/19/1997   Nickel
New description of protein may be basis for regulating cholesterol
Scientists have described the three-dimensional structure and inner workings of a protein that synthesizes a naturally occurring class of complex compounds, one of which is cholesterol. The findings provide the groundwork for understanding how to regulate the creation of cholesterol in the body.
News Release   97-017    09/18/1997   Turner
Lynn Davidman: The princes will do well if allowed to express grief over Diana
Lynn Davidman, associate professor of sociology, Judaic studies and women's studies at Brown University, comments on the effect of Princess Diana's death on her two sons. She is at work on a book about mother loss in adolescence.
News Release   97-016i    09/16/1997   Mahdesian
Strategic planning reports head to University advisory panels
Eleven standing University advisory committees have begun reviewing nearly 100 action items extracted from reports written this spring by six task forces involved in Brown's latest strategic planning process.
GSJ Story   22GSJ03a    09/12/1997   Sweeney
Engineering observes 150th anniversary
Engineering celebrates its 150th anniversary with a convocation, symposia and lab tours. Honorary degrees will be presented to Maurice Glicksman, John McTague, Allan Mulally, Simon Ostrach, Ronald Probstein and James Rice. Anne Renzi Wright, the first woman to receive a bachelor of science degree in engineering at Brown, will speak about her experience as an undergraduate during World War II and as a female engineer
GSJ Story   22GSJ03b    09/12/1997   Turner
Off Hours: Ali Cissoko on prowl for used computers to send to his native Senegal
Off Hours: Ali Cissoko of Police and Security seeks donations of old 386 or 486 computers for a project that sends the equipment to high school students in Senegal.
GSJ Story   22GSJ03c    09/12/1997   Sweeney
Remembering the white man who dismantled apartheid
Newell Stultz, professor of political science, associate dean of the faculty and an expert on South African politics, takes a look at how F.W. deKlerk transcended the South African government's frame of mind to dismantle apartheid
GSJ Story   22GSJ03d    09/12/1997   Mahdesian
Brown engineers observe sesquicentennial with free talks, tours, exhibits
Brown University will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its engineering classes and activities on September 18-20. Events will include a job fair, academic convocation, symposia, laboratory tours and exhibits. All events are free and open to the public.
News Release   97-014    09/08/1997   Turner
Brown will award six honorary degrees at engineering ceremony Sept. 19
Brown will award honorary degrees to six engineers in celebration of the University's 150 years of engineering education. Several of the recipients will speak during events observing the sesquicentennial. Those talks will be free and open to the public.
News Release   97-015    09/08/1997   Turner
University readies itself for reaccreditation team's visit
Brown prepares istself for a reaccreditation team visit; the draft of Brown's self-study will be available to the entire campus
GSJ Story   22GSJ02a    09/05/1997   Sweeney
Gee describes 'boundless expectations'
President-elect Gee is the speaker at Opening Convocation. It is his first address to a large segment of Brown population. he describes "boundless expectations."
GSJ Story   22GSJ02b    09/05/1997   Sweeney
Fresh faces on campus: the Class of 2001 moves in
The arrival of first-year students through the eyes of a parent, an upperclass member, a hot dog vendor. The Class of 2001 moves into the dorms.
GSJ Story   22GSJ02c    09/05/1997   Lans
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Geologist Malcolm Rutherford developed a technique to measure the likelihood of a volcano eruption
GSJ Story   22GSJ02d    09/05/1997   Mahdesian
Brown staff art show offers surprises
Sarah Doyle Women's Center has sponsored an exhibition of art by 14 Brown employees who aren't necessarily artists -- one's in plant ops, another is at Swearer Center. The exhibition was well-received
GSJ Story   22GSJ02e    09/05/1997   Sweeney
Brown revises its non-academic disciplinary procedures
The Office of Student Life has announced changes to the non-academic disciplinary code. Growing out of recommendations made last spring by an Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Misconduct, the changes provide students and administrators with additional options for resolving conflicts and address a number of procedural concerns identified by the committee.
News Release   97-012    09/02/1997   Nickel
President-elect Gee discusses `boundless expectations' for new year
President-elect E. Gordon Gee delivered the address at Brown University's 234th Opening Convocation today. In welcoming the 1,385 members of the Class of 2001 to campus, Gee urged them to be actively engaged in their education and to respect the freedom of expression and variety of ideas that define the University.
News Release   97-013    09/02/1997   Nickel
CCC approves new concentration in cognitive neuroscience
The College Curriculum Council approves a new undergraduate concentration in cognitive neuroscience, the study of higher cognitive functions in humans and its underlying neural bases
GSJ Story   22GSJ01a    08/29/1997   Sweeney
A celebration of community ties: dedication honors longtime Fox Point neighbors
A look at the Lima family of Fox Point. For three generations, this family has lived next to campus. They eventually sold their house to Brown; house got razed and site now Benevolent Street Park that contains a bench dedicated to the family and how they shaped Fox Point
GSJ Story   22GSJ01b    08/29/1997   Morin
Senior's research project links weight loss by obese women to improved sex lives
Brown undergrad studied weight loss in a population of women and its effect on their sex lives. The student found that weight loss by obese women improved their sex lives
GSJ Story   22GSJ01c    08/29/1997   Turner
Sterbak makes cured meat, 'coccons' and crickets into art
Czech artist Jana Sterbak exhibits 'cocoons' and crickets in her artwork on exhibition at the David Winton Bell Gallery
GSJ Story   22GSJ01d    08/29/1997   Mahdesian
'Tourist Art,' new collections add up to exciting year for Haffenreffer
A student-produced exhibition called Tourist Art at the Haffenreffer includes a look at the effect tourists have on a culture and how objects in a particular culture change to fit the needs and wants of tourists. Another new exhibition includes a collection of model Eskimo boats and items from the Plains tribes
GSJ Story   22GSJ01e    08/29/1997   Morin
Honors thesis leds to study of effects of maternal depression on fetus
An undergraduate's honors thesis leads to the study of the effects of maternal depression on the fetus and an NIH fellowship
GSJ Story   22GSJ01f    08/29/1997   Turner
Junk mail keeps up with technology
What to do if you receive unsolicited junk mail by e-mail
GSJ Story   22GSJ01g    08/29/1997   Orabello
Investing in our future: the importance of science and technology research
Leoon Cooper remarks on the importance of science and technology research, presented to the House Science Committee's new member forum, organized by the Science Coalition.
GSJ Story   22GSJ01h    08/29/1997   Cooper
Brown geologist develops technique to measure velocity in volcanoes
Brown geology professor Malcolm Rutherford has developed a way to measure the rate of volcanic eruptions, which he applied in the case of Montserrat.
News Release   97-010    08/28/1997   Mahdesian
Gee to be featured speaker at Opening Convocation
Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee, who will be sworn in as Brown University's 17th president in January, is the guest speaker at Opening Convocation Tuesday, Sept. 2, on The College Green.
News Release   97-009    08/25/1997   Sweeney
Dedication at Benevolent Street Park honors longtime neighbors
On Thursday, Aug. 21, at 5:30 p.m., Brown University will dedicate a bench at Benevolent Street Community Park to honor the neighborhood's rich heritage represented by Joao and Joaquina Lima, who immigrated from Cape Verde and became longtime University neighbors. The couple's nine surviving children, their families and former neighbors will attend the program.
News Release   97-008    08/18/1997   Sweeney
33 principals named to National School Reform Faculty Seminar
Thirty-three principals from around the country have been named to the National School Reform Faculty Principals Seminar at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform. Their schools are part of a network of nearly 200 schools participating in a unique program of professional development and whole school change
News Release   97-011    08/18/1997   Sweeney
Bell Gallery to display Sterbak's "Metamorphosis" Aug. 23 - Oct. 5
Czech-Canadian artist Jana Sterbak's exhibition entitled "Metamorphosis" will be presented at the David Winton Bell Gallery from Aug. 23 through Oct. 5, 1997.
News Release   97-007    08/15/1997   Mahdesian
Federal regulations led to better elder care, lower hospitalization rate
After a government mandate for better assessment of nursing home residents, the hospitalization rate among the frailest inhabitants dropped 28 percent without increased mortality, according to a government-financed study led by a Brown University researcher.
News Release   97-005    08/04/1997   Turner
Cianci and Gregorian consider building conversion for Fox Point School
Brown University President Vartan Gregorian and Providence Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr. will tour the vacant Wickenden Street Bath House, 455 Wickenden St., today (Monday, Aug. 4) at 4 p.m., to consider the possibility of converting the structure into an arts and science center for the adjacent elementary school.
News Release   97-006a    08/04/1997   Sweeney
Study links weight loss by obese women to improved sex lives
Obese women may improve their sex lives by losing weight, according to a new study. The most common reason endorsed by women in the study for sexual changes was that they felt better about their bodies.
News Release   97-004    07/31/1997   Turner
Americans see disparity between strong economy and uncertain job prospects
Main Street Americans are dissatisfied with the gap between the strong national economy and their own job experiences and prospects, according to a Providence Journal/Brown University survey of 603 adults aged 18 years and older, conducted by political science professor Darrell West.
News Release   96-089    07/28/1997   Mahdesian
Elizabeth I will come to life in nine public library performances
Actress Marilyn Murphy Meardon will bring Queen Elizabeth I to life in a series of performances drawn from texts written by one of Great Britain's greatest rulers. In Her Own Words: Elizabeth I Onstage and Online, sponsored by Brown University's Women Writers Project and Rhode Island's Office of Library and Information Services, is funded by the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities.
News Release   97-002    07/21/1997   Sweeney
Connecticut high school students to deliberate on U.S. role in the world
The first Connecticut Capitol Forum on America's Future will bring students and teachers to the state house to discuss immigration, the environment, global conflict, and international trade.
News Release   97-003    07/18/1997   Nickel
"Global Governance" named best new journal by AAP
Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organization has been singled out by the Association of American Publishers as the best new journal in business, the humanities, and the social sciences. The periodical was a project of the Academic Council on the United Nations System, part of Brown University's Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies.
News Release   96-077    07/13/1997   Sweeney
Women Writers Project receives grant to prepare pre-Victorian works
The Women Writers Project has received a $190,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to collect, encode and disseminate via the Internet printed books written in English by women before 1830. The authors of the 50 texts include working-class women, colonial women and women of color.
News Release   97-001    07/03/1997   Sweeney
E. Gordon Gee named 17th president of Brown University
E. Gordon Gee, currently president of The Ohio State University, has been selected as the seventeenth president of Brown University. (See also 96-150a, 96-150b and 96-150c for additional backgrtound.)
News Release   96-150    06/27/1997   Nickel
R.I. voters favor takeover limits on for-profit health-care companies
A survey of 407 Rhode Islanders conducted June 21-23 shows that 74 percent believe Downtown Providence looks better than it did five years ago and favor a bill that would restrict the number of non-profit hospitals in Rhode Island that could be purchased by for-profit health-care companies.
News Release   96-148    06/25/1997   Sweeney
Gregorian to say farewell to school renamed in his honor
President Vartan Gregorian will visit students and teachers at the Fox Point Elementary School on Thursday, June 26, between 11:15-11:45 a.m. The Providence School Board has been asked to rename the school, adopted by Brown's athletic teams in 1991, in Gregorian's honor.
News Release   96-149    06/25/1997   Sweeney
Heenan named director of community and government relations
Christine Heenan, who has been associate director of Brown University's Office of Community and Government Relations, has been promoted to director of the office.
News Release   96-147    06/24/1997   Sweeney
Leaders to discuss communications revolution in higher education
Presidents of 16 U.S. and Canadian institutions, along with university rectors, assistant rectors or former rectors from 14 European nations, will gather at Brown University June 25-28 to discuss the use of technology to improve teaching and learning. They also will get a taste of how new technologies can be used in the classroom and in distance education.
News Release   96-146i    06/23/1997   Sweeney
Jean Joyce-Brady appointed associate dean of student life
Jean Joyce-Brady, a licensed psychologist who has been director of counseling services at Bradford College since 1992, will join the University's Office of Student Life as an associate dean, replacing Toby Simon, who resigned last fall.
News Release   96-145    06/20/1997   Sweeney
$2.1 million endows professorship for Gregorian, 11 scholarships
Elizabeth and Malcolm Chace of Providence, R.I., have given $2.1 million to Brown University to endow an assistant professorship named for outgoing President Vartan Gregorian and to endow 11 scholarships that will be named for Mrs. Chase.
News Release   96-144    06/12/1997   Sweeney
Mayor Cianci to give President Gregorian a farewell roasting
Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci, URI President Emeritus Ted Eddy and 1987 Brown graduate Hannelore Rodriguez-Farrar will be the featured roasters at a farewell reception for Brown President Vartan Gregorian Tuesday, June 10, 1997, on the Pembroke Green. The farewell roast, to be opened with a proclamation by Gov. Lincoln Almond, will be hosted by the Brown Club of Rhode Island.
News Release   96-143    06/05/1997   Nickel
Vartan Gregorian announces creation of the Cianci Urban Scholarship
President Vartan Gregorian has announced creation of the Vincent A. Cianci Jr. Urban Scholarship at Brown University. The scholarship will support the work of a Brown student that is designed to improve life in the city. Gregorian also declared June 1, 1997, as "Mayor Cianci Day."
News Release   96-142    06/02/1997   Nickel
Steven Calvert named vice president for alumni relations
Steven Calvert, currently assistant vice president for development and director of alumni relations at Carnegie Mellon University, has been named vice president for alumni relations at Brown.
News Release   96-137    05/30/1997   Nickel
Brown Corporation elects six new trustees for six-year terms
At its Commencement Weekend meeting May 24, the Brown Corporation elected six new trustees: Matthew Mallo, David McKinney, Charles Royce, Peter Green, Fraser Lang and Elizabeth West.
News Release   96-140    05/28/1997   Nickel
Clare Russell Gregorian receives Doctor of Humane Letters degree
In a very well-kept Commencement secret, the Board of Fellows of Brown University approved an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree on Clare Russell Gregorian and conferred it during Brown's 229th Commencement exercises.
News Release   96-141    05/28/1997   Sweeney
Two David Winton Bell Gallery exhibitions showcase Rhode Island talent
Two exhibitions, Of Totems, Traps, Maps, and James Jesus Angleton and Jonathan Sharlin: Ancient Stones will be presented at the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University June 12 through July 6, 1997. An opening reception for both shows will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 21, at the Gallery, 64 College St.
News Release   96-138    05/26/1997   Mahdesian
Gregorian honors Nuala Pell; Clare Gregorian gets honorary degree
In his ninth and final Commencement as Brown University president, Vartan Gregorian awarded the President's Medal to Nuala Pell, wife of retired Sen. Claiborne Pell. In addition, Clare Gregorian, wife of the president, received an honorary doctorate, an award that came as a surprise not only to Mrs. Gregorian but to the President as well.
News Release   96-139    05/26/1997   Sweeney
Hanoi conference to seek missed opportunities for peace in Vietnam war
Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and former Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach will lead high-level 13-member delegations to a four-day conference on missed opportunities for peace during the Vietnam War. The conference, June 19-22 in Hanoi, is co-hosted by the Watson Institute at Brown University and the Institute of International Relations of Vietnam.
News Release   96-136    05/23/1997   Nickel
Brown will award 10 honorary degrees at Commencement May 26
Brown will award honorary degrees to 10 people: Joyce Oldham Appleby, Leo Esaki, Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Carolyn G. Heilbrun, Richard C. Holbrooke, David Macaulay, Lorraine Monroe, Bill Moyers, Dr. Augustus A. White III, and John Hazen White. Several of the recipients will speak during Commencement Weekend.
News Release   96-131    05/22/1997   Sweeney
Statement: Brown supports the academic freedom of Dr. David Kern
Brown University reiterates its full and unequivocal support for the academic freedom of Dr. David Kern, an associate professor of medicine and a specialist in occupational health employed by The Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket, R.I. (See also 96-133a, a statement by Lois Monteiro, associate dean of medicine for faculty affairs.)
News Release   96-133    05/21/1997   Nickel
RI Senate honors Vartan Gregorian May 21
Brown University President Vartan Gregorian will be honored by Rhode Island state senators this afternoon for his service to the state and local community. The ceremony will take place at 4:30 in the Senate Chambers.
News Release   96-135    05/21/1997   Morin
Parties in disciplinary case resolve disputes; OCR complaint is withdrawn
A complaint before the Office of Civil Rights regarding a disciplinary case at Brown has been withdrawn. The parties have resolved their disputes privately and have asked OCR to take no further action in its investigation.
News Release   96-134    05/20/1997   Nickel
Citations honor faculty, teaching assistants, Graduate School alumni
Hazeltine Citations and Senior Medical Citation honor faculty contributions to the Class of 1997; Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching honor those who have excelled as teaching assistants; Graduate School Alumni Awards honor achievements of those who have received advanced degrees from Brown.
News Release   96-132    05/19/1997   Sweeney
21 Commencement Forums provide intellectual feast May 24
Twenty-one Commencement Forums will be presented Saturday, May 24, at various sites on campus. The forums will include best-selling author Stephen Jay Gould, The Way Things Work author David Macaulay, and IBM's Louis Gerstner.
News Release   96-129    05/16/1997   Mahdesian
Commencement speakers include students and honored guests
Journalist Bill Moyers, former Asst. Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke, Nobel Peace Prize-winner JosŽ Ramos-Horta and members of the Class of 1997 are among those who will speak during Brown's 229th Commencement Weekend, May 24-26.
News Release   96-130    05/16/1997   Morin
Nagorno-Karabakh study details role of politics in aid response
"Humanitarian Action and Politics: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh" is a timely study issued by the Watson Institute's Humanitarianism and War Project. The study examines sources of the nine-year-old conflict and the international community's responses, which may actually have hampered a negotiated resolution.
News Release   96-128    05/14/1997   Sweeney
Brown to unveil new war memorial on Sunday, May 25
A procession of veterans escorted by the U.S. Navy Band is one of several activities planned for the unveiling of a new war memorial, Sunday morning, May 25, 1997, on the Brown University campus. The monument will honor the 205 Brown alumni who died during World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
News Release   96-125    05/08/1997   Turner
Scientists use magnetic field as alternative to space-based zero gravity
Use of a magnetic field to levitate living specimens suggests a ground-based alternative to sending astronauts into space for expensive zero-gravity experiments.
News Release   96-126    05/08/1997   Turner
Bill Moyers to deliver baccalaureate address Sunday, May 25
Bill Moyers, acclaimed author and broadcast journalist, will address the Class of 1997 at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 25, in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America. The baccalaureate service will be simulcast to a large-format video screen on The College Green for parents and guests of the graduates.
News Release   96-127    05/08/1997   Turner
Brown to hold 229th Commencement Monday, May 26, 1997
Chief Marshal Charles Watts '47 will lead more than 5,000 people down College Hill on Monday, May 26, forming one of the nation's largest and most colorful academic pageants. The Commencement procession and 229th academic exercises Ð Vartan Gregorian's ninth and final Commencement as president Ð cap a four-day Commencement and Reunion Weekend at Brown. (A schedule of events is attached.)
News Release   96-124    05/07/1997   Nickel
Committee recommends changes to Brown's disciplinary system
The final report of an Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Misconduct recommends more than a dozen changes to Brown's disciplinary system, including a new "structured negotiation" option.
News Release   96-122    05/01/1997   Nickel
Brown Library receives Ciaraldi comic book collection
The Michael J. Ciaraldi Collection of comic books and other materials, estimated to contain 60,000 items, has been donated to the Brown University Library. It is housed in the John Hay Library, corner of Prospect and College Streets.
News Release   96-123    04/30/1997   Mahdesian
Fourteen Brown Says Thank You! awards presented at honors breakfast
Fourteen members of Brown University's support staff received Brown Says Thank You! awards for the innovation, initiative, service and personal commitment they have demonstrated in their work. The awards were presented at the University's annual staff appreciation breakfast April 21.
News Release   96-121    04/29/1997   Sweeney
International conference to explore Jews and European expansion
The John Carter Brown Library will present "The Jews and the Expansion of Europe to the West: 1450 to the Revolutions for Independence in the Americas" June 15-18 on the campus of Brown University. All sessions are free and open to the public.
News Release   96-120    04/28/1997   Mahdesian
24 students receive Royce Fellowships for research, public service
Twenty-four Brown undergraduates have been selected to receive Royce Fellowships. The program recognizes undergraduates who have gained distinction through research, creativity, service and leadership. The fellowships enable recipients to complete research, curricular development or a public service project. Recipients become lifetime members of the Society of Royce Fellows.
News Release   96-118    04/24/1997   Sweeney
Internal review: use of spray against student was appropriate
An internal review conducted by Police & Security Services finds that campus police use of pepper spray against an unruly student on Feb. 8 was justified. The student pleaded no contest to two charges and will file no complaint against officers.
News Release   96-119    04/24/1997   Sweeney
Brown University ends Ôred light' policy for delinquent accounts
Brown University has changed its policy regarding the timely payment of student financial obligations and has ended an enforcement procedure known on campus as "red lighting."
News Release   96-117    04/23/1997   Morin
Annenberg videoconference: Reformers to discuss value of studying student's work
Four nationally known education reform advocates will "meet" via satellite with educators, students, parents and community members around the country on May 1 to talk about the work students produce in schools.
News Release   96-116    04/22/1997   Sweeney
Brown files plan to meet court's gender ratio requirements for athletics
Although it is pursuing an appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court, Brown University has filed a Title IX compliance plan with the District Court in a case alleging gender bias in athletics. Brown hopes to meet the District Court's requirements for gender proportionality without adding any University-funded teams or eliminating any men's teams.
News Release   96-114    04/21/1997   Nickel
U.S. Supreme Court denies Brown's request to hear Title IX appeal
The Supreme Court today declined to grant Brown's petition for a writ of certiorari in a Title IX gender bias in athletics case. This was not a decision on the merits. Brown remains confident that its interpretation of Title IX is correct and that issues raised in the case will ultimately be decided by the Supreme Court.
News Release   96-115    04/21/1997   Nickel
Student wins Shy Award for nation's best clinical neurology paper
Neetha Shetty, a second-year student in the Brown University School of Medicine, has received the G. Milton Shy Award from the American Academy of Neurology for the best clinical research paper submitted by a U.S. medical student.
News Release   96-113    04/15/1997   Turner
Public radio series coming to Brown to tape show on youth and learning
"The Merrow Report on Air," a public radio series on youth and learning, is coming to campus April 23 to tape an hour-long segment about cultural conflict in the classroom. The show, hosted by journalist John Merrow, will feature nationally known educator and author Lisa Delpit and audience participation.
News Release   96-112    04/14/1997   Sweeney
Town meeting to ask if long-term care is a right or benefit for the elderly
"Health Care for Elders in an Aging World" will give the general public a chance to join an international panel of experts in a discussion of the cultural and social values behind elderly care and the economic effects of aging on our society. The program will take place at 7:30 p.m., April 29, in Brown's Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   96-111    04/11/1997   Turner
Brown to digitize 1,500 African American sheet music items, 1850-1920
Brown University will digitize 1,500 pieces of African American sheet music from the John Hay Library, under a $72,000 grant from Ameritech. The digitized music will become part of the National Digital Library Program at the Library of Congress.
News Release   96-109    04/10/1997   Nickel
Four honorary degrees will be presented at ÔDay of Spanish Language'
Brown University is celebrating "A Day of Spanish Language" April 28. Honorary degrees will be presented to Rosario FerrŽ, Puerto Rican writer and poet; Carlos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and author; Victor Garc’a de la Concha of the Universidad de Salamanca and the Royal Spanish Academy; and Jesœs de Polanco, publisher of Spain's leading newspaper.
News Release   96-110    04/10/1997   Sweeney
African political activists discuss the future of their homelands
Political activists from Zaire, Mozambique and Nigeria will discuss the future of Africa during a lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, on the Brown University campus. They are part of the "Africa Peace Tour" sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee.
News Release   96-108    04/03/1997   Sweeney
Nine amicus curiae briefs support Brown's Title IX Supreme Court appeal
Nine friend-of-the-court briefs have been filed in support of Brown University, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Brown's appeal in the Title IX athletics case. The briefs represent a range of views, from 49 members of Congress to a former cabinet secretary to national educational associations and athletic and coaching organizations.
News Release   96-107    04/02/1997   Nickel
Brown Summer High School offers students mental excitement
The Brown Summer High School program, held June 30-July 25, gives high school students the opportunity to challenge their minds in a series of wide-ranging courses.
News Release   96-106    03/28/1997   Sweeney
Jewish and Arab scholars to explore Israeli and Palestinian identities
"Israeli and Palestinian Identities: In History, Literature, and the Arts," a conference sponsored by the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies, will be presented April 13-15 at Brown University.
News Release   96-105    03/25/1997   Mahdesian
Experts to debate NATO's expansion into Warsaw Pact countries
Government officials from Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic and the United States will gather for a discussion titled "NATO's Push Eastward: Enhancing Security or Sparking Tension?" CNN's Ralph Begleiter will moderate the event at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, in Room 101 of the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   96-104    03/24/1997   Mahdesian
Literature and Medicine forum to share experience of doctors, patients, families
"Literature and Medicine," a two-day series of forums, opens at 4 p.m. April 4 with the Harriet Sheridan Memorial Lecture by Rita Charon, M.D., of Columbia University. Charon will discuss ways to bring doctors closer to patients' experiences and ways to share a common language when discussing illness.
News Release   96-103    03/21/1997   Turner
Plastic microspheres could be effective oral drug delivery system
A new technique of encapsulating drugs in biodegradable plastic microspheres could allow oral administration of insulin and other drugs not now given orally. By degrading over time, the microspheres furnish a supply of drugs to the body and may become a more effective delivery system than injections and other techniques.
News Release   96-102    03/19/1997   Turner
Zarlengo named LAB director
Phil Zarlengo, who has served in a variety of urban and suburban teaching and administrative positions, has been named executive director of the Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory at Brown, one of 10 research and development laboratories funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
News Release   96-101    03/18/1997   Sweeney
Bell Gallery to present works by American photojournalist David H. Wells
Neighbors: Relations Between Arabs and Jews in Israel will be on view in the List Art Center Foyer at Brown University March 29 through April 15, 1997. The exhibition includes works by American photojournalist David H. Wells and is presented in conjunction with a conference, "Israeli and Palestinian Identities in History, Literature and the Arts" (April 13-15).
News Release   96-099    03/17/1997   Mahdesian
Brown to inaugurate endowed chair named for Vasco da Gama
An endowed professorship named for the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama will be inaugurated at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, in the John Carter Brown Library. This is the first Portuguese professorship in the United States funded by sources in Portugal.
News Release   96-098    03/14/1997   Mahdesian
Six graduate students to live in first-year dorms as community directors
Six graduate students will live and work in first-year residential areas next fall, serving as community directors. Deployment of the community directors is part of a blueprint for improving residential life at Brown and will provide additional support and supervision for members of the peer counseling program.
News Release   96-096    03/11/1997   Nickel
Clinton budget official to join debate on President's economic plans
Joseph Minarik, from the Office of Management and Budget in Washington, D.C., will join a debate on President Clinton's budget proposals at 8 p.m. Monday, March 17, in Room 101 of the Salomon Center. The debate is part of the Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference (March 12-20).
News Release   96-097    03/11/1997   Mahdesian
Endowed coaching chair in women's basketball honors student athlete
Elizabeth Zopfi Chace '59 and Malcolm G. Chace III of Providence, R.I., have endowed the women's basketball head coaching position in honor of Brown student-athlete Liz Turner '98.
News Release   96-094    03/10/1997   Morin
Sources of advice on restoring flood-damaged possessions
Eric Shoaf, head of the preservation department for the Brown University Library, offers flood victims advice and resources to restore their water-damaged belongings and valuables.
News Release   96-095    03/10/1997   Mahdesian
Obituary information for Pierre M. Galletti
A memorial service will be held at noon Monday, March 17, in the Meeting Houseof the First Baptist Church in America to celebrate the life of Pierre M. Galletti, M.D., Ph.D. Galletti, 69, died in Providence, R.I., at 12:15 a.m. Saturday, March 8, 1997, of injuries from a fall.
News Release   96-100    03/08/1997   Turner
Gregorian to receive Rosenberger Medal
President Vartan Gregorian will receive the Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal, the highest honor Brown's faculty can bestow, at the University's 229th Commencement in May. Gregorian will be the 21st recipient since 1919, when the Rosenberger Medal was established.
News Release   96-092    03/07/1997   Nickel
Gregorian delivers State of the University Release
In a State of the University Address delivered Thursday, March 6, to faculty, students, staff and friends, President Vartan Gregorian reviewed accomplishments, discussed current issues, and pronounced Brown University in good health.
News Release   96-093    03/07/1997   Nickel
Four new speakers confirmed for Public Affairs Conference
Four new speakers have been confirmed for the upcoming Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference (March 12-21) at the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   96-091    03/03/1997   Mahdesian
Gregorian to deliver State of the University Address March 6
On Thursday, March 6, at 4 p.m. in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America, Brown University President Vartan Gregorian will deliver a convocation address on the state of the University.
News Release   96-090    02/28/1997   Nickel
Drug and radiation treatment may shrink tumors in pancreas, stomach
A new drug and radiation treatment may greatly improve the prognosis for a patient with locally advanced and inoperable cancer in the pancreas and stomach.
News Release   96-088    02/27/1997   Sweeney
Mor named chair of Department of Community Health
Vincent Mor, director of the Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, has been named chair of the Department of Community Health at the Brown medical school. He succeeds Lois Monteiro.
News Release   96-087    02/21/1997   Turner
Brown takes its Title IX appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court
Attorneys for Brown University have petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari in the Title IX athletics gender bias case. If the lower court ruling is allowed to stand, colleges and universities may be held to a compliance standard that conflicts with Supreme Court precedents.
News Release   96-085    02/19/1997   Nickel
Blood test can identify children with strep-related behavior disorders
A blood test that searches for susceptibility to rheumatic fever may help identify children who are at risk for obsessive-compulsive and other behavior disorders. Some psychiatric illnesses may be triggered by strep infections and could therefore be treated with penicillin.
News Release   96-084    02/18/1997   Turner
Brown to hold summer internship and jobs fair Feb. 20
The nature of career planning services is changing rapidly. This year, corporate and nonprofit representatives attending Brown's Summer Job and Internship Fair Feb. 20 has risen 47 percent. Students seek out internship opportunities much earlier in their undergraduate careers.
News Release   96-086    02/18/1997   Morin
1997-98 tuition to rise 4.6 percent to $22,592, total charges to $29,900
Tuition for an undergraduate at Brown next year will be $22,592, a 4.6-percent increase. An advisory committee had proposed a 4.7-percent tuition hike, but President Vartan Gregorian recommended that the University Corporation approve the lower figure. Total charges will rise 4.3 percent, from $28,658 to $29,900.
News Release   96-082    02/15/1997   Sweeney
Corporation names Joukowsky chancellor, Robert vice chancellor
Following the resignation of Chancellor Alva O. Way, the Brown Corporation elected Artemis A. W. Joukowsky as chancellor. Joukowsky will serve through June 30, 1998. Stephen Robert was elected vice chancellor and named chancellor-designate. He will succeed Joukowsky in 1998. Both appointments took effect immediately.
News Release   96-083    02/15/1997   Nickel
17th Annual Public Affairs Conference: Updating the American Dream
The 17th annual Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference Ð Updating the American Dream: What To Expect From Tomorrow's Economy Ð will take place March 12-21 on the Brown campus. A national survey in conjunction with the conference will be conducted with results released nationally March 3.
News Release   96-079    02/13/1997   Mahdesian
Study: Smoking may be a marker for potential depression, drug abuse in teens
A study of 1,709 teen-agers suggests smoking may be a marker for potential drug abuse and depression among adolescents.
News Release   96-080    02/13/1997   Turner
"Modern Culture and Modernity Today" conference March 14-15
"Modern Culture and Modernity Today," a two-day conference at Brown University, will take place March 14-15, and will feature scholars from the United States and England.
News Release   96-081    02/13/1997   Mahdesian
Choices for 21st Century participants urge international cooperation
Participants in the Choices for the 21st Century public policy discussion series, held in libraries in eight states, deliberated the question "What is America and what do we want it to be?" then cast a "citizen ballot" for the foreign policy role they would like to see the United States play. Fifty-four percent favored a strategy of international cooperation, "even if we have to sacrifice some of our sovereignty."
News Release   96-078    02/11/1997   Sweeney
BLC announced spring 1997 course offerings
The Brown Learning Community offers 170 non-credit courses this spring, ranging from comet spotting and bird watching to selections in fitness and career development. A new five-course series leads to a Certificate in the Practice of Management.
News Release   96-076    02/07/1997   Sweeney
Brown names campus Advisory Committee in presidential selection
The Brown Learning Community offers 170 non-credit courses this spring, ranging from comet spotting and bird watching to selections in fitness and career development. A new five-course series leads to a Certificate in the Practice of Management.
News Release   96-074    02/06/1997   Nickel
PSA: Office of Summer Studies offers an open house
Text of a public service announcement for an open house at the Office of Summer Studies, Feb. 15, 1997
News Release   96-075    02/06/1997   Mahdesian
Viennese photographer Rudolf Koppitz to be featured at Bell Gallery
Rudolf Koppitz: Viennese ÔMaster of the Camera' will be presented at the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University April 19 through June 1, 1997. Opening reception and talk by Jo-Ann Conklin, Bell Gallery director, will be presented at 5:30 Friday, April 18, at the Gallery, 64 College St.
News Release   96-072    02/04/1997   Mahdesian
Survey: RI voters diveded on Patriots stadium, for-profit hospitals
A survey of 438 Rhode Islanders conducted Feb. 1-3 shows voters rate Gov. Almond's job performance higher than last fall. Voters are divided on proposals to build an NFL stadium and to create the state's first for-profit hospital.
News Release   96-073    02/04/1997   Nickel
Robert and Sara Reichley honored at Perlman benefit concert
During intermission at the Perlman Concert, Jan. 29, in the Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Providence, R.I., Brown President Vartan Gregorian awarded the John K. McIntyre Medal to Robert A. Reichley for his outstanding service to Brown. Gregorian also announced the establishment of the Sara and Robert A. Reichley Concert Fund, supported by a lead gift from Cookson-America Inc.
News Release   96-071    01/30/1997   Mahdesian
Secretary of Education Riley will address policy seminar Feb. 3
U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley will discuss the Clinton administration's education policies and agenda at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, in Sayles Hall. The event also includes remarks from U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and a tribute to retired U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell for his contributions to education.
News Release   96-070    01/28/1997   Sweeney
Prime minister of Bangladesh to give President's Lecture Feb. 7
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed of Bangladesh will give a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. Memorial Lecture at noon Friday, Feb. 7, in Sayles Hall. Sheikh Hasina is the daughter of Bangladesh's slain independence leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was killed in a military coup in 1975.
News Release   96-068    01/24/1997   Mahdesian
Brown Journal of World Affairs announces winter/spring edition
The student-published Brown Journal of World Affairs Winter/Spring 1997 issue will feature government officials and other experts offering their appraisal of global security in the post-Cold War world. The issue will be in bookstores Feb. 3, 1997.
News Release   96-069    01/24/1997   Mahdesian
Corporation establishes Presidential Search Committee
The Advisory and Executive Committee of the Brown Corporation has established a 16-member Presidential Search Committee to be chaired by Brown Chancellor Alva O. Way. A second committee of faculty, students and administrators will advise the Corporation's committee in selecting a successor to President Vartan Gregorian.
News Release   96-066    01/21/1997   Nickel
Brown reactivates committee on investor responsibility
Brown University will reactivate a faculty-student-alumni committee to consider issues of investor responsibility as they affect the University's investment policies and practices. The committee will provide information to Brown Corporation, which is responsible for the University's assets, including an $800-million endowment.
News Release   96-067    01/21/1997   Nickel
1997 Steinberg Festival of News Plays moves to Trinity Rep
The 1997 Steinberg Festival of New Plays, Jan. 30 through Feb. 9, will feature eight plays performed on the downstairs stage at Trinity Repertory Theatre. The festival is part of The Providence New Play Festival at Trinity, which runs through May 11.
News Release   96-065    01/16/1997   Mahdesian
Hospital noise pollution disrupts sleep of critical-care patients
Excessive noise pollution at night may be an important cause of sleep disruption in hospitalized elderly patients. For years, patients have complained that noise disturbs their sleep. New findings offer direct evidence that environmental noise in the hospital correlates strongly with sleep disruption.
News Release   96-063    01/14/1997   Turner
Prison-release treatment program cuts recidivism for HIV-positive women
A prison-release program for HIV-positive women cuts the recidivism rate by more than 50 percent. The program may be the nation's first to send academic hospital personnel into public prisons to treat HIV-positive inmates.
News Release   96-064    01/14/1997   Turner
Annenberg Institute to host colloquium for National School Reform Faculty
Coaches, teachers, principals and others will examine student work, peer coaching, professional portfolio development and school and district leadership as vehicles for whole school change. Participants in the national colloquium, Jan. 16-18, 1997, in Providence, R.I., come from reform networks affiliated with the Annenberg Institute's National School Reform Faculty.
News Release   96-061    01/10/1997   Sweeney
Gregorian to become president of Carnegie Corporation of New York
Vartan Gregorian, Brown's 16th president, will leave the University in July 1997 to become president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York. During his presidency, Gregorian successfully reendowed and enhanced the University's core academic activities of research, instruction and service.
News Release   96-060    01/07/1997   Nickel
Maj. Paul V. Verrecchia named chief of Police and Security Services
Maj. Paul V. Verrecchia, a 21-year veteran of the Providence Police Department, has been named chief of Police and Security Services at Brown University, succeeding Dennis L. Boucher.
News Release   96-059    12/30/1996   Nickel
Professors Newman and Baker receive 1997 NEH fellowships
Comparative literature professor Karen Newman and music professor James Baker are the two Brown University professors chosen to receive NEH fellowships announced Dec. 19, by the NEH.
News Release   96-058    12/23/1996   Mahdesian
Bell Gallery presents works of photographer Sally Mann
Still Time: Sally Mann, a retrospective exhibition of 60 photographs taken over 25 years, will be presented by the David Winton Bell Gallery of Brown University, from Feb. 1 to March 9, 1997.
News Release   96-057    12/20/1996   Mahdesian
Brown libraries receive $625K NEH challenge grant for preservation
The National Endowment for the Humanities will award Brown University $625,000 in the form of a challenge grant to support the library's ongoing preservation efforts for old and new items.
News Release   96-055    12/19/1996   Mahdesian
Two Brown experts comment on Preuvian hostage crisis
Two Brown experts Ð Thomas Skidmore, director of the Center for Latin American Studies, and Maria Elena Garcia, a Peruvian graduate student in anthropology Ð are available for interviews about the current hostage situation in Lima, Peru.
News Release   96-056i    12/19/1996   Mahdesian
Salt Lake City schools receive $4M from Annenberg Challenge
Salt Lake City's public school district will receive a $4-million challenge grant from the Annenberg Foundation to begin a five-year education reform project. To meet the two-to-one challenge, the Salt Lake City-based Eccles Foundation has pledged $2.5 million; $2.5 million will come from the private sector; and $3 million will be reallocated from the district's budget.
News Release   96-053    12/13/1996   Sweeney
New research center focuses on microstructures, advanced materials
A new research center at Brown University focuses on the mechanical behavior of advanced materials in structures as small as a billionth of a meter. The center's research expertise will also support new science and engineering teaching approaches in the nation's high schools.
News Release   96-054    12/13/1996   Turner
Two studies seek commercial uses for high-carbon fly ash
Two studies underway at Brown University are trying to find commercial uses for the 50 million tons of high-carbon fly ash piling up annually at the nation's power plants.
News Release   96-052    12/03/1996   Turner
Public program to share the excitement of the Galileo mission
A free program on the spectacular images and other data beamed to Earth by the spaceship Galileo will be presented Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the Salomon Center for Teaching.
News Release   96-051    11/25/1996   Turner
Split decision by First Circuit reverses lower court remedy in Title IX case
In a 2 to 1 decision, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirms in part and reverses in part a District Court decision in Brown's Title IX athletic gender bias case. The appellate court reverses the lower court's order requiring Brown to fund four additional women's varsity teams.That
News Release   96-050    11/21/1996   Nickel
Voters want disclosure, spending limits for interest-group ads
Issue advocacy advertising was more prominent in the 1996 national elections than ever before. By a wide margin, Americans believe interest groups sponsoring these ads should be subject to spending limits and funding disclosure. News media received mixed reviews, but commentators were found to be valuable sources of information.
News Release   96-048    11/19/1996   Nickel
John Carter Brown Library to receive Sim—n Bol’var collection
Maury Bromsen, a Boston-based book collector, will give his collection of writings and iconographic materials related to Sim—n Bol’var to the John Carter Brown Library.
News Release   96-049    11/19/1996   Mahdesian
Lynn Davidman researches mother-loss in American adolescence
Lynn Davidman, associate professor of Judaic studies, sociology and women's studies, has interviewed 60 men and women from various economic backgrounds for a new book that explores the consequences of growing up motherless in American society.
News Release   96-046i    11/13/1996   Morin
Associate Dean Toby Simon to leave Brown after fall semester
Associate Dean of Student Life Toby Simon, a nationally renowned innovator of college-level programs to promote health education and address issues of sexual misconduct, will leave Brown University at the end of the current semester.
News Release   96-047    11/13/1996   Nickel
Endowed football chair honors Howard Williams and Joe Paterno
Roger D. Williams '47 has given $1 million to honor his father, Howard D. Williams '17, and legendary football coach Joe Paterno by creating the Williams/Paterno Chair in Football.
News Release   96-045    11/08/1996   Morin
Bell Gallery presents "Visionary Architecture of Brodsky and Utkin"
The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University will present "The Visionary Architecture of Brodsky and Utkin" Dec. 7, 1996, through Jan. 19, 1997.
News Release   96-044    10/31/1996   Mahdesian
Oblique angle made dinosaur-killing asteroid particularly deadly
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was particularly deadly because it hit the Yucatan peninsula at an oblique angle, spreading a killing zone of matter downrange, according to a new study.
News Release   96-041    10/30/1996   Turner
Boston public schools to get $10M from Annenberg Challenge
Boston's public schools have received a five-year, $10-million grant to help implement School Supt. Thomas W. Payzant's Comprehensive Reform Plan, which targets several groups of schools in the city. The grant will be matched by several Boston foundations and businesses.
News Release   96-042    10/29/1996   Sweeney
Detroit public schools receive $20M Annenberg Challenge grant
Detroit's Schools of the 21st Century Initiative, a collaborative public school reform effort, has received a five-year, $20-million challenge grant from the Annenberg Foundation. The initiative aims to improve teaching, learning, and cooperation among school, staff and community, especially parents. The grant will be matched by $20 million from state and federal education funds and $20 million from private foundations and corporations.
News Release   96-043    10/28/1996   Sweeney
Mild maternal hypertension may be advantage, not risk for fetus
Although an expectant mother's high blood pressure may cause fetal stress and premature birth, a new study provides evidence that mild maternal hypertension actually accelerates maturation of the lungs and nervous system in infants.
News Release   96-039    10/24/1996   Turner
Beach-going skin-cancer educators change behavior of sunbathers
Results from a new study suggest that the beach is a suitable site for reaching sunbathers at high risk for skin cancer and helping them change their behaviors.
News Release   96-040    10/24/1996   Turner
Klawunn named director of Sarah Doyle Center
Margaret Klawunn, a director of special projects at Rutgers University, has been named director of Brown University's Sarah Doyle Women's Center, which since its opening in 1975 has been an important resource for women at the University.
News Release   96-038    10/23/1996   Sweeney
Brown medical school hosts President's Cancer Panel hearing
The President's Cancer Panel will take testimony Oct. 25 in Providence on how managed care is affecting basic cancer research. The public is invited to attend the 8:15 a.m. to 5 p.m. meeting at Rhode Island Hospital's George Auditorium.
News Release   96-036    10/18/1996   Turner
Cyberfiction pioneer Bobby Rabyd tours East Coast electronic cafes
Cyberfiction pioneer Bobby Rabyd will embark on an East Coast speaking tour. He will read from "Sunshine '69," the Internet's first fully interactive novel, at electronic cafes in cities including Providence, Boston, New York and Washington, D.C.
News Release   96-037    10/18/1996   Morin
Joukowsky, Ittleson receive President's Medal
Artemis A.W. Joukowsky and H. Anthony Ittleson, who helped lead Brown University's Campaign for the Rising Generation to its successful $534-million conclusion, have received the President's Medal, the highest honor a Brown president may bestow.
News Release   96-035    10/11/1996   Sweeney
Brown celebrates end of $534M Campaign for the Rising Generation
The Campaign for the Rising Generation has raised $534-million to reendow Brown University's library, faculty, student scholarships and academic programs. Brown will mark the conclusion of the campaign with the premire of a dramatic and musical work, an outdoor festival of sound and light, Oct. 11-12.
News Release   96-031    10/10/1996   Nickel
Carolyn Dean named Rhode Island Professor of the Year
Carolyn Dean, associate professor of history, has been named the 1996 Rhode Island Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
News Release   96-034    10/10/1996   Morin
Marriage, not discrimination, may account for gender wage differential
In a potentially controversial paper, two Brown University professors and a colleague examine how marriage or the decision to marry Ð not overt discrimination Ð may account for gender-specific wage differentials.
News Release   96-032    10/07/1996   Morin
David Pingree reconstructs the history of mathematics
David Pingree, professor of the history of mathematics at Brown University, heads the only history of mathematics department in the world.
News Release   96-033i    10/07/1996   Morin
Students travel to JPL to learn 'faster, better, cheaper' realities of space exploration
Brown students travel to JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory to learn realities of space exploration, in particular, planning a space project to Venus; Jim Head project
GSJ Story   21GSJ05d    10/05/1996   Scott
Medical School appoints three new chairpersons
The Brown University School of Medicine has named Dr. Agnes Kane chairperson of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Dr. Charles McDonald chairperson of a new Department of Dermatology; and Dr. John Cronan interim chairperson of the Department of Diagnostic Imaging.
News Release   96-030    10/01/1996   Turner
Revised guidelines for political activities at Brown
Revised guidelines for political activities at Brown. University prohibited from engaging in partisan political activity or permitting its resources to be used for support of such activity. These rules guide candidates, campaigning limits on campus
GSJ Story   21GSJ05a    09/27/1996   Sweeney
Off Hours: Linda Collette, researching extremist groups for Ph.D.
Off Hours: Linda Collette, who in her off-hours researches extremist groups. This work is in conjunction with her Ph.D. dissertation
GSJ Story   21GSJ05b    09/27/1996   Mahdesian
Fit for Brown focuses on keeping employees physically and mentally fit
A look at the Fit for Brown program: stress reduction, exercise, weight reduction, physical fitness, flu shots, cholesterol and blood pressure screenings -- all offered free to Brown employees
GSJ Story   21GSJ05c    09/27/1996   Chadwick
Lucia Trimbur wins public service award
Lucia Trimbur '97 wins the first Brian Dickinson Public Service Award, given to a Brown undergraduate who has demonstrated extraordinary commitment to community service. This event also launched the Community Partnership Directory during Brown Celebrates Providence Day. The directory outlines the more than 240 University programs and projects that affect Rhode Island
GSJ Story   21GSJ05e    09/27/1996   Sweeney
Galileo team stops at Brown to take stock
Galileo Imaging Team from JPL visits Brown lab. Jim Head is on that team, studying Jupiter and its many moons.
GSJ Story   21GSJ05f    09/27/1996   Turner
Decision to marry, not discrimination, creates gender wage gap, economists say
The economics of marriage -- not discrimination -- are responsible for gender wage gap, according to a model created by two Brown economists
GSJ Story   21GSJ05h    09/27/1996   Morin
Vanguard writers to meet for ÔUnspeakable Practices III' Oct. 1-5
Brown University's Program in Creative Writing will hold a vanguard narrative festival, "Unspeakable Practices III," October 1-5.
News Release   96-028    09/26/1996   Mahdesian
Alumni Association honors diplomat Richard Holbrooke
On Saturday, Oct. 12, the Brown Alumni Association will present Richard Holbrooke with the William Rogers Award at its annual Alumni Recognition Ceremony.
News Release   96-029    09/26/1996   Mahdesian
Watson Institute publishes study on Haiti intervention
A joint Brown University/United Nations University study group assessed the roles and contributions of many groups to Haiti's struggle toward democracy during the 10 years following the Duvalier regime. Although the international community has been effective since 1994, the study is critical of efforts during the 1991-1994 era of de facto military rule.
News Release   96-027    09/25/1996   Nickel
Harambee House disturbance: A statement from Student Life
Following weekend disturbances that involved student injuries, Dean of Student Life Robin Rose distributed the following statement to the Brown University community, addressing issues of campus security and non-academic discipline. The statement appeared on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1996, as a paid notice in The Brown Daily Herald, the campus student newspaper, and Friday, Sept. 27, in The George St. Journal, the University's official weekly newspaper.
News Release   96-026    09/24/1996   Nickel
Survey: Reed over Mayer, Kennedy and Weygand over opponents
A survey of 405 Rhode Island voters shows a preference for Jack Reed over Nancy Mayer in the U.S. Senate race, preferences for Patrick Kennedy and Robert Weygand over their opponents in House races, and a sharp increase in the Index of Consumer Sentiment for Rhode Island.
News Release   96-025    09/23/1996   Nickel
New Swearer Center contract accommodates RISD students interested in public service
New Swearer Center contract accommodates RISD students interested in public service
GSJ Story   21GSJ04a    09/20/1996   Morin
Campaigning politicians offer competing views on education to woo voters
Campaigning politicians offer competing views on education to woo voters; Democrats including Rep. Richard Gephardt and Rep. Jack Reed invoke name of Pell Grant founder. They are in town for a rally on campus sponsored by the College Democrats; Republican candidates Nancy Mayer and Giovanni Cicione hold news conference to offer alternative ways to save for college tuition.
GSJ Story   21GSJ04b    09/20/1996   Sweeney
Study: Songbirds switch from insects to berries to fuel migration
Study shows songbirds switch from insects to berries to fuel fall migration. The research suggests that the importance of fruit-rich habitats along coastal migration routes should be considered in land-management and conservation decisions
GSJ Story   21GSJ04c    09/20/1996   Turner
Political scientist says family-values rhetoric is old news, bad news to progress
Political scientist says family-values rhetoric is old news and bad news to progress. The current political rhetoric of declining morality and a call to the return to family values is nothing new, says Jim Morone
GSJ Story   21GSJ04d    09/20/1996   Mahdesian
Lights, cameras, lasesrs, computer animation -- action
Lights, cameras, lasers, computer animation are some of the technological wizardry used to produce a sound and light show in the Green to commemmorate Brown's history and the successful completion of the Campaign for the Rising Generation
GSJ Story   21GSJ04e    09/20/1996   Mahdesian
JCB celebrates 150th anniversary with lectures, symposia
Brown University will mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the John Carter Brown Library with a five-week long celebration, from Oct. 9 through Nov. 14.
News Release   96-022    09/20/1996   Mahdesian
ÔOrder/Disorder' exhibitions at Bell Gallery through Nov. 24
The exhibition, Order/Disorder: Paintings by Natalie Alper, Lydia Dona, Mary Heilmann & Jacqueline Humphries will be presented at the Bell Gallery Oct. 19 through Nov. 24.
News Release   96-023    09/20/1996   Mahdesian
Lucia Trimbur receives first Brian Dickinson Award
Lucia Trimbur, a senior from Cranston, R.I., has received the University's first Brian Dickinson Award in recognition of her extraordinary commitment to community service. Trimbur's service projects while at Brown include teaching English as a second language in South Providence, coaching youngsters on an inner-city track team, and writing a policy brief for legislators on hunger-related issues.
News Release   96-024    09/20/1996   Sweeney
New med school curriculum puts patients first
The School of Medicine implements its new "patient-first" curriculum called MD2000. The curriculum is based on a med student's abilities and demonstrated competencies in nine key areas.
GSJ Story   21GSJ03a    09/13/1996   Turner
Off Hours: Elana Chomiszak, Class of 1997 and Miss Rhode Island
Off Hours: Brown senior Elana Chomiszak in her off-hours competes in beauty pageants. She currently is Miss Rhode Island and will be competing in the Miss America contest.
GSJ Story   21GSJ03b    09/13/1996   Sweeney
Community Partnership Directory details 240-plus public service efforts
Brown has compiled a comprehensive guide of volunteer public service, community service and outreach projects carried out by the Brown community. Copies of the database and guide will be distributed throughout Rhode Island as a resource.
GSJ Story   21GSJ03c    09/13/1996   Richard
Inequality between Arabs, Jews a major theme in Goldscheider book about Israel
Inequality between Arabs, Jews a major theme in Calvin Goldscheider's new book about Israel. Although Israel is designed as an egalitarian society, Goldscheider said the country has many divisions. There is a great deal of inequality between Arabs and Jews, Jews of different ethnic groups, and between male and female Israelis, he writes in his new book.
GSJ Story   21GSJ03d    09/13/1996   Morin
Lounge converted into dorm room wins rave reviews from first-year quartet
Lounge converted into dorm room helps solve overcrowding, wins rave reviews from first-year freshman quartet and their friends.
GSJ Story   21GSJ03e    09/13/1996   Mahdesian
Study shows migrating songbirds rely on fruit-rich coastal areas
A new study suggests that a dietary switch from insects to berries allows songbirds to accumulate fat for their fall migration and that migrating songbirds seek out sites where berries are abundant. Coastal shrublands, critical in providing that fruit-rich diet, are under intense development pressure.
News Release   96-019    09/11/1996   Turner
Brown presents end-of-campaign sound and light show Oct. 12
Brown will present "Legacy of Generations: A Portrait of Brown University in Sound and Light" at 9 and 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, on the College Green. Free tickets are available as of Monday, Sept. 16.
News Release   96-020    09/11/1996   Mahdesian
Brown celebrates Providence with directory of community service
Brown University President Vartan Gregorian will present Providence Mayor Vincent A. Cianci Jr. with the first official copy of the Community Partnership Directory at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, at the Van Wickle Gates, College and Prospect streets.
News Release   96-021    09/11/1996   Morin
Lederberg encourages students to assess information with a critical eye
Coverage of 1996 Opening Convocation. convocation. May just end up being a quote of the week. The speaker is Rockefeller University Prof. Joshua Lederberg. His address, titled "In Praise of Ignorance: Science Challenges the Young," exhorted first-year students to seize the unique opportunity they have to use their intelligence and their ignorance to assess anew the assumptions presented to them.
GSJ Story   21GSJ02a    09/06/1996   Tracie
Concepcion's City Year route takes her from GED to Democratic National Convention
Interview with sophomore student Marilyn Concepcion, whose City Year experience took her from a GED to Brown University enrollment and to the Democratic National Convention, where she was one of the speakers to address delegates.
GSJ Story   21GSJ02b    09/06/1996   McGreen
After 12 years on campus beat, Chief Boucher is retiring
Dennis Boucher, director of Police and Security, has ushered the campus community through the changing landscape of community policing. He is retiring after 12 years on the force.
GSJ Story   21GSJ02c    09/06/1996   Morin
Brown adopts Ôpatient-first' approach to medical curriculum
MD2000, the Brown University School of Medicine's new patient-based curriculum, requires medical students to do more than learn traditional subjects. They must also show faculty that they have mastered the skills that make excellent physicians.
News Release   96-018    09/06/1996   Turner
Ukranian entrepreneurs to present business plans in four cities
Ten Ukrainian entrepreneurs, graduates of a Brown University training center in Kiev, will present business plans to U.S. investors during a four-city tour, Sept. 9-19.
News Release   96-017    09/04/1996   Morin
Maternal exposure to crack cocaine produces stressed newborns
Brown junior working with Barry Lester leads research study on cocaine's effects on infants. What happens to newborns whose mothers smoked crack cocaine during pregnancy. Study on prenatal drug exposure is sponsored by National Institutes of Health. Student is one of a handful studying substance abuse and its effect on infants.
GSJ Story   21GSJ01a    08/30/1996   Scott
Brown senior David Wade at the helm of nation's college Democrats
Interview with David Wade, class of 1997, who is president of the national College Democrats of America. He spent some time in Washington, D.C., to lead the organization.
GSJ Story   21GSJ01b    08/30/1996   Banker
Largest class in 30 years enters through Van Wickle Gates
The Class of 2000 will be the largest freshman class in 30 years to enter through the Van Wickle Gates at Opening Convocation. The large size of the class has made living space in first-year dorms tight. Some lounges have been turned into dorm rooms.
GSJ Story   21GSJ01c    08/30/1996   Mahdesian
Itzhak and Navah Perlman to perform in Brown benefit concert
Itzhak Perlman and his daughter Navah Perlman will perform a benefit concert with the Brown University Orchestra Jan. 29, 1997, at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Tickets go on sale Monday, Sept. 16.
News Release   96-016    08/30/1996   Mahdesian
Study: Glass ceiling still restricts female corporate attorneys
A new study of the representation of female lawyers in 100 corporate legal departments shows a dramatic under-representation of women. Despite increased numbers of women entering the legal profession, forty-three percent of those companies did not have a single female attorney on staff.
News Release   96-012    08/28/1996   Morin
Renaissance Women Online project receives Mellon grant
The Women Writers Project will receive $400,000 over three years from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for a project called Renaissance Women Online. The project will compare the economics of online delivery of a key group of important texts by women to the costs of delivering them by traditional means.
News Release   96-014    08/26/1996   Sweeney
Joshua Lederberg to speak at Opening Convocation 9/3
Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and former president of Rockefeller University, will address students, faculty, administration and guests at the 233rd Opening Convocation of Brown University, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, on The College Green.
News Release   96-015    08/26/1996   Nickel
BCLIR announces fall semester course offerings
The Brown Community for Learning in Retirement (BCLIR) will describe its eight fall courses and enroll new members at a noon convocation Monday, Sept. 9.
News Release   96-013    08/23/1996   Nickel
Quality of life is not a matter of GNP or economic performance
Economic performance is not the way to measure human well-being, says Brown Professor Morris David Morris. His Physical Quality of Life Index shows that quality of life has improved faster for many of the world's poorest people than it has for people in some of the world's richest nations.
News Release   96-009i    08/20/1996   Sweeney
Study examines maternal crack-smoking and newborns
New testing techniques help resolve confusion about infants born to women who smoke crack cocaine during pregnancy. Crack produces excitable, stressed infants but might not cause hemorrhages, lesions and brain damage as previously thought.
News Release   96-008    08/14/1996   Turner
Annenberg Foundation supports Chelsea school reform
The Annenberg Foundation has awarded a three-year $2-million grant to the Boston University/Chelsea Partnership for an education reform project to be conducted with the Chelsea, Mass., school department. The project targets school staff development, the Intergenerational Literacy Program, and a new arts curriculum.
News Release   96-010    08/09/1996   Sweeney
Family-values political rhetoric is a centuries-old relic
James Morone, professor of political science at Brown, says the morality rhetoric in politics is nothing new in America and works against social progress.
News Release   96-011    08/09/1996   Mahdesian
Top managers affect acceptance of innovations in nursing homes
Innovations in care and management can make or break a nursing home. A new study of 473 administrators examines what qualities in managers make them more likely to accept innovations.
News Release   96-007    07/30/1996   Turner
Bell Gallery presents British prints from Steinberg Collection
The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University will present British Prints from the Steinberg Collection from August 24 through October 6, 1996.
News Release   96-005    07/26/1996   Mahdesian
Student Life announces staff changes
Robin Rose, dean of student life, announces staff changes, including a new case administrator for the nonacademic disciplinary system.
News Release   96-006    07/26/1996   Mahdesian
Laura Freid named VP for University Relations at Brown
Laura Freid, a senior communications officer at Harvard University, will become Brown University's spokesperson and head of communications and external affairs.
News Release   96-003    07/17/1996   Nickel
Peder Estrup named dean of Graduate School and research
Peder Estrup, professor of chemistry and physics and chemistry department chair, has been named dean of Graduate School and research
News Release   96-001    07/12/1996   Nickel
US renews $1.8M Desegregation Assistance Center contract
The U.S. Department of Education has renewed its contract with the New England Desegregation Assistance Center at Brown University. The center is expected to receive about $1.8 million over three years for its innovative programs, which provide technical assistance and training to New England public school districts dealing with issues of desegregation and equity.
News Release   96-004    07/12/1996   Sweeney
Sculptor Jerry Mischak's primary medium: duct tape
Jerry Mischak, visual arts instructor at Brown University, is a sculptor whose primary medium is duct tape.
News Release   96-002i    07/02/1996   Mahdesian
ÔSunshine '69' is Web's first fully interactive novel
Bobby Rabyd releases Sunshine '69, the World Wide Web's first fully interactive novel. The novel contains text, graphics and sound and lets each reader contribute to the never-ending story.
News Release   95-175    06/26/1996   Morin
Research says attention deficit disorder persists
Brown University researchers say attention deficit disorder isn't something that is outgrown; it can persist into adulthood. The outcome for children with ADD is best when parents advocate an individualized combination of treatments.
News Release   95-174    06/21/1996   Turner
Survey: RI voters favor Clinton, Reed, Paolino
A Rhode Island public opinion survey finds Ocean State voters oppose gambling in Providence and are uncertain about welfare reform plans offered by Gov. Almond and General Assembly. In elections, voters prefer Clinton to Dole, Reed to Mayer and Paolino to other Democratic candidates.
News Release   95-173    06/20/1996   Nickel
Brown librarian to testify before Congress 6/18
Daniel P. O'Mahony, a Brown librarian, will testify about the Federal Depository Library Program Tuesday, June 18, before the U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee. He will urge Congress to ensure better public access to government information, partly through adoption of electronic information technology.
News Release   95-172    06/17/1996   Nickel
Brown files appeal brief in Title IX case
Jo-Ann Conklin, curator of graphic arts at the University of Iowa Museum of Art, has been named director of the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, effective July 1, 1996.
News Release   95-170    06/11/1996   Mahdesian
Black church arsons are nothing new in America
The recent rash of arson and vandalism at African American churches has roots as far back as the 18th century and may not be the work of extremist groups, according to John Saillant, visiting assistant professor of Afro-American studies at Brown.
News Release   95-171i    06/11/1996   Mahdesian
Curran named director of Career Planning Services
Sheila Curran, director of organizational planning and development, has been named director of the Office of Career Planning Services, effective July 1. Curran has been serving as interim director for eight months.
News Release   95-168    06/07/1996   Nickel
Brown upgrades video conferencing with Moscow
The Russian Link, a low-cost two-way real-time video conference system offered through Brown University and the Institute for Space Research in Russia, has upgraded to a higher speed to improve service.
News Release   95-169    06/07/1996   Sweeney
Brown, Memorial announce new affiliation
Under a new affiliation agreement, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island will assume chief responsibility for the primary care academic programs of the Brown University School of Medicine. Memorial and Brown will also collaborate to establish a Brown University Center for Primary Care. See also the news advisory, 95-167a
News Release   95-167    06/04/1996   Turner
Ted Sizer receives President's Medal
Theodore R. Sizer, University Professor and professor of education, received the President's Medal Ð the highest honor a Brown president may bestow Ð for his commitment to education reform. Sizer is retiring from Brown and stepping down as director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform on June 30, but will remain chairman of the Coalition of Essential Schools, which he founded in 1983.
News Release   95-166    05/29/1996   Sweeney
Medical school announces new strategic plan
A new strategic plan to restructure the School of Medicine and Program in Biology will help Brown maintain quality faculty at a time of information overload and waning support for academic medicine under health care reforms.
News Release   95-162    05/28/1996   Turner
Spoehr to succeed Shepp as dean of faculty
Kathryn T. Spoehr, Brown University's Dean of the Graduate School and Research, has been named the new Dean of the Faculty. She will succeed Bryan E. Shepp, who is stepping down June 30 to return to teaching in the Department of Psychology.
News Release   95-164    05/28/1996   Sweeney
Corporation elects six new trustees
At its Commencement Weekend meeting May 26, the Brown Corporation elected six new trustees: Stanley J. Bernstein, Thomas W. Berry, J. Scott Burns, Ramon Cortines, Joanne Leedom-Ackerman, and Barbara Reisman.
News Release   95-165    05/28/1996   Nickel
President Gregorian's war memorial remarks
At 9:30 Sunday morning May 26 near Soldiers Arch, Brown alumni gathered to honor the University's 20th-century war dead. President Vartan Gregorian addressed the gathering and announced Brown's plans for a permanent memorial. The text of Gregorian's remarks follows.
News Release   95-161    05/26/1996   Nickel
James D. Wolfensohn receives honorary degree
James D. Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Brown University's Commencement Monday, May 27.
News Release   Request news release 95-163    05/24/1996   Sweeney
Brown creates donor-funded coed equestrian team
A gift from Brown parents Dennis and Cynthia Suskind of New York will allow the University to establish a donor-funded coed varsity equestrian team. Funding for the team has been guaranteed for five years.
News Release   95-157    05/20/1996   Morin
Brown to honor war dead, announce memorial plans
At special Commencement Weekend events Saturday and Sunday, May 25-26, Brown University will honor the memory of 243 alumni who died in World Wars I and II, Korea and Vietnam. During a ceremony Sunday morning at 9:30, President Vartan Gregorian will announce plans for development of a permanent memorial.
News Release   95-158    05/20/1996   Nickel
Events through August 1996
Events through August 1996. This is the last regular Events Release of the academic year.
News Release   Request news release 95-159    05/20/1996   Mahdesian
O'Mahoney to testify on electronic access to government documents
Daniel P. O'Mahony, a Brown librarian, will testify about the Federal Depository Library Program Wednesday, May 22, before the U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee. He will urge Congress to ensure better public access to government information, partly through adoption of electronic information technology. [The hearing was postponed; see 95-172.]
News Release   Request news release 95-160    05/20/1996   Nickel
Brown to award nine honorary doctorates 5/27
Brown will award nine honorary degrees at Commencement this year. Recipients are the Aga Khan, Mary Chapin Carpenter '81, Edward D. Eddy, Timothy Forbes '76, Agnes Gund, Arthur Mitchell, Sandra Day O'Connor, Itzhak Perlman and James Wolfensohn. Several recipients will give Commencement Forums Saturday, May 25.
News Release   95-155    05/17/1996   Sweeney
NIH's Vivian Pinn to deliver Medical School address
The M.D. Class of 1996 will hear addresses by classmate Alexes Hazen, faculty member Dr. Timothy Flanigan, and Dr. Vivian Pinn, associate director for research on women's health at NIH. The class will also confer its Senior Citation on Dr. Thomas Parrino, professor of medicine at the Brown School of Medicine.
News Release   95-154    05/16/1996   Turner
Brown to offer 25 Commencement Forums 5/25
This year's Commencement Forums will be presented Saturday, May 25, at various sites on campus and will feature U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter, R.I. Sen. John Chafee and other special guests, alumni, faculty and student presenters.
News Release   95-156    05/16/1996   Mahdesian
Events for 5/16 - 6/20
Events for 5/16 - 6/20
News Release   Request news release 95-150    05/13/1996   Mahdesian
Tannenbaum and Thompson to receive Hazeltines
Barbara Tannenbaum, senior lecturer in Theatre, Speech and Dance, and Marjorie Thompson, associate dean of biological sciences, will receive Hazeltine Citations at Commencement Monday, May 27.
News Release   95-153    05/13/1996   Sweeney
Brown recognizes 13 employees for excellence and commitment
At its annual Brown Says Thank You! breakfast held for the University's support staff, Brown recognized 13 employees for the innovation, initiative, service and personal commitment they have demonstrated in their work.
News Release   95-151    05/10/1996   Sweeney
Stanley Katz to speak at Graduate School Commencement
Historian Stanley N. Katz will address advanced degree candidates during Graduate School Commencement exercises at Brown University Monday, May 27. Ceremonies will include the presentation of Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching and special recognition for three Graduate School alumni.
News Release   95-152    05/10/1996   Morin
25 Royce fellows honored at inaugural reception
Twenty-five Royce Fellows will be honored at a private reception at the home of President Vartan Gregorian on Thursday, May 9. Program founder Charles Royce will be present to congratulate the recipients.
News Release   95-146    05/09/1996   Mahdesian
Aga Khan to deliver baccalaureate address 5/26
The Aga Khan, leader of the Ismaili Muslims, will address the Class of 1996 at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 26, in the Meeting House of the First Baptist in America. The Baccalaureate service will be simulcast to a large-format video screen set up on The College Green for parents and guests of the graduates.
News Release   95-147    05/09/1996   Sweeney
Anderson and Palmer to deliver orations 5/27
Andrea A. Anderson and Michael Palmer, two members of the Brown Class of 1996, have been chosen by their classmates to deliver orations during Commencement ceremonies May 27 in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America.
News Release   95-148    05/09/1996   Morin
Reunion alumni to bring books for R.I. children
Brown alumni will donate thousands of books to the "Read to Me" program at the Hasbro Children's Hospital. Singer/Songwriter Carly Simon will highlight the Reunion public service project program by reading to Hasbro patients at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 26.
News Release   95-149    05/09/1996   Morin
1996 Commencement advisory
1996 Commencement advisory
News Release   95-144    05/06/1996   Nickel
President Gregorian's 1996 Commencement remarks
Text of President Gregorian's remarks, delivered at the University ceremony on The College Green on May 27, 1996
News Release   95-144t    05/06/1996   Nickel
Events for May 9-31
Events for May 9-31
News Release   Request news release 95-145    05/06/1996   Mahdesian
Study: interferon's advantages outweigh side effects
The benefits of high-dose interferon alfa-2b therapy outweigh its side effects when given to melanoma patients after surgery. (Release prepared for a paper delivered at ASCO national meeting 5/21/96, to be distributed through the press room at the conference.)
News Release   95-143    05/03/1996   Nickel
Alan Shawn Feinstein receives President's Medal
The President's Medal, the highest award a Brown University president may bestow, was presented to Alan Shawn Feinstein during the 10th annual World Hunger Awards, which the Cranston, R.I., philanthropist, helped create at the University.
News Release   95-142    04/30/1996   Sweeney
Events for May 2 - 23
Events for May 2 - 23
News Release   Request news release 95-141    04/29/1996   Mahdesian
Brown Summer High School prepares for 28th year
From July 1 to 26, Brown Summer High School will offer students entering ninth through 12th grades a taste of the college experience through 17 hands-on, interdisciplinary classes ranging from studies of boat design and mechanical engineering to a mathematical look at the game of pool.
News Release   95-135    04/22/1996   Sweeney
Brown Summer High School, July 1-26
For 28 years, Brown Summer High School, which this year runs from July 1 to 26, has earned high marks from the area high school students and teachers who take part in the program's unique, interdisciplinary courses.
News Release   Request news release 95-136i    04/22/1996   Sweeney
Events for April 25 - May 16
Events for April 25 - May 16
News Release   Request news release 95-140    04/22/1996   Mahdesian
Hunger Brigade students to show projects at Brown
As a prelude to this year's Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Awards ceremony Thursday, April 25, students will present exhibitions detailing projects their R.I. schools undertook to help combat hunger. These 21 projects, conducted by schools that are members of the Feinstein World Youth Hunger Brigade, have been selected for cash awards of up to $2,000.
News Release   95-137    04/19/1996   Sweeney
35 students from Harlem to visit Brown 4/24-25
Thirty-five eighth- and eleventh-grade students from New York City will spend two days on the Brown University campus with two Brown undergraduates and a Brown alumnus who are teaching in New York City. The three hope the campus experience will make a lasting impression and persuade the students to pursue a college degree.
News Release   95-138i    04/19/1996   Sweeney
Brown's summer programs to host Summer Fair
Information about Brown University's summer programs will be available during a Summer Fair, Friday, May 3, from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Leung Gallery of Faunce House on Waterman Street.
News Release   Request news release 95-139    04/19/1996   Mahdesian
USDA's Mary Ann Keefe to address hunger briefing
Mary Anne Keeffe, deputy undersecretary for food, nutrition and consumer services at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, will address the opening session of the Ninth Annual Hunger Research Briefing and Exchange on Wednesday, April 24. She then will participate in a panel discussion on "Blocking Hunger in the United States: Government Programs at Risk." Both are free and open to the public.
News Release   95-133    04/18/1996   Sweeney
Feinstein Hunger Program celebrates 10th year
The World Hunger Program at Brown University unites scholars, policy makers and social and environmental action programs through its unique interdisciplinary study of hunger, and has demonstrated steps everyone Ð at the grass roots level as well as at world summits Ð can take to make to reduce hunger and eliminate its causes.
News Release   95-134i    04/18/1996   Sweeney
First Lucille Lortel Playwriting fellow announced
Brown University has announced the recipient of the first Lucille Lortel Playwriting Fellowship. Gina Gianfriddo, a student in the Graduate Creative Writing Program, will be honored during an inauguration ceremony at 11:30 a.m., April 27, outside Carr House, corner of Brown and Angell streets.
News Release   95-131    04/15/1996   Mahdesian
Events for April 18 onward
Events for April 18 onward
News Release   Request news release 95-132    04/15/1996   Mahdesian
University releases findings of Corrigan contract audit
An independent audit and University investigation show Brown's Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior delivered full value to the State of Massachusetts under a professional services contract with the Corrigan Mental Health Center. The Boston Globe had reported that Brown was paid for research it never conducted.
News Release   95-130    04/12/1996   Nickel
New York Times' Richard Berke to discuss 1996 elections 4/15
Richard Berke, national political correspondent for the New York Times, will lecture on "Understanding the 1996 Elections" on Monday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m.
News Release   95-127    04/08/1996   Sweeney
Fr. J. Bryan Hehir to give Gilbane Lecture 4/26
Father J. Bryan Hehir, professor at Harvard Divinity School and an associate at the Harvard Center for International Affairs, will speak on "Ethics and International Affairs: From Theories to Cases" on Friday, April 26, at 4 p.m. in Salomon Center.
News Release   95-128    04/08/1996   Sweeney
Events for April 11 through May 2
Events for April 11 through May 2
News Release   Request news release 95-129    04/08/1996   Mahdesian
Winners of 10th annual Feinstein Hunger Awards
The Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Awards honor Gram Vikas, which works in India's poorest villages; JosŽ El’as S‡nchez, who teaches appropriate agriculture to rural families in Central America; and Dr. Cutberto Garza, a nutritionist at Cornell University. The honorary chairman and keynote speaker for the awards ceremony Thursday, April 25, is Dr. Bob Arnot, health correspondent for CBS News.
News Release   95-125    04/05/1996   Sweeney
Fayneese Miller named coordinator of ethnic studies concentration
Fayneese Miller named coordinator of ethnic studies concentration
News Release   95-126    04/05/1996   Nickel
Sen. John Chafee to speakWednesday, April 10
Sen. John Chafee will give a speech at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in Room 101 of the Salomon Center for Teaching at Brown University. His topics will include health care and the balanced budget
News Release   95-124    04/04/1996   Mahdesian
Conference to consider effect of South Africa sanctions
A two-day conference, April 13-14 at the Watson Institute for International Studies, will examine the theoretical and policy aspects of the international sanctions applied to South Africa.
News Release   95-123    04/03/1996   Mahdesian
Events for April 4 - 28
Events for April 4 - 28
News Release   Request news release 95-122    04/02/1996   Mahdesian
Brown set for Title IX appeal; 48% of athletes are women
Brown ready to argue Title IX appeal in Boston; statistics for 1995-96 athletic rosters show 48 percent women
News Release   95-121    03/29/1996   Nickel
Haffenreffer Museum to showcase African collection
Haffenreffer Museum to showcase African collection in new exhibition. A third gift from philanthropist William Brill gives the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology the largest collection of African ethnographic art in the region. The new exhibit, "African Worlds, African Art," will open April 21 and run through the end of the year and possibly into 1997.
News Release   95-119    03/26/1996   Mahdesian
Events for March 28 through April 25
Events for March 28 through April 25
News Release   Request news release 95-120    03/25/1996   Mahdesian
Annenberg Institute to show governors 'Digital portfolios'
At a governors' education summit March 26 and 27, the Annenberg Institute's Technology Group will present work on Digital School and Student Portfolios Ð a set of multimedia software tools that provide new ways of looking at a school's progress toward reform and a student's progress toward meeing a school's goals. The presentation is one of 11 demonstrations chosen from a national search.
News Release   95-118    03/22/1996   Sweeney
19 faculty receive Salomon Research Awards
In the wake of declining federal dollars earmarked for research, Brown University has established the Richard B. Salomon Research Awards. The $1-million fund, established through the bequest of the University's former chancellor allows senior and junior faculty members with proven track records in one area of research to expand their inquiries into new and bold areas.
News Release   95-117    03/21/1996   Morin
Events for March 21 to April 18
Events for March 21 to April 18
News Release   Request news release 95-113    03/18/1996   Mahdesian
Survey: RI voters support power deregulation
West Survey: Voters support electric power deregulation; oppose compensation for utilities; they're unhappy with cuts in welfare cash assistance provided to those on public assistance; favor a 24-hour waiting period for abortions; and favor Congressman Jack Reed over State Treasurer Nancy Mayer in the race for the U.S. Senate.
News Release   95-114    03/18/1996   Sweeney
Americanization of Japanese, European popular culture 4/12
"The American Cultural Impact on Germany, France, Italy and Japan, 1945-1995: An International Comparison" will examine how America's cultural imports have been received and resisted by Western Europe and Japan since World War II. The sessions will take place April 12-13 in the Crystal Room of Alumnae Hall.
News Release   95-115    03/18/1996   Mahdesian
Sheridan Lecture: daily delemma of family caregivers 4/10
The 1996 Harriet W. Sheridan Literature and Medicine Endowed Lecture will be given by author Suzanne Poirier at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, in Room 001 of the Salomon Center for Teaching. Her lecture is titled "I Think She's Gonna Bury Me': Stories of Family Care Giving."
News Release   95-116    03/18/1996   Mahdesian
Events for March 14 - April 4
Events for March 14 - April 4
News Release   Request news release 95-110    03/11/1996   Mahdesian
East Timorese student meet Indonesian officials
Brown University junior Constancio Pinto will meet face-to-face with Indonesian government officials who once had him hunted and imprisoned during a UN-sponsored meeting in Austria March 19.
News Release   95-111i    03/11/1996   Morin
Federal agency endorses Brown finding in NIMH case
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) has reviewed Brown University's inquiry into allegations of possible scientific misconduct by Dr. Martin B. Keller, chairman of the University's Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and concurs with the University's finding: Because no evidence supports the allegations, no further investigation is warranted. ORI considers the case closed.
News Release   95-104    03/08/1996   Nickel
Missed dependency diagnosis costs nation $240B per year
A panel of national experts led by Dr. David Lewis, director of Brown's Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, has concluded that only a small fraction of the millions of people who are dependent on drugs and alcohol get help from their doctors, costing the nation billions in health care costs and lost worker productivity.
News Release   95-112i    03/08/1996   Morin
Two-day affirmative action conference March 15-16
"Debating Affirmative Action: The Politics of Inclusion," a two-day conference exploring the issue of affirmative action, will take place March 15-16 at the Thayer Street Quadrangle and the Salomon Center for Teaching
News Release   95-105    03/06/1996   Mahdesian
Literature course bridges Arab-Israeli gap
Brown professors Kamal Abdel-Malek and David Jacobson have created a course that uses literature to help students of all ethnic and religious backgrounds understand the decades-old Arab-Israeli conflict without being mired in political ideology.
News Release   95-106i    03/06/1996   Morin
NYC schools receive $12-M Annenberg arts grant
The Annenberg Foundation has awarded $12 million, to be matched two to one, to help New York City implement an arts-based education improvement effort in the city's public schools. Classroom teachers, community organizations, arts specialists, parents, universities and individual artists will work together to implement programs specific to each school site.
News Release   95-107    03/06/1996   Sweeney
Exiles, Dissidents, Rushdie to discuss Freedom to Write
A Freedom to Write Conference, March 19-22, at Brown University will host dissident and exiled writers from throughout the world, along with representatives from human rights organizations. Among those to participate are Salman Rushdie and Carlos Fuentes.
News Release   95-108    03/06/1996   Mahdesian
University announces Royce Fellows Program
The Royce Fellows Program, established by a $3-million gift from alumnus Charles Royce '61, will provide support for undergraduate research projects and other academic enrichment and confer lifelong membership in the Society of Royce Fellows.
News Release   95-109    03/06/1996   Nickel
Dworkin Meiklejohn Lecture: "Ethics for Democracy"
Internationally renowned legal scholar and philosopher Ronald Dworkin, professor of law at the New York University Law School and Oxford University, will give a Meiklejohn Lecture titled "An Ethics for Democracy" at 8 p.m. Monday, March 18, in Sayles Hall.
News Release   95-101    03/05/1996   Mahdesian
Events 3/7 - 3/28
Events 3/7 - 3/28
News Release   Request news release 95-102    03/04/1996   Mahdesian
BCLIR announces spring semester courses
The Brown Community for Learning in Retirement (BCLIR) will launch its spring semester with a convocation and luncheon at noon Monday, March 11, at Alumnae Hall. The semester begins Monday, March 18.
News Release   95-103    03/04/1996   Mahdesian
Gregorian and Targan to attend Inauguration in Portugal
President Vartan Gregorian and Associate Dean of the College David Targan, each a recipient of Portugal's highest civilian honor, have been invited by the Portuguese government to attend the inauguration of Portugal's next president on March 9.
News Release   95-099    03/01/1996   Sweeney
PONG Festival celebrates technology-based art
Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design will co-sponsor the third annual PONG: A Festival of Art and Technology March 3-9.
News Release   95-100    03/01/1996   Mahdesian
Andy van Dam is elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Andy van Dam is elected to the National Academy of Engineering
News Release   95-098    02/29/1996   Sweeney
Chemistry department uses Web to supplment instruction
Chemistry department uses Web postings to supplment instruction, devise new teaching techniques
News Release   95-094i    02/27/1996   Morin
Events:2/29-3/21
Events:2/29-3/21
News Release   Request news release 95-097    02/26/1996   Mahdesian
Brown to host NERCOMP training conference 3/7
The New England Regional Computing Program is sponsoring a day-long workshop at Brown University on March 7 for computer users who plan, design, develop and deliver computer training.
News Release   95-095    02/22/1996   Sweeney
Robert A. Reichley honored by CASE District I
Robert A. Reichley has been awarded the 1996 District I Eleanor Collier Award by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
News Release   95-096    02/22/1996   Mahdesian
Events for February 21 - March 21
Events for February 21 - March 21
News Release   Request news release 95-092    02/19/1996   Mahdesian
Memorial service for Vincent Tomas 2/24
A memorial service will be held to honor Vincent Tomas, professor of philosophy emeritus, at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, in the Crystal Room of Alumnae Hall
News Release   95-093    02/19/1996   Mahdesian
Events for February 14 - March 14
Events for February 14 - March 14
News Release   Request news release 95-090    02/12/1996   Mahdesian
National survey finds voters frustrated, ready for changes
Results of the Providence Journal national survey of electorate attitudes, done in conjunction with the ProJo conference
News Release   95-089    02/11/1996   Nickel
1996-97 tuition set at $21,592, total charge at $28,658
Corporation approves 4.8-percent tuition increase. Fees for 1996-97: Tuition $21,592; room $3,986; board $2,552; fees $528; TOTAL $28,658
News Release   95-091    02/10/1996   Sweeney
Events for February 8 - March 7
Events for February 8 - March 7
News Release   Request news release 95-087    02/06/1996   Mahdesian
Computers give campus dating a Valentine's Day nudge
Brown students organize a computer dating service for Valentine's Day as a fund-raiser for financial aid (and antidote to the "dating is dead at Brown" charge)
News Release   95-088i    02/06/1996   Morin
Full release on ProJo conference, with schedules and bios
Full release on ProJo conference, with schedules and bios
News Release   95-086    02/05/1996   Mahdesian
Martin Martel memorial service set for Feb. 13
A public service celebrating the life of sociology professor Martin Martel will take place at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, in Manning Chapel on the Brown campus. Martel died Dec. 20 at the age of 66.
News Release   95-085    01/31/1996   Mahdesian
Events for February 1-28
Events for February 1-28
News Release   Request news release 95-084    01/30/1996   Mahdesian
Robert McNamara to deliver Ogden Lecture 2/15
Robert McNamara to deliver Ogden Lecture 2/15
News Release   95-083    01/29/1996   Mahdesian
Nancy Hoffman named director of the Office of the President
Nancy Hoffman named director of the Office of the President
News Release   95-081    01/26/1996   Sweeney
University announces Steinberg Festival of New Plays
The Steinberg Festival of New Plays will take place Feb. 1-4 and 8-11 at Russell Lab, 5 Young Orchard Ave. The six plays were written by students in Brown's Graduate Writing Program and are performed in collaboration with the Trinity Repertory Company.
News Release   95-080    01/23/1996   Mahdesian
Events for 1/25/96 - 2/23
Events for 1/25/96 - 2/23
News Release   Request news release 95-082    01/22/1996   Mahdesian
Doris Kearns Goodwin to open public affairs conference 2/21
Doris Kearns Goodwin will open the 16th annual Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference, "Democracy in America: Does it Still Work?," with the Metcalf-Swearer Memorial Lecture on Feb. 21.
News Release   95-079    01/19/1996   Morin
Dinkins and ÔDouglass' to discuss roots of racism 1/24
David Dinkins, former mayor of New York City, will deliver the Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture at Brown University at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, in Room 101 of the Salomon Center for Teaching. His speech will be followed by a dramatic presentation by actor Fred Morsell entitled, "Presenting Mr. Frederick Douglass.
News Release   95-078    01/18/1996   Mahdesian
Events for January 19 - February 15
Events for January 19 - February 15
News Release   Request news release 95-077    01/17/1996   Mahdesian
McNamara to deliver Ogden Lecture Feb. 15
Robert McNamara to deliver an Ogden Lecture Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. in Salomon
News Release   95-076    01/12/1996   Mahdesian
Kasnellakis-Otoya memorial service scheduled 1/29
Kasnellakis-Otoya memorial service scheduled for Monday, January 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Sayles Hall
News Release   95-075    01/10/1996   Sweeney
Preview concerts to feature talented stand-ins for Perlmans, Jan. 24-25
The Brown University Orchestra will present two preview concerts for the upcoming benefit concert featuring Itzhak and Navah Perlman. The preview concerts, at 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, and Saturday, Jan. 25, will feature 13-year-old pianist Bettina Wong and Charleston String Quartet violinist Charles Sherba.
News Release   96-062    01/10/1996   Mahdesian
Brown begins internal investigation of mental health project
Statement in response to Sunday Globe story on Martin Keller, Corrigan Mental Health Center, and allegations of $218,000 in misspent state funds.
News Release   95-074    01/08/1996   Nickel
Kanellakis, Otoya feared dead in Colombia plane crash
Paris Kanellakis, Maria-Teresa Otoya and their two children are presumed dead in American Airlines crash last night (12/20/95) in Colombia
News Release   95-073    12/21/1995   Nickel
Brown will not arm campus police officers
Gregorian announces decision not th arm police officers on campus
News Release   95-071    12/15/1995   Nickel
NEH grant funds eight-state library discussion project
The National Endowment for the Humanities has provided $250,000 to Choices for the 21st Century, a library-based program that brings citizens together to discuss public policy choices the nation faces as it approaches the next century. The program will be offered in 90 public libraries in eight states in 1996 Ð Connecticut, Iowa, Illinois, Maine, North Carolina, South Carolina, Utah and Virginia.
News Release   95-072    12/15/1995   Sweeney
Brown files appeal brief in Title IX case
Brown asks the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston to reverse a lower court Title IX ruling that Brown had discriminated against women athletes. National sports organizations, individual schools, a women's group and organizations representing more than 2,000 colleges have filed briefs supporting Brown's appeal. (Brief filed 12/11/95)
News Release   95-070    12/12/1995   Nickel
$25-million grant sets up regional education lab at Brown
A $24.3-million, five-year contract from the U.S. Department of Education establishes a laboratory at Brown University to promote education reform in New England, New York, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The laboratory will collaborate with Brown-based school reform efforts, Hunter College at City University of New York, and partners in technology to achieve its goal.
News Release   95-069    12/11/1995   Sweeney
Local collector donates entertainment memorabilia to Brown
Robert J. Tierney Jr. of Pawtucket, R.I., has donated more than 350 radio and television scripts as well as additional entertainment ephemera to the John Hay Library at Brown University.
News Release   95-067    12/08/1995   Morin
Holloway to receive Archaeological Institute Gold Medal
Archaeology professor R. Ross Holloway of Brown University will receive the Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement from the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) at its 97th Annual Meeting Dec. 29, in San Diego, Calif.
News Release   95-068    12/08/1995   Mahdesian
Annenberg Challenge supports arts, technology initiative
The Arts, Culture, and Technology Initiative will link efforts to create classrooms that use the arts and technology to improve learning in all subject areas. School districts in California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Washington may benefit from the Initiative, supported by an Annenberg Challenge grant.
News Release   95-066    12/07/1995   Sweeney
Jim Head speaks about Galileo mission to Jupiter
Sources and Ideas piece on Jim Head, tied to the Galileo mission to Jupiter
News Release   95-065    12/06/1995   Mahdesian
Keith Burris named Brian Dickinson Fellow
Keith C. Burris, editorial page editor of the Journal Inquirer in Manchester, Conn., will spend the spring semester at Brown University exploring issues facing the American family. The fellowship, established by Brown and the Providence Journal, was created to honor Journal editorial columnist Brian Dickinson.
News Release   95-057    12/04/1995   Sweeney
Events for 12/4 - 1/24 (last events release of calendar year)
Events for 12/4 - 1/24 (last events release of calendar year)
News Release   Request news release 95-064    12/04/1995   Mahdesian
Catskills Institute studies, preserves Borscht Belt culture
Sociologist Phil Brown and colleagues found the Catskills Institute to preserve and study the Borscht Belt
News Release   95-062i    12/01/1995   Morin
Peggy Chang named Venture Consortium director
Peggy Chang named Venture Consortium director
News Release   95-063    11/29/1995   Sweeney
Events for November 29 - December 14
Events for November 29 - December 14
News Release   Request news release 95-061    11/27/1995   Mahdesian
ProJo conference topic: "Democracy in America"
ProJo conference is announced: "Democracy in America" Does It Still Work?"
News Release   95-059    11/22/1995   Nickel
Bosnian Ambassador Nedzib Sacirbey to discuss Dayton talks
Nedzib Sacirbey, Bosnia-Herzegovina's ambassador-at-large, to discuss Bosnian peace prospects Nov. 29. See also 95-060a, a news advisory for the press conference
News Release   95-060    11/22/1995   Morin
Events for November 23 through Decemer 7
Events for November 23 through Decemer 7
News Release   Request news release 95-058    11/20/1995   Mahdesian
Gregorian announces 1995-96 President's Lecture Series
Gregorian announces 1995-96 President's Lecture Series: John Ashbery, poet 11/27; John Guare, playwright 11/30; Nancy Milford, biographer 12/7; Wilma Mankiller, former chief of Cherokee Nation 12/11; Cornel West, author 12/12; Hedrick Smith, journalist/author 2/5; Zaha Hadid, architectural designer 2/12; Edmund White, novelist 2/13; Eric Rouleau, journalist, former French diplomat 3/6; Francine du Plessix Gray, author 3/12; Tom Wolfe, author 4/17 [SEE ALSO 95-055a, advising a change of date for John Guare]
News Release   95-055    11/16/1995   Mahdesian
Students use videoconferencing to hunt for jobs, defend theses
Career Planning Services and Alumni Relations team up for international teleconferencing session for students
News Release   95-056i    11/16/1995   Sweeney
US ambassador to Israel, CNN host to deliver Ogden lecture
Martin Indyk, U.S. ambassador to Israel, and Ralph Begleiter will discuss Middle East peace during an Ogden lecture 11/21. The Israeli ambassador to the U.S., Itamar Rabinovitch, may also join them.
News Release   95-050    11/13/1995   Mahdesian
The horror! The horror! ÔCoven Pride' joins the Web
Robert Arellano -- a.k.a., Bobby Rabyd -- launches "Coven Pride," a web-based magazine of the supernatural and horror
News Release   95-051i    11/13/1995   Morin
Multimedia Lab serves arts and humanities communication
Multimedia Lab changes the way arts and humanities present information
News Release   95-052i    11/13/1995   Morin
Events for 11/16-30
Events for 11/16-30
News Release   Request news release 95-054    11/13/1995   Mahdesian
Galaxy Hitchhiker to speak at Brown
Douglas Adams, author of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," to speak 11/13, sponsored by Brown Lecture Board
News Release   Request news release 95-049    11/10/1995   Mahdesian
Events for November 9 - 23
Events for November 9 - 23
News Release   Request news release 95-048    11/06/1995   Mahdesian
CD-ROM and Internet combine to make new teaching tools
Lisa Bakewell develops PROLARTI, a CD-ROM/Internet project for human language qcquisition and the arts
News Release   95-053i    11/03/1995   Morin
University dedicates Dyer chair in Indianapolis ceremony.
University dedicates Dyer chair in Indianapolis ceremony.
News Release   95-046    10/31/1995   Nickel
UDC finds two students not guilty of violations in Spats brawl
University Disciplinary Council finds two students not guilty of violations in Spats brawl
News Release   95-047    10/31/1995   Nickel
Coalition of Essential Schools holds Fall Forum
More than 3,500 educators from around the country will gather at the Coalition of Essential Schools' annual Fall Forum in New York City Nov. 2-4 to explore methods for improving classroom practice and student achievement. See also 95-044h (hometowned for teachers in attendance) and 95-044a (listing of newsworthy events during the Fall Forum).
News Release   95-044    10/30/1995   Sweeney
Events for Nov. 2 - 17
Events for Nov. 2 - 17
News Release   Request news release 95-045    10/30/1995   Mahdesian
Brown to acquire Alcoholics Anonymous archives
Brown receives funds to acquire Alcoholics Anonymous archives
News Release   95-042    10/23/1995   Mahdesian
Events 10/26 - 11/9
Events 10/26 - 11/9
News Release   Request news release 95-043    10/23/1995   Mahdesian
Brown, Trinity Rep. create play writing program
Graduate playwriting program and Trinity Repertory Company launch the Providence Playwriting Program with a $150,000 grant from the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
News Release   95-039    10/20/1995   Mahdesian
Underground Railroad site to be dedicated 10/28
The former site of Bethel A.M.E. Church, 193 Meeting St., will be dedicated as a historic site at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 28
News Release   95-040    10/20/1995   Mahdesian
Fayneese Miller studies Generation Y and the American dream
Fayneese Miller studies Generation Y and the American dream
News Release   95-041    10/20/1995   Mahdesian
Dietrich Neumann named RI Teacher of the Year (CASE)
Dietrich Neumann named RI Teacher of the Year (CASE)
News Release   95-036    10/17/1995   Mahdesian
Bob Reichley announces his retirement, effective Dec. 31
Bob Reichley announces his retirement, effective Dec. 31
News Release   95-038    10/17/1995   Nickel
Tim McDermott named associate VP at medical school
Tim McDermott named associate VP at medical school
News Release   95-035    10/16/1995   Nickel
Events from October 19 to November 2
Events from October 19 to November 2
News Release   Request news release 95-037    10/16/1995   Mahdesian
Story idea of Brown Journal of World Affairs
Story idea of Brown Journal of World Affairs
News Release   95-034i    10/12/1995   Sweeney
Bell Gallery presents "Film Architecture"
Bell Gallery offers Film Architecture exhibit, including set designs from 20th-century film classics
News Release   95-033    10/11/1995   Mahdesian
Events for October 12 - 26
Events for October 12 - 26
News Release   Request news release 95-032    10/10/1995   Mahdesian
Events for October 5 - 19
Events for October 5 - 19
News Release   Request news release 95-030    10/05/1995   Mahdesian
Seminar: What works in school reform?
Dennis Littky and Deborah Meier to present video discussion of what works in educational reform 10/10
News Release   95-031    10/04/1995   Sweeney
Annenberg Institute names board of overseers
Annenberg Institute names board of overseers
News Release   95-028    10/02/1995   Sweeney
Howard Fuller named senior fellow at Annenberg Institute
Howard Fuller named senior fellow at Annenberg Institute
News Release   95-029    10/02/1995   Sweeney
Survey: RI voters oppose downtown mall
Darrell West Survey: Rhode Islanders oppose downtown mall, Lincoln Almond, OJ; prefer Reed to Mayer
News Release   95-026    09/25/1995   Nickel
Events for Sept. 28 - Oct. 12
Events for Sept. 28 - Oct. 12
News Release   Request news release 95-027    09/25/1995   Mahdesian
Brown launches another BRUIN on-line course
Brown launches another BRUIN course (David Lewis on a drug-free America)
News Release   95-024i    09/21/1995   Morin
Events for 9/21 - 10/5
Events for 9/21 - 10/5
News Release   Request news release 95-025    09/18/1995   Mahdesian

University closes Barus & Holley roof (including astronomical observatory) because of fumes leaking from exhaust stacks
News Release   Request news release 95-022    09/14/1995   Sweeney
Belarusian entrepreneurs on a four-city business tour
Belarusian entrepreneurs from Brown-sponsored program on a four-city swing to find venture capital
News Release   95-023    09/13/1995   Morin
Events for 9/14 - 9/28
Events for 9/14 - 9/28
News Release   Request news release 95-021    09/12/1995   Mahdesian
C.V. Starr fellowships awarded
C.V. Starr fellowships awarded to eight Brown students. Program is now extended to match federal stipends awarded through Americorps. See 95/019a for background on public service at Brown
News Release   95-019    09/11/1995   Nickel

News Advisory: Claiborne Pell and Robert Kerrey will be available to press in Maddock at 11:20 a.m. on Monday, 9/11
News Release   Request news release 95-020a    09/10/1995   Nickel
Alumni Awards
Alumni Awards
News Release   95-015    09/08/1995   Mahdesian
Annenberg Institute announces rural grants
Annenberg Institute announces rural grants
News Release   95-017    09/08/1995   Sweeney
Brown offers houses for sale at $10
Brown offers two houses for sale at $10 each (Howell House and 15 Manning Walkway). The idea is to move them thus save them.
News Release   95-018    09/08/1995   Morin
Brown develops nuclear weapons curriculum for high schools
A nuclear weaponry curriculum for high schools, prepared by Choices for 21st Century
News Release   95-013i    09/01/1995   Nickel
Events for Sept. 7 - 21, 1995
Events for Sept. 7 - 21, 1995
News Release   Request news release 95-014    09/01/1995   Mahdesian
Elie Wiesel to deliver opening convocation address
Elie Wiesel to deliver opening convocation address 9/5/95 at 11 a.m.
News Release   95-011    08/18/1995   Mahdesian
Statement on court's rejection of Title IX compliance plan
Gregorian statement on Pettine's rejection of Title IX compliance plan
News Release   95-012    08/18/1995   Nickel
Brown names Providence Scholars
Two graduating seniors from Providence public high schools have been named City of Providence Scholars: Julia DaCruz of Central High School and Ewa Romaszewicz of Classical High School
News Release   95-010    08/17/1995   Mahdesian
Miller named director of Center for Race and Ethnicity
Fayneese Miller named director of Center for Race and Ethnicity in America
News Release   95-008    08/16/1995   Mahdesian
BLC announces fall programs, including The Real Pocahontas
BLC announces fall programs, including The Real Pocahontas (offered by Haffenreffer Museum)
News Release   95-009    08/16/1995   Mahdesian
Moody upgrades University bond rating
Moody's upgrades University's bond rating from Aa to Aa1, citing superior market position, excellence of student body, low level of indebtedness, and well-maintained financial operations.
News Release   95-007    08/15/1995   Nickel
Brown buys Old Stone Bank building
Brown buys Old Stone Bank building in order to relocate Haffenreffer Museum. Will spend $10 million on renovation.
News Release   95-005    08/11/1995   Nickel
NASA - Brown Narragansett Bay project
NASA and Brown announce remote sensing project to develop products that will help RI businesses plan and manage resources of Narragansett Bay. The pojrect is worth about $190K per year for three years.
News Release   95-006    08/09/1995   Korn
Gwen Ifill cancels, reschedules her appearance at Brown
Gwen Ifill cancels, reschedules her appearance at Brown (news advisory)
News Release   95-016    08/07/1995   Mahdesian
Background for Master Plan hearing
Background for Master Plan hearing. This release was designed to be handed out to media as needed; it was not mailed.
News Release   95-003    07/19/1995   Morin
Title IX appeal dismissed by 1st Circuit
First Circuit Court of Appeals declines to hear the Title IX appeal because it does not consider Judge Pettine's final judgment and order to be final. Brown can resubmit the appeal after Pettine accepts or rejects Brown's plan.
News Release   95-004    07/19/1995   Morin
Brown will acquire an IBM supercomputer
Brown will acquire an IBM supercomputer
News Release   95-002    07/17/1995   Korn
Brown submits Title IX compliance plan
Brown submits Title IX compliance plan to Judge Pettine: caps for men's teams, minimum squad sizes for all teams, five jv squads for women. Phase two is to eliminate a men's team.
News Release   95-001    07/07/1995   Nickel
Conference on Women in Japan: The Last Fifty Years 7/18
Conference on Women in Japan: The Last Fifty Years 7/18
News Release   Request news release 94-200    06/30/1995   Sweeney
James Pomerantz of Rice University named provost at Brown
James Pomerantz of Rice University named provost at Brown
News Release   Request news release 94-195    06/29/1995   Sweeney
Jerome Sames and John Donoghue report on how the brain controls human movement
Jerome Sames and John Donoghue report on how the brain controls human movement
News Release   Request news release 94-196i    06/27/1995   Korn
Darrell West survey says RI voters are bearish on the American dream, pessimistic on RI economy
Darrell West survey says RI voters are bearish on the American dream, pessimistic on RI economy
News Release   Request news release 94-197    06/27/1995   Sweeney
Leadership Alliance does DC, July 7-8
Leadership Alliance does DC, July 7-8
News Release   Request news release 94-199    06/27/1995   Korn
Brown files appeal brief in Boston, attracts three friend-of-court briefs in Title IX suit
Joined by several prominent higher education organizations representing over 1,700 colleges and universities nationwide, attorneys for Brown University today filed with the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston the University's brief contesting a recent U.S. District Court decision that Brown violates the regulations governing Title IX. The ruling, which the University's brief said creates "athletic quotas," was handed down March 29 by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Raymond Pettine.
News Release   94-198    06/26/1995   Morin
Jim Head named Scherck professor
Jim Head named Scherck professor
News Release   Request news release 94-193    06/21/1995   Korn

Brown presents master plan for city approval. See also 94/194a, which outlines Brown's commitment to historic preservation
News Release   Request news release 94-194    06/21/1995   Morin

Leadership Alliance to convene national symposium on minorities in research July 7-8 at National Academy of Sciences in Washington
News Release   Request news release 94-192    06/12/1995   Korn
Summer Institute To Examine the Lives of Women in Ancient Near East
Summer Institute To Examine the Lives of Women in Ancient Near East
News Release   Request news release 94-191    06/02/1995   Mahdesian
Five new trustees and two new fellows elected
Five new trustees and two new fellows elected
News Release   Request news release 94-190    05/30/1995   Sweeney

Surprise, surprise: $2-million reunion gift from Class of 1945 puts Brown's Campaign over the $450M mark. The Campaign is extended with a challenge to fully fund all the priorities. A copy of Gregorian's Commencement 1995 remarks is appended
News Release   Request news release 94-189    05/29/1995   Nickel

Honorary degrees: Harold Bailey, Lyman Bloomingdale, Athol Fugard, William Hewlett, Maya Lyn, Shimon Peres, Dorothy Sterling
News Release   Request news release 94-185    05/24/1995   Sweeney
Bring a Book to Brown media advisory
Bring a Book to Brown media advisory
News Release   Request news release 94-188a    05/24/1995   Korn
Pfizer employees earn first off-site master's degrees at Brown
Pfizer employees earn first off-site master's degrees at Brown
News Release   Request news release 94-187    05/23/1995   Korn
Peter Heywood and Barbara Tannenbaum receive Hazeltine citations; Tom Wachtel gets medical citation
Peter Heywood and Barbara Tannenbaum receive Hazeltine citations; Tom Wachtel gets medical citation
News Release   Request news release 94-184    05/22/1995   Korn
Three Graduate School alumni receive awards
Three Graduate School alumni receive awards
News Release   Request news release 94-181    05/19/1995   Mahdesian
Six graduate students win President's Awards
Six graduate students win President's Awards
News Release   Request news release 94-182    05/19/1995   Mahdesian
Class of 1995 honors convocation set for Saturday, May 27, at 4:30 in Lincoln Field
Class of 1995 honors convocation set for Saturday, May 27, at 4:30 in Lincoln Field
News Release   Request news release 94-183    05/19/1995   Morin

Evelyn Cheremiah, a Laguna Pueblo potter, to demonstrate traditional pot making at Haffenreffer 5/26
News Release   Request news release 94-186    05/19/1995   Mahdesian
Brown announces its "Unrequired Reading List"
Brown announces its "Unrequired Reading List"
News Release   Request news release 94-177    05/18/1995   Sweeney
10 seniors receive Joslin Awards for 1995
10 seniors receive Joslin Awards for 1995
News Release   Request news release 94-179    05/18/1995   Morin
Commencement Arts and Entertainment
Commencement Arts and Entertainment
News Release   Request news release 94-180    05/18/1995   Mahdesian
Annenberg-Hewlett Challenge extended to San Francisco Bay Area school reformers
Annenberg-Hewlett Challenge extended to San Francisco Bay Area school reformers
News Release   94-175    05/17/1995   Sweeney
25th annual Commencement Forums set for May 27-28
25th annual Commencement Forums set for May 27-28
News Release   Request news release 94-178    05/17/1995   Mahdesian
Commencement: Rev. James Alexander Forbes to deliver baccalaureate address
Commencement: Rev. James Alexander Forbes to deliver baccalaureate address
News Release   Request news release 94-172    05/15/1995   Sweeney
Joycelyn Elders to address medical school at Commencement
Joycelyn Elders to address medical school at Commencement
News Release   Request news release 94-174    05/15/1995   Korn
Graduate School convocation at Commencement
Graduate School convocation at Commencement
News Release   Request news release 94-176    05/15/1995   Korn
Howard Foundation announces1995-96 fellowships
Howard Foundation announces1995-96 fellowships
News Release   Request news release 94-170    05/12/1995   Mahdesian
Jack Mustard looks at Mars
Jack Mustard looks at Mars
News Release   Request news release 94-171i    05/12/1995   Korn
Martha Nussbaum elected to American Philosophical Society
Martha Nussbaum elected to American Philosophical Society
News Release   Request news release 94-173    05/12/1995   Sweeney
Reichley statement on UFW accusation by Olivia Chavez Rodriguez
Reichley statement on UFW accusation by Olivia Chavez Rodriguez
News Release   Request news release 94-169    05/11/1995   Nickel
Brown says Thank You
Brown says Thank You
News Release   Request news release 94-165    05/09/1995   Sweeney
Henry D. Sharpe named chief marshal for 227th Commencement
Henry D. Sharpe named chief marshal for 227th Commencement
News Release   Request news release 94-166    05/09/1995   Mahdesian
Alumni, friends, parents prepare to Bring a Book to Brown for Commencement service project
Alumni, friends, parents prepare to Bring a Book to Brown for Commencement service project
News Release   Request news release 94-168    05/09/1995   Korn
Events for May 11 to 25
Events for May 11 to 25
News Release   Request news release 94-163    05/08/1995   Mahdesian
Kenneth Sacks named Dean of the College
Kenneth Sacks named Dean of the College
News Release   Request news release 94-164    05/08/1995   Sweeney
Tara Rodgers and Amy Sohn chosen as senior orators for Commencement
Tara Rodgers and Amy Sohn chosen as senior orators for Commencement
News Release   Request news release 94-167    05/08/1995   Morin
1995 Commencement advisory
1995 Commencement advisory
News Release   Request news release 94-161    05/04/1995   Nickel
Shimon Peres to deliver Ogden Lecture on Sunday May 28 as part of Commencement Forums
Shimon Peres to deliver Ogden Lecture on Sunday May 28 as part of Commencement Forums
News Release   Request news release 94-162    05/04/1995   Nickel
Brown celebrates National Astronomy Day
Brown celebrates National Astronomy Day
News Release   Request news release 94-160    05/02/1995   Korn
Events for May 4 through May 18
Events for May 4 through May 18
News Release   Request news release 94-157    05/01/1995   Mahdesian
WWII Artists in Uniform exhibition opens May 1, runs through June 30
WWII Artists in Uniform exhibition opens May 1, runs through June 30
News Release   Request news release 94-158    04/28/1995   Mahdesian
Materials Science Day is April 29
Materials Science Day is April 29
News Release   Request news release 94-159    04/28/1995   Korn
Christiane Amanpour to receive Welles Hangen Award 5/4
Christiane Amanpour to receive Welles Hangen Award 5/4
News Release   Request news release 94-156    04/25/1995   Mahdesian
Events for April 27 - May 11
Events for April 27 - May 11
News Release   Request news release 94-155    04/24/1995   Mahdesian

Second OCR letter contains additional vindication of University in Latino discrimination allegations
News Release   Request news release 94-154    04/18/1995   Sweeney
Brown files appeal in Title IX athletics discrimination case
Brown University today appealed the controversial March 29 ruling by U.S. District Court Senior Judge Raymond Pettine in a precedent-setting Title IX athletic discrimination case. Citing errors of fact, misinterpretations of law and omissions of evidence, attorneys for the University asked the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston to set aside Pettine's ruling or, alternatively, to order a new trial.
News Release   94-147    04/17/1995   Nickel
Events for April 20 through May 4
Events for April 20 through May 4
News Release   Request news release 94-149    04/17/1995   Mahdesian
Brown pitches in for Christmas in April community service on April 29
Brown pitches in for Christmas in April community service on April 29
News Release   Request news release 94-150    04/17/1995   Morin
Gretchen Schultz receives 1995 Wriston Fellowship
Gretchen Schultz receives 1995 Wriston Fellowship
News Release   Request news release 94-151    04/17/1995   Mahdesian
Faculty Convocation set for April 19 at 4 p.m.
Faculty Convocation set for April 19 at 4 p.m.
News Release   Request news release 94-153    04/17/1995   Sweeney
Madeleine Kunin to keynote Taubman Center's 10th anniversary
Madeleine Kunin to keynote Taubman Center's 10th anniversary
News Release   Request news release 94-152    04/14/1995   Mahdesian
Ted Turner to deliver John Hazen White lecture 4/26
Ted Turner to deliver John Hazen White lecture 4/26
News Release   Request news release 94-148    04/13/1995   Morin
Events: April 13 - 27
Events: April 13 - 27
News Release   Request news release 94-145    04/10/1995   Morin
Brown asks cities and towns to drop mention of personal tax exemption
Brown University has formally requested that 37 Rhode Island cities and towns remove from their tax bills any mention of a personal property tax exemption for Brown faculty. That exemption, granted by King George III in 1764, was voluntarily abandoned by the University in 1965. Faculty hired since then must waive the exemption as a condition of employment. Continued mention of that exemption causes confusion and resentment.
News Release   94-146    04/10/1995   Nickel

News Advisory: Clare Gregorian grazes sheep on the Green in honor of President Gregorian's 61st birthday
News Release   Request news release 94-144a    04/07/1995   Sweeney
Case Closed: Office of Civil Rights Finds No Evidence of Discrimination
OCR gives Brown clean bill of health, finds no evidence of discrimination in financial aid operation
News Release   Request news release 94-117    04/06/1995   Nickel
PONG festival celebrates experimental, computer-assisted art
PONG festival celebrates experimental, computer-assisted art
News Release   Request news release 94-142    04/05/1995   Morin
Fact sheet on athletics at Brown
Fact sheet on athletics at Brown [background for Title IX case]
News Release   94-143    04/05/1995   Nickel
Normal Mailer to deliver President's Lecture April 17
Normal Mailer to deliver President's Lecture April 17
News Release   Request news release 94-139    04/03/1995   Gannon
Susan Sontag to deliver President's Lecture April 18
Susan Sontag to deliver President's Lecture April 18
News Release   Request news release 94-140    04/03/1995   Gannon
Events for April 6 - April 20
Events for April 6 - April 20
News Release   Request news release 94-141    04/03/1995   Morin
Summary of Summer Session offerings at Brown
Summary of Summer Session offerings at Brown
News Release   Request news release 94-138    03/30/1995   Morin
Bianca Jagger to serve as honorary chair of Feinstein Hunger Awards
Bianca Jagger to serve as honorary chair of Feinstein Hunger Awards
News Release   Request news release 94-135    03/29/1995   Sweeney
Hunger Research Briefing and Exchange will debate scarcity and policy issues, April 5-7
Hunger Research Briefing and Exchange will debate scarcity and policy issues, April 5-7
News Release   Request news release 94-136    03/29/1995   Sweeney
Statement: Brown to appeal Title IX ruling
Brown University intends to appeal the Title IX ruling announced by the U.S. District Court in Providence. The text of Vice President Robert A. Reichley's statement follows here.
News Release   94-137    03/29/1995   Nickel
Carter-Brezhnev conference release
Carter-Brezhnev conference release
News Release   Request news release 94-133    03/27/1995   Nickel
Events for 3/30 - 4/13
Events for 3/30 - 4/13
News Release   Request news release 94-134    03/27/1995   Morin
Press advisory for Ray Bradbury visit
Press advisory for Ray Bradbury visit
News Release   Request news release 94-132a    03/22/1995   Korn
Peter Matthiessen to deliver President's Lecture 4/4/95
Peter Matthiessen to deliver President's Lecture 4/4/95
News Release   Request news release 94-129    03/21/1995   Gannon
John Wideman's President's Lecture 4/10/95
John Wideman's President's Lecture 4/10/95
News Release   Request news release 94-130    03/21/1995   Gannon
Events for March 23 - April 6
Events for March 23 - April 6
News Release   Request news release 94-131    03/20/1995   Gannon

Choices for 21st Century launches nationwide public policy discussions in public libraries (hometowned with mailmerged cover note to six states)
News Release   Request news release 94-115    03/17/1995   Nickel

1994-95 Feinstein Hunger Award recipients announced: International Institute of Rural Reconstruction ($24,000); John van Hengel ($10,000); Hans Singer ($10,000)
News Release   Request news release 94-123    03/17/1995   Sweeney
Conference on sexual orientation and religions set for April 7-8
Conference on sexual orientation and religions set for April 7-8
News Release   Request news release 94-124    03/17/1995   Morin
Hunger Web puts world hunger information at world's fingertips (sidebar to Hunger release)
Hunger Web puts world hunger information at world's fingertips (sidebar to Hunger release)
News Release   Request news release 94-128i    03/17/1995   Sweeney
David Lewis helped lead the WHO's cocaine project, the results of which have just been released
David Lewis helped lead the WHO's cocaine project, the results of which have just been released
News Release   Request news release 94-125i    03/16/1995   Sweeney

Bill Damon says "youth charters," which spell out common moral and cultural values, help stave off a number of juvenile problems
News Release   Request news release 94-126i    03/16/1995   Sweeney
Brown's statement on fire protection and its investment in new alarms and sprinklers
Brown's statement on fire protection and its investment in new alarms and sprinklers
News Release   Request news release 94-127    03/16/1995   Nickel
Constantine Gatsonis named head of Center for Statistical Sciences
Constantine Gatsonis named head of Center for Statistical Sciences
News Release   Request news release 94-122    03/14/1995   Korn
John Elion is an early leader in the transmission of diagnostic-quality computer images
John Elion is an early leader in the transmission of diagnostic-quality computer images
News Release   Request news release 94-120    03/13/1995   Korn
Events for March 16 - March 30
Events for March 16 - March 30
News Release   Request news release 94-121    03/13/1995   Gannon

Media Advisory: Pickering and Vorontsov to discuss collapse of detente, parallels between Afghanistan and Chechnya, at press conference in DC March 27
News Release   Request news release 94-118a    03/10/1995   Nickel

Eowyn Reike MD '97 heads an AMSA program that puts medical student expertise at the disposal of community service groups through AmeriCorps
News Release   Request news release 94-119i    03/10/1995   Korn
Speakers to explore history and culture of pre-Castro Cuba in dual lecture series (Brown and NYC)
Speakers to explore history and culture of pre-Castro Cuba in dual lecture series (Brown and NYC)
News Release   Request news release 94-116    03/07/1995   Gannon
Events for March 9 through 23
Events for March 9 through 23
News Release   Request news release 94-114    03/06/1995   Gannon
David Cutts and Richard Partridge participate in the discovery of the Top Quark at Fermilab
David Cutts and Richard Partridge participate in the discovery of the Top Quark at Fermilab
News Release   Request news release 94-113    03/02/1995   Nickel
Harry A. Blackmun to deliver 1995 Meiklejohn Lecture March 14
Harry A. Blackmun to deliver 1995 Meiklejohn Lecture March 14
News Release   Request news release 94-111    03/01/1995   Morin
Gregorian receives honorary degree from Yerevan State University Feb. 21
Gregorian receives honorary degree from Yerevan State University Feb. 21
News Release   Request news release 94-112    03/01/1995   Nickel
Darrell West's poll: mixed reviews on Gov. Almond, but state is headed in right direction
Darrell West's poll: mixed reviews on Gov. Almond, but state is headed in right direction
News Release   Request news release 94-108    02/28/1995   Nickel
Hume to deliver Ogden Lecture
Hume to deliver Ogden Lecture
News Release   Request news release 94-109    02/28/1995   Gannon
Lucille Lortel Playwrighting Fund announced
Lucille Lortel Playwrighting Fund announced
News Release   Request news release 94-110    02/28/1995   Nickel
Events release for 3/2 - 3/16
Events release for 3/2 - 3/16
News Release   Request news release 94-107    02/27/1995   Gannon
Brown files reply brief in Title IX case
Brown files reply brief in Title IX case
News Release   Request news release 94-106    02/24/1995   Nickel
Brown University AIDS Project (BRUNAP) gets major grant from AmFAR
Brown University AIDS Project (BRUNAP) gets major grant from AmFAR
News Release   Request news release 94-105    02/21/1995   Korn
Events for Feb. 23 - March 9
Events for Feb. 23 - March 9
News Release   Request news release 94-104    02/20/1995   Gannon
Brown will host New England Science Bowl 2/25
Brown will host New England Science Bowl 2/25
News Release   Request news release 94-103    02/16/1995   Korn
Dwight Heath says studies decrying increased college drinking are wrong
Dwight Heath says studies decrying increased college drinking are wrong
News Release   Request news release 94-101i    02/15/1995   Morin
Humphrey Maris et al. levitate droplets of superfluid helium; are attempting same for frog embryos
Humphrey Maris et al. levitate droplets of superfluid helium; are attempting same for frog embryos
News Release   Request news release 94-102    02/15/1995   Korn
Events release for 2/16 - 3/2
Events release for 2/16 - 3/2
News Release   Request news release 94-097    02/13/1995   Gannon

Brown professors present papers and participate in discussions at AAAS meeting: James Wyche, John Ladd, Pierre Galletti, Robert Valentini
News Release   Request news release 94-100    02/13/1995   Korn
Brown sets tuition for 1995-96 academic year: $20,608; total cost: $27,340
Brown sets tuition for 1995-96 academic year: $20,608; total cost: $27,340
News Release   Request news release 94-099    02/11/1995   Nickel

15th Brown University/Providence Journal Public Affairs Conference to consider "America's Media: Are They Out of Control?" Feb. 27 - March 9
News Release   Request news release 94-095    02/10/1995   Gannon
W. Duncan MacMillan gives $10M for new sciences center
W. Duncan MacMillan gives $10 million for undergraduate Sciences Center, moving his total Campaign commitment to $20 million
News Release   Request news release 94-096    02/10/1995   Nickel
Media Advosiry: Rep. Jack Reed to visit Brown Monday 2/13
Media Advosiry: Rep. Jack Reed to visit Brown Monday 2/13
News Release   Request news release 94-098    02/10/1995   Korn
Annenberg Institute announces its National School Reform Faculty program
Annenberg Institute announces its National School Reform Faculty program
News Release   Request news release 94-091    02/08/1995   Sweeney
Lydia English to take position at Bennington College
Lydia English to take position at Bennington College
News Release   Request news release 94-094    02/07/1995   Sweeney
Events for February 9 through 23
Events for February 9 through 23
News Release   Request news release 94-092    02/06/1995   Gannon
Five Brown physicians named among the nation's best by Town and Country
Five Brown physicians named among the nation's best by Town and Country
News Release   Request news release 94-093    02/06/1995   Korn
Brown prepares its list of unrequired reading for "Think-Read" program
Brown prepares its list of unrequired reading for "Think-Read" program
News Release   Request news release 94-089    02/02/1995   Sweeney
Media advisory: National reform faculty press conference
Media advisory: National reform faculty press conference
News Release   Request news release 94-090a    02/01/1995   Sweeney
Annenberg Philadelphia announcement
Annenberg Philadelphia announcement
News Release   94-088    01/31/1995   Nickel
Events release for Feb. 2 - 16
Events release for Feb. 2 - 16
News Release   Request news release 94-087    01/30/1995   Gannon

Western films transcend gender, race, sexual orientation and politics, says grad student Yardena Rand
News Release   Request news release 94-067i    01/25/1995   Morin
Events Release for Jan. 26 - Feb. 9
Events Release for Jan. 26 - Feb. 9
News Release   Request news release 94-085    01/24/1995   Gannon
Annenberg Challenge to Chicago announced
Annenberg Challenge to Chicago announced (release issued through L.R. Glenn Communications)
News Release   94-084    01/23/1995   Nickel
Madeleine Kunin does whirlwind tour of Brown and Providence; speaks at 4 p.m. in Sayles Hall
Madeleine Kunin does whirlwind tour of Brown and Providence; speaks at 4 p.m. in Sayles Hall
News Release   Request news release 94-086    01/23/1995   Gannon
Ellen Messer gives a mid-term report on the Bellagio Declaration
Ellen Messer gives a mid-term report on the Bellagio Declaration
News Release   Request news release 94-083i    01/18/1995   Sweeney

Vartan Gregorian receives the Prince Henry the Navigator medal from President Soares during a luncheon in the Presidential Palace in Lisbon
News Release   Request news release 94-081    01/12/1995   Nickel

Steve Jordan gives $100,000 to establish the Steven R. Jordan scholarship fund for minority scholar-athletes
News Release   Request news release 94-082    01/12/1995   Morin

Gregorian and Mara Liasson do national teleconference Feb. 1. Release was distributed in editions for each of about two dozen host cities
News Release   Request news release 94-077    01/06/1995   Nickel
Annenberg Challenge to Los Angeles is announced
Annenberg Challenge to Los Angeles is announced. See also 94/076a (overview of Annenberg Institute), 94/076b (bio of Vartan Gregorian) and 94/076c (bio of Ted Sizer)
News Release   94-076    12/21/1994   Sweeney
Brown initiates free wellness program for all employees
Brown initiates free wellness program for all employees
News Release   Request news release 94-075    12/12/1994   Sweeney

Peter Uvin says United Nations isn't rigorous about population figures in Burundi and Rwanda (Nature article, dated 12/8)
News Release   Request news release 94-073    12/08/1994   Sweeney
Events for 12/8 - 12/22
Events for 12/8 - 12/22
News Release   Request news release 94-072    12/05/1994   Gannon
Statistics on interest and ability presented in court for Title IX case
In virtually any group of young people, from grade school through college and beyond, males consistently demonstrate a significantly higher level of interest in athletics than females, according to a number of studies and surveys presented in court by attorneys for Brown University as part of a precedent-setting Title IX athletic sex-discrimination case.
News Release   94-074    12/05/1994   Nickel
Rebecca Flewelling leaves Brown for Deerfield Academy
Rebecca Flewelling leaves Brown for Deerfield Academy
News Release   Request news release 94-070    12/01/1994   Morin
Robert Caro to deliver President's Lecture 12/1
Robert Caro to deliver President's Lecture 12/1
News Release   Request news release 94-071    12/01/1994   Gannon
Events: 12/1 - 12/15
Events: 12/1 - 12/15
News Release   Request news release 94-069    11/29/1994   Gannon
Christine Heenan named associate director for government and community affairs
Christine Heenan named associate director for government and community affairs
News Release   Request news release 94-068    11/28/1994   Sweeney
Events: 11-24 - 12/8
Events: 11-24 - 12/8
News Release   Request news release 94-064    11/21/1994   Gannon
Lord Anthony Quinton to deliver President's Lecture Dec. 6
Lord Anthony Quinton to deliver President's Lecture Dec. 6
News Release   Request news release 94-065    11/21/1994   Gannon
Ending the Liberian civil war
Ending the Liberian civil war
News Release   Request news release 94-066    11/21/1994   Nickel
Nikita Khrushchev 100th conference
Nikita Khrushchev 100th conference
News Release   Request news release 94-062    11/18/1994   Gannon
Crew trophies stolen from Marston Boathouse
Crew trophies stolen from Marston Boathouse
News Release   Request news release 94-063    11/18/1994   Nickel
Alfred Kazin to deliver President's Lecture
Alfred Kazin to deliver President's Lecture
News Release   Request news release 94-061    11/16/1994   Gannon
Events: November 17 through December 1
Events: November 17 through December 1
News Release   Request news release 94-060    11/14/1994   Gannon
Visiting Russian teachers learn new method
Visiting Russian teachers learn new method
News Release   Request news release 94-059    11/09/1994   Nickel
Military Recruiting at Brown
Military Recruiting at Brown
News Release   Request news release 94-058    11/08/1994   Nickel
Events: November 10 though 24
Events: November 10 though 24
News Release   Request news release 94-057    11/07/1994   Gannon
ACI HIV Treatment Program
ACI HIV Treatment Program
News Release   Request news release 94-056i    11/01/1994   Morin
Frank Rothman steps down as Provost
Frank Rothman steps down as Provost
News Release   Request news release 94-052    10/31/1994   Nickel
Events: November 3 through 17
Events: November 3 through 17
News Release   Request news release 94-053    10/31/1994   Gannon
Vandenburgh studies in Shuttle Experiment
Vandenburgh studies in Shuttle Experiment
News Release   Request news release 94-054    10/31/1994   Korn
School Reform conference in Chicago
School Reform conference in Chicago
News Release   Request news release 94-055    10/31/1994   Sweeney
Events: October 27 through November 10
Events: October 27 through November 10
News Release   Request news release 94-051    10/24/1994   Gannon
Centennial of First Japanese Graduate
Centennial of First Japanese Graduate
News Release   Request news release 94-050    10/19/1994   Gannon
Latin American Finances
Latin American Finances
News Release   Request news release 94-049    10/18/1994   Gannon
Events: October 20 through November 3
Events: October 20 through November 3
News Release   Request news release 94-047    10/17/1994   Gannon
Nat'l Health Care Initiative for Underserved
Nat'l Health Care Initiative for Underserved
News Release   Request news release 94-048    10/17/1994   Korn
Chaudhuri helps victims of domestic abuse
Chaudhuri helps victims of domestic abuse
News Release   Request news release 94-046i    10/13/1994   Sweeney
William Styron as President's Lecturer
William Styron as President's Lecturer
News Release   Request news release 94-045    10/12/1994   Gannon
Events October 13 through 27
Events October 13 through 27
News Release   Request news release 94-043    10/11/1994   Gannon
Background of Financial Aid
Background of Financial Aid
News Release   Request news release 94-044    10/11/1994   Nickel
25th Anniversary of Brown Curriculum
25th Anniversary of Brown Curriculum
News Release   Request news release 94-042    10/07/1994   Gannon
Galina Starovoitova joins Watson Institute
Galina Starovoitova joins Watson Institute
News Release   Request news release 94-041    10/06/1994   Morin
H. Hughes Med. Institute Awards $1.5
H. Hughes Med. Institute Awards $1.5
News Release   Request news release 94-040    10/04/1994   Korn

J. Fraser Mustard kicks off the President's Lecture season Oct. 11 with address on Canadian health system
News Release   Request news release 94-035    10/03/1994   Gannon
Rutherford Studies Volcanism
Rutherford Studies Volcanism
News Release   Request news release 94-036i    10/03/1994   Korn
Events: October 6 through 20
Events: October 6 through 20
News Release   Request news release 94-038    10/03/1994   Gannon
Brown, Plaintiffs Announce Partial Settlement Agreement in Title IX Case
Under terms of a 26-page partial settlement, which must be formally approved by Senior U.S. District Judge Raymond Pettine, female athletes at Brown agree to drop any claims of unequal treatment of funded varsity teams, and the University agrees to continue its current programs and policies of fair and equal treatment with respect to those teams.
News Release   94-039    09/30/1994   Nickel
Title IX Press Conference
Title IX Press Conference
News Release   Request news release 94-036    09/28/1994   Sweeney
Investigation of death of Anthony Riccio
Investigation of death of Anthony Riccio
News Release   Request news release 94-037    09/28/1994   Gannon
Events: 9/29 - 10/13
Events: 9/29 - 10/13
News Release   Request news release 94-033    09/27/1994   Gannon
Darrell West survey on governor's race
Darrell West survey on governor's race
News Release   Request news release 94-034    09/26/1994   Sweeney
University responds to OCR investigation
University responds to OCR investigation
News Release   Request news release 94-031    09/23/1994   Nickel
Brown is prepared to prove full compliance with all Title IX provisions
"Brown University believes its program of women's varsity sports is in full compliance with the spirit and letter of Title IX, and we are eager to demonstrate that fact in court," said Robert A. Reichley, executive vice president (alumni, public affairs and external relations), at the start of the Title IX trial. "Brown has a powerful story to tell. Few colleges or universities can match the number and variety of varsity teams we offer, and women athletes at Brown take advantage of those varsity opportunities at rates that are triple the national average."
News Release   94-032    09/23/1994   Nickel
University updates its sexual harrassment policy and procedures
University updates its sexual harrassment policy and procedures
News Release   Request news release 94-030    09/22/1994   Sweeney
Four women's coaching positions improved through gift from Finn Caspersen
Four women's coaching positions improved through gift from Finn Caspersen [ volleyball team, a Title IX plaintiff, has funding restored]
News Release   94-029    09/20/1994   Nickel
Events for 9/22 - 10/6
Events for 9/22 - 10/6
News Release   Request news release 94-028    09/19/1994   Gannon
Dirk Struik, 100-year-old mathematician, will give his own centenary lecture 9/30 at 3:30 p.m.
Dirk Struik, 100-year-old mathematician, will give his own centenary lecture 9/30 at 3:30 p.m.
News Release   Request news release 94-027    09/16/1994   Sweeney
Neil Corkery appointed executive director of HELP (sent on HELP letterhead)
Neil Corkery appointed executive director of HELP (sent on HELP letterhead)
News Release   Request news release 94-026    09/14/1994   Nickel
Events for 9/15 - 29
Events for 9/15 - 29
News Release   Request news release 94-025    09/12/1994   Gannon
BCLIR announces fall offerings for senior citizens
BCLIR announces fall offerings for senior citizens
News Release   Request news release 94-024    09/09/1994   Gannon
Events 9/8 - 9/22
Events 9/8 - 9/22
News Release   Request news release 94-022    09/06/1994   Gannon
David Halberstam to deliver address at Opening Convocation 9/12 at 5:15 p.m.
David Halberstam to deliver address at Opening Convocation 9/12 at 5:15 p.m.
News Release   Request news release 94-020    08/31/1994   Gannon
Alumni Recognition Ceremony: Frank Newman gets William Rogers Award
Alumni Recognition Ceremony: Frank Newman gets William Rogers Award
News Release   Request news release 94-021    08/31/1994   Gannon
Leslie Kaelbling named NSF presidential faculty fellow
Leslie Kaelbling named NSF presidential faculty fellow
News Release   Request news release 94-019    08/30/1994   Korn
Ten Belarusian entrepreneurs on Brown-sponsored five-city tour
Ten Belarusian entrepreneurs, having gone through a BURF-sponsored course in Western business practices, are on a five-city tour shopping their business plans. See also 94/014b for plan descriptions
News Release   Request news release 94-014a    08/29/1994   Nickel

1994 orientation program to include heavy dose of academics, instructions on using the Brown curriculum to best advantage
News Release   Request news release 94-018    08/29/1994   Sweeney

Some 30 junior high students descended upon the Brown University campus Aug. 15-19 and Aug. 21-26 for Summer Science Adventures, sponsored by NASA Space Grant
News Release   Request news release 94-017i    08/24/1994   Korn
School superintendents visit Annenberg Institute to discuss roles they play in school reform
School superintendents visit Annenberg Institute to discuss roles they play in school reform
News Release   Request news release 94-016    08/19/1994   Sweeney

15 teachers take part in Teaching Fellows Program of the Choices for the 21st Century Education Project [hometowned]
News Release   Request news release 94-015h    08/18/1994   Sweeney
Dana Foundation gives Brown $500K for neural science research
Dana Foundation gives Brown $500K for neural science research
News Release   Request news release 94-013    08/11/1994   Korn

Appointment of Ed Abrahams, who starts as director of government and community affairs Sept. 15, 1994.
News Release   Request news release 94-023    08/07/1994   Morin

Bruce Becker, M.D., arranges Third-World rotations for residents in training at Rhode Island hospitals
News Release   Request news release 94-012i    08/05/1994   Korn
Steve Gladstone retires from coaching crew; joing the Development Office
Steve Gladstone retires from coaching crew; joing the Development Office
News Release   Request news release 94-011    08/03/1994   Nickel

EFL Students Piece Together an Understanding of American Volunteerism by Making Quilts for Hasbro Children's Hospital
News Release   Request news release 94-009i    08/01/1994   Sweeney

Brown, Channel 6 to host Democratic gubernatorial debate for Bruce Sundlun, Myrth York, Louise Durfee August 10
News Release   Request news release 94-010    08/01/1994   Gannon
Richard B. Salomon dies at 82
Richard B. Salomon dies at 82
News Release   Request news release 94-008    07/22/1994   Sweeney
Swearer Center gets $80,000 grant for volunteer programs in Providence
Swearer Center gets $80,000 grant for volunteer programs in Providence
News Release   Request news release 94-007    07/20/1994   Sweeney

West Survey: RI voters support tougher rules on domestic violence, oppose gambling, believe O.J. Simpson is guilty
News Release   Request news release 94-005    07/19/1994   Sweeney
Connecticut students meet Moscow pen pals through Brown's video link
Connecticut students meet Moscow pen pals through Brown's video link
News Release   Request news release 94-006    07/19/1994   Morin
Robert A. Reichley to receive CASE award for service to higher education
Robert A. Reichley to receive CASE award for service to higher education
News Release   Request news release 94-004    07/14/1994   Sweeney
Financial Aid Office reorganized; Fernando de Nicochea resigns; Tony Canchola-Flores takes over
Financial Aid Office reorganized; Fernando de Nicochea resigns; Tony Canchola-Flores takes over
News Release   Request news release 94-003    07/11/1994   Nickel
Brown to offer master's degree at Pfizer Inc. in Groton Conn.
Brown to offer master's degree at Pfizer Inc. in Groton Conn.
News Release   Request news release 94-002    07/07/1994   Nickel
Mark Baer received Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowship worth $2.5 million
Mark Baer received Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowship worth $2.5 million
News Release   Request news release 94-001    07/01/1994   Korn
Reichley statement on financial aid office letter
Reichley statement on financial aid office letter
News Release   Request news release 93-171    06/23/1994   Nickel
Lincoln Almond and Ron Machtley to debate 6/23 at 8 p.m.
Lincoln Almond and Ron Machtley to debate 6/23 at 8 p.m.
News Release   Request news release 93-169    06/14/1994   Nickel
Brown family gives Brown Archives, endowment, Nightingale-Brown House to University
Brown family gives Brown Archives, endowment, Nightingale-Brown House to University
News Release   Request news release 93-168    06/07/1994   Nickel

Brown Corporation elects eight new trustees: Deborah Coleman, Paul Dupee, Eleanor Gimon, Jeffrey Greenberg, Debra Lee, Steven Rattner, William Rhodes, Terence Walsh
News Release   Request news release 93-167    05/31/1994   Nickel
Commencement: 1994 honorary degrees
Commencement: 1994 honorary degrees to be awarded to Marian Wright Edelman, Bronislaw Geremek, Nak-chung Paik, Walter Annenberg, Leonore Annenberg, Nancy L. Buc, Masaru Ibuka, Robert MacPherson, Matthew D. Scharff, Joy Ungerleider-Mayerson
News Release   Request news release 93-150    05/25/1994   Sweeney
Providence Scholars for Class of 1998
Natasha Gelfand of Classical High School and Sonia Rodrigues of Hope High School named Providence Scholars for Class of 1998
News Release   Request news release 93-166    05/25/1994   Morin
Deborah Meier appointed to full-time Annenberg Institute position
Deborah Meier appointed to full-time Annenberg Institute position as Urban Schools Fellow. Will work half-time with Chancellor Cortines.
News Release   Request news release 93-163    05/23/1994   Nickel
Metro Boston Center for Collaborative Education announced
Metro Boston Center for Collaborative Education announced. Sizer to speak 5/25 at 2 p.m. inauguration
News Release   Request news release 93-165    05/23/1994   Sweeney
Commencement: Hazeltine awards to Dietrich Neumann and Marjorie Thompson
Commencement: Hazeltine awards to Dietrich Neumann and Marjorie Thompson
News Release   Request news release 93-162    05/20/1994   Morin
Terry and Jan Tullis lead 35 Brown faculty, students and alumni at AGU in Baltimore
Terry and Jan Tullis lead 35 Brown faculty, students and alumni in presentations at American Geophysical Union in Baltimore 5/23-27
News Release   Request news release 93-164    05/20/1994   Korn
Undergraduate honors convocation
Undergraduate honors convocation
News Release   Request news release 93-157    05/18/1994   Morin
Commencement 1994: Brown Wind Symphony to present Commencement concert
Commencement 1994: Brown Wind Symphony to present Commencement concert
News Release   Request news release 93-159    05/18/1994   Gannon
Brown Orchestra wins ASCAP award for programming
Brown Orchestra wins ASCAP award for programming
News Release   Request news release 93-160    05/18/1994   Gannon
Commencement: Kehli Harding and Russell Curley are 1994 Senior Oratyors
Commencement: Kehli Harding and Russell Curley are 1994 Senior Oratyors
News Release   Request news release 93-161    05/18/1994   Gannon
Alumni service project at Southside Community Land Trust / Swearer Memorial Garden
Alumni service project at Southside Community Land Trust / Swearer Memorial Garden
News Release   Request news release 93-155    05/17/1994   Sweeney
Brown Says Thank-You to nine employees
Brown Says Thank-You to nine employees. Zoned releases: a=East Bay; b=Metro West; c=South County; d=West Bay; e=City. Sent with photos
News Release   Request news release 93-154    05/16/1994   Sweeney
12 Joslin Awards to be presented to graduating seniors
12 Joslin Awards to be presented to graduating seniors
News Release   Request news release 93-156    05/16/1994   Morin
John Elion and the Cardiac Image Network at Miriam Hospital
John Elion and the Cardiac Image Network at Miriam Hospital
News Release   Request news release 93-158    05/16/1994   Korn
Commencement 1994: Irving R. Levine named chief marshal
Commencement 1994: Irving R. Levine named chief marshal
News Release   Request news release 93-152    05/13/1994   Nickel
NPR's Sylvia Poggioli to talk Italian Politics May 27
NPR's Sylvia Poggioli to talk Italian Politics May 27
News Release   Request news release 93-153    05/13/1994   Sweeney
Commencement: 24 forums scheduled for Saturday, May 28
Commencement: 24 forums scheduled for Saturday, May 28
News Release   Request news release 93-151    05/12/1994   Gannon
Graduate School convocation speakers, alumni citation and presidential teaching awards recipients
Graduate School convocation speakers, alumni citation and presidential teaching awards recipients
News Release   Request news release 93-145    05/11/1994   Korn
Medical School Commencement convocation, speakers, award recipients
Medical School Commencement convocation, speakers, award recipients
News Release   Request news release 93-146    05/11/1994   Korn
Sources and Ideas: Brown Summer High School will run 6/27 - 7/22
Sources and Ideas: Brown Summer High School will run 6/27 - 7/22
News Release   Request news release 93-148i    05/11/1994   Sweeney
Presidential Teaching Awards for 1994
Presidential Teaching Awards for 1994
News Release   Request news release 93-149    05/11/1994   Morin
Commencement: Rabbi Michael Paley to deliver baccalaureate address
Commencement: Rabbi Michael Paley to deliver baccalaureate address
News Release   Request news release 93-142    05/10/1994   Sweeney
"It's Only a Play," by Terrence McNally, to be staged
Commencement: "It's Only a Play," by Terrence McNally, to be staged as benefit for Friends of Brown Theater
News Release   Request news release 93-143    05/09/1994   Gannon
Alumni musical cabaret to be presented Saturday May 28
Alumni musical cabaret to be presented Saturday May 28
News Release   Request news release 93-144    05/09/1994   Gannon
Lord Anthony Quinton to lecture at Brown in fall semester
Lord Anthony Quinton to lecture at Brown in fall semester
News Release   Request news release 93-147    05/09/1994   Morin
Commencement Overview 1994
Commencement Overview 1994
News Release   Request news release 93-141    05/06/1994   Nickel
Rites & Reason offers world premiere of Going to Meet the Light
Rites & Reason offers world premiere of Going to Meet the Light; will hold over through Commencement
News Release   Request news release 93-140    05/05/1994   Gannon
Events for 5/5 - 5/19 (last of the year)
Events for 5/5 - 5/19 (last of the year)
News Release   Request news release 93-137    05/03/1994   Gannon
Gordon Wood elected to American Philosophical Society
Gordon Wood elected to American Philosophical Society
News Release   Request news release 93-138    05/02/1994   Gannon
Cutts and Partridge: Top quark discovery announcement is premature
David Cutts and Richard Partridge say the CDF team's announcement that the top quark has been found may be somewhat premature
News Release   Request news release 93-139    05/02/1994   Korn
Space Grant poster session in Warwick public schools 4/28
Space Grant poster session in Warwick public schools 4/28
News Release   Request news release 93-136    04/27/1994   Korn
Events: April 28 - May 12
Events: April 28 - May 12
News Release   Request news release 93-134    04/26/1994   Gannon
Brown ends restrictions on South African investments (A&E vote on 4/15/94).
Brown ends restrictions on South African investments (A&E vote on 4/15/94).
News Release   Request news release 93-133    04/25/1994   Sweeney
Carle Pieters is a scientist on Clementine Mission to the moon
Carle Pieters is a scientist on Clementine Mission to the moon. Will do press conference on NASA Select May 1
News Release   Request news release 93-135    04/25/1994   Korn
Thomas J. Biersteker named director of the Watson Institute
Thomas J. Biersteker named director of the Watson Institute
News Release   Request news release 93-132    04/24/1994   Nickel
Darrell West survey on government employees: They get no respect
Darrell West survey on government employees: They get no respect
News Release   Request news release 93-131    04/20/1994   Nickel
Events: 4/21 - 5/5
Events: 4/21 - 5/5
News Release   Request news release 93-130    04/19/1994   Gannon
One-page background on the Campus Dance being held in Grand Central Station in NYC
One-page background on the Campus Dance being held in Grand Central Station in NYC
News Release   Request news release 93-126    04/12/1994   Nickel
Events: 4/14 - 4/28
Events: 4/14 - 4/28
News Release   Request news release 93-129    04/12/1994   Gannon
Hunger Briefing and Exchange to coincide with Feinstein Awards
Hunger Briefing and Exchange to coincide with Feinstein Awards
News Release   Request news release 93-128    04/11/1994   Sweeney
Gregorian presents President's Medal to Carl Haffenreffer 4/10
Gregorian presents President's Medal to Carl Haffenreffer 4/10
News Release   Request news release 93-127    04/10/1994   Gannon
H. Denman Scott appointed associate dean of medicine for primary care. Will start Aug. 1
H. Denman Scott appointed associate dean of medicine for primary care. Will start Aug. 1
News Release   Request news release 93-125    04/06/1994   Korn
Events for 4/7 - 4/21
Events for 4/7 - 4/21
News Release   Request news release 93-123    04/05/1994   Gannon
Carlos Fuentes, others, to examine U.S. - Mexico relations 4/14
Carlos Fuentes, others, to examine U.S. - Mexico relations 4/14
News Release   Request news release 93-124    04/05/1994   Gannon
Robert L. Carter to deliver Meiklejohn lecture April 20
Robert L. Carter to deliver Meiklejohn lecture April 20
News Release   Request news release 93-122    04/04/1994   Morin
Damon convenes Brown and Radcliffe conference on children: Growing up in Changing Times
Damon convenes Brown and Radcliffe conference on children: Growing up in Changing Times
News Release   Request news release 93-120    04/01/1994   Morin
Events 3/31 - 4/14
Events 3/31 - 4/14
News Release   Request news release 93-118    03/29/1994   Gannon
BLC offers special program, Jews of Rhode Island
BLC offers special program, Jews of Rhode Island
News Release   Request news release 93-119    03/28/1994   Gannon
Cathy Weitz, a doctoral candidate in planetary geology, will work for JPL
Cathy Weitz, a doctoral candidate in planetary geology at Brown University, will work for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a re-planner on the Space Radar Laboratory
News Release   Request news release 93-116i    03/21/1994   Korn
Brown helps establish RINet, a K-12 connection to the Internet
Brown helps establish RINet, a K-12 connection to the Internet
News Release   Request news release 93-117i    03/21/1994   Gannon
Eric Widmer resigns to become headmaster at Deerfield Academy
Eric Widmer resigns to become headmaster at Deerfield Academy
News Release   Request news release 93-114    03/16/1994   Nickel
Events for 3/17 - 3/31
Events for 3/17 - 3/31
News Release   Request news release 93-113    03/15/1994   Gannon
President's secture series for spring 1994
President's lecture series omnibus release: E.L. Doctorow, Calvin Trillin, David Levering Lewis, Leslie Gelb, Jamaica Kincaid, Anna Quindlen
News Release   Request news release 93-112    03/11/1994   Gannon
Oke Lundin and George Loftus are designing computer wiring for RI schools
Oke Lundin and George Loftus are designing computer wiring for RI schools
News Release   Request news release 93-115i    03/11/1994   Morin
Sir Crispin Tickell, diplomat and environmentalist, will speak March 18
Sir Crispin Tickell, diplomat and environmentalist, will speak March 18 on "The Human Species: A Suicidal Success."
News Release   Request news release 93-109    03/07/1994   Nickel
Events 3/10 - 3/24
Events 3/10 - 3/24
News Release   Request news release 93-110    03/07/1994   Gannon
1994 Feinstein World Hunger Awards announced
1994 Feinstein World Hunger Awards announced: COLUFIFA, a community-based self-help organization in Senegal, to receive $25,000 ASF award. Three $10,000 merit awards to be given: Child in Need Institute of India (service); Carlos Ochoa of the International Potato Center in Peru (research; The Sacramento Bee (media)
News Release   Request news release 93-111    03/07/1994   Sweeney
Eight Resource Scholars present their findings Tuesday evenings in March and April
Eight Resource Scholars present their findings Tuesday evenings in March and April
News Release   Request news release 93-108    03/02/1994   Morin
Events for March 3 - 17
Events for March 3 - 17
News Release   Request news release 93-107    03/01/1994   Gannon
Coalition of Essential Schools names second group of math-science fellows
Coalition of Essential Schools names second group of math-science fellows
News Release   Request news release 93-106    02/25/1994   Sweeney
NASA installs ViTS at Brown
NASA installs ViTS at Brown
News Release   Request news release 93-105    02/24/1994   Korn
Banchoff at NSF computerr graphics show
Banchoff at NSF computerr graphics show
News Release   Request news release 93-104    02/23/1994   Korn
Event Feb. 24 - March10
Event Feb. 24 - March10
News Release   Request news release 93-102    02/22/1994   Gannon
Minear and Weiss release study on U.N. humanitarian aid in the former Yugoslavia
Minear and Weiss release study on U.N. humanitarian aid in the former Yugoslavia
News Release   Request news release 93-103    02/22/1994   Nickel
Peter Hocking named director of Swearer Center
Peter Hocking named director of Swearer Center
News Release   Request news release 93-101    02/18/1994   Gannon
ProJo Conference Feb. 28 - March 10: Growing Old in America
ProJo Conference Feb. 28 - March 10: Growing Old in America
News Release   Request news release 93-100    02/17/1994   Gannon
Ann Dill wins Wriston Fellowship for one semester in 1994-95 academic year
Ann Dill wins Wriston Fellowship for one semester in 1994-95 academic year
News Release   Request news release 93-098    02/16/1994   Sweeney
Manisses Communications hosts conference on adolescent violence Feb. 28
Manisses Communications hosts conference on adolescent violence Feb. 28
News Release   Request news release 93-099    02/16/1994   Morin
West survey: RI voters put Sundlun in dead heat for Democratic primary
West survey: RI voters put Sundlun in dead heat for Democratic primary, favor Chafee over Kushner, support ban on handgun sales
News Release   Request news release 93-096    02/15/1994   Nickel
Events for Feb. 17 - March 3
Events for Feb. 17 - March 3
News Release   Request news release 93-097    02/15/1994   Gannon
Tuition set for 1994-95: $19,528. Total student fees come to $25,954
Tuition set for 1994-95: $19,528. Total student fees come to $25,954
News Release   Request news release 93-095    02/12/1994   Nickel
Robert Utley to deliver fifth annual Anne S.K. Brown Lecture
Robert Utley, authority on native American wars, to deliver fifth annual Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection lecture
News Release   Request news release 93-091    02/11/1994   Gannon
Saturday Program receives $15,000 from Nellie Mae
Saturday Program receives $15,000 from Nellie Mae
News Release   Request news release 93-094    02/11/1994   Morin
BCLIR's 10th anniversary year offerings
BCLIR's 10th anniversary year offerings
News Release   Request news release 93-090    02/10/1994   Gannon
Survey on the Providence Center Mall
Survey on the Providence Center Mall: Rhode Islanders only want it if it is done without public money
News Release   Request news release 93-092    02/10/1994   Nickel
James Carville, Clinton strategist, to deliver Hazen White lecture 2/18
James Carville, Clinton strategist, to deliver Hazen White lecture 2/18
News Release   Request news release 93-093    02/10/1994   Gannon
Events for Feb. 10 through 24
Events for Feb. 10 through 24
News Release   Request news release 93-088    02/08/1994   Gannon
John Chancellor to receive Welles Hangen Award Feb. 17
John Chancellor to receive Welles Hangen Award Feb. 17
News Release   Request news release 93-089    02/08/1994   Sweeney
Ted Turner gives $25 million to Brown
Ted Turner gives $25 million to Brown
News Release   Request news release 93-087    02/07/1994   Nickel
Employees recognized for 25 years of service
Employees recognized for 25 years of service. Various editions archived as: 93/085a for Providence; 93/085b for East Bay; 93/085c for Metro North; 93/085d for Metro West II; 93/085e for Pawtuxet Valley; 93/085f for Somerset; 93/085g for West Bay
News Release   Request news release 93-085    02/04/1994   Gannon
Samuel Ramirez named director of EEO/AA
Samuel Ramirez named director of EEO/AA
News Release   Request news release 93-086    02/04/1994   Nickel
Teleconference technology enters the classroom for five-school computer graphics course
Teleconference technology enters the classroom for five-school computer graphics course
News Release   Request news release 93-082i    02/01/1994   Morin
Events Feb. 3 - Feb. 17
Events Feb. 3 - Feb. 17
News Release   Request news release 93-083    02/01/1994   Gannon
Kistersky and Khrusuchev discuss Russia-Ukraine relations
Kistersky and Khrusuchev discuss Russia-Ukraine relations in a Valentine's Day foreign affairs forum
News Release   Request news release 93-084    02/01/1994   Nickel
Events: Jan. 27 - Feb 10
Events: Jan. 27 - Feb 10
News Release   Request news release 93-080    01/25/1994   Gannon
NSF grants $692K to Institute for Secondary Education
NSF grants $692K to Institute for Secondary Education toward establishing a middle school curriculum for life sciences based at Roger Williams Zoo
News Release   Request news release 93-079    01/18/1994   Morin

Package of curriculum background materials for 25th anniversary (hand-delivered only; not mailed). Also includes:
News Release   Request news release 94-080    01/16/1994   Gannon

Ulf Grenander uses mathematical theories to harness computers for assisting in interpreting CAT, PET, MRI and other images of the brain
News Release   Request news release 94-079i    01/10/1994   Korn

Phil Lieberman uses speech testing to diagnose cognitive impairment among high-altitude climbers; technique could be used to monitor air traffic controllers et al.
News Release   Request news release 94-078i    01/06/1994   Korn
Obituary information for Thomas J. Watson Jr.
Obituary information for Thomas J. Watson Jr.
News Release   Request news release 93-077    12/31/1993   Nickel
Mark Whipple named head football coach (release by Chris Humm)
Mark Whipple named head football coach (release by Chris Humm)
News Release   Request news release 93-SIO1    12/21/1993   Nickel
Annenberg Institute announced at Oval Office ceremony
Ambassador Walter Annenberg's $500-million "Challenge to America" is announced by President Clinton in a White House ceremony.
News Release   93-075    12/17/1993   Nickel
Hassenfeld Chair announced at VG dinner for Hassenfeld family
Hassenfeld Chair announced at VG dinner for Hassenfeld family
News Release   Request news release 93-076    12/14/1993   Gannon
Balfour Minority Leadership and Scholars Program established
Balfour Minority Leadership and Scholars Program established with $600,000 five-year grant from L. G. Balfour foundation (managed by Fleet financial services)
News Release   Request news release 93-074    12/10/1993   Nickel
Events 12/9 - 12/23 (last events release of 1993; will resume in late January)
Events 12/9 - 12/23 (last events release of 1993; will resume in late January)
News Release   Request news release 93-072    12/07/1993   Gannon
Happy and John Hazen White Sr. Internships announced
Happy and John Hazen White Sr. Internships announced
News Release   Request news release 93-073    12/06/1993   Sweeney
Events 12/2 - 12/16
Events 12/2 - 12/16
News Release   Request news release 93-070    11/30/1993   Gannon
Events for 11/25 - 12/9
Events for 11/25 - 12/9
News Release   Request news release 93-069    11/23/1993   Gannon
Michael Zantovsky, Czech Ambassador to the US, delivers Ogden
Michael Zantovsky, Czech Ambassador to the US, delivers Ogden entitled "Central Europe: How Central Is It?" 12/7/93
News Release   Request news release 93-066    11/22/1993   Gannon
Fatima Mernissi, author and harem daughter, presents President's Lecture
Fatima Mernissi, author and harem daughter, presents President's Lecture, "Are We Harem Free?" 12/9/93
News Release   Request news release 93-067    11/22/1993   Gannon
Mickey Kwiatkowski's contract is not renewed.
Mickey Kwiatkowski's contract is not renewed.
News Release   Request news release 93-068    11/22/1993   Nickel
Buddy Cianci to help kick off Thayer Street Food Drive
Buddy Cianci to help kick off Thayer Street Food Drive
News Release   Request news release 93-065    11/18/1993   Sweeney
Gregorian releases Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Financial Aid
Gregorian releases Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Financial Aid
News Release   Request news release 93-064    11/17/1993   Nickel
Events 11/18 - 12/2
Events 11/18 - 12/2
News Release   Request news release 93-062    11/16/1993   Gannon
Brown chosen to participate in the Federal Direct Student Loan Program in its first year
Brown chosen to participate in the Federal Direct Student Loan Program in its first year
News Release   Request news release 93-063    11/15/1993   Nickel
Events 11/11 - 11/25
Events 11/11 - 11/25
News Release   Request news release 93-061    11/09/1993   Gannon
Sheila Blumstein resigns as dean of the College
Sheila Blumstein resigns as dean of the College
News Release   Request news release 93-060    11/05/1993   Nickel
Gregorian received Dana Award, distributes money to scholarships and libraries
Gregorian received Dana Award, distributes money to scholarships and libraries
News Release   Request news release 93-059    11/04/1993   Gannon
Susan Stroud resigns as director of Swearer Center
Susan Stroud resigns as director of Swearer Center, will work for Corporation for National and Community Service as liaison
News Release   Request news release 93-056    11/03/1993   Nickel
Women Writers Festival
Women Writers Festival
News Release   Request news release 93-057    11/03/1993   Gannon
Events: 11/4 - 11/18
Events: 11/4 - 11/18
News Release   Request news release 93-055    11/02/1993   Gannon
RUBK story idea with thumbnail bios of major participants
RUBK story idea with thumbnail bios of major participants
News Release   Request news release 93-054i    10/28/1993   Sweeney
Events: Oct 28 - Nov. 11
Events: Oct 28 - Nov. 11
News Release   Request news release 93-051    10/26/1993   Gannon
Gregorian's statement on Annenberg gift potential
Gregorian's statement on Annenberg gift potential
News Release   Request news release 93-053    10/26/1993   Nickel
Coalition of Essential Schools offers fall forum in Louisville, Ky.
Coalition of Essential Schools offers fall forum in Louisville, Ky.
News Release   Request news release 93-050    10/25/1993   Sweeney
National Institute for School Reform launched with $5-million anonymous gift
National Institute for School Reform launched with $5-million anonymous gift
News Release   Request news release 93-052    10/25/1993   Nickel
E. J. Dionne to inaugurate the Hazen White Lecture Series
E. J. Dionne to inaugurate the Hazen White Lecture Series with "The Four Crises in American Politics (With Apologies to Richard Nixon)" Tuesday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m.
News Release   Request news release 93-047    10/19/1993   Sweeney
Events: 10/21 - 11/4
Events: 10/21 - 11/4
News Release   Request news release 93-049    10/19/1993   Gannon
Alioune Cissoko named manager of special services for Police and Security
Alioune Cissoko named manager of special services for Police and Security
News Release   Request news release 93-048    10/15/1993   Morin
Duncan MacMillan gives $10M for faculty endowment
Duncan MacMillan gives $10M for faculty endowment
News Release   Request news release 93-046    10/14/1993   Sweeney
Events 10/14 - 10/28
Events 10/14 - 10/28
News Release   Request news release 93-045    10/13/1993   Gannon
Gregorian statement on Hispanics
Gregorian statement on Hispanics
News Release   Request news release 93-044    10/08/1993   Sweeney
University Donates 20 Computers To City For Providence Police Project
University Donates 20 Computers To City For Providence Police Project
News Release   Request news release 93-043    10/07/1993   Sweeney
George Morgan named first Gilbane Presidential Fellow
George Morgan named first Gilbane Presidential Fellow
News Release   Request news release 93-041    10/06/1993   Sweeney
Ellen Messer named director of Feinstein World Hunger Program
Ellen Messer named director of Feinstein World Hunger Program
News Release   Request news release 93-042    10/06/1993   Sweeney
Events 10/7 - 10/21
Events 10/7 - 10/21
News Release   Request news release 93-035    10/05/1993   Gannon
Tighter restrictions on false alarms
Tighter restrictions on false alarms
News Release   Request news release 93-032    10/04/1993   Morin
Leonid L. Kistersky becomes the E. L. Wiegand Distinguished Visiting Professor at Watson Institute
Leonid L. Kistersky becomes the E. L. Wiegand Distinguished Visiting Professor at Watson Institute
News Release   Request news release 93-036    10/04/1993   Nickel
Leonid Kistersky story idea
Leonid Kistersky story idea
News Release   Request news release 93-037i    10/04/1993   Nickel
Carlos Fuentes to join Brown faculty.
Carlos Fuentes to join Brown faculty.
News Release   Request news release 93-038    10/04/1993   Gannon
Dill Center dedicated.
Dill Center dedicated.
News Release   Request news release 93-039    10/04/1993   Gannon
Production of West Side Story helps celebrate Dill Center dedication
Production of West Side Story helps celebrate Dill Center dedication
News Release   Request news release 93-040    10/04/1993   Gannon
Continuing College on the future of the American theater
Continuing College on the future of the American theater
News Release   Request news release 93-031    10/01/1993   Morin
Dill honorary degrees
Dill honorary degrees
News Release   Request news release 93-033    10/01/1993   Sweeney
Dill Events Release
Dill Events Release
News Release   Request news release 93-034    10/01/1993   Gannon
Hillary Clinton to visit Brown 10/8, conduct hour-long prime-time broadcast on health care reform
Hillary Clinton to visit Brown 10/8, conduct hour-long prime-time broadcast on health care reform
News Release   Request news release 93-030    09/29/1993   Nickel
Events 9/30 - 10/14
Events 9/30 - 10/14
News Release   Request news release 93-029    09/28/1993   Gannon
Darrell West survey on Supreme Court Justice Fay and impeachment
Darrell West survey on Supreme Court Justice Fay and impeachment
News Release   Request news release 93-028    09/27/1993   Nickel
Conference honors Daniel Berkeley Updike
Conference honors Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941) and 100th anniversary of his Marymount Press 10/1-3
News Release   Request news release 93-027    09/24/1993   Gannon
Events: 9/23 - 10/7
Events: 9/23 - 10/7
News Release   Request news release 93-024    09/21/1993   Gannon
Colloquium on Aging and Old Age sponsored by Brown and Goethe Institute Oct. 1 and 2
Colloquium on Aging and Old Age sponsored by Brown and Goethe Institute Oct. 1 and 2
News Release   Request news release 93-025    09/21/1993   Gannon
Grand reopening of the Brown Book Store
Grand reopening of the Brown Book Store
News Release   Request news release 93-022    09/20/1993   Sweeney
John Hazen White Sr. endows a lecture series
John Hazen White Sr. endows a lecture series
News Release   Request news release 93-021    09/17/1993   Sweeney
Stanley Elkin to read as President's Lecturer Sept. 17
Stanley Elkin to read as President's Lecturer Sept. 17
News Release   Request news release 93-020    09/15/1993   Gannon
Events: 9/16 - 9/30
Events: 9/16 - 9/30
News Release   Request news release 93-018    09/14/1993   Gannon
Kathryn Spoehr named Dean of the Graduate School
Kathryn Spoehr named Dean of the Graduate School
News Release   Request news release 93-019    09/14/1993   Nickel
Events: Sept. 9 - 23
Events: Sept. 9 - 23
News Release   Request news release 93-015    09/08/1993   Gannon
BCLIR announces fall seminar offerings
BCLIR announces fall seminar offerings
News Release   Request news release 93-016    09/08/1993   Gannon
John Levin, president of Yale, to speak at Opening Convocation Sept. 7
John Levin, president of Yale, to speak at Opening Convocation Sept. 7
News Release   Request news release 93-011    09/02/1993   Morin
Wallace Terry to deliver Class of 1997 Lecture Sept. 7
Wallace Terry to deliver Class of 1997 Lecture Sept. 7
News Release   Request news release 93-012    09/02/1993   Gannon
University to open computer cluster and study hall in former Pembroke Library
University to open computer cluster and study hall in former Pembroke Library
News Release   Request news release 93-013    09/02/1993   Nickel
Story idea on staff development day
Story idea on staff development day
News Release   Request news release 93-009i    08/30/1993   Sweeney
Darrell West survey: RI voters want major change in state pension system
Darrell West survey: RI voters want major change in state pension system
News Release   Request news release 93-006    08/11/1993   Nickel
Chafee to speak Aug. 11 about issues, including gun control
Chafee to speak Aug. 11 about issues, including gun control
News Release   Request news release 93-005    08/06/1993   Sweeney
Wyche's Leadership Alliance fete Aug. 6
Wyche's Leadership Alliance fete Aug. 6
News Release   Request news release 93-004    07/28/1993   Nickel
Andy van Dam's summer graphics research course for area high school teachers and students
Andy van Dam's summer graphics research course for area high school teachers and students
News Release   Request news release 93-003    07/22/1993   DeMaio
More doctors turning to unfunded medical research, according to Brown study
More doctors turning to unfunded medical research, according to Brown study
News Release   Request news release 93-001    07/08/1993   DeMaio
Karen McLaurin named director of Brown's Third World Center
Karen McLaurin named director of Brown's Third World Center
News Release   Request news release 92-153    06/23/1993   Gannon
Brown University medical students study international medicine, ORT in Brownsville, Texas
Brown University medical students study international medicine, ORT in Brownsville, Texas
News Release   Request news release 92-152    06/22/1993   DeMaio
Ten Brown students named President's Community Service Fellows by Swearer Center
Ten Brown students named President's Community Service Fellows by Swearer Center
News Release   Request news release 92-151    06/16/1993   Sweeney
Brown wins Grand Gold Award from CASE for overall excellence
Brown wins Grand Gold Award from CASE for overall excellence
News Release   Request news release 92-149    06/08/1993   Sweeney
Davis Educational Foundation gives $600K to library to finish Josiah project
Davis Educational Foundation gives $600K to library to finish Josiah project
News Release   Request news release 92-148    06/04/1993   Sweeney
Reaves appointed Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration
Reaves appointed Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration
News Release   Request news release 92-144    06/03/1993   Nickel
Brown elects six new trustees
Brown elects six new trustees: Nora Burgess, Purandara Das, Kathryn Fuller, Steven Jordan, Robert Sanchez, Thelma Zen
News Release   Request news release 92-145    06/03/1993   Nickel
Six New Trustees Sworn in by the Brown Corporation
The Corporation of Brown University welcomed six new trustees at its meeting May 29, 1993: Nora Liburdy Burgess, a cardiovascular surgeon in San Francisco; E. S. Purandara Das, a New York investment banker; Kathryn Scott Fuller, president of the World Wildlife Fund, of Washington, D.C.; Steven R. Jordan, a professional football player for the Minnesota Vikings, of Eden Prairie, Minn.; Robert P. Sanchez (alumni trustee), a New York securities executive; and Thelma Chun-Hoon Zen, a business executive from Hawaii.
News Release   92-145    06/03/1993   Nickel
Jill Portugal, Daniel Rosenberg, Zachary Wald are three Brown students named as White House interns
Jill Portugal, Daniel Rosenberg, Zachary Wald are three Brown students named as White House interns
News Release   Request news release 92-141    05/28/1993   Gannon
vth Blois conference on high-energy particle physics June 8-12 at Brown
vth Blois conference on high-energy particle physics June 8-12 at Brown
News Release   Request news release 92-143    05/28/1993   DeMaio
Hazeltine Citations to Beiser and Morone; medical senior ditation to Herb Constantine
Hazeltine Citations to Beiser and Morone; medical senior ditation to Herb Constantine
News Release   Request news release 92-140    05/27/1993   Morin
1993 Commencment honorary degrees
Honorary degrees: Willard C. Butcher, William H. Gray III, Audrey Hepburn, Peter D. Lax, W. Duncan MacMillan, Nafis Sadik, Lila Sapinsley and R.E. "Ted" Turner
News Release   Request news release 92-138    05/26/1993   Sweeney
Alumni undertake public service projects as part of reunion activities
Alumni undertake public service projects as part of reunion activities
News Release   Request news release 92-139    05/26/1993   Morin
Levi's testimony against bills which would require nonprofits to pay taxes (H-6802 and H-6884)
Levi's testimony against bills which would require nonprofits to pay taxes (H-6802 and H-6884)
News Release   Request news release 92-137    05/24/1993   Nickel
Choices in Education Project does Bosnia
Choices in Education Project does Bosnia
News Release   Request news release 92-136    05/21/1993   Morin
Nine seniors named Joslin Award winners
Nine seniors named Joslin Award winners
News Release   Request news release 92-135    05/20/1993   Morin
William H. Gray III, CEO of United Negro College Fund, to deliver baccalaureate address May 30
William H. Gray III, CEO of United Negro College Fund, to deliver baccalaureate address May 30
News Release   Request news release 92-134    05/19/1993   DeMaio
Morley Safer to receive first Welles Hangen Award May 29 as part of Commencement forum
Morley Safer to receive first Welles Hangen Award May 29 as part of Commencement forum
News Release   92-133    05/18/1993   Nickel
Jay W. Fidler named 1993 Commencement chief marshal
Jay W. Fidler named 1993 Commencement chief marshal
News Release   Request news release 92-129    05/17/1993   DeMaio
Six graduate teaching assistants or research fellows named winners of presidential awards
Six graduate teaching assistants or research fellows named winners of presidential awards
News Release   Request news release 92-130    05/17/1993   Morin
Graduate and medical convocation speakers
Graduate and medical convocation speakers
News Release   Request news release 92-131    05/17/1993   DeMaio
Ted Turner to deliver "special presentation" at Commencement Forums
Ted Turner to deliver "special presentation" at Commencement Forums
News Release   Request news release 92-132    05/17/1993   Sweeney
Boris Biancheri, Italian ambassador to US, will deliver Ogden lecture 5/29
Boris Biancheri, Italian ambassador to US, will deliver Ogden lecture 5/29
News Release   Request news release 92-126    05/13/1993   Sweeney
1993 Commencement Forums announced
Ted Turner, Morley Safer and Jane Fonda To Highlight Brown University's Commencement Forums Held During 225th Commencement Weekend
News Release   Request news release 92-128    05/13/1993   Gannon
Brown Learning Community summer course offerings
Brown Learning Community summer course offerings
News Release   Request news release 92-123    05/10/1993   Gannon
Lee Busabos '92.5 and Lara Schwartz '93 are the senior orators for 1993 commencement
Lee Busabos '92.5 and Lara Schwartz '93 are the senior orators for 1993 commencement
News Release   Request news release 92-124    05/10/1993   Gannon
Sixth Musical Cabaret scheduled for 10 and 11:30 p.m. Saturday 5/29
Sixth Musical Cabaret scheduled for 10 and 11:30 p.m. Saturday 5/29
News Release   Request news release 92-125    05/10/1993   Gannon
Winthrop Jordan, Carolyn Rovee-Collier and George Veronis to receive Graduate Alumni Citations
Winthrop Jordan, Carolyn Rovee-Collier and George Veronis to receive Graduate Alumni Citations
News Release   Request news release 92-121    05/07/1993   Sweeney
Rites & Reason Theatre presents Brer Rabbit
Rites & Reason Theatre presents Brer Rabbit
News Release   Request news release 92-122    05/07/1993   Gannon
Commencement Advisory for 1993
Commencement Advisory for 1993
News Release   Request news release 92-119    05/06/1993   Nickel
Sheila Blumstein and Lambert Freund named fellows of the AAAS
Sheila Blumstein and Lambert Freund named fellows of the AAAS
News Release   Request news release 92-120    05/06/1993   Gannon
Events for 5/6 - 5/20
Events for 5/6 - 5/20
News Release   Request news release 92-118    05/03/1993   Gannon
Howard Foundation awards seven fellowships
Howard Foundation awards seven fellowships
News Release   Request news release 92-117    04/29/1993   Nickel
Events: 4/29 - 5/13
Events: 4/29 - 5/13
News Release   Request news release 92-115    04/26/1993   Gannon
Ted Sizer is named Annenberg Professor of the Year
Ted Sizer is named Annenberg Professor of the Year
News Release   Request news release 92-116    04/26/1993   Sweeney
Bernstein, Levy and Yamashita win Wriston Fellowships
Bernstein, Levy and Yamashita win Wriston Fellowships
News Release   Request news release 92-114    04/21/1993   Gannon
News advisory: Brown students go to DC to lobby for access to higher ed
News advisory: Brown students go to DC to lobby for access to higher ed
News Release   Request news release 92-113    04/20/1993   Gannon
Events: 4/22 - 5/6
Events: 4/22 - 5/6
News Release   Request news release 92-111    04/19/1993   Gannon
Statement on losing the Title IX appeal
A ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a preliminary injunction granted in Providence last December that ordered Brown to reinstate funding for its women's gymnastics and volleyball varsity teams.
News Release   92-112    04/16/1993   Nickel
Koppel gives ABC's $10,000 Feinstein award to Irish Concern
Koppel gives ABC's $10,000 Feinstein award to Irish Concern
News Release   Request news release 92-110    04/15/1993   Nickel
Citibank throws NYC recognition event for Coalition of Essential Schools' Citibank Faculty 4/30
Citibank throws NYC recognition event for Coalition of Essential Schools' Citibank Faculty 4/30
News Release   Request news release 92-108    04/12/1993   Sweeney
Events for 4/15 - 4/29
Events for 4/15 - 4/29
News Release   Request news release 92-109    04/12/1993   Gannon
Events for 4/8 - 4/22
Events for 4/8 - 4/22
News Release   Request news release 92-104    04/05/1993   Gannon
Hathaway to deliver the first JosŽ Amor y Vazquez Lecture 4/13
Hathaway to deliver the first JosŽ Amor y Vazquez Lecture 4/13
News Release   Request news release 92-105    04/05/1993   Gannon
ASF Awards: Koppel to give keynote; tributes to Audrey Hepburn and Bob Kates
ASF Awards: Koppel to give keynote; tributes to Audrey Hepburn and Bob Kates
News Release   Request news release 92-107    04/05/1993   Sweeney
Chris Love, Anne Diffily, Brucie Harvey are promoted
Chris Love, Anne Diffily, Brucie Harvey are promoted
News Release   Request news release 92-103    03/31/1993   Gannon
Brendel Memorial Fund used to buy 1990 United Nations documents set
Brendel Memorial Fund used to buy 1990 United Nations documents set
News Release   Request news release 92-101    03/30/1993   Nickel
1993 Feinstein Award winners
Feinstein Award winners: Haiti's Mouveman Peyizan Papaye (MPP); Long Ping Yuan of the Hunan Hybrid Rice Research Center; the International Committee of the Red Cross; ABC News Nightline
News Release   Request news release 92-099    03/29/1993   Sweeney
Events for 4/1 - 4/15
Events for 4/1 - 4/15
News Release   Request news release 92-100    03/29/1993   Gannon
Events for 3/25 - 4/8
Events for 3/25 - 4/8
News Release   Request news release 92-098    03/22/1993   Gannon
Two-day seminar on students whose primary language is not English. April 1-2
Two-day seminar on students whose primary language is not English. April 1-2
News Release   Request news release 92-097    03/19/1993   Sweeney
Natalie Zemon Davis to inaugurate the Sonia Galletti Lecture at JCB.
Natalie Zemon Davis to inaugurate the Sonia Galletti Lecture at JCB.
News Release   Request news release 92-095    03/17/1993   Gannon
Events for 3/18 - 4/1
Events for 3/18 - 4/1
News Release   Request news release 92-094    03/15/1993   Gannon
Tribute to Stan Kenton to be performed by Brown Jazz Band and guest artists March 20.
Tribute to Stan Kenton to be performed by Brown Jazz Band and guest artists March 20.
News Release   Request news release 92-093    03/11/1993   Gannon
Events for 3/11 - 3/25
Events for 3/11 - 3/25
News Release   Request news release 92-092    03/08/1993   Gannon
Events for 3/4 - 3/18
Events for 3/4 - 3/18
News Release   Request news release 92-090    03/02/1993   Gannon
Darrell West survey: 85% of Rhode Islanders approve of mandatory auto insurance
Darrell West survey: 85% of Rhode Islanders approve of mandatory auto insurance
News Release   Request news release 92-091    02/25/1993   Nickel
Coalition of Essential Schools selects 13 Thompson fellows.
Coalition of Essential Schools selects 13 Thompson fellows.
News Release   Request news release 92-088    02/24/1993   Sweeney
Coalition of Essential Schools adds 28 Citibank teachers to national Re:Learning faculty
Coalition of Essential Schools adds 28 Citibank teachers to national Re:Learning faculty
News Release   Request news release 92-089    02/24/1993   Sweeney
Events for 2/25 - 3/11
Events for 2/25 - 3/11
News Release   Request news release 92-084    02/23/1993   Gannon
Native American Week, sponsored by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
Native American Week, sponsored by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
News Release   Request news release 92-081    02/19/1993   Gannon
Julio Ortega organizes weeklong conference on Mexico
Julio Ortega organizes weeklong conference on Mexico
News Release   Request news release 92-082    02/19/1993   Gannon
Kenneth Starr to deliver Meikeljon Lecture
Kenneth Starr to deliver Meikeljon Lecture during ProJo conference, will donate papers to John Hay Library.
News Release   Request news release 92-083    02/19/1993   Gannon
1993 ProJo Conference: Race in America: The Search for Common Ground
1993 Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference (aka ProJo Conference): Race in America: The Search for Common Ground.
News Release   Request news release 92-080    02/17/1993   Gannon
Update to ProJo release: Richardson address has new time, date and location.
Update to ProJo release: Richardson address has new time, date and location.
News Release   Request news release 92-080a    02/17/1993   Gannon
Harold Ward and students design a commercial recycling program for RI
Harold Ward and students design a commercial recycling program for RI
News Release   Request news release 92-085    02/17/1993   DeMaio
Events for 2/18 - 3/4
Events for 2/18 - 3/4
News Release   Request news release 92-079    02/16/1993   Gannon
Background "white paper" about military recruitment on campus.
Background "white paper" about military recruitment on campus.
News Release   Request news release 92-075    02/15/1993   Nickel
Tuition set for 1993-94
Tuition set for 1993-94
News Release   Request news release 92-078    02/13/1993   Nickel
Phillip J. Stiles named provost at North Carolina State University effective July 1, 1993.
Phillip J. Stiles named provost at North Carolina State University effective July 1, 1993.
News Release   Request news release 92-076    02/12/1993   Nickel
Mozart's Magic Flute to be performed 2/26 and 2/28
Mozart's Magic Flute to be performed 2/26 and 2/28
News Release   Request news release 92-077    02/12/1993   Gannon
Events: 2/11 - 2/25
Events: 2/11 - 2/25
News Release   Request news release 92-074    02/09/1993   Gannon
Mellon Foundation gives $200K for Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program
Mellon Foundation gives $200K for Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program
News Release   Request news release 92-072    02/08/1993   Sweeney
Events at Brown: 2/4 - 2/18
Events at Brown: 2/4 - 2/18
News Release   Request news release 92-071    02/02/1993   Gannon
Mary Eugenia Charles, prime minister of Dominica, to present Ogden Feb. 10.
Mary Eugenia Charles, prime minister of Dominica, to present Ogden Feb. 10.
News Release   Request news release 92-070    01/28/1993   Gannon
Events: 1/28 - 2/11
Events: 1/28 - 2/11
News Release   Request news release 92-069    01/26/1993   Gannon
Signal to Syntax conference to investigate acquisition of language in children, Feb. 19-21
Signal to Syntax conference to investigate acquisition of language in children, Feb. 19-21
News Release   Request news release 92-067    01/25/1993   Morin
Laws & Nature: Shaping Sex, Preferences and Family conference set for Feb. 5-6.
Laws & Nature: Shaping Sex, Preferences and Family conference set for Feb. 5-6.
News Release   Request news release 92-066    01/22/1993   Gannon
Gregorian heads ad hoc committee on football
Gregorian heads ad hoc committee on football
News Release   Request news release 92-068    01/22/1993   Nickel
Admiral Crowe to discusspolitics and the military Feb. 5
Admiral Crowe, head of Clinton's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, to discuss the future of politics and the military in memorial lecture Feb. 5
News Release   Request news release 92-064    01/21/1993   Gannon
Gerald Shapiro's new work, Piano Trio 1992, to receive its premire Feb. 6 in Salomon
Gerald Shapiro's new work, Piano Trio 1992, to receive its premire Feb. 6 in Salomon
News Release   Request news release 92-065    01/21/1993   Gannon
Claire Bloom, Alla Demidova to present Silenced Women
Claire Bloom, Alla Demidova to present Silenced Women: The Poems of Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetayeva as a President's Lecture Jan. 28
News Release   Request news release 92-063    01/14/1993   Gannon
Richard Smoke announces final report of Security for Europe project
Richard Smoke announces final report of Security for Europe project
News Release   Request news release 93-078    01/12/1993   Nickel
Statement on preliminary injunction in Title IX case involving women's gymnastics
Brown University learned today (Tuesday, Dec. 22) that the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island has issued a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by certain present and former students alleging a violation of Title IX. The basis for the claim was Brown's decision, announced in April 1991, to change the status of two women's teams and two men's teams from varsity to intercollegiate ("club varsity") status. Brown will challenge that injunction.
News Release   92-061    12/21/1992   Nickel
Institute for Secondary Education gets $400 million NEH grant for multicultural enrichment
Institute for Secondary Education gets $400 million NEH grant for multicultural enrichment
News Release   Request news release 92-060    12/16/1992   Morin
John Hazen White Sr. endows Darrell West's Public Opinion Laboratory, now renamed
John Hazen White Sr. endows Darrell West's Public Opinion Laboratory, now renamed
News Release   Request news release 92-059    12/10/1992   DeMaio
Center for Foreign Policy issues "Security for Europe" with five eastern European countries
Center for Foreign Policy issues "Security for Europe" with five eastern European countries
News Release   Request news release 92-056    12/09/1992   Nickel
Pembroke Library to close in June
Pembroke Library to close in June
News Release   Request news release 92-057    12/09/1992   Gannon
Gregorian releases full text of Risen Committee report on campus safety
In a statement issued Dec. 6, Brown President Vartan Gregorian announced that he concurred with The Risen Committee's report on campus safety, which recommended that the University not arm its police officers at this time. The full text of that report follows here.
News Release   92-055    12/08/1992   Nickel
Gregorian releases statement on arming campus police
In a written statement distributed to the campus community Dec. 6, 1992, Brown President Vartan Gregorian concurred with a recommendation that campus police officers not be armed at this time. Gregorian informed the community that he would publish the full report in this week's edition of the George Street Journal, the University's weekly newspaper, and would send copies to parents.
News Release   92-054    12/07/1992   Nickel
Events: 12/3 - 12/17
Events: 12/3 - 12/17
News Release   Request news release 92-053    12/01/1992   Gannon
Events 11/26 - 12/10
Events 11/26 - 12/10
News Release   Request news release 92-051    11/24/1992   Gannon
JCB gets NEH grant to continue European Americana project
JCB gets NEH grant to continue European Americana project
News Release   Request news release 92-052    11/24/1992   Gannon
Brown Bookstore, Thayer merchants sponsor food drive
Brown Bookstore, Thayer merchants sponsor food drive
News Release   Request news release 92-048    11/17/1992   Gannon
Oxfam sponsors two-day fast for workd hunger
Oxfam sponsors two-day fast for workd hunger
News Release   Request news release 92-049    11/17/1992   Gannon
Events: 11/19 - 12/3
Events: 11/19 - 12/3
News Release   Request news release 92-050    11/17/1992   Gannon
Gregorian receives Bezalel Jerusalem Prize for arts and letters
Gregorian receives Bezalel Jerusalem Prize for arts and letters
News Release   Request news release 92-047    11/12/1992   Gannon
Adult Academy award ceremony set
Adult Academy award ceremony set
News Release   Request news release 92-045    11/10/1992   Sweeney
Events: 11/12 - 11/26
Events: 11/12 - 11/26
News Release   Request news release 92-046    11/10/1992   Gannon
Appointment of Fernando de Nicochea as director of financial aid
Appointment of Fernando de Nicochea as director of financial aid
News Release   Request news release 92-044    11/04/1992   DeMaio
Events: 11/5 - 11/19
Events: 11/5 - 11/19
News Release   Request news release 92-043    11/03/1992   Gannon
Barrett Hazeltine to teach at University of Botswana in 1993
Barrett Hazeltine to teach at University of Botswana in 1993
News Release   Request news release 92-040    10/29/1992   Gannon
Red Alert prize winners announced by John Hazen White Sr. (NOT ON OUR LETTERHEAD)
Red Alert prize winners announced by John Hazen White Sr. (NOT ON OUR LETTERHEAD)
News Release   Request news release 92-041    10/29/1992   Nickel
Nurmikko gets NSF block grant for study of nanostructures
Nurmikko gets NSF block grant for study of nanostructures
News Release   Request news release 92-036    10/28/1992   DeMaio
Adult Academy receives recognition award from Lamar Alexander
Adult Academy receives recognition award from Lamar Alexander
News Release   Request news release 92-039    10/28/1992   Sweeney
Events: 10/29 - 11/12
Events: 10/29 - 11/12
News Release   Request news release 92-037    10/27/1992   Gannon
Four Futures results, hometowned to participating high schools
Four Futures results, hometowned to participating high schools
News Release   Request news release 92-035    10/23/1992   Nickel
Corporation elects new fellows, trustees, treasurer
Corporation elects new fellows, trustees, treasurer
News Release   Request news release 92-033    10/22/1992   Nickel
RI college and university students spend day of public service Oct. 24
RI college and university students spend day of public service Oct. 24
News Release   Request news release 92-034    10/21/1992   Sweeney
Darrell West survey on General Assembly
Darrell West survey on General Assembly
News Release   Request news release 92-031    10/20/1992   Nickel
Events: 10/22 - 11/5
Events: 10/22 - 11/5
News Release   Request news release 92-032    10/19/1992   Gannon
Black postal workers study by Hilary Silver
Black postal workers study by Hilary Silver
News Release   Request news release 92-030    10/14/1992   Sweeney
Events: 10/15 - 10/29
Events: 10/15 - 10/29
News Release   Request news release 92-029    10/13/1992   Gannon
Gregorian appoints 19 members to Ad Hoc Committee on Financial Aid
Gregorian appoints 19 members to Ad Hoc Committee on Financial Aid
News Release   Request news release 92-028    10/08/1992   Nickel
Events: 10/8 - 10/22
Events: 10/8 - 10/22
News Release   Request news release 92-027    10/06/1992   Gannon
Events: 10/1 - 10/15
Events: 10/1 - 10/15
News Release   Request news release 92-024    09/30/1992   Gannon
Darrell West survey: Legalized casino gambling, presidential race, performance
Darrell West survey: Legalized casino gambling, presidential race, performance
News Release   Request news release 92-022    09/29/1992   Nickel
JCB inspires several exhibitions and publications for CQC
JCB inspires several exhibitions and publications for CQC
News Release   Request news release 92-023    09/29/1992   Gannon
VG statement oposing casino gambling in Rhode Island
VG statement oposing casino gambling in Rhode Island
News Release   Request news release 92-025    09/29/1992   Nickel
Events: 9/24 - 10/8
Events: 9/24 - 10/8
News Release   Request news release 92-021    09/22/1992   Gannon
Columbus Quincentenary: Angelou, Fuentes and other speakers, panelists
Columbus Quincentenary: Angelou, Fuentes and other speakers, panelists
News Release   Request news release 92-020    09/16/1992   Gannon
Events: 9/17 - 10/1
Events: 9/17 - 10/1
News Release   Request news release 92-019    09/15/1992   Gannon
VG in NYC: Faculty initiatives
VG in NYC: Faculty initiatives
News Release   Request news release 92-017    09/11/1992   Nickel
Arts events for the Columbus Quincentenary
Arts events for the Columbus Quincentenary
News Release   Request news release 92-016    09/10/1992   Gannon
Events for 9/10 through 9/24
Events for 9/10 through 9/24
News Release   Request news release 92-014    09/09/1992   Gannon
New York Kickoff background
New York Kickoff background
News Release   Request news release 92-015    09/09/1992   Nickel
George Fisher gets William Rogers Award; other alumni honored 9/11
George Fisher gets William Rogers Award; other alumni honored 9/11
News Release   Request news release 92-013    09/04/1992   Gannon
BCLIR announces fall offerings
BCLIR announces fall offerings
News Release   Request news release 92-012    09/02/1992   Gannon
Orwell's 1984 manuscript given to library
Orwell's 1984 manuscript given to library
News Release   Request news release 92-011    09/01/1992   Gannon
Chun Hoon Scholars announced for 1992-93
Chun Hoon Scholars announced for 1992-93
News Release   Request news release 92-009    08/31/1992   Nickel
Columbus Advisory: Events in calendar format
Columbus Advisory: Events in calendar format
News Release   Request news release 92-010    08/31/1992   Gannon
David McCollough to deliver Opening Convocation address
David McCollough to deliver Opening Convocation address
News Release   Request news release 92-008    08/26/1992   Gannon
Brown donates bottled Commencement water to Pawtucket during bacteria problem
Brown donates bottled Commencement water to Pawtucket during bacteria problem
News Release   Request news release 92-007    08/04/1992   Sweeney
JCB Names 21 research fellows for 1992-93
JCB Names 21 research fellows for 1992-93
News Release   Request news release 92-005    07/14/1992   Nickel
Summer Studies to offer lectures, performances
Summer Studies to offer lectures, performances
News Release   Request news release 92-004    07/10/1992   Gannon
ATLAS education reform program, headquartered at Brown, gets enormous federal grant
ATLAS education reform program, headquartered at Brown, gets enormous federal grant
News Release   Request news release 92-003    07/09/1992   DeMaio
Portuguese and Brazilian Studies gets departmental status
Portuguese and Brazilian Studies gets departmental status
News Release   Request news release 92-001    07/02/1992   Sweeney
Tom Weiss and Larry Minear finish study of UN humanitarian aid in Gulf War
Tom Weiss and Larry Minear finish study of UN humanitarian aid in Gulf War
News Release   Request news release 92-002    07/02/1992   Nickel
Warwick schoolchildren win Space Contract poster contest medals
Warwick schoolchildren win Space Contract poster contest medals
News Release   Request news release 91-179    06/26/1992   DeMaio
Alumni(ae) trustees announced
Alumni(ae) trustees announced
News Release   Request news release 91-177    06/19/1992   Nickel
David Targan receives highest award from Portugal: Order of Prince Henry the Navigator
David Targan receives highest award from Portugal: Order of Prince Henry the Navigator
News Release   Request news release 91-178    06/18/1992   Gannon
Providence Scholars announced: One from Classical, one from Hope
Providence Scholars announced: One from Classical, one from Hope
News Release   Request news release 91-175    06/17/1992   DeMaio
Darrell West survey: Perot leads Bush and Clinton; RI headed for perdition; optimism on RI economy
Darrell West survey: Perot leads Bush and Clinton; RI headed for perdition; optimism on RI economy
News Release   Request news release 91-174    06/16/1992   Nickel
Murney Gerlach takes over for John McIntyre
Murney Gerlach takes over for John McIntyre
News Release   Request news release 91-172    06/12/1992   Gannon
Fortunoff Silver exhibition at Bell Gallery
Fortunoff Silver exhibition at Bell Gallery
News Release   Request news release 91-170    06/08/1992   Gannon
Independent Award dinner 6/15 honors Akio Morita, Sony chairman
Independent Award dinner 6/15 honors Akio Morita, Sony chairman
News Release   Request news release 91-171    06/08/1992   Sweeney
Donald J. Marsh named dean of medicine and biological sciences
Donald J. Marsh named dean of medicine and biological sciences
News Release   Request news release 91-168    06/02/1992   Nickel
Nine students win Joslin Awards
Nine students win Joslin Awards
News Release   Request news release 91-167    05/29/1992   Gannon
Lamphere Consent Decree is vacated; Brown cited as a national leader
Chief Judge Francis J. Boyle of the U.S. District Court in Providence granted a petition to terminate the Lamphere Consent Decree. The University and members of a class representing all current and future female professors at Brown had jointly petitioned the court to terminate the decree, which had governed faculty hiring and promotion at Brown for 14 years.
News Release   91-165    05/27/1992   Nickel
Government documents section of Rockefeller Library dedicated to Alice Brendel
Government documents section of Rockefeller Library dedicated to Alice Brendel
News Release   Request news release 91-166    05/27/1992   DeMaio
Byron Lichtenberg to deliver charter at Commencement
Byron Lichtenberg to deliver charter at Commencement
News Release   Request news release 91-164    05/24/1992   Nickel
Arnold fellowships announced
Arnold fellowships announced
News Release   Request news release 91-156    05/22/1992   Gannon
Baker and Emery fellowships announced
Baker and Emery fellowships announced
News Release   Request news release 91-163    05/22/1992   Gannon
Commencement: Hazeltine Awards, Medical Citations
Commencement: Hazeltine Awards, Medical Citations
News Release   Request news release 91-162    05/21/1992   Sweeney
University To Confer Seven Honorary Degrees at Commencement
Brown University President Vartan Gregorian will confer seven honorary degrees at the University’s 224th Commencement Monday, May 25, 1992. The recipients are Johnnetta B. Cole, president of Spelman College in Atlanta; Dr. James P. Comer of Yale University’s Child Study Center; Kathryn S. Fuller, president of the World Wildlife Fund; Marie J. Langlois, Brown University trustee and treasurer of the Brown Corporation; Joan W. Scott, professor of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J.; Rosemary Pierrel Sorrentino, dean emerita of Pembroke College and Brown professor emerita of psychology; and the Hon. Joseph R. Weisberger, Rhode Island Supreme Court justice.
News Release   91-154    05/20/1992   Sweeney
Commencement: Johnnetta Cole to deliver baccalaureate address
Commencement: Johnnetta Cole to deliver baccalaureate address
News Release   Request news release 91-161    05/20/1992   Sweeney
Commencement: Rod Chisholm to receive Rosenberger Medal
Commencement: Rod Chisholm to receive Rosenberger Medal
News Release   Request news release 91-157    05/18/1992   DeMaio
Presidential Teaching Awards given to six students
Presidential Teaching Awards given to six students
News Release   Request news release 91-159    05/18/1992   DeMaio
Brown Says Thank You to 13 employees (four release versions, sent to zones of hometown papers)
Brown Says Thank You to 13 employees (four release versions, sent to zones of hometown papers)
News Release   Request news release 91-158    05/15/1992   Sweeney
Commencement: Harvey M. Spear named Chief Marshal
Commencement: Harvey M. Spear named Chief Marshal
News Release   Request news release 91-151    05/12/1992   DeMaio
Students apologize to University Hall staff; misdemeanor charge withdrawn
Students apologize to University Hall staff; misdemeanor charge withdrawn
News Release   Request news release 91-155    05/12/1992   Nickel
Commencement: Commencement Forums
Commencement: Commencement Forums
News Release   Request news release 91-149    05/11/1992   Sweeney
Student orators chosen: Eric Rothaus, Alaraby Johnson and Andrew Greer
Student orators chosen: Eric Rothaus, Alaraby Johnson and Andrew Greer
News Release   Request news release 91-152    05/11/1992   Gannon
Coalition of Essential Schools offers two-day IBM conference
Coalition of Essential Schools offers two-day IBM conference
News Release   Request news release 91-153    05/11/1992   Sweeney
Commencement: Graduate Alumni Citations
Commencement: Graduate Alumni Citations
News Release   Request news release 91-148    05/08/1992   Nickel
Commencement: Musical Cabaret and "Dismember Mine" to be performed
Commencement: Musical Cabaret and "Dismember Mine" to be performed
News Release   Request news release 91-146    05/07/1992   Gannon
Commencement: Rites & Reason presents "Fruits of Miss Morning" and Mardi Gras fund raiser
Commencement: Rites & Reason presents "Fruits of Miss Morning" and Mardi Gras fund raiser
News Release   Request news release 91-147    05/07/1992   Gannon
Commencement: Advisory
Commencement: Advisory
News Release   Request news release 91-144    05/05/1992   Nickel
University gives students probation in UDC hearings re UH takeover; court case continues
University gives students probation in UDC hearings re UH takeover; court case continues
News Release   Request news release 91-145    05/05/1992   Nickel
Commencement: Brown Orchestra to perform with Eugenia Zukerman 5/24
Commencement: Brown Orchestra to perform with Eugenia Zukerman 5/24
News Release   Request news release 91-138    05/04/1992   Gannon
Charleston String Quartet to perform works by women
Charleston String Quartet to perform works by women
News Release   Request news release 91-139    05/01/1992   Gannon
Text of Gregorian's letter asking for leniency from court for students
Text of Gregorian's letter asking for leniency from court for students
News Release   Request news release 91-143    04/29/1992   Nickel
Third World Alumni Program wins CASE gold medal
Third World Alumni Program wins CASE gold medal
News Release   Request news release 91-141    04/27/1992   Gannon
Shaye Cohen named first Ungerleider Professor of Judaic Studies
Shaye Cohen named first Ungerleider Professor of Judaic Studies
News Release   Request news release 91-142    04/27/1992   Gannon
Brown to press only 2 of 5 charges against arrested students
Brown to press only 2 of 5 charges against arrested students
News Release   Request news release 91-140    04/24/1992   DeMaio
Chronology of events in University Hall takeover (Printed in BDH but not sent as release)
Chronology of events in University Hall takeover (Printed in BDH but not sent as release)
News Release   Request news release 91-140a    04/24/1992   Broudy
Financial aid chronology and endowment data
Financial aid chronology and endowment data
News Release   Request news release 91-136    04/22/1992   Nickel
RAR statement on need-blind admissions
RAR statement on need-blind admissions
News Release   Request news release 91-137    04/22/1992   Nickel
The Great Concert with Itzhak Perlman 4/28 in New York
The Great Concert with Itzhak Perlman 4/28 in New York
News Release   Request news release 91-135    04/20/1992   Gannon
Events: 4/16 - 4/30
Events: 4/16 - 4/30
News Release   Request news release 91-134    04/14/1992   Gannon
Jennifer Cadero-Gillette '92 named Mellon Fellow in Humanities
Jennifer Cadero-Gillette '92 named Mellon Fellow in Humanities
News Release   Request news release 91-131    04/13/1992   Gannon
Four Howard R. Swearer Fellows named
Four Howard R. Swearer Fellows named
News Release   Request news release 91-132    04/13/1992   Sweeney
VG statement and chronology on financial aid (Not sent)
VG statement and chronology on financial aid (Not sent)
News Release   Request news release 91-130    04/11/1992   Nickel
Statement on women's athletics
Vice President Reichley's statement on women's athletics, made shortly after the University received its first notice that the Title IX case had been filed.
News Release   91-129    04/09/1992   Nickel
Campaign kickoff: $450 million for the rising generation
Campaign kickoff: $450 million for the rising generation
News Release   Request news release 91-128    04/08/1992   Nickel
Events: 4/9 - 4/23
Events: 4/9 - 4/23
News Release   Request news release 91-127    04/06/1992   Gannon
University establishes University Courses to fix MOT problem
University establishes University Courses to fix MOT problem
News Release   Request news release 91-093    04/03/1992   Sweeney
Roskens to provide "concluding keynote" for Hunger BrieÞng 4/10
Roskens to provide "concluding keynote" for Hunger BrieÞng 4/10
News Release   Request news release 91-126    04/02/1992   Sweeney
Admission letters mailed: 2,766 out of 12,187 applicants get good news
Admission letters mailed: 2,766 out of 12,187 applicants get good news
News Release   Request news release 91-124    04/01/1992   DeMaio
Gary Burton, vibraphonist, to present Eric Adam Brudner '84 Memorial Concert 4/11
Gary Burton, vibraphonist, to present Eric Adam Brudner '84 Memorial Concert 4/11
News Release   Request news release 91-125    04/01/1992   Gannon
David Kertzer named Þrst Paul Dupee University Professor of Social Sciences
David Kertzer named Þrst Paul Dupee University Professor of Social Sciences
News Release   Request news release 91-122    03/31/1992   Sweeney
Events: 4/2 - 4/16
Events: 4/2 - 4/16
News Release   Request news release 91-123    03/31/1992   Gannon
Yuko Hayashi to play rededication recital for Hutchings-Votey organ in Sayles 4/5
Yuko Hayashi to play rededication recital for Hutchings-Votey organ in Sayles 4/5
News Release   Request news release 91-121    03/27/1992   Gannon
Frank Newman to dedicate HRS Center for Public Service; Pell and Chafee to attend
Frank Newman to dedicate HRS Center for Public Service; Pell and Chafee to attend
News Release   Request news release 91-117    03/25/1992   Sweeney
Duke and His Mistress plays Worcester
Duke and His Mistress plays Worcester
News Release   Request news release 91-120    03/25/1992   Gannon
Duke and His Mistress tours Great Britain.
Duke and His Mistress tours Great Britain.
News Release   Request news release 91-119    03/24/1992   Gannon
Levi Adams named vice president for governmental and community affairs
Levi Adams named vice president for governmental and community affairs
News Release   Request news release 91-116    03/23/1992   DeMaio
Events: 3/36 - 4/9
Events: 3/36 - 4/9
News Release   Request news release 91-118    03/23/1992   Gannon
BERTEX program launched
BERTEX program launched
News Release   Request news release 91-110    03/19/1992   DeMaio
Events at Brown: 3/19 - 4/2
Events at Brown: 3/19 - 4/2
News Release   Request news release 91-114    03/17/1992   Gannon
Nicolaos Kapouleas wins Sloan fellowship for mathematics
Nicolaos Kapouleas wins Sloan fellowship for mathematics
News Release   Request news release 91-115    03/17/1992   Gannon
Audrey Hepburn, honorary chair, will deliver keynote at ASF Hunger Awards 3/12
Audrey Hepburn, honorary chair, will deliver keynote at ASF Hunger Awards 3/12
News Release   Request news release 91-112    03/16/1992   Sweeney
MEDAC launched with $0.5 million from Kellogg
MEDAC launched with $0.5 million from Kellogg
News Release   Request news release 91-113    03/16/1992   DeMaio
Feinstein Hunger Award Winners announced
Feinstein Hunger Award Winners announced
News Release   Request news release 91-101    03/10/1992   Sweeney
Reprint of VG's BDH letter, distributed on Green at rally against anti-Semitic g raffiti
Reprint of VG's BDH letter, distributed on Green at rally against anti-Semitic g raffiti
News Release   Request news release 91-111    03/10/1992   Nickel
Events: 3/12 - 3/26
Events: 3/12 - 3/26
News Release   Request news release 91-109    03/09/1992   Gannon
Resource Scholars to offer presentations
Resource Scholars to offer presentations
News Release   Request news release 91-108    03/05/1992   Gannon
President's Lecture Series announced; Lord Annan and Clair Bloom to visit this year
President's Lecture Series announced; Lord Annan and Clair Bloom to visit this year
News Release   Request news release 91-104    03/04/1992   Nickel
Brown and Dartmouth wind symphonies present joint concert 3/7
Brown and Dartmouth wind symphonies present joint concert 3/7
News Release   Request news release 91-106    03/04/1992   Gannon
Rebecca Flewelling named assistant to the president by VG
Rebecca Flewelling named assistant to the president by VG
News Release   Request news release 91-107    03/04/1992   Nickel
BCLIR announces spring seminars
BCLIR announces spring seminars
News Release   Request news release 91-103    03/03/1992   Gannon
Events: 3/5 - 3/17
Events: 3/5 - 3/17
News Release   Request news release 91-105    03/03/1992   Gannon
Thompson fellows selected by CES
Thompson fellows selected by CES
News Release   Request news release 91-099    03/02/1992   Sweeney
Citibank Coalition faculty announced
Citibank Coalition faculty announced
News Release   Request news release 91-100    03/02/1992   Sweeney
Haffenreffer opens exhibition on New England Native Americans
Haffenreffer opens exhibition on New England Native Americans
News Release   Request news release 91-102    02/28/1992   Gannon
Forbes Center to be dedicated March 9-10
Forbes Center to be dedicated March 9-10
News Release   Request news release 91-098    02/27/1992   Gannon
Events: 2/27 - 3/12
Events: 2/27 - 3/12
News Release   Request news release 91-096    02/25/1992   Gannon
Camille Paglia to lecture 3/5
Camille Paglia to lecture 3/5
News Release   Request news release 91-097    02/25/1992   Gannon
Minority Alumni Dinner honors Terry, Zen as Redding Fellows; Redding portrait unveiled
Minority Alumni Dinner honors Terry, Zen as Redding Fellows; Redding portrait unveiled
News Release   Request news release 91-094    02/20/1992   Gannon
Applications up 2.5 percent to 12,044 and counting
Applications up 2.5 percent to 12,044 and counting
News Release   Request news release 91-091    02/18/1992   Sweeney
Events: 2/27 - 3/12
Events: 2/27 - 3/12
News Release   Request news release 91-092    02/18/1992   Gannon
Tuition and fees for 1992-93 to total $23,353
Tuition and fees set for 1992-93 (new tuition = $17,384; fees = $5,969; total = $23,353
News Release   Request news release 91-090    02/15/1992   Nickel
Ray Flynn to deliver Metcalf - Swearer memorial lecture to open ProJo Conference
Ray Flynn to deliver Metcalf - Swearer memorial lecture to open ProJo Conference
News Release   Request news release 91-088    02/13/1992   Nickel
ProJo Conference agenda (major release on the conference, including schedule)
ProJo Conference agenda (major release on the conference, including schedule)
News Release   Request news release 91-089    02/12/1992   Gannon
Events: 2/13 - 2/27
Events: 2/13 - 2/27
News Release   Request news release 91-086    02/11/1992   Gannon
Darrell West survey finds 9 percent approval for General Assembly. Even Pell is down in the polls.
Darrell West survey finds 9 percent approval for General Assembly. Even Pell is down in the polls.
News Release   Request news release 91-087    02/11/1992   DeMaio
Wriston awards for Bickford, Lockhart, Krech, Warren, and Yamashita
Wriston awards for Bickford, Lockhart, Krech, Warren, and Yamashita
News Release   Request news release 91-085    02/05/1992   Gannon
Events: 2/6 - 2/20
Events: 2/6 - 2/20
News Release   Request news release 91-084    02/04/1992   Gannon
Events: 1/30 - 2/13
Events: 1/30 - 2/13
News Release   Request news release 91-083    01/28/1992   Gannon
New Plays Festival
New Plays Festival
News Release   Request news release 91-082    01/24/1992   Gannon
Events: 1/23 - 2/6
Events: 1/23 - 2/6
News Release   Request news release 91-081    01/23/1992   Gannon
Humanitarianism and War project is funded and launched
Humanitarianism and War project is funded and launched
News Release   Request news release 91-080    01/17/1992   DeMaio
Sherman is Brown's first Licht intern
Sherman is Brown's first Licht intern
News Release   Request news release 91-079    01/13/1992   Sweeney
Continuing College 1/25: A Matter of Time: Children, Poverty and Politics
Continuing College 1/25: A Matter of Time: Children, Poverty and Politics
News Release   Request news release 91-078    01/09/1992   Gannon
Piyush Robert Jindal '91 receives Rhodes Scholarship
Piyush Robert Jindal '91 receives Rhodes Scholarship
News Release   Request news release 91-077    12/26/1991   Gannon
Danforth Foundation gives Brown $420,000 for minority PhD fellowships
Danforth Foundation gives Brown $420,000 for minority PhD fellowships
News Release   Request news release 91-075    12/20/1991   Gannon
Two of the White House Fellows are Brown grads
Two of the White House Fellows are Brown grads
News Release   Request news release 91-076    12/20/1991   Gannon
445 surplus tablet armchairs donated to Providence School Department
445 surplus tablet armchairs donated to Providence School Department
News Release   Request news release 91-074    12/19/1991   Nickel
Two-way video teleconferencing established between Soviets, CFPD, IKI, Watson Institute
Two-way video teleconferencing established between Soviets, CFPD, IKI, Watson Institute
News Release   Request news release 91-055    12/18/1991   Nickel
Events: 12/12 - 12/26
Events: 12/12 - 12/26
News Release   Request news release 91-072    12/10/1991   Gannon
Robin Rose named new dean of student life
Robin Rose named new dean of student life
News Release   Request news release 91-071    12/09/1991   Nickel
Cuban Crisis meeting set for Havana Jan 8-12, 1992
Cuban Crisis meeting set for Havana Jan 8-12, 1992 [see also 91/068a: Several panelists and participants have changed]
News Release   Request news release 91-068    12/05/1991   Nickel
Events: 12/5 - 12/19
Events: 12/5 - 12/19
News Release   Request news release 91-069    12/03/1991   Gannon
Thayer Street Food Drive
Thayer Street Food Drive
News Release   Request news release 91-070    12/03/1991   Gannon
Events: 11/28 - 12/12
Events: 11/28 - 12/12
News Release   Request news release 91-067    11/26/1991   Gannon
Rhapsody in Blue to be performed in original GrofŽ version
Rhapsody in Blue to be performed in original GrofŽ version
News Release   Request news release 91-066    11/25/1991   Gannon
Search opened for Watson Institute Director
Search opened for Watson Institute Director; VG to be Acting Director; Center for Foreign Policy to become part of University
News Release   Request news release 91-065    11/22/1991   Nickel
Gregorian appointed to IIE, Phi Beta Kappa, etc., etc.
Gregorian appointed to IIE, Phi Beta Kappa, etc., etc.
News Release   Request news release 91-064    11/21/1991   Nickel
Events 11/21 - 12/5
Events 11/21 - 12/5
News Release   Request news release 91-062    11/20/1991   Gannon
Brown Orchestra and Chorus do Mozart's Requiem on his Death Date
Brown Orchestra and Chorus do Mozart's Requiem on his Death Date
News Release   Request news release 91-060    11/18/1991   Gannon
Center for Foreign Policy hosts naval discussions among U.S., U.K. and U.S.S.R.
Center for Foreign Policy hosts naval discussions among U.S., U.K. and U.S.S.R.
News Release   Request news release 91-061    11/18/1991   Nickel
Oxfam gets 1,200 Brown students to give up a meal, raises >$2,000 for world hunger
Oxfam gets 1,200 Brown students to give up a meal, raises >$2,000 for world hunger
News Release   Request news release 91-058    11/15/1991   Gannon
Statement on Delta Tau / College Hill Independent case
Statement on Delta Tau / College Hill Independent case
News Release   Request news release 91-059    11/15/1991   Nickel
Siersma named assistant vice president for human resources
Siersma named assistant vice president for human resources
News Release   Request news release 91-063    11/15/1991   Nickel
Kurt Raaflaub to co-direct Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC
Kurt Raaflaub to co-direct Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, DC
News Release   Request news release 91-056    11/14/1991   Gannon
Library receives $500k gift from from John Crawford Jr.
Library receives $500k gift from from John Crawford Jr.
News Release   Request news release 91-057    11/14/1991   Nickel
Events: 11/14 - 11/28
Events: 11/14 - 11/28
News Release   Request news release 91-054    11/12/1991   Gannon
Coalition of Essential Schools bags another $250K from Exxon Education Foundation
Coalition of Essential Schools bags another $250K from Exxon Education Foundation
News Release   Request news release 91-051    11/07/1991   Sweeney
Statements on Brendell case
Statements on Brendell case
News Release   Request news release 91-053    11/07/1991   Nickel
Library buys Albert Collection of George Bernard Shaw
Library buys Albert Collection of George Bernard Shaw
News Release   Request news release 91-052    11/06/1991   Nickel
Events 11/7 - 11/21
Events 11/7 - 11/21
News Release   Request news release 91-049    11/05/1991   Gannon
Death of Iran Bachman, preventive measures for meningococcemia
Death of Iran Bachman, preventive measures for meningococcemia
News Release   Request news release 91-050    11/04/1991   Nickel
Cluster of grants in Dean of College Office
Cluster of grants in Dean of College Office
News Release   Request news release 91-048    11/01/1991   DeMaio
HRS memorial details set
HRS memorial details set
News Release   Request news release 91-047    10/31/1991   DeMaio
Events: 10/31 - 11/ 14
Events: 10/31 - 11/ 14
News Release   Request news release 91-046    10/29/1991   Gannon
Gordon Wood delivers Presidential lecture in White House
Gordon Wood delivers Presidential lecture in White House
News Release   Request news release 91-043    10/28/1991   Gannon
Coalition of Essential Schools holds meeting in Chicago
Coalition of Essential Schools holds meeting in Chicago
News Release   Request news release 91-045    10/28/1991   Sweeney
Brown names Center for Public Policy after Howard Swearer
Brown University has named its Center for Public Service in honor of its 15th president, the late Howard R. Swearer. Community service was among Swearer’s highest priorities; he established the center in 1986. Note: A statement from President Gregorian and a summary of the Swearer presidency, distributed to news media Oct. 19, 1991, when Swearer died, are appended to this release.
News Release   91-041    10/23/1991   Nickel
Sheila Blumstein appointed to endowed professorship
Sheila Blumstein appointed to endowed professorship
News Release   Request news release 91-038    10/22/1991   Gannon
Events: 10/24 - 11/7
Events: 10/24 - 11/7
News Release   Request news release 91-040    10/22/1991   Gannon
Swearer Memorial Service Set for 11/3/91 at 2 p.m.
Swearer Memorial Service Set for 11/3/91 at 2 p.m.
News Release   Request news release 91-042    10/22/1991   Nickel
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies gets several grants
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies gets several grants
News Release   Request news release 91-037    10/21/1991   Sweeney
Peter Eimas named Fred M. Seed Professor
Peter Eimas named Fred M. Seed Professor
News Release   Request news release 91-039    10/21/1991   Gannon
Corporation accepts Tillinghast Report, renames Medical School
Corporation accepts Tillinghast Report, renames Medical School
News Release   Request news release 91-034    10/18/1991   DeMaio
Latin American writers conference focusing on Venezuela
Latin American writers conference focusing on Venezuela
News Release   Request news release 91-036    10/17/1991   Gannon
Ladd Observatory anniversary
Ladd Observatory anniversary
News Release   Request news release 91-035    10/16/1991   Gannon
Events: 10/17 - 10/31
Events: 10/17 - 10/31
News Release   Request news release 91-032    10/15/1991   Gannon
Brown Athletics Department adopts Fox Point School
Brown Athletics Department adopts Fox Point School
News Release   Request news release 91-033    10/15/1991   Nickel
African Writers conference Nov. 4-8
African Writers conference Nov. 4-8
News Release   Request news release 91-030    10/10/1991   Nickel
Sizer, Coalition of Essential Schools sponsor forum for women's centennial
Sizer, Coalition of Essential Schools sponsor forum for women's centennial
News Release   Request news release 91-031    10/10/1991   Sweeney
Events: 10/10 - 10/24
Events: 10/10 - 10/24
News Release   Request news release 91-028    10/08/1991   Gannon
Zuni spokesman talks about repatriation of tribal materials at Haffenreffer
Zuni spokesman talks about repatriation of tribal materials at Haffenreffer
News Release   Request news release 91-027    10/07/1991   Gannon
Alumnae Cabaret: Jeree Palmer, et al.
Alumnae Cabaret: Jeree Palmer, et al.
News Release   Request news release 91-029    10/07/1991   Gannon
100 Years of Women at Brown: An overview of the symposium
100 Years of Women at Brown: An overview of the symposium
News Release   Request news release 91-021    10/04/1991   Nickel
Stanley Fish speaks about freedom of speech 10/10
Stanley Fish speaks about freedom of speech 10/10
News Release   Request news release 91-026    10/04/1991   Gannon
Brown Orchestra announces 1991-92 concert season
Brown Orchestra announces 1991-92 concert season
News Release   Request news release 91-025    10/03/1991   Gannon
Darrell West survey: RI approves of Clarence Thomas; all politicians' approval ratings slide
Darrell West survey: RI approves of Clarence Thomas; all politicians' approval ratings slide
News Release   Request news release 91-022    10/01/1991   Nickel
Events: 10/3 - 10/17
Events: 10/3 - 10/17
News Release   Request news release 91-024    10/01/1991   Gannon
Arto Nurmikko invents blue-green laser diode
Arto Nurmikko invents blue-green laser diode
News Release   Request news release 91-023    09/30/1991   DeMaio
Events: 9/26 - 10/10
Events: 9/26 - 10/10
News Release   Request news release 91-019    09/24/1991   Gannon
Harvey Silverman dean of engineering
Harvey Silverman dean of engineering
News Release   Request news release 91-020    09/24/1991   DeMaio
1991 Champlin Fellows announced
1991 Champlin Fellows announced
News Release   Request news release 91-016    09/18/1991   Gannon
Events release 9/19 - 10/3
Events release 9/19 - 10/3
News Release   Request news release 91-017    09/18/1991   Gannon
JoBeth Williams to speak at Freshman Dinner
JoBeth Williams to speak at Freshman Dinner
News Release   Request news release 91-014    09/16/1991   Gannon
VanDam receives Coons award from SIGGRAPH
VanDam receives Coons award from SIGGRAPH
News Release   Request news release 91-015    09/16/1991   DeMaio
Robert Kates given National Medal of Science
Robert Kates given National Medal of Science
News Release   Request news release 91-009    09/13/1991   DeMaio
Mary Robinson to deliver Ogden Lecture 9/19
Mary Robinson to deliver Ogden Lecture 9/19
News Release   Request news release 91-010    09/13/1991   Nickel
Wolfe named acting director of admission and financial aid
Gregorian announces $1-million financial aid emergency fund; Wolfe named acting director of admission and financial aid operations
News Release   91-013    09/13/1991   Nickel
Thomson Fellows named by Coalition of Essential Schools (with Danforth grant)
Thomson Fellows named by Coalition of Essential Schools (with Danforth grant)
News Release   Request news release 91-012    09/12/1991   Sweeney
Events 9/12 - 9/26
Events 9/12 - 9/26
News Release   Request news release 91-011    09/11/1991   Gannon
Starr fellows for 1991-92 announced
Starr fellows for 1991-92 announced
News Release   Request news release 91-008    09/04/1991   Nickel
Linda Mason to be honored at AABU recognition night. Brown Bears, alumni awards also.
Linda Mason to be honored at AABU recognition night. Brown Bears, alumni awards also.
News Release   Request news release 91-007    08/30/1991   DeMaio
Jill Ker Conway to speak at Opening Convocation 9/3
Jill Ker Conway to speak at Opening Convocation 9/3
News Release   Request news release 91-006    08/21/1991   DeMaio
Beer kegs banned from Brown residence halls
Beer kegs banned from Brown residence halls
News Release   Request news release 91-005    08/20/1991   DeMaio
Forbes Foundation grants $2 million for MCM
Forbes Foundation grants $2 million for MCM; Brown names Malcolm Forbes Center for Modern Culture and Media
News Release   Request news release 91-004    08/19/1991   Nickel
Choices: A rapid deployment curriculum for high school social studies
Center for Foreign Policy Development launches rapid deployment curriculum materials for high schools
News Release   Request news release 91-003    07/29/1991   Nickel
Coalition of Essential Schools gets $2 million from DeWitt-WallaceÑReader's Digest fund
Coalition of Essential Schools gets $2 million from DeWitt-WallaceÑReader's Digest fund
News Release   Request news release 91-002    07/16/1991   Sweeney
JCB Announces its 1991-92 Fellowship Winners
JCB Announces its 1991-92 Fellowship Winners
News Release   Request news release 91-001    07/08/1991   Nickel
Darrell West Survey: Sundlun down, voters angry over pensions, etc.
Darrell West Survey: Sundlun down, voters angry over pensions, etc.
News Release   Request news release 90-168    06/18/1991   Nickel
Mari Jo Buhle gets a MacArthur Fellowship
Mari Jo Buhle gets a MacArthur Fellowship
News Release   Request news release 90-169    06/18/1991   DeMaio
Dennis Boucher named director of Police and Security Services
Dennis Boucher named director of Police and Security Services
News Release   Request news release 90-167    06/05/1991   Nickel
Chun Hoon Scholars
Chun Hoon Scholars
News Release   Request news release 90-162    05/30/1991   Mahdesian
Commencement: Levi C. Adams wins W. W. Keen Award
Commencement: Levi C. Adams wins W. W. Keen Award
News Release   Request news release 90-163    05/30/1991   Sweeney
Commencement Surprises: A.O. Way honorary degree; Howard Swearer's named directorship
Commencement Surprises: A.O. Way honorary degree; Howard Swearer's named directorship
News Release   Request news release 90-164    05/30/1991   Sweeney
Six new trustees named: Carter, Lloyd, Kobayashi, Peppard, Robert, Speed
Six new trustees named: Carter, Lloyd, Kobayashi, Peppard, Robert, Speed
News Release   Request news release 90-165    05/30/1991   DeMaio
Haffenreffer gets $41,000 grant for operations
Haffenreffer gets $41,000 grant for operations
News Release   Request news release 90-166    05/30/1991   Sweeney
Galletti and Greer leave the medical school
Galletti and Greer leave the medical school
News Release   Request news release 90-158    05/25/1991   Nickel
Judaic Studies receives $2-million grant from Dorot Foundation
Judaic Studies receives $2-million grant from Dorot Foundation
News Release   Request news release 90-161    05/24/1991   DeMaio
Anton leaves the deanery to direct Providence Plan, Taubman Center
Anton leaves the deanery to direct Providence Plan, Taubman Center
News Release   Request news release 90-159    05/23/1991   Sweeney
Ten honorary degrees at 1991 Commencement
Commencement: Ten honorary degrees: Fisher, Greenhouse, Hunt, Massey, Mehta, Nitze, Para, Shevardnadze, Shklar, Tempkin
News Release   Request news release 90-152    05/22/1991   Sweeney
Statement on entering into the Justice Department consent decree
Statement on entering into the Justice Department consent decree
News Release   Request news release 90-160    05/22/1991   Nickel
Commencement: Beiser, Rose get Hazeltine Awards; Wachtel gets Medical Senior Citation
Commencement: Beiser, Rose get Hazeltine Awards; Wachtel gets Medical Senior Citation
News Release   Request news release 90-151    05/21/1991   Sweeney
Ann W. Caldwell named vice president for development
Ann W. Caldwell named vice president for development
News Release   Request news release 90-157    05/21/1991   Nickel
Commencement: Ruth Harris Wolf is the chief marshal
Commencement: Ruth Harris Wolf is the chief marshal
News Release   Request news release 90-149    05/20/1991   DeMaio
Suzanne Rivera and Tracey Robert are 1991 student orators
Suzanne Rivera and Tracey Robert are 1991 student orators
News Release   Request news release 90-150    05/20/1991   Mahdesian
Commencement: Graduate Alumni Citations awarded to Cartwright, Cohen, Maxwell
Commencement: Graduate Alumni Citations awarded to Cartwright, Cohen, Maxwell
News Release   Request news release 90-153    05/20/1991   Sweeney
Baker fellows for 1991 announced
Baker fellows for 1991 announced
News Release   Request news release 90-154    05/20/1991   Mahdesian
Glynn reorganizes finance and administration
Glynn reorganizes finance and administration
News Release   Request news release 90-156    05/20/1991   Nickel
Events: 5/17 - 5/30
Events: 5/17 - 5/30
News Release   Request news release 90-147    05/17/1991   Mahdesian
President's Public Service Awards announced for 12 students
President's Public Service Awards announced for 12 students
News Release   Request news release 90-148    05/17/1991   DeMaio
Commencement: Press advisory for Shevardnadze press conference
Commencement: Press advisory for Shevardnadze press conference
News Release   Request news release 90-155    05/17/1991   Nickel
Robert Bazell to address Medical School Convocation
Robert Bazell to address Medical School Convocation
News Release   Request news release 90-146    05/15/1991   Nickel
Five Presidential Awards for Graduate Teaching Assistants
Five Presidential Awards for Graduate Teaching Assistants
News Release   Request news release 90-143    05/14/1991   DeMaio
W. Duncan MacMillan Reading Room named at JCB
W. Duncan MacMillan Reading Room named at JCB
News Release   Request news release 90-144    05/14/1991   DeMaio
Bishop George N. Hunt to deliver baccalaureate address
Bishop George N. Hunt to deliver baccalaureate address
News Release   Request news release 90-145    05/14/1991   Nickel
Commencement: Two dozen forums and an Ogden on tap for 1991
Commencement: Two dozen forums and an Ogden on tap for 1991
News Release   Request news release 90-141    05/13/1991   Mahdesian
"Jacques Brel Is Alice and Well and Living in Paris" featured for Commencement
"Jacques Brel Is Alice and Well and Living in Paris" featured for Commencement
News Release   Request news release 90-142    05/13/1991   Mahdesian
Gregorian and Cianci announce new city-university partnership to end poverty (includes VG text)
Gregorian and Cianci announce new city-university partnership to end poverty (includes VG text)
News Release   Request news release 90-138    05/10/1991   Nickel
Providence Scholars announced
Providence Scholars announced
News Release   Request news release 90-139    05/10/1991   Sweeney
Gregorian gives $265,000 (more or less) for Providence Public Library
Gregorian gives $265,000 (more or less) for Providence Public Library
News Release   Request news release 90-140    05/10/1991   Nickel
Commencement: Billy Siegenfeld leads Alumni Musical Cabaret
Commencement: Billy Siegenfeld leads Alumni Musical Cabaret
News Release   Request news release 90-133    05/09/1991   Mahdesian
Commencement: Ruby Shang's "Yellow Punk Dolls" featured by Third World Reunion people
Commencement: Ruby Shang's "Yellow Punk Dolls" featured by Third World Reunion people
News Release   Request news release 90-134    05/09/1991   Mahdesian
George Street Journal laid to rest; lack of funds and staff make it candidate for budget cut
George Street Journal laid to rest; lack of funds and staff make it candidate for budget cut
News Release   Request news release 90-137    05/09/1991   Nickel
Commencement: Overview of Commencement Weekend
Commencement: Overview of Commencement Weekend
News Release   Request news release 90-135    05/08/1991   Nickel
Joslin Awards given to seniors for service to fellow students
Joslin Awards given to seniors for service to fellow students
News Release   Request news release 90-136    05/08/1991   Mahdesian
Events: May 9 - May 23
Events: May 9 - May 23
News Release   Request news release 90-132    05/07/1991   Mahdesian
Gregorian travels to Japan, signs Keio University agreement
Gregorian travels to Japan, signs Keio University agreement
News Release   Request news release 90-130    05/06/1991   Nickel
William Miller, assistant track coach, charged with rape, assault
William Miller, assistant track coach, charged with rape, assault
News Release   Request news release 90-131    05/02/1991   Nickel
Brown Announced Howard Foundation award recipients
Brown Announced Howard Foundation award recipients
News Release   Request news release 90-127    05/01/1991   Mahdesian
Events: 5/2 - 5/16
Events: 5/2 - 5/16
News Release   Request news release 90-129    04/30/1991   Mahdesian
Kashkooli, a Brown sophomore, wins JC Penney Service Award
Kashkooli, a Brown sophomore, wins JC Penney Service Award
News Release   Request news release 90-126    04/29/1991   Sweeney
Athletic Department cuts funding for four varsity teams
Brown University announced today (Monday, April 29, 1991) that it is withdrawing funding for four varsity teams as part of a Universitywide budget reduction process aimed at eliminating a projected $1.6-million deficit in the 1991-92 fiscal year. The four teams are men's water polo, men's golf, women's gymnastics and women's volleyball.
News Release   90-128    04/29/1991   DeMaio
Eduard Shevardnadze to deliver Ogden Lecture Commencement Weekend, dedicate Watson Institute
Eduard Shevardnadze to deliver Ogden Lecture Commencement Weekend, dedicate Watson Institute
News Release   Request news release 90-125    04/26/1991   Nickel
Ken Burns, Mr. Civil War, to speak at Brown May 10
Ken Burns, Mr. Civil War, to speak at Brown May 10
News Release   Request news release 90-124    04/24/1991   Mahdesian
Events: 4/25 - 5/10
Events: 4/25 - 5/10
News Release   Request news release 90-123    04/23/1991   Mahdesian
Earth Day founder Denis Hayes to lecture at Ittleson endowment dedication
Earth Day founder Denis Hayes to lecture at Ittleson endowment dedication
News Release   Request news release 90-120    04/17/1991   Sweeney
12 honored for working with Brown's community outreach programs
12 honored for working with Brown's community outreach programs
News Release   Request news release 90-121    04/17/1991   Sweeney
Events: 4/18ÐMay 3
Events: 4/18ÐMay 3
News Release   Request news release 90-122    04/17/1991   Mahdesian
Student designs "wink-controlled" wheelchair for disabled at VA center
Student designs "wink-controlled" wheelchair for disabled at VA center
News Release   Request news release 90-119    04/16/1991   Sweeney
Events: 4/11 - 4/25
Events: 4/11 - 4/25
News Release   Request news release 90-117    04/10/1991   Mahdesian
Pell to chair reauthorization hearings here for Higher Education Act
Pell to chair reauthorization hearings here for Higher Education Act
News Release   Request news release 90-118    04/10/1991   Mahdesian
Events: 4/4 - 4/18
Events: 4/4 - 4/18
News Release   Request news release 90-116    04/03/1991   Mahdesian
Oddessey/ULTRA program participants announced
Oddessey/ULTRA program participants announced
News Release   Request news release 90-115    04/01/1991   Mahdesian
Events: March 29 - April 11
Events: March 29 - April 11
News Release   Request news release 90-114    03/28/1991   Mahdesian
Justice Scalia to present Mieckeljohn lecture 4/8
Justice Scalia to present Mieckeljohn lecture 4/8
News Release   Request news release 90-111    03/25/1991   Mahdesian
Barbara Harris lecture on leadership
Barbara Harris lecture on leadership
News Release   Request news release 90-112    03/25/1991   Mahdesian
Brian Uhrquart to present Ogden Lecture on After the Cold War: Lessons from the Gulf
Brian Uhrquart to present Ogden Lecture on After the Cold War: Lessons from the Gulf
News Release   Request news release 90-113    03/25/1991   Mahdesian
Jean Mayer is honorary chair of Hunger awards; Tony Hall to keynote Briefing and Exchange
Jean Mayer is honorary chair of Hunger awards; Tony Hall to keynote Briefing and Exchange
News Release   Request news release 90-110    03/22/1991   Sweeney
Events: 3/21 - 4/4
Events: 3/21 - 4/4
News Release   Request news release 90-109    03/20/1991   Mahdesian
PSA for Brown Office of Student Employment summer job listing
PSA for Brown Office of Student Employment summer job listing
News Release   Request news release 90-108    03/15/1991   Mahdesian
NSF science and technology center created at Brown, four other institutions
NSF science and technology center created at Brown, four other institutions
News Release   Request news release 90-107    03/14/1991   DeMaio
College Preparation for Learning Disabled Students
College Preparation for Learning Disabled Students
News Release   Request news release 90-106    03/13/1991   Sweeney
Events: 3/14/91 - 3/28/91
Events: 3/14/91 - 3/28/91
News Release   Request news release 90-104    03/12/1991   Mahdesian
RAR statement on cancellation of overlap meetings this year
RAR statement on cancellation of overlap meetings this year
News Release   Request news release 90-105    03/12/1991   Nickel
Kathryn Spoehr's second hypermedia grant
Kathryn Spoehr's second hypermedia grant
News Release   Request news release 90-102    03/11/1991   Sweeney
"Running Start" for high school juniors
"Running Start" for high school juniors
News Release   Request news release 90-103    03/11/1991   Mahdesian
Darrell West survey on public anget, dissatisfaction with General Assembly
Darrell West survey on public anget, dissatisfaction with General Assembly
News Release   Request news release 90-100    03/05/1991   Nickel
Events: March 7 - March 21
Events: March 7 - March 21
News Release   Request news release 90-101    03/05/1991   Mahdesian
Fiske to deliver Wolynsky-Joukowsky lecture
Fiske to deliver Wolynsky-Joukowsky lecture
News Release   Request news release 90-098    03/04/1991   Mahdesian
James Wyche named associate provost
James Wyche named associate provost
News Release   Request news release 90-099    03/04/1991   DeMaio
Rhett Jones named director of Center for Race and Ethnicity
Rhett Jones named director of Center for Race and Ethnicity
News Release   Request news release 90-097    02/28/1991   Mahdesian
BAF kicks off its Cleveland solicitation program with Rothman and Kwiatkowski 3/11
BAF kicks off its Cleveland solicitation program with Rothman and Kwiatkowski 3/11
News Release   Request news release 90-096    02/27/1991   Sweeney
Events: Feb. 28 - March 14
Events: Feb. 28 - March 14
News Release   Request news release 90-095    02/26/1991   Mahdesian
Schneider lecture series begins
Schneider lecture series begins
News Release   Request news release 90-093    02/21/1991   Mahdesian
Cohen Loan Fund (anonymous, however!) pays off loans for students in public service careers
Cohen Loan Fund (anonymous, however!) pays off loans for students in public service careers
News Release   Request news release 90-094    02/21/1991   Sweeney
Events: Feb. 21 - March 7
Events: Feb. 21 - March 7
News Release   Request news release 90-092    02/20/1991   Mahdesian
ProJo conference on free speech set for March 4
ProJo conference on free speech set for March 4
News Release   Request news release 90-089    02/19/1991   Sweeney
Corporation renames Churchill theater for George Bass
Corporation renames Churchill theater for George Bass
News Release   Request news release 90-091    02/19/1991   Ferguson
VG's letter to Sundlun calls for outside investigator for RISDIC
VG's letter to Sundlun calls for outside investigator for RISDIC
News Release   Request news release 90-090    02/15/1991   Nickel
Events: Feb. 14 - Feb. 28
Events: Feb. 14 - Feb. 28
News Release   Request news release 90-087    02/12/1991   Ferguson
VG's statement about Free Speech (response to NY Times)
VG's statement about Free Speech (response to NY Times)
News Release   Request news release 90-088    02/12/1991   Nickel
New senior vice president for finance and administration to succeed Bohen
New senior vice president for finance and administration to succeed Bohen
News Release   Request news release 90-085    02/11/1991   Nickel
Tuition set at $16,256; total charges for undergraduates at $21,946
Tuition set at $16,256; total charges for undergraduates at $21,946
News Release   Request news release 90-086    02/09/1991   DeMaio
Tom Watson gives $25 million to the capital campaign; IIS renamed Watson Institute
Brown University has named its Institute for International Studies in honor of Thomas J. Watson Jr., a 1937 Brown graduate, chairman emeritus of IBM and former U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union.
News Release   90-083    02/08/1991   Nickel
Background on Tom Watson, his life and philanthropy at Brown
Background on Tom Watson, his life and philanthropy at Brown
News Release   Request news release 90-083a    02/08/1991   Nickel
Background on the Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Institute for International Studies
Background on the Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Institute for International Studies
News Release   Request news release 90-083b    02/08/1991   Nickel
Events 2/7 - 2/21
Events 2/7 - 2/21
News Release   Request news release 90-084    02/05/1991   Ferguson
Second cohort of Citibank Coalition faculty named
Second cohort of Citibank Coalition faculty named
News Release   Request news release 90-082    01/31/1991   Sweeney
Brown launches Brown Is Green with Nader, VG proclamation
Brown launches Brown Is Green with Nader, VG proclamation
News Release   Request news release 90-080    01/29/1991   DeMaio
Alan Shawn Feinstein Award winners selected
Alan Shawn Feinstein Award winners selected
News Release   Request news release 90-072    01/28/1991   Sweeney
Events 1/31 - 2/14
Events 1/31 - 2/14
News Release   Request news release 90-081    01/26/1991   Ferguson
Robin Rose appointed coordinator for women's concerns; Barbara Tannenbaum is Ombudsperson
Robin Rose appointed coordinator for women's concerns; Barbara Tannenbaum is Ombudsperson
News Release   Request news release 90-079    01/24/1991   Ferguson
Widmer appointed acting dean of student life
Widmer appointed acting dean of student life
News Release   Request news release 90-075    01/22/1991   Nickel
Mule Bone comes to Rites and Reason
Mule Bone comes to Rites and Reason
News Release   Request news release 90-077    01/22/1991   Ferguson
Events: Jan. 24-Feb. 7
Events: Jan. 24-Feb. 7
News Release   Request news release 90-078    01/22/1991   Ferguson
Ralph Nader to speak at Brown 1/29, launches Brown Is Green
Ralph Nader to speak at Brown 1/29, launches Brown Is Green
News Release   Request news release 90-076    01/18/1991   Ferguson
Paul Calabresi named chairman of National Cancer Advisory Board
Paul Calabresi named chairman of National Cancer Advisory Board
News Release   Request news release 90-074    01/17/1991   Nickel
Events: Jan. 17 - Jan. 31
Events: Jan. 17 - Jan. 31
News Release   Request news release 90-071    01/15/1991   Ferguson
Jennifer Adibi returns from Iraq, wants to talk
Jennifer Adibi returns from Iraq, wants to talk
News Release   Request news release 90-073    01/15/1991   Ferguson
Vartan Gregorian's statement about his RISDIC investigation
Vartan Gregorian's statement about his RISDIC investigation
News Release   Request news release 90-069    01/11/1991   Nickel
Robinson Hall, newly renovated, opens with public reception 2/9
Robinson Hall, newly renovated, opens with public reception 2/9
News Release   Request news release 90-066    01/08/1991   Sweeney
John Robinson becomes Bruce Sundlun's director of employment and training 1/1/91
John Robinson becomes Bruce Sundlun's director of employment and training 1/1/91
News Release   Request news release 90-063    12/27/1990   Nickel
Bell Gallery, Kuniyoshi show to remain open through holidays
Bell Gallery, Kuniyoshi show to remain open through holidays
News Release   Request news release 90-061    12/21/1990   Ferguson
Libby Mohr honored with alumni service award (special for Davies Bisset to Atlanta)
Libby Mohr honored with alumni service award (special for Davies Bisset to Atlanta)
News Release   Request news release 90-062    12/21/1990   Ferguson
Ittleson grant to Environmental Studies ($2 million) announced
Ittleson grant to Environmental Studies ($2 million) announced
News Release   Request news release 90-059    12/20/1990   Nickel
Strike ends; SEIU library workers return to work tomorrow
Strike ends; SEIU library workers return to work tomorrow
News Release   Request news release 90-060    12/18/1990   Nickel
Iraq crisis forum sponsored by Continuing College 12/13
Iraq crisis forum sponsored by Continuing College 12/13
News Release   Request news release 90-057    12/12/1990   Ferguson
Jennifer Adibi, Brown student, leads delegation to Iraq seeking peace
Jennifer Adibi, Brown student, leads delegation to Iraq seeking peace
News Release   Request news release 90-058    12/12/1990   Ferguson
Marshal and Rhodes scholars announced. Shesol gets Rhodes; Robert and Snyder get Marshalls
Marshal and Rhodes scholars announced. Shesol gets Rhodes; Robert and Snyder get Marshalls
News Release   Request news release 90-056    12/11/1990   Ferguson
Events: Dec. 6 Ð Dec. 20
Events: Dec. 6 Ð Dec. 20
News Release   Request news release 90-054    12/04/1990   Nickel
Vartan Gregorian's statement to faculty about the library strike
Vartan Gregorian's statement to faculty about the library strike
News Release   Request news release 90-055    12/04/1990   Nickel
Workforce 2000 gives Brown three-year grant for English as a Foreign Language
Workforce 2000 gives Brown three-year grant for English as a Foreign Language
News Release   Request news release 90-049    11/29/1990   Sweeney
Events: Nov. 29 - Dec. 13
Events: Nov. 29 - Dec. 13
News Release   Request news release 90-052    11/28/1990   Nickel
Vartan Gregorian's statement on sexual assault, graffiti lists and University policy
Vartan Gregorian's statement on sexual assault, graffiti lists and University policy
News Release   Request news release 90-053    11/28/1990   Nickel
Brown Summer Academy offers new scholarships, has new name
Brown Summer Academy offers new scholarships, has new name
News Release   Request news release 90-051    11/27/1990   Sweeney
Cleve Jones, AIDS Quilt creator, to visit Brown 12/6; Public lecture at 8 p.m.
Cleve Jones, AIDS Quilt creator, to visit Brown 12/6; Public lecture at 8 p.m.
News Release   Request news release 90-050    11/26/1990   Sweeney
Events: 11/15Ð11/29
Events: 11/15Ð11/29
News Release   Request news release 90-048    11/14/1990   Nickel
Damon gets Pew Memorial Trust grant
Damon gets Pew Memorial Trust grant
News Release   Request news release 90-046    11/12/1990   Sweeney
Starkey receives J. Saunders Redding Scholarship (hometown only)
Starkey receives J. Saunders Redding Scholarship (hometown only)
News Release   Request news release 90-047    11/12/1990   Mahdesian
Leaders discuss fate of Puerto Rico
Leaders discuss fate of Puerto Rico
News Release   Request news release 90-044    11/07/1990   Mahdesian
NACB annual conference features Quincy Jones as keynote
NACB annual conference features Quincy Jones as keynote
News Release   Request news release 90-045    11/07/1990   Mahdesian
Events: 11/8Ð11/22
Events: 11/8Ð11/22
News Release   Request news release 90-043    11/06/1990   Mahdesian
Events: 11/1Ð11/15
Events: 11/1Ð11/15
News Release   Request news release 90-042    10/30/1990   Mahdesian
Brown leads Ivy League alumni track team to compete in Nagoya Ekiden
Brown leads Ivy League alumni track team to compete in Nagoya Ekiden
News Release   Request news release 90-041    10/29/1990   Nickel
Events: 10/25Ð11/8
Events: 10/25Ð11/8
News Release   Request news release 90-040    10/23/1990   Mahdesian
Events: 10/18 Ð 11/1
Events: 10/18 Ð 11/1
News Release   Request news release 90-038    10/16/1990   Mahdesian
RAR's promotion.
RAR's promotion.
News Release   Request news release 90-037    10/13/1990   DeMaio
Events 10/11Ð10/25
Events 10/11Ð10/25
News Release   Request news release 90-036    10/10/1990   Mahdesian
Dusan Dzamonja sculpture, Joukowsky's gift, to be dedicated at CIT Oct. 12
Dusan Dzamonja sculpture, Joukowsky's gift, to be dedicated at CIT Oct. 12
News Release   Request news release 90-034    10/04/1990   DeMaio
VG's telegram about health care costs sent to Sen Kennedy 10/2
VG's telegram about health care costs sent to Sen Kennedy 10/2
News Release   Request news release 90-033    10/03/1990   Nickel
Events 10/4Ð10/18
Events 10/4Ð10/18
News Release   Request news release 90-032    10/02/1990   Mahdesian
Gregorian appointed to Fulbright Foreign Scholars Board, Chairman of MacDowell Colony
Gregorian appointed to Fulbright Foreign Scholars Board, Chairman of MacDowell Colony
News Release   Request news release 90-035    10/02/1990   Nickel
Kathryn Fuller to receive William Rogers Award
Kathryn Fuller to receive William Rogers Award
News Release   Request news release 90-031    10/01/1990   DeMaio
Jorge Casta–eda to speak on Latin America and the end of the Cold War 10/16
Jorge Casta–eda to speak on Latin America and the end of the Cold War 10/16
News Release   Request news release 90-030    09/26/1990   Mahdesian
Darrell West survey: Pell and statewide Democrat incumbents are lengthening their leads
Darrell West survey: Pell and statewide Democrat incumbents are lengthening their leads
News Release   Request news release 90-026    09/25/1990   Nickel
Jim Head in a Pasadena NASA news conference about Magellan.
Jim Head in a Pasadena NASA news conference about Magellan.
News Release   Request news release 90-028    09/25/1990   DeMaio
Events 9/27 - 10/11:
Events 9/27 - 10/11:
News Release   Request news release 90-029    09/25/1990   Mahdesian
Two Soviet economists to speak (9/25, 9/26)
Two Soviet economists to speak (9/25, 9/26)
News Release   Request news release 90-027    09/24/1990   Mahdesian
Starr fellows announced; will receive their awards from Bishop Tutu
Starr fellows announced; will receive their awards from Bishop Tutu
News Release   Request news release 90-024    09/21/1990   DeMaio
Brown conference on famine and children to be held 9/26 as part of planning for UN World Conference
Brown conference on famine and children to be held 9/26 as part of planning for UN World Conference
News Release   Request news release 90-025    09/21/1990   Mahdesian
George Bass memorial service scheduled for 9/24
George Bass memorial service scheduled for 9/24
News Release   Request news release 90-023    09/20/1990   Mahdesian
AIESEC sponsors RI-USSR business student exchange
AIESEC sponsors RI-USSR business student exchange
News Release   Request news release 90-022    09/19/1990   Mahdesian
Events 9/20 - 10/6: Duane Hanson lecture; SOAR national conference
Events 9/20 - 10/6: Duane Hanson lecture; SOAR national conference
News Release   Request news release 90-021    09/18/1990   Mahdesian
Ocean State Issues Program/Taubman Center to sponsor open meetings in Warwick, Lincoln
Ocean State Issues Program/Taubman Center to sponsor open meetings in Warwick, Lincoln
News Release   Request news release 90-020    09/17/1990   DeMaio
Eight Champlin Scholars announced; includes two from community colleges
Eight Champlin Scholars announced; includes two from community colleges
News Release   Request news release 90-019    09/14/1990   Mahdesian
John Kuprevich resigns to become Commissioner of Public Safety at University of Pennsylvania
John Kuprevich resigns to become Commissioner of Public Safety at University of Pennsylvania
News Release   Request news release 90-018    09/13/1990   Nickel
Events 9/13 - 9/27: Green Rhode Island; Bishop Tutu, European security issues; Oscar Wilde expert
Events 9/13 - 9/27: Green Rhode Island; Bishop Tutu, European security issues; Oscar Wilde expert
News Release   Request news release 90-017    09/11/1990   Mahdesian
Green Rhode Island announced 9/13 press conference, environmental position paper
Green Rhode Island announced 9/13 press conference, environmental position paper
News Release   Request news release 90-016    09/10/1990   Nickel
Ted Fiske is first Joukowsky-Wolynsky Fellow in Education Writing
Ted Fiske is first Joukowsky-Wolynsky Fellow in Education Writing
News Release   Request news release 90-013    09/07/1990   Nickel
Desmond Tutu to speak and receive honorary degree at 8 p.m. 9/26/90 in Pizzitola
Desmond Tutu to speak and receive honorary degree at 8 p.m. 9/26/90 in Pizzitola
News Release   Request news release 90-015    09/07/1990   Nickel
Events 9/6 - 9/20: Carol Canner art; Importance of Being Earnest
Events 9/6 - 9/20: Carol Canner art; Importance of Being Earnest
News Release   Request news release 90-014    09/05/1990   Mahdesian
Don Reaves gets a promotion (special to Cleveland Plaindealer)
Don Reaves gets a promotion (special to Cleveland Plaindealer)
News Release   Request news release 90-011    08/30/1990   Nickel
Events 8/30 - 9/13: Freedman at opening convocation, Uhry at Class of 1994, Grad School lecture
Events 8/30 - 9/13: Freedman at opening convocation, Uhry at Class of 1994, Grad School lecture
News Release   Request news release 90-012    08/28/1990   Mahdesian
Alfred Uhry to deliver Class of 1994 Lecture
Alfred Uhry to deliver Class of 1994 Lecture
News Release   Request news release 90-010    08/24/1990   DeMaio
BLC announces fall course offerings
BLC announces fall course offerings
News Release   Request news release 90-009    08/23/1990   Nickel
James Freedman to speak at Opening Convocation 9/4
James Freedman to speak at Opening Convocation 9/4
News Release   Request news release 90-008    08/20/1990   Nickel
Solid Films and Surfaces Conference here in August
Solid Films and Surfaces Conference here in August
News Release   Request news release 90-005    08/11/1990   Nickel
Cycle tour ends at City Hall; mayor makes public service proclamation
Cycle tour ends at City Hall; mayor makes public service proclamation
News Release   Request news release 90-007    08/10/1990   Nickel
Bikers pedal their act in Westchester
Bikers pedal their act in Westchester
News Release   Request news release 90-006    08/06/1990   Mahdesian
Sam Babbitt named senior VP for the campaign
Sam Babbitt named senior VP for the campaign
News Release   Request news release 90-004    07/23/1990   Nickel
Centennial conference on H.P. Lovecraft at John Hay Library
Centennial conference on H.P. Lovecraft at John Hay Library
News Release   Request news release 90-003    07/18/1990   Mahdesian
Darrell West poll: Pell increases lead; DiPrete in decline
Darrell West poll: Pell increases lead; DiPrete in decline
News Release   Request news release 90-001    07/17/1990   DeMaio
Dave Roach named athletic director
Dave Roach named athletic director
News Release   Request news release 89-177    06/28/1990   DeMaio
Summer College advisory: The European Shuffle
Summer College advisory: The European Shuffle
News Release   Request news release 89-176    06/15/1990   DeMaio
Cycling for I Have a Dream Foundation
Cycling for I Have a Dream Foundation
News Release   Request news release 89-174    06/14/1990   Mahdesian
Janet Cooper Nelson named University Chaplain
Janet Cooper Nelson named University Chaplain
News Release   Request news release 89-175    06/13/1990   DeMaio
BCLIR announces fall seminar offerings
BCLIR announces fall seminar offerings
News Release   Request news release 89-173    06/07/1990   Mahdesian
John Imbrie's symposium
John Imbrie's symposium
News Release   Request news release 89-172    06/06/1990   Mahdesian
Six Graduate TAs receive Presidential Teaching Awards
Six Graduate TAs receive Presidential Teaching Awards
News Release   Request news release 89-165    05/31/1990   DeMaio
JCB Library announces 1990-91 Research Fellows
JCB Library announces 1990-91 Research Fellows
News Release   Request news release 89-166    05/31/1990   Mahdesian
W.W. Keen Award given to Sanford Udis
W.W. Keen Award given to Sanford Udis
News Release   Request news release 89-167    05/31/1990   Rippis
Smith and Mayer visit Moscow to negotiate exchanges
Smith and Mayer visit Moscow to negotiate exchanges
News Release   Request news release 89-168    05/31/1990   Mahdesian
Tienanmen Square observances announced 6/3-4.
Tienanmen Square observances announced 6/3-4.
News Release   Request news release 89-169    05/31/1990   Mahdesian
Seven new trustees, one fellow elected
Seven new trustees, one fellow elected
News Release   Request news release 89-170    05/31/1990   DeMail
Frank Rothman named provost of the University
Frank Rothman named provost of the University
News Release   Request news release 89-171    05/31/1990   Nickel
Commencement: Barrett Hazeltine and Medical Senior Citations
Commencement: Barrett Hazeltine and Medical Senior Citations
News Release   Request news release 89-160    05/29/1990   Rippis
Commencement: Graduate School Citations
Commencement: Graduate School Citations
News Release   Request news release 89-161    05/25/1990   Rippis
Commencement: Six honorary degrees to be conferred
Commencement: Six honorary degrees to be conferred
News Release   Request news release 89-137    05/22/1990   Nickel
Latin American Literature Conference here 6/18-21
Latin American Literature Conference here 6/18-21
News Release   Request news release 89-162    05/22/1990   Mahdesian
Statement on the nonappearance of Mikhail Gorbachev
Statement on the nonappearance of Mikhail Gorbachev
News Release   Request news release 89-163    05/22/1990   Nickel
Commencement: Student Orators
Commencement: Student Orators
News Release   Request news release 89-159    05/21/1990   Rippis
Commencement: Third World Alumni events announced
Commencement: Third World Alumni events announced
News Release   Request news release 89-153    05/18/1990   Mahdesian
Summer High School offerings announced
Summer High School offerings announced
News Release   Request news release 89-154    05/18/1990   Mahdesian
Fulbrights awarded to four Brown students
Fulbrights awarded to four Brown students
News Release   Request news release 89-155    05/18/1990   Mahdesian
Commencement: Schaffir to give student MD speech
Commencement: Schaffir to give student MD speech
News Release   Request news release 89-156    05/18/1990   Mahdesian
Steven Graubard to deliver Grad School commencement address
Steven Graubard to deliver Grad School commencement address
News Release   Request news release 89-157    05/18/1990   Mahdesian
Commencement: Parents who are educators join procession
Commencement: Parents who are educators join procession
News Release   Request news release 89-158    05/18/1990   Nickel
Summer Theater season announced
Summer Theater season announced
News Release   Request news release 89-152    05/17/1990   Mahdesian
Events: 5/18 - 5/31
Events: 5/18 - 5/31
News Release   Request news release 89-151    05/16/1990   Mahdesian
Fred Bohen resigns, moves to Rockefeller University
Fred Bohen resigns, moves to Rockefeller University
News Release   Request news release 89-148    05/15/1990   Nickel
Coalition of Essential Schools gets $3-million Citibank grant
Coalition of Essential Schools gets $3-million Citibank grant
News Release   Request news release 89-149    05/15/1990   DeMaio
Commencement: Gail O'Day to give Baccalaureate address 5/27
Commencement: Gail O'Day to give Baccalaureate address 5/27
News Release   Request news release 89-150    05/15/1990   Nickel
Three Presidential Young Investigators named
Three Presidential Young Investigators named
News Release   Request news release 89-146    05/14/1990   Mahdesian
Chun Hoon scholars named
Chun Hoon scholars named
News Release   Request news release 89-147    05/11/1990   Mahdesian
Emery Fellowships announced
Emery Fellowships announced
News Release   Request news release 89-143    05/10/1990   Mahdesian
Phi Beta Kappa juniors elected
Phi Beta Kappa juniors elected
News Release   Request news release 89-144    05/10/1990   Mahdesian
Baker Fellowships announced
Baker Fellowships announced
News Release   Request news release 89-145    05/10/1990   Mahdesian
Gregorian to run the backhoe at dormitory groundbreaking 5/11
Gregorian to run the backhoe at dormitory groundbreaking 5/11
News Release   Request news release 89-138    05/09/1990   Nickel
Alumni Dance Show, music from the seventies
Alumni Dance Show, music from the seventies
News Release   Request news release 89-140    05/09/1990   Mahdesian
Events: 5/10 - 5?24
Events: 5/10 - 5?24
News Release   Request news release 89-141    05/09/1990   Mahdesian
Commencement: Twenty-three Commencement Forums planned
Commencement: Twenty-three Commencement Forums planned
News Release   Request news release 89-142    05/09/1990   Mahdesian
Commencement: Brown Chorus sings benefit for Soviet tour
Commencement: Brown Chorus sings benefit for Soviet tour
News Release   Request news release 89-139    05/08/1990   DeMaio
Commencement: Commencement advisory
Commencement: Commencement advisory
News Release   Request news release 89-136    05/07/1990   Nickel
James van Cleve gets a National Humanities Center fellowship
James van Cleve gets a National Humanities Center fellowship
News Release   Request news release 89-132    05/03/1990   Mahdesian
Arnold Fellowships announced
Arnold Fellowships announced
News Release   Request news release 89-133    05/03/1990   Mahdesian
Commencement: Brooke Hindle named chief marshal
Commencement: Brooke Hindle named chief marshal
News Release   Request news release 89-134    05/03/1990   DeMaio
Joslin Awards announced
Joslin Awards announced
News Release   Request news release 89-135    05/03/1990   Mahdesian
Center for Foreign Policy: how to do business with the Russians
Center for Foreign Policy: how to do business with the Russians
News Release   Request news release 89-129    05/02/1990   Mahdesian
Conference on 12th Century B.C. here
Conference on 12th Century B.C. here
News Release   Request news release 89-130    05/02/1990   Mahdesian
Mary Ann Doane gets a Guggenheim for 1990-91
Mary Ann Doane gets a Guggenheim for 1990-91
News Release   Request news release 89-131    05/02/1990   Mahdesian
Events: 5/3 Ð 5/17
Events: 5/3 Ð 5/17
News Release   Request news release 89-127    05/01/1990   Mahdesian
Howard Foundation awards announced
Howard Foundation awards announced
News Release   Request news release 89-128    05/01/1990   Mahdesian
Angela Davis to speak May 4
Angela Davis to speak May 4
News Release   Request news release 89-125    04/26/1990   Mahdesian
Commencement: "Bedroom Farce" at Leeds Theatre
Commencement: "Bedroom Farce" at Leeds Theatre
News Release   Request news release 89-126    04/26/1990   Mahdesian
National/Local town meeting divies up the peace dividend
National/Local town meeting divies up the peace dividend
News Release   Request news release 89-123    04/25/1990   Mahdesian
Events: 4/26/90 Ð 5/10/90
Events: 4/26/90 Ð 5/10/90
News Release   Request news release 89-124    04/25/1990   Mahdesian
Conference on U.S.-Cuba relations 5/3
Conference on U.S.-Cuba relations 5/3
News Release   Request news release 89-121    04/24/1990   Rippis
More details about House field hearing here 4/27
More details about House field hearing here 4/27
News Release   Request news release 89-122    04/24/1990   Mahdesian
Events: 4/19 - 5/3
Events: 4/19 - 5/3
News Release   Request news release 89-119    04/18/1990   Mahdesian
Grimshaw-Gudewicz dedicated
Grimshaw-Gudewicz dedicated
News Release   Request news release 89-120    04/18/1990   Mahdesian
BLC summer courses include stuff for kids
BLC summer courses include stuff for kids
News Release   Request news release 89-118    04/17/1990   Mahdesian
Gregorian to testify re public service at House field hearing here
Gregorian to testify re public service at House field hearing here
News Release   Request news release 89-116    04/16/1990   Mahdesian
New dormitory complex to break ground
New dormitory complex to break ground
News Release   Request news release 89-117    04/16/1990   Mahdesian
Admissions letters sent; 2649 of 12,048 accepted.
Admissions letters sent; 2649 of 12,048 accepted.
News Release   Request news release 89-113    04/11/1990   Mahdesian
Events: 4/13 - 4/27
Events: 4/13 - 4/27
News Release   Request news release 89-114    04/11/1990   Mahdesian
Gartner wins Truman Scholarship
Gartner wins Truman Scholarship
News Release   Request news release 89-115    04/11/1990   Mahdesian
NSEW conference offers four public lectures 4/18-19
NSEW conference offers four public lectures 4/18-19
News Release   Request news release 89-112    04/10/1990   DeMaio
Events: 4/5 - 4/19
Events: 4/5 - 4/19
News Release   Request news release 89-111    04/03/1990   Mahdesian
Tamas Hofer speaks about Hungary 4/5
Tamas Hofer speaks about Hungary 4/5
News Release   Request news release 89-110    03/30/1990   DeMaio
Chinese poets will give readings 4/11, forum on 4/12
Three dissident Chinese writers Ð Ma Bo, Bei Ling and Xue Di Ð who are now in residence at Brown University will read from their works on April 11, 1990, and share their life experiences in a forum on April 12.
News Release   89-107    03/29/1990   Mahdesian
Matthew Mallow becomes head of Brown Annual Fund
Matt Mallow becomes head of Brown Annual Fund
News Release   Request news release 89-108    03/29/1990   Mahdesian
Mellons and Rhodes: awards start rolling in
Mellons and Rhodes: awards start rolling in
News Release   Request news release 89-109    03/29/1990   Mahdesian
World Hunger Awards; final release
World Hunger Awards; final release
News Release   Request news release 89-105    03/27/1990   Nickel
Events: 3/29 - 4/12
Events: 3/29 - 4/12
News Release   Request news release 89-106    03/27/1990   Mahdesian
Events: 3/22 Ð 4/5
Events: 3/22 Ð 4/5
News Release   Request news release 89-103    03/20/1990   Mahdesian
Tommy Woon named assoc dean, dir of Third World Cntr
Tommy Woon named assoc dean, dir of Third World Cntr
News Release   Request news release 89-104    03/19/1990   Mahdesian
National televideo conference on schools and teen-agers
National televideo conference on schools and teen-agers
News Release   Request news release 89-102    03/14/1990   Rippis
U.S. / Soviet space microsymposium, March 19-21
U.S. / Soviet space microsymposium, March 19-21
News Release   Request news release 89-100    03/13/1990   Nickel
Events: 3/15 - 3/29
Events: 3/15 - 3/29
News Release   Request news release 89-101    03/13/1990   Mahdesian
Brown sophomore gets AISEC internship in Czechoslovakia
Brown sophomore gets AISEC internship in Czechoslovakia
News Release   Request news release 89-099    03/12/1990   Mahdesian
Events: 3/9 - 3/22
Events: 3/9 - 3/22
News Release   Request news release 89-097    03/09/1990   Mahdesian
Kucera to receive an honorary degree in Czechoslovakia
Kucera to receive an honorary degree in Czechoslovakia
News Release   Request news release 89-098    03/09/1990   DeMaio
Unity Days, March 15-17, feature Kenneth Clark, Sarafina
Unity Days, March 15-17, feature Kenneth Clark, Sarafina
News Release   Request news release 89-095    03/08/1990   Rippis
Darrell West survey on Pell/Schneider, DiPrete/Paolino
Darrell West survey on Pell/Schneider, DiPrete/Paolino
News Release   Request news release 89-094    03/07/1990   DeMaio
Lamphere appeal dismissed; tenure goal remains at 67
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit dismissed an appeal by women faculty at Brown, allowing a previous decision by Senior Judge Raymond J. Pettine to stand. Pettine had ruled that while 74 tenured women was the goal for “full representativeness,” a total of 67 tenured women would demonstrate “substantial compliance” and allow for possible termination of the consent decree.
News Release   89-092    03/06/1990   Nickel
New duties for Hawking and Wyche
New duties for Hawking and Wyche
News Release   Request news release 89-093    03/05/1990   Nickel
Library receives Hall-Hoag extremist literature collection
Library receives Hall-Hoag extremist literature collection
News Release   Request news release 89-091    03/02/1990   Rippis
Events: 3/2 - 3/15
Events: 3/2 - 3/15
News Release   Request news release 89-090    03/01/1990   Nickel
Gregorian statement on DiPrete's med school budget cut
Gregorian statement on DiPrete's med school budget cut
News Release   Request news release 89-089    02/28/1990   Nickel
VG appoints Baily to EEO/AA; more for Hawkins, Wyche
VG appoints Baily to EEO/AA; more for Hawkins, Wyche
News Release   Request news release 89-088    02/27/1990   Nickel
VG statement on higher ed and post-apartheid S. Africa
VG statement on higher ed and post-apartheid S. Africa
News Release   Request news release 89-087    02/26/1990   Nickel
Ellington dance and jazz by Jazz Band, Dance Extension
Ellington dance and jazz by Jazz Band, Dance Extension
News Release   Request news release 89-086    02/23/1990   Nickel
Events: 2/23 - 3/8
Events: 2/23 - 3/8
News Release   Request news release 89-085    02/22/1990   Nickel
Feinstein Award recipients announced
Feinstein Award recipients announced
News Release   Request news release 89-084    02/15/1990   DeMaio
Brown / Providence Journal conference on environment
Brown / Providence Journal conference on environment
News Release   Request news release 89-082    02/14/1990   Nickel
Events: Feb. 15 - March 1
Events: Feb. 15 - March 1
News Release   Request news release 89-083    02/14/1990   Weiner
Maurice Glicksman resigns as provost
Maurice Glicksman resigns as provost
News Release   Request news release 89-080    02/10/1990   Nickel
Tuition set at $15,295 for 1990-91, total fees = $20,720
Tuition set at $15,295 for 1990-91, total fees = $20,720
News Release   Request news release 89-081    02/10/1990   DeMaio
Chorus and Orchestra with Dave Brubeck at Carnegie 2/18
Chorus and Orchestra with Dave Brubeck at Carnegie 2/18
News Release   Request news release 89-079    02/08/1990   Weiner
Events: Feb. 8 - Feb. 22
Events: Feb. 8 - Feb. 22
News Release   Request news release 89-078    02/06/1990   Weiner
Curriculum study reviews 20 years, sets agenda
Curriculum study reviews 20 years, sets agenda
News Release   Request news release 89-073    02/05/1990   Nickel
Day-care center dedication slated for 2/8
Day-care center dedication slated for 2/8
News Release   Request news release 89-076    02/02/1990   Rippis
Columbus at Brown Quincentenary lecture series at JCB
Columbus at Brown Quincentenary lecture series at JCB
News Release   Request news release 89-077    02/02/1990   Weiner
Project ADEPT published alcohol and drug curriculum
Project ADEPT published alcohol and drug curriculum
News Release   Request news release 89-075    01/31/1990   Rippis
Events: 2/1 - 2/15
Events: 2/1 - 2/15
News Release   Request news release 89-074    01/30/1990   Weiner
Photographs of blues musicians opens
Photographs of blues musicians opens
News Release   Request news release 89-072    01/29/1990   Weiner
West survey: Jobs, loyalty, happiness, health insurance.
West survey: Jobs, loyalty, happiness, health insurance.
News Release   Request news release 89-070    01/25/1990   DeMaio
Brown adds sexual orientation to non-discrimination policy
Brown adds sexual orientation to non-discrimination policy
News Release   Request news release 89-071    01/24/1990   Nickel
Events: Jan. 25 - Feb. 8
Events: Jan. 25 - Feb. 8
News Release   Request news release 89-068    01/23/1990   Weiner
Levitsky wins Marshal Scholarship
Levitsky wins Marshal Scholarship
News Release   Request news release 89-067    01/22/1990   Weiner
Nobel Laureate Wilson to speak on future of computers 1/29
Nobel Laureate Wilson to speak on future of computers 1/29
News Release   Request news release 89-069    01/22/1990   Weiner
BLC seminar includes teleconf. on teen-age violence 1/30
BLC seminar includes teleconf. on teen-age violence 1/30
News Release   Request news release 89-066    01/10/1990   Rippis
Brown students head to South Carolina to repair Hurricane Hugo damage
Brown students head to South Carolina to repair Hurricane Hugo damage
News Release   Request news release 90-070    01/10/1990   Sweeney
BCLIR announces spring course offerings
BCLIR announces spring course offerings
News Release   Request news release 90-068    01/09/1990   Ferguson
BCLIR announces spring seminar offerings
BCLIR announces spring seminar offerings
News Release   Request news release 89-063    01/08/1990   Nickel
DEC FUSE for Ultrix announced by Digital; Savage cites it as a milestone
DEC FUSE for Ultrix announced by Digital; Savage cites it as a milestone
News Release   Request news release 90-067    01/08/1990   DeMaio
John Harley to perform at Brown Club of Rhode Island event
John Harley to perform at Brown Club of Rhode Island event
News Release   Request news release 90-065    01/07/1990   Ferguson
"Book in Americas" show from JCB opens in NYC Jan. 25
"Book in Americas" show from JCB opens in NYC Jan. 25
News Release   Request news release 89-064    01/05/1990   Weiner
Brown names new head football coach
Brown names new head football coach
News Release   Request news release 89-065    01/05/1990   Nickel
Brown offers no-interest loans to employees whose money is trapped in closed banks
Brown offers no-interest loans to employees whose money is trapped in closed banks
News Release   Request news release 90-064    01/03/1990   Nickel
Steve Simon wins Apker Phyics prize
Steve Simon wins Apker Phyics prize
News Release   Request news release 89-060    12/21/1989   Rippis
Keegan to deliver first Anne S.K. Brown military lecture 1/26
Keegan to deliver first Anne S.K. Brown military lecture 1/26
News Release   Request news release 89-062    12/21/1989   Rippis
Brown Morehouse Spelman Tougaloo start biology program
Brown Morehouse Spelman Tougaloo start biology program
News Release   Request news release 89-061    12/19/1989   Nickel
Fulbright scholars for 1989-1990 announced
Fulbright scholars for 1989-1990 announced
News Release   Request news release 89-059    12/11/1989   DeMaio
Pizzitola Center wins architectural award
Pizzitola Center wins architectural award
News Release   Request news release 89-058    12/08/1989   Rippis
Shanley named manager of benefits
Shanley named manager of benefits
News Release   Request news release 89-055    12/01/1989   Rippis
Bellagio Declaration issued 12/8 in NYC, Washington
Bellagio Declaration issued 12/8 in NYC, Washington
News Release   Request news release 89-057    12/01/1989   Nickel
Events: 11/30 Ð 12/14
Events: 11/30 Ð 12/14
News Release   Request news release 89-056    11/29/1989   Nickel
Events: 11/23 - 12/7
Events: 11/23 - 12/7
News Release   Request news release 89-052    11/22/1989   Nickel
Thomas Anton named dean of the faculty
Thomas Anton named dean of the faculty
News Release   Request news release 89-053    11/22/1989   Nickel
Soviet trio plays earthquake benefit with Brown Jazz Band
Soviet trio plays earthquake benefit with Brown Jazz Band
News Release   Request news release 89-054    11/22/1989   DeMaio
Shah Scholarships awarded
Shah Scholarships awarded
News Release   Request news release 89-050    11/20/1989   Rippis
Champlin Scholars hometown version (see89/023)
Champlin Scholars hometown version (see89/023)
News Release   Request news release 89-051    11/20/1989   Mahdesian
Events: 11/16 - 11/30
Events: 11/16 - 11/30
News Release   Request news release 89-048    11/14/1989   Mahdesian
Chicano/Latino students celebrate Pachanga 11/23-25
Chicano/Latino students celebrate Pachanga 11/23-25
News Release   Request news release 89-049    11/14/1989   Mahdesian
Frances Goldscheider on living patterns of young adults
Frances Goldscheider on living patterns of young adults
News Release   Request news release 89-043    11/08/1989   Rippis
George Rattner (M.A. Ô88) gets his play done off-Broadway
George Rattner (M.A. Ô88) gets his play done off-Broadway
News Release   Request news release 89-047    11/08/1989   Mahdesian
Events: 11/9 - 11/23
Events: 11/9 - 11/23
News Release   Request news release 89-046    11/07/1989   Mahdesian
Antonio Machado House dedicated Nov. 10
Antonio Machado House dedicated Nov. 10
News Release   Request news release 89-045    11/06/1989   Mahdesian
Andrea V. Rosenthal chair in art history announced
Andrea V. Rosenthal chair in art history announced
News Release   Request news release 89-042    11/03/1989   Mahdesian
Mutual Security Project conference here 11/10-13
Mutual Security Project conference here 11/10-13
News Release   Request news release 89-044    11/03/1989   Nickel
Events: 11/2 - 11/16
Events: 11/2 - 11/16
News Release   Request news release 89-041    10/31/1989   Mahdesian
Alumni Recognition: Aaron Beck gets William Rogers Award
Alumni Recognition: Aaron Beck gets William Rogers Award
News Release   Request news release 89-040    10/30/1989   Mahdesian
Events: 10/26 - 11/9
Events: 10/26 - 11/9
News Release   Request news release 89-038    10/24/1989   Mahdesian
Westerly schools computer program has major Brown help
Westerly schools computer program has major Brown help
News Release   Request news release 89-037    10/20/1989   DeMaio
Events: 10/19 - 11/2
Events: 10/19 - 11/2
News Release   Request news release 89-034    10/17/1989   Mahdesian
Grad School Convocation: Future of Knowledge 10/29-31
Grad School Convocation: Future of Knowledge 10/29-31
News Release   Request news release 89-035    10/17/1989   Nickel
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies gets 5-year grant
Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies gets 5-year grant
News Release   Request news release 89-036    10/17/1989   Rippis
Challenge Years campaign a success; Brown Fund record
Challenge Years campaign a success; Brown Fund record
News Release   Request news release 89-031    10/13/1989   Nickel
New Post Office dedicated
New Post Office dedicated
News Release   Request news release 89-032    10/13/1989   Rippis
Canadian consul general opens Out of the North exhibit
Canadian consul general opens Out of the North exhibit
News Release   Request news release 89-033    10/13/1989   Mahdesian
Events: Oct. 13-26
Events: Oct. 13-26
News Release   Request news release 89-029    10/11/1989   Mahdesian
Brown buys Brook Street Garage land
Brown buys Brook Street Garage land
News Release   Request news release 89-030    10/11/1989   Nickel
Cornerstone ceremony for JCB
Cornerstone ceremony for JCB
News Release   Request news release 89-028    10/06/1989   Mahdesian
Salinas honorary degree citation
Salinas honorary degree citation
News Release   Request news release 89-027    10/05/1989   Nickel
Events: 10/6 to 10/19
Events: 10/6 to 10/19
News Release   Request news release 89-026    10/03/1989   Mahdesian
AIDS Fair sponsored by SPAA
AIDS Fair sponsored by SPAA
News Release   Request news release 89-021    09/27/1989   Mahdesian
Champlin Scholars for 1993 announced
Champlin Scholars for 1993 announced
News Release   Request news release 89-023    09/27/1989   Mahdesian
Women's fair, sponsored by more than 20 organizations
Women's fair, sponsored by more than 20 organizations
News Release   Request news release 89-024    09/27/1989   Mahdesian
Rod Clifton inducted into Nat. Academy of Engineering 10/3
Rod Clifton inducted into Nat. Academy of Engineering 10/3
News Release   Request news release 89-025    09/27/1989   Mahdesian
Events: 9/28-10/12
Events: 9/28-10/12
News Release   Request news release 89-022    09/26/1989   Mahdesian
Canchola-Flores new assoc dir. of admissions (minority)
Canchola-Flores new assoc dir. of admissions (minority)
News Release   Request news release 89-020    09/20/1989   Mahdesian
Carlos Salinas, president of Mexico, to deliver Ogden 10/5
Carlos Salinas, president of Mexico, to deliver Ogden 10/5
News Release   Request news release 89-018    09/19/1989   Nickel
Events: 9/21/89 - 10/5/89
Events: 9/21/89 - 10/5/89
News Release   Request news release 89-019    09/19/1989   Mahdesian
1989 President's Community Service Fellows named
1989 President's Community Service Fellows named
News Release   Request news release 89-015    09/14/1989   Mahdesian
Gay, Bisexual and Gay Graduate Students conf. 9/22-23
Gay, Bisexual and Gay Graduate Students conf. 9/22-23
News Release   Request news release 89-017    09/14/1989   Mahdesian
Events: Ogdens, gay grad students, Russians
Events: Ogdens, gay grad students, Russians
News Release   Request news release 89-016    09/13/1989   Mahdesian
Starr fellows for 1990 announced
Starr fellows for 1990 announced
News Release   Request news release 89-014    09/11/1989   Mahdesian
Feinstein World Hunger Awards announced.
Feinstein World Hunger Awards announced.
News Release   Request news release 88-109    09/07/1989   Broudy
Russian Nodari Simonia speaks on US/USSR and 3rd World
Russian Nodari Simonia speaks on US/USSR and 3rd World
News Release   Request news release 89-012    09/07/1989   DeMaio
Two Debates on the federal deficit and the 1990s: 9/2, 10/25
Two Debates on the federal deficit and the 1990s: 9/2, 10/25
News Release   Request news release 89-013    09/07/1989   Mahdesian
Events: Pope Shenoudah, theatre, Ogdens
Events: Pope Shenoudah, theatre, Ogdens
News Release   Request news release 89-011    09/05/1989   Mahdesian
Thomas Simons to give 7 Ogden lectures on end of Cold War
Thomas Simons to give 7 Ogden lectures on end of Cold War
News Release   Request news release 89-010    09/01/1989   Mahdesian
Simons Ogden Lecture w/ revised schedule, titles
Simons Ogden Lecture w/ revised schedule, titles
News Release   Request news release 89-010a    09/01/1989   Mahdesian
Christine Love, new alumni relations director
Christine Love, new alumni relations director
News Release   Request news release 89-009    08/31/1989   Mahdesian
Events: Brooks, India chorus, Wendy Edwards
Events: Brooks, India chorus, Wendy Edwards
News Release   Request news release 89-008    08/29/1989   Mahdesian
Gwendolyn Brooks to deliver Opening Convocation lecture
Gwendolyn Brooks to deliver Opening Convocation lecture
News Release   Request news release 89-007    08/11/1989   Mahdesian
Two new freshman traditions: Dinner and Alumni Lecture
Two new freshman traditions: Dinner and Alumni Lecture
News Release   Request news release 89-006    08/07/1989   Mahdesian
West survey shows disapproval of Supreme Ct abortion rule
West survey shows disapproval of Supreme Ct abortion rule
News Release   Request news release 89-005    08/01/1989   DeMaio
Moscow city officials here for three-week training program
Moscow city officials here for three-week training program
News Release   Request news release 89-003    07/19/1989   Nickel
JCB breaks ground on new addition
JCB breaks ground on new addition
News Release   Request news release 89-004    07/19/1989   Mahdesian
Catherine Dickett '83, Cynthia Forster '78 get Fulbrights
Catherine Dickett '83, Cynthia Forster '78 get Fulbrights
News Release   Request news release 89-001    07/14/1989   Mahdesian
JCB awards New World research fellowships to 18 scholars
JCB awards New World research fellowships to 18 scholars
News Release   Request news release 89-002    07/14/1989   Mahdesian
R. Douglas Cope has NEH summer stipend for Latin Am. study
R. Douglas Cope has NEH summer stipend for Latin Am. study
News Release   Request news release 88-213    06/28/1989   Mahdesian
11Win Fulbright-Hayes and related grants
11Win Fulbright-Hayes and related grants
News Release   Request news release 88-210    06/15/1989   Mahdesian
2 Juniors win Barry M. Goldwater fellowships
2 Juniors win Barry M. Goldwater fellowships
News Release   Request news release 88-211    06/15/1989   Mahdesian
John Rowe Workman distinguished chair for Kurt Raaflaub
John Rowe Workman distinguished chair for Kurt Raaflaub
News Release   Request news release 88-212    06/15/1989   DeMaio
Broudy and Nickel promotions
Broudy and Nickel promotions
News Release   Request news release 88-207    06/14/1989   Broudy
Neusner lectures in Brazil in August
Neusner lectures in Brazil in August
News Release   Request news release 88-209    06/14/1989   Mahdesian
Minority undergrads study at summer science program
Minority undergrads study at summer science program
News Release   Request news release 88-208    06/13/1989   Mahdesian
BCLIR announces fall schedule of courses
BCLIR announces fall schedule of courses
News Release   Request news release 88-203    06/05/1989   Mahdesian
Commencement: Senior Medical, Barrett Hazeltine Citations
Commencement: Senior Medical, Barrett Hazeltine Citations
News Release   Request news release 88-204    06/02/1989   Nickel
Swearers get honorary degrees; John McIntyre gets Medal
Swearers get honorary degrees; John McIntyre gets Medal
News Release   Request news release 88-200    06/01/1989   Nickel
New Trustees: Swig, Tillinghast, Sculley, Cook, Royce, Weil
New Trustees: Swig, Tillinghast, Sculley, Cook, Royce, Weil
News Release   Request news release 88-201    06/01/1989   DeMaio
Thomas Holman appointed Bell Gallery director
Thomas Holman appointed Bell Gallery director
News Release   Request news release 88-202    06/01/1989   Mahdesian
Matthew Albert wins national crystal-growing award
Matthew Albert wins national crystal-growing award
News Release   Request news release 88-205    06/01/1989   Mahdesian
Feinstein World Hunger Program tops $1 million in fundraising
Feinstein World Hunger Program tops $1 million in fundraising
News Release   Request news release 88-206    06/01/1989   Broudy
Commencement: Graduate Alumni Citations
Commencement: Graduate Alumni Citations
News Release   Request news release 88-177    05/30/1989   Rippis
Digital summer training school at Brown; DEC is largest ever
Digital summer training school at Brown; DEC is largest ever
News Release   Request news release 88-194    05/30/1989   Nickel
John Evrard wins the Keen Award
John Evrard wins the Keen Award
News Release   Request news release 88-199    05/30/1989   Rippis
Commencement: Dionysian Festival performed by 15 sutdents
Commencement: Dionysian Festival performed by 15 sutdents
News Release   Request news release 88-195    05/25/1989   Mahdesian
Afro-American Studies has 20th anniversary
Afro-American Studies has 20th anniversary
News Release   Request news release 88-196    05/25/1989   Mahdesian
Grad students Camacho and Cates win Newcombe Fellowships
Grad students Camacho and Cates win Newcombe Fellowships
News Release   Request news release 88-198    05/25/1989   Mahdesian
Howard Hughes Foundation gives Brown $1 million
Howard Hughes Foundation gives Brown $1 million
News Release   Request news release 88-197    05/24/1989   Mahdesian
Commencement: Senior orators (Amanda Biers, Reed McCraken)
Commencement: Senior orators (Amanda Biers, Reed McCraken)
News Release   Request news release 88-176    05/22/1989   Rippis
Commencement: Seven honorary degrees awarded 5/29
Commencement: Seven honorary degrees awarded 5/29
News Release   Request news release 88-186    05/22/1989   Nickel
Events: Last of the year, Commencement stuff
Events: Last of the year, Commencement stuff
News Release   Request news release 88-193    05/22/1989   Mahdesian
Nine seniors receive Joslin awards
Nine seniors receive Joslin awards
News Release   Request news release 88-188    05/18/1989   Mahdesian
Faunce House Rededication set for Friday, May 26.
Faunce House Rededication set for Friday, May 26.
News Release   Request news release 88-189    05/18/1989   Rippis
Lee and Tewksbury receive Harry S. Truman scholarships
Lee and Tewksbury receive Harry S. Truman scholarships
News Release   Request news release 88-191    05/18/1989   Rippis
Beinecke Fellowship for Katrina Smith
Beinecke Fellowship for Katrina Smith
News Release   Request news release 88-192    05/18/1989   Rippis
Vartan Gregorian receives award from Am Acad Arts and Science
Vartan Gregorian receives award from Am Acad Arts and Science
News Release   Request news release 88-190    05/17/1989   DeMaio
Commencement: Forums scheduled for Saturday 27 May
Commencement: Forums scheduled for Saturday 27 May
News Release   Request news release 88-184    05/16/1989   Mahdesian
Events: Commencement, Hawking, Jazz Concert
Events: Commencement, Hawking, Jazz Concert
News Release   Request news release 88-187    05/16/1989   Mahdesian
Overseas college advisers meet at Brown 5/21-21
Overseas college advisers meet at Brown 5/21-21
News Release   Request news release 88-185    05/15/1989   Mahdesian
Commencement: Grad School celebrates 100 years of doctorates
Commencement: Grad School celebrates 100 years of doctorates
News Release   Request news release 88-173    05/12/1989   Mahdesian
Commencement: Alumni Dance Show in its second year
Commencement: Alumni Dance Show in its second year
News Release   Request news release 88-174    05/11/1989   Mahdesian
Yukiko Brown receives a Chun Hoon Scholarship
Yukiko Brown receives a Chun Hoon Scholarship
News Release   Request news release 88-175    05/11/1989   Mahdesian
Brown senior wins horse show, is national collegiate champion
Brown senior wins horse show, is national collegiate champion
News Release   Request news release 88-181    05/11/1989   Mahdesian
Father Theodore Hesburgh to deliver baccalaureate sermon
Father Theodore Hesburgh to deliver baccalaureate sermon
News Release   Request news release 88-182    05/11/1989   Broudy
Commencement: Advisory with complete schedule
Commencement: Advisory with complete schedule
News Release   Request news release 88-183    05/11/1989   Broudy
Commencement: Broadway-Style Musical Revue at Leeds
Commencement: Broadway-Style Musical Revue at Leeds
News Release   Request news release 88-167    05/10/1989   Mahdesian
Events: Commencement stuff mostly
Events: Commencement stuff mostly
News Release   Request news release 88-179    05/10/1989   Mahdesian
Commencement: Foster Davis (Mr. Hockey) named chief marshal
Commencement: Foster Davis (Mr. Hockey) named chief marshal
News Release   Request news release 88-180    05/10/1989   DeMaio
Commencement: Tito Puente here for Jazz Band Concert 5/28
Commencement: Tito Puente here for Jazz Band Concert 5/28
News Release   Request news release 88-178    05/09/1989   DeMaio
Howard Fellows announced
Howard Fellows announced
News Release   Request news release 88-170    05/04/1989   Mahdesian
Joe Doyle memorial flagpole dedicated 5/8
Joe Doyle memorial flagpole dedicated 5/8
News Release   Request news release 88-172    05/04/1989   Mahdesian
Dorothy Divine, Loni Berry in Third World Alumni show 5/27
Dorothy Divine, Loni Berry in Third World Alumni show 5/27
News Release   Request news release 88-163    05/03/1989   Mahdesian
Darrell West poll on abortion, gun control, AIDS testing
Darrell West poll on abortion, gun control, AIDS testing
News Release   Request news release 88-171    05/03/1989   DeMaio
Events: Dance Mamma, Glasnost video, Over Here
Events: Dance Mamma, Glasnost video, Over Here
News Release   Request news release 88-169    05/02/1989   Mahdesian
Rites and Reason presents Dance, Mamma, Dance 5/12-5/28
Rites and Reason presents Dance, Mamma, Dance 5/12-5/28
News Release   Request news release 88-166    04/28/1989   Mahdesian
Salomon Hall dedication
Salomon Hall dedication
News Release   Request news release 88-168    04/28/1989   DeMaio
Drug-Free Schools Project Family Day, Fox Point Elem School
Drug-Free Schools Project Family Day, Fox Point Elem School
News Release   Request news release 88-165    04/27/1989   Nickel
Events: Pops, Haffenreffer show, Over Here
Events: Pops, Haffenreffer show, Over Here
News Release   Request news release 88-164    04/26/1989   Mahdesian
Brown to provide day care for employees' infants and toddlers
Brown to provide day care for employees' infants and toddlers
News Release   Request news release 88-160    04/25/1989   Nickel
Summer Theater 21st season announced
Summer Theater 21st season announced
News Release   Request news release 88-161    04/25/1989   Mahdesian
Gurland, Needleman, Clifton, Richman win engineering awards
Gurland, Needleman, Clifton, Richman win engineering awards
News Release   Request news release 88-162    04/25/1989   Mahdesian
Ancient Historians; City-States in antiquity and Middle Ages
Ancient Historians; City-States in antiquity and Middle Ages
News Release   Request news release 88-157    04/21/1989   Mahdesian
Guggenheims to David Cane and Karen Newman
Guggenheims to David Cane and Karen Newman
News Release   Request news release 88-158    04/21/1989   Mahdesian
Claudine Schneider speaks at LEMS dinner 4/27
Claudine Schneider speaks at LEMS dinner 4/27
News Release   Request news release 88-159    04/21/1989   Nickel
Events: Brazil, Over Here, Communists, Pizzitola
Events: Brazil, Over Here, Communists, Pizzitola
News Release   Request news release 88-156    04/18/1989   Mahdesian
Ronald Machtley plays squash against Tom Wunderlich 4/22
Ronald Machtley plays squash against Tom Wunderlich 4/22
News Release   Request news release 88-155    04/17/1989   DeMaio
Acceptances mailed; 2,705 of 11,700 kids are happy
Acceptances mailed; 2,705 of 11,700 kids are happy
News Release   Request news release 88-154    04/13/1989   Mahdesian
Kristin Hoffman and Hillary Strang, freshmen, win Crowell Prize
Kristin Hoffman and Hillary Strang, freshmen, win Crowell Prize
News Release   Request news release 88-153    04/12/1989   Mahdesian
Bill Brisk speaks at VG Inauguration! Moves practice to Newton!!
Bill Brisk speaks at VG Inauguration! Moves practice to Newton!!
News Release   Request news release 88-151    04/11/1989   Broudy
Events: Sexual Awareness Week, Charleston String Quartet
Events: Sexual Awareness Week, Charleston String Quartet
News Release   Request news release 88-152    04/11/1989   Mahdesian
Honorary degree to Pinchas Zuckerman 4/9
Honorary degree to Pinchas Zuckerman 4/9
News Release   Request news release 88-150    04/10/1989   Mahdesian
Frank Deford to speak at Pizzitola dedication 4/22
Frank Deford to speak at Pizzitola dedication 4/22
News Release   Request news release 88-147    04/07/1989   DeMaio
Economic impact study: Brown is worth millions to Providence
Economic impact study: Brown is worth millions to Providence
News Release   Request news release 88-148    04/07/1989   Broudy
Chris Berman, ESPN, to speak at Sports Weekend
Chris Berman, ESPN, to speak at Sports Weekend
News Release   Request news release 88-149    04/07/1989   DeMaio
Events: Toxic waste, Latin American archives, Maya Angelou
Events: Toxic waste, Latin American archives, Maya Angelou
News Release   Request news release 88-146    04/06/1989   Mahdesian
Guido Calabresi, Yale law dean, to deliver Meiklejohn lecture 4/4
Guido Calabresi, Yale law dean, to deliver Meiklejohn lecture 4/4
News Release   Request news release 88-142    04/04/1989   Mahdesian
Hunger Report released; cut world hunger by half in 1990s
Hunger Report released; cut world hunger by half in 1990s
News Release   Request news release 88-145    04/03/1989   Broudy
Events: Molly Yard, Wilderness, Hunger, Aesthetics
Events: Molly Yard, Wilderness, Hunger, Aesthetics
News Release   Request news release 88-144    03/28/1989   Mahdesian
Paul Bernard and Thomas Hatch win Spencer fellowships
Paul Bernard and Thomas Hatch win Spencer fellowships
News Release   Request news release 88-143    03/27/1989   Mahdesian
Resource Scholars present their findings during April
Resource Scholars present their findings during April
News Release   Request news release 88-139    03/24/1989   Mahdesian
Holly Allen wins Mellon Fellowship in Humanities
Holly Allen wins Mellon Fellowship in Humanities
News Release   Request news release 88-140    03/24/1989   Mahdesian
Joe Kestin named fellow of Imperial College
Joe Kestin named fellow of Imperial College
News Release   Request news release 88-141    03/24/1989   Mahdesian
Students for Pediatric AIDS Awareness ( SPAA ) benefit planned
Students for Pediatric AIDS Awareness ( SPAA ) benefit planned
News Release   Request news release 88-137    03/23/1989   Mahdesian
Churchill Scholarship awarded to Thomas Marieb
Churchill Scholarship awarded to Thomas Marieb
News Release   Request news release 88-138    03/23/1989   Mahdesian
Goldberger Chair created; Poole is first Golberger Professor
Goldberger Chair created; Poole is first Golberger Professor
News Release   Request news release 88-136    03/22/1989   Rippis
Events: U.S.-Soviet space conference, NOW president, Hunger
Events: U.S.-Soviet space conference, NOW president, Hunger
News Release   Request news release 88-135    03/21/1989   Mahdesian
Hunger Briefing and Exchange with schedule
Hunger Briefing and Exchange with schedule
News Release   Request news release 88-130    03/20/1989   Broudy
Complete schedule of events for inauguration weekend
Complete schedule of events for inauguration weekend
News Release   Request news release 88-131    03/20/1989   Broudy
Inaugural background: Manning chair, charter, chain, etc.
Inaugural background: Manning chair, charter, chain, etc.
News Release   Request news release 88-132    03/20/1989   Rippis
Arthur Schlesinger to deliver inaugural lecture, April 8
Arthur Schlesinger to deliver inaugural lecture, April 8
News Release   Request news release 88-133    03/20/1989   DeMaio
Bloom, Ferrer, Davis, Dee to give dramatic readings for VG
Bloom, Ferrer, Davis, Dee to give dramatic readings for VG
News Release   Request news release 88-134    03/20/1989   Broudy
Pinchas Zukerman performs inauguration concert April 9
Pinchas Zukerman performs inauguration concert April 9
News Release   Request news release 88-127    03/14/1989   Mahdesian
Events: ProJo, student plays, women's history, Vietnam vet
Events: ProJo, student plays, women's history, Vietnam vet
News Release   Request news release 88-128    03/14/1989   Mahdesian
Darrell West survey: DiPrete, taxes, smoking in public places
Darrell West survey: DiPrete, taxes, smoking in public places
News Release   Request news release 88-126    03/10/1989   DeMaio
Phi Beta Kappa elects new members (hometowned)
Phi Beta Kappa elects new members (hometowned)
News Release   Request news release 88-124    03/07/1989   Mahdesian
Events: Hebrew poet; Kafka's Metamorphosis; Patinkin
Events: Hebrew poet; Kafka's Metamorphosis; Patinkin
News Release   Request news release 88-125    03/07/1989   Mahdesian
"Over Here," WWI American Art show at List 4/15-5/29
"Over Here," WWI American Art show at List 4/15-5/29
News Release   Request news release 88-123    03/06/1989   Mahdesian
Events: German Jews, ProJo, Maya Angelou
Events: German Jews, ProJo, Maya Angelou
News Release   Request news release 88-122    02/28/1989   Mahdesian
Graduate School admissions up at least 25 percent
Graduate School admissions up at least 25 percent
News Release   Request news release 88-121    02/24/1989   Mahdesian
Events: German Jews, ProJo Conference
Events: German Jews, ProJo Conference
News Release   Request news release 88-120    02/22/1989   Mahdesian
University chooses Northern Telecom for new phone system
University chooses Northern Telecom for new phone system
News Release   Request news release 88-119    02/21/1989   Broudy
Ctr for Public Service hosts HS conference, Claudine Schneider
Ctr for Public Service hosts HS conference, Claudine Schneider
News Release   Request news release 88-118    02/20/1989   Broudy
Albert Bushnell Johnson Prize to Matthew J. Stein
Albert Bushnell Johnson Prize to Matthew J. Stein
News Release   Request news release 88-114    02/17/1989   Mahdesian
Lope de Vega Prize to Shaun McCarthy and Raja Subramoni
Lope de Vega Prize to Shaun McCarthy and Raja Subramoni
News Release   Request news release 88-115    02/17/1989   Mahdesian
Gabriela Mistral Prizes to Penelope Elliott and Leslie Mendez
Gabriela Mistral Prizes to Penelope Elliott and Leslie Mendez
News Release   Request news release 88-116    02/17/1989   Mahdesian
Reichley wins the Hesburgh Medal from CASE
Reichley wins the Hesburgh Medal from CASE
News Release   Request news release 88-117    02/17/1989   Mahdesian
Events: Film festivals, computing and languages
Events: Film festivals, computing and languages
News Release   Request news release 88-112    02/14/1989   Mahdesian
Population Studies and Training Center gets $700K
Population Studies and Training Center gets $700K
News Release   Request news release 88-113    02/14/1989   Rippis
Sen. Moynihan kicks off ProJo Conference 2/27
Sen. Moynihan kicks off ProJo Conference 2/27
News Release   Request news release 88-108    02/13/1989   Broudy
Tuition set at $14,375 for 1989-90; total fee = $19,380
Tuition set at $14,375 for 1989-90; total fee = $19,380
News Release   Request news release 88-111    02/11/1989   DeMaio
Events: Black history, Jews and Germany
Events: Black history, Jews and Germany
News Release   Request news release 88-110    02/07/1989   Mahdesian
German and Hungarian film festivals
German and Hungarian film festivals
News Release   Request news release 88-106    02/06/1989   Mahdesian
Grundfest speaks at Ctr for Financial Markets Ded 2/10
Grundfest speaks at Ctr for Financial Markets Ded 2/10
News Release   Request news release 88-107    02/06/1989   Rippis
Conference on aesthetics
Conference on aesthetics
News Release   Request news release 88-105    02/03/1989   Mahdesian
Skidmore delivers inaugural CŽspedes lecture 2/9
Skidmore delivers inaugural CŽspedes lecture 2/9
News Release   Request news release 88-103    02/02/1989   Mahdesian
1 of 52 effort gets all 52 bands signed up
1 of 52 effort gets all 52 bands signed up
News Release   Request news release 88-104    02/02/1989   Mahdesian
Events: Black History Month, Chicanos, Cespedes
Events: Black History Month, Chicanos, Cespedes
News Release   Request news release 88-102    01/31/1989   Mahdesian
Jews in German Society lecture series, 2/9 to 3/16
Jews in German Society lecture series, 2/9 to 3/16
News Release   Request news release 88-101    01/27/1989   Mahdesian
Events: PanAm memorial, Jewish history, Portuguese
Events: PanAm memorial, Jewish history, Portuguese
News Release   Request news release 88-100    01/24/1989   Mahdesian
BLCIR spring programs announced
BLCIR spring programs announced
News Release   Request news release 88-096    01/20/1989   Mahdesian
Memorial service for Pan-Am victims set for 2/3
Memorial service for Pan-Am victims set for 2/3
News Release   Request news release 88-099    01/20/1989   Mahdesian
Events: Ogden, Romans
Events: Ogden, Romans
News Release   Request news release 88-098    01/17/1989   Mahdesian
Goldstein reads paper on Bangkok, Shanghai to AAAS
Goldstein reads paper on Bangkok, Shanghai to AAAS
News Release   Request news release 88-091    01/13/1989   Nickel
Continuing College: Miami, undersea archaeology 2/12
Continuing College: Miami, undersea archaeology 2/12
News Release   Request news release 88-097    01/13/1989   Mahdesian
Vartan Gregorian assumes Brown presidency
Vartan Gregorian assumes Brown presidency
News Release   Request news release 88-094    01/12/1989   Nickel
Ogden: Richard Shifter on Glasnost 1/31
Ogden: Richard Shifter on Glasnost 1/31
News Release   Request news release 88-095    01/12/1989   DeMaio
Events: Rites & Reason, theater festival, Ogden
Events: Rites & Reason, theater festival, Ogden
News Release   Request news release 88-092    01/10/1989   Mahdesian
Brown co-hosts ACTF theater festival 1/27-2/1
Brown co-hosts ACTF theater festival 1/27-2/1
News Release   Request news release 88-093    01/10/1989   Mahdesian
David Lewis to direct alcohol education institute
David Lewis to direct alcohol education institute
News Release   Request news release 88-090    12/30/1988   Rippis
Kirsten Rendell first female to win hockey scholarship
Kirsten Rendell first female to win hockey scholarship
News Release   Request news release 88-088    12/15/1988   Mahdesian
Aronson, Udis receive Medical Recognition Awards
Aronson, Udis receive Medical Recognition Awards
News Release   Request news release 88-089    12/15/1988   Mahdesian
Rhodes Scholar, Marshall Awards
Rhodes Scholar, Marshall Awards
News Release   Request news release 88-086    12/14/1988   Mahdesian
"Portraits and Propaganda: Faces of Rome" at Bell Gall.
"Portraits and Propaganda: Faces of Rome" at Bell Gall.
News Release   Request news release 88-087    12/14/1988   Mahdesian
Events: 1 of 52 exclusively
Events: 1 of 52 exclusively
News Release   Request news release 88-085    12/13/1988   Mahdesian
Events: Dance; Skating Band; 1 of 52
Events: Dance; Skating Band; 1 of 52
News Release   Request news release 88-084    12/06/1988   Mahdesian
Howard Swearer to become director of IIS
Howard Swearer to become director of IIS
News Release   Request news release 88-083    12/05/1988   Broudy
Robert Gordon, trader extraordinaire, talks on Wall St.
Robert Gordon, trader extraordinaire, talks on Wall St.
News Release   Request news release 88-081    12/01/1988   Mahdesian
John Hay exhibit at Hay and Rockefeller libraries
John Hay exhibit at Hay and Rockefeller libraries
News Release   Request news release 88-082    12/01/1988   Mahdesian
Linda Parker named Anthropology Student of the Year
Linda Parker named Anthropology Student of the Year
News Release   Request news release 88-080    11/30/1988   DeMaio
Events: Steve Jobs;foreign affairs; Christmas concerts
Events: Steve Jobs;foreign affairs; Christmas concerts
News Release   Request news release 88-079    11/29/1988   Mahdesian
Events: 1 of 52; Quinn on Bermuda; Aronson; Dance
Events: 1 of 52; Quinn on Bermuda; Aronson; Dance
News Release   Request news release 88-078    11/22/1988   Mahdesian
Another 1 of 52 effort. Musical Mini-Marathon
Another 1 of 52 effort. Musical Mini-Marathon
News Release   Request news release 88-077    11/14/1988   Mahdesian
Walter Cronkeit here for NACB conference 11/18-20
Walter Cronkeit here for NACB conference 11/18-20
News Release   Request news release 88-076    11/12/1988   Broudy
Miron Lukyanov, Soviet artist, here 11/13-23
Miron Lukyanov, Soviet artist, here 11/13-23
News Release   Request news release 88-075    11/10/1988   Mahdesian
Soviet Posters on display at Bell Gallery through 12/18
Soviet Posters on display at Bell Gallery through 12/18
News Release   Request news release 88-069    11/01/1988   Mahdesian
BTV to produce election-eve special on student opinion
BTV to produce election-eve special on student opinion
News Release   Request news release 88-074    11/01/1988   Mahdesian
William Power presents paper on fractal fault surfaces
William Power presents paper on fractal fault surfaces
News Release   Request news release 88-052    10/31/1988   Nickel
Kentucky fiddler Bruce Green in concert 11/5
Kentucky fiddler Bruce Green in concert 11/5
News Release   Request news release 88-071    10/31/1988   Mahdesian
"Overcoming Constraints on Mexican Devel." 11/3-5
"Overcoming Constraints on Mexican Devel." 11/3-5
News Release   Request news release 88-070    10/28/1988   Mahdesian
Neal Miller to lecture on Brain-Body connections 11/17
Neal Miller to lecture on Brain-Body connections 11/17
News Release   Request news release 88-072    10/28/1988   Mahdesian
Irving R. Levine gets Rogers Award at Alum Recog.
Irving R. Levine gets Rogers Award at Alum Recog.
News Release   Request news release 88-073    10/28/1988   Mahdesian
Exxon grant supports Coalition of Essential Schools
Exxon grant supports Coalition of Essential Schools
News Release   Request news release 88-068    10/27/1988   Broudy
William Wilson, U of Chicago sociologist, talks 11/10
William Wilson, U of Chicago sociologist, talks 11/10
News Release   Request news release 88-061    10/26/1988   Mahdesian
"Beyond Negritude" conference 11/14-15
"Beyond Negritude" conference 11/14-15
News Release   Request news release 88-065    10/25/1988   Mahdesian
1 of 52 effort. Again. 23 bands have signed on.
1 of 52 effort. Again. 23 bands have signed on.
News Release   Request news release 88-067    10/25/1988   Mahdesian
Ronald Takaki talks of post-Reagan race relations 11/3
Ronald Takaki talks of post-Reagan race relations 11/3
News Release   Request news release 88-063    10/24/1988   Mahdesian
Second Galican Studies Conference here 11/10-12
Second Galican Studies Conference here 11/10-12
News Release   Request news release 88-064    10/24/1988   Mahdesian
AT&T gives Brown $45,000 for Engineering, CS
AT&T gives Brown $45,000 for Engineering, CS
News Release   Request news release 88-066    10/24/1988   Nickel
Nicholas Daniloff, arrested by KGB, talks 11/3
Nicholas Daniloff, arrested by KGB, talks 11/3
News Release   Request news release 88-060    10/21/1988   Mahdesian
Sammy Smooha talks on Israel/S. Africa comparisons
Sammy Smooha talks on Israel/S. Africa comparisons
News Release   Request news release 88-062    10/20/1988   Mahdesian
Lenora Fulani, presidential candidate, to speak 10/23
Lenora Fulani, presidential candidate, to speak 10/23
News Release   Request news release 88-059    10/18/1988   Nickel
Rare Portuguese astrolabes shown at JCB
Rare Portuguese astrolabes shown at JCB
News Release   Request news release 88-057    10/14/1988   Mahdesiah
Elderfield to speak at List on Joan Snyder
Elderfield to speak at List on Joan Snyder
News Release   Request news release 88-058    10/14/1988   Mahdesian
Mario Cuomo to speak at Brown Oct. 18
Mario Cuomo to speak at Brown Oct. 18
News Release   Request news release 88-051    10/13/1988   Mahdesian
Foreign Language Workstation with NeXT Inc.
Foreign Language Workstation with NeXT Inc.
News Release   Request news release 88-049    10/12/1988   Nickel
Gore Vidal to receive honorary degree 10/21
Gore Vidal to receive honorary degree 10/21
News Release   Request news release 88-055    10/12/1988   DeMaio
Ying-mao Kau named president of Taiwan think tank
Ying-mao Kau named president of Taiwan think tank
News Release   Request news release 88-053    10/11/1988   Mahdesian
Ted Sizer wins the gold from CASE
Ted Sizer wins the gold from CASE
News Release   Request news release 88-054    10/11/1988   DeMaio
Brown makes final offer to SEIU union groups
Brown makes final offer to SEIU union groups
News Release   Request news release 88-056    10/11/1988   Broudy
Brown plans community educational computing gifts
Brown plans community educational computing gifts
News Release   Request news release 88-042    10/06/1988   Nickel
Michael Silvestri receives Rotary Scholarship
Michael Silvestri receives Rotary Scholarship
News Release   Request news release 88-050    10/06/1988   Mahdesian
Sheila Blumstein to address Brown Club of Worcester
Sheila Blumstein to address Brown Club of Worcester
News Release   Request news release 88-037    10/04/1988   Mahdesian
Mary Kocol color photography at Sarah Doyle Gallery
Mary Kocol color photography at Sarah Doyle Gallery
News Release   Request news release 88-040    10/04/1988   Mahdesian
Darrell West poll: DiPrete's approval rating down
Darrell West poll: DiPrete's approval rating down
News Release   Request news release 88-044    10/04/1988   DeMaio
Donald E. Knuth to receive honorary degree 10/7
Donald E. Knuth to receive honorary degree 10/7
News Release   Request news release 88-045    10/04/1988   Nickel
Peter Peterson talks on foreign trade for AIESEC 10/11
Peter Peterson talks on foreign trade for AIESEC 10/11
News Release   Request news release 88-046    10/04/1988   Mahdesian
Rites and Reason gets national award
Rites and Reason gets national award
News Release   Request news release 88-047    10/04/1988   Mahdesian
Wang Chair announced, to be funded in three years
Wang Chair announced, to be funded in three years
News Release   Request news release 88-048    10/04/1988   Broudy
Rock groups support Feinstein Program (1 of 52)
Rock groups support Feinstein Program (1 of 52)
News Release   Request news release 88-038    10/03/1988   Mahdesian
Music of Mexico and Hispanic Southwest on 10/7
Music of Mexico and Hispanic Southwest on 10/7
News Release   Request news release 88-039    10/03/1988   Mahdesian
David Inman named dean of students
David Inman named dean of students
News Release   Request news release 88-043    10/03/1988   Broudy
CIT dedication ceremonies
CIT dedication ceremonies
News Release   Request news release 88-041    09/30/1988   Nickel
Marcia Falk, Jewish feminist, to speak 10/17
Marcia Falk, Jewish feminist, to speak 10/17
News Release   Request news release 88-030    09/29/1988   Mahdesian
Alcohol Center gets grants for treatment studies
Alcohol Center gets grants for treatment studies
News Release   Request news release 88-035    09/29/1988   Reade
Jim Head available to comment on Shuttle launch
Jim Head available to comment on Shuttle launch
News Release   Request news release 88-036    09/28/1988   Mahdesian
Portuguese Exploration Exhibit at JCB
Portuguese Exploration Exhibit at JCB
News Release   Request news release 88-034    09/26/1988   Mahdesian
JCB lends rare, valuable book to Australia for 200th
JCB lends rare, valuable book to Australia for 200th
News Release   Request news release 88-028    09/21/1988   Mahdesian
Starr Fellows for 1988-89 announced
Starr Fellows for 1988-89 announced
News Release   Request news release 88-032    09/21/1988   Mahdesian
Champlin Scholars for 1988-89 announced
Champlin Scholars for 1988-89 announced
News Release   Request news release 88-033    09/21/1988   Mahdesian
Scholar's edition of Roger Williams letters published
Scholar's edition of Roger Williams letters published
News Release   Request news release 88-025    09/20/1988   Mahdesian
JCB publishes catalog of pre-1800 German Americana
JCB publishes catalog of pre-1800 German Americana
News Release   Request news release 88-029    09/20/1988   Mahdesian
James Williams, Brown senior, to debate in Russia
James Williams, Brown senior, to debate in Russia
News Release   Request news release 88-031    09/20/1988   Mahdesian
Sensory exhibit to open at Sarah Doyle Gallery
Sensory exhibit to open at Sarah Doyle Gallery
News Release   Request news release 88-024    09/19/1988   Mahdesian
Italian Senator to present Columbia display to JCB
Italian Senator to present Columbia display to JCB
News Release   Request news release 88-027    09/16/1988   Mahdesian
Brown students to perform Chopstick Dance on 9/18
Brown students to perform Chopstick Dance on 9/18
News Release   Request news release 88-022    09/15/1988   Mahdesian
Brown Band turns 65, plays at Yale game
Brown Band turns 65, plays at Yale game
News Release   Request news release 88-023    09/15/1988   Mahdesian
Charleston String Quartet (CSQ) first concert
Charleston String Quartet (CSQ) first concert
News Release   Request news release 88-020    09/12/1988   Mahdesian
Rock painting at the Haffenreffer Museum
Rock painting at the Haffenreffer Museum
News Release   Request news release 88-019    09/09/1988   Mahdesian
Snyder exhibit at Bell gallery
Snyder exhibit at Bell gallery
News Release   Request news release 88-018    09/08/1988   Mahdesian
P.J. O'Rourck lectures on Holidays in Hell 9/15
P.J. O'Rourck lectures on Holidays in Hell 9/15
News Release   Request news release 88-021    09/08/1988   Mahdesian
Tirebiter (rock band) donates gig to Feinstein Program
Tirebiter (rock band) donates gig to Feinstein Program
News Release   Request news release 88-017    09/07/1988   Mahdesian
First Alan Shawn Feinstein scholars come to Brown
First Alan Shawn Feinstein scholars come to Brown
News Release   Request news release 88-016    09/06/1988   Mahdesian
Gregorian named 16th president
Gregorian named 16th president
News Release   Request news release 88-014    08/30/1988   Broudy
Phyllis Wallace opening Convocation speaker
Phyllis Wallace opening Convocation speaker
News Release   Request news release 88-015    08/30/1988   Mahdesian
Holly Near recital w/ Take Back the Night march
Holly Near recital w/ Take Back the Night march
News Release   Request news release 88-026    08/20/1988   Mahdesian
Brown Theater schedule for 1988-89
Brown Theater schedule for 1988-89
News Release   Request news release 88-013    08/15/1988   Mahdesian
Haffenreffer Museum gets IMS operating grant
Haffenreffer Museum gets IMS operating grant
News Release   Request news release 88-012    08/11/1988   Mahdesian
1 of 52 project for Feinstein World Hunger Program
1 of 52 project for Feinstein World Hunger Program
News Release   Request news release 88-011    08/05/1988   Mahdesian
NACB: National council for student tv stations formed
NACB: National council for student tv stations formed
News Release   Request news release 88-010    08/01/1988   DeMaio
Textron gives Gorham archives to John Hay
Textron gives Gorham archives to John Hay
News Release   Request news release 88-001    07/22/1988   Broudy
Computer Science gets $3.5 million NSF grant
Computer Science gets $3.5 million NSF grant
News Release   Request news release 88-008    07/22/1988   Nickel
Eleanor McMahon named prof. in Taubman Ctr.
Eleanor McMahon named prof. in Taubman Ctr.
News Release   Request news release 88-009    07/21/1988   Reade
D. West survey on candidates and federal govt
D. West survey on candidates and federal govt
News Release   Request news release 88-007    07/13/1988   DeMaio
Anthony Schaffer's "Murderer" at Summer Theatre
Anthony Schaffer's "Murderer" at Summer Theatre
News Release   Request news release 88-006    07/12/1988   Mahdesian
Thomas James gets Pacific Historical Review prize
Thomas James gets Pacific Historical Review prize
News Release   Request news release 88-005    07/11/1988   Mahdesian
Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity established
Center for Study of Race and Ethnicity established
News Release   Request news release 88-004    07/08/1988   Mahdesian
Martin and Wild get Class of 1952 Premium
Martin and Wild get Class of 1952 Premium
News Release   Request news release 88-003    07/06/1988   Mahdesian
NEH travel grants to 4 Brown scholars
NEH travel grants to 4 Brown scholars
News Release   Request news release 88-002    07/05/1988   Mahdesian
BCLIR fall courses
BCLIR fall courses
News Release   Request news release 87-223    06/30/1988   Mahdesian
Tolnick chairs New England Museum conference
Tolnick chairs New England Museum conference
News Release   Request news release 87-229    06/29/1988   Mahdesian
Silver and Patterson get Fulbright awards
Silver and Patterson get Fulbright awards
News Release   Request news release 87-228    06/27/1988   Mahdesian
Paula Grabowski is Presidential Young Investigator
Paula Grabowski is Presidential Young Investigator
News Release   Request news release 87-227    06/24/1988   Nickel
Search for David Sacks called off
Search for David Sacks called off
News Release   Request news release 87-226    06/16/1988   Broudy
4 Hawaiian students get scholarships
4 Hawaiian students get scholarships
News Release   Request news release 87-225    06/13/1988   Broudy
Patricia Henry new director of Conference Services
Patricia Henry new director of Conference Services
News Release   Request news release 87-224    06/09/1988   DeMaio
Brown scholars visit Gorki Institute in Moscow
Brown scholars visit Gorki Institute in Moscow
News Release   Request news release 87-217    06/06/1988   Broudy
9 trustees, 3 fellows elected to Corporation
9 trustees, 3 fellows elected to Corporation
News Release   Request news release 87-220    06/06/1988   DeMaio
JCB research fellows for 1988-89 announced
JCB research fellows for 1988-89 announced
News Release   Request news release 87-222    06/06/1988   Mahdesian
Hicks Prize to Pendleton
Hicks Prize to Pendleton
News Release   Request news release 87-219    06/01/1988   Mahdesian
Student David Sacks missing in Australia
Student David Sacks missing in Australia
News Release   Request news release 87-221    06/01/1988   Broudy
Fulbright grants to Bailly, Rabb, Teutsch
Fulbright grants to Bailly, Rabb, Teutsch
News Release   Request news release 87-211    05/31/1988   Mahdesian
Drunk driving law survey by Casterline
Drunk driving law survey by Casterline
News Release   Request news release 87-213    05/31/1988   DeMaio
Keen award to Galletti
Keen award to Galletti
News Release   Request news release 87-214    05/31/1988   Reade
Graduate alumni citations
Graduate alumni citations
News Release   Request news release 87-215    05/31/1988   Reade
Senior citations to Sheridan, Kane, Tannenbaum
Senior citations to Sheridan, Kane, Tannenbaum
News Release   Request news release 87-216    05/31/1988   Nickel
Hunger award to Select Committee divided 10 ways
Hunger award to Select Committee divided 10 ways
News Release   Request news release 87-208    05/26/1988   Broudy
Rotary scholarships to Berens and Boylan
Rotary scholarships to Berens and Boylan
News Release   Request news release 87-212    05/26/1988   Mahdesian
James Rosenberg gets TAC award for teaching
James Rosenberg gets TAC award for teaching
News Release   Request news release 87-206    05/25/1988   Mahdesian
Senior Orators: William Acevedo, Heather Liddell
Senior Orators: William Acevedo, Heather Liddell
News Release   Request news release 87-207    05/25/1988   Mahdesian
Francis Mason Harris Prize to Robin Bradford
Francis Mason Harris Prize to Robin Bradford
News Release   Request news release 87-209    05/25/1988   Mahdesian
Flexible Flyer Prize to Paul Heck
Flexible Flyer Prize to Paul Heck
News Release   Request news release 87-210    05/25/1988   Mahdesian
Honorary Degrees, 1988
Honorary Degrees, 1988
News Release   Request news release 87-201    05/23/1988   Nickel
Poetry prize to Anita Noble
Poetry prize to Anita Noble
News Release   Request news release 87-202    05/20/1988   Mahdesian
Samuel C. Lamport Prize to Steven Spitz
Samuel C. Lamport Prize to Steven Spitz
News Release   Request news release 87-203    05/20/1988   Mahdesian
Marion Hassenfeld Premium to Eve Yohalem
Marion Hassenfeld Premium to Eve Yohalem
News Release   Request news release 87-204    05/20/1988   Mahdesian
Pawtucket area graduates listed
Pawtucket area graduates listed
News Release   Request news release 87-205    05/20/1988   Rush
Buxtehude Prize to Justina Wu
Buxtehude Prize to Justina Wu
News Release   Request news release 87-199    05/19/1988   Mahdesian
Muriel Hassenfeld Mann Premium to Karen Lee
Muriel Hassenfeld Mann Premium to Karen Lee
News Release   Request news release 87-200    05/19/1988   Mahdesian
Alumni Dance Show, May 29
Alumni Dance Show, May 29
News Release   Request news release 87-182    05/18/1988   Mahdesian
RI AIDS survey by Taubman Center
RI AIDS survey by Taubman Center
News Release   Request news release 87-198    05/17/1988   DeMaio
Commencement Forums
Commencement Forums
News Release   Request news release 87-197    05/13/1988   Mahdesian
Commencement advisory
Commencement advisory
News Release   Request news release 87-184    05/11/1988   Broudy
Emery fellowship to Jennifer Baum
Emery fellowship to Jennifer Baum
News Release   Request news release 87-195    05/11/1988   Mahdesian
Japanese exchange fellowship to Martin Springer
Japanese exchange fellowship to Martin Springer
News Release   Request news release 87-196    05/11/1988   Mahdesian
Kurt Weill musical at Commencement
Kurt Weill musical at Commencement
News Release   Request news release 87-181    05/10/1988   Mahdesian
AIDS forum part of RI Public Issues Forums, 5/21
AIDS forum part of RI Public Issues Forums, 5/21
News Release   Request news release 87-188    05/10/1988   Mahdesian
Arnold fellowships to 3 students
Arnold fellowships to 3 students
News Release   Request news release 87-193    05/10/1988   Mahdesian
Baker fellowships to 7 Brown seniors
Baker fellowships to 7 Brown seniors
News Release   Request news release 87-194    05/10/1988   Mahdesian
Joan Lusk named assoc. dean of graduate school
Joan Lusk named assoc. dean of graduate school
News Release   Request news release 87-189    05/09/1988   DeMaio
Roderick Chisholm named Chief Marshal
Roderick Chisholm named Chief Marshal
News Release   Request news release 87-190    05/09/1988   DeMaio
Keasbey fellowships to Brown seniors
Keasbey fellowships to Brown seniors
News Release   Request news release 87-191    05/09/1988   Mahdesian
Nikko fellowship to Ewa Gorska
Nikko fellowship to Ewa Gorska
News Release   Request news release 87-192    05/09/1988   Mahdesian
Howard Foundation gives fellowships
Howard Foundation gives fellowships
News Release   Request news release 87-186    05/05/1988   Mahdesian
Stillwell Book collection prices to 3 Brown students
Stillwell Book collection prices to 3 Brown students
News Release   Request news release 87-187    05/05/1988   Mahdesian
Gordon Rohde Dewart prize to John Epling
Gordon Rohde Dewart prize to John Epling
News Release   Request news release 87-183    05/03/1988   Mahdesian
Orwig Music Library dedicated 5/7
Orwig Music Library dedicated 5/7
News Release   Request news release 87-185    05/03/1988   Mahdesian
Exceptional Student fellowships to Glenn and Kelly
Exceptional Student fellowships to Glenn and Kelly
News Release   Request news release 87-180    05/02/1988   Mahdesian
George H. Main prize to Melissa Kline
George H. Main prize to Melissa Kline
News Release   Request news release 87-174    04/29/1988   Mahdesian
Wm Leopold Fichter prizes to 3 juniors
Wm Leopold Fichter prizes to 3 juniors
News Release   Request news release 87-175    04/29/1988   Mahdesian
Samuel C. Lamport prize to Frank Harper
Samuel C. Lamport prize to Frank Harper
News Release   Request news release 87-176    04/29/1988   Mahdesian
Ruth Electa Collins prizes to 4 students
Ruth Electa Collins prizes to 4 students
News Release   Request news release 87-177    04/29/1988   Mahdesian
Henry Parker Manning prizes to 6 juniors
Henry Parker Manning prizes to 6 juniors
News Release   Request news release 87-178    04/29/1988   Mahdesian
Class of 1906 prize to Wendy Bewig
Class of 1906 prize to Wendy Bewig
News Release   Request news release 87-179    04/29/1988   Mahdesian
Students bike across America for AIDS
Students bike across America for AIDS
News Release   Request news release 87-173    04/28/1988   Mahdesian
Lafayette Foster Prize to Mayer and Van Riper
Lafayette Foster Prize to Mayer and Van Riper
News Release   Request news release 87-160    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Rohn Truell Premium to Askew and Salame
Rohn Truell Premium to Askew and Salame
News Release   Request news release 87-161    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Meiklejohn Prize to Humphrey and Lesh
Meiklejohn Prize to Humphrey and Lesh
News Release   Request news release 87-162    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Gilbert Stuart prize to Walters
Gilbert Stuart prize to Walters
News Release   Request news release 87-163    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Curt John Ducasse prize to Lombardo
Curt John Ducasse prize to Lombardo
News Release   Request news release 87-164    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Minnie Helen Hicks prizes to Lukoff and Silvermans
Minnie Helen Hicks prizes to Lukoff and Silvermans
News Release   Request news release 87-165    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Marjorie Harris Weiss prize to Bekman
Marjorie Harris Weiss prize to Bekman
News Release   Request news release 87-166    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Gaspee D.A.R. prize to Russo
Gaspee D.A.R. prize to Russo
News Release   Request news release 87-167    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Thomas Carpenter prize to Brooks, McElroy & Miller
Thomas Carpenter prize to Brooks, McElroy & Miller
News Release   Request news release 87-168    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Lucius Lyon price to Mayer, Parks and Van Riper
Lucius Lyon price to Mayer, Parks and Van Riper
News Release   Request news release 87-169    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Ratcliffe Hicks prize to 5 students
Ratcliffe Hicks prize to 5 students
News Release   Request news release 87-170    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Susan Ross Steinfield prize to Lederberg and Prince
Susan Ross Steinfield prize to Lederberg and Prince
News Release   Request news release 87-171    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Irving Lysander Foster prize to Acker and Clossey
Irving Lysander Foster prize to Acker and Clossey
News Release   Request news release 87-172    04/26/1988   Mahdesian
Summer theater anounces 20th season
Summer theater anounces 20th season
News Release   Request news release 87-158    04/25/1988   Mahdesian
"Black Children's Day" corrected release
"Black Children's Day" corrected release
News Release   Request news release 87-159    04/20/1988   Mahdesian
R&R presents "Black Children's Day"
R&R presents "Black Children's Day"
News Release   Request news release 87-156    04/18/1988   Mahdesian
R&R PSA on "Black Children's Day"
R&R PSA on "Black Children's Day"
News Release   Request news release 87-157    04/18/1988   Mahdesian
Janet Berlo talks on women artists at Haffenreffer
Janet Berlo talks on women artists at Haffenreffer
News Release   Request news release 87-155    04/14/1988   Mahdesian
Sloan fellowships to David Berson, Robt Brandenberger
Sloan fellowships to David Berson, Robt Brandenberger
News Release   Request news release 87-153    04/12/1988   Nickel
Classical Tradition & Am. Constitution colloquium
Classical Tradition & Am. Constitution colloquium
News Release   Request news release 87-154    04/12/1988   Mahdesian
Japenese comedies (Kyogen plays) at Ashamu
Japenese comedies (Kyogen plays) at Ashamu
News Release   Request news release 87-151    04/11/1988   Mahdesian
Brown accepts 2,592 into Class of 1992
Brown accepts 2,592 into Class of 1992
News Release   Request news release 87-152    04/11/1988   DeMaio
Folk performers present concert 4/25
Folk performers present concert 4/25
News Release   Request news release 87-150    04/06/1988   Mahdesian
Frank Levy speaks on death of Am. dream
Frank Levy speaks on death of Am. dream
News Release   Request news release 87-148    04/05/1988   Mahdesian
"Didactic Art" at Sarah Doyle Gallery, 4/9
"Didactic Art" at Sarah Doyle Gallery, 4/9
News Release   Request news release 87-149    04/05/1988   Mahdesian
Pedro Lain Entralgo honorary degree, 4/13
Pedro Lain Entralgo honorary degree, 4/13
News Release   Request news release 87-145    04/04/1988   Mahdesian
Anthony Lewis gives Meiklejohn Lecture, 4/18
Anthony Lewis gives Meiklejohn Lecture, 4/18
News Release   Request news release 87-146    04/04/1988   Mahdesian
"Hunger Report: 1988" released at Hunger Awards
"Hunger Report: 1988" released at Hunger Awards
News Release   Request news release 87-147    04/04/1988   Broudy
"The Colored Museum" goes to Kennedy Center
"The Colored Museum" goes to Kennedy Center
News Release   Request news release 87-141    04/01/1988   Mahdesian
"New England Now" art exhibit at List
"New England Now" art exhibit at List
News Release   Request news release 87-142    03/31/1988   Mahdesian
Two get Mellon Foundation fellowships
Two get Mellon Foundation fellowships
News Release   Request news release 87-144    03/30/1988   Mahdesian
Resource Scholars Program presents research
Resource Scholars Program presents research
News Release   Request news release 87-143    03/29/1988   Mahdesian
Age of Pyrrhus Conference, 4/8-10
Age of Pyrrhus Conference, 4/8-10
News Release   Request news release 87-139    03/28/1988   Mahdesian
Day in the Life show with Smolan, 4/6
Day in the Life show with Smolan, 4/6
News Release   Request news release 87-140    03/25/1988   Mahdesian
J. Swearer & National Museum of Arts symposium
J. Swearer & National Museum of Arts symposium
News Release   Request news release 87-134    03/21/1988   Mahdesian
Georgia O'Keeffe seminar at Chicago Art Institute
Georgia O'Keeffe seminar at Chicago Art Institute
News Release   Request news release 87-138    03/21/1988   Mahdesian
"Borderline Fool" by Rites & Reason
"Borderline Fool" by Rites & Reason
News Release   Request news release 87-130    03/18/1988   Mahdesian
"Borderline Fool" PSA
"Borderline Fool" PSA
News Release   Request news release 87-131    03/18/1988   Mahdesian
Modern American writers conference honors Hawkes
Modern American writers conference honors Hawkes
News Release   Request news release 87-137    03/18/1988   Mahdesian
Hunger Briefing and Exchange
Hunger Briefing and Exchange
News Release   Request news release 87-132    03/16/1988   Broudy
IIS announces dissertation fellowshipw
IIS announces dissertation fellowshipw
News Release   Request news release 87-136    03/14/1988   Mahdesian
Inauguration Advisory: Bios, schedule, overview
Inauguration Advisory: Bios, schedule, overview
News Release   Request news release 88-129    03/14/1988   Broudy
Margaret Monsour exhibits at Sarah Doyle
Margaret Monsour exhibits at Sarah Doyle
News Release   Request news release 87-133    03/10/1988   Mahdesian
West survey on R.I. housing problems
West survey on R.I. housing problems
News Release   Request news release 87-135    03/10/1988   DeMaio
Aldrich-Dexter Field renamed for Wendell Erickson
Aldrich-Dexter Field renamed for Wendell Erickson
News Release   Request news release 87-128    03/08/1988   DeMaio
Phi Beta Kappa elects new members
Phi Beta Kappa elects new members
News Release   Request news release 87-129    03/08/1988   Mahdesian
James Wyche appointed assoc. dean, biology and med
James Wyche appointed assoc. dean, biology and med
News Release   Request news release 87-127    03/07/1988   Nickel
Pew science grant for $2.2 million
Pew science grant for $2.2 million
News Release   Request news release 87-125    03/02/1988   Nickel
Albert Shanker speaks on school reform, 3/8
Albert Shanker speaks on school reform, 3/8
News Release   Request news release 87-126    03/02/1988   Mahdesian
Jazz band to play at Carnegie Hall w/ Gerry Mulligan
Jazz band to play at Carnegie Hall w/ Gerry Mulligan
News Release   Request news release 87-121    03/01/1988   Mahdesian
Liv Ullmann speaks at World Hunger Awards
Liv Ullmann speaks at World Hunger Awards
News Release   Request news release 87-123    03/01/1988   Broudy
Chinese theologian, Kwok, lectures 3/9
Chinese theologian, Kwok, lectures 3/9
News Release   Request news release 87-124    03/01/1988   Mahdesian
Rites & Reason seeks actors for Black Children's Day
Rites & Reason seeks actors for Black Children's Day
News Release   Request news release 87-119    02/29/1988   Mahdesian
Rites & Reason PSA on auditions
Rites & Reason PSA on auditions
News Release   Request news release 87-120    02/29/1988   Mahdesian
Panel on Bloom's Closing of American Mind
Panel on Bloom's Closing of American Mind
News Release   Request news release 87-122    02/26/1988   Mahesian
Barbara Walzer lecture on women's books
Barbara Walzer lecture on women's books
News Release   Request news release 87-118    02/22/1988   Mahdesian
Kilmarx speaks on AIDS in Africa
Kilmarx speaks on AIDS in Africa
News Release   Request news release 87-112    02/19/1988   Mahdesisan
Youth Service America conference: Edelman, etc.
Youth Service America conference: Edelman, etc.
News Release   Request news release 87-116    02/19/1988   Mahdesian
Doane speaks on women's film of '40s
Doane speaks on women's film of '40s
News Release   Request news release 87-117    02/18/1988   Mahdesian
Rites & Reason's "Dreams of Callahan" on tour
Rites & Reason's "Dreams of Callahan" on tour
News Release   Request news release 87-115    02/17/1988   Mahdesian
"Costume as Communication" on Tour
"Costume as Communication" on Tour
News Release   Request news release 87-111    02/16/1988   Mahdesian
Rites & Reason panel on Theater and Black history
Rites & Reason panel on Theater and Black history
News Release   Request news release 87-114    02/16/1988   Mahdesian
Steve Jordan, Vikings, speaks at Winter Wknd
Steve Jordan, Vikings, speaks at Winter Wknd
News Release   Request news release 87-110    02/15/1988   DeMaio
Paints at Sarah Doyle by Rebecca Jenness
Paints at Sarah Doyle by Rebecca Jenness
News Release   Request news release 87-113    02/15/1988   Mahdesian
Brown chooses not to totally divest
Brown chooses not to totally divest
News Release   Request news release 87-106    02/13/1988   Broudy
Tuition and fees set for 1988-89
Tuition and fees set for 1988-89
News Release   Request news release 87-107    02/13/1988   Broudy
Public Affairs Conference on Ethics Announced
Public Affairs Conference on Ethics Announced
News Release   Request news release 87-108    02/11/1988   Broudy
Physics lecture on supernova by David Helfand
Physics lecture on supernova by David Helfand
News Release   Request news release 87-109    02/11/1988   Nickel
Brazil ambassador speaks at JCB
Brazil ambassador speaks at JCB
News Release   Request news release 87-105    02/03/1988   DeMaio
Center for Study of Financial Markets
Center for Study of Financial Markets
News Release   Request news release 87-103    02/02/1988   DeMaio
Wriston fellowships and grant winners
Wriston fellowships and grant winners
News Release   Request news release 87-104    02/02/1988   Mahdesian
JCB exhibit on Surviving Slavery and Racism
JCB exhibit on Surviving Slavery and Racism
News Release   Request news release 87-102    02/01/1988   Mahdesian
John Robinson, new dean of Student Life
John Robinson, new dean of Student Life
News Release   Request news release 87-101    01/26/1988   Broudy
Feinstein World Hunger Award winners
Feinstein World Hunger Award winners
News Release   Request news release 87-099    01/19/1988   Broudy
Spoehr: Hypermedia in secondary schools
Spoehr: Hypermedia in secondary schools
News Release   Request news release 87-100    01/19/1988   Nickel
Rites & Reason auditions for spring season
Rites & Reason auditions for spring season
News Release   Request news release 87-097    01/12/1988   Mahdesian
Rites & Reason auditions PSA
Rites & Reason auditions PSA
News Release   Request news release 87-098    01/12/1988   Mahdesian
Thea Ernest, sculptress, exhibition, Sarah Doyle
Thea Ernest, sculptress, exhibition, Sarah Doyle
News Release   Request news release 87-096    01/11/1988   Mahdesian
Chinese Poet writes symphony lyrics, Lincoln Ctr.
Chinese Poet writes symphony lyrics, Lincoln Ctr.
News Release   Request news release 87-095    01/08/1988   Mahdesian
Tefft architectural exhibit at Bell Gallery
Tefft architectural exhibit at Bell Gallery
News Release   Request news release 87-093    12/28/1987   Mahdesian
S.J. Perelman commemorated by Hay Library, 1/30
S.J. Perelman commemorated by Hay Library, 1/30
News Release   Request news release 87-092    12/23/1987   Mahdesian
Cape Verdean education minister gives thanks
Cape Verdean education minister gives thanks
News Release   Request news release 87-094    12/23/1987   DeMaio
BCLIR spring courses announced
BCLIR spring courses announced
News Release   Request news release 87-091    12/22/1987   Mahdesian
Gabriela Mistral Prizes to freshmen given
Gabriela Mistral Prizes to freshmen given
News Release   Request news release 87-089    12/18/1987   Mahdesian
Asa Clinton Crowell Prizes to freshmen given
Asa Clinton Crowell Prizes to freshmen given
News Release   Request news release 87-090    12/17/1987   Mahdesian
Phillip Stiles gets Oliver E. Buckley Prize
Phillip Stiles gets Oliver E. Buckley Prize
News Release   Request news release 87-088    12/14/1987   Nickel
Fleet Bank pledges $150,000 to Medical School
Fleet Bank pledges $150,000 to Medical School
News Release   Request news release 87-087    12/11/1987   Broudy
Christmas carols at Sayles, 12/13
Christmas carols at Sayles, 12/13
News Release   Request news release 87-086    12/07/1987   Mahdesian
B-TV raises $30,000 in fundraiser for station
B-TV raises $30,000 in fundraiser for station
News Release   Request news release 87-085    12/04/1987   Nickel
Mueller lectures on demystifying AIDS
Mueller lectures on demystifying AIDS
News Release   Request news release 87-083    12/03/1987   Mahdesian
JCB gets NEH grant of $203K for Americana
JCB gets NEH grant of $203K for Americana
News Release   Request news release 87-084    12/03/1987   Mahdesian
Widmer appointed dean of admission etc.
Widmer appointed dean of admission etc.
News Release   Request news release 87-080    12/02/1987   Broudy
Wayland Prizes to freshmen for Latin
Wayland Prizes to freshmen for Latin
News Release   Request news release 87-081    12/02/1987   Mahdesian
JCB displays books on X-mas in Colonies
JCB displays books on X-mas in Colonies
News Release   Request news release 87-082    12/02/1987   Mahdesian
Italian ambassador Petrignani as Ogden
Italian ambassador Petrignani as Ogden
News Release   Request news release 87-079    12/01/1987   DeMaio
Feinstein scholarship for studying hunger
Feinstein scholarship for studying hunger
News Release   Request news release 87-078    11/30/1987   Nickel
Astrid's Leaves sold to benefit Amos House
Astrid's Leaves sold to benefit Amos House
News Release   Request news release 87-077    11/24/1987   Mahdesian
Kristin Kearns wins freshman poetry prize
Kristin Kearns wins freshman poetry prize
News Release   Request news release 87-076    11/19/1987   Mahdesian
Brown A&E votes to go ahead with new dorm
Brown A&E votes to go ahead with new dorm
News Release   Request news release 87-075    11/18/1987   Broudy
New Plays at Leeds by Brown students
New Plays at Leeds by Brown students
News Release   Request news release 87-074    11/13/1987   Mahdesian
Obreg—n speaks on "Legends, Stars & Ships"
Obreg—n speaks on "Legends, Stars & Ships"
News Release   Request news release 87-072    11/12/1987   Mahdesian
Rosmarie Waldrop poetry reading, 11/23
Rosmarie Waldrop poetry reading, 11/23
News Release   Request news release 87-073    11/12/1987   Mahdesian
Edward Countryman lectures on liberty
Edward Countryman lectures on liberty
News Release   Request news release 87-071    11/10/1987   Mahdesian
Shabazz, Malcolm X widow, to speak
Shabazz, Malcolm X widow, to speak
News Release   Request news release 87-068    11/06/1987   Nickel
DOE funds drug-education project
DOE funds drug-education project
News Release   Request news release 87-069    11/06/1987   Nickel
Smith & Astrid exhibits at Sarah Doyle Gallery
Smith & Astrid exhibits at Sarah Doyle Gallery
News Release   Request news release 87-070    11/06/1987   Mahdesian
CIA speaker Hulnick talks Nov. 12
CIA speaker Hulnick talks Nov. 12
News Release   Request news release 87-065    11/05/1987   Mahdesian
Bradley to talk on Trojan wars
Bradley to talk on Trojan wars
News Release   Request news release 87-066    11/05/1987   Mahdesian
Liddy-Thompson debate on Heroes of our Time
Liddy-Thompson debate on Heroes of our Time
News Release   Request news release 87-067    11/05/1987   Mahdesian
Wordsworth poetry celebration in R.I.
Wordsworth poetry celebration in R.I.
News Release   Request news release 87-064    11/03/1987   Mahdesian
Kresge grant for $1.5 million for CIT
Kresge grant for $1.5 million for CIT
News Release   Request news release 87-060    10/28/1987   Nickel
AT&T gives $150,000 grants
AT&T gives $150,000 grants
News Release   Request news release 87-063    10/28/1987   Broudy
Rockefeller fellows for Afro-Am. Studies
Rockefeller fellows for Afro-Am. Studies
News Release   Request news release 87-061    10/27/1987   Mahdesian
David Lewis named Millar Prof. of Alcohol...
David Lewis named Millar Prof. of Alcohol...
News Release   Request news release 87-062    10/27/1987   Mahdesian
Conference on women in ancient Near East
Conference on women in ancient Near East
News Release   Request news release 87-057    10/26/1987   Mahdesian
China Conference
China Conference
News Release   Request news release 87-059    10/23/1987   Mahdesian
Teach-in on hungry and homeless
Teach-in on hungry and homeless
News Release   Request news release 87-055    10/22/1987   Mahdesian
Schevill talks on Costume as Communication
Schevill talks on Costume as Communication
News Release   Request news release 87-056    10/22/1987   Mahdesian
Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit at Bell
Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibit at Bell
News Release   Request news release 87-053    10/21/1987   Mahdesian
Center for language studies established
Center for language studies established
News Release   Request news release 87-054    10/21/1987   Mahdesian
Search committee for new President formed
Search committee for new President formed
News Release   Request news release 87-058    10/21/1987   Broudy
Slaby speaks at Parents Weekend on '80s
Slaby speaks at Parents Weekend on '80s
News Release   Request news release 87-050    10/19/1987   Mahdesian
New Corporation officers nominated
New Corporation officers nominated
News Release   Request news release 87-052    10/17/1987   DeMaio
Howard Swearer resigns
Howard Swearer resigns
News Release   Request news release 87-051    10/16/1987   Broudy
Rites & Reason auditions
Rites & Reason auditions
News Release   Request news release 87-046    10/14/1987   Mahdesian
Rites and Reason fund drive
Rites and Reason fund drive
News Release   Request news release 87-047    10/14/1987   Mahdesian
Kicking Woman Dancers of Montana
Kicking Woman Dancers of Montana
News Release   Request news release 87-049    10/14/1987   Mahdesian
Rites and Reason auditions PSA
Rites and Reason auditions PSA
News Release   Request news release 87-046psa    10/13/1987   Mahdesian
Rites and Reason fund drive PSA
Rites and Reason fund drive PSA
News Release   Request news release 87-047psa    10/13/1987   Mahdesian
New gym ground breaking, Oct. 17
New gym ground breaking, Oct. 17
News Release   Request news release 87-045    10/09/1987   Broudy
Clinical Neuroscience dept. established
Clinical Neuroscience dept. established
News Release   Request news release 87-048    10/09/1987   Nickel
Jean Ritchie, folksinger, artist in residence
Jean Ritchie, folksinger, artist in residence
News Release   Request news release 87-042    10/08/1987   Mahdesian
Soup seminars at UEL
Soup seminars at UEL
News Release   Request news release 87-043    10/07/1987   Mahdesian
Medical/legal debate, Oct. 14
Medical/legal debate, Oct. 14
News Release   Request news release 87-044    10/07/1987   Mahdesian
German rebuilt harpsicord in concert
German rebuilt harpsicord in concert
News Release   Request news release 87-041    10/06/1987   Mahdesian
Warren Muir talk on ozone, Oct. 15
Warren Muir talk on ozone, Oct. 15
News Release   Request news release 87-039    10/05/1987   Mahdesian
Sarah Doyle exhibit on Guatemalan women
Sarah Doyle exhibit on Guatemalan women
News Release   Request news release 87-040    10/05/1987   Mahdesian
CENTS conference on older students
CENTS conference on older students
News Release   Request news release 87-037    10/01/1987   Mahdesian
James Watt lectures Oct. 7
James Watt lectures Oct. 7
News Release   Request news release 87-038    10/01/1987   Mahdesian
Faculty Scholars announced for '87-'88
Faculty Scholars announced for '87-'88
News Release   Request news release 87-033    09/30/1987   Mahdesian
JCB exhibit on maritime wrecks
JCB exhibit on maritime wrecks
News Release   Request news release 87-035    09/30/1987   Mahdesian
JCB concert on shipwrecks and sea chanties
JCB concert on shipwrecks and sea chanties
News Release   Request news release 87-036    09/30/1987   Mahdesian
JCB Fellowships
JCB Fellowships
News Release   Request news release 87-029    09/29/1987   Mahdesian
"You Can't Take It with You" at Leeds
"You Can't Take It with You" at Leeds
News Release   Request news release 87-032    09/29/1987   Mahdesian
Rites & Reason does J.e. Franklin reading
Rites & Reason does J.e. Franklin reading
News Release   Request news release 87-034    09/25/1987   Mahdesian
PSA for Franklin reading
PSA for Franklin reading
News Release   Request news release 87-034psa    09/25/1987   Mahdesian
Heath on Italian drinking study
Heath on Italian drinking study
News Release   Request news release 87-031    09/24/1987   Reade
Pembroke Center Lecture Series
Pembroke Center Lecture Series
News Release   Request news release 87-027    09/23/1987   Mahdesian
Champlin scholarships in R.I.
Champlin scholarships in R.I.
News Release   Request news release 87-028    09/23/1987   Mahdesian
Caspersen gives $250K to JCB
Caspersen gives $250K to JCB
News Release   Request news release 87-030    09/23/1987   Mahdesian
Star Wars psa
Star Wars psa
News Release   Request news release 87-017psa    09/22/1987   Nickel
Assoc. Alumni Board of Governors
Assoc. Alumni Board of Governors
News Release   Request news release 87-026    09/21/1987   Mahdesian
Appleby Hall changed to Barbour Hall
Appleby Hall changed to Barbour Hall
News Release   Request news release 87-023    09/15/1987   Broudy
Nobel Laureate George Wald talks 9/27
Nobel Laureate George Wald talks 9/27
News Release   Request news release 87-024    09/15/1987   Mahdesian
BLC doubles course offerings
BLC doubles course offerings
News Release   Request news release 87-025    09/15/1987   Mahdesian
NY Brown Club's Limousine race
NY Brown Club's Limousine race
News Release   Request news release 87-022    09/14/1987   Broudy
Alumni Recognition Awards
Alumni Recognition Awards
News Release   Request news release 87-021    09/11/1987   Mahdesian
Star Wars debated 9/30 by 2 Air Force colonels
Star Wars debated 9/30 by 2 Air Force colonels
News Release   Request news release 87-017    09/09/1987   Nickel
Godard television film festival
Godard television film festival
News Release   Request news release 87-018    09/09/1987   Mahdesian
Starr Fellows, 1987
Starr Fellows, 1987
News Release   Request news release 87-019    09/09/1987   DeMaio
Photo Advisory, Public Service projects
Photo Advisory, Public Service projects
News Release   Request news release 87-020    09/09/1987   DeMaio
Class of '91 with 1420, largest ever
Class of '91 with 1420, largest ever
News Release   Request news release 87-016    09/08/1987   Mahdesian
NYC Regional Scholars--Dickson and Chin
NYC Regional Scholars--Dickson and Chin
News Release   Request news release 87-010    08/20/1987   Mahdesian
Regional Scholar, So. California
Regional Scholar, So. California
News Release   Request news release 87-011    08/20/1987   Mahdesian
Regional Scholar, Worcester
Regional Scholar, Worcester
News Release   Request news release 87-012    08/20/1987   Mahdesian
Regional Scholar, Atlanta
Regional Scholar, Atlanta
News Release   Request news release 87-013    08/20/1987   Mahdesian
Regional Scholar, Chicago
Regional Scholar, Chicago
News Release   Request news release 87-014    08/20/1987   Mahdesian
Regional Scholar, Boston
Regional Scholar, Boston
News Release   Request news release 87-015    08/20/1987   Mahdesian
John Hope Franklin Convocation speaker, 9/8
John Hope Franklin Convocation speaker, 9/8
News Release   Request news release 87-009    08/19/1987   Mahdesian
Thomas-Gendron Duo perform Sept. 9
Thomas-Gendron Duo perform Sept. 9
News Release   Request news release 87-008    08/18/1987   Mahdesian
3 Brown women get Radcliffe fellowships
3 Brown women get Radcliffe fellowships
News Release   Request news release 87-007    07/29/1987   Mahdesian
John Robinson gets Kellogg fellowship
John Robinson gets Kellogg fellowship
News Release   Request news release 87-006    07/22/1987   Mahdesian
BLC in Retirement announces fall courses
BLC in Retirement announces fall courses
News Release   Request news release 87-004    07/16/1987   Broudy
Wilson Moses gets a Fulbright
Wilson Moses gets a Fulbright
News Release   Request news release 87-005    07/15/1987   DeMaio
Haffenreffer Museum excellence grant
Haffenreffer Museum excellence grant
News Release   Request news release 87-002    07/09/1987   Reade
Conference on Religion, Science, Magic
Conference on Religion, Science, Magic
News Release   Request news release 87-003    07/09/1987   DeMaio
Tom Watson flies his jet to Moscow
Tom Watson flies his jet to Moscow
News Release   Request news release 87-001    07/02/1987   Broudy

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