In an article exploring depression and its various treatments, Peter Kramer notes that the field of psychiatry “is very much waiting for the next breakthrough. We'd like to have a few more arrows in the quiver."

Professor of Political Science Darrell West comments on R.I. Sen. Lincoln Chafee’s post-primary advertising strategy. This article appeared in a number of publications, including the Boston Globe.

David MacLean, M.D., adjunct associate professor of medicine, discusses the science behind claims about the appetite suppressant that comes from the hoodia plant. MacLean conducted one of the few scientific studies of hoodia.

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute has released a report titled "The Coming Crisis in Citizenship: Higher Education's Failure to Teach America's History and Institutions." In it, Brown University is cited as one of the colleges and universities “failing to add to their graduates' understanding of America's history and essential institutions.”

“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.