A story featuring geological sciences professor Peter Schultz’s analysis of the LCROSS impact mission was carried worldwide.

Geological sciences professor Peter Schultz is featured in an online discussion on the LCROSS mission and whether the human-engineered impact will yield clues about the existence of water ice – and a possible anchor for a human colony.

This is the International Year of Astronomy, coming 400 years after the first telescope observations by Galileo, and Brown University is celebrating the event with an exhibit of venerable equipment and images.

Brown’s Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts is featured in this story on vibrant, inspired, and architecturally significant new on-campus facilities. The building, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, is slated to open in 2011.

Brown University student groups sponsored “Roots Week,” a series of panel discussions, film screenings and performances on the consequences to Native Americans of Christopher Columbus’ transatlantic voyage in 1492. On Monday, students will enjoy the culmination of their first “Fall Weekend” since the university decided to drop the Columbus Day holiday at the request of the Native Americans at Brown, a student group. The Brown College Republicans, another student group, has promised to stage a “Pro-Columbus” rally on the campus green on Monday.