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July 2, 2009

Office of Media Relations
Mark Nickel, Interim Director

Christine DeCesare, Editor
media_relations@brown.edu
(401) 863-2752




Providence Business News   30 June 2009
Brown to cut 2010-11 budget by $30M
Brown University administrators said yesterday the school must cut its operating budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year by an additional 5.5 percent, or $30 million, on top of cuts that were already made for the fiscal year that begins tomorrow. Roughly $15 million to $20 million of those savings will require “organizational change” at Brown, with the rest coming from the deferral of capital projects and changes to purchasing, travel and other spending policies.


Science Daily   1 July 2009
Brain handles phonetics and decision-making
Sheila Blumstein, the Albert D. Mead Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences, is the principal investigator of a study into how the brain processes speech.


The Providence Journal   1 July 2009
Brown gets partner in energy center
Hoping to realize a bigger share of federal stimulus spending, Brown University is partnering with the Draper Laboratory to create a center for alternative-energy research.


Jerusalem Post   29 June 2009
U.S. professors: support for Israel eroded
Nina Tannenwald, an associate professor (research) of international relations at the Watson Institute for International Studies, said that the Israeli self-perception of an underdog is no longer a widely accepted narrative outside of Israel - another factor which now must be taken into account.


New England Cable News   1 July 2009
Author of "The Unlikely Disciple" explains undercover journey
NECN’s Beth Shelburne spoke to Kevin Roose, a Brown senior, about his experiences at Liberty University, the world’s largest evangelical college, founded by Jerry Falwell.


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