Come to the Main Green today from 11 am to 2 pm to decorate and graffiti a replica of the Berlin Wall, listen to speeches and spoken word performances about the fall of the wall, and help Brown students tear down the wall! FREE German sausages, t-shirts, water bottles, cooler backpacks, pens, and gummy bears! The best grafitti and performances can WIN A TRIP FOR TWO TO BERLIN!

The CDC offers Walk-in hours to answer your quick questions, review resumes and assist with resources. Walk-in hours are offered either in person or via IM Chat. Monday and Friday - IM Chat - 2-4pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - In person Walk-ins - 2-4pm. To IM Chat, simply invite browncareercounselor@gmail.com to chat using your google account. If you don't have a google account, it's easy and free to set up at: www.google.com

Tyler Vander Weele, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health Marginal Structural Models for Sufficient Cause Interactions Sufficient cause interactions concern cases in which a particular causal mechanism for some outcome will operate only if two or more specific causes are present. Empirical conditions have been derived to test for sufficient cause interactions. However, when regression outcome models are used to control for confounding variables in tests for sufficient cause interactions, the outcome models impose restrictions on the relationship between the confounding variables and certain unidentified background causes within the sufficient cause framework; often these assumptions are implausible. By using marginal structural models, rather than outcome regression models, to test for sufficient cause interactions, assumptions are instead made on the relationship between the causes of interest and the confounding variables; these assumptions will often be more plausible. The use of marginal structural models also allows for testing for sufficient cause interactions in the presence of time-dependent confounding. Such time-dependent confounding may arise in cases in which a genetic factor of interest affects both an environmental factor of interest and the outcome. It is furthermore shown that marginal structural models can be used not only to test for sufficient cause interactions but to give lower bounds on the prevalence of such sufficient cause interactions. The methods are illustrated with an application to sufficient cause interactions between the effects of well-arsenic exposure and smoking on the development of skin lesions using data from a study in Bangladesh.

Brown has relevance to the National debate on health care reform. We want to re-focus the discussion on health CARE not health INSURANCE. Dean Edward Wing moderates the discussion.

The second Levinger Lecture on Health Care Reform asks the question “how will we pay for it?” Please join us for this timely and important round-table discussion that will include the Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences Edward Wing, MD, the Chair of the Board of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center G. Nicholas Beckwith III ’76, PMD’99, the Chair of Brown University’s Department of Political Science James Morone, PhD, and Andrew Brunner MD’10. The discussion will be held on Monday, November 9 at 4:00 pm in the MacMillan Hall, room 117 (167 Thayer Street). A reception will follow the discussion and we hope you will join us for light refreshments and a chance to share your thoughts on the discussion with your colleagues.

This is the third in a yearlong series of five Sheridan Teaching Seminar lectures addressing a variety of topics and issues pertaining to teaching in all disciplines. Lecture presented by Kathy Takayama, Associate Director for the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning.

The decision to embark on graduate study must be made carefully. How do you know when you are ready? Should you go immediately after Brown, or work for a few years? Masters or Ph.D? Which schools would be a good fit? What about funding? What will the lifestyle be like?Join this panel of current masters and Ph.D. students as they discuss their decision making process, and what they know now that they wish they had known when they were applying. Panelists will discuss issues related to timing, funding, picking the right program and school, the application process, and the life of a grad student. The panel will be moderated by Associate Dean of the Graduate School Jabbar Bennett.

The Department of the History of Art and Architecture presents a lecture by VIDYA DEHEJIA Professor of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University

Peer facilitators are available during open hours to listen to whatever is on your mind, to share information, or to suggest other resources. Any topic, casual or urgent, academic or personal, is up for discussion. Everything is on a walk-in basis, there are no sign-up sheets and it's completely private. We're not experts. But we are fellow students, and we're here to help. Tuesday-Friday, 7-9pm Sarah Doyle Women's Center: Room 204 BrownPSN@gmail.com.

Carlos Saura's award-winning film "Fados," which explores the folk music tradition and culture of Portugal, will be screened free for all with a Brown ID. Co-sponsored by the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Luso-American Foundation. Tickets are $5 for general admission and free with Brown ID.

Starting off with an opening convocation with keynote speaker Ninotchka Rosca, Filipina feminist and human rights activist and closing with a colorful performance featuring Southeast Asian students and R&B Hip-hop performer, Vudoo Soul, SEAHW will celebrate the wonderful culture of Southeast Asian identity.

Joanne Friday, Chan Lac Thi, is a Dharma teacher in the Tiep Hien Order. She received authority to teach from Thich Nhat Hanh with whom she has studied for the last 17 years. She is one of the founding members of the Clear Heart, Radiant Bell and Mind Tamers Sanghas. Joanne has suggested this as a possible topic for Monday evening's talk: "Taming the Wild Mind...Engaged Buddhist Practices for maintaining our equanimity and joy in uncertain times". However, she also would like to tailor the talk to the attendees specific needs and interests. If you have any questions that you'd like Joanne to address please send them to zen@brown.edu and they will be forwarded to Joanne. If you have any further questions about this event or general questions about the Brown Zen Community please do not hesitate to ask. We look forward to seeing you next Monday!