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Index

An index of news materials from the 2001-02 academic year


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Serial
Date
Summary

6/24/02
Op-Ed: World Cup heralds a new Korea
06/18/02
J. Carter Brown’s years of service enriched campus life at the University
06/19/02
Team to build compact warning system for anthrax, other bioagents
06/26/02
Feeding tubes may not help in severe dementia, yet use varies widely
06/17/02
Op-Ed: Fighting pacifism
06/11/02
Most voters believe Cianci is guilty; few believe the jury will convict
06/04/02
$5.3-million grant to disseminate best treatments for eyes and vision
06/04/02
Brown Corporation elects new trustees, hears report on campus safety
05/31/02
Protein complex found to regulate first step in human blood clotting
05/31/02
Bell Gallery exhibition features Providence artists’ new work
05/29/02
John Carter Brown Library to host Errand into the Wilderness
05/28/02
Besdine named interim dean of medicine and biological sciences
05/28/02
Students worry about nuclear proliferation, environmental damage
05/23/02
Some sound effects are better than the real thing, says Brown study
05/23/02
Department of Modern Culture and Media establishes Ph.D. program
05/22/02
Brown will award eight honorary degrees at Commencement May 27
05/14/02
Ruth Bader Ginsburg to deliver baccalaureate address May 26
05/14/02
Marian Wright Edelman to speak at Medical School Convocation
05/14/02
Howard Foundation awards 12 fellowships for 2002-2003
05/13/02
Newsman Howard Fineman, Sopranos writers headline forums
05/20/02
Terror aftermath tough on psychiatric patients, study shows
05/10/02
Graduate School will honor distinguished alumni, teaching assistants
05/10/02
Overview: Brown’s 234th Commencement Monday, May 27, 2002
05/07/02
Upholding Brown tradition, two seniors will address graduating class
05/02/02
Donald J. Reaves named VP and CFO at University of Chicago
05/01/02
East Coast urban youths to compete in debate championship May 4
05/01/02
Op-Ed: Where there is no vision, the people perish
05/02/02
Lawton Wehle Fitt ’74 endows an artists-in-residence program
04/29/02
Interactive workshops, games and quizzes to promote Mars exploration
04/29/02
Dedication of new Watson Institute building to focus on global events
04/26/02
Ronald Vanden Dorpel named senior vice president for advancement
04/26/02
Marsh to step down as dean of medicine and biological sciences
04/24/02
Op-Ed: French insecurity and the presidential elections
04/24/02
Girls focus on interactive projects; parents get practical school advice
04/23/02
NPR’s Sylvia Poggioli to receive journalism honor May 3
04/23/02
Trombonist George Masso and Brown Jazz Band to perform April 27
04/19/02
Conference to examine relationship between Portugal and Africa
04/19/02
Two Brown faculty members receive Wriston Fellowships
04/19/02
Education funds from parents boost students’ ability to spend
04/25/02
Op-Ed: PBS Frontline embraces a child molester
04/12/02
Op-Ed: Bush must overcome hesitations, commit troops to Middle East
04/11/02
Jarat Chopra available for interviews Friday, April 12, at 11 a.m.
04/11/02
Would cloning necessarily undermine human potential and sense of self?
04/12/02
Evelyn Hu-DeHart named director of Center for Race and Ethnicity
04/08/02
Jarat Chopra, now in Jerusalem, will speak with press at 4:15 p.m.
04/05/02
Applications available for Brown Summer High School
04/05/02
Op-Ed: Atrocious reports and reporting atrocities
04/01/02
Cokie Roberts to deliver second annual Casey Shearer Lecture April 11
03/28/02
Op-Ed: Sex segregation is a Saudi national obsession
03/28/02
Third-graders handle stress better if early to bed, study says
03/27/02
Bioterrorism specialist Margaret Hamburg to speak at Brown April 11
03/27/02
[Cancelled] Israeli and Palestinian leaders to discuss ending conflict
03/26/02
Floyd Abrams to speak on First Amendment and terrorism April 9
03/26/02
Tom Wolfe to open 22nd annual Brown/Providence Journal conference
03/26/02
Starr Foundation donates $15 million to Brown for financial aid
03/21/02
Author Andrew Solomon to speak April 3 on depression
03/20/02
Med students to receive residency placements at Match Day ceremony
03/19/02
Op-Ed: Censorship and violence in the Middle East
03/19/02
Op-Ed: Minds don’t snap
03/13/02
Bell Gallery to exhibit 40 years of work by Malangatana
03/13/02
Researchers demonstrate direct, real-time brain control of cursor
03/08/02
Brown commissions Bratton Group to lead campus security study
03/07/02
Bell Gallery and Department of Visual Art host student exhibition
03/04/02
High school students get civics lesson, share views with policymakers
03/04/02
Study details costs of providing care inconsistent with patient wishes
02/25/02
Salman Rushdie to speak at Brown University February 27
02/23/02
Corporation approves 4.6-percent increase in total charges for 2002-03
03/01/02
Antidepressant drug trials turn away most of the depressed population
02/23/02
Corporation endorses $36M budget increase for academic enrichment
02/19/02
Brown, RISD, police and East Side neighbors to discuss security issues
02/18/02
Brown to present French Film Festival Feb. 21 through March 3
02/15/02
Brown to make six-month status reports to the city about parking plans
02/11/02
Providence: There’s more to a hot city than a great downtown
02/11/02
Johnnetta Cole to speak on King’s life and legacy Feb. 20
02/07/02
Ted Turner to speak Feb. 11 on “Our Common Future”
02/15/02
Superconductor discovery could lead to more efficient electricity
02/05/02
Op-Ed: Bush’s targeting of Iran is an inept foreign policy move
02/04/02
Robert J. Zimmer named ninth provost of Brown University
02/07/02
Brown researchers find new photoreceptor and visual system in the eye
01/30/02
York leads Whitehouse for governor; Kennedy leads GOP challengers
01/25/02
Capt. Rick Ziccardi retires as second-in-command at Police and Security
01/18/02
Op-Ed: Rebuild the government and Afghans will rebuild their country
01/18/02
Career Week dinner to serve etiquette lessons for job-seeking seniors
01/14/02
Mark Dion: New England Digs on exhibit at Bell Gallery
01/11/02
Bell Gallery to host John Pfahl’s Extreme Horticulture
01/11/02
Corporation of Brown University elects Donald C. Hood as a fellow
01/14/02
Brown unites offices of development, alumni, international advancement
01/09/02
Scholes to lead Modern Language Association of America
01/07/02
Three Brown faculty members receive Fulbright Scholar grants
12/14/01
Brown to appeal NLRB decision on graduate students/UAW election
12/13/01
Brown University senior wins Marshall Scholarship
12/13/01
Op-Ed: Terrorism, Israel and America
12/07/01
Op-Ed: A successful war against terrorism cannot end with amnesty
12/07/01
Microsoft gives Brown students, faculty free access to most products
12/05/01
Jack Wands, M.D., appointed first Greenberg-Joukowsky Professor
12/03/01
Waite-Franzen named VP for Computing and Information Services
11/28/01
Oliver Stone to speak and participate in student film festival Dec. 1
11/27/01
Providence public schools are beneficiaries of Brown’s EPA settlement
11/28/01
Op-Ed: Harry Potter and whose stone?
11/27/01
Public meeting to gather comments on Brown’s Life Sciences Building
11/27/01
Brown honors fallen firefighter with scholarship, Hall of Fame induction
11/15/01
Op-Ed: ‘The Great Game’ continues
11/14/01
Aetna chief to discuss future of health coverage in United States
11/12/01
Op-Ed: German, Japanese help in Afghanistan breaks pattern
11/09/01
Medical School to brief Rep. Kennedy about bioterrorism Nov. 12
11/14/01
Drug-therapy combination helps alcoholics in treatment
11/07/01
Bell Gallery to host new group exhibition through Dec. 30
11/06/01
Richard R. Spies named executive VP for planning, senior advisor
10/30/01
Brown University seeks 10 scholars to study national education projects
10/24/01
Brown Medical School to hold white coat ceremony Oct. 27
10/23/01
Brown computer scientists win five awards for information technology
10/23/01
Christopher Reeve to give Parents Weekend keynote lecture
10/23/01
Providence residents rate police highly, unsure about treatment of races
10/22/01
President Simmons to chair selection committee for next provost
10/19/01
John Carter Brown Library to host 18th-century architectural exhibit
10/17/01
Corporation supports goals outlined by President Simmons
10/15/01
Alcohol, the ‘forgotten drug,’ leads to unsafe sex among drug users
10/12/01
Six alumni, victims of terrorists, to be honored in inaugural events
10/11/01
$1.2M grant will help train Hispanics in education to be teachers
10/12/01
Founder of U.S. hospice organizations receives top alumni award
10/18/01
Global survey shows U.S.A. takes the lead in online government
10/11/01
Study finds disparities across state in enforcing drunk driving laws
10/04/01
Brown to celebrate inauguration of President Ruth Simmons Oct. 14
10/04/01
Visionary thinkers to discuss the evolution and role of universities
10/04/01
Faculty to present Voyages of Discovery forums Oct. 12-13
10/08/01
Jessye Norman cancels; Brown Orchestra, Tougaloo Choir to perform
10/02/01
Post Office to move as Brown prepares for new Life Sciences Building
09/28/01
Op-Ed: An act of war or a crime against humanity?
09/24/01
Op-Ed: The pernicious effects of fear: Why we need more deliberation
09/25/01
Op-Ed: Terror War against the superpower
09/24/01
Op-Ed: Fear itself: Why retaliation doesn’t work
09/25/01
Ancient Studies Program announces new seven-part lecture series
09/24/01
Op-Ed: Is Charles Darwin the most dangerous man in America?
09/20/01
Op-Ed: Bush’s plan is excellent in principle, but falters on the details
09/20/01
High school curriculum promotes dialogue about recent terrorist attacks
09/19/01
Op-Ed: Why Middle Eastern terrorists hate the United States
09/19/01
Voters worry about terrorist attacks, are less confident in R.I. economy
09/17/01
Op-Ed: On war in the 21st century
09/17/01
Op-Ed: Why could it happen? The costs and benefits of security
09/17/01
Study finds urban ‘e-government’ sites need to put more services online
09/13/01
Op-Ed: Understanding Osama bin Laden
09/11/01
World Trade Center: Text of President Simmons’ remarks
09/12/01
Brown contacts DEM about high arsenic levels in College Green soil
09/10/01
Study finds improvement in state and federal “e-government” Web sites
08/30/01
Climate, not CO2, may drive make-up of plant communities
08/28/01
Brown awards two Providence public high school students scholarships
08/29/01
President Simmons to welcome and address 1,381 first-year students
08/27/01
Census study finds significant differences between Providence and state
08/21/01
Bell Gallery to present work of Sean Scully Sept. 8 through Oct. 28
08/24/01
Brown scientists identify Tagish Lake meteorite’s origin in space
08/10/01
Op-Ed: Gathering evidence toward the possibility of life on Mars
08/08/01
Diet and exercise cut type 2 diabetes risk drastically, study finds
08/01/01
Kathryn Spoehr to conclude service as provost, executive vice president
07/27/01
Op-Ed: A new president for Indonesia, continued abuses for citizens
07/26/01
Evidence of icy region and recent climate change observed on Mars
07/25/01
Diane Balestri named VP for Computing and Information Services
07/23/01
Hospice care in nursing homes can reduce end-of-life hospital stays
07/23/01
Paxil treats major depression in adolescents, study finds
07/17/01
R.I. welfare caseloads drop, are concentrated in four geographic areas
06/09/01
Statewide job listing service offered to nonprofit, public employers


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