Wal-Mart has begun a year-long initiative to sell compact fluorescent light bulbs to at least 100 million homes and reduce energy use across the country. Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Steven Hamburg helped Wal-Mart think through its new strategy. This article was republished in several newspapers throughout the United States.
Free registration: www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/business/02bulb.html

With the commercial success of gangsta rap and music videos, which portray men as extravagant thugs and women as sex toys, debate has simmered among black parents, community leaders and scholars about the impact of rap and the surrounding hip-hop culture. Professor of Africana Studies Tricia Rose offers her perspective. This article was reprinted in newspapers throughout the world.

The Science Journal column bestows “holiday gifts on deserving discoveries and on the researchers who have advanced our understanding of the natural world.” Among those earning kudos: the brain-computer interface called BrainGate, created by a team led by Professor of Neuroscience John Donoghue.

The development of a brain-computer interface called BrainGate, created by a team led by Professor of Neuroscience John Donoghue, is cited by a panel of scientists asked to make predictions for the coming year.
www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,589-2521662,00.html

The development of a brain-computer interface called BrainGate, created by a team led by Professor of Neuroscience John Donoghue, is cited among the top medical stories of 2006,
www.nydailynews.com/01-01-2007/city_life/story/484805p-408193c.html

Robert Swift, professor of psychiatry and human behavior, discusses three theories regarding hangovers.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6687092

Shape Up RI, a group founded by Brown University medical student Rajiv Kumar to reduce obesity, will help Rhode Islanders lose weight this year.
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NABsys Inc. and GeneSpectrum, two biotechnology companies spawned out of Brown University research labs, are merging to pursue a proprietary method for sequencing human genomes. The labs are collaborating withphysics Professor Xinsheng “Sean” Ling. Brown University has an ownership stake in the startup. The university licenses to the company the exclusive rights to use intellectual property developed at Brown.
Free registration: www.projo.com/ri/providence/content/BZ_NABBUYS23_12-23-06_EH3HQL6.2296236.html

Professor of Political Science Darrell West is among those commenting on the emerging 2008 presidential field.
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Brown University scientists are participating in a project that is peering into deep space. The project incorporates a balloon-borne large aperture sub-millimetre telescope that was launched from the McMurdo Research Station in Antarctica on Dec. 21. This press release appeared on science Web sites throughout the world.

This Finnish astronomy magazine (circulation 66,000) includes a news item about Professor of Geological Sciences Peter Schultz’s findings of a relatively recent release of gas from deep beneath the surface of the moon.
www.avaruus.fi/
See news release: www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-051.html