Findings of a study conducted by Jennifer Lawless, assistant professor of political science, and a colleague are cited in an article about the reasons women are less likely to run for office. This wire service article appeared in media outlets throughout the world.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/wire/sns-ap-female-speaker,1,5784939.s
tory?coll=sns-ap-politics-headlines

Rachel Herz, visiting professor of psychiatry and human behavior, discusses the connection between smell and emotion.
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/4440229.html

Alicia Sacramone ’10 is doing what elite female gymnasts training for the Olympics rarely do: She’s continuing her studies at Brown, training and competing as a member of the University’s gymnastics team, and training with her longtime coach in Massachusetts. Everyone involved wants her high-wire act to work. "If it's possible for Alicia to do it, it would be a good example for everybody," says US team coordinator Martha Karolyi. "We are losing a lot of girls who think that just because they are going to college, they decline the opportunity to do elite gymnastics."
www.boston.com/sports/articles/2007/01/03/balancing_act/

Three European Union rules on e-waste – used computer hardware – likely will touch off a ripple effect beyond Europe, according to an article written by Stacy D. VanDeveer, a visiting fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies, and Henrik Selin, assistant professor of international relations at Boston University. This wire service article appeared in media outlets throughout the world.
washingtontimes.com/upi/20070103-100536-7226r.htm
See news release: www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-074.html

A wrap-up of musical coming attractions mentions the Brown Orchestra concert in Shanghai.
See news release: www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-072.html

In a wrap-up of 2006 Providence real estate development news, Brown University’s acquisition of properties in the city’s Jewelry District are included. The article notes that Brown’s plans “gratified those who believe that the university is an unqualified boon for Providence, but unsettled local officialdom, which is worried about the municipal tax base.”
www.projo.com/ri/providence/content/MCyearend3_01-03-07_QM3MEUH.13b7e72.html

In an article about the social significance of tea and how marketers play up the “culture” of the beverage, Professor of Religious Studies Mark Cladis comments on the importance of ritual.
www.utne.com/issues/2006_139/features/12390-1.html

Robert Swift, professor of psychiatry and human behavior, says there is no certain cure for a hangover.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16372950/