It may be safer to go surfing than to play college football, soccer or basketball, according to a six-year study of professional and amateur surfing competitions conducted by Dr. Andrew T. Nathanson, clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine.
www.nytimes.com/2007/01/09/health/nutrition/09exer.html

Professor of Economics Glenn Loury joins a roundtable discussion about the possibility of President Bush being denied additional funds for the war in Iraq, and U.S. air strikes in Somalia.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6761676

James Patterson, professor emeritus of history, and James Der Derian, professor of international studies (research) at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies, offer their perspectives on the proposal President Bush is expected to make regarding the number of troops in Iraq.
www.projo.com/news/content/iraq_ideas10_01-10-07_NK3QRCG.2f5e719.html

Professor of Computer Science Stanley B. Zdonik has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery for his contributions to database systems and data management. This press release was republished on several computer science/IT Web sites.
campus.acm.org/public/pressroom/press_releases/1_2007/acm_fellows_2006.cfm

Brown University student Isaac Haxton, a computer science concentrator, stands to win $1.5 million in a poker tournament sponsored by Pokerstars.com.
www.bluffmagazine.com/news/newsArticle.asp?newsID=1101481

Tough EU policies on electronic and chemical waste will influence markets, the environment and regulations worldwide, according to a study by Stacy VanDeveer, a visiting fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies, and a colleague. (EurActiv is a media portal dedicated to E.U. affairs.)
www.euractiv.com/en/pa/worldwide-implications-eu-electrochemical-waste-restricti
on/article-160700
See news release: www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-074.html