President Ruth J. Simmons is one of four African-American women who will receive the Women of Power Legacy Award from Black Enterprise at the second annual Women of Power Summit in February. The other three recipients of the award are Suzanne de Passe, chairman & CEO, de Passe Entertainment; Judith Jamison, artistic director, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; and Faye Wattleton, president, Center for the Advancement of Women. The award recognizes high-achieving women of color from diverse career paths. This press release was published on several media outlets
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A review by William F. Buckley Jr. of the two-volume anthology of American speeches, edited by Ted Widmer, director of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University and a former speechwriter in the Clinton White House.
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A reviewer calls “Household Gods” by Associate Professor of History Deborah Cohen “witty and beguiling.”
www.nytimes.com/2007/01/14/books/review/Mishan2.t.html

Deborah Cohen, associate professor of history, discusses "Household Gods: The British and their Possessions." Cohen talks about the role of morality and religion in the way people think about their homes and their possessions, explores the current state of consumerism in America, and more.
www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1021175&
sectionID=664

Professor of Engineering Gao Huajian and colleagues at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have cracked the mystery of how geckos scuttle up walls, a discovery that could develop Spider-Man-like robots for military use.
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Susan Eckert, a senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies, is one of three people who addressed the Council on Foreign Relations about the war on terrorism.

Ted Widmer, director of the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University and a former speechwriter in the Clinton White House, reviews President Bush’s address to the nation Jan. 10.
www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/01/14/his_hour_upon_the_stage/?rss
_id=Boston+Globe+--+Ideas+Section

The development of a brain-computer interface called BrainGate, created by a team led by Professor of Neuroscience John Donoghue, is cited among major medical breakthroughs. Donoghue called the development “the dawn of the age of neurotechnology.”
edition.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/12/vital.signs.overview/index.html

A report prepared by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University calls for a rigorous curriculum with advanced course offerings in all middle schools, classes of no more than 20 students each, and the creation of a deputy chancellor’s position.
www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/nyregion/thecity/16middle.html

Poor and minority students fare far worse in the city's middle grades and are less prepared for high school than their wealthier, white counterparts, according to a report released by the NYC Coalition for Education Justice and Brown University’s Annenberg Institute for School Reform.
www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/488980p-411811c.html

A report prepared by the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University will call for a ‘Marshall Plan’ to fix the city's middle schools.

Bacteria propelled by flagella are capable of providing a natural mechanism for mixing tiny amounts of fluids in nearly microscopic tubes, according to research conducted by Professor of Engineering Kenneth S. Breuer and a Drexel University colleague.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/14/AR2007011400918.html

Keith Brown, associate professor of international studies (research) at the Watson Institute for International Studies, comments on President Bush’s support for a limited surge in combat troops.
www.isn.ethz.ch/news/sw/details.cfm?ID=17122

Roger Keyes, a visiting fellow in the Department of East Asian Studies, is curator of "Ehon: The Artist and the Book in Japan,” an exhibition at the New York Public Library that is “causing a minor sensation in New York’s cultural world.”
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Brown undergraduate Patrick Cook-Deegan cycled 1,000 miles through Laos to raise $15,500 to build a school in that country. He is taking the year off to travel and speak about his trip.
www.boston.com/travel/articles/2007/01/14/a_roundabout_route_to_southeast_asia_s
chools/

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine Scott Allen comments on findings that newly released inmates were almost 13 times more likely than the general public to die during their first two weeks of freedom. In the 1990s, a study conducted by Allen, co-director of the Center for Prisoner Health and Human Rights, found that one in 10 former inmates died within seven years, mostly because of substance abuse. This wire service article was published in media outlets throughout North America.
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/11/ap/health/mainD8MIOGGO0.shtml

Undergraduate Josephine Nash is among the winners of a nationwide model search sponsored by Levi’s Jeans and held last fall at college campuses and online. This press release was published on several media outlets.
www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,43341.shtml

Brown University student Isaac Haxton, who took a nine-month hiatus from Brown to play poker, placed second in a poker tournament sponsored by Pokerstars.com. He won $861,789.
www.cardplayer.com/poker_news/article/8067

The future of a continuing education program called Brown Community for Learning in Retirement is murky as university administrators seek more control over the program and the retirees try to maintain both their autonomy and their link to Brown.
www.projo.com/news/content/brown_bclir_10_01-11-07_BB3GCTQ.2acb273.html

The University’s Women Writers Project has been awarded a $250,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the project’s research and work encoding early literary documents by female authors.
www.pbn.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/124925
See news release: www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-078.html

New Jersey lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban non-wood bats in youth baseball games statewide. Some say the use of aluminum bats increases the chance of injury. Professor of Orthopaedics Joseph Crisco offers his perspective.
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Professor of Political Science Darrell West is among the political experts offering comment about Conn. Sen. Christopher J. Dodd’s announcement that he is running for president.
www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=b77178d7-ce5d-41a0-8bd1-1d48db1c40e4

A review of some of the past year’s discoveries resulting from National Science Foundation investments in research and education include the findings of a waterproof superglue that may be the strongest in nature. Brown University scientists were on the research team.
nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=108277&org=NSF&from=news

Coverage of “Silent Trauma: Response to the Health Emergency Affecting Cambodian Refugees in the United States,” a day-long conference held at Brown University.
www.projo.com/news/content/Cambodian_Health14_01-14-07_OJ3T6QA.2e3521f.html

Rhode Island experienced its second warmest December, and could expect to see more warm years in the future, said Steven Hamburg, associate professor of environmental studies.
www.projo.com/news/content/2006_HOTYEAR_01-14-07_AO3S7FF.2ec9e3b.html

The cumulative effect of constant bickering over chores can chip away at the core of a relationship and lead to problems in other categories, says Scott Haltzman, an assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior.
www.ajc.com/living/content/living/stories/2007/01/10/0114slchoreswars.html