Provost David Kertzer and Vice President of Development Neil Steinberg discuss the $100-million gift given to Brown University Medical School by the Warren Alpert Foundation. Similar news stories aired on television stations WJAR, WPRI, and WLNE.
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Brown University has received a $100-million grant for its medical school from the Warren Alpert Foundation. The University plans to rename the medical school in honor of Warren Alpert. The money will go toward a new building to house classrooms and offices, and will support biomedical research, endowed professorships and scholarships, and faculty recruitment. The grant comes in support of Brown's $1.4-billion capital campaign, bringing its commitments to date up to $935-million.
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Positive interactions in which plants and animals benefit from association with one another create the basis for many of the world's ecosystems. New experimental work published by Brown researchers Andrew H. Altieri, Brian R. Silliman, and Mark D. Bertness of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology suggests those positive effects of living habitats are the most important factor in driving the diversity and abundance of organisms in many ecosystems.
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Martin Weinstock, professor of dermatology and community health, comments on new findings suggesting that the main cause of deadly skin cancer – sunlight – might also help protect against the disease. This wire service article appeared in several media outlets throughout the United States.
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David O. Williams, professor of medicine, comments on a European study that found that use of drug-coated stents to replace bare metal stents that have become blocked may be the best solution to reopening cardiac arteries and keeping them open. This wire service article appeared in several media outlets throughout the United States.
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The Democratic front-runners for the 2008 presidential nomination, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, would each beat any of three top Republican candidates among Rhode Island voters, according to a new survey conducted by Professor Darrell M. West, director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy and the John Hazen White Sr. Public Opinion Laboratory.
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New York Sen. Hillary Clinton holds a lead of more than 2-to-1 over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama among potential Rhode Island primary voters, according to a poll conducted by Professor Darrell M. West, director of the Taubman Center for Public Policy and the John Hazen White Sr. Public Opinion Laboratory.
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“The Open Curtain,” a novel by Brian Evenson, associate professor of English and director of the Literary Arts Program at Brown, and “The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness,” a nonfiction book by Michael Stein, professor of medicine and community health, are noted in a wrap-up of recently-published books by local authors.
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Coverage of "The Art of Politics: The Political Landscape of 2007-2008," a lecture presented by Darrell West, professor of political science and public policy.
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Brown researchers Kenneth Breuer and Sharon Swartz recently obtained unprecedented views of bat flight. They combined video recordings with precise measurements of the wake field generated by the bats' wing movements to highlight ways that bat flight differs from bird and insect flight. The researchers are awaiting a much faster laser that will help them to better understand the mechanism of a bat’s flight and allow them to examine takeoff, turning, and landing in detail.
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_antidepressants_are_at_greater_risk_of_breaking_bones/
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