Professor of Africana Studies Tricia Rose discusses Sen. Joseph Biden’s use of the word “articulate” to characterize Sen. Barak Obama.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/wtwpradio/index.html

Michael Stein, professor of medicine and community health and author of a new book, “The Lonely Patient: How We Experience Illness,” is interviewed and reads an excerpt from his book. Stein uses the stories of patients, including that of his terminally ill brother-in-law, to explore the personal side of sickness.
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Research conducted in 2002 by Jennifer Lawless, assistant professor of political science, regarding the percentage of Americans saying they would vote for a qualified woman for president is discussed in this column about the electability of Hillary Clinton.
www.tnr.com/user/nregi.mhtml?i=20070212&s=trb021207

A three-dimensional skeletal model of a pigeon in flight has been created by Brown University researchers who are working to develop a new, true 3-D imaging technology.
www.boston.com/news/globe/health_science/articles/2007/02/05/exercise_doesnt_hur
t_knees_doesnt_help_either/
See news release: www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-091.html

Professor of Medicine Richard Millman, director of the Sleep Disorders Center of Lifespan Hospitals, comments on new evidence linking a commonly prescribed sleep medication with bizarre behaviors, including a case in which a woman painted her front door in her sleep.
www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn11115

Research conducted by Brown faculty members Kenneth Breuer and Sharon Swartz has revealed the extreme flexibility of bat wings, which allow the bats to generate and manipulate lift in unusual ways. ANI is a news agency serving South Asia. This article was distributed to media throughout that region.
www.dailyindia.com/show/111390.php/Bat-flight-motion-inspiration-for-miniature-m
ilitary-planes
See news release: www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-082.html

The transcription factor GABP - a member of a family of crucial gene-regulating proteins - is required to jump-start the process of cell division, according to research from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital. The work uncovers a new way to control cell growth and points up potential targets for cancer treatments. This press release was republished in several media outlets around the world.
www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-093.html

In an article about new environmental regulations that affect electronic waste, Stacy VanDeveer, a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies who co-wrote a study on E.U. chemical regulations, offers his perspective on how the laws impact industrial costs.

The future of federal climate change policy is likely to include a host of strategies such as a national cap on carbon dioxide emissions, mandatory standards on renewable energy, mandatory efficiency standards on vehicles and products, and a national carbon dioxide cap-and-trade scheme, according to new research conducted by Stacy VanDeveer, a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies.
www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/umwelt_naturschutz/bericht-78264.html

An opinion piece by Steven Rattner, a member of the University’s Board of Fellows, calls for the federal government to reform its misleading accounting practices.
www.nytimes.com/2007/02/06/opinion/06rattner.html

Scott Haltzman, assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, discusses marriage as part of the show’s three-part series on the state of marriage.