Scientists at Brown University are developing an imaging technology that would capture the movement of bones and muscles of animals in high-speed 3-D videos. The technology, which has been developed previously in orthopedics to study joints in humans, will be used to study the evolution of movement and anatomy in species of fish, mammals, and birds to shed light on, for example, how birds developed flight.
www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/18187/
See news release: www.brown.edu/news/2006-07/06-091.html

According to a study in the journal AIDS, The migration of South African workers played a major part in the spread of AIDS. For two years, researchers from Brown University, Harvard Medical School, and Imperial College London collected data from 500 men and women in province of KwaZulu/Natal and found that high-risk sexual behavior of migratory workers contributed to the spread of HIV.
www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/20070214-084953-5976r/
See news release: www.brown.edu/news/2006-07/06-095.html

Scott Haltzman, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, contributes to this article on Valentine’s Day gift giving. He says younger men in newer relationships are sometimes insecure about the quality of those relationships and more inclined to buy expensive gifts as a way to cement that connection.
www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1208&u_sid=2330894

Traditional approaches to bank supervision may not be in the best interest of society, according to new research by a Brown University economist. In the first empirical assessment of the impact of international banking policies, Ross Levine, professor of economics, found that for most countries, regulations such as Basel II could actually hurt bank development and lead to greater corruption. This press release was republished in several media outlets around the world.
www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-094.html

Drew Gilpin Faust’s tenure as Harvard University’s first female president may be measured against the three women currently making names for themselves running Ivy League schools. This article explores how presidents Ruth Simmons, Amy Gutmann, and Shirley Tilghman have strengthened endowment funds, expanded campuses and narrowed the gender gap among faculty and administrators, putting themselves at the forefront among Ivies.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a4f7kKY18mWk&refer=us

Brown basketball coach Craig Robinson talks about his brother-in-law – presidential candidate Barack Obama. “Barack’s got the ability to get young people to care about politics, to have hope,” he says, “and I would say that even if he wasn’t my brother-in-law.
www.projo.com/brown/content/sp_bkc_rencol15_02-15-07_N84DVJ5.9f9e46.html#