In this opinion piece, Rachel Morello-Frosch, assistant professor of Environmental Studies and Community Health, writes “the Bay Area has often prided itself on leading the state on environmental issues, yet the region is also characterized by an unequal distribution of environmental burdens and opportunities.”
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2007/02/15/EDGRJN777D
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At the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' annual meeting, Roy Aaron, an orthopaedic specialist from Brown, discussed how the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan also have generated more collaboration between the military and civilian medical worlds.
www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20070215-9999-6m15ortho.html

Brown basketball coach Craig Robinson who talks about his brother-in-law, presidential candidate Barack Obama. Although Obama graduated from Columbia University and Harvard Law School, Robinson said he knows the identity of his brother-in-law’s favorite Ivy League basketball team. “Brown,” he said with a belly laugh. “There’s no question he’s cheering for Brown.”
www.nytimes.com/2007/02/16/sports/ncaabasketball/16brown.html?ref=ncaabasketball

Rhodes Scholar Keriann Backus, a member of the Class of 2007, is one of 20 undergraduates named to USA TODAY's 18th annual All-USA College Academic First Team. The All-USA College Academic Team was selected from almost 600 students nominated by their schools. The receive trophies and $2,500 awards as representatives of all outstanding undergraduates.
www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-02-13-college-allstars-first_x.htm

Darrell West, professor of political science and public policy, says Democratic Rep. John Murtha is quickly emerging as one of President George W. Bush's most formidable foes in the Iraq war debate.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/16/america/NA-GEN-US-Iraq-Murthas-War.php

Morphine and other opioids are among the most potent painkillers around. For the first time, Brown University neuroscientists explain why these drugs work so well on calcium channels in the pain pathway in new research in Nature Neuroscience. The findings not only break ground in basic science, they may aid in the effort to develop safer pain-relieving drugs. (Science Daily is an online magazine and Web portal devoted to science, technology, and medicine.)
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070215144026.htm
See news release: www.brown.edu/news/2006-07/06-099.html

In this “good news blog,” Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club, mentions a proposal by Brown’s Energy and Environmental Advisory Committee for the University to go “climate neutral.”
www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-pope/another-boring-good-news-_b_41355.html
See news release: www.brown.edu/news/2005-06/05-xxx.html