Coverage of a lecture given by Brown biologist Ken Miller at Clemson University about the controversies surrounding the theory of evolution.
www.independentmail.com/news/2007/feb/19/can-god-and-darwin-co-exist/

Brown University’s John Hay Library is suggested as a good starting point for a walking tour of H.P. Lovecraft’s hometown of Providence. The library holds the world's largest collection of Lovecraft letters, books and errata. The author, now viewed as perhaps the greatest horror writer of the 20th century, died 70 years ago this March.
www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2007/02/19/following_the_footste
ps_of_horror_icon_hp_lovecraft/

Cyberkinetics Neurotechnology Systems Inc., founded in 2001 based on the research of a team led by Brown University neuroscientist John P. Donoghue, has applied to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for permission to market a device designed to encourage healing in patients with acute spinal cord injuries.
www.pbn.com/contentmgr/showdetails.php/id/125591

Science Illustrated, featured in Tuesday’s Science section of The New York Times, details research by Brown University engineers and biologists who have joined forces to record the fine details of wing and body movement in bat flight.
www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
See news release: www.brown.edu/news/2006-07/06-082.html

A feature on senior linebacker Zak DeOssie, the first Brown undergraduate to be invited to the NFL Scouting Combine, a weeklong regimen of workouts, physicals, aptitude tests, and interviews with the top 300 or so college players eligible for the April draft.
www.boston.com/sports/football/articles/2007/02/21/deossie_decision_sweat_the_details/

Professor of History Gordon Wood, who has written extensively about George Washington, discusses the first president and the well-known portrait painted by Gilbert Stuart.
www.projo.com/news/content/Dollar21_02-21-07_CG4EGKB.116ced8.html

Environmental racism is an unhealthy reality across the Bay Area, according to a new study by researchers that included Rachel Morello-Frosch, assistant professor of environmental studies and community health. The report asserts that air pollution is concentrated in minority neighborhoods, causing a higher rate of health problems there.
cbs5.com/local/local_story_051211155.html

Professor of History Gordon Wood discusses American literature and the works of Benjamin Franklin on the network’s morning news show.
www.bloomberg.com/tvradio/radio/

Scientists are filming alligators as they trot along treadmills and pigeons on the fly in wind tunnels. But rather than a view of flesh and muscles, a new 3-D video technique peeks beneath the skin to show skeletons on the move. “This will be like having X-ray vision�you'll be able to see through skin and muscle and watch a skeleton move in 3-D," said Professor of Biology Elizabeth Brainerd, who oversees development of the new system. “Imagine animated X-ray movies of flying bats or flexing knees." The final movie maker is still in the design phase, but scaled down versions of it are already proving a success.
www.livescience.com/animalworld/070221_moving_pictures.html
See news release: www.brown.edu/news/2006-07/06-091.html