Professor of Pediatrics Pamela High discusses some of the reasons babies cry.
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Katharina Galor, visiting assistant professor of archaeology, is among the experts who will appear in “Decoding the Dead Sea Scrolls” at 9 p.m. Sunday, March 11. The show airs again at midnight March 12 and 10 p.m. March 17.
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In conjunction with the Pulp Uncovered Festival hosted by Brown’s Public Humanities Program, two walking tours will take in Providence sites made famous by horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. This wire-service article appeared in several other media outlets. Festival director Scott Tiffany, a second-year graduate student, talks about the festival in an Associated Press podcast titled “AP Travel: Pulp Fiction,” available here.
travel.canoe.ca/Travel/News/2007/03/05/3699616-ap.html
See news release: www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-111.html

Anti-advertising activists are trying to “interrupt the normal relationship between consumers and advertising,” says Associate Professor of American Civilization Susan Smulyan.

Thomas Flatt, postdoctoral fellow in ecology and evolutionary biology, offers his perspective on a research paper reporting that a gene involved in bee egg production also helps honeybees exhibit some crucial social behaviors that distinguish them from solitary insects.
www.the-scientist.com/news/home/52926/

A Brown-led team of scientists discovered how the brain's cortical cells process human sensation. This wire-service article appeared in several media outlets; the University’s press release about the findings was reproduced on several science Web sites.
www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/Brains_handling_of_sensation_is_examined/
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See news release: www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-112.html

At the annual meeting of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, Beverly Ledbetter, vice president and general counsel of Brown, said that university governing boards should be briefed on what their institutions are doing to reduce litigation risks.
chronicle.com/daily/2007/03/2007030602n.htm

In work published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a research team led by Mayank Mehta, assistant professor in the Department of Neuroscience, describes groundbreaking recordings of activity in two brain regions during deep sleep. This press release was republished on Science Web sites around the world.
www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-109.html

Scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, in conjunction with Brown University researchers Mario Perello, research fellow in neuroendocrinology, and Professor of Medicine (Research) Eduardo A. Nillni, have found how obesity causes the breakdown of a brain system that regulates appetite. This news service story appeared in several media outlets around the world.

Economics Professor Glenn Loury participates in a roundtable discussion about the resignation of the head of the NAACP, and efforts by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to court the black vote.
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In an article about best values in private colleges, Brown ranks 14.

This retrospective article about the late Warren Alpert, who donated $100 million to Brown University's medical school, includes remarks from President Ruth J. Simmons.
www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/03/06/
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Warren Alpert, 86, founder of the Providence philanthropy that recently donated $100 million to Brown University to enhance its medical school, died March 3 in New York City. The University issued a statement upon learning of his death. The statement can be read at http://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-113.html
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