It’s not mostly about personalities. Campus governance has changed in recent years because universities have changed so drastically. Today as never before, university leaders must diagnose and confront areas of chronic conflict that have emerged with the following three major trends: 1) the rise of science and technology has led to far greater inequality among disciplines; 2) entrepreneurship and new funding sources have led to a more decentralized, less cohesive university; 3) individual mobility strengthens the hand of powerful campus members and requires greater transparency in decision-making.

The Providence Journal/Brown University Public Affairs Conference on the topic of class in America concludes with a panel discussion that touches upon upward mobility, racism, and new economic rules. The panelists are New York Times columnist David Brooks, economists Prof. Glenn Loury of Brown, Jared Bernstein of the Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute, and Louisiana State Rep. Karen Carter, who represents a district in New Orleans.

The need for high-tech prosthetic limbs has increased with the improvements in battlefield treatment for combat amputation. This article includes a look at the work of Dr. Roy Aaron, who leads a VA-funded biohybrid limb research team at Brown.

The Presidential Search Committee of the University of Chicago recommends to the Board of Trustees that Brown University Provost Robert J. Zimmer be elected the 13th president of the University of Chicago. Similar articles appear on online news sites around the nation.

The Presidential Search Committee of the University of Chicago is recommending to the Board of Trustees that Robert J. Zimmer, who is currently provost of Brown University, be elected the 13th President of the University of Chicago. If the recommendation is approved at a special meeting of the Board on Friday, March 10, Zimmer will assume the office on July 1.

Liquid water has been discovered on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons. Geological Sciences Professor James Head, who is not involved with the research team announcing the discovery, offers remarks about the findings. Similar articles appear in other media outlets.

A report released by an ad hoc committee of University officials and students suggests ways to curtail student alcohol abuse before attend social events. The committee “endorses changing campus culture so that it becomes an expectation of students that they will be denied entry to events if they are intoxicated or under the influence of any controlled substances." A similar article written by the Associated Press is distributed to its member media organizations.