Professor of Neuroscience John Donoghue was one of dozens of speakers at an epilepsy meeting held this week at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda, Md. Donoghue is testing a way to detect seizures by placing into the brains of patients electrodes that can sense a seizure in the making.
www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-hsepi0330,0,2719271,print.story?coll=ny-leadhealt
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Coverage of Geological Sciences Professor James Head’s NSF/NASA supported research in Antarctica, presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference earlier this month.
www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/315/5820/1788a

Jeffrey M. Borkan, Brian Ott, and Melissa M. Amick of the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University contributed to this article on issues faced by elderly drivers.
www.projo.com/projocars/content/CA-OLDER_03-28-07_RA50QOG.203b101.html#

A summary of admission rates for the coming academic year.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aQub3onkUP_o

The History Channel's series, "Digging for the Truth," features Brown Ph.D. candidate Chris Tuttle in its March episode of “Lost Treasures of Petra.”
www.history.com/minisites/diggingforthetruth/

“Curse of the Stolen Cloak,” an article by Jason Urbanus, a doctoral candidate at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, appears in the March/April 2007 issue of Archaeology magazine.
www.archaeology.org/0703/abstracts/thief.html

For most teams in Major League Baseball, this is opening day. Elsewhere, the crack of the bat is now a metalic ping. The article cites a 2002 study by researchers from Brown University, showing that metal bats bring changes to the game.
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Les Roberts, one of the authors of a controversial report on Iraqi war deaths, will speak at Brown University Wednesday night. Roberts was one of a team of scientists from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Al Mustansiriya University, in Baghdad, to conduct an independent estimate of the loss of civilian life during the Iraqi war. It pegged the war-related civilian death toll at 655,000.
www.projo.com/extra/2003/iraq/content/brownspeech2_04-02-07_OS51MAV.2318b7a.html

This report uses a description of items from Slavery and Justice exhibits to open a discussion of the report and the $10M endowment fund. “This history surrounds us, and we’ve learned not to see it,” said James Campbell, chair of Brown’s Committee on Slavery and Justice, which produced the 109-page “Slavery and Justice” report after three years of research and debate on campus.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17856146/
See news release: www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-108.html

A new study, authored by Larry Brown at Bradley Hasbro Children’s Research Center and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University found that only 21 percent of child and adolescent psychiatrists screen for dating violence, although most screen for other risk behaviors.
www.physorg.com/news94742323.html

Paula Vogel is interviewed on the opening of two plays in San Diego during women’s history month: “The Long Christmas Ride Home,” which opened at Diversionary Theatre, and “How I Learned to Drive,” produced by Lynx Performance Theatre.
www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070326/news_lz1c26voicem.html

Dr. Martin A. Weinstock, chairman of the American Cancer Society’s skin cancer advisory group and a Brown University professor, was interviewed by Harvard Health Newsletter for an article on whether sunscreens help or provide a false sense of security in skin cancer prevention.
www.ediets.com/news/article.cfm/cmi_2178809/cid_7

Charles Carpenter is quoted on the topic of AIDS drugs in Africa in an article assessing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070331/ZNYT04/703310356/1010/NEWS05

James Campbell reviews “I’ve Got a Home in Glory Land, A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad,” by Karolyn Smardz Frost and “Escape on the Pearl, The Heroic Bid for Freedom on the Underground Railroad,” by Mary Kay Ricks.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/29/AR2007032902475_pf.html

A Health Day News report on a study by Celia Lescano, of the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University was picked up in many outlets. The study finds that helping teens manage their emotions can increase condom use.
www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=6304145&nav=menu86_6

A profile of Brown graduate Masi Oka (Hiro Nakamura on “Heroes”) in the Star Online (Malaysia).
star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2007/4/1/tvnradio/17213721&sec=tvnradio

“American Splendor” creator Harvey Pekar will be at Brown on Friday afternoon, April 13, at the Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 001. After he talks, a reception follows to mark the opening of the “Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History” show.
www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/exhibitionist/
See news release: www.brown.edu/news/2006-07/06-126.html