This article by Michael Gonda is one in a series written by Brown students in an advanced feature writing class taught by Tracy Breton, visiting professor of journalism. The students were assigned to write a story that conveyed a sense of place. They drew from a hat names of Providence streets and were told to search for someone or something on their designated streets that had never been written about in the same way before. The project, in its eighth year, presents aspects of city life from the perspective of college journalists.

This article takes a look at the advances made in achieving three-dimensional simulation of blood flowing through the body. The work is being led by Professor George Karniadakis, professor of applied mathematics, using TeraGrid computing.

Better pay for nursing home staff is not the sole way to improve care provided in nursing homes, says Professor of Medical Science Vincent Mor.

A year ago, Glenn Lafantasie wrote in the Chronicle of Higher Education about his return to school at age 55 “to finish my Ph.D. in history and how, as a result, I had earned the sobriquet from my students at Brown University as the Oldest Living TA.” This time, he writes to describe his employment journey from May 2005, when he graduated from Brown, to his recent appointment as the Richard Frockt Family Professor of Civil War History and director of the Center for the Civil War in the West at Western Kentucky University.

Scores of people rallied at the site of the World Trade Centers to remember the fallen, and call for a more thorough search for the bone fragments still being found at the site. Anthropology Professor Richard Gould, who was at the rally, said he is concerned the teams scouring the building are using tools too crude to find every bone fragment. This wire service article appeared in scores of newspapers and Web sites, including USA Today and the International Herald Tribune.

The work of Brown University researchers is mentioned in this article about deep-brain stimulation, a pioneering treatment for Parkinson's disease.

Families of many firefighters who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center are demanding that the government let forensic anthropologists inspect the nearby Deutsche Bank building. The families have enlisted the aid of Anthropology Professor Richard Gould, who helped recover human remains in the wake of a 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people. In a letter to Mayor Bloomberg, Gould said that the crews working inside the Deutsche Bank building "are simply not trained or equipped for this demanding work."

A brain implant has helped a paralyzed man learned to use his thoughts to operate a computer, turn on a TV set, open e-mail, play a video game and manipulate a robotic arm. The BrainGate system used by the patient was developed by scientists at Brown University. This article looks at BrainGate and similar systems being developed by scientists elsewhere.

Political Science Professor Darrell West remarks on a recent Taubman Center poll question regarding amending the Rhode Island constitution that would permit gambling casinos in West Warwick.

Hilary Silver, associate professor of sociology and urban studies, provides a firsthand account of Germany’s “pedestrian nationalism” during the World Cup. Since May 1, Silver has been living in Germany, where she is studying minority unemployment.

Professor of Psychiatry Gregory Fritz writes that he rarely paid any attention to the Church of Scientology. But the group’s latest coordinated campaign to discredit psychiatry has made him take notice.

A brain implant has helped a paralyzed man learned to use his thoughts to operate a computer, turn on a TV set, open e-mail, play a video game and manipulate a robotic arm. The BrainGate system used by the patient was developed by scientists at Brown University.