In an article noting that Alaska has the highest concentration of former military personnel, Professor of Anthropology Catherine Lutz notes: “There are real advantages to staying near a military post once you've retired. You can use the PX, you can go on post for medical care and you've got a social network.” This wire service article appeared in more than 100 media outlets around the country.
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Biology Professor Gary Wessel, a member of the Sea Urchin Genome Sequencing Consortium that recently reported it had determined the exact order of all 814 million letters of DNA code that carry the instructions for making and maintaining a sea urchin, comments on the findings.
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Professor of Political Science Darrell West comments on the challenges of a Democratic Senate, noting that in the Senate, “you have 100 free agents, and they don't like to take guidance.”
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A historic three-day conference being held at Brown has brought together Israeli and Palestinian scholars to discuss the archaeological history of Jerusalem - a discourse that is impossible in their own city. This article focuses on the opening lecture presented by Sari Nusseibeh, professor of Islamic philosophy and president of Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. The conference was organized by Katharina Galor, visiting assistant professor of archaeology.
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In advance of his appearance as part of the three-day International Writers Project festival at Brown, the Providence Journal publishes this wire service profile of Orhan Pamuk, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for literature. Pamuk is a panelist in Tuesday’s session.
www.projo.com/books/content/lb-pamuk13_11-13-06_472OCRT.27920cd.html
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Propelled by a “cosmic moment,” Brown University student Patrick Cook-Deegan combined adventure with altruism this summer by cycling through Laos, to help build a school in a remote country where few schools exist.
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An article about College Hill real estate notes : “Neighborhood leaders say they face considerable pressure from their powerful, influential and ever-expanding institutional neighbors. And they wish the city administration were more proactive in balancing the needs of the institutions and residents.”
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Professor of Education Kenneth Wong comments on efforts undertaken by Washington, D.C., Mayor-elect Adrian M. Fenty, who wants to take control of the District's failing public school system.
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A commentary by Lewis P. Lipsitt, professor emeritus of psychology, medical science, and human development, calls for a Manhattan Project-scale program to discover “how to abort and abate the violent behavior so prevalent in the modern world.” “We have the choice to use, or not use, behavior science benevolently,” he writes.
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Sylvia Brown, a London-based writer and economic development consultant, and a member of the 11th generation of Brown University's founding family, explains how “distorted perceptions of my ancestors [regarding the family’s role in slave trading] hurt so deeply.” Brown notes that in the 19th and 20th centuries, her family has been active in combatting slavery and segregation.
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The need for approval sometimes propels people to pursue relationships with those who have rejected them, according to Scott Haltzman, clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior.
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