November 29, 2006 |
Brown in the News
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The work of a team of Brown researchers is noted in this article about how scientists recently caught the Earth’s crust “in the very act of ripping itself apart” on the ocean’s floor.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/11/29/MNGPRMLICD1.DTL See news release: www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2006-07/06-058.html Brown University and members of Reformed University Fellowship are working to reinstate the student religious group. The group’s status was withdrawn in mid-September.
Free registration: www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20061128_bro.31eee93.html In a piece about what she calls increasing intolerance on campuses around the nation, a columnist includes the cancellation of a lecture to have been presented by author Nonie Darwish, author of "Now They Call Me Infidel,” due to concerns that her lecture would be too controversial.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2006/11/29/cstillwell.DTL A 25-member High School Renewal Steering Committee, appointed by the Providence school superintendent includes members of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. The committee recently issued several broad goals.
www.projo.com/education/content/mchigh_11-29-06_IO32DTJ.337ce23.html “Household Gods,” a book by Assistant Professor of History Deborah Cohen, is reviewd.
www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2006/11/19/when_things_are_in_the_saddle/ ###### | |||