Act Locally: Help Your Brown Club Many Brown Clubs are looking for volunteers to continue the Brown experience locally. Assist at an event or work behind the scenes to build your area's alumni community. You’ll meet great people while providing a valuable service to Brown and fellow alumni!

The regional kickoffs announcing Boldly Brown: Campaign for Academic Enrichment across the country continued in January with exciting events in Naples and Palm Beach, Florida. Find stories and photo galleries online.

Support For You, Your Family, And Alumni Services "Life for Life," life insurance with excellent features and rates, is available through the BAA. It's appropriate for alumni of all ages, from recent grads to those with new families to retirees. Your participation helps to underwrite crucial alumni services.

Dear Fellow Alumni,

Ninety days ago I started the job of vice president of alumni relations at Brown, and since then I have learned just how important the Plan for Academic Enrichment is to Brown's progress as one of the world's great universities.

Since President Simmons began implementation of the Plan for Academic Enrichment, Brown has hired almost 60 of 100 planned new faculty; new academic programs have taken root; new campus facilities are under construction or are on the drawing board; and, perhaps most important of all, Brown now has need-blind admissions.

Meeting alumni everywhere I go, I sense a shared feeling of pride and anticipation surrounding events at Brown. My job is to capitalize on this excitement by helping alumni stay connected to the University: through volunteering for Brown, attending a Brown regional program, working with Brown students, or in some way encouraging other alumni to be a part of the Brown community and give back to the University.

After 90 days, I still have a lot to learn. However, like you, I don't have to learn how to value Brown's unique and essential role as a place for scholarship.

In closing, I want to let you know that I feel very fortunate to be working at Brown at this point in our school's history, and I am committed to ensuring that all alumni feel connected to our University. I encourage you to e-mail me with your views or questions at any time.

Todd Andrews '83
Vice President, Alumni Relations

Will New Orleans Ever Be The Same? A Brown Scholar's Analysis
Research conducted by Brown's Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) initiative supports the impression that the Gulf Coast's African Americans and poor residents were disproportionately affected by the deadly storm. The findings also raise serious questions about the future of New Orleans. Learn more and read the full report.



Telling The Story Of Research At Brown
A new Web site launched by the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) features a database of researchers and research projects at Brown, one of the nation's leading research universities. The OVPR seeks to create an environment in which research can address the challenging problems of today.


Does Your Employer Support The Plan For Academic Enrichment?
Use the GiftsPlus search engine to find out if your employer will match your upcoming or recent gift to Brown. Retirees, board members, and spouses may also qualify.

Brown Arms Campus Police Officers *
With testing, training, policy development and other preparations complete, Brown's licensed campus police officers will now be armed. (*Free registration required). Read the announcement from President Simmons.



Artwork Of Joseph Beuys On Display At Brown
More than 100 works by this significant sculptor and conceptual artist are on display at the Bell Gallery in "Another View of Joseph Beuys: Multiples from New England Collections." The exhibition, coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the German artist's death, runs through March 8.



In Memoriam: Sidney E. Frank '42, L.H.D. '05, University Benefactor
Philanthropist and liquor importer Sidney Frank, who created the Grey Goose vodka brand and made record donations to Brown, died January 10 at the age of 86.

Doctors And Engineers Pool Their Knowledge To Advance Medicine
An informal band of faculty and student inventors is turning the trajectory of translational research on its head. Instead of the standard bench-to-bedside route, the biomedical devices the group is exploring spring from bedside to bench: doctors hatch an idea; students make it happen.


Turning Yogurt Bacteria Into Antiviral Drugs
A Brown-led research team has genetically modified yogurt bacteria to produce a protein that blocks HIV infection in monkeys. "The hope is to use the bacteria as the basis for a microbicide that can prevent sexual transmission of HIV," says team leader Bharat Ramratnam.



On Mars: Tropical Glaciers Created By Polar Snow
Ancient snows that swept down from the Martian poles account for the glacial deposits found at the base of mountains dotting the mid-latitude and "tropical" regions of the red planet, Brown researchers and others report in Science.





An Easier, Better Test For Bladder Cancers
A simple urine test can help detect nearly all recurrences of bladder cancers with a higher accuracy rate than conventional laboratory analysis, reports study author and Brown urology professor Barry Stein and colleagues in JAMA.

Jordy To Be Remembered In March 3-4 Symposium
Help celebrate the legacy of Professor Emeritus William Jordy (1917-1997), the distinguished architectural historian, critic, teacher, and preservationist, in a two-day event. The symposium brings together colleagues and alumni to discuss the significance of Jordy's work.



Get Away With The Brown Travelers In May And June
You still have time to register for our most exciting - and popular - spring trips. Don't miss the opportunity to see Japan with Associate Professor of History Kerry Smith. And if Ireland or Tuscany interests you, the "early booking discount" dates have been extended.



Save The Date! Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Technology Forum On Campus, April 28-30
The Brown Spring Forum: Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Technology will include panels on corporate social responsibility; behavioral investing; the United States, China, and India; technology trends; and rebuilding the World Trade Center. Speakers include Brown professors, alumni, and industry figures.


Your Career Insights Make A Difference
This spring, as seniors and graduate students prepare for life after Brown, your professional and graduate school experiences are an invaluable resource. Volunteer for ACCess (Alumni Career Connections) today to help students and alumni explore first job options, graduate school selections and more.


Calling All Meiklejohn Alumni!
Was being a Meiklejohn academic advisor an important part of your Brown experience? Current Meiklejohns would love to hear about it. Let us know who you are by e-mailing Seth Aitken.

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