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From 6/23, Various Cities
Summer Send-offs
7/6, Los Angeles, CA
LA Dodgers vs. SF Giants
7/14, London, England
US Alumni Summer Reception
7/16, Wilsonville, OR
Brown Club Summer Picnic Extravaganza
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Martha Sharp '26 was posthumously inducted into the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial's "Righteous Among the Nations" for helping to save the lives of Jews during World War II.
John Lloyd Young '98 won a Tony for his performance as Frankie Valli in the hit Jersey Boys.
State senator Elizabeth H. Roberts '78* is running for lieutenant governor of Rhode Island.
New York Times "notable" author, Caroline Preston '79 A.M. has a new novel, Gatsby's Girl.
Barry W. Murphy '95 was profiled as an "achiever under 40" in the Oklahoma press.
Shiv V. Khemka '85, executive director of Sun Group, is part of India's delegation to the East Asia Summit of the World Economic Forum.
(* Free registration required)
Greta Pemberton '06 and Henry Shepherd '08 produced "Harnessing Remittances," a radio segment that aired on Public Radio International's nationally syndicated Open Source.
Instead of sunbathing in Cancun, some students spent spring break in NOLA. Hear stories of survival and reconstruction in a radio segment produced by students at BSR.
(* Free registration required)
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Every Picture Tells a Story Stephen Houston leads a double life, of sorts. While on the Brown campus, the professor of anthropology may be found tucked away in his office. But as one of the world's leading experts on Mayan epigraphy, Houston often journeys into unsafe territory. (Photo: Mark Philbrick/BYU) |
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June 30 Deadline for $1.5 Million Challenge Your gift to the Brown Annual Fund by June 30 will help to earn the Brown Corporation's $1.5 million participation challenge. To support the Plan and to count as one of the 32,650 donors needed by 6/30, call toll-free 800-662-2266 to make your gift, or you may give online. |
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Reunion/Commencement Weekend 2006 Despite threats of rain, Campus Dance went off without a drop, opening a picture-perfect weekend that broke records for attendance. And the Providence Journal declared Brown's Commencement to be a combination of "practiced ceremony and lighthearted fun."* See details: |
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A rare print version of the Brown Insider from Reunion weekend Video streams and overview of Commencement 2006 Medical school reunion photo gallery Former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Paul A. Volcker spoke on the UN probe he headed. See article* or listen to the audio. * (Free registration required) |
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Alum, Anthropology Professor is New Brown Provost David I. Kertzer '69, professor of anthropology, will succeed Provost Robert J. Zimmer, who is leaving to become president of the University of Chicago. In addition, Clyde L. Briant, dean of engineering, has been named vice president of research. See also Providence Journal* article on this topic. (* Free registration required). |
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24 Seniors and Alumni Win Fulbright Scholarships (PDF link) Twenty members of the class of 2006 and four recent alumni have been awarded Fulbright grants for the 2006-2007 academic year to pursue independent research, study, and/or teach English in 20 different countries, including Jamaica, Ukraine, Taiwan, Nigeria, and the Netherlands. |
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Pomp and Thermodynamics: Brown Graduates First Teacher-Engineer Diana Chien '06 graduated with a bachelor's in engineering and a certificate to teach physics in grades seven to 12. This one-of-a-kind teacher preparation program aims to train students to teach physics in an engaging, hands-on style while also addressing a national shortage of physics teachers. |
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Climate History Rewritten: Arctic Ice Arrived Early According to new research, Arctic ice formed about 45 million years ago - roughly 14 million years ahead of previous predictions. An international team of scientists, including Brown geologist Steven Clemens, says this shows that glaciers formed in tandem at Earth's poles. The discovery provides important insights into global climate change. See also News Bureau release on this topic. (Photo: IODP/ECORD Science Operator) |
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Literature As A Wake-Up Call To The Inner Life Reviewer Christopher Byrd says Recovering Your Story: Proust, Joyce, Woolf, Faulkner, Morrison, by Arnold Weinstein, professor of comparative literature, "is distinguished not so much by the way it furthers one's connection to its surveyed texts, which it does, but by the way it excites memories of books and memories of oneself and others." See also Inside Brown article on this topic. (Photo courtesy of Arnold Weinstein) |
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Your Kids Will Learn Better Students in school districts run by mayors do better academically, according to a new study by researchers at Brown and Harvard. "We believe that mayoral control actually can enhance the overall district well-being, not only in financial terms, but also in terms of the focus on accountability," said co-author Kenneth Wong, Annenberg Professor in Education Policy. |
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A Sort of Homecoming* In the New York Times Sunday Book Review of Middle Passages: African American Journeys to Africa, 1781-2005, by History Professor James Campbell, historian Raymond Arsenault calls Campbell "a master storyteller who engages the reader in the human drama of American blacks confronting cultural realities that do not always square with the myths of an imagined native land." (* Free registration required). |
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Race, Politics, And The Schools In this Q&A, Professor of Political Science Marion Orr discusses the Baltimore school system. His book, Black Social Capital: The Politics of School Reform in Baltimore, draws on data gathered as part of an 11-city study of school reform and explores the role of race, class, and politics in Baltimore's public schools. |
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Reunion Classes Pull Together To Support Brown; Celebrate at Galas The Class of 1981, in a record-breaking team effort, raised $1.75 million toward its 25th reunion gift to the Brown Annual Fund. President Ruth Simmons thanked the class in its gala tent on the front Green. Find audio and video of remarks from the 25th and 50th reunion receptions and check presentations on the BAA Web site. |
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Classmates Chart New 'Happiest Moments' Visit the Class Photo Galleries to see Reunion '06 fun from the perspective of each generation of alumni. The 25th, 30th, 50th and 55th reunions (classes of 1981, 1976, 1956, and 1951) broke all previous attendance records. |
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It's Not Too Late to Make a Reunion Gift! The classes of 1951, 1971, 1976, 1981, and 1986 have all set Brown Annual Fund reunion records, and several other classes are on the verge of joining them. Visit the reunion giving Web site to check your class's progress, and please don't forget to make your Brown Annual Fund gift before June 30 - you can make an online gift here! |
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Across the Board, '06ers Led Bears to Success The Class of 2006 will go down as one of the most successful classes in the history of Brown athletics. |
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Women's Crew Second in NCAA Rowing
Brown's second-place finish (by three-tenths of a second) in the team standings extends the school's streak of top three finishes at every NCAA Championship. The Bears have competed in all ten championships, earning titles in 1999, 2000, 2002, and 2004. |
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Craig Robinson Named Head Men's Basketball Coach
The former assistant coach at Northwestern and two-time Ivy League Player of the Year has been named the 29th head coach in Brown's 100-year basketball history. "I am extremely happy to be given the opportunity to help Brown University win an Ivy League Championship," said Robinson. "I'd like to get started yesterday." |
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