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11/15, Coral Gables, FL
"Birds and American Indians" with Prof. Shepard Krech
11/16, Providence, RI/
Hartford, CT
Field Trip: Hudson River School of Masterworks
11/18, Laguna Beach, CA
Hiking and Biking
11/18, Tokyo, Japan
Year-End Party (Bonenkai)
11/25, London, England
22nd Annual Thanksgiving Dinner
12/5, New York City, NY
Brown Club at the Ballet: The Nutcracker
See full calendar...
Elizabeth Roberts '78 becomes RI's first female lieutenant governor.
Eduardo Montealegre '76 ran a tight race against former Sandinista leader Daniel Ortega for the presidency of Nicaragua.
Christine Vachon '83 has published a memoir, A Killer Life, about her rise to the top ranks of independent film producers.
Gregory P. Baldwin '90, a lifelong volunteer and the new president of VolunteerMatch.org, was on the original team that launched the organization.
Technology Review named Liam Paninski '99 one of its 2006 Young Innovators Under 35 for using statistics to decipher the brain's electrical signals.
Amie Street, an online retail site for independent music started by Elliott Breece '06, Joshua Boltuch '06, and Elias Roman '06, is featured in Business Week's search for "the best young entrepreneurs in the U.S."
George Lister MD '69 is a new member of The Institute of Medicine.
Ralph Rugoff '80, director of the Hayward Gallery in London, received a $100,000 award for contemporary art curators in partnership with a museum or exhibition space.
Peter Jackson, the director of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, has purchased the film rights to a historical fantasy book series by Naomi Novik '95.
See "Alumni in the News" archive...
Shanay Jhaveri '07 writes a guide to his city, Mumbai, to be published by the design magazine Wallpaper.
Alison Fairbrother '08 traveled to Ethiopia this summer to shoot an HIV/AIDS documentary.
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Brown to Expand Across the River* Brown will buy seven buildings in the city's Jewelry District for future expansion of the University's life sciences and medical programs. The buildings will provide Brown with 232,000 square feet, a 400-car parking garage, and other parking space in downtown Providence. See also Providence Journal editorial piece*. (* Free registration required) |
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Diversity at Brown: An Action Plan* Capping three years of quiet accomplishments, Associate Provost Brenda Allen has released a formal plan to realize more fully the potential of Brown's diversity and to prepare students to manage and learn from the rich diversity in the United States and abroad. (*PDF) |
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Raising the Bar on Urban Education Policy Debate A profile of Professor Kenneth Wong includes a look at Brown's new master's program in urban education policy, which he directs. |
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Celebrating Donors and Volunteers in the Brown Community Brown recognizes more than 40,000 donors and volunteers who supported the Plan and the University in 2005-06. Go online to view your class's donor and volunteer honor rolls, check participation levels, and read about the Annual Fund's record-setting year. |
| Other PAE Headlines: - Creative Arts Building Fully Funded Five Years Earlier Than Expected - New Committee Will Assess Math and Science Curricula |
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Public Responds to Slavery and Justice Report Descendants of two Rhode Island families with ties to slave trading were among those responding to the report at a public forum in Salomon Hall. News coverage suggested that the report sets an example many other institutions will follow. See the report, coverage of the forum, commentary from Inside Higher Education, and a New York Times editorial. |
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Corporation Increases International Financial Aid The Brown Corporation authorized a more than 30 percent increase in financial aid for international students and discussed various other steps the University could take to bolster its presence abroad. |
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New January Term Increases Student Opportunities A pilot of an optional academic program will run this winter break, the result of an almost entirely student-led initiative. "The semester break is too long to not do anything," said Tristan Freeman '07, vice president of the Undergraduate Council of Students, but "too short" for internships or jobs, he added. Learn more about the program. |
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Other Campus Headlines: - Obama Dismisses Cynicism, Advocates Hope (Free registration required.) - Alcohol Report Addresses Education, Orientation (Read the report. (PDF)) |
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The Moon: Not as Dead as Believed? Brown geologists Peter Schulz and Carle Pieters have found evidence for structures on the lunar surface that may have formed as recently as 10 million years ago - and may still be forming. Their discovery was reported by National Geographic, Scientific American, NPR's Morning Edition, and others. |
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Study Confirms Racial Disparities In Health Care Black patients at Medicare HMOs fare worse than whites on several health measures, regardless of plan quality, according to a study led by Amal Trivedi, assistant professor in the Department of Community Health. |
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Whodunnit? Computer Scientists Bring Clarity to Grainy Surveillance Video Distorted video. Comically blurry images of a car. That's all detectives had to go on in their effort to solve a murder case. Then computer vision researcher Michael Black and students in his "Topics in Computer Vision" course helped crack the case. (Photo: John Abromowski) |
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History-Makers Speak in These Pages Ted Widmer, director of the John Carter Brown Library, collected significant speeches from historical figures stretching from the Revolutionary War to the Clinton administration in his new book, American Speeches, showing "that political speaking has framed and rallied every great event from the revolution to the present day." See also NPR's All Things Considered story on this topic. |
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Campaign 2006 Comments from Brown political scientists Wendy Schiller and Darrell West have been featured all fall in a variety of articles about major campaigns and political trends throughout the United States. Here, West comments on the concept of "regional realignment" in the recent election. |
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Other Faculty and Research Headlines: - Brown's Department of Geological Sciences has played a three-decade role in the exploration of Mars (Free registration required) - Maintaining Weight Loss: Keep an Eye on the Pounds (video) - Fund Managers Need to be Better Owners - New movie inspired by Diane Arbus was written by Professor Erin Cressida Wilson |
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Homecoming 2006 in Photos Over 1,000 alumni took part in Brown's updated Homecoming celebration: an expanded alumni hospitality tent with adjoining pub, more food choices, free favors, and a new Alumni Forum. Watching the Bears outscore Cornell 28-7 was cool, too. See photo gallery. |
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Class of '02: Make Your 5th Reunion Paperless Brown will record another first next May: the first-ever tree-friendly reunion. Beginning in March, all reunion information for the 5th will be sent electronically. Keep your contact information updated online and encourage your friends to do the same. (Photo: John Abromowski) |
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Events (Near You?) November 15 through December 12 From LA to London, Florida to Tokyo, and many places in between, Brown Clubs bring you a variety of ways to connect with other alumni this month. Check out the alumni event calendar for opportunities to hike, debate, eat, and celebrate. |
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Men's Tennis Ends Fall Season on High Note The men's tennis team concluded its fall season by making school history. Eric Thomas '07 and Basu Ratnam '09 became Brown's first doubles team to advance past the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Indoor Championships tournament's first round. |
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Men's Soccer Advances in NCAA Tournament Brown moved on to the second round of the NCAA tournament, dominating Adelphi 4-1 last Saturday. Next, for the second straight year, they must face the number-one seed when they play Duke Wednesday night. |
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Mixed Gridiron Season, but Hope for Final Game The Bears won an exciting Homecoming game against Cornell and another against Penn, but then dropped two in a row thanks to errors and missed opportunities. Coach Estes hopes for a strong final game to send his seniors off as winners. |
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Equestrian Team Keeps Regional Lead After defeating archrival Connecticut on its home turf in October, Brown placed second at Wesleyan last Saturday, with three point riders winning four blue ribbons to rack up a 14-point lead in the region. (Photo: Katie Goetz '08) |
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