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2/15, London, England
All Ivy Plus Winter Cocktail Reception
2/15, Newton, MA
2/15, New York City, NY
2/23, San Francisco, CA
Lunar New Year Events
2/24, Providence, RI
10th Annual Entrepreneurship Forum
2/28, New York City, NY
3/7, Boston, MA
"A Long Time Ago": Reflections on Brown University's Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice (Prof. James T. Campbell)
3/3, Los Angeles, CA
"Schools and Mayors: New Partnerships for Better Performance"
(Prof. Kenneth Wong)
See full calendar...
Damian Kulash '98 and his band OK Go earned a Grammy Award for their "Here it Goes Again" video.
Todd Haynes '85 has co-written a new film chronicling Bob Dylan's life. Also involved are producer Christine Vachon '83 and soundtrack supervisor Randall Poster '84.
Thomas Pérez '83, a first-generation Dominican-American, was named Maryland state Secretary of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
The New York Times selected "Throw People" by Chris Elam '98 as one of the top ten dance productions in NYC for 2006.
John J. McConnell Jr. '80 was honored by Lawyers USA for his landmark prosecution that found paint manufacturers liable for injuries caused by lead paint.
Randall Kroszner '84 is one of the Federal Reserve policymakers who votes on the direction of interest rates in the United States.
Rick Moody '83 discusses his new novel, The Diviners.
Michal Mivasair '82 has been appointed to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.
Documentary filmmakers Rory Kennedy '91 and Liz Garbus '92 tell stories of ordinary people facing extraordinary political and social controversies.
Author, spy, and Watergate figure E. Howard Hunt '40 dies at 88.
See "Alumni in the News" archive...
Isaac Haxton '07 recently won nearly $900,000, finishing second in the PokerStars tournament.
Senior Andrew Daniels is selected 18th overall in the 2007 Major League Soccer SuperDraft by FC Dallas.
Junior Nick Clifford was interviewed in a Los Angeles Times article about volunteers at the Sundance Film Festival.
Jeff Dietz '08 earns a preseason accolade from Collegiate Baseball.
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Brown Names Medical School to Honor Warren Alpert* In recognition of a $100-million gift from the Warren Alpert Foundation, Brown has named its medical school in honor of the businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. "Medical education at Brown University is moving into a new era," said Eli Y. Adashi, dean of medicine and biological sciences. See also video and news release. (* Free registration required) (Image: Warren Alpert Foundation) |
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Friedman Study Center Opens After two years of planning, the $4 million Susan and Richard A. Friedman Study Center has opened as a 24-hour study space. Located in the lower levels of the Sciences Library, the 27,000-square-foot center contains a café and dozens of new computers. |
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A Vision That's Bearing Fruit The Campaign for Academic Enrichment enters its second year. |
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"Rally" Round for Brown! The "Rally for the Record" challenge will give the Plan for Academic Enrichment a $1.5 million boost if 34,000 donors make a gift to the Brown Annual Fund by June 30. |
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Shorter Freshman Orientation Approved by Faculty Members of the faculty have unanimously approved a change in the academic calendar, paving the way for an overhaul of Orientation programming. First-years will move in over Labor Day weekend, a shortened orientation program will begin on Sunday, and classes will begin on Wednesday. |
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Women Writers Project Wins NEH Grant for Digital Scholarship The Brown University Women Writers Project has been awarded $250,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support its work of bringing early women's writing out of the archives and into the electronic age. See the news release. |
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Cornel West on Martin Luther King Jr.* One of the nation's most provocative intellectuals, Cornel West delivered Brown's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture on Feb. 2. After praising the University and President Simmons, West explored the implications of King's legacy, citing his constant questioning of life and society as distinctively powerful. See also BDH story. (* Free registration required) |
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Crisis in Sudan: Conference, Exhibit* Images of the crisis in Sudan were on display at Brown as part of the Northeast Regional Conference of STAND (Students Taking Actions Now: Darfur). Speakers included Mia Farrow, UNICEF's goodwill ambassador, and Anthony Lake, former national security advisor to President Clinton. See the news release and BDH articles: 1, 2. (* Free registration required) (Photo: Ron Haviv/VII) |
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Other Campus Headlines: - President Simmons honored with Women of Power Legacy Award by Black Enterprise Magazine - Brown's Black Grad Rate is High Among Peers - Grad School Applicant Numbers at All-Time High - Nonie Darwish Speaks on Women’s Rights in the Middle East - Public Art on Campus Explores Impermanence and Nature: Tibetan Buddhist Sand Mandalas | Woven Branch Installation - Tony-Winning Scenic Designer Creates Sets for Brown Productions |
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Brown Biologists Say Proteins Play Major Role in Cancer, Mad Cow Two research teams have made discoveries that advance understanding of how proteins contribute to both the growth of cancer and the spread of fatal brain diseases such as mad cow. The findings could lead to better cancer drugs as well as treatments for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. |
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Richard Holbrooke '62 Appointed Professor-at-Large Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and chief architect of the 1995 Dayton Accords ending the war in Bosnia, Richard C. Holbrooke '62 has accepted a five-year appointment as professor-at-large at Brown. See the news release and Providence Journal* article. (* Free registration required) |
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Bat's Efficient Flight May Provide Military Inspiration Research conducted by Brown engineers and biologists has revealed the extreme flexibility of bats' wings, which allow them to generate and manipulate lift in unusual ways. This is the first such data for bats, which are a potential model for engineered micro air vehicles. See the news release. |
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Panel Calls for "Marshall Plan" to Improve NYC Middle Schools The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown has reported that poor and minority students in New York City's middle grades are less prepared for high school than their wealthier white counterparts. A community coalition is using the report to call for a rigorous curriculum and smaller classes. |
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Bones in Motion: Brown Scientists to Create New 3-D X-ray System It's straight out of Superman - the power to peer through flesh and watch bones move in three dimensions. That's the X-ray system Brown scientists are making – and with it, a new class of medical and scientific imaging. See the news release. (Image: David Baier) |
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A Strategy for Counterterrorism Policy Not all terrorist groups have the same agendas. According to Justine A. Rosenthal, visiting fellow at Brown's Watson Institute for International Studies, the United States must improve its counterterrorism efforts by differentiating between the goals of ethnic and religious terrorist groups. |
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Other Faculty and Research Headlines: - Junior Faculty at Brown Are Among the Most Satisfied with Jobs - Computer Modeling Reveals Muscle Fibers Shifting into High Gear - Professor Phil Brown on Science in Pursuit of Justice - Film Explores Pressures Surrounding War - Obituary: Charles Nichols, professor emeritus of English and founding chairman of the African American (now Africana) Studies Department |
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Help Tell the Story of Women's History at Pembroke and Brown The Christine Dunlap Farnham Archives at the John Hay Library collects correspondence, photos, newspapers, yearbooks, oral history, and other memorabilia that document the history of women at Brown and Pembroke. To donate items, especially photos of student life, please contact Jane Lancaster, (401) 863-3433. Learn more about the archives. |
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"From Gaspipes to Web Sites": Celebrate Radio at Brown, February 25 Join fellow alumni for the launch of an audio documentary and exhibit celebrating 70 years of Brown college radio. A panel discussion will follow with WBRU and BSR alumni and students, including Peter Tannenwald '64, Don Berns '69, and Dan Oppenheim '98. See BDH article on the documentary. |
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Announcing the Brown Spring Forum, April 27-29, 2007 "Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Technology" will feature SEC Commissioner Annette Nazareth ’78 and panels on the changing U.S. economy; new entrepreneurship; global competition; and motivating the game generation. Speakers include Brown faculty, alumni, and industry figures. See full agenda and register online. |
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Interest from Young Alumni Fuels Brown Club Growth University faculty and officials such as Professor James Campbell and President Simmons have traveled the globe, spreading Brown's name domestically and internationally. These efforts have helped support the formation of Brown Clubs in Berlin, Las Vegas, and Iowa City. |
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Courting Success A profile of men's basketball coach Craig Robinson discusses settling into Brown and the many talents of his brother-in-law, Senator Barack Obama. |
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Men's and Women's Squash Trample Tufts For the men's and women's squash teams, last Wednesday night was a performance that will not soon be forgotten. In the women's squad's final home match of the season, the Bears crushed Tufts without dropping a game, and the men were victorious, 7-2, on a night full of emotion. |
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Men's Tennis Makes Winning Look Easy Six matches into the season, the men's tennis team not only has yet to be seriously challenged, it's lost only few points in each match. On Saturday the Bears recorded another pair of decisive victories, defeating Stony Brook and Colgate. |
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Women's Fencers Clinch NFC Title Behind strong performances from its sabre and epee squads, the women's fencing team clinched the Northeast Fencing Conference title, winning all five of its conference matches to finish with an 11-0 league mark. |
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Gymnastics Finishes First in Tri-Meet Led by freshman Alicia Sacramone, the Brown gymnastics squad dominated in a tri-meet against MIT and Boston University, earning a team score of 180.925 for first place. |
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