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6/26, London, England
Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee ’75: U.S. Middle East Policy
6/26, New York City, NY
Women’s Networking Event
6/27, Chicago, IL
Young Alumni Happy Hour
7/7, Arlington, TX
Rangers vs. Orioles at Ranger Park
7/15, Wilsonville, OR
Annual Summer Picnic
7/19, Los Angeles, CA
LA Dodgers vs. NY Mets
7/21, Chatham, MA
Brown Night at the Cape Baseball League
7/26, Las Vegas, NV
Brown Club Bingo
8/18, Bristol, RI
All Ivy Summer Outing/ Environment Talk
8/26, Le Claire, IA
Summer’s End Brunch and Boat Ride
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Duncan Sheik ’92 received 2007 Tony Awards for best score and orchestrations for the musical Spring Awakening.
Adam Bock A.M. ’89 won the playwriting award at the 52nd annual Obie Awards.
Jane B. Spencer ’99 is part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team of journalists in the Hong Kong bureau of The Wall Street Journal.
Eliot Pierce ’97 was promoted to vice president of operations and strategy at NYTimes.com.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning 2002 novel Middlesex, by Jeffrey Eugenides ’82, was selected by Oprah Winfrey for her book club.
Dan Newman ’91 runs an award-winning nonprofit website, Maplight.org, that traces the links between money and politics.
Howard University professor Winston Anderson Ph.D. ’66 will use his $1 million HHMI research grant to improve undergraduate education and mentoring programs at the university.
Darren Lowe ’92, one of the top scorers in lacrosse history, was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
At the 2007 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Ross McElwee ’70 garnered the Career Award, Robin Hessman ’94
received a grant for her documentary in progress, and Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt ’02 won the Full Frame President’s award.
Along with Nelson Walker ’00, Perlmutt also won a Student Academy Award for the documentary Lumo. Louis Abelman ’06 and Lynn True ’99 served as Lumo’s co-directors.
Amy F. Dunathan ’88 has been named by President George W. Bush to be associate counsel to the president.
Peter A. Thompson ’80, ’84 M.D., co-founder, president, and CEO of Trubion Pharmaceuticals, is a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 award, won last year by another Brown alumnus, Patrick Lo ’79.
Will Poole ’83, Microsoft Vice President of Emerging Markets, has helped develop a three-dollar Windows software suite for international governments that subsidize student computers.
Rhode Island Senator Mike Lenihan ’65, MAT ’68 and Governor Don Carcieri ’65*, once teammates on Brown’s football squad, are now at opposite ends of a high-profile tug of war between the Democratic RI Senate and the Republican governor.
Michael Cappello ’84, a professor at the Yale University School of Medicine, has been named director of the Yale World Fellows Program.
While writing for Law & Order: SVU, Paul Grellong ’01 still works on his plays, the most recent of which, Radio Free Emerson, premiered in Pawtucket.
Physicist Marcel Ausloos Sc.M. ’70 and his colleagues have created a mathematical model of the way opinions evolve in social networks.
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Jonah Cohen ’04, ’09 M.D. is one of 42 students nationwide named a 2007 HHMI-NIH Research Scholar.
Sebastian Gallese, Schuyler Maclay, and Zachary McCune, all class of 2010, received a grant from mtvU and Cisco Systems for their creation of an MP3 visualizer.
Rajiv Kumar ’05, ’09 M.D. helped establish a nonprofit organization that seeks to halt the brain drain of physicians away from the world’s poorest countries.
For his senior thesis, geology concentrator Arvid Tomayko-Peters ’07 transformed geological data into a musical composition using a computer program he created.
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| See Reunion Weekend ’07 Photos and Podcasts Photo galleries and podcasts of Campus Dance, Alumni Field Day, Alumni Reunion Forums, Commencement procession, and more are now available on the BAA Web site. Check out what you missed, or relive the excitement of being back on campus. The Insider will be on hiatus for the rest of the summer. See you in September! |
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$1 Billion Milestone Reached On May 24, Boldly Brown: Campaign for Academic Enrichment passed $1 billion in total gifts and pledges, reaching $1,003,613,083. Hats off to the donors, volunteers, and staff who made this possible! |
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Celebrating Success: Fundraising, Facilities, Faculty At its spring meeting, the Corporation of Brown University celebrated the $1 billion milestone in the Campaign for Academic Enrichment, elected new trustees, voted to initiate planning for a new swim center, established new research centers and professorships, and accepted more than $18 million in gifts, among other actions. |
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June 30 Deadline for $1.5 Million Challenge Brown needs to finish the year with 1,705 more Annual Fund donors than last year to earn the $1.5 million “Rally for the Record” participation challenge. The fiscal year ends on June 30 – make your gift count! Call toll-free 800-662-2266 or give online. |
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At Brown’s 239th Commencement, Tradition and Spontaneity* Brown conferred 2,194 degrees on Sunday, May 27 - 1,529 bachelor’s, 359 master’s, 263 professional degrees, and 43 honorary degrees - amid a mix of traditional procession, Latin admonitions, and academic regalia, spiced with moments of spontaneity. |
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Honorary Degrees Awarded to B.B. King, Craig Mello ’82, Three New Orleans University Presidents Chancellor Stephen Robert ’62 Honored with Rosenberger Medal Emily Underwood and Justin Fabrikant Delivered Senior Orations See photos and video streams of Commencement 2007 (* Free registration required.) |
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Compiling History, One Story At A Time* Students in the John Nicholas Brown Center for the Study of American Civilization have brought National Public Radio’s StoryCorps Project to Providence. Modeled on the 1930s Works Progress Administration’s interviews with everyday Americans, StoryCorps seeks to expand that collection to include 21st century perspectives. (* Free registration required.) |
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Improving Doctoral Completion Rates: A National Issue The Brown Graduate School is among 22 selected to participate in the Ph.D. Completion Project, a national initiative aimed at increasing completion rates in doctoral programs. |
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Frontiers of Health Care: Genetic Profiles* The promise and implications of personalized medicine, which uses individual genetic information to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease, was the topic of the fourth annual Frontiers of Health Care conference cosponsored by the Division of Biology and Medicine, Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI), and Lifespan. (* Free registration required.) (photo: NIH) |
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Other Campus Headlines: - Personal Gift from President Simmons Helps Hope High Math Students* - Female Ivy Presidents Discuss Change at the Top (video of panel discussion) - Bell Gallery Presents Natured Anew: Reflections of the Natural World (* Free registration required) |
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Watson Scholar Chosen for Gore’s Climate Project Benjamin Tchoffo will use the training he has received through Al Gore’s Climate Project and his Watson research upon returning to Cameroon, where he will advocate local policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Staying Active, Thanks to the Web Internet-based exercise programs worked as well as printed advice in getting adults to take up regular physical activity. One year into a study by Brown researchers, the Internet users were getting 80 to 90 minutes of exercise each week. |
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Study: Directly Observed HIV Therapy for Children is Promising Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School has conducted the first study in the developing world of directly observed antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children. The study shows this form of treatment is an inexpensive, effective way to ensure that children take life-saving medications. (photo: David Pugatch) |
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Researchers Catch Motion of a Single Electron on Video Using pulses of high-intensity sound, two Brown physicists have succeeded in making a movie showing the motion of a single electron. Professor Humphrey Maris and doctoral student Wei Guo were able to film the electron as it moved through a container of superfluid helium. Watch the movie. (photo: Wei Guo, Brown University Physics Department) |
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Professor Lawless: More Women Should Run for Political Office Jennifer Lawless, assistant professor of political science, advised women thinking of running for political office at a Coalition of Labor Union Women conference. Lawless said the most common reasons that women do not run are family responsibilities, doubts about their qualifications, and not having been asked. |
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Other Faculty and Research Headlines: - Growing Nerve Cells in 3-D Dramatically Affects Gene Expression - Former Chilean President Lagos Appointed Professor-At-Large* - Professor Tricia Rose Discusses Female Rappers in Hip-Hop Culture - Professor Kenneth Wong: Roosevelt’s Reason to Hope - Abnormal Red Blood Counts Pose Surgery Risk (* Free registration required) |
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Reunion Weekend ’07 Breaks Records Alumni returning to College Hill on May 25-27 broke multiple records for both attendance and giving. While connecting with friends old and new, attendees enjoyed an expanded Alumni Field Day, four new Alumni Reunion Forums, the traditional Commencement procession, and much more. See photos, video, and audio from Alumni Forums, Campus Dance, Alumni Field Day, WaterFire, the Commencement procession, and more, on the BAA Web site. |
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It’s So Good to be Back: Homecoming is Saturday, October 13 Reconnect with friends and classmates on campus this fall! Enjoy great food and the new Alumni Pub at the expanded Alumni Hospitality Tent; jump back into campus events and rhythms. Make plans now and check online regularly for schedule additions. |
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Take a Trip to the Vineyard Beat the heat and join fellow Brunonians on Martha’s Vineyard at a reception at the home of Mary and Jerome Vascellaro ’74, P’07 and their son, Matt Vascellaro ’07, on August 8. All members of the Brown community are welcome! For more information, e-mail Special_Events@brown.edu. |
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Help Recognize Outstanding Alumni Who has made a difference for Brown or for the world? Each year, with your help, the Brown Alumni Association celebrates dedicated volunteers with a series of awards. Help the BAA shine a light on their good work by submitting an award nomination by July 10. |
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Women’s Crew Wins Fifth NCAA Title; U.S. Senate Congratulates Team The Brown women’s crew has claimed its fifth NCAA Championship, making it the most successful women’s crew team in NCAA history. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution recognizing the achievements of the team, their coaches, and the students and alumni who helped guide the team to victory. |
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Senior Drafted by the Detroit Tigers Catcher Devin Thomas ’07 was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the seventh round (241st overall) of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Thomas is the 17th Brown player chosen since the draft began in 1965, and the Bears’ highest draftee since Bill Almon ’74 was taken first overall in 1974. |
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University to Build New Swim Center* The Corporation has authorized the design and construction of a new $35 million swimming and diving facility. A bonus gift was a pledge to build a temporary training pool for the teams’ use until the new building opens in summer 2010. (* Free registration required) |
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Brown Breaks Ground on Two Turf Football Practice Fields Made possible by a gift from John Berylson ’75, two new lighted fields will put Brown at the top of the Ivy League in football practice facilities. Expected to be completed by mid-August, the fields will also be used by other varsity sports and intramural programs. |
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Ten Students Named Academic All-Ivy Honorees The Ivy League released its spring list of Academic All-Ivy honorees, with ten Brown student-athletes being recognized. The five men and five women were starters or key reserves on their respective varsity teams, and carry a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average. |
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