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11/14, Washington, DC
Cake Talk with Warren Brown ’93
11/15, Vero Beach, FL
11/16, Naples, FL
Intellectual Diversity and the Essence of Brown
(Prof. John Tomasi)
11/15, New York City, NY
Community Service and Nonprofits in NYC: How YOU Can Get Involved
11/15, Seattle, WA
Wine Event with Seattle Times Columnist Paul Gregutt ’71
11/15, Milwaukee, WI
Alumni Happy Hour
11/21, Paris, France
Thanksgiving Dinner
11/29, Decatur, GA
From Darwin to Dover: Thoughts About America’s Continuing Problem with Evolution
(Prof. Kenneth R. Miller ’70)
12/2, New York City, NY
A Night at the Ballet - The Nutcracker
12/2, Rye, NY
Children At Play: An American History
(Prof. Howard Chudacoff)
12/4, San Francisco, CA
Holiday Switch-Seating Dinner
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U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal ’91.5, R-La., was elected governor of Louisiana with 54 percent of the vote in an open primary. A former Rhodes Scholar, consultant, and congressman, Jindal is the first American of Indian descent elected to a gubernatorial position.
Lauren Corrao ’83, Comedy Central’s executive vice president for original programming and development, attributes her success at the cable channel to her male sense of humor.
Sarah Ruhl ’97 MFA’01 was deemed “one of the hottest playwrights going” in a profile of the MacArthur grant-winning author in the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
John Chen ’78, chairman and CEO of Sybase Inc., was part of a recent summit of Silicon Valley leaders about the future of U.S. technology.
From shunning mixed-fiber clothing to stoning adulterers, A.J. Jacobs ’90 spent a year attempting to follow every law in the Bible – and then wrote a book about it.
Jody Adams ’80 was profiled recently among Ivy League graduates who are professional chefs in Boston.
Film producer Christine Vachon ’83 was honored with the 2007 Maverick Award at the Woodstock Film Festival. The presenter said Vachon’s movies are “as provocative and challenging as they are critically and commercially successful.”
As the new director of education outreach, Tehani Collazo ’91 will support Brown’s efforts to help Providence public schools.
With a coveted investment from Amazon.com, more than 100,000 songs for sale, and 13 employees - eight of them Brown alums - online store Amie Street is betting it can change the way you buy music.
A new book by Washington Post correspondent Glenn Kessler ’81 is a critical portrayal of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Firefly restaurant founder and chef Brad Levy ’81 says he “found cooking by accident” while at Brown.
Lam Ho ’01 spoke on defiance and the myth of the “model minority” during Southeast Asian Heritage Week.
As senior vice president and general manager at MTV Network’s VH1 Digital, Tina Imm ’96 is responsible for overall strategy, creative direction, content development, and production of VH1 Digital’s platforms.
See “Alumni in the News” archive...
Caitlin Whelan ’07.5 has started a community-based school in India to preserve the country’s traditional Merasi music.
Stephen Salisbury ’09, Max Schoening ’09, Justine McGowan ’08, Tihtina Zenebe Gebre ’09, Colin Chazen ’09, and Ryan Heath ’05 gathered footage in Kenya for several films on how microfinance is changing the lives of entrepreneurs in developing countries.
Zachary McCune ’10 is fighting to loosen the restrictions of copyright law so that information – from software and music to research and art – can be freely shared.
Carrie-Ann Gordon ’08 discussed her experience as an international student at Brown on Voice of America’s “Global College Forum” weekly radio series.
Scott Norton ’08 and Chris Ordonez ’07 have created “Startup Dinner” for computer science students who want to explore entrepreneurship.
Because of her experiences adjusting to life at Brown as a first-generation college student, Julie Pridham ’10 is helping to organize the First Generation Mentoring Group.
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A Conversation with the President President Ruth Simmons discusses a reassessment of her Plan for Academic Enrichment, recent changes in the dean of the College’s office, the University’s position on climate change, and the state of academic freedom on college campuses in a sit-down interview. |
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Top Scholar is New Vice President for International Affairs David Kennedy ’76, one of Harvard’s top scholars on international law and human rights, will lead Brown’s efforts to broaden its international involvement. |
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Campaign Nears 80% Mark on Way to $1.4 Billion The Campaign for Academic Enrichment has raised $1.1 billion, 79 percent of its $1.4 billion goal. Development officials boosted the fundraising goal for the Brown Annual Fund to $35 million this year, up from $31 million last year. |
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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 2006-07. 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. |
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Other Plan for Academic Enrichment Headlines: - $50M Nelson Fitness Center to Be Completed in 2010 - Corporation Approves Sites for New Buildings; Future Location of Environmental Lab Uncertain |
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Thinking About Religion: Brown Voices Brown staff, students, and a faculty member/alumnus are featured in three PBS productions on religion this month, while the BDH is doing its own series.
Are Religion and Evolution Compatible? |
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Bloggers, Soldiers Chronicle Iraq’s Front Lines Nearly 40 journalists, soldiers, Marines, activists, authors, bloggers, filmmakers, professors, and dedicated students gathered on campus to discuss coverage of the war in Iraq and the importance of first-hand accounts as keys to the public’s understanding of the war. (Image: Sam Cohen) |
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Swearer Center Honors Namesake Through Exhibit For its 20th anniversary, the Swearer Center for Public Service created A Community of Shared Purpose celebrating the life and achievements of Howard R. Swearer, Brown’s 15th president. Swearer led the University through a period of unprecedented growth. The exhibit continues through Jan. 2 at the Watson Institute. |
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Brown Announces New “Green” Social Choice Fund Donors of gifts of $25,000 or more to Brown’s endowment now have the option of having their gifts invested in a mutual fund of companies that are environmentally responsible and that are working toward sustainability. |
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Other Campus Headlines: - Brown Is Third in Nation for Fulbrights - President Simmons Makes U.S. News and World Report List of Nation’s Best Leaders; Glamour Magazine’s Women of the Year - Brown Initiates Medical Exchange Program in China - $350,000 to Go Toward University Environmental Projects; Reduce Carbon Emissions Nearly 40% by 2020 - With Appointments* and Gifts, University’s Effort to Support Local Public Schools Moves Forward - African Sun Publication to Be Revived, Expanded - Brown Pledges Aid to Station Fire Victims’ Children (* Free registration required) |
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Professor and Human Rights Expert Visits Myanmar as U.N. Envoy Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, U.N. special reporter on human rights in Myanmar/Burma and visiting professor of Latin American studies at Brown, is the first human rights official to visit the reclusive country since 2003. |
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Medical School and R.I. Hospital to Study Bone Health* With a new $11.1-million grant to study the prevention and treatment of joint diseases, Rhode Island Hospital will partner with Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School to establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) for Skeletal Health and Repair. (* Free registration required.) |
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Football Helmet Sensors Help Study Concussions* This fall, 63 members of the football team are using helmets fitted with sensors that measure the impact of collisions. Bioengineer Joseph “Trey” Crisco is co-inventor of the device as part of NIH-funded research to study the biomechanics of concussion. (* Free registration required.) |
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Sleep Research Targets Children’s Development, Behavior, and Mood Three Brown professors are studying how even small changes in the sleep habits of children and teenagers can affect testing ability, behavior, and emotion, and can possibly set cognitive abilities back years. |
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Other Faculty and Research Headlines: - Professor Cynthia Garcia-Coll Named One of Most Influential Hispanics in U.S. - Signal Transduction Research Could Improve Cancer, HIV Drugs - Nanomaterials Research Team Examines Toxicity, Medical Use - Former U.S. Ambassador Richard Holbrooke ’62 Speaks on “The World Crisis” |
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Classes of ’98 and ’03: Make Your Upcoming Reunion Paperless Starting in December, reunion information for the 5th and 10th reunions will only be sent electronically. Keep your e-mail updated online and encourage your friends to do the same! |
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Alumni Who’ve Made a Difference On October 13, the Brown Alumni Association celebrated the impact alumni make on the world and at the University by honoring two Brown classes and 15 individual alumni. Read about alumni who work to change the world and to strengthen Brown. |
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The Gem Awards: Recognizing BASC Volunteers Each year, more than 5,500 Brown alumni take on the challenge of interviewing thousands of Brown applicants from every corner of the globe. The Gem Awards recognize those areas in which volunteers contacted at least 90 percent of applicants. |
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Homecoming 2007 in Photos More than 1,200 alumni reconnected with classmates and friends at Brown’s Homecoming celebration featuring an expanded Alumni Hospitality Tent and Alumni Pub. The Bears beat Princeton, 33-24. See photo gallery. |
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Men’s Soccer Takes Ivy Crown; Defense Denies Dartmouth Beating Dartmouth in their fourth straight shutout, the men’s soccer team has clinched the Ivy League Championship title. (Image: Stephen Sawyer) |
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Women’s Ruggers Rise to Top of Rankings After defeating Providence College, 36-15, the women’s rugby team has risen to number one in the national rankings for the first time ever. The victory improved Brown’s record to 7-1. (Image: Sam Cohen) |
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Men’s Cross-Country Runs Away with New England Championship Roughly 300 runners stood anxiously on the starting line of the New England Championships in Boston. Just under 25 minutes later, Christian Escareno ’10 finished with the head of the pack, leading the men’s cross country team to a first-place finish. |
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Men’s Water Polo Cruises to Three Weekend Wins The men’s water polo team came out of a weekend in Cambridge unscathed, defeating three College Waterpolo Association Northern Division teams to improve to a 5-1 record in the division and a 12-7 mark overall. (See also: NCAAsports.com blog about the team written by Hank Weintraub ’09.) (Image: Ashley Hess) |
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Equestrian Team Extends Lead over UConn For the sixth consecutive Region 1 show, the Brown equestrian team finished in first place, tying Post University with 35 points. The win added four more points to Bruno’s lead over Connecticut. |
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