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1/17, Washington, DC
2/10, Bryn Mawr, PA
Women in Politics
(Prof. Jennifer Lawless)
1/17, New Haven, CT
Evening at the Symphony
1/19, Scottsdale, AZ
Hiking Pinnacle Peak with Bob Salter ’63
1/19, Stamford, CT
Winter Concert: The Brown Derbies
1/20, Cranbury, NJ
Cocktail Party featuring the Jabberwocks
1/25, San Francisco, CA
Young Alumni Mixer
1/26, Boston, MA
Association of Class Leaders Volunteer Training
1/26, Boston, MA
Cocktail Reception
(Prof. Jennifer Lawless)
1/26, Providence, RI
Men’s Basketball Alumni Day and
Women’s Ice Hockey Alumnae Day
1/27, Seattle, WA
Book Club
1/31, Houston, TX
Children At Play: An American History
(Prof. Howard Chudacoff)
2/9, Naples, FL
2/10, Miami, FL
Architecture of the Night
(Prof. Dietrich Neumann)
2/10, Newton, MA
Third Annual Lunar New Year Dinner
2/10, Lincroft, NJ
The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World
(Prof. Kurt Raaflaub)
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InformationWeek named Aneel Bhusri ’88 one of 15 innovators driving change in the world of technology.
Ben Carmichael ’05 won a Marshall Scholarship to study environmental change and management.
Adam Werbach ’95 is profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle for his efforts to “green” Wal-Mart.
Sean Altman ’83 is on the road with his solo comedy concert “Jewmongus.”
Former Secret Service agent Paul Kelly ’66 will head to Beijing to set up security for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Peter DuBois ’97 A.M. is the new artistic director of Boston’s Huntington Theatre Company.
Director David Gockley ’65 is taking the San Francisco Opera to the public via movie theaters around the country.
Dana Goldstein ’06 is a writing fellow for The American Prospect magazine.
Bill Beckmann ’82, president and COO of CitiMortgage, is supervising a newly created residential mortgage unit that consolidates activities from two other Citi groups.
Nathan Hochman ’85, one of the country’s leading tax litigators, is the new assistant attorney general for the tax division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Joseph Corriveau ’89 Ph.D. was appointed director of research and technology for the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center.
Research by former Brown professor Mark Bear ’84 Ph.D. and Brown graduate student Gül Dölen ’05 M.D. holds promise for reversing “Fragile X” syndrome as well as other types of autism.
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Wide receiver Paul Raymond ’08 was invited to play in the 62nd Annual Hula Bowl.
In an effort to influence local public policy, three graduate students* have created a Web site detailing the facts about Rhode Island’s health program for low-income families, now threatened by cutbacks.
Chuck Norris is suing Ian Spector ’09 over the book The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts about the World’s Greatest Human.
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Seed Funds Will Grow International Relationships* Provost David Kertzer ’69 has announced $85,000 in seed grants to six faculty projects that will foster education and health partnerships in key countries and regions, such as Brazil, China, and Europe. (*Free registration required) |
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Public Treasures for Sale: The Endangered Future of the Past Omur Harmansah, an assistant professor, and Christopher Witmore, a post-doctoral research associate at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World, argue that record prices paid at auction for antiquities encourage looting of national treasures. |
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UTRAs: Part of the Unique Brown Undergraduate Experience Brown Annual Fund gifts support the nationally-renowned Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award (UTRA) program, giving students a chance to conduct intensive research in close coordination with Brown faculty. |
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New Grant for Geriatric Medicine and Training* The Warren Alpert Medical School has been named a Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and Training by the John A. Hartford Foundation. The designation comes with a $450,000 grant to train health care professionals to treat geriatric patients. (*Free registration required) |
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Ruth is on the Air President Simmons sat down with WBRU to discuss everything from her background, to race in America, to her leadership style, to her passion for her work. (6:30 minutes) |
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May I Borrow That Statue? The nationwide Museum Loan Network (MLN), which enables sharing of cultural artifacts between institutions, has found a new home at Brown. Established at MIT in 1995, the MLN will now be based at the John Nicholas Brown Center. (Image: Museum Appropriation Fund - Courtesy of The RISD Museum) |
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New Conference Focuses on Graduate Students of Color On March 12, Brown’s Samuel M. Nabrit Black Graduate Student Association will host “The Legacy of Scholarship and Community,” a unique opportunity for graduate students of color to display their scholarship and contributions to the arts, sciences, and humanities. |
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Other Campus Headlines: - Historic Timekeeping Observatory to be Restored* - Locating the Modernist Shift Through Periodicals - Treasures on Display in “From A.A. to Zouave: Collections at Brown” (* Free registration required) |
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New Fulbrights at Brown Matthew Gutmann, associate professor of anthropology, was awarded a Fulbright fellowship to document and analyze perceptions and opinions in Oaxaca, Mexico, regarding democracy, the armed forces, and masculinity. The program also brings three international scholars to Brown this year. |
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$19.6 Million Towards Extending Life in Kidney Transplant Patients Andrew Bostom, an associate professor of medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School and a kidney specialist at Rhode Island Hospital, has been awarded a $19.6 million federal grant to continue research on ways to reduce heart attack and stroke in kidney transplant patients. |
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Campaign 2008: Brown Voices
Professor Jennifer Lawless discusses Clinton’s “diner moment”* and women in politics.* |
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Brown Talent is Crucial to Historic NASA Mission Yesterday, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft made the first of three flybys of Mercury to “see” much of the previously unseen portion of the planet’s surface. Nearly 20 Brown alumni, faculty, staff, and students are playing significant roles in the mission. (Image: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington) |
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Nanotechnology Could Revolutionize Computing Professor of Computer Science John Savage writes that nanotechnology, or the control of matter at the atomic or molecular level, holds great promise in revolutionizing computing by allowing the development of more dense processors and memory chips. |
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Other Faculty and Research Headlines: - Reflecting on the Legacy of Pakistan’s Benazir Bhutto - Researchers Create First-Ever Video on HIV Rapid Testing (See video) - Tracing Jewish Life in Galicia: A Talk with Omer Bartov - Research Links Cystic Fibrosis and Gastrointestinal Disease - Experimental Therapies May Help Young Cancer Patient - Dropping of Religious Activities Linked to Increased Anxiety in Women |
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Announcing Increased Library Access for Alumni The Brown University Library is now offering borrowing privileges free of charge to Brown alumni. When visiting the library, in addition to checking out books, alumni borrowers can make use of electronic books and journals. Get your ID card now for a one-time fee of $15. |
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Get Ready for Reunion - May 23-25 It’ll be here before you know it! Mark your calendar and plan to return for Campus Dance, the procession, and quality time with some of your favorite people. Use the alumni directory to reconnect with friends and make plans together. |
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Act Locally: Help Your Brown Club Many Brown Clubs are looking for volunteers to help create Brown connections locally. Assist at an event or work behind the scenes! You’ll meet great people while providing a valuable service to Brown and fellow alumni. |
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Supporting Brown Athletics since 1983 January 2008 marks the Brown Sports Foundation’s 25th Anniversary. Director of Athletics Michael Goldberger has developed a bold vision for the future of Brown athletics. Learn how you can celebrate with Brown during this rare opportunity to transform its athletic programs. |
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Morgan Receives Nelson Award for Outstanding Academic and Athletic Achievement Kicker Steve Morgan ’08 has received the Nils V. “Swede” Nelson Award, the second oldest nationally originated college football award in the nation. In addition, Morgan and wide receiver Buddy Farnham ’10 were selected for the 2007 New England Football Writers Football Championship Subdivision All-Star Team. |
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Female Athletes Win Gold at 11th Pan American Maccabi Games Brown freshman women’s tennis player Marisa Schonfeld and junior softball pitcher Michelle Moses picked up a total of four gold medals at the 11th Pan American Maccabi Games, with Schonfeld earning three and Moses earning one. |
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Basketball’s Huffman Named Ivy League Player of the Week Brown senior guard Damon Huffman was named the Ivy League Player of the Week after having a big week for the Bears, scoring 20 or more points in three different games. |
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