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2/15, San Francisco, CA
2/17, San Gabriel, CA
2/19, New York City, NY
Lunar New Year Events
2/16, Charlotte, NC
From Genes to Chronic Pain
(Prof. Diane Lipscombe)
2/17, Chicago, IL
An Afternoon at the Theater
2/20, New York City, NY
Classes of 1970s Dinner
2/20, Paris, France
New Insights from Neuroscience Imaging
(Prof. Jerome Sanes)
2/21, Portland, OR
Biannual Dinner
2/23, Providence, RI
Women’s Basketball Alumnae Day
2/23, Seattle, WA
Genomics in the Service
of Human Rights
(Mary-Claire King P’97)
2/25–3/1, Providence, RI
Career Week
3/2, Fairfield, CT
Making a Place for Archaeology at Brown
(Prof. Susan Alcock)
3/6, New York, NY
Against the Tide
(Former Sen. Lincoln Chafee ’75)
3/6, San Francisco, CA
Small Plates Cooking Party
3/7–9, Carrabassett
Valley, ME
Young Alumni Ski Trip
to Sugarloaf USA
3/9, Los Angeles, CA
Using 3D X-Ray Video
(Prof. Elizabeth Brainerd)
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Bobby Jindal ’92 was
sworn in as Louisiana’s
55th governor. He is the first non-white governor in the state since the Reconstruction.
New York Giants’ long snapper Zak DeOssie ’07 took to the field against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII.
Mary Lou Jepsen ’87,
’97 PhD, chief technology officer at One Laptop Per Child, has launched a new company with plans to leverage a larger market for new technologies and create a $75 laptop.
Director Doug Liman ’88 discusses his career, his filmmaking style (labeled “Limania” by friend and screenwriter Simon Kinberg ’95) and more, in New York Magazine. His new movie Jumper will be released on February 15.
Philip Shenon ’81 tells the story behind the 9/11 report in The Commission.
New York Times reporter James Risen ’77 is one of the latest journalists to be subpoenaed by a federal grand jury to reveal his confidential sources.
Nancy L. Buc ’65 was elected chair of the Board of Directors of the Food and Drug Law Institute.
Rabbi Laura Geller ’71 made the Jewish Daily Herald’s “Forward 50” list of people who are making a difference in the way American Jews view the world and themselves.
LA Weekly profiled Rufus Gifford ’96 and his partner - influential political power brokers who are helping to promote gay and lesbian issues.
Marlowe Kulley ’03 is helping businesses “go green” in Portland, OR.
Barbara Shinn-
Cunningham ’86 and
Robert Cunningham ’85 are part-time scientists who have successfully made time for family.
Author Scott Shane ’86 talks to BusinessWeek about
The Illusions of Entrepreneurship.
Lynn ’70 and W. Thomas ’69 Moulton struggle over how to support their son, Seth, who is serving in Iraq, while standing against the conflict.
Duane Bindschadler ’90 PhD pursued his childhood interest in space to a career in NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Janice Gallagher ’03 MAT spent the past year as a human-rights activist in Colombia.
“My Other Husband,” an essay by Ann Harleman ’88 AM, recently appeared in AARP Magazine.
See “Alumni in the News” archive...
Laurent Manuel ’08 was drafted by the New York Red Bulls and Matt Britner ’07.5 by the New England Revolution in Major League Soccer’s supplemental draft.
Medical School students* protested budget cuts to RI’s low-income health insurance plan.
Founder of Shape Up Rhode Island Rajiv Kumar ’05, ’09 MD was honored for his health initiatives.
Anna Levine ’08 is conducting research that may help design drugs that can better target the influenza virus.
Over winter break, 12 Brown students led by Ed Cheung ’08 and John Molina ’08 worked on community development projects in the Dominican Republic.
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$5.75 Million Given to University for Africa Scholarship President Simmons has announced the creation of the Advancing Africa Fund, targeting students from Sub-Saharan Africa who pledge to return to their countries after receiving a Brown education. The fund was started with a donation from Israeli businessman Idan Ofer. |
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Recent Grads’ Gifts Will Be Matched 2:1 until May 1 Brown Annual Fund gifts from undergrad and grad alums from the classes of 1998-2007 will be tripled, thanks to the 2:1 match offered through the Burke GOLD Participation Challenge. Gifts must be received by May 1 to qualify. |
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Applications Up; 20,566 Vie for College Hill Brown has received a record 20,566 applications for the class of 2012, surpassing 20,000 applications for the first time - a 7.7 percent increase over last year. |
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Simmons Attends Swiss Economic Forum For the first time in six years, President Simmons attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The conference explored issues that relate to the University’s internationalization efforts and allowed her to meet with global leaders who could bring their experiences back to Brown. (Image: Courtesy of weforum.org) |
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Diagnostic Imaging Residency Ranked #1 The Warren Alpert Medical School’s diagnostic imaging residency program at Rhode Island Hospital has been ranked the number one program of its kind in the country by the American Board of Radiology. |
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Brown Goes Green
University aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 42% below |
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Rare Books Come to the John Hay Library A first edition copy of The Great Gatsby inscribed with a note from F. Scott Fitzgerald to T.S. Eliot was one of three rare books donated to the John Hay Library by Daniel Siegel ’57 in December. (Image: Chris Bennett) |
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Other Campus Headlines
- Innovative Choreographer Brings Participatory Dance Workshop to RI [Article* | Radio segment] |
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Campaign 2008: Brown Voices
Professor Darrell West tells Newsweek to look for mudslinging on the campaign trail and speaks on Reuters Television about the Florida republican primary. |
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Messenger Mercury Mission Steered By Brunonians Planetary geologist Jim Head spoke on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” about images returned from Mercury by NASA’s Messenger spacecraft. Head and Brown students are helping analyze those images. Maria Zuber ’86 PhD and Louise Prockter ’00 PhD are also key players in the mission. |
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Remembering Dr. King Two Africana studies faculty, Tricia Rose ’93 PhD and Corey D.B. Walker, participated in an event to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. at the Brooklyn Museum. Panelists discussed the “radical” King and how he might respond to today’s pressing social issues. |
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Two Libraries, Two Maps, and the Word “America” The Library of Congress and the John Carter Brown Library each own a map made in the 1500s by a German monk that includes the earliest known use of the designation “America.” Which map is older? |
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- Brown Mathematician Wins Prestigious Wolf Prize |
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Forbes, Expedia Top Brass Headline E.P. Forum on Saturday 2/23 Forbes Chief Operating Officer Tim Forbes ’76 and Expedia CEO Dara Khosrowshahi ’91 will return to campus to keynote the 11th annual Brown Entrepreneurship Forum. The program also features panels and roundtables on topics including startups, arts/media, and going green. |
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Get Back Into the Classroom! Want to learn more about topics from archaeology to child’s play to neuroscience research? Six different Brown faculty are slated to discuss these topics and more in seven different cities in the coming weeks. |
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Brown University Latino Alumni Council (BULAC) Call for Nominations BULAC is seeking officer nominations for its 2008-2010 term. Alumni interested in becoming involved in Latino alumni affairs are urged to contact Joseph Perez ’93 (917 686-0201) by February 22, 2008. Find more information on the BULAC Web site. |
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Men and Women Icers Turn the Corner Men’s hockey ended a 15-game winless streak with two much-needed wins over Harvard and Dartmouth. Women’s hockey started out the season with a bleak a 1-10-2 record but rallied back to a 2-3-1 record over winter break, with two of the losses coming narrowly against ranked opponents. |
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Women Skiers Coast to Success at N.H. Carnival The women’s ski team finished fourth in both the slalom and the giant slalom at Waterville Valley, N.H. - the site of nearly a dozen World Cup competitions over the years - as part of the Plymouth State Carnival. (Image: Ashley Hess) |
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Men’s Swim Team Returns from First-Place Finish to New Pool The swim team earned a first-place finish in Florida against the University of Pennsylvania, Florida Atlantic University, and Miami University of Ohio. Eight months of busing to and from pools in Massachusetts are over, thanks to the opening of the new Aquatics Bubble. (Image: courtesy brown.edu) |
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Gymnasts Earn First at Ocean State Challenge Two days after an unsatisfactory performance at the University of New Hampshire, the gymnastics team claimed the Ocean State Challenge title over main rival University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College. (Image: Ashley Hess) |
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Squash Teams Step It Up Against Tufts The squash teams’ strength and perseverance paid off last week against Tufts. After several hours, the men won their last two matches, bringing their season record to 3-8. The women’s squad dominated in a 9-0 victory, earning its eighth win in 14 matches this season. |
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