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12/10, Boston, MA
Annual Holiday Party
12/11, La Jolla, CA
Annual Holiday Happy Hour
12/11, Honolulu, HI
Holiday Happy Hour
12/13, Chicago, IL
Visit the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
12/14, Philadelphia, PA
Improving America’s Schools
(Prof. Kenneth Wong)
12/14, Washington, DC
Monthly Book Club
12/15, Providence, RI
Annual Holiday Party
12/21, New York City, NY
Volunteer at a Soup Kitchen
1/8, Los Angeles, CA
Ensuring Academic Excellence at Brown
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U.S. News and World Report named Maria Zuber ’83, ’86 PhD, who has led major NASA space missions, one of “America’s Best Leaders.”
Ted Turner ’60 discussed his new book, the economy, and foreign policy on Meet the Press.
(Video: 18:30 min.)
Eduardo Montealegre ’76 was a candidate in the controversial race for mayor in Managua, Nicaragua.
NPR correspondent Ivan Watson ’97 and his Iraqi staff narrowly escaped a car bombing in Baghdad.
Joanna Zeiger ’92 took first place and set a world record time in the Foster Grant Ironman World Championship 70.3.
Meredith Whitney ’92 was named one of 50 “Women to Watch” by the Wall Street Journal.
Colbert Report regular Jordan Carlos ’01 was rumored to be in the running to take over the role of Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live.
The bestselling novel The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff ’91 will be made into a movie starring Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron.
Paul Ridker ’81 is leader of the Jupiter Study that suggests even people with low cholesterol could benefit from taking cholesterol-lowering statins.
Head of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation Thomas E. Perez ’83 is serving on President-elect Obama’s transition team.
Timothy Blake Nelson ’86 co-stars in American Violet, one of two American films picked for the Telluride Film Festival.
Tony-winner Duncan Sheik ’92 wrote the music for “Little Spirit: Christmas in New York,” airing on NBC Dec. 10.
Design blogger Julie Carlson ’83 is profiled in Domino magazine.
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Emma Clippinger ’09* won the Staples’ Youth Social Entrepreneur competition for founding Gardens for Health International, which provides support to HIV-positive Rwandans.
Evan Pulvers ’10.5 helped strike a literacy test requirement for voting in school board elections from the state constitution of her home state of Oregon.
Four graduate students won Microsoft’s fifth annual College Puzzle Challenge, beating MIT by three minutes.
Brown students at MIT’s International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition earned gold medals for their project: bacteria that glow in the presence of lead.
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Congratulations to Rakim Brooks ’09! The Africana Studies concentrator is among next year’s 32 Rhodes Scholars. One of three Brown students to receive the honor in the past five years, he will pursue an M.Phil. in comparative social policy at Oxford University. |
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International Partnership Will Promote Transnational Research and Learning A series of Brown International Advanced Research Institutes, co-sponsored by the Spain-based Banco Santander, will convene young scholars from emerging markets and the global South. The program will also include study-abroad grants, internships, and Spanish language instruction for the Brown community. See story and photos. |
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Happy New (Tax) Year! Gifts to Brown postmarked by December 31 not only support the Plan for Academic Enrichment but are also tax-deductible in 2008. Credit card gifts, including those given online, must be processed by 11:59 p.m. EST on December 31. |
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Brown Among Top U.S. Producers of Fulbrights Brown ranked seventh in the nation and third in the Ivies for the number of Fulbright fellowships awarded for 2008-09, and its percentage of winners to applicants is second only to Yale’s. Twenty-one recent Brown graduates are currently studying abroad on Fulbright grants. |
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John Krasinski ’02 of TV's The Office Returns to Brown Krasinski , who plays a lead role in the hit comedy The Office and made People magazine’s “Sexiest Men Alive,” spoke about how his experience at Brown and in the university’s improv group Out of Bounds gave him the confidence necessary to pursue acting. (Image: Kyla Wilkes) |
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Household Exposure to Toxic Chemicals Largely Unrecognized Many women are surprised to learn of the extent to which toxic exposure is caused by personal, in-home products such as cosmetics, plastics, and cleaners, says a study by sociologist Phil Brown and Rebecca Gasior Altman ’08 PhD. |
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Residents’ Perspective Considered in Nursing Homes Study* Rhode Island experts on aging, including Richard Besdine, director of the University’s Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, are collaborating on designs for nursing homes that will transform them into attractive destinations instead of “last-resort” options. |
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Glacial Mars Revealed Geological sciences professor James Head ’69 PhD contributed to a groundbreaking discovery of huge, buried glaciers in the mid-latitudes regions of Mars. |
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Gray Mold Kills with One Gene Chemist David Cane and his team have identified the genetics behind gray mold’s killer arsenal. The deletion of a single gene from the mold’s DNA disables its production of toxins that kill cells in more than 200 species of garden and ornamental plants. (Image: John Abromowski/Brown University) |
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Where Are They Now? At the holiday season, re-connect with old friends and classmates through Brown’s online alumni directory. (If you need assistance logging in, e-mail alumni_help@brown.edu or call 401-863-9662 weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST.) |
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Seeking Ambassadors For Brown Want to interview prospective students applying to Brown’s Class of 2013? Join the Brown Alumni Schools Committees (BASC)! It’s a great way to give back by sharing your time—at your convenience. Learn more or sign up today. |
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Facebook, LinkedIn Groups Grow by Leaps and Bounds Have you checked out Brown alumni groups on social and professional networking sites lately? The Brown Alumni Association group on LinkedIn is poised to pass the 2,000-member mark, and new alumni groups pop up regularly on Facebook. Check out the latest on the BAA’s web site. |
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Asian/Asian American Alumni Alliance (A4) Call for Nominations A4 is seeking officer nominations for its 2009–2011 term. Alumni interested in becoming involved in Asian/Asian American alumni affairs are urged to contact Maxine Lee ’88 or Alumni Relations. Submit a nomination or learn more about A4 online. |
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Football Clinches Championship with 41-10 Win*; 15 Players Honored For the first time in Brown football history, departing seniors have won two Ivy League championships. Fifteen players earned All-Ivy honors this season—eight to the first team—and four were selected to the All-New England Team. (Image: Kim Perley) |
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Women’s Crew Sweeps Foot of the Charles The women’s crew team won all three events and easily took the team title at the Foot of the Charles Regatta in Boston, marking the best team score for that race in school history and wrapping up the season with an impressive victory. |
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Women’s Field Hockey Player Honored Sara Eaton ’09 has been named Second Team Longstreth/NFHCA All-Northeast Region. She is Brown’s first All-Region selection since the 2006 season. |
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Celebrating Brown Sports Foundation’s Silver Anniversary The Brown University Sports Foundation chronicles their first 25 years and provides a vision for the future of Brown athletics in a new video. (Video: 12 min.) |
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