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5/14, Washington, DC
Member Appreciation Event
5/14, Chicago, IL
Downtown Lunch
5/14, New York, NY
Dumplings to Dollars
(Kenny Lao ’98)
5/17, Cambridge, England
Walk, Lunch and Punting
5/19, New York, NY
America’s Continuing Problem with Evolution
(Prof. Kenneth Miller ’70)
5/19, Charlotte, NC
Art Museum Tour and Cocktail Hour
5/22, Providence, RI
Campus Dance
5/22-24, Providence, RI
Reunion Weekend ’09
5/26, Paris, France
Foreign Language Teaching and Learning
(Senior Lecturer
Annie Wiart)
5/31, Seattle, WA
Monthly Book Club
6/3, New York, NY
Global Health at Brown
(Dean Edward Wing)
6/6, Denver, CO
Lives of Usefulness...
and Impact
(Assoc. Dean Roger Nozaki)
6/10, London, England
Foreign Languages and Global Understanding
(Senior Lecturer
Elsa Amanatidou)
See full calendar...
Senators Reed and Whitehouse have recommended O. Rogeriee Thompson ’73*
to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and Jack McConnell Jr. ’80* to the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island.
Lynn Nottage ’86 won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for drama. The other finalists were Gina Gionfriddo ’97 MFA and Quiara Alegria Hudes ’04 MFA.
Seth Berkley ’78, ’81 MD, Ted Turner ’60,
Meredith Whitney ’92, and Lauren Zalaznick ’84 made Time Magazine’s list of 100 “World’s Most Influential People.”
Glenn Cummings ’84 MAT is the deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Vocational and Adult Education.
Newly elected Dartmouth president Jim Yong Kim ’82 discussed global health and his Brown education in a campus lecture. Watch the video (24 min.)
Surgeon Calvin Lee ’93, ’97 MD performed at Carnegie Hall with the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.
Marc Altman ’02, five other alumni, and a student took part in Ultimate Peace, teaching ultimate Frisbee to Israeli and Palestinian children.
Political scientist Tarek Masoud ’97 and historian John Ghazvinian ’96
have been named 2009 Carnegie Scholars.
Since 1992, Professor Martha Sharp Joukowsky ’58 has directed excavations at the Great Temple in Petra, Jordan.
Joel Selanikio ’92 MD was honored for his open-source mobile health software.
The New York Times profiled Gabriel Kahane ’03, praising his versatile debut album.
Shirin Moayyad ’86, director of coffee purchasing for Peet’s Coffee & Tea, was featured in Business Week for her company’s work in Africa. (Video: 3:42 min.)
Blair Hickman ’08 and her sister are raising awareness of non-medical support for families living with cancer.
Peter Jacobson ’87 stars as Dr. Taub on the TV show House. (Video: 4:11 min.)
Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Russell, sportscaster Chris Berman ’77, columnist
Bill Reynolds ’68, and HBO’s Ross Greenburg ’77 spoke on campus about sports and the media.
Ange Mlinko ’98 MFA won the Randall Jarrell Award in Poetry Criticism.
Jonah Staw ’97 is one of Crain’s NY “40 Under 40.”
See “Alumni in the News” archive...
*Free registration required.
Daniel Wolfberg ’09 was executive director of this year’s Ivy Film Festival, which included panels led by Jack Nicholson and others.
A study of a weight loss competition conceived by medical student Rajiv Kumar proved such programs are effective.
Carly Sieff ’09* and the Brown Outing Club have launched a campus bike-share program.
Kelly Schryver ’11 started her own custom cake business for students on campus.
*Free registration required.
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Reunion Registration Closes Friday! Reunion Weekend ’09 is just 10 days away. If your class year ends in 4 or 9, be sure to contact classmates, finalize plans, and register by this Friday. Don’t miss Campus Dance, Alumni Field Day, the Commencement Procession, and many other exciting events. |
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New Center Launches as Resource for Entrepreneurs* The Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (RI-CIE) has opened its headquarters. A cooperative effort among Brown, state economic development groups, and others, RI-CIE is designed to boost innovation and job creation. (Image: John Abromowski/Brown University) |
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Brown Fund Gives Calculators to Providence Schools President Simmons joined Providence Public Schools Superintendent Thomas Brady to announce the first grants from the Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence. Inspired by the University’s Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice, the fund will provide new graphing calculators to local schools. (Image: John Abromowski/Brown University) |
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1764 Society Month Celebrates Donor Loyalty The Brown Annual Fund and President Simmons are marking the second annual “1764 Society Month” this May on College Hill. The 1764 Society recognizes donors who support the Annual Fund, and bolster the Plan for Academic Enrichment, each and every fiscal year. |
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Brown to Celebrate 241st Commencement, Alumni Reunions On May 22-24, nearly 20,000 friends, family members, and alumni will participate in Commencement and Reunion Weekend. Honorary degrees will go to Aretha Franklin, Jim Yong Kim ’82, and others. Writer and international relations commentator Fareed Zakaria will deliver the Baccalaureate address. |
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President Simmons on Obama In a FLYP online magazine package about President Obama’s first 100 days, President Simmons talks about his experience as the first black president, Michelle Obama’s role, and the world’s changing view of America. (Videos: 2:35, 3:01, 3:15 mins.) |
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Brown Helps Launch World Digital Library* Two Brown libraries are among 31 institutions partnering with the Library of Congress and UNESCO to launch the World Digital Library, which will include cultural treasures such as rare books, maps, and manuscripts from around the world. (Image: John Carter Brown Library) |
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Brown Daily Herald Digitizes Archive An online archive of the Herald since its founding in 1891 already includes issues from the turn of the 20th century, the end of World War I, the stock market crash, and the adoption of the New Curriculum. (Image: Brown Daily Herald) |
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Providence Seeks Student Tax* A proposal floated by Mayor David Cicilline ’83 that would tax students attending the city’s four private colleges and universities $300 per year has generated considerable debate on local campuses. |
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Treating an Addictive Patient Professor Michael Stein’s new book The Addict: One Patient, One Doctor, One Year relates his experiences trying to treat a patient addicted to painkillers. The New York Times calls it professional, compassionate, and idiosyncratic. |
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Researchers Invent New Way to Map a Person’s Genome* Brown physicists have developed a new technique for sequencing the human genome that could help make DNA sequencing a part of routine medical care. (Image: Hongbo Peng/IBM Research) |
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Stephen Houston: Anthropologist, Archaeologist, Maya Scholar MacArthur fellow Stephen Houston studies ancient writing and artifacts in Guatemala to address “vexatious problems of meaning, function, and development.” He discusses his life-long pursuit of understanding Maya civilization in a new video (3:38 min). |
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New York’s Lincoln Memorial: From Brown to NewYorkTimes.com As New York City shopkeepers in 1865 designed makeshift shrines to their martyred president, an anonymous diarist documented as many as he could. Ted Widmer writes about the collection, now in the John Hay Library, for the New York Times. |
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Reunion Weekend Is Almost Here – Register Now! Reconnect with your Brown community of friends on campus, May 22, 23, and 24! If your class year ends in 4 or 9, see who is coming from your class, check out the exciting events below, and register before this Friday. |
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NEW Alumni Reunion Forums! Learn from the experience, knowledge, and perspectives of fellow alumni in new forums on Saturday. Class-Specific Events and Attendance Lists Celebrate with your classmates. Find your class schedule and a list of currently registered classmates. Community-Wide Celebrations - Campus Dance, Friday, 9 pm–1 am - Hour with the President, Saturday, 9:30 am - Alumni Field Day, Saturday, 12–3 pm - WaterFire, Saturday, 8:30 pm–midnight - Commencement Procession forms, Sunday, 9 am Medical School Reunion Celebrate with fellow MD alumni. Graduate School Reception Meet fellow Graduate School alumni and current advanced-degree candidates. Affinity/Affiliation Celebrations Connect with fellow alumni and students around common interests. |
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Reunion Giving on Record-Setting Pace Reunion Weekend is fast approaching, and several classes are on their way to record-setting class gifts. Visit the reunion giving website to check class progress, and make your Brown Annual Fund gift before all the fun begins on May 22! |
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Men’s Lacrosse Drops Overtime Decision in NCAA First Round In their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1997 and the 12th in school history, the Bears were matched up against Johns Hopkins, making its 38th straight appearance. After battling toe-to-toe for the first 60 minutes, the game went into overtime and a Hopkins goal led to a 12-11 win. |
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Men’s Crew Varsity Eight Earns First Team All-Ivy Honors Nine Bears from the varsity eight were honored with a First Team All-Ivy appearance. Bruno earned the nod by being the top Ivy League crew to finish, meaning that the varsity eight comprised the top squad. Harvard, the second place finisher, received Second Team All-Ivy recognition. |
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Baseball Recap: Team Sets School Record with 15 Ivy Wins The baseball team recently wrapped up a terrific 2009 season that saw a number of memorable games for the Bears, who finished at 24-19-1. Highlights of the season included a near-perfect home record of 16-1-1 and a school record for Ivy League wins with 15. |
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Women’s Crew Knocks Off Yale, Retains Nat and Anne Case Cup In a close race, the Bears squeezed past the Bulldogs by .1 seconds, retaining the Nat and Anne Case Cup and upping their dual race record to 5-1 on the season. |
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