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1/14, London, England
Networking Event
1/14, Naples, FL
Children at Play: An American History
(Prof. Howard Chudacoff)
1/15, Charlotte, NC
Brown Club Kickoff Event
1/17, Monterey Park, CA
Lunar New Year Dinner
1/19, Athens, Greece
The Discovery of
Roman Greece
(Prof. Susan Alcock)
1/22, New York City, NY
Mid-Career Transitions Panel
1/23, Milwaukee, WI
Dinner and Concert
1/23, Portland, OR
Annual Holiday Party
1/27, Boston, MA
Fourth Annual Lunar New Year Banquet
1/27, New York City, NY
Winter Mixer
1/31, Boston, MA
The Continuing, Growing Financial Crisis
(Prof. Ross Levine)
2/5, Houston, TX
2/6, Austin, TX
2/7, Dallas, TX
Against the Tide
(Former Sen. Lincoln
D. Chafee ’75)
2/7, Charlottesville, VA
An Evening with Ira
Glass ’81.5
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Tom Tamm ’74 was on the cover of Newsweek for exposing illegal wiretapping of U.S. citizens.
Laura Linney ’86 has won a Golden Globe award for her role in HBO’s John Adams.
Tom Perrelli ’88 has been nominated to lead the Civil Division of the Justice Department.
Investor-educator Jonathan Stone ’80 is the new executive director of Rhode Island’s Save The Bay.
Included in The Hollywood Reporter’s annual “Women in Entertainment Power 100” list were NBC’s Lauren Zalaznick ’84, BET’s Debra Lee ’76, Endeavor Partner Nancy Josephson ’79, and Comedy Central’s Lauren Corrao ’83.
Nicholas Hartigan ’06 is co-founder of No One Leaves, an organization that works to prevent post-foreclosure evictions.
Brown professor Karl Jacoby ’87 discussed Shadows at Dawn, his book about an 1871 Indian massacre, on NPR’s All Things Considered.
(Audio: 5:29 min.)
William Rhodes ’57 received the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
I Love You, Man, co-written and directed by John Hamburg ’92, will be the opening night film at the South by Southwest 2009 Film Conference and Festival. Filmmaker Todd Haynes ’85 will be a featured speaker at the event.
Richard Hardy ’81 AM has been named the new head of school at Concord Academy.
Arizona Cardinals’ Sean Morey ’99 has been named a special teams player in the upcoming Pro Bowl.
See “Alumni in the News” archive...
Morgan Ritchie ’10 stars opposite his mother, Kate Burton ’79, in The Corn is Green at Boston’s Huntington Theatre.
Two students are headed to the 18th World Annual Maccabiah Games: Steve Gruber ’10 on the men’s basketball team and Michelle Moses ’09 on the women’s softball team.
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14 Students Will Be First International Scholars From India to Ecuador to Kenya, 14 students will travel abroad this summer as part of the International Scholars Program. Those chosen come from a variety of concentrations in the sciences, arts, humanities, and social sciences. |
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Aggressive Fundraising Boosts Financial Aid Fatimah Asghar ’11 says she wouldn’t be at Brown without her Sidney Frank scholarship. She is among the 40 percent of students now receiving some type of financial aid. That level of support is the motivation behind the $400 million scholarship fundraising initiative now underway. |
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Young Alumni Are “Climbing” Carrie Tower! In the inaugural “Carrie Tower Climb,” Brown’s youngest alumni classes compete through their support of the Plan for Academic Enrichment. Which class will emerge as “top bear” with the highest participation in giving to Brown’s Annual Fund? Check in often to find out! |
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Startup U? Brown Turns Out Top Young Entrepreneurs Brown may not have a business school, but that doesn’t mean students aren’t learning to be entrepreneurs. Nantucket Nectars, CDNow, and Motley Fool are among the successful companies started by alumni. Most credit the popular classes of Professor Emeritus Barrett Hazeltine. |
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Here Comes the New Brown Bookstore The Brown Bookstore recently unveiled glimpses of its most comprehensive renovation ever — a $3.5 million investment in one of the Ivy League’s two remaining independent campus stores. Previously, the bookstore had undergone only modest updates since opening in 1970. (Image: Brown University/John Abromowski) |
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Keeping Your Exercise Resolutions David Williams, assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, has looked at the psychology of staying with an exercise program. Williams says that the most important factor is “self-efficacy” — the belief that you have the power to achieve your goals. |
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Life on Mars? Mineral May Provide Clue A research team led by graduate student Bethany Ehlmann has found evidence of a long-sought mineral that shows Mars was home to watery environments. The finding, detailed in Science Magazine, bolsters the chances that primitive life sprang up in those spots. (Image: Brown University/John Abromowski) |
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Is Hip Hop Dead? Tricia Rose ’93 PhD, professor of Africana studies and author of the new book The Hip Hop Wars, gave Time magazine a quick analysis of both praise for and criticism of hip hop. |
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Men Are Red, Women Are Green Professor Michael Tarr and graduate student Adrian Nestor have discovered that men tend to have more reddish skin, while greenish skin is more common for women. The perception of this subtle color difference helps us tell males from females. (Audio: 9:57 min.) (Image: Michael J. Tarr/Brown University) |
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Five Brown Faculty Named to AAAS; Blumstein is Linguistic Society Fellow The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected five Brown faculty for their contributions to the life and physical sciences, while Professor Sheila Blumstein was named a fellow of the Linguistic Society of America for her contributions to the discipline. (Image: Brown University/John Abromowski) |
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Get Ready for Reunion – May 22-24 It’ll be here before you know it! Mark your calendar and plan to celebrate, catch up with friends, and discover new common ground. Find your friends in the alumni directory or your class’s Facebook group: 2004, 1999, 1994, 1989, 1984, 1979. |
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Seeking Ambassadors For Brown Applications for the Class of 2013 have hit a record high and the Office of Admission needs your assistance! Can you interview applicants in your area? Join the Brown Alumni Schools Committees (BASC)! It’ s a great way to give back by sharing your time. Learn more or use our easy new sign-up form today. |
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Think Again! Want to learn more about topics from global health to the economic crisis to child’s play? Ten Brown faculty are slated to discuss these topics and more in 15 cities over the next three months. (Image: Ken Zirkel) |
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Go Green for Alumni Election 2009! Sign up for iVote, the BAA’s paperless election option, to reduce carbon emissions, stop wasting paper, and save money for Brown. Watch your e-mail for a one-click sign-up opportunity, or get registered right now. |
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Men’s and Women’s Basketball Defeat Bulldogs Forward Matt Mullery ’09 scored 16 points and pulled down seven rebounds to lead Brown to a 69-56 win over Bryant in its final non-league game of the season. Point guard Courtney Lee ’10 drained two free throws with just five seconds left in the game to lift the women’s basketball team to a 64-62 win over Bryant. |
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Women’s Swimming and Diving Edges Penn, 159-141, at FAU Invitational The women’s swimming and diving team opened up the new year with a third place showing at the Florida Atlantic Invitational. The Bears edged the Quakers in a tight meet that came down to the final relay. |
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