ALUMNI in the NEWS
Jim Yong Kim ’82, president of Dartmouth College, sat down with Forbes to discuss Dartmouth’s new Center for Health Care Delivery Science and what it may mean for the nation’s health care spending. See the related video.
Bill O’Brien ’92 is the new head football coach at Penn State, and his future players are psyched. [video]
The New York Times has promoted Tom Bodkin ’75, longtime design director, to deputy managing editor.
Deborah Mills-Scofield ’82 reached back to her family history in Nazi-era Europe to understand the importance of networks.
Want to know more about Roger Williams? You might be surprised by what you’ll learn in the newly released book by John M. Barry ’68, Roger Williams and the Creation of the American Soul.
Andy Posner ’09 AM is co-founder of the Campus Microfinance Alliance, a network of groups that lends money to disadvantaged entrepreneurs. [video]
Jesse Finkelstein ’05 collaborated on the design and manufacture of habits for a new Catholic order of nuns.
Ben Percy ’01 and his sister might be the first brother-sister siblings to win NEA Fellowships in Creative Writing in the same year.
Carlos Lejnieks ’00 left Wall Street to mentor middle-schoolers. Now he heads New Jersey’s largest Big Brothers Big Sisters club.
PixelQI CEO Mary Lou Jepsen ’87, ’97 PhD has a New Year’s resolution: re-invent the computer display.
Textron named E. Robert Lupone ’81 executive vice president, general counsel, secretary, and chief compliance officer of the company.
Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Colin Cloherty ’09 scored his first NFL touchdown on December 11 against Tampa Bay.
In a Voxxi interview, Jewish-Mexican new mother Leora Cieplinski Cimet ’01 explored the complexities of identity and raising the next generation. [video]
Weight Watchers International named Colin Watts ’86 senior vice president of wellness and global innovation.
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STUDENTS in the NEWS
Dan Schwarz ’12 MD is already CEO of Nyaya Health, a non-profit that brings free health care to rural Nepal.
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CAMPUS NEWS |
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2011: A momentous Brown year 
In the past 12 months, Brown opened new creative arts and medical school facilities and the NSF-funded Math Institute; faculty secured $167 million for research; women’s crew won the NCAA Championship; students and alumni earned four Rhodes Scholarships—and much more. Check out this visual review.
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Early applications up,
acceptance rates down
Brown’s early decision admission rate dropped to 19 percent this year, down from last year’s 20 percent rate. The University admitted only 556 out of 2,919 early decision applicants to the Class of 2016.
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Number of internship
awards to double
The Brown Internship Award Program will double the number of recipients this summer to 120 and increase the maximum award amount from $2,500 to $3,000. The program has been renamed the “Brown LINK Award—Linking Internships and Knowledge.”
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SPORTS:
Goldberger to step down next June
Director of athletics since 2005, Michael Goldberger will retire at the end of this academic year after 38 years with the University. During his tenure as athletic director, Brown won 12 Ivy League championships and appeared in 14 NCAA tournaments.
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FACULTY and RESEARCH |
Ortega wins Mexico’s highest honor
The Mexican government presented Hispanic studies professor Julio Ortega with the Order of the Aztec Eagle. Ortega is director of Brown’s Transatlantic Project, an initiative that studies the cultural exchange among Spain, the United States, and Latin America.
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Santorum as VP candidate?
Rick Santorum came within eight votes of a first-place Iowa finish, but can he pull ahead of Mitt Romney? That might not matter, says political science professor Wendy Schiller, who suggests that Santorum has his eye on a vice presidential slot.
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New environmental cleanup technique
Brown engineers have developed a technique that removes trace heavy metals from water. The process is scalable and has viable commercial applications, especially in the environmental remediation and metal recovery fields.
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Can India’s lowest class find start-up success?*
India launched its first venture capital fund investing in enterprises owned by those at the bottom of the caste system, known as Dalits. Ashutosh Varshney, professor of political science, says it remains to be seen whether Dalit entrepreneurs can overcome the obstacles.
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Shopping scents
Retailers are increasingly using ambient scents to induce shoppers to linger and spend more. Rachel Herz, adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior, says that smells can elicit emotional responses, but there’s no way to guarantee universally positive reactions.
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BROWN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (BAA) UPDATE |
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Go Back to Class with Brown faculty
Brown faculty travel the globe to talk with alumni about current events, health care, business, the arts, and more. Between now and March 31, 17 cities will host 19 sessions with 14 different professors! Faculty speakers include Barrett Hazeltine, Coppelia Kahn, Jim Morone, Ken Wong, and Tim Herbert.
More than 40 sessions have taken place since July — and the total will double before June 30. See the list of upcoming programs or watch podcasts of selected previous talks.
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Free Career Webinar: Top 10 Challenges for New Managers
Join veteran career coach Matt Paknis ’85 at noon on Friday, January 20 to learn about the challenges new managers face, skills critical for success, and tools that will help you succeed in this role. Register today.
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Who’s making the world a better place?
Do you know alumni who are making a real difference in their communities? Nominate them to receive the Brown Alumni Association’s John Hope or William Rogers awards. Past honorees include human rights advocates, educators, authors, medical pioneers, and more.
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Need research?
Tap library resources
Brown’s libraries offer you continued access to several important scholarly and business resource collections, plus over 400 local, national, and international news sources. You can also manage your sources with RefWorks, a web-based bibliography/citation management tool. Learn more.
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Carry Brown with you!
Use the Brown Alumni Association’s credit card and earn rewards while supporting alumni programs. Also, check out other discounts and services for Brown alumni like personal checking and savings accounts as well as many types of insurance.
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A little bit of your time, and a lot of your enthusiasm, will go a long way for students around the world who are applying to Brown.
