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ALUMNI in the NEWS

Olympics-bound: Craig Kinsley ’11 is trading in his brown for the red, white, and blue of the U.S. Olympic javelin team. Meanwhile, Nikola Stojic ’97 will row for the Serbian men’s crew team.

Johns Hopkins provost Lloyd Minor ’79, ’82 MD will soon change coasts: he’ll be the next dean of Stanford’s School of Medicine.

Wired says a new invention by Brian Warshawsky ’95 “can change lives” by helping microentrepreneurs in the developing world make money.

Dhani Harrison ’01, son of Beatles bassist George, talks about why his new album may be more Beck than Beatles.

Underbrella, the company that Julie Sygiel ’09 founded as part of a class assignment, gets some good attention from Forbes.

Brienne Walsh ’04 interviews artist Neil Goldberg ’86 about his New York exhibit “Stories The City Tells Itself.”

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Welcome to this abbreviated special issue
of the Brown Insider.
In This Issue
Top Stories: Paxson’s in Providence… Higgs boson hunters… News from Campus: Mayan mysteries… Helping troubled cities… Paterno and Brown… Syria: regime or revolution?… Alumni in the News and more...
TOP STORIES


It’s Official!
Christina Paxson was sworn in as Brown’s 19th president on July 2. She’s already hit the ground running.
President Christina Paxson
Higgs boson By George, I think we’ve got it
Bravo for Higgs boson-hunting Brown physicists — Greg Landsberg, Meenakshi Narain, Ulrich Heintz, David Cutts, and Gerald Guralnik — who played important roles in finding what may be a key to the universe. Guralnik video  (also in NY Times) was an originator of the theory that predicted the boson 48 years ago.

NEWS FROM CAMPUS



Uncovering an ancient temple
Until archaeologist Stephen Houston video  began unearthing its wonders, the Temple of the Night Sun had been hidden in the wild Maya jungle for over 1,000 years.

Associate Professor of Pediatrics Rachel Altura
Start-ups in
down-and-outs

The inaugural class of fellows for Venture for America, founded by Andrew Yang ’96, was recently on campus for training in entrepreneurship skills. Next they will help to fuel economic growth where it’s most needed: in struggling cities.
Paterno ’50 award change
After the release of the Freeh Report at Penn State, the University has removed Joe Paterno’s name from an athletic award.
Professor Cammett ’91 on Syrian uprising
Melani Cammett, professor of political science, gives the lowdown on the growing opposition to the Assad regime.

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