Chinua Achebe

Brown welcomes novelist Chinua Achebe to the faculty with a public celebration, Nov. 10.

David Coolidge ’01:  A different atmosphere: “Muslim students don't have to struggle to see how Islam fits into their lives” anymore.
five questions

Chaplain embraces his “lived faith”

Brown’s new Muslim chaplain, R. David Coolidge ’01, reflects on his religious journey and what he hopes to achieve on campus.
READ MORE November 5, 2009
 Graduate student and GAANN fellow Don Ho: From silver and gold nanoparticles to a better understanding of the brain.
Graduate Research

New grants promote graduate science research

The federally sponsored GAANN program will support six to eight Brown graduate students whose research melds the physical and life sciences.

READ MORE November 4, 2009
 Mark Lurie: A little badge of courage.
Five questions

Epidemics expert learns firsthand about swine flu

Assistant Professor Mark Lurie, who primarily studies the HIV virus, found himself at the center of the swine flu whirlwind this fall when he and his family became infected.

 

READ MORE November 4, 2009
Sayles Hall Halloween Video:
traditions

“Monster Mash” at midnight

Each Halloween, students cram into Sayles Hall at midnight to listen to University organist Mark Steinbach play eerie music on the largest remaining Hutchings-Votey pipe organ in the world. This year’s performance does not disappoint. (Video by Scott Kingsley)
READ MORE November 2, 2009
Incredible!:  Members of Edible Car team Brown Beret Liam Hynes ’12 and Lu Zheng
’12 watch as Jovian Yu ’12 releases their creation on the ramp. Not
visible: Sabrina Skau ’12.
Engineering

Baby, you can eat my car

The Food Network’s camera was rolling – and so were the edible cars made by teams of students and engineering faculty last Friday. With an eggplant here and a carrot there, competitors’ imaginations took off.
READ MORE November 1, 2009
healthcare reform

Healthcare lessons from Europe and Massachusetts

In two recent events, Brown audiences heard a former Italian prime minister, a scholar from Bologna, Rhode Island’s lieutenant governor, and medical faculty members and students reflect on federal healthcare legislation. Why is Europe’s approach so different, and what can we learn from Massachusetts’s insurance law?
READ MORE November 1, 2009

Brown Ph.D. alumna named Mount Holyoke president

: Lynn Pasquerella ’85 Ph.D., an accomplished scholar, medical ethicist, and global advocate for women’s education and empowerment, was named the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College on October 31. Pasquerella, a Mount Holyoke undergraduate alum, received her Ph.D. in philosophy from Brown. 
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Medical education building:  This architect’s illustration of the facility looks south on Richmond Street in Providence.
Medical school

Corporation approves med ed building

A state-of-the-art home for the Warren Alpert Medical School will be created in an older building, strengthening Brown’s presence in the Jewelry District neighborhood of Providence.
READ MORE October 27, 2009

DISCOVERIES

Discoveries

High and mighty

The flagpole at the south end of the College Green was almost certainly a mast on a fabled 19th-century America’s Cup champion. How did it get here?
READ MORE July 16, 2008
TODAY'S CALENDAR

Dean Carla Hansen Open Office Hours

20 Benevolent Street

10:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Freedom Without Walls Gala: Tickets on Sale!

J. Walter Wilson P.O.

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Peace Corps Information Session

CDC, 167 Angell

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Catholic Mass

Manning Chapel

12:00 PM

Mesa de Conversacion

Ratty Dining Room 6

12:00 PM -12:50 PM

Censored Exploration and the Dark Pool Problem

Room 368 (CIT 3rd floor)

12:00 PM

Paper Crane Folding

The Ratty

12:00 PM -12:57 PM

Is Stress Reactivity Associated With Child Cognitive Performance?

121 South Main Street, Room 245

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Is Stress Reactivity Associated With Child Cognitive Performance?

121 South Main Street, Room 245

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Fifth Annual Strait Talk 2009

12:00 PM -12:00 AM

Let us imagine a straight line

Cogut Center for Humanities, Pembroke Hall (172 Meeting Street)

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

CDC IM Chat Walk-in Hours

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

**Modern Culture and Media DUG Open House**

135 Thayer St., Production 2

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Peer Support Network: Open Hours

Sarah Doyle Women's Center: Room 204

12:57 PM - 9:00 PM

ASA Cultural and Fashion Show Model Call

Multipurpose Space under stuart Theatre

12:57 PM -11:00 PM

MEZCLA SHOW

Salomon 101

12:57 PM

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MEET THE NEW FACULTY

Joseph Reed:  Professor of Classics
New Faculty 2009-10

Joseph Reed
Professor of Classics

A scholar who moves easily between ancient Greek and Latin poetry, Jay Reed continues the tradition of philological and literary critical distinction in classics at Brown.
READ MORE September 9, 2009