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

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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.

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.

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.

“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)

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.

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?

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.

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.

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?

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Chinua Achebe

Chaplain embraces his “lived faith”

New grants promote graduate science research

Epidemics expert learns firsthand about swine flu

“Monster Mash” at midnight

Baby, you can eat my car

Healthcare lessons from Europe and Massachusetts

Brown Ph.D. alumna named Mount Holyoke president

Corporation approves med ed building

DISCOVERIES

High and mighty

RESOURCES

MEET THE NEW FACULTY

Joseph Reed
Professor of Classics

Today at Brown

Brown Ph.D. alumna named Mount Holyoke president

DISCOVERIES

RESOURCES

MEET THE NEW FACULTY

Joseph ReedProfessor of Classics

Joseph Reed
Professor of Classics