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IMP mentors greeted an arriving first-year student at Wayland Arch on Sept. 3.

Nearly 200 international first-years attend pre-orientation

Upperclassmen wearing tees the color of orange sherbet welcomed nearly 200 new students and their families to the International Mentoring Program this week.

New computational biology Ph.D. program to focus on genomics

The multidisciplinary program will teach graduate students to convert data into knowledge that can improve human life.

Environmental scholars from six African nations arrive on campus

Nine environmental scholars and activists from Africa have arrived to work with Brown professors and undergraduates under the auspices of the Watson International Scholars of the Environment Program.

Anthropologist Matthew Gutmann named VP of international affairs

Matthew Gutmann, professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Brown, has been named vice president for international affairs.

Famous cat still comforts the dying

The story of Oscar, an everyday cat who made headlines by appearing to know, and to attend, dying patients at a nursing home will take a new turn this year with the publication of a Brown professor’s book.

Summer labs and learning yield student discoveries

More than 100 undergraduates brought their bright ideas – from blink-controlled robot arms to a novel allergy treatment – to the Summer Research Symposium on August 6.

Fennell receives NIH award for Community Cancer Centers Program

Mary Fennell, professor of sociology and community health, has been awarded the National Institutes of Health 2009 Director’s Award for her contributions to community-based cancer care and research.

Sociologist Itzigsohn wins ASA’s Latino best book award

Encountering American Faultlines, a case study of Dominicans in Providence, “makes an impressive contribution to our understanding of assimilation, and racial and ethnic processes.”

Federal-state coordination essential for oceans, says Brown scientist

Speaking to a presidential task force on ocean policy, Heather Leslie urges an “ecosystem-based” approach.

Mars missions remain a NASA priority

A partnership with the European Space Agency may help strengthen the Mars exploration program in an era of federal budget-cutting, a NASA administrator told planetary scientists at Brown last week.

Genes may call the shots

Michael Frank of the Brown Institute for Brain Science has determined that variations of three different genes in the brain can predict whether individuals will make certain choices.

He’s shaping up Rhode Island – and the world

Brown medical student Rajiv Kumar started small with Shape Up RI. Now the organization is growing in-state, thanks to a new grant, and around the world.

Building the new transnational academy, scholar by scholar

Young scholars from 52 countries in the developing world came to Brown in June for the inaugural Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI).

What are the chances?

A Brown-led team of scientists gets a $5 million grant to reduce performance uncertainty in military equipment.

Reporter David Rohde ’90 escapes from the Taliban

On June 19, seven months after being kidnapped in Afghanistan, New York Times reporter David Rohde ’90 climbed over a wall and escaped from a Taliban prison in Pakistan. It was the second time Rohde survived imprisonment in the line of work.

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