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 Joan Teno: Striving for excellence in quality of care.

Hospital or hospice? New guidelines will help physicians decide

Joan Teno, professor of community health and medicine, has co-written a guide to help doctors place their patients in the best possible end-of-life care setting. 
READ MORE February 11, 2009
 Prodi: “One of the world’s most respected leaders” will spend several weeks at Brown each academic year.

Former Italian prime minister named Brown professor-at-large

Romano Prodi, former prime minister of Italy, will be based at the Watson Institute of International Studies.
READ MORE February 9, 2009
Brown and Spain:  On Tuesday, Feb., 3, 2009, Santiago Iñiguez, rector of Instituto Empresa, and Provost David Kertzer signed a memorandum of understanding that could lead to a wide range of collaborations between the two institutions.

Brown, Spanish university agree to consider academic collaborations

A memorandum of understanding, signed Tuesday, will allow Brown and Instituto Empresa, a top-ranked business school in Madrid and Segovia, to explore academic programs of mutual interest.
READ MORE February 4, 2009
 Researchers are now able to develop complex microtissues (B,D) that
take on the shape of molds they have designed into a 3-D Petri dish
(A,C). That technique could reduce the need for certain kinds of
animal-based research.

New cell-building material could reduce need for research using animals

Brown biomedical engineers have successfully built microtissues by assembling small building blocks of living cell clusters.
READ MORE February 2, 2009

Three honored for contributions to faculty governance

Faculty who toil behind the scenes on University committees and boards receive awards, stipends.
READ MORE February 2, 2009
 Richard Holbrooke: “One of the most talented diplomats of his generation.”

Watson Institute’s Richard Holbrooke ’62 named special envoy by President Obama

Brown’s high-profile career diplomat will take on the challenge of effecting peace in the troubled countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
READ MORE January 27, 2009
 Kelly Dreher ’08: Different emphases on international environmental leadership.
undergraduate research

‘Environment as High Politics’: Undergrad-authored article explains U.S.-E.U. differences in hazardous waste export

Kelly Dreher ’08 wrote an award-winning international relations thesis that led to a recent byline in an academic journal.
READ MORE January 26, 2009

Engineering professor Webster named co-director of new U.S.-India partnership

The new ‘virtual center’ brings together researchers from the two countries who are developing biomaterials for medical applications.
READ MORE January 22, 2009

Acne cream and skin cancer

Martin Weinstock, professor of dermatology, has identified no connection between an acne cream tested as a skin cancer preventative and the subsequent deaths of some of the subjects.
READ MORE January 21, 2009
 Astronauts may next explore the moon in a Lunar Electric Rover (above) developed by NASA. About the size of
a pickup truck, it can house two astronauts for up to
14 days with sleeping and sanitary facilities.

‘When you think of the moon, you’ll think of Brown’

Brown geologists have been chosen by NASA to have a major role in putting humans back on the moon by 2020.
READ MORE January 21, 2009
Inauguration 2009

University announces presidential inauguration events for January 20

Campus broadcasts and faculty panels will highlight the inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation’s 44th president.
READ MORE January 7, 2009
College rankings

Brown ranks 12th on Kiplinger’s list of university ‘smart buys’

The University was rated high among 100 liberal arts schools that exemplify excellent academics while keeping costs to a minimum.
READ MORE January 7, 2009

Applied Mathematics’ McClure named head of American Mathematical Society

Donald McClure, longtime professor in the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University, has been named executive director of the American Mathematical Society.
READ MORE January 5, 2009

Statement of President Simmons on the passing of Senator Claiborne Pell  

Senator Claiborne deBorda Pell passed away on January 1, 2009.  He served as a Trustee from 1974-1979.  In 1972 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws and in 2006 he was awarded with the University faculty's highest honor, the Susan Colver Rosenberger Medal. 
READ MORE January 2, 2009
President Ruth J. Simmons

Statement on the Passing of Sen. Claiborne deBorda Pell

Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons issued the following statement upon learning of the death of Sen. Claiborne deBorda Pell.
READ MORE January 2, 2009
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