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Audrey Tyrka, M.D.: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior

Possible Link Studied Between Childhood Abuse and Early Cellular Aging

Researchers from Brown University and Butler Hospital have determined that children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults. The findings are published online in the journal Biological Psychiatry. A print version of the articled is also expected.

(Distributed November 20, 2009)

Supercomputer Home: Jan Hesthaven, director of the Center for Computation and Visualization, welcomed the supercomputer to its new home. The machine’s arrival was announced Nov. 20, 2009, by Brown and IBM officials in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

14 trillion operations per second

Brown, IBM Unveil Multimillion-Dollar Supercomputer

Brown University and IBM are announcing the opening of a multimillion-dollar supercomputer on Nov. 20 at Brown's Center for Computation and Visualization. The supercomputer is the most powerful computing system in Rhode Island and will be used by researchers statewide to tackle pressing societal problems.

(Distributed November 20, 2009)

Keith Waldrop: The Brooke Russell Astor Professor of Humanities

Poet Keith Waldrop Wins National Book Award

Brown University professor and poet Keith Waldrop’s Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy has won the National Book Award for poetry.

(Distributed November 19, 2009)

Brown, Singapore Establish Degree Program in Computational Biology

Brown University and the National University of Singapore have established a concurrent degree program in computational biology. The program will accept NUS students who have completed work on a bachelor’s degree into a master’s degree program in computational biology at Brown. As many as 10 NUS students are expected to enroll annually.

(Distributed November 18, 2009)

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jhumpa Lahiri:

Year of India

Jhumpa Lahiri Opens Literary Festival on Rising Generation of Indian Writers

Acclaimed Indian writers Jhumpa Lahiri, Rana Dasgupta, and Suketu Mehta will present readings in a Brown University literary festival event, titled “New Indian Writing: The Rising Generation,” on Dec. 1 and 2, 2009.

(Distributed November 16, 2009)

A common virus, a selective killer: A computer-enhanced image shows the general structure of viruses in the family polyomavirinae. A member of that family — the JC virus, occurring in 70 percent of humans — can cause a rare brain disease that is almost always fatal.

Brown Professor to Lead $6-Million NIH Grant to Study Rare Brain Disease

Walter Atwood, professor of medical science, will lead research efforts to determine how the JC virus, which can cause a rare brain disease known as PML, attaches to host cells. He will collaborate with research teams at Dartmouth College and the University of Tübingen in Germany.

(Distributed November 6, 2009)

Brown to Offer Voluntary Staff Retirement Incentive

As part of a comprehensive campuswide effort to reduce its 2010-11 budget, Brown University is offering eligible employees a lump-sum retirement payment and an additional payment to help with the transition to retirement.

(Distributed November 4, 2009)

Rachel Berwick, Zugunruhe, 2009 (detail): The word Zugunruhe, the title of Berwick's installation at the Bell Gallery, refers to the phenomenon of nighttime restlessness and agitation displayed by birds at the onset of migration.

November 14 through February 14

Birdwatching: Rachel Berwick Installation on Display at the Bell Gallery

The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University presents Zugunruhe, a new installation by Rachel Berwick, from Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, through Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. In conjunction with the exhibition, the gallery will host a series of lectures on related topics, including art, history, anthropology, zoology, and ecology.

(Distributed October 29, 2009)