Press Releases in October, 2007

Art on the Move

Lichtenstein Sculpture Brushstrokes to Depart for Florida

Roy Lichtenstein’s 30-foot sculpture, Brushstrokes, will be removed from its site outside MacMillan Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. It has been on display since December 2003, on loan from the estate of the artist. 07-060 (Distributed October 30, 2007)

Pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar to Perform, Lead Master Class

Renowned Palestinian-Israeli pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar will visit Brown University Nov. 9-11, 2007. In addition to presenting a piano recital and offering a workshop for Brown students, Abboud Ashkar will participate in a panel discussion focusing on the role of the humanities in bridging cultural differences on an international level. 07-059 (Distributed October 29, 2007)

(COBRE) for Skeletal Health and Repair

Rhode Island Hospital/Brown Researchers Land Major NIH Grant

The National Center for Research Resources has awarded a five-year, $11.1-million grant to Rhode Island Hospital to establish the Center of Biomedical Research Excellence for Skeletal Health and Repair and create a multidisciplinary team of scientists with the hospital’s academic partner, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. 07-058 (Distributed October 29, 2007)

Three Brown Faculty Elected to World’s Largest Scientific Society

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected three Brown University professors – Mary Carskadon, Stephen McGarvey and Carle Pieters – fellows for their significant contributions to the life and physical sciences. 07-057 (Distributed October 25, 2007)

Brown Among Top Schools for Producing Fulbright Students

Brown ranks number three in the nation among colleges and universities in the number of successful Fulbright applicants it produces. Twenty-five of Brown’s 69 undergraduate and graduate student applicants were named Fulbright Fellows in 2007-08, giving Brown the top-ranked success rate in the Ivy League. Brown also ranks first in the Ivy League for the most undergraduates receiving Fulbright awards. 07-056 (Distributed October 24, 2007)

November 3 through December 21

KIDS Photography Exhibition on Display at the Bell Gallery

Jill Greenberg, Cover Up (2005): Archival pigment print, 50 by 42 inches

The David Winton Bell Gallery will present KIDS, an exhibition of photographs of children by Julie Blackmon, Jill Greenberg, and Ruud van Empel, from Saturday, Nov. 3 through Friday, Dec. 21, 2007. An opening reception and gallery talk will be held on Friday, Nov. 2, at 5:30 p.m. The exhibition and opening event are free and open to the public. 07-055 (Distributed October 17, 2007)

2007 Lipsitt-Duchin Lecture

Infant Learning Expert To Discuss “Secret Life of Infants”

Carolyn Rovee-Collier, founder of infant long-term memory research, will deliver the 2007 Lipsitt-Duchin Lecture in Child Behavior and Development on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2007, at 4 p.m. in the Salomon Center for Teaching. The lecture is free and open to the public. 07-051 (Distributed October 15, 2007)

Diller Scofidio + Renfro to Design New Creative Arts Center

The Corporation of Brown University selected the internationally renowned architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design the new Creative Arts Center. The proposed 35,000 square foot building, housing a recital hall, multimedia lab, and recording studio, is slated for completion in 2010. 07-054 (Distributed October 13, 2007)

David Kennedy Named Vice President for International Affairs

At its regular October meeting, the Corporation of Brown University approved the appointment of David Kennedy, a 1976 graduate of Brown and currently the Manley O. Hudson Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, as vice president for international affairs. Kennedy will lead the University’s ongoing efforts to expand and enhance its international programs and institutional relationships. He will begin his duties at Brown in January 2008. 07-053 (Distributed October 13, 2007)

Meeting of the Brown Corporation

Brown Corporation Meets, Approves New Projects

The Corporation of Brown University has appointed David Kennedy as the University’s first vice president for international affairs. Brown’s governing body also reviewed University leadership reports, faculty hiring, international education, and the state of undergraduate education. The Corporation formally accepted gifts, approved professorships, and received the first allocation to The Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence. 07-052 (Distributed October 13, 2007)

Taubman Center for Public Policy Survey

Providence Residents Favor Living Wage, Higher Minimum Wage

A new survey conducted by the Taubman Center for Public Policy finds that Providence residents favor a “living wage” and an increase in the minimum wage. The survey was undertaken in conjunction with the eighth annual Thomas J. Anton/Frederick Lippitt Urban Affairs Conference on “The Living Wage,” scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, at Brown. 07-050 (Distributed October 12, 2007)

Professor-at-Large Richard Holbrooke to Discuss ‘The World Crisis’

Brown University Professor-at-Large Richard C. Holbrooke ’62 will deliver a lecture titled “The World Crisis” on Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, at 4:30 p.m. in Salomon Center for Teaching. He will sign copies of his new book, To End a War, beginning at 3:45 p.m. in the lobby. The event is part of The Directors Lectures Series on Contemporary International Affairs sponsored by the Watson Institute for International Studies. 07-049 (Distributed October 11, 2007)

Initiatives on the Environment

Brown Commits Additional Resources to Help Environment

The Sidney E. Frank Foundation has made a gift of $200,000 to support environmental initiatives underway at Brown University. The gift, combined with an allocation of $150,000 from the Office of the President, will be used for a proactive community outreach and awareness program that was recommended by the Energy and Environmental Advisory Committee (EEAC). 07-048 (Distributed October 9, 2007)

Four Brown Faculty Inducted as AAAS Fellows

Engineers Alan Needleman and Arto Nurmikko, physicist J. Michael Kosterlitz, and ecologist Jerry M. Melillo have been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a distinction of excellence in science, scholarship, business, public affairs and the arts. Needleman, Nurmikko and Kosterlitz are professors at Brown; Melillo is a researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory who holds a joint appointment at Brown through the Brown-MBL Graduate Program in Biological and Environmental Sciences. 07-047 (Distributed October 6, 2007)

Advancing Public Health

Brown University, Women & Infants Join National Children’s Study

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development has awarded Brown University a $14.1 million contract to join the National Children’s Study, a landmark research project aimed at improving children’s health. Brown will partner with Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and others to enroll 1,000 Providence County children in the study and follow them from before birth until age 21 to examine the effects of environmental influences on their health and well-being. (See also statements of support from the Congressional delegation.) 07-046 (Distributed October 4, 2007)