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Brown students kick off Earth Week

It’s big. It’s ugly. It’s thought-provoking.: One ton of carbon dioxide might be difficult to see, but a 32-foot-tall balloon helps give carbon emissions size and shape.
A giant balloon to help visualize a ton of CO2, energy-saving acoustical music-making, smoothies prepared with pedal power: It must be the start of Earth Week. (Distributed April 22, 2013)
Media Advisory

Brown hands reach out to missing student

Lend Your Hand: Members of the University community will create “hand messages” to be distributed via social media in hopes of reaching missing student Sunil Tripathi.
Family and friends of Sunil Tripathi, a Brown student missing since mid-March, will encourage the University community to join a “hand campaign” Tuesday morning to share messages via social media, encouraging his safe return. (Distributed April 22, 2013)
Race and Ethnicity in America

Tricia Rose named director CSREA

Tricia Rose: Director-designate of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.
Tricia Rose, professor of Africana studies, has been named director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America. Rose will begin her new position at CSREA on July 1, 2013.  (Distributed April 22, 2013)
A message from the University

Events in Boston: No related security concerns in Providence

As events unfold in Boston, including the closure of many schools and public services, Vice Presidents Russell Carey and Margaret Klawunn sent the following notice to the campus community. (Distributed April 19, 2013)
Media Advisory

Panel: R.I. Emerging Latino Leaders

Brown will host a panel discussion titled “Rhode Island's Emerging Latino Leaders” on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at noon in the Watson Institute for International Studies, Joukowsky Forum. The event will bring together Providence Mayor Angel Taveras, Central Falls Mayor James Diossa, and other notable Latino figures. (Distributed April 19, 2013)
Clinton Global Initiative University

A commitment to global change

Great ideas: Students from all over the country came to the Clinton Global Initiative University in St. Louis not just to share their ideas, but to make a “Commitment to Action” to improve a specific community in the world.
Thirteen Brown students were selected to attend this year's Clinton Global Initiative University, which took place April 5-7, 2013, in St. Louis.  (Distributed April 18, 2013)
Vigil for the Boston Marathon

Silence, then bells: May joy return

The hardest thing is reclaiming sound: A ringing telephone, a truck hitting a speed bump — sounds have a different meaning for survivors of trauma. Wednesday’s vigil for the Boston Marathon sought a return of joy.
Members of the Brown community — students, faculty, staff, track team members — gathered on Faunce House steps Wednesday at noon for a vigil in response to the bombings at the Boston Marathon. (Distributed April 17, 2013)
Media Advisory

Brown to host same-sex marriage panel

Brown University will host a panel discussion titled “Legislating Same-Sex Marriage: All Eyes on Rhode Island.” Bringing together experts on both sides of the debate, the event will take place Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 4 p.m. in MacMillan Hall, Starr Auditorium. (Distributed April 17, 2013)
ADOCH 2017

Getting to know you: A Day on College Hill

The College Green: Where the world meets: Misha Carthen, left, in town from Las Vegas, introduces herself to prospective classmate Soumitri Barua of Olean, N.Y., on the College Green. They had lots of company: Nearly a third of the 2,649 students admitted to the Class of 2017 made the trip.
A record 829 accepted students attended the annual A Day on College Hill April 14-16, 2013. The event gives students a taste of college life at Brown, including a stay in the residence halls, meet-and-greets with campus organizations, and introductions to many concentrations from the sciences to the humanities.  (Distributed April 16, 2013)
A Day On College Hill

ADOCH: Advice for the 2017 test drive

Veterans of the freshman experience: Niyo Moraza-Keeswood, Josh Jackson, and Libby Zorn, left to right, come from different parts of the country, have different interests, and agree on one thing: People help ease the transition to life at Brown. “Brown is composed of lots of little families.”
As students accepted for the Class of 2017 descend on Brown this week for A Day On College Hill, Grace Palmer '13, touched base with three freshmen who, in the last year, have made the transition from prospective Brown student to full-fledged Brunonian. They gave her three different inside looks into the day-to-day life and formative experiences that shaped the beginnings of their lives at Brown. Grace, a history concentrator and student employee in the office of Public Affairs and University Relations, will graduate this May. (Distributed April 12, 2013)
Media Advisory

David Satcher to deliver Barnes Lecture

Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher will deliver the 14th annual Barnes Lecture at Public Health Research Day April 18, 2013. Satcher will speak on health inequalities at 4 p.m. following a poster session starting at 1:30 p.m. that features undergraduate, graduate, and faculty research. (Distributed April 12, 2013)
Media Advisory

Brown to host panel on mass incarceration

Brown University will host a panel discussion titled “A Carceral Society: Mass Incarceration and the Crisis of American Democracy” on Monday, April 15, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. in List Art Building, Room 120.  (Distributed April 11, 2013)
New gifts: $44M for School of Engineering

New gifts will expand School of Engineering

Since 1847: Engineering at Brown: New gifts totaling $44 million, including $35 million from two engineering graduates, will allow the University to expand and enhance its School of Engineering.
Brown University announced today new gifts totaling $44 million that will enable the University to begin improvements and expansion of engineering facilities for research and instruction on the College Hill campus. (Distributed April 10, 2013)

How some leaves got fat: It’s the veins

Ring of veins: Veins, internal to the dark purple-stained mucilage deposits of this cross-section of a succulent Phemeranthus teretifolius leaf, are arranged in a ring shape that reduces the distance between veins and photosynthetic cells.
Some plants, such as succulents, have managed to grow very plump leaves. For that to happen, according to a new study in Current Biology, plants had to evolve 3-D arrangements of their leaf veins in order to maintain adequately efficient hydraulics for photosynthesis. (Distributed April 10, 2013)
Southern exposure

21% of U.S. elderly take high-risk medicines

Perilous pills: Prescribing rates of high-risk medications for seniors on Medicare Advantage plans were highest in the South, lowest in New England. The map shows the percentage of seniors who received one or more high-risk medications. (Click to enlarge)
A study of more than 6 million seniors in Medicare Advantage plans in 2009 found that 21 percent received a prescription for at least one potentially harmful “high-risk medication.” Nearly 5 percent received at least two. Questionable prescriptions are more common in the South and among people who live in poor areas. (Distributed April 10, 2013)