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Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to Launch Tuesday

The Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will formally open its headquarters at One Davol Square on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Gov. Donald L. Carcieri, Mayor David N. Cicilline, Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons, and others will officiate at the opening.
(Distributed April 27, 2009)
Map of the Entire World (circa 1513): This early-16th century map by Martin Waldseemüller (1470-1521) is the only known copy of this particular world map, and contains an early appearance of the name “America.”

Brown University Library and the John Carter Brown Library Featured in World Digital Library Launch

Treasures from the Brown University Library and the John Carter Brown Library are among the nearly 1,200 books, maps, artworks and other cultural items now available online in the World Digital Library, an international library supported by UNESCO and the Library of Congress.
(Distributed April 24, 2009)
The 241st Commencement

Brown University to Confer Nearly 2,000 Degrees Sunday, May 24, 2009

Chief Marshal Elizabeth Z. Chace, a 1959 alumna, will lead the Brown University Commencement procession — at least 6,000 people — down College Hill on Sunday, May 24, 2009. The procession, one of the nation's largest and most colorful academic pageants, caps the University’s three day Commencement/Reunion Weekend.
(Distributed April 23, 2009)
The 241st Commencement

Brown to Confer Seven Honorary Degrees Sunday, May 24, 2009

During the University’s 241st Commencement exercises Sunday, May 24, 2009, Brown University President Ruth J. Simmons will confer seven honorary degrees: Richard C. Barker, trustee emeritus; Mary Elmendorf, anthropologist; Jerry Fishman, engineer and businessman; Jessie Gruman, health advocate; Jim Yong Kim, president-elect of Dartmouth College; David Saltzman, humanitarian; and Fareed Zakaria, author and columnist.
Update May 19, 2009: Recording artist Aretha Franklin, who was to receive an honorary degree, will be unable to attend.
(Distributed April 23, 2009)
Fareed Zakaria: Writer, commentator, CNN host, editor of Newsweek International
The 241st Commencement

Fareed Zakaria to Deliver 2009 Baccalaureate Address

Fareed Zakaria, writer and international relations commentator, will deliver the 2009 baccalaureate address Saturday, May 23, to members of the Brown University Class of 2009. Zakaria’s address, to be presented in the Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America, will be simulcast to The College Green.
(Distributed April 23, 2009)
Marida Hollos: Hollos has conducted anthropological field work in Amakiri, a rural community in southern Nigeria, for more than 25 years.

Brown Anthropologist Examines Stigma of Infertility in Nigeria

New research by a Brown University anthropologist investigates the cultural context and consequences of infertility within two high-fertility populations in Nigeria. The findings, published this month in Social Science & Medicine, suggest that motherhood defines a woman’s treatment in her community, thus, childless women are disadvantaged both economically and in terms of one's identity and self-respect.
(Distributed April 21, 2009)
David Konstan:

Classics Professor Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Professor David Konstan has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a distinction of excellence in science, scholarship, business, public affairs and the arts.
(Distributed April 20, 2009)

Ivy Film Festival Hosts Student Filmmakers and Stars

The Ivy Film Festival — the largest student-run film festival in North America — will be held at Brown University from Tuesday, April 21, through Sunday, April 26, 2009, showcasing 32 student films and featuring advance screenings of four feature films. The keynote event will be a panel discussion with actor Jack Nicholson, producer Robert Evans, and Brad Grey, chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures. All events are open to the public.
(Distributed April 16, 2009)
Valerie Petit Wilson : Associate provostDirector of institutional diversity

Wilson Named Associate Provost and Director of Institutional Diversity

Valerie Petit Wilson, currently associate dean of the Graduate School at Brown University, has been named associate provost and director of institutional diversity.
(Distributed April 15, 2009)
Magnetic tweezers: In this illustration, a DNA strand is leashed to a magnetized, iron-oxide bead, with a magnet hovering over it. As the bead moves toward the magnet, the DNA strand passes through nano-sized opening slowly enough that its base pairs can be read.
Slowing the Strands

Brown Researchers Create Novel Technique to Sequence Human Genome

Physicists at Brown University have developed a novel procedure to map a person’s genome. They report in the journal Nanotechnology the first experiment to move a DNA chain through a nanopore using magnets. The approach is promising because it allows multiple segments of a DNA strand to be read simultaneously and accurately.
(Distributed April 15, 2009)
Ma Thida: International Writers Project Fellow, 2008-09
International Writers Project

There Will Still Be Light: Literary Festival Celebrates Art and Culture of Burma

The International Writers Project (IWP) at Brown University presents There Will Still Be Light: A Freedom to Write Literary Festival, from Monday, April 20, through Thursday, April 23, 2009. The series of readings and discussions celebrating freedom of expression and the culture of Burmese author Ma Thida, Brown’s current IWP fellow, will feature writers Amitav Ghosh, Paul Auster, Siri Hustvedt, Karen Connelly, Nay Win Myint, and others. All events are free and open to the public.
(Distributed April 15, 2009)
The Economic Crisis: April 14, 2009

University Will Eliminate 67 Administrative and Staff Positions for FY10

On April 14, 2009, Provost David Kertzer and Executive Vice President Elizabeth Huidekoper updated the University community on reductions in administrative and staff positions for fiscal year 2010. The text of their update follows here.
(Distributed April 14, 2009)

Hispanics Appear To Face Poorer Quality Nursing Home Care

A new Brown University study of nursing home care found that homes serving mostly Hispanic residents provided poorer quality care compared to facilities whose patients were mostly white. Details were published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.
(Distributed April 10, 2009)

Brown Faculty Votes to End Observance of the Columbus Day Holiday

Following a vote of the faculty, Brown University will eliminate the formal observance of Columbus Day from its academic calendar and will designate the second Monday in October as Fall Weekend holiday.
(Distributed April 8, 2009)

Two Missing Students Reported Safe

Two undergraduate students who were traveling together during spring break had not returned to campus four days after classes resumed. University officials announced Thursday night that the students have been found and are safe.
(Distributed April 3, 2009)
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