Public Affairs and University Relations

Pembroke Center Honors Teach For America CEO with Leadership Award

dgbaum — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:16:28 -0500

Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach For America, and Hillary Salmons, executive director of the Providence After School Alliance, will receive the Leadership for Change through Education Award, presented by the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.

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

mhollmer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:42:07 -0500

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.

Rajmohan Gandhi to Deliver Lecture on Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi

dgbaum — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:53:53 -0500

Rajmohan Gandhi, an author, leading public intellectual and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, will deliver a lecture on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, titled “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi.”

Brown to Offer Voluntary Staff Retirement Incentive

mnickel — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:46:15 -0500

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.

Celebration to Welcome Professor Chinua Achebe to Brown

dgbaum — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:42:19 -0500

Brown University will host a public celebration and welcome for Chinua Achebe, who has joined the faculty as the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and professor of Africana studies.

Birdwatching: Rachel Berwick Installation on Display at the Bell Gallery

dgbaum — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:39:21 -0400

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.