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Changing Climates

Timmons Roberts discusses climate justice and Copenhagen.

Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Summer Research Symposium

The 2010 Summer Research Symposium will take place 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thurs. Aug. 5, in Sayles Hall.

Summer visits

Visit the summer Tours & Information Sessions schedule for dates and times through the end of August. We hope to see you on campus!

Facing the Inquisition

A new exhibit illustrates the depth and breadth of book collector Melchor Pérez de Soto. The exhibit runs until Aug. 3 at the John Hay Library and until Sept. 19 at the John Carter Brown Library.

Diet, alcohol, breast cancer

Researchers find that diet and alcohol may alter genetic expressions of breast cancer and predict severity of disease.

Laura Linney

A cover story in The New York Times Magazine profiles Laura Linney ’86.

Fifteen named to endowed chairs

The Corporation approves four new professorships and a directorship, and announces the appointment of 15 faculty members to named chairs, incuding oncologist Fred J. Schiffman, inaugural holder of the Sigal Family Professorship in Humanistic Medicine.

No accident

Economist Ross Levine says that specific policy decisions caused the 2008 fiscal meltdown.

Malvin Wins Gold

Hannah Malvin ’10 and the U.S. team row to a first place finish at the U-23 World Championship.

Sparkling Jewelry District

David Mederios, Richard Marshall, and Fred Ferreira help at the second annual Jewelry District Neighborhood Cleanup. The District houses Brown research buildings and the new home of Warren Alpert Medical School.