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Index

An index of news materials from the 2000-01 academic year


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Serial
Date
Summary

06/29/01
Margaret A. Jablonski named dean for campus life at Brown University
06/27/01
People say they are unique but don’t seem to believe it, study finds
06/15/01
Brown announces new Department of Africana Studies
06/25/01
First long-range look at the effects of weight-loss on type 2 diabetes
06/13/01
Gail E. Cohee named director of Sarah Doyle Women’s Center
06/13/01
81 percent of R.I. voters believe corruption is a problem in Providence
06/11/01
New material’s odd traits to help improve computer memory
06/11/01
Damage to global environment is a top concern, young people say
05/31/01
Brown urges grad students to preserve collegial mentoring relationship
06/04/01
Disagreement – not harmony – is key to business success, study says
06/04/01
Op-Ed: Liberians’ fear of being denied refuge is a real one
06/04/01
Mount Hope Bay warmer due to Brayton Point power plant discharge
05/31/01
Brown, Trinity Rep form consortium for graduate study in theater arts
05/28/01
Faculty presents highest honor to Interim President Sheila E. Blumstein
05/29/01
Bell Gallery to exhibit latest Fessler work and new acquisitions
05/28/01
Faculty, trustee and students to receive Commencement honors
05/28/01
Brown Corporation elects eight new trustees to its 42-member board
05/23/01
Access and press credentials for Brown’s 233rd Commencement
05/23/01
John Carter Brown Library hosts new maritime history exhibit
05/21/01
Op-Ed: Corruption is losing its role in China
05/23/01
Public gives R.I. State Police high marks on professionalism and service
05/15/01
Op-Ed: Is day care worse than cocaine?
05/21/01
Brown will award nine honorary degrees at Commencement May 28
05/11/01
Dr. Paul Farmer, to speak at Medical School’s Commencement
05/15/01
Madeleine Albright to deliver Baccalaureate address on May 27
05/10/01
Laura Linney, Barry Scheck to headline Commencement Forums
05/07/01
Upholding a Brown tradition, two seniors will address graduating class
05/07/01
Brown University to hold 233rd Commencement Monday, May 28
05/17/01
Brown’s graduating Class of 2001 offers some noteworthy stories
05/03/01
Twenty-six undergraduates receive Royce Fellowships for research
05/02/01
NPR’s Ira Glass to speak on ‘A New Kind of Radio’ May 6
05/01/01
Accreditation team will evaluate Brown’s Police and Security Services
04/30/01
Howard Foundation names 13 fellowship recipients for 2001-02
04/27/01
Study finds barriers to immigrants’ involvement in children’s education
04/30/01
Eight Brown employees receive President’s Achievement Awards
04/26/01
Journalist Robert Zelnick to speak on open government and privacy
04/25/01
Office of Campus Life begins study of Campus Climate Assessment
04/20/01
Three faculty members win 2001 Guggenheim Fellowships
04/18/01
Study finds holes dug in dry-sand beach can collapse and suffocate
04/24/01
Study finds persistent and severe pain among nursing home residents
04/11/01
Boswell to deliver inaugural Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture
04/10/01
Bell Gallery to exhibit selections from its collection through May 28
04/10/01
Applications available for Brown Summer High School July 2-27
04/09/01
Health alert for students who visited Acapulco during spring break
04/13/01
Ellen O’Connor named vice president for finance at Brown University
04/06/01
CBS anchor Dan Rather to receive journalism award April 16
03/30/01
Dame Cicely Saunders, hospice movement founder, to speak April 19
03/29/01
Bell Gallery to join in Dion’s New England Digs Project April 3–6
03/28/01
Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell to speak April 16
04/05/01
Researchers find evidence of aging system that may promote long life
03/26/01
General Motors to fund $3-million materials lab at Brown
03/23/01
Brown issues statement on campus security in response to mail threat
04/30/01
Ear drops may reduce need for antibiotics to treat ear infections
03/21/01
Dean of the College to host faculty forum on civil discourse, free press
03/20/01
A call for support, debate and dialogue to resolve disagreements
03/17/01
University urges discussion, dialogue in resolving free-speech issues
03/19/01
ACLU’s Nadine Strossen to speak on ‘Cyberliberties’ April 5
03/16/01
Author Samuel Shem to speak on medicine and literature April 4
03/16/01
Medical students to receive residency placements on Match Day (3/16)
03/16/01
Former FDA head David Kessler to discuss confronting ‘Big Tobacco’
03/15/01
Conference to address implications of charting the human genome
03/13/01
Op-Ed: Once again, a crossroads in the Balkans
03/09/01
Balkan experts to speak on ‘The Downfall of the Milosevic Regime’
03/07/01
Memorial service for Elizabeth J. Cronin set for Monday, March 12
03/06/01
Dieting study finds Internet effective in producing initial weight loss
02/27/01
John Medesky to headline 14th Brudner Memorial Concert March 3
02/27/01
University sets inauguration of Ruth Simmons for October 14, 2001
02/24/01
Brown University issues an interim report on financial aid issues
02/24/01
Brown Corporation approves 3.6 percent increase in total charges
02/24/01
Brown adopts an ‘early decision’ admission policy for early applicants
02/27/01
R.I. voters favor car tax phaseout; oppose Clinton pardon of Rich
02/22/01
Teen-agers take seats at state capitols in ‘laboratory for democracy’
02/20/01
Op-Ed: Powell may reverse hard times at the State Department
02/20/01
Public Affairs Conference to end with children’s concert, events
02/20/01
Researchers to develop brain monitoring system for Mars exploration
02/16/01
Remembering and admiring two hard-working black men
02/14/01
Lowry to headline 21st annual Brown/Providence Journal conference
02/13/01
Providence residents say public schools are moving in right direction
02/09/01
Brown to present French Film Festival Feb. 22 through March 4
02/06/01
Op-Ed: Ken Burns’ Jazz succeeds as a documentary
02/06/01
Op-Ed: School reform plans should include urban school districts
02/01/01
Kosovo, Milosevic era are topics for Watson Institute lecture series
02/01/01
Brown University celebrates annual Years of Service Awards
01/31/01
L.A. mayor, R.I. superintendent to discuss future of urban schools
01/30/01
Howard Gardner to speak on good work research Feb. 12
01/25/01
Winner named in Brown/Providence Journal photography contest
01/23/01
Brown-led team observes melting in a superconductor
01/17/01
Artists mix fact and fantasy in False Witness exhibition at Bell Gallery
01/16/01
People prefer to know when a stressful event is about to occur
01/12/01
Jane E. Smith to give Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture Jan. 29
01/11/01
Op-Ed: Iranian women’s situation has improved under Islamic Republic
01/05/01
John Carter Brown Library to host early New England map exhibition
01/05/01
Op-Ed: The United States has its own record of atrocities
01/04/01
RI computer ownership doubles since ’94 but trails New England, U.S.
12/15/00
Op-Ed: Can reliving history teach and change us?
12/14/00
Op-Ed: The American social drama
12/07/00
Brown and Providence Journal to sponsor photography contest
11/30/00
Ralph Nader to speak about democracy and big business Dec. 3
11/03/00
Op-Ed: Today’s entertainment descends from minstrel shows
11/28/00
Scholar’s book about the Azores to be launched in New Bedford
11/30/00
Brown University addresses compliance issues raised in EPA report
11/27/00
Rev. Al Sharpton to speak about blacks and the political process
11/27/00
Brown-led study to examine consequences of Harvard Pilgrim closing
11/20/00
Poet Carolyn Forché to discuss The Angel of History Dec. 4
11/16/00
Study to look at lifestyle factors influencing the decision to retire
11/17/00
Panel of political scientists to discuss long-term impact of Florida vote
11/10/00
University orchestra teams with Bill Harley for children’s concert
11/10/00
St. Luke’s Trombone Quartet, Wind Symphony to perform Nov. 17
11/09/00
Ruth J. Simmons named 18th president of Brown University
11/07/00
Brown unveils Greer Chair in Geriatric Medicine
11/03/00
Brown-led center receives grant to create lightwave superchip
11/02/00
Study indicates certain rules underlie calling behavior of bullfrogs
11/01/00
Author Barry Lopez to speak on social responsibility Nov. 15
10/31/00
Op-Ed: In Yugoslavia, now for the hard part
10/30/00
Op-Ed: Helping Serbia enter the company of civil societies
10/27/00
University to host conference on multi-media Nov. 2-4
10/27/00
Op-Ed: The Catskills always survive
10/25/00
Bell Gallery to exhibit Kim Dingle and the Wild Girls Nov. 11
10/30/00
Study finds problems with access to public information in R.I. courts
10/24/00
Paul Armstrong named dean of the College at Brown University
10/18/00
Researchers use wildcards to develop better way to sequence DNA
10/19/00
Study describes brain changes during learning
10/16/00
Head Start architect Sheldon White to speak about early education
10/16/00
Brown Festival of Contemporary Music debuts Oct. 26-28
10/05/00
Robert Reich to speak on ‘Who Cares about Politics?’ Oct. 25
10/04/00
Federal Reserve’s William Poole to speak on monetary policy
10/02/00
Op-Ed: Should we associate with the Scouts?
09/27/00
NSF awards Brown $7 million for materials and engineering center
09/28/00
Five-year, $11-million NIH grant will support Brown genetics research
09/22/00
Steven Clift to headline policy forum on the digital divide Sept. 28
09/21/00
John Hay Library to open new William S. Burroughs exhibit Oct. 10
09/21/00
Brown computer scientists receive grant to speed Internet use
09/21/00
Brown team looks for new ways to examine scientific data
09/14/00
Robert Reich to speak at investment conference Sept. 21
09/12/00
Women perform better in math when tested without men, study says
09/11/00
Op-Ed: A tolerable death
09/11/00
A report card for ‘e-government’ Web sites to be released Sept. 15
09/07/00
John Carter Brown Library to host exhibit on colonial Brazil
09/11/00
R.I. offers nation a view of the future for higher quality end-of-life care
08/24/00
Brown engineering and neuroscience group wins grant for brain study
08/22/00
Johnnie Cochran to speak on “Justice in America” Sept. 7 POSTPONED
08/22/00
Non-whites rate court performance and fairness lower than whites
08/18/00
Brown summer program trains teachers in world affairs curriculum
08/17/00
Opening Convocation to welcome 1,420 students in Class of 2004
08/11/00
Bell Gallery to present recent work of Stephan Balkenhol
08/11/00
Brown faculty offers perspectives on aspects of the presidential race
08/18/00
Op-Ed: Disengaged youth – What’s a politician to do?
08/09/00
The Ivy League decision: questions and answers about Brown football
08/01/00
Brown physicist proposes that electron can be split in two
08/02/00
Cynthia E. Frost named chief investment officer
08/02/00
Walter C. Hunter named vice president for administration
07/21/00
University statement on Susan Klein vs. Brown University
08/16/00
Campus Life Task Force recommends changes to residential system
07/14/00
Evening of West African dance and music
07/10/00
Study finds caregivers often postpone seeking treatment for themselves
06/29/00
Brown University officials present master plan update to community
07/01/00
Scientists record movement of herpes simplex virus in nerve cell


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