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- Harvard Administrator Brian W. Casey Selected as DePauw University's Nineteenth President
- Brian W. Casey, associate dean for academic affairs in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, will become the nineteenth president of DePauw University, effective July 1. The appointment of Dr. Casey will be announced this morning by R. David Hoover, chair of DePauw's Board...
- Research articles 2008-02-21
- Cal tight end Gory chooses Fresno
- When David Gory injured his knee in the summer between his junior and senior years at California High, it put a major hiccup in a recruiting process that was just starting to heat up. A year and a half later, Gory can put that process to bed....
- Research articles 2008-01-29
- Academic Freedom and Middle East Studies
- What happened when the campus rabbi tried to send students to disrupt a forum on academic freedom at Brown. When my colleague Marsha Pripstein Posusney of Bryant College and I organized a workshop, entitled "The Study of the Middle East and Islam: Challenges after 9-11," at the Watson...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- Who was Louis Smadbeck?
- A three-term REBNY governor, Louis Smadbeck graduated from Brown University in 1942 and joined the Army's Signal Intelligence Service. During WWII, he was sent to England to work under British command that deciphered German communications. One of the industry's most respected brokers, the firm Charle F. Noyes was the...
- Research articles 2007-01-17
- Feckless Youth
- There was something more than tawdry about the detention in Washington last May of Representative Patrick Kennedy, Democrat of Rhode Island. Having long been the butt of jokes about his inability to find his way to the Capitol unaided, he smashed his car into a Hill security barrier at 2:45...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- Haverford graduate finds a different path to success
- About the only things Dave Coughlin felt pretty certain about when he graduated Haverford High and headed off for Brown University was that he would find a career path and continue to run track and cross-country. He became fascinated with neuroscience. More so than the track and cross-country coaches...
- Research articles 2006-06-03
- Who was Louis Smadbeck?
- A three-term REBNY governor, Louis Smadbeck graduated from Brown University in 1942 and joined the Army's Signal Intelligence Service. During WWII, he was sent to England to work under a British command that intercepted and deciphered coded German communications. One of the industry's most respected brokers, the firm Charle...
- Research articles 2006-01-18
- IN REMEMBRANCE: GARY D. PEACOCK (1947 - 2005)
- Members of Toronto law firm McCague Peacock Borlack McInnis &Lloyd LLP are in deep mourning over the sudden passing of partner and friend, Gary Peacock, on Friday, Nov. 18, 2005. Gary was a senior partner of the firm and an integral founding member at its inception 11 years ago. After...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- An education in diversity: our nation's students may reflect many races and cultures, but they all share the need for an education upon which to build their futures--and the future of the United States.(The Changing Face of CTE)
- America the beautiful is increasingly becoming America the beautifully diverse. Long known as 'the melting pot," our nation is now a rich stew of spices from cultures around the world. As our diversity has increased even further in recent years, a new oxymoron has joined the...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Barry M. Prizant.(awarded the Princeton University-Eden Foundation Fellowship)(Brief Article)
- Barry M. Prizant, director of Childhood Communication Services, Cranston, RI, and adjunct professor of the Brown University Center for the Study of Human Development, the Princeton University-Eden Foundation Fellowship Award as "a tribute to his career of outstanding contributions to services for persons with autism." Prizant...
- Research articles 2005-09-06
- Commentary: Colorado Springs high school senior sheds light on
- Alex Braha admires Barack Obama's vitality and his views. Braha is a student in the International Baccalaureate program at Palmer High School. Obama is the charismatic U.S. senator from Illinois who gained national attention for his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention. ...
- Research articles 2005-03-18
- Miller eclipses 1,000 points.(Sports)
- Byline: Joe Aguilar Daily Herald Sports Writer Her milestone. Her way. Mundelein senior basketball player Sarah Miller surpassed the 1,000-point plateau Tuesday night during the Mustangs' regional opener against Vernon Hills at Libertyville and did it in "typical ...
- Research articles 2005-02-17
- Barrington's Janes chooses Brown.(Sports)
- Byline: Marty Maciaszek Daily Herald Sports Writer Drew Janes got the last laugh on his parents. When Janes entered Barrington High School he told them he wanted to attend an Ivy League university. "They always laughed," Janes joked in reference...
- Research articles 2005-01-05
- Providence: Education and Research
- Providence: Education and ResearchElementary and Secondary SchoolsThe following is a summary of data regarding the Providence public schools as of the 2004–2005 school year. Total enrollment: 25,742 Number of facilities elementary schools: 22 junior high/middle schools: 6 senior high schools: 7 charter: 2 Student/teacher...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Rearview Mirror, The
- The Rearview MirrorTwo Must-Read Books for ConservativesAs an author and a literary critic, Chilton Williamson, Jr. has surveyed the landscape of conservative literature throughout his career as literary editor at National Review for 14 years and currently as book review editor for Chronicles. In The Conservative Bookshelf, Williamson highlights 50...
- Research articles 2004-11-01
- Rattling the Chains
- The Only Clear Winners are Advocates of ReparationsThe president of Brown University has appointed a committee to look into the history of the connections of that institution to the slave trade. This is to be no academic exercise of scholarly research. There is obviously supposed to be a pot of...
- Research articles 2004-03-29
- Screen idol: production designer Mark Friedberg makes architecture and interiors the stars. (crosslines).
- MARK FRIEDBERG, WHO MOST recently re-created the picture-perfect world of 1950s suburbia in Far From Heaven, more or less fell into production design--and hit the ground running. "Brought up on a diet of Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier," he majored in sculpture and American history at...
- Research articles 2003-03-01
- Rhode Island Supreme Court Judge Dies Unexpectedly at Age 65.
- By Tracy Breton, Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 30--PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice Victoria Santopietro Lederberg died unexpectedly of a massive heart attack yesterday morning at home in Providence. She was 65. Lederberg, of Providence,...
- Research articles 2002-12-30
- Michael Bassis: putting students first
- It's a surprise to learn that Westminister College's new president, Dr. Michael Bassis, once flunked out of college. After attending one of New England's traditional, all-male boarding schools, he went to Brown University. There, he says, "I discovered this new species of human being that I was fascinated by, so...
- Research articles 2002-10-01
- Brown University inaugurates new president, Ruth Simmons - Providence, R.I - Brief Article
- PROVIDENCE, R.I. Brown University's new president has risen to the pinnacle of academia from humble beginnings, inspired along the way by her teachers. So it was no surprise when Dr. Ruth J. Simmons encouraged those at her inauguration last month to value the excellence of teaching and learning,...
- Research articles 2001-11-08
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