http://www.brown.edu/ Brown University en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:30:00 EST Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:30:00 EST http://www.brown.edu/ Brown University RSS webmaster@brown.edu (Brown University WebMaster) webmaster@brown.edu (Brown University WebMaster) http://www.brainscience.brown.edu/news/Pascual_Leone_Lec.html Harvard’s Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D. will present the Brown Institute for Brain Science Inaugural Lecture, “What the Blind Can Teach Us About Seeing,” Dec. 10. RSVP required. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:30:00 EST http://www.brainscience.brown.edu/news/Pascual_Leone_Lec.html http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Humanities_Center/initiatives/darwin.html The Dec. 4 panel discussion, “States of Theory in Biology and the Humanities,” is the second in a series of events to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Darwin’s The Origin of Species. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:30:00 EST http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Humanities_Center/initiatives/darwin.html http://today.brown.edu/articles/2008/11/clippinger Senior Emma Clippinger and Emily Morell of Yale win the grand prize in Youth Social Entrepreneur competition for their work as co-founders of Gardens for Health International, which provides nutritional support and economic empowerment to HIV-positive people in Rwanda. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:30:00 EST http://today.brown.edu/articles/2008/11/clippinger http://today.brown.edu/articles/2008/11/fulbrights-08 Brown ranks seventh in Fulbright fellowships awarded for 2008-09. Its percentage of winners to applicants is second only to Yale’s. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:30:00 EST http://today.brown.edu/articles/2008/11/fulbrights-08 http://envstudies.brown.edu/ Sriniketh Nagavarapu, 
assistant professor of economics and environmental studies, will present “Brazilian Ethanol: A Gift or Threat?” Nov. 13.
 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:30:00 EST http://envstudies.brown.edu/ http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Africana_Studies/ “Pasts & Futures of Black Politics & Activism,” will feature the Peabody-Award-Winning Documentary, “Chisholm ’72: Unbought and Unbossed,” and its director, Shola Lynch, Nov. 11. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:00:00 EST http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Africana_Studies/ http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Africana_Studies/events/ngugi-wizard.html Africana Studies Department presents “Writing, Language, and Globalization: Readings from Wizard of the Crow,” with Ngügï wa Thiong’o, Kenya’s foremost author and scholar, working in English and Gïküyü, Nov. 10. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:30:00 EST http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Africana_Studies/events/ngugi-wizard.html http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Africana_Studies/events/ngugi.html Africana Studies present “Politics and the Novel: Conversations in Africana Writing,” with author and activist Ngügï wa Thiong’o and author and scholar George Lamming, Nov. 7. Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:30:00 EST http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Africana_Studies/events/ngugi.html http://www.brown.edu/Administration/PAUR/Featured_Events/event/2008/11/03/stanley-fish-save-world-your-own-time At a Nov. 3 lecture, Stanley Fish, The New York Times blogger and public intellectual, will invite debate on the role of professors. His presentation is entitled, “Save the World on Your Own Time.” Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:30:00 EST http://www.brown.edu/Administration/PAUR/Featured_Events/event/2008/11/03/stanley-fish-save-world-your-own-time http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Art_Architecture/events/ Carlo Ginzburg will present the annual Anita Glass Memorial Lecture: “David, Marat: Art, Politics, Religion,” Oct. 29. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EST http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Art_Architecture/events/