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Michael Bechek '10: Principles and the professor
By Michael Bechek | May 29Professor Ivory Franklin Frisbee seems like a know-it-all. He is.
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Obama's night: Long road ends in landslide
By Michael Bechek | November 4In a historic victory, Barack Obama was elected the 44th president Tuesday, demonstrating the broad base of support from Americans excited by his message of change and worried about the economy.
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Corp. addresses U.'s finances, but no major moves
By Michael Bechek | October 19Members of the Corporation convened on campus Friday and Saturday for their first meeting since the economy took a sharp turn for the worse last month, discussing academic programs and addressing financial concerns but announcing no major decisions.
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Corporation to meet this weekend
By Michael Bechek | October 15With the ominous economic events of recent months as a backdrop, the Corporation will meet Friday and Saturday with a plan to discuss academic programs, including the state of the undergraduate College, the graduate and medical schools and the faculty.
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Endowment gains slow amid turmoil
By Michael Bechek | September 25Outperforming the market and many peer institutions, the University earned a 6.3 percent return on its endowment in the fiscal year ending in June, Brown's top financial officer said Wednesday. While the gain represents a definite step back from the greater returns seen in recent years, it reflects ...
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In debate over Obama's past, U. history revisited
By Michael Bechek | September 23In the early part of 1995, Vartan Gregorian, the president of Brown, flew to Chicago to meet with the board of directors of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a school reform initiative to which he had just awarded $49 million of a large gift he had helped arrange. When he arrived, the board was excited ...
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Health grant to send students abroad
By Michael Bechek | September 2About $400,000 in new grant money will fund travel awards and a revamped educational program for Brown students interested in global public health, the University announced Tuesday.
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Simmons' assistant to head public affairs
By Michael Bechek | July 20Marisa Quinn, the longtime assistant to President Ruth Simmons who was a ubiquitous presence by her boss's side for five years, will become the new head of Brown's public relations office, the University announced July 1.
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Kennedy '76 to lead Watson for now
By Michael Bechek | April 7Vice President for International Affairs David Kennedy '76, who joined the University administration three months ago with the task of raising Brown's global profile, will serve as the interim director of the Watson Institute for International Studies for two years starting this summer.
