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• Jindal Wins Louisiana Race, Becomes First Indian American Governor

  Published: October 21, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Jindal, Wins, Louisiana, Race, Becomes, First, Indian, American, Governor, Bobby Jindal, Walter Boasso, Louisiana State University, Mckinsey Amp Company, The Associated Press, Baton Rouge, Kathleen Blanco, New Delhi, New Orleans, Wayne Parent, Brown University, St Bernard Pa

  MIAMI, Oct. 20 -- Rep. Bobby Jindal (R) became the nation's first Indian American governor Saturday, outpolling 11 rivals in Louisiana and drawing enough votes to avoid a runoff election next month.

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• Pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar to Perform At Brown University

  Published: November 4, 2007, 9:19 pm

  Tags: Arts, Abboud Ashkar, Brown University, Pianists

  Renowned Palestinian-Israeli pianist Saleem Abboud Ashkar will visit Brown University Nov. 9-11, 2007. In addition to presenting a piano recital and offering a workshop for Brown students, Abboud Ashkar will participate in a panel discussion focusing on the role of the humanities in bridging cultural differences on an international level.

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• Brown University demonstrates Drawing on Air system

  Published: November 8, 2007, 8:57 pm

  Tags: 3ddrawing On Air, 3ddrawingonair, Air Drawing, Air Drawing, Airdrawing, Brown University, Brownuniversity, Drawing, Stylus, University, Virtual Reality, Virtualreality

  of computer scientists from Brown University are putting the art back in the proverbial foreground with its Drawing on Air installation. Put simply, users can slip on a virtual reality mask, grab a stylus and tracking device, and go to town. The system uses "drawing guidelines, force feedback, and two-handed interaction" to assist artists in

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• An Overdue Honor.

  Published: November 9, 2007, 9:32 pm

  Tags: Blogroll, 1915 Rose Bowl, Aafc, Akron Pros, Bill Willis, Brown University, Civil Rights Movement, Cleveland Browns, Football In Ohio, Fritz Pollard, Marion Motley, Miami Seahawks, Nfl, Ohio State University, Paul Brown, Racism In Sports, Racism In The Nfl

  go on for days about Jim Brown, Deacon Jones, and Deion Sanders. And while they deserve credit for bringing pro football to the forefront and Prime Time of American sports, there were those that came before the signing bonuses and sneaker deals whose only luxury came from playing the game that they loved in exchange for minimal pay and

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• The Times Higher World University Rankings 2007

  Published: November 14, 2007, 2:37 pm

  Tags: Admission, Admissions, Application Mix, Arizona State University, Australian National Univ, Beijing University, Berkeley, Boston University, Brown University, Caltech, Cambridge, Cardiff University, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve Univ, Chalmes Univers

  of OxfordYale University Imperial College London Princeton University CALTECH University of Chicago University College London MIT Columbia University McGill University Duke University University of Penn Johns Hopkins Univ Australian National Univ University of Tokyo University of Hong Kong Stanford University Carnegie Mellon

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• Psychology Programs with Department Links part 3

  Published: December 8, 2007, 6:19 pm

  Tags: Admission, Colleges, Psychology, Psychology Programs, Schools, Universities, Education, Arizona State University, Boston University, Bowling Green State University, Brandeis University, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, City

  at Amherst, Rutgers State University–New Brunswick, University of Southern California, Purdue University, University of Rochester, Pennsylvania State University, Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, New York University, University of Iowa, Brown University, University of Florida, State University of New York at Stony Brook,

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• Engineering and Computer Science Rankings Grid

  Published: December 20, 2007, 10:26 am

  Tags: Asu, Arizona State, Arizona State University, Auburn, Berkeley, Boston University, Brown, Brown University, Co State University, Cwru, California Institute Of Technology, Caltech, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve, Case Western Reserve University, Clemson

  of Minnesota -Twin Cities, University of Missouri, University of NC, University of NC- Chapel Hill, University of NM, University of New Mexico, University of North Carolina, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, University of Rochester, University of Southern California, University of Texas - Austin,

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• Ivy Leagues Compared

  Published: December 31, 2007, 11:39 am

  Tags: Ivy League Harvard Cornell University Brown University

  1 Trend history Harvard university University of Pennsylvannia Cornell University Princeton University Yale University Graph 2 University of Pennsylvania Dartmouth college Brown university Columbia university Conclusion Harvard is the most popularly searched School Rest of the Ivy League Schools carry same volume of searches

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• World Rankings Of Economic Programs

  Published: December 29, 2007, 2:25 am

  Tags: Albany Ny, Ann Arbor Mi, Austin Tx, Baltimore Md, Berkeley Ca, Blacksburg Va, Boston College, Boston Ma, Boston University, Boulder Co, Brown University, California Institute Of Technology, Cambridge Ma, Carnegie Mellon University, Chapel Hill Nc, Charlottesville Va, Che

  Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, New York University, New York City NY, Boston University, Boston MA, Yale University, New Haven CT, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA, University of California, San Diego CA, University of Texas, Austin TX, University of Rochester,

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• Top Economic Programs

  Published: December 27, 2007, 8:03 pm

  Tags: Albany Ny, Ann Arbor Mi, Austin Tx, Baltimore Md, Berkeley Ca, Blacksburg Va, Boston College, Boston Ma, Boston University, Boulder Co, Brown University, California Institute Of Technology, Cambridge Ma, Carnegie Mellon University, Chapel Hill Nc, Charlottesville Va, Che

  Evanston IL New York University, New York City NY Boston University, Boston MA Yale University, New Haven CT Stanford University, Palo Alto CA University of California, San Diego CA University of Texas, Austin TX University of Rochester, Rochester NY University of California, Berkeley CA University of Maryland, College Park MD Johns

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• Medical College MCAT-GPA Grid

  Published: January 25, 2008, 7:16 am

  Tags: 94univ Of Arkansas, Admission, Albany Medical College, Albert Einstein Yeshiva U, Application Mix, Application Process, Baylor College Of Medicine, Boston University, Brody School Of Medicine East Carolina University, Brown University, Case Western, Columbia Univers

  Dartmouth Medical School, University of CA - Davis, University of CA-Irvine, University of Florida, University of Cincinnati, University of Connecticut, Indiana Univ-Indianapolis, Stony Brook University, University of Miami, Jefferson Medical College, Wake Forest University, Medical College of WI, University of Utah, Brown University,

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• The Washington Monthly College Rankings

  Published: January 24, 2008, 12:04 pm

  Tags: Alabama A Amp Amp M University, Arizona State University, Auburn University, Berkeley, Boston University, Brandeis University, Brown University, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, College Of William And Mary, Columbia University, Cornell Un

  Case Western Reserve University, Rice University, Ohio State University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University, University of North Carolina, University of Southern California, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, University of Florida, Iowa State University,

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• Under the Treasury's Plan, Fed Would Lose a Key Power

  Published: April 1, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Under, The, Treasury S, Plan, Fed, Would, Lose, Key, Power, Ben Bernanke, U S Federal Reserve, U S Department Of The Treasury, Ernest T Patrikis, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman Llp, David O Beim, Henry M Paulson, Ross Levine, Brown University, Columbia Business School

  Conventional wisdom has it that the Federal Reserve is a big winner in the Treasury Department's plan to overhaul how the financial system is regulated.

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• Tom Friedman Pied in the Face For "His Sickeningly Cheery Applaud for Free Market Capitalism's Conquest of the Planet"

  Published: April 23, 2008, 12:43 pm

  Tags: Brown University, New York Times, Thomas Friedman

  This is the female Brown student who ran up on stage last night to throw a pie at New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, who had just started a lecture on environmentalism. After she threw the pie, she ran for the exit and was eventually caught by police. After the pie landed on Friedman’s face, a male accomplice ran through the aisles

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• Thomas Friedman Assaulted By Rhode Island Pies! [A Planet In Peril]

  Published: April 23, 2008, 1:02 pm

  Tags: A Planet In Peril, Brown University, Environment, Environmental Activists, Globalization, Losers, Mustaches, New York Times, Pie In The Face, Pies, Thomas Friedman

  spoke to some kids at Brown University last night about the environment and got pelted with green pies, which is what happens in the Global Marketplace of Ideas. Friedman was speaking on Earth Day and made the following sage observations: Clean energy is important. Energy independence is important. Government and states can be

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