Since Last Time
By The Editors / January / February 2003
June 22nd, 2007
The Brown Medical School announced the completion of a five-year, $73.2 million fund-raising drive.... The financial-aid office projected a $4 million deficit during the current school year due to a higher admission yield and increased student need.... Brown Hillel broke ground on a new, 25,000-square-foot center.... The number of early applications declined 3 percent, although those from African-American and Latino students rose 15 percent.... The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded the University $2.3 million to establish the U.S. headquarters of the Cochrane Collaborative, a global network promoting .... Cyberkinetics, a company cofounded by neuroscience department chairman John Donoghue, received $5 million to develop brain-implantable medical devices that could help patients overcome paralysis.