Brown donated $25,000 to a Rhode Island fund to erect a memorial to the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.... Associate Professor of Community Health Annlouise Assaf and Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island received $9 million from the National Institutes of Health to oversee a four-state study of osteoarthritis.... The modern culture and media department will accept applications this fall for its new Ph.D. program.... The University approved the creation of a biomedical engineering center and graduate program.... Harvard vice president Elizabeth Huidekoper was named the University's executive vice president for finance and administration.... Brown researchers were awarded $5.3 million to review and disseminate the best research in ophthalmology and optometry.... National Public Radio's All Things Considered featured an audio diary by Laura Rothenberg '04, who suffers from cystic fibrosis.... President Ruth Simmons was one of Biography Magazine's "25 Most Influential Women in America" and "The Savoyb 100: The Powers That Be."