tive. This multidisciplinary research and education program is designed to address the complex issues that drive global environmental change. Besides building on Brown's collective strengths in ecology and evolutionary biology, environmental science, economics, geological sciences, sociology and international policy, the Environmental Change Initiative will draw upon MBL's unparalleled research, education and training programs.

"MBL combines a long-standing commitment to education with world-class science," said Zimmer. "Life sciences questions are becoming bigger and more complicated. Collaboration between Brown and MBL will create a rich culture for learning and research to address those questions."

Brown University

Brown University is an Ivy League institution with a distinctive undergraduate academic program, renowned faculty, outstanding graduate and medical students, and a tradition of innovative and rigorous multidisciplinary study. Founded in 1764, Brown was the third college in New England and the seventh in America. Today, Brown is moving forward with initiatives for academic enrichment that will enlarge the faculty by at least 100 members, improve support for graduate students, and invest in libraries, information technology, new multidisciplinary academic centers, and expanded laboratory and academic space.

Marine Biological Laboratory

MBL is an internationally known, independent, nonprofit research and educational institution. It conducts the highest level of original research and education in biology, including the biomedical and environmental sciences. MBL hosts research programs in cell and developmental biology, ecosystems studies, molecular biology and evolution, neurobiology, behavior, global infectious diseases and sensory physiology. Its intensive graduate-level educational program is renowned throughout the life sciences. Founded in 1888, the MBL is the oldest private marine laboratory in th
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Contact: Scott Turner
Scott_Turner@Brown.edu
401-863-2476
Brown University
16-Jul-2003

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