2009 Leadership Award

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2009 Commencement Forum

Crisis: Policies to Strengthen a Troubled Economy

May 23, 2009

In 2008 and 2009, the U.S. economy was buffeted by the housing slump, a credit crisis, rising unemployment, gyrating energy prices, and a dramatic rise in the federal deficit. The Obama Administration and economic leaders have been implementing new policies to address the crisis and stabilize consumer confidence. In the Pembroke Center’s 2009 Commencement Forum, Annette L. Nazareth’78, Partner, Davis, Polk & Wardwell and a former Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission; Randall S. Kroszner’84, Norman R. Bobins Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a former Governor of the Federal Reserve Board; and, Jill Schlesinger’87, Editor-at-Large of CBS MoneyWatch.com to discussed the current state of the U.S. economy and the prospects for recovery.

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Pembroke Hall Rededication

October 17, 2008

Dedicated on November 22, 1897, Pembroke Hall was the first building erected for the use of Brown’s fledgling Women’s College. On October 17, 2008, President Ruth J. Simmons rededicated the historic Pembroke Hall as the new home of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women and the Cogut Center for the Humanities.

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Remembering Pembroke Hall

Produced by the Pembroke Center in 2008

The original dedication of Pembroke Hall was held on November 22, 1897. Four alumnae offer their thoughts on the historic building and reflect on their time as students of Pembroke College in Brown University.

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