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Brown Licenses Internet ID Technology

Brown has licensed a portfolio of Internet security technology to a group of entrepreneurs who have established the startup company IAM Technology Inc. Developed by Brown Computer Science Professor Roberto Tamassia and associates, the technology provides a rapid way to validate identity on Internet domains.

World Year of Physics 2005

The popular lecture series to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's miraculous year of 1905 continues this fall with three presentations: MIT Professor Emeritus Rainer Weiss, Sept. 26th; CCNY Professor Michio Kaku, Oct. 17th; and UCLA Professor Emeritus Nina Byers, Nov. 14th

Knotted String Records

Gary Urton, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Pre-Columbian Studies at Harvard University, will present, "The String Records of Ancient Peru: Knots, Numbers & Mnemonics in the Inka Khipu," 5:15 p.m., Thurs., Sept. 29, Salomon Hall. His lecture will be free, open to the public and followed by a reception in the new satellite gallery of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology in Manning Hall.

What was modern?

From Sept. 29-Oct. 30, the Carriage House Gallery presents "New Art in The New Age: What was Modern?," an exhibition of artworks published in The New Age, a weekly review of politics, literature and art, published from 1907 to 1922. The gallery is in the John Nicholas Brown Center, 47 Power St.; open 1-4 p.m., M-F. The exhibition includes a lecture at the Center, 5 p.m., Oct. 12, by Brown professor Robert Scholes entitled, "Modernism in Magazines." Events are free and open to the public.

Man of letters

Carlos Fuentes, Mexican writer, critic, and a Brown professor at large, will present three talks, Oct. 4-6. Fuentes, author of the recent Contra Bush and This I Believe: An A to Z of a Life, will present "Aura y las brujas" (In Spanish), 9 a.m., Tues., Oct. 4, Smith-Buonanno, Room 106; "Iberoamerica: The Buried Mirror" (In English), 5 p.m., Wed., Oct. 5, List Art Center, Room 110; and "Cervantes and the Art of Fiction" (In English), 5 pm, Thurs. Oct. 6, Smith-Bouonanno, Room 106. Free and open to the public.

Great Writers Lecture Series

The Great Writers Lecture Series, which links academic writing with nonfiction, presents four celebrated nonfiction writers: Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Writing the Bi-cultural Memoir," 6:30 p.m., Wed. Oct. 5, Salomon 001; Alan Lightman, "Writing the Science Narrative," Einstein Lecture, 6:30 pm, Wed., Nov. 16, Salomon 001; John D'Agata, "Writing the Lyric Essay," 6:30 p.m., Wed., Feb. 15; and Marian Wright Edelman, "Writing the Political Memoir," Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture, 6:30 p.m., Tues., April 11.