More than 100 experts and students in the field of education met in Berkeley Jan. 19-21 for a conference commemorating the life and work of the late Ann Brown, who was the Evelyn Lois Corey Professor in the Graduate School of Education.

A leader in educational innovation who had a profound influence on scholars and teachers, Brown is best known for her work describing the classroom as a "community of learners." She died in June 1999. Participants came from as far as London and Toronto. Among them, from left, were Brown's husband and collaborator, Education Professor Joseph Campione; Professors Carl Bereiter and Marlene Scardamalia of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; and Professor Barbara White of the Graduate School of Education.

On Friday evening, the Ann Brown Teacher Research Center was dedicated at Oakland's Chabot Space and Science Center.