Faculty in Focus is a lecture series co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the President’s Staff Advisory Council. Launched in fall 2017, the series is modeled after the By Faculty for Faculty series and the Staff Summer Reading program, and is designed to cultivate community at Brown and offers an opportunity for staff to gather and hear from a member of the Brown faculty about their scholarship.
Director, Institute at Brown University for Environment and Society
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Noon to 1 :30 p.m.
The Faculty Club
Climate change represents a growing threat to populations around the world, including many communities across Rhode Island. Cobb will share new findings that bring the climate crisis into clearer focus, and showcase the work of Brown faculty whose research advances our understanding of climate change impacts and solutions. She will highlight Brown's leadership in meeting the climate challenge and outline a vision for even greater impact and engagement on climate solutions at Brown in the years to come.
Sorensen Family Dean of Engineering
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The Faculty Club
Faculty Director of the Brown Arts Institute
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
Noon
The Faculty Club
Kent Kleinman, Professor of the Practice in History of Art and Architecture and Faculty Director of the Brown Arts Institute, will talk about art making as an incisive mode of research and critical inquiry, using a few examples of projects that he has been involved with in the past.
Professor of Epidemiology; Director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health
Thursday, October 20, 2022
12 p.m.
The Faculty Club
Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences; Frank L. Day Professor of Biology
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Noon
Associate Professor of Engineering; Director of Graduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Noon
Director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies; Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Services, Policy & Practice
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Noon
Director, Brown-Lifespan Center for Digital Health; Associate Dean of Strategy & Innovation, School of Public Health, Brown University
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Noon
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Assistant Provost for Sustainability
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Noon to 1:00 pm
Professor of Political Science and International & Public Affairs Chair, Department of Political Science
Thursday, November 14, 2019
12:00 to 1:00 pm
The Faculty Club
Associate Professor of Epidemiology School of Public Health
April 3, 2019
Noon to 1:30 pm
The Faculty Club
Lunch will be served.
Chancellor's Professor of Africana Studies, Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
The Faculty Club
Huttner Room
Joukowsky Family Assistant Professor of Computer Science
12:00 to 1:30 pm
The Faculty Club
Brown University Provost and Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
November 8, 2017
Noon to 1:30 pm
The Faculty Club
