Brown/Trinity Rep third-year acting students Jessica Ko and Nicole Villamil play significant roles in Trinity Rep's performance of The Hunchback of Seville. With a cast of only eight actors, Ko plays the roles of Christopher Columbus and Innocenzia; Villamil plays Infanta Juana.
Starting March 5, 2016, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) will begin offering Saturday appointments to graduate and medical students. Saturday appointments will be held at Health Services, 13 Brown Street, from 9 am-4 pm through the academic year. Interested students can schedule appointments by calling CAPS at 863-3476 during regular business hours (Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5 pm).
The Brown University chapter of the Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) is hosting a scientific storytelling event series on Saturday, March 26 featuring Dr. Rafael E. Luna. Through an interactive seminar and writing workshop, Dr. Luna will provide instruction on how to write a scientific manuscript using the structural aspects of storytelling. The events run from 1 -5:30 pm, following by dinner on the third floor of the Science Library. See the event posters and register for the seminar, workshop and dinner by March 10.
Master's and doctoral students are invited to attend info sessions to explore Summer Breakthrough Lab (B-Lab) 2016. B-Lab is an 8-week experiential and immersive program, enabling students to pursue their creative and entrepreneurial passions. Register to attend an info session on February 11 or 15.
The February 25 Academy in Context dinner-seminar features Beshara Doumani, the Director of Middle East Studies at Brown. His talk is entitled, "Torn Asunder: Displacement in the Making and Unmaking of the Modern Middle East." Graduate students and postdocs are invited to register to attend. He will discuss how the Middle East state system came to be, how massive displacements are reshaping not only that geographic area, but Europe and global politics. Learn more and register to attend.
Seven doctoral and three master's students are exploring university administration as part of the sixth cohort of the Brown Executive Scholars Training program, which kicked off this week. The Graduate School’s 12-week program helps to prepare doctoral and advanced master's students for administrative careers.
Don't polish your research talk here, and don't think too much. And definitely don't miss a chance to learn from experts in other fields – such as acting. The space was Trinity Repertory Theater, in downtown Providence, and those were some of the lessons reported by the 18 doctoral students participating in the inaugural Effective Performance workshop series, which will be repeated this semester.
The Graduate School successfully concluded two searches, with Shayna Kessel to serve as associate dean for master's education, effective February 1, and Marlina Duncan, as associate dean of diversity initiatives, effective March 1.
Timing is everything. When doctoral student Aaron Held came to Brown University in 2012, the opportunities he’s enjoying today had only just begun to take shape. But more than three years into his work, he’s become the vital linchpin between two labs in a diverse collaboration dedicated to disarming a horrible disease. That has given him several chances to learn new techniques and new biology.
Lincoln School students visited with the Brown University Graduate Women in Science and Engineering (GWiSE) for a poster session and lab tours. Two classes of 23 girls interviewed female grad students in the STEM field and presented posters on research.
