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Brown’s newest students, by the numbers

September 6, 2024

A total of 3,289 undergraduate, graduate and medical students have begun their studies at Brown University — here’s a look at the newest students to arrive on College Hill.

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Student Life

Photos and video: A lively beginning to the academic year

September 5, 2024

During a week of welcome events, Brown’s campus buzzed with the unmistakable spirit of new beginnings as the Fall 2024 semester kicked off.

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Health and Medicine

Study shows fentanyl’s role in Oregon overdose spike after policy decriminalizing drug possession

September 5, 2024

A study by public health researchers at Brown University found that decriminalization of drug possession was not associated with an increase in fatal drug overdose rates in Oregon.

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At 261st Opening Convocation, a magical welcome for Brown University’s newest students

September 3, 2024

As students heralded the start of their academic journeys at Brown, University leaders urged them to build relationships across difference, be curious and courageous, and embrace the magic of the Brown experience.

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Photos: Brown student-athletes cheer on Vartan Gregorian Elementary students for first day of school

September 3, 2024

Students at the K-5 school in the Providence Public School District were greeted with a rousing welcome from Brown Athletics on their first day of school.

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Brown welcomes talented group of 67 new faculty members

September 3, 2024

Representing a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds, the scholars join the Brown community to guide student-centered learning and engage in high-impact research.

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Student Life

International Orientation welcomes new undergraduates from more than 80 nations

September 3, 2024

A successful Brown program for a quarter-century, International Orientation focuses on offering new undergraduates from outside the U.S. mentorship, relationship-building, fun and a smooth transition to college.

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Student Life

Quintessentially the Class of 2028: Incoming students share cherished items from home

September 3, 2024

As the 2024-25 academic year kicked off, members of Brown University’s newest class shared some of the items they brought from home that help represent who they are.

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Health and Medicine

Petranea Smith: Engaging with the community to help people get vaccinated

August 29, 2024

With a commitment to community engagement, the public health graduate student and aspiring physician is spending her summer helping underinsured Rhode Islanders access protective health care.

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Arts and Humanities

Prestigious grant to enable first major exhibition on 19th century painter Edward Mitchell Bannister

August 28, 2024

A National Endowment for the Humanities grant will enable Brown Professor Dietrich Neumann to develop a traveling exhibition on the long underrecognized African American painter.

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Photos: Incoming students get step up in engineering pre-orientation program

August 27, 2024

With an emphasis on community and inclusion, the inaugural Brown Summer Transition Engineering Program is preparing incoming undergraduates to thrive in engineering before their studies officially begin.

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Science and Technology

Advancing the quest for dark matter: New insights from the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment

August 26, 2024

Faculty and student researchers from Brown contributed key expertise on the LZ team’s latest findings, refining the search for dark matter particles and pushing the boundaries of detection technology.

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Social Sciences

Jasmin Elias Contreras: Supporting immigrant communities in Rhode Island

August 22, 2024

Through a summer internship at the nonprofit organization Progreso Latino, the rising Brown sophomore is assisting local community members who are navigating questions related to immigration.

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Health and Medicine

Brown researcher to study environmental health impacts of wood pellet production

August 22, 2024

Erica Walker of the Brown University School of Public Health received a federal grant to assess the effects of wood pellet plants in Mississippi on the health of residents in surrounding communities.

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Health and Medicine

Cutting-edge technology at Brown to support new discoveries on diseases by Rhode Island scientists

August 20, 2024

A $1.2 million National Institutes of Health grant will bring a state-of-the-art mass spectrometer to Brown to advance the work of researchers studying the biology of disease and exploring potential treatments.

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Science and Technology

Rhode Island high schoolers embrace STEM lessons at ICERM’s Girls Get Math program

August 19, 2024

The five-day camp at Brown’s Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics engages students in hands-on math activities and advanced computational labs, guided by experts.

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News and Events

Equity and diversity leader Sylvia Carey-Butler to step down after three years of accomplishment

August 19, 2024

A leader who has strengthened diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives on Brown’s campus, Carey-Butler will pursue opportunities to ensure equity across higher education nationally.

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Arts and Humanities

Natan Rodrigues Ferreira: Taking to the stage to broaden access to bilingual community theater

August 15, 2024

Through a summer internship with Rhode Island Latino Arts and Trinity Rep, the rising Brown senior is helping to stage a free, outdoor bilingual performance series for Rhode Island communities.

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Science and Technology

Brain-computer interface allows man with ALS to ‘speak’ again

August 14, 2024

In a clinical trial and study supported by Brown scientists and alumni, a participant regained nearly fluent speech using a brain-computer interface that translates brain signals into speech with up to 97% accuracy.

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Health and Medicine

Q&A with Brown biochemist on RNA, the molecule causing global excitement among scientists

August 13, 2024

Juan Alfonzo, the director of Brown’s new RNA Center, discusses the formerly “forgotten cousin” of DNA and explains what the center is doing to maximize RNA’s potential.

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Science and Technology

New study unveils 16,000 years of climate history in the tropical Andes

August 12, 2024

Brown University researchers highlight the roles of carbon dioxide and ocean currents as key drivers of temperature fluctuations in the tropical Andes over a 16,000 year period.

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Student Life

Maiya Jannah: Making waves in media for a more inclusive Hollywood

August 8, 2024

Through an internship with the Television Academy Foundation, the rising Brown University senior is learning the ins and outs of the TV industry while paving the way for a future generation of creatives.

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News and Events

Accomplished attorney Sandhya Iyer appointed senior vice president and general counsel at Brown

August 7, 2024

After serving as an attorney for two federal agencies and as general counsel for both Oberlin and Dartmouth, Iyer will advise on a range of legal matters and lead the team of attorneys in Brown’s Office of the General Counsel.

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Two years later, Brown student receives Beijing Winter Olympics gold medal in Paris

August 7, 2024

As a member of the U.S. figure skating team, Brown senior Vincent Zhou will be presented with a gold medal more than two years after earning it in a team event upended by a Russian doping scandal.

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Two bronze medals for Bears in rowing, rugby at Paris Olympics

August 5, 2024

Class of 2022 graduate Henry Hollingsworth rowed with Team USA to earn bronze, while Class of 2008 alumna Emilie Bydwell became the first female rugby head coach to win an Olympic medal.

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University Initiatives

Photos: Local students enjoy after-school fun, adventures at Brown Summer High School

August 1, 2024

For the first time in its 55-year history, Brown's summer enrichment program for Providence-area high schoolers has expanded to include a variety of after-school activities designed to inspire curiosity and foster a love of learning.

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Brown president details process, guidance for reviewing divestment proposal

August 1, 2024

Before a board vote in October, Brown’s Advisory Committee on University Resources Management is developing a recommendation on a divestment proposal submitted for review by a coalition of students.

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University Initiatives

For 30 inaugural Brown Collegiate Scholars, a successful summer starts a four-year journey

July 31, 2024

Brown University’s new college access program for Providence public school students launched this summer, propelling 30 local teens on a four-year path toward admission and success in college.

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Health and Medicine

Exhibition at Brown’s medical school offers multi-faceted view of patients with scoliosis

July 30, 2024

On view at the Warren Alpert Medical School, a series of photographs of people with spine disorders introduces medical students, faculty, staff and visitors to patients and their stories.

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Science and Technology

Isabel Tribe: Examining ancient sediment to predict Earth’s future

July 29, 2024

Working with a 3-million-year-old Colombian sediment core in a research lab at Brown this summer, the rising sophomore is extracting ancient biological data to inform future climate models.

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Arts and Humanities

With focus on supporting HBCU faculty, Brown library expands access to scholarly digital publishing

July 26, 2024

The Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing institute introduces scholars, many of whom are from historically Black and other minority-serving institutions, to best practices in online scholarly publishing.

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News and Events

An Olympic effort, from Providence to Paris

July 25, 2024

Brown University students and swimmers Amie Barrow and Zehra Bilgin are headed to Paris to compete in the 2024 Olympic Games, joining a trio of Brown alumni competing in rowing and coaching rugby.

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Student Life

Photos: Getting a kick out of Brown’s intramural summer kickball league

July 25, 2024

Organized by Athletics and Recreation at Brown, the intramural kickball league offers members of the campus community a chance to connect and stay active through weekly summer games.

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Science and Technology

Ilija Nikolov: Bringing a quantum leap to Boston’s largest investment company

July 25, 2024

A condensed matter researcher and Brown Ph.D. student, Nikolov is spending his summer at Fidelity Investments, exploring how quantum-inspired neural networks could revolutionize financial analysis and security systems.

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Social Sciences

Brown economist, education scholar appointed to White House Council of Economic Advisers

July 24, 2024

Matthew Kraft, whose research focuses on the economics of education, will spend a year at the White House to offer economic analysis and inform policy development at the highest level of government.

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‘Wonder in their eyes’: Brown’s Pre-College Programs introduce teens to a collegiate experience

July 23, 2024

Each summer, thousands of high school students study on campus and around the globe in Brown’s Pre-College Programs, which offer intensive academics, cultural immersion, research experiences and more.

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Brown’s Pre-College Programs expand reach, access across Rhode Island

July 23, 2024

With expanded partnerships and a new scholarship model, Brown’s Pre-College Programs have steadily grown local enrollment, providing more Rhode Island high schoolers the chance to explore academic and campus life.

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Environment

Yuna Yang: Protecting Rhode Island’s water resources through advocacy and education

July 18, 2024

From supporting environmental legislation to educating community members about sustainability, the rising Brown sophomore is taking a deep dive into local environmental advocacy this summer.

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Environment

Tropical plant species are as threatened by climate change as widely feared, study confirms

July 18, 2024

A study based on labor-intensive fieldwork and analysis by Brown biologists in tropical mountain regions shows that a warmer and drier climate will lead to massive losses of plant species.

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Arts and Humanities

Photos: Community concert, program for local musicians cap off dynamic residency at Brown

July 16, 2024

The University’s Lindemann Performing Arts Center hosted the sold-out Global C.A.F.E., a free and open-to-the-public concert curated by Rhode Island hip-hop artist Chachi Carvalho.

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Dacia Read named chief of staff to Brown President Christina H. Paxson

July 16, 2024

With 15 years of experience in government, nonprofits and the private sector, Read will serve as a member of Brown’s senior leadership team and support the president in advancing University goals.

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Science and Technology

Video: Brown biologist David Rand offers the buzz on cicadas this summer

July 15, 2024

In a video interview, the chair of Brown’s Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology discussed the “truly magical” simultaneous emergence of two groups of cicadas for the first time since 1803.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown’s Bell Gallery awarded prestigious two-year Warhol Foundation grant

July 12, 2024

An award from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts will enable the University’s David Winton Bell Gallery to expand public programming for exhibitions in 2025 and 2026.

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Health and Medicine

Price transparency is critical to fix nation’s health care model, Brown scholar tells Congress

July 11, 2024

Speaking before a U.S. Senate committee addressing frustration with high hospital prices, public health researcher Christopher Whaley urged lawmakers to increase transparency in hospital prices and ownership.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown University’s John Hay Library acquires former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s papers

July 11, 2024

Harjo’s writing drafts, correspondence, scripts and teaching materials will significantly enhance the University’s scholarly resources from Native and Indigenous writers and performers.

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News and Events

Photos: Brown is brimming with hydrangeas, as part of bumper crop across New England

July 10, 2024

The Brown University campus is benefiting from this year’s spectacular season for hydrangeas across the region, where the popular perennials are particularly vivid this summer.

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Faculty at Brown earn prominent awards, distinctions

July 9, 2024

In recent months, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship, humanitarian efforts and leadership.

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News and Events

Brown reaches agreement that resolves OCR complaint alleging antisemitism

July 8, 2024

Voluntary agreement with U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights enhances many efforts already underway at the University.

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For longtime chancellor Samuel Mencoff, a journey from student to steward of Brown

July 2, 2024

After eight years leading the Corporation of Brown University, the Providence native and Class of 1978 graduate leaves a legacy as a deeply ethical leader, an astute decision-maker and a values-driven chancellor.

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B-Lab 2024: Student entrepreneurs design innovative solutions for personal wellness, sustainability and more

July 1, 2024

Over the course of an eight-week summer accelerator focused on personal and commercial development, the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship’s Breakthrough Lab is supporting student entrepreneurs develop 11 different ventures.

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