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Venus had Earth-like plate tectonics billions of years ago, study suggests

October 26, 2023

Simulations produced by a Brown-led research team offer evidence that Venus once had plate tectonics — a finding that opens the door for the possibility of early life on the planet and insights into its history.

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Science and Technology

President Biden awards National Medal of Science to Brown engineer Subra Suresh

October 24, 2023

In a ceremony at the White House, Biden awarded Suresh, a professor at large at Brown University’s School of Engineering, the nation’s highest scientific honor.

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Arts and Humanities

Devanney Haruta: Investigating the life and death of musical instruments

October 23, 2023

As a graduate student in Brown’s music department, Haruta hopes to spark inspiration and reflection through her interactive piece, "Piano (de)composition."

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Health and Medicine

Dr. Eli Adashi on in vitro gametogenesis: ‘It’s time for the public to get a sense of the possible’

October 23, 2023

The Brown University professor, who chaired a National Academy of Medicine workshop on IVG, discussed the potential implications of creating eggs and sperm from any cell.

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Arts and Humanities

Celebrating the arts at Brown: Sights, sounds and stories from The Lindemann’s opening weekend

October 20, 2023

Packed with building tours, family activities, a ribbon-cutting and the center’s inaugural public performance, the weekend offered countless opportunities for community members to celebrate the arts at Brown.

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Palestinian, Arab, Jewish and Israeli students at Brown convene vigil to mourn lives impacted

October 19, 2023

In the wake of the violence and death in Israel and Gaza, the students welcomed community members to light candles, observe moments of silence, and share thoughts, prayers, grief and calls to action.

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News and Events

Journalist Kate Zernike speaks at Brown on 21st century gender discrimination in the sciences

October 19, 2023

Zernike, who wrote “The Exceptions” about women faculty and the fight for fairness at MIT, talked with Brown community members about the challenges facing women in science — and what can be done.

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News and Events

Positive investment return positions Brown endowment to advance support for academic priorities

October 18, 2023

The endowment provided a record $257 million for student scholarships, scientific research and other priorities in Fiscal Year 2023, while Brown’s investments yielded a 2.7% return.

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News and Events

In banter-filled lecture, Rainn Wilson talks mental health, spirituality and pranks from ‘The Office’

October 17, 2023

Known best for his role on “The Office,” Wilson spoke about his career, breakout role, mental health and spiritual journey in an event organized by the student-run Brown Lecture Board.

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University Initiatives

Brown doubles enrollment of undergraduate U.S. military veterans, permanently funds full scholarships

October 17, 2023

A year ahead of schedule, the University has increased student veteran enrollment and exceeded its fundraising goal, cementing a future that supports veterans from all income levels and U.S. military backgrounds.

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Arts and Humanities

Collaboration in concert: Brown composer and poet pen piece for The Lindemann’s opening

October 16, 2023

“Open again a turn of light,” written by Brown faculty members Eric Nathan and Sawako Nakayasu, will premiere on Saturday, Oct. 21, part of the inaugural public performance at The Lindemann Performing Arts Center.

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News and Events

Family Weekend at Brown brings together students, families from across the world

October 15, 2023

From forums and a football game to an evening at the city’s renowned WaterFire, Family Weekend offered three days of social, academic and cultural activities on Brown’s campus and beyond.

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Student Life

A campus crochet scavenger hunt takes wing

October 12, 2023

Student-made crochet birds, called birbs, are flocking to the Brown campus, where community members search for them hidden in different spots across College Hill.

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News and Events

Leaders from Providence, Brown formally ink voluntary payment agreements

October 12, 2023

Two agreements establish Brown and Providence’s other colleges and universities among the nation’s most generous voluntary financial contributors to the city in which they operate.

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News and Events

Brown community members reflect on impacts of violence in Israel and Gaza

October 11, 2023

A gathering convened by Brown RISD Hillel and Rohr Chabad House offered the chance for reflection and prayer on the toll the violence has taken on families directly affected and those who remain in fear as the conflict persists.

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University Initiatives

Part I: Charting a bold path forward, Brown Athletics reimagines the student-athlete experience

October 11, 2023

The first installment in a two-part series highlights how the University is making gains in varsity and club sports competitiveness and expanding recreational programs for athletes at every level of play.

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University Initiatives

Part II: Charting a bold path forward, Brown Athletics reimagines the student-athlete experience

October 11, 2023

The second installment in a two-part series highlights the many ways in which fan participation and community engagement are front and center in a new era for Brown Athletics.

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Sasaki to lead design for new Brown Athletics indoor turf facility

October 10, 2023

Brown selected the accomplished architecture firm based largely on its skill and expertise in creating active indoor athletics projects on other campuses.

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Health and Medicine

New center at Brown to take on the 'behemoth' problem of health care spending

October 10, 2023

A panel discussion on the impact of private equity on health care offered an opportunity to show how the School of Public Health’s Center for Advancing Health Policy Research aims to influence policy through research.

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Health and Medicine

Dr. Methodius Tuuli elected to the National Academy of Medicine

October 10, 2023

The professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School received the honor in recognition of his high-impact research to prevent adverse obstetric outcomes.

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News and Events

Faculty inventions, startups shine at inaugural Innovation at Brown Showcase

October 6, 2023

As part of Rhode Island Startup Week, business leaders, investors and entrepreneurs convened in Providence to connect with Brown scientists launching breakthrough technologies across health, life sciences and biotechnology.

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News and Events

At Brown, former New Zealand PM encourages optimism, perseverance in the face of division

October 5, 2023

Jacinda Ardern, who served in New Zealand’s highest office from 2017 to 2023, discussed imposter syndrome, leading through the COVID-19 pandemic and a range of other topics.

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News and Events

With pacts approved, Brown to contribute $175 million in direct voluntary payments to Providence

October 5, 2023

The Providence City Council approved two agreements that establish Brown and Providence’s other colleges and universities among the nation’s most generous voluntary financial contributors to the city in which they operate.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown to kick off yearlong celebration of the arts with Oct. 21 public opening of The Lindemann

October 4, 2023

Student, faculty and community artists, violinist Itzhak Perlman and countless other creators will take part in a day of performances, discussion and tours to celebrate the opening of the unique performing arts center in Providence.

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Health and Medicine

New institute convenes biomedical engineers and clinicians to create solutions to improve human health

October 2, 2023

The new Institute for Biology, Engineering and Medicine at Brown University is developing and advancing research collaborations to produce biomedical ideas and innovations with clinical impact.

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Health and Medicine

Brown’s biomedical engineering institute to lead alliance focused on faculty diversity

October 2, 2023

Researchers from the Institute for Biology, Engineering and Medicine at Brown will lead an effort with Columbia, Johns Hopkins and Yale to increase the number of faculty from historically underrepresented groups.

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News and Events

Three-day symposium explores history, reach of mass incarceration in America

September 29, 2023

“Voices of Mass Incarceration: A Symposium” marked the public opening of an exhibition and John Hay Library collection with conversations, performances and receptions that drew hundreds from across the region and world.

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Arts and Humanities

A piece composed in solitary confinement and never performed gets its world premiere at Brown

September 29, 2023

“Vampire Nation,” composed in prison in 2009 by Mumia Abu-Jamal and arranged by Brown Ph.D. student Marcus Grant, had its world premiere at a symposium focused on mass incarceration.

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Social Sciences

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to speak at Brown about global leadership

September 29, 2023

In an Odgen Memorial Lecture on Oct. 5, Ardern will share insights from her six years as prime minister, her commitment to women’s empowerment and her passionate advocacy for climate action.

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Science and Technology

Seven years later, Brown’s Michael Kosterlitz reflects on his Nobel win and ponders what comes next

September 28, 2023

On the eve of Nobel Week 2023, Kosterlitz looked back on his experience after winning the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics, shared what he’s working on now and how he’s thinking about the future.

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Health and Medicine

With a proclamation from the State of Rhode Island, Brown’s School of Public Health celebrates 10 years

September 27, 2023

At an anniversary kickoff event, public health faculty, staff and students were joined by government and community leaders in commemorating the school’s 10-year milestone and looking to a future of continued impact.

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Health and Medicine

White coat ceremony offers warm welcome to new Brown medical students

September 25, 2023

Members of the Warren Alpert Medical School’s Class of 2027 donned white coats and celebrated a traditional rite of passage for Brown’s physicians-in-training.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown honors skilled workers who brought the Lindemann Performing Arts Center to life

September 23, 2023

University leaders hosted a special celebration to recognize key project partners, skilled craft workers who dedicated hundreds of thousands of hours to the planning, design and construction of the state-of-the-art venue.

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University Initiatives

New kosher, halal and allergen-aware kitchens serve up inclusivity, nourishment at Brown

September 21, 2023

Dedicated kitchen spaces in Sharpe Refectory provide students from a wide range of religious identities and cultural backgrounds with consistent, convenient access to high-quality meals.

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Student Life

Alice Im: Called to advance public health and well-being through community engagement

September 20, 2023

Opportunities through Brown’s Swearer Center and the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership ignited the Brown senior’s passion for engaged community research and a focus on advancing public health.

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News and Events

City approval enables Brown to proceed with life sciences building, athletics practice facility

September 20, 2023

Providence’s City Plan Commission approved a new Brown Institutional Master Plan, offering a key approval to create laboratory space for cutting-edge life sciences research and a new indoor athletics training facility.

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Science and Technology

New drug delivery system developed by Brown engineers has potential to improve cancer treatments

September 20, 2023

The hydrogel is designed to balance pH levels in a malignant tumor and act as a delivery system for one of the most effective cancer fighting drugs, potentially addressing critical problems faced in current cancer treatment.

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Arts and Humanities

Exhibition at Brown meditates on recent progress, steps backward in the fight for racial equity

September 19, 2023

“Momentum,” an art exhibition at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, features thought-provoking work by a diverse set of artists in the Providence area and beyond.

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Health and Medicine

Higher buprenorphine doses associated with improved retention in treatment for opioid use disorder

September 18, 2023

A new study led by Brown University researchers suggests a need to reevaluate opioid addiction treatment recommendations in the era of fentanyl.

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News and Events

Brown offers overview of its place in college and university rankings

September 18, 2023

From U.S. News and World Report to Forbes and Princeton Review, Brown placed among top universities based on its distinctive student experience, high-impact teaching and research, and inclusive community.

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Science and Technology

Using topology, Brown researchers advance understanding of how cells organize themselves

September 14, 2023

The research can help unlock answers around how cells assemble themselves during embryonic development and what happens when this fundamental process goes awry.

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Health and Medicine

Scientists uncover a diagnostic signal for preeclampsia that could inform treatments

September 13, 2023

The same blood biomarker that signifies Alzheimer’s disease is also a driver of the life-threatening pregnancy condition of preeclampsia, a finding that has important implications for diagnosis and treatment.

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Podcasts at Brown explore a range of topics, engage listeners through informative conversations

September 13, 2023

Brown community members offer expertise and insights into a wide array of subjects, from climate change and international economies to pop culture and religion, through more than two dozen podcasts.

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Arts and Humanities

Watson Institute art exhibition mixes old and new printmaking techniques

September 12, 2023

A series of detailed landscapes and other nature-inspired prints by regional artist and educator Andrew Nixon, on display at Brown’s Watson Institute, merges the worlds of old-world etching, contemporary digital image-making and traditional printmaking technology.

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Science and Technology

Researchers detail how disorder alters quantum spin liquids, forming a new phase of matter

September 12, 2023

A study led by Brown University scientists begins to address a longstanding question in condensed matter physics on whether disorder mimics or destroys the quantum liquid state in a prominent compound.

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Science and Technology

Brown physicist Brad Marston elected to presidential line of the American Physical Society

September 11, 2023

A condensed matter physicist who also studies Earth’s climate, Marston will lead the premier physics society in the U.S.

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Health and Medicine

Malaria-causing parasites resistant to both treatment and detection have emerged in Ethiopia

September 11, 2023

Genomic surveillance by a Brown-led team of scientists has revealed mutations in malaria-causing parasites that will complicate efforts to eradicate the disease in Africa.

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News and Events

Library exhibition on Mumia Abu-Jamal to shed light on the experience and impact of incarceration

September 8, 2023

An exhibition and symposium at Brown University will use Abu-Jamal’s writings, correspondence and creative work as the entry point into a larger conversation about the impact of the American carceral system on millions of lives.

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News and Events

Brown President Emerita Ruth J. Simmons: ‘Rise to the challenge’ of this moment

September 7, 2023

Speaking to a packed Salomon Center for Teaching hours after a celebratory unveiling of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Simmons spoke about her new memoir and shared advice with students.

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Brown marks celebratory unveiling of the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice

September 7, 2023

In celebration of the renamed center, an unveiling ceremony honored Brown’s president emerita, who sparked a landmark effort to uncover the University’s historical ties to slavery.

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