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Student speakers take center stage at Brown’s Commencement

May 2, 2021

George Kubai and Siddhi Nadkarni, Brown’s undergraduate student orators, encouraged classmates to work toward a better and more equitable future for themselves and those around them.

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In spirited celebration, Brown community commemorates Class of 2021’s resilience, ability to improvise

May 2, 2021

In two College ceremonies on Sunday, Brown President Christina H. Paxson and other speakers lauded graduates who, by successfully finishing their degrees during a pandemic, have proven they can handle whatever comes next.

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Reunion events, Commencement forums capture, virtually, the spirit of community celebration, intellectual discovery

May 2, 2021

A fully virtual Reunion Weekend, featuring longstanding traditions and unexpected twists, and a series of remote Commencement forums complemented in-person events taking place on College Hill from April 30 to May 2.

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New Brown M.D.s convene to honor achievements, celebrate and reflect after exceptionally intense year

May 1, 2021

At Brown’s medical school Commencement ceremony, the 119 graduates in the Warren Alpert Medical School’s Class of 2021 marked four years of intense academic and clinical training in joyous, jubilant solidarity.

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In socially distanced Graduate School ceremony, speakers call on peers to ‘show up’ and ‘do good work’

May 1, 2021

With an eye toward lives and careers that make an enduring and positive impact, 763 master’s and Ph.D. graduates earned Brown degrees in a Saturday afternoon Commencement ceremony on the College Green.

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Driven to purpose by passion, Class of 2021 celebrates the Baccalaureate, virtually

April 30, 2021

In a virtual address during the annual celebration of cultures and traditions, former NFL player, business leader and Brown alumnus Steven Jordan urged graduates to uncover their purposes in life by examining their passions.

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Student Life

PHOTOS: For soon-to-be graduates, pre-Commencement events cap their Brown student experiences

April 30, 2021

In the days leading up to their Commencement ceremonies, members of the Class of 2021 attended campus events preparing them for graduation day and celebrating their academic accomplishments at Brown.

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Brown to confer 2,505 degrees at its 253rd Commencement

April 30, 2021

At its 253rd Commencement — which will take place across two days of ceremonies on May 1 and 2, 2021 — Brown University will confer a total of 2,505 undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary degrees.

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In address to Brown public health grads, U.S. Surgeon General shares lessons both professional and personal

April 29, 2021

As part of a virtual celebration for the School of Public Health’s soon-to-be Class of 2021 graduates, Dr. Vivek Murthy drew on his experience as a public health leader to offer advice for the challenges ahead.

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Brown to celebrate Commencement and Reunion Weekend with mix of in-person, virtual events

April 29, 2021

A series of in-person, socially distanced Commencement ceremonies for graduates and a wide range of virtual events for students, families and Brown alumni will take place from April 30 to May 2 — here is what to expect.

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Health and Medicine

With $30 million in support, Brown launches Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research

April 28, 2021

By bringing together biomedical research and discovery with world-class physician-scientists advancing care for patients with Alzheimer’s, the center aims to accelerate the pace of development for novel treatments and cures.

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Experienced human resources leader Marie Williams to lead HR at Brown

April 28, 2021

As vice president for human resources, Williams will bring experience and vision to strategic initiatives focused on operational excellence, employee development, and equity and inclusion.

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Arts and Humanities

As Carnegie fellow, Brown scholar to study psychological toll of civil rights activism on Black Americans

April 28, 2021

A Carnegie Fellowship will provide support for Françoise Hamlin, an Africana studies and history scholar, to write a book on the risks that young people assumed on the front lines of the civil rights movement.

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Brown mathematician elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

April 27, 2021

Kavita Ramanan, a professor of applied mathematics, is honored for her work in probability theory and random processes.

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University Initiatives

Brown awards $474,000 to support academic excellence, equity initiatives in Providence schools

April 27, 2021

With its first payout since reaching $10 million in endowed funds, the Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence will support critical initiatives outlined in the Turnaround Action Plan for Providence Public Schools.

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Student Life

Zanagee Artis: Promoting climate justice through environmental policy reform

April 22, 2021

The Brown junior and co-founder of Zero Hour, one of the world’s first youth-led climate justice organizations, is working to preserve humankind’s future by promoting environmental policy change.

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Science and Technology

Mars has right ingredients for present-day microbial life beneath its surface, study finds

April 22, 2021

New research suggests that rocks in the Martian crust could produce the same kind of chemical energy that supports microbial life deep beneath Earth’s surface.

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How Brown neuroscientists are using CRISPR to accelerate brain research — and more

April 22, 2021

Brown University neuroscientist Kate O’Connor-Giles discusses how the revolutionary gene editing technology can help reveal secrets of the brain’s function and role in disease.

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Science and Technology

NASA to launch new Brown student satellite

April 21, 2021

NASA has agreed to provide space on a future rocket launch for a new satellite designed and built by Brown University students to test the performance of next-generation solar cells in space.

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Letter from President Paxson: Justice for George Floyd; our work continues

April 20, 2021

Following the conviction of Derek Chauvin, Brown President Christina H. Paxson wrote to the community about the justice many have hoped for since the murder of George Floyd and the need for continued action to confront anti-Black racism.

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Brown to confer six honorary degrees at Commencement 2021

April 20, 2021

Brown will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of business leaders, educators, scholars and scientists during its Commencement and Reunion Weekend celebration from April 30 to May 2.

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Arts and Humanities

With Guggenheim fellowship, media and performance scholar to study oceanic history in dance

April 19, 2021

Rebecca Schneider will draw on the history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, performance traditions in the Caribbean and the South, and Black feminist thought to understand how performance is linked to oceanic history.

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Passages: Brown University President Emeritus Vartan Gregorian

April 17, 2021

The University’s 16th president from 1989 to 1997, Gregorian was an accomplished scholar, historian and transformative leader for Brown, the New York Public Library and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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Senior orators will encourage graduates to dream big and build community

April 15, 2021

In keeping with a Brown tradition of elevating student voices at Commencement, seniors George Kubai and Siddhi Nadkarni will encourage their classmates to strengthen communities and remove barriers.

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Graduate School speakers to emphasize community, connection at Commencement

April 15, 2021

Bardiya Akhbari, a Ph.D. graduate in biomedical engineering, and Sonya Brooks, a master’s graduate in urban education policy, will speak about the power of human connection, especially in the midst of a global pandemic.

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Arts and Humanities

New center will expand research support, community outreach at Brown Library

April 14, 2021

The Brown University Library’s new Center for Library Exploration and Research promises to strengthen scholarly inquiry and support for high-impact research by scholars on campus and beyond.

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Student Life

Hossam Zaki: Innovating medical care through artificial intelligence

April 13, 2021

The Brown University junior was recently awarded a Goldwater scholarship for his contributions to research that uses AI technology to improve medical care.

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Student Life

Thomas Usherwood: Better health care through biomedical engineering

April 13, 2021

The Brown undergraduate and newly named Goldwater Scholar draws from multiple math and science disciplines to help devise innovative ways to improve health care through biomedical engineering.

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Three students win prestigious Goldwater scholarships for excellence in science

April 13, 2021

Joseph Cavanagh, Thomas Usherwood and Hossam Zaki each received Goldwater scholarships, which support students who plan to pursue research careers in the sciences, mathematics and engineering.

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Student Life

Joe Cavanagh: Exploring big questions through tiny matter

April 13, 2021

Brown undergraduate Joe Cavanagh researches the principles governing the tiniest elements of matter — work that recently earned him a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.

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Health and Medicine

Jack Elias to transition to senior health advisor at Brown, will leave role as medical school dean

April 8, 2021

After eight years leading biology and medicine at Brown, Elias will become the University’s senior health advisor, working to realize the vision of an integrated academic health system with Lifespan and Care New England.

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Student Life

Brown community celebrates Black student artists, performers at Black Arts Showcase

April 7, 2021

The annual Black Arts Showcase offered students an opportunity to celebrate art by members of the Black student community at Brown safely and in-person — and to enjoy traditional soul food to-go.

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Health and Medicine

Innovative virtual course helps leaders tackle pandemic challenges in real time

April 6, 2021

Brown physician-scholars Dr. Ashish Jha and Dr. Megan Ranney led a virtual course that featured national health and medicine experts and offered lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic while there’s still time to learn from them.

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Brown admits 2,537 students to the undergraduate Class of 2025

April 6, 2021

The University offered admission on April 6 to prospective members of next year’s incoming class, who were chosen from Brown’s largest applicant pool to date in an admissions cycle impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Letter from President Paxson: Plans for a more traditional Fall 2021

April 6, 2021

Brown is planning to return to a two-semester academic calendar, standard course enrollments, mostly in-person operations and normal student residence occupancy for 2021-22, President Christina H. Paxson wrote to campus.

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Science and Technology

What a glacial river reveals about the Greenland ice sheet

April 5, 2021

New research shows that water pressure beneath a glacier influences how fast it flows, a finding that could help in predicting the pace at which glaciers slide into the ocean and drive sea level upward.

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Brown revises plans for new residence hall with input from Providence community

April 5, 2021

The revised plan will reduce building scale, create new green spaces and complement the character of the neighborhood, while strengthening the undergraduate residential experience and reducing student impact on local housing.

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Nitin Padture to deliver Presidential Faculty Award Lecture

April 2, 2021

Padture, a professor of engineering, will discuss emerging solar technologies and their implementation in grid-scale renewable energy solutions.

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Social Sciences

‘This is the country’s karmic moment of truth,’ says author Isabel Wilkerson

April 1, 2021

In a virtual conversation at Brown, Isabel Wilkerson, author of “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” called on Americans to “defend true democracy” by resisting the divisions of the nation’s centuries-old social hierarchy.

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Health and Medicine

National Public Health Week events at Brown will be truly national this year

April 1, 2021

In pivoting to an all-virtual event, Brown’s School of Public Health will offer opportunities for interaction on key public health issues, including a podcast series and topical discussions, to listeners everywhere.

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University Initiatives

Phase II of Brown’s Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan to focus on equity, inclusion

April 1, 2021

In launching Phase II of its ambitious action plan, Brown assessed progress to date, reaffirmed the essential role of diversity and inclusion to academic excellence, and outlined new actions toward a more fully equitable community.

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Research Achievement Awards honor early-career and accomplished Brown scholars

March 31, 2021

In recognition of high-impact research and fundamental discoveries, the University will celebrate the work of six researchers with achievement awards presented at this spring’s 2021 Celebration of Research.

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Science and Technology

Researchers demonstrate first human use of high-bandwidth wireless brain-computer interface

March 31, 2021

In an important step toward a fully implantable intracortical brain-computer interface system, BrainGate researchers demonstrated the first human use of a wireless transmitter capable of delivering high-bandwidth neural signals.

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Researchers discover new type of ancient crater lake on Mars

March 30, 2021

An ancient crater lake in the southern highlands of Mars appears to have been fed by glacial runoff, bolstering the idea that the Red Planet had a cold and icy past.

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Brown student who co-founded Farmlink named National Medal of Honor Service Act winner

March 25, 2021

The founders of the Farmlink Project, including Brown senior Aidan Reilly, received the award for collecting surplus food from farmers and distributing it to food banks around the country during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Science and Technology

New AI technique could help doctors predict aneurysm rupture

March 25, 2021

A new study shows that an artificial intelligence system informed with the physical laws governing flowing fluids can infer pressures and stresses on capillaries just by analyzing images or videos of blood flow.

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Arts and Humanities

Minecraft concerts on Brown’s virtual College Green offer a pandemic-induced music alternative

March 22, 2021

The Brown Arts Initiative teamed up with members of the student organization Brown Esports and a local artist-producer to create a virtual concert venue replete with whimsical details.

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Health and Medicine

Brown’s medical students find the silver lining in another virtual Match Day

March 19, 2021

Soon-to-graduate students from the Warren Alpert Medical School, about to be placed in medical residency programs across the country, celebrated in person with small groups of friends and family — and with many more loved ones online.

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Health and Medicine

Deaths from COVID-19 have progressively declined at nursing homes, researchers find

March 19, 2021

A study published in Health Affairs helps close the information gap between mortality rates in nursing homes and those in the U.S. population at large.

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Health and Medicine

Brown physician-scholar continues to play key role in the most significant Alzheimer’s research

March 19, 2021

Clinical trials show encouraging results for a second investigational Alzheimer’s drug — and Brown University, Butler Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital were again deeply involved.

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