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At $23.7 million, largest NSF grant in university history to renew Brown’s math institute

July 13, 2020

The largest single National Science Foundation grant in Brown’s history will fund ICERM, Brown’s national mathematics institute, for the next five years.

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Science and Technology

Burrowing crabs reshaping salt marshes, with climate change to blame

July 13, 2020

Given higher sea levels and softer soil in the wake of a shifting climate, Sesarma crabs, which have already decimated salt marshes in the Northeast, are now rising to prominence in southeastern marshes, a new study finds.

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Arts and Humanities

Kate Reed: Finding a niche in biomimetic design

July 9, 2020

The Brown-RISD dual degree student is pursuing several summer projects that use cutting-edge technology to connect people to the natural world and to each other.

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University Initiatives

Letter from President Paxson: Supporting Brown’s International Students

July 8, 2020

President Christina H. Paxson wrote to the campus community about University opposition to new federal guidance on the Student and Exchange Visitor Program and how Brown can best support its international students.

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Science and Technology

Study reveals science behind traditional mezcal-making technique

July 7, 2020

Researchers reveal for the first time why bubbles are a good gauge of alcohol content in the traditional Mexican spirit.

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Social Sciences

Voter protection led to steep drop in racially biased arrests in late 20th century, study finds

July 7, 2020

Using voting records and arrest data from before and after the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a Brown economist found that increased enfranchisement led to fewer arrests for Black Americans.

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Health and Medicine

Drug treatment could improve effectiveness of immunotherapy for cancer patients

July 7, 2020

The MDM2 gene promotes tumor growth and interferes with immunotherapy in some cancer patients — a new study from a Brown University research team suggests that an MDM2-inhibiting drug could help address this problem.

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News and Events

Brown invites students back to campus with three-term model, reduced density for 2020-21

July 7, 2020

To mitigate the pandemic’s impact, the University will allow undergraduates back for two terms in a three-term model, reduce the density of students in campus housing, offer instruction in person and remotely, and implement extensive testing, tracing and public health measures.

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Science and Technology

Different tracks, same dinosaurs: Brown researchers dig deeper into dinosaur movements

July 1, 2020

Using X-ray-based technology developed at Brown University, researchers uncover shared subsurface movement patterns between birds and dinosaurs, adding a new dimension of fossil track diversity.

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News and Events

Graduate students, recent Brown alumni earn 36 Fulbright scholarships

July 1, 2020

With COVID-19 complicating international travel, this year’s student Fulbright winners will begin their teaching and research assignments across the globe at the start of 2021.

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Social Sciences

Annenberg Institute to provide research-based advice for educators amid COVID-19

June 30, 2020

Project led by the Annenberg Institute and Results for America will equip educators with research briefs on addressing teaching challenges, from coping with learning loss to protecting the most vulnerable students.

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Arts and Humanities

Slavery and Justice researcher’s new book chronicles 19th century slavery and empire

June 29, 2020

“Trouble of the World,” by visiting faculty member Zach Sell of Brown University, demonstrates that American slavery transformed labor and production practices around the world, even in places where slavery was abolished.

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Health and Medicine

Emergency physician shows everyday readers why ‘Sex Matters’ in health care

June 26, 2020

Dr. Alyson McGregor, cofounder of the Division of Sex and Gender in Emergency Medicine at Brown, discusses the difference sex makes in medical research and care in her new book, “Sex Matters.”

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Student Life

In the lab or on the web, research-based courses teach students to think like scientists

June 25, 2020

This spring, a series of course-based research experiences — or CUREs — explored what it means to conduct scientific research in a virtual world.

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Health and Medicine

Scientists devise new ‘bar code’ method to identify critical cell types in the brain

June 25, 2020

A discovery by researchers at Brown’s Center for Translational Neuroscience could pave the way for future studies aimed at developing solutions to ALS and other vexing neuromuscular diseases.

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Science and Technology

Researchers discover new boron-lanthanide nanostructure

June 25, 2020

A newly discovered nanocluster has a geometry that “has not been observed in chemistry heretofore,” the researchers say.

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Health and Medicine

Brown’s medical school leads the way in establishing first USMLE regional testing site

June 25, 2020

In the face of COVID-19, leaders at the Warren Alpert Medical School worked with the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination on a solution enabling medical students to take essential licensing exams that had been cancelled.

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Science and Technology

Brown physicist earns prestigious Early Career Grant from U.S. Department of Energy

June 23, 2020

The five-year, $750,000 award will help Kemp Plumb study exotic states of matter that emerge in certain magnetic materials.

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Social Sciences

Brown scholar explores rising tide of anger over economic inequality

June 22, 2020

In a talk about his new book, “Angrynomics,” Mark Blyth explained why Westerners are angry over the current economic state and suggested a fix for broken capitalist systems.

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Science and Technology

Researchers make next-generation, high-toughness battery component

June 18, 2020

By combining a ceramic material with graphene, Brown University engineers have made what they say is the toughest solid electrolyte built to date.

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Social Sciences

Report exposes persistent income, race gaps in college graduation, even with strong K-12 education

June 18, 2020

Researchers at Brown and Harvard found that Massachusetts children of all racial and economic backgrounds are more likely than ever before to enroll in college — but wealthy, white students are still far more likely to receive a college degree.

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Arts and Humanities

Students partner with Providence museum on women’s suffrage digital exhibition

June 16, 2020

Students in an American studies course at Brown worked with the Lippitt House Museum to create a digital exhibition chronicling the history of women’s suffrage and voting rights in Rhode Island and beyond.

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News and Events

Brown finalizes contract with graduate teaching, research assistants

June 16, 2020

The University and SUGSE/AFT agreed on a three-year collective bargaining agreement covering wages, hours and other terms of employment for graduate teaching assistants, research assistants and proctors.

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Health and Medicine

For underrepresented scholars, fellowship will fund Brown MPH to train new generation of leaders

June 15, 2020

A new Health Equity Scholars fellowship program from Brown’s School of Public Health and Tougaloo College is aimed at expanding diversity among public health leaders and addressing racism as a public health problem.

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Science and Technology

Research reveals how material defects influence melting process

June 15, 2020

A new study helps to reconcile a Nobel Prize-winning theory with experiments on how solids actually melt.

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News and Events

Brown suspends standardized test requirement for 2020-21 undergraduate admissions cycle

June 12, 2020

The University has made standardized test scores optional for applicants in the upcoming undergraduate admissions cycle to account for the unprecedented obstacles to testing arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Arts and Humanities

Podcast by Tricia Rose, Cornel West explores African American arts, culture, history and politics

June 12, 2020

“The Tight Rope,” co-hosted by two prominent scholars at Brown and Harvard, respectively, offers in-depth yet accessible conversations about race, social justice and African American arts and culture.

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News and Events

New Texas wind farm will help Brown offset campus electricity use

June 11, 2020

Wind turbines in Texas, now up and running, are part of a plan that will enable the University to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, offsetting 100% of campus electricity use with renewable energy sources.

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Health and Medicine

Past stressful experiences do not create resilience to future trauma, new study finds

June 11, 2020

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new research finds that past stressors and traumatic events increase vulnerability to mental illnesses, such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD).

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News and Events

Open Graduate Education Scholars push academic boundaries through their scholarship

June 10, 2020

The 10 newest members of the Brown University Graduate School’s open education program will customize their Ph.D. studies by seeking a master’s degree in a secondary field.

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News and Events

Letter from President Paxson: Track and field and cross country

June 9, 2020

Brown will reinstate the varsity status of its men’s track and field and cross country teams; the move does not alter other decisions to reduce the number of varsity sports as part of the Excellence in Brown Athletics Initiative.

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Science and Technology

Researchers develop ultra-sensitive device for detecting magnetic fields

June 8, 2020

The new magnetic sensor is inexpensive to make, works on minimal power and is 20 times more sensitive than many traditional sensors.

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Arts and Humanities

Student composer caps four years at Brown with a plastic-instrument symphony

June 8, 2020

“Plastic Orchestra,” composed by Class of 2020 graduate Sofia Frohna, celebrates old music traditions while embracing seldom-heard instruments, from melodicas to boomwhackers.

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News and Events

Paxson tells U.S. Senate stakes are high as universities seek to safely reopen

June 4, 2020

Testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Brown President Christina H. Paxson detailed the complex decisions facing university leaders as they assess how to deliver education safely this fall.

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Social Sciences

Conversations on COVID: How science, data can inform personal choices during the pandemic

June 3, 2020

Emily Oster, an economist and public policy expert at Brown, has partnered with medical experts, data scientists and Brown students to create a hub of helpful information about COVID-19.

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News and Events

Letter from Brown’s senior leaders: Confronting racial injustice

June 1, 2020

As communities confront ongoing anti-black racism, University leaders wrote to the Brown community to express deep sadness and anger regarding incidents that continue to cut short the lives of black people.

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News and Events

New initiative to reshape, improve competitiveness in Brown varsity and club athletics

May 28, 2020

The Excellence in Brown Athletics Initiative will revise the University’s roster of varsity sports teams, invest in club sports and enhance recruitment, squad sizes, coaching, training and facilities.

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News and Events

Brown Corporation elects two new fellows, eight trustees

May 26, 2020

Brown’s governing body elected each new member based on their commitment to the University and its mission of education and research.

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News and Events

Conversations on COVID: Students organize to take food from farms to food banks

May 26, 2020

The FarmLink Project, started by students from Brown and other schools, is moving food that farmers would normally sell to restaurants to food banks around the country, putting it in the hands of those in need.

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News and Events

Brown Corporation approves base budget for Fiscal Year 2021

May 26, 2020

The approved $1.3 billion base budget includes $347 million for student aid and support, and will serve as a foundation for revised budget forecasts to contend with the full impact of COVID-19 on Brown’s financial position.

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News and Events

For Class of 2020 grads, new degrees and congratulations arrive, virtually

May 24, 2020

From locations across the globe, thousands of new Brown graduates and loved ones tuned in to Virtual Degree Conferral celebrations that honored achievements and offered words of wisdom for lives and careers to come.

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News and Events

Brown to confer 2,657 degrees at Virtual Degree Conferral ceremonies

May 23, 2020

At three Virtual Degree Conferral ceremonies on Sunday, May 24, Brown will confer 2,657 degrees — undergraduate, graduate and medical — in advance of Class of 2020 Commencement activities in Spring 2021.

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News and Events

Newly graduated Brown doctor finds hope, humanity in inclusive community of students

May 22, 2020

Sheyla Medina, who graduated early from the Warren Alpert Medical School, will emphasize the intersection between medicine and humanism in a Virtual Degree Conferral ceremony address on May 24.

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Health and Medicine

Brown physician-scholar testifies on COVID-19 before U.S. House committee

May 21, 2020

Megan Ranney, an associate professor of emergency medicine, urged the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis to ramp up manufacturing and distribution of personal protective equipment.

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News and Events

For graduating UCS president, Brown community fuels innovation, creates family far from home

May 21, 2020

As president of Brown’s Undergraduate Council of Students, William Zhou will address the way that listening to others creates community and catalyzes change in Virtual Degree Conferral ceremony remarks on Sunday, May 24.

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News and Events

MPH candidate to urge fellow grads to treat crises as opportunities to help others

May 20, 2020

In an address at the Graduate School’s Virtual Degree Ceremony, master’s degree speaker Abdullah Shihipar will urge his classmates to use their degrees in ways that advance all of society, not just themselves.

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Student Life

From Brown-RISD undergraduate, ‘20 Drawings for the Class of 2020’

May 20, 2020

With seniors who are culminating their undergraduate experiences remotely in mind, Brown-RISD dual degree student Yunni Cho created a digital collection of drawings depicting favorite sites on the College Hill campuses.

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Arts and Humanities

Slavic literature scholar aims to inspire fellow Ph.D. grads

May 19, 2020

Mira Nikolova, a native of Bulgaria and a doctoral candidate in Slavic studies, plans to draw parallels between Ph.D. students and saguaro cacti in her Virtual Degree Conferral ceremony address on Sunday, May 24.

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Student Life

Brown undergraduate launches educational program to combat emotional abuse

May 18, 2020

Omena, a nonprofit founded by Brown sophomore Francesca Raoelison, teaches young people in her native Madagascar how to recognize emotionally abusive relationships.

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Arts and Humanities

In U.N. report, Brown scholar urges more focus on equality and freedom in human development

May 18, 2020

An essay by Anthony Bogues, director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown, anchors a scholarly discussion in the United Nations’ 30th-anniversary Human Development Report.

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