Generous support from the foundation will fund the creation of the Orlando Bravo Center for Economic Research, expanding the scope of research in the University’s top-ranked economics department.
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The annual “TED Talks”-style event challenged 12 graduate students to explain why their current research matters — to the field and to themselves — in 5 minutes or less.
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Brown professor elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Renowned engineering professor Huajian Gao is honored for his research in mechanical engineering and material science.
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Health and Medicine
Heart patch could limit muscle damage in heart attack aftermath
Guided by computer simulations, an international team of researchers has developed an adhesive patch that can provide support for damaged heart tissue, potentially reducing the stretching of heart muscle that’s common after a heart attack.
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Science and Technology
Catfish use complex coordination to catch prey
Using a powerful X-ray imaging system, Brown University scientists found that catfish move joints throughout their head in a concerted manner to suck in their prey.
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Arts and Humanities
Brown alumna, emeritus faculty member capture Pulitzers for drama, poetry
Class of 2010 MFA graduate Jackie Sibblies Drury earned the drama award for “Fairview,” and Professor Emeritus Forrest Gander won the poetry prize for “Be With.”
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Open Curriculum at 50 anniversary kick-off event on May 7 will commemorate a pivotal moment in Brown’s history and begin a 12-month community exploration of the University’s distinctive, student-centered curriculum.
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While most teens can define consent as saying ‘yes,’ their understanding of how consent translates into real life experiences varies.
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The stress-response master regulator is important for antibiotic resistance and the ability for bacteria to cause disease.
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Health and Medicine
NASA Twins Study finds remarkable resilience to the stress of space
A Brown assistant professor studied how the “cellular powerhouse” responds to microgravity stress markers as a part of a NASA study of identical twins.
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Public Health Research Day features Brown student researchers
A poster session during National Public Health Week showcased an array of research on public health concerns in communities from college campuses to Cape Town, South Africa.
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Science and Technology
Robot Block Party to feature the latest in robotics from Brown and other partners
From preschoolers to professors, thousands of attendees are expected on Saturday, April 13, to check out robotic technologies developed in the Ocean State and beyond.
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Brown professor to co-lead international research on subsurface environments
The biosphere that exists below Earth’s surface dwarfs the surface biome, and a new collaboration co-led by Jack Mustard will work to better understand what’s underground.
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Global leaders gather for symposium on higher education’s future
A partnership between Brown and I.E. University, the 10th annual “Reinventing Higher Education” conference convened 37 international opinion leaders from higher education and the private sector to discuss educating and managing the global workforce of the future.
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In a study of 200 years of pre-industrial Quebecois genealogical history, researchers at Brown found that fertility-related changes in natural selection during the pre-industrial era paved the way for economic and technological progress.
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Communication theorist cheers ‘Lunar Library’ to be delivered to the Moon
Brown engineering professor Chris Rose thinks the tiny data disks with volumes of human knowledge currently flying to the Moon on the Beresheet spacecraft are a great way to communicate across time and space.
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Brown professor helps select landing site for private mission to the Moon
The Israeli firm SpaceIL turned to Brown’s Jim Head for help in selecting a landing site for what is expected in the coming weeks to become the first private spacecraft to land on the Moon.
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National survey on campus sexual assault opens at Brown
From April 4 to May 5, students at Brown will share information and perspectives on sexual assault and misconduct as part of national survey organized by the Association of American Universities.
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The grant will bring up to eight military fellows to Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs over the next two years.
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University Initiatives
Brown to cover textbook costs for more than 1,100 students
After a successful pilot with high-need students, Brown will expand textbook and course materials program to first-year students receiving University scholarship funds and undergraduates who have a $0 parent contribution.
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As envisioned, the state-of-the-art center will provide teams with a central space for training, practice and competition — amplifying the student-athlete experience and advancing teams’ ability to succeed at the highest level.
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Is humanity progressing? Pinker, Krugman debate the question
In a Janus Forum event hosted at Brown by the Political Theory Project, economist Paul Krugman and psychologist Steven Pinker debated whether humanity is headed for progress or a setback.
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Health and Medicine
Alzheimer’s study finds PET scan affects patient diagnosis, management
The results are the first part of a national study of whether a method to detect Alzheimer’s-related plaques improves the outcomes of patients with mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
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Brown admits 2,551 students to the undergraduate Class of 2023
The Brown Promise initiative, which replaces loans with scholarship funds in all University-packaged undergraduate financial aid awards, played a significant role in attracting Brown’s largest applicant pool to date.
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Health and Medicine
Arbitrary categories improve visual learning transfer, study finds
This type of learning transfer opens the door for applying basic cognitive science research to help patients with vision loss.
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Arts and Humanities
Bell Gallery exhibition explores plight of the endangered saltmarsh sparrow
Opening on Saturday, April 6, “Snæbjörnsdóttir/Wilson: The Only Show in Town” depicts the process of researching a near-extinct East Coast bird species in an era of rising tides.
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Arts and Humanities
New digital portal brings women’s history, feminist theory to the fore
New access via the Brown University Library provides an easy connection to the Pembroke Center Archives, a treasure trove of documents, interviews and photos by and about women.
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University President Christina Paxson: “Brown’s endowment is not a political instrument to be used to express views on complex social and political issues, especially those over which thoughtful and intelligent people vehemently disagree.”
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Science and Technology
Dynamic hydrogel used to make ‘soft robot’ components and LEGO-like building blocks
A new type of hydrogel material developed by Brown University researchers could soon make assembling complex microfluidic or soft robotic devices as simple as putting together a LEGO set.
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The grant will enable the digitization of the program’s peer-reviewed monograph series, providing increased access to unique, high-quality Judaic studies scholarship.
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Health and Medicine
Updated: Brown statements on gender dysphoria study
The academic journal PLOS ONE on March 19 published a revised version of a study on “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” — information on the revised version and a series of previous statements to the Brown community are detailed here.
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Health and Medicine
Brown medical students celebrate Match Day
At Match Day 2019, 125 Brown students were placed in medical residency programs across the country, the largest class to be matched to date.
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Michael Littman to deliver Presidential Faculty Award lecture
Littman, a computer scientist, will discuss efforts to make computers, robots and other devices easily usable by all.
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$3 billion BrownTogether campaign eclipses $2 billion milestone
From investments in financial aid and faculty research to campus facilities and more, Brown’s most ambitious campaign in history is making an impact across the University.
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Health and Medicine
Public health doctoral student selected for national health policy program
Brown graduate student Kevin Nguyen earned a competitive national fellowship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support his research aimed at building healthier and more equitable communities.
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The 2019 Senator Paul Simon Award for Campus Internationalization recognized five higher education institutions that demonstrate innovation and excellence in their globally focused academic efforts.
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Health and Medicine
A cerebral celebration: Brain science abounds at Brown and beyond
As part of Brain Week R.I., Brown students and faculty are bringing brain science to local high schools, planning the University’s annual Brain Fair and much more.
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Social Sciences
Hip hop series brings music scholars, emcees to Brown
The series of events at Brown celebrates the 25th anniversary of the seminal hip hop text “Black Noise,” written by Professor of Africana Studies Tricia Rose.
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Health and Medicine
Germ-fighting catheter coating may help prevent infections
In an innovation that may ultimately help to prevent deadly bloodstream infections, a team of biomedical engineers and infectious disease specialists at Brown University developed a coating to keep intravascular catheters from becoming a haven for harmful bacteria.
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Brown Venture Prize finalists vie for $50K for big ideas
All eyes are on the prize — and the entrepreneurial process — in this annual Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship competition among Brown’s most promising student ventures.
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Meltwater from Greenland’s ice sheet is a leading contributor to global sea level rise, and a Brown University study shows that an underappreciated factor — the position of the snowline on the ice sheet — plays a key role in setting the pace of melting.
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As the new TIME’S UP affiliate launched, Brown’s medical school expressed its commitment to improving the climate for women and underrepresented minorities in academic medicine and the health care industry.
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Science and Technology
‘Mutation hotspot’ allows common fungus to adapt to different host environments
A new study finds that samples of Candida albicans from patients frequently lack one copy of a vital master regulator, which gives them flexibility to lose the other copy and adapt to different environments.
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Brown students team with space exploration company on Moon mission planning
Students in a planetary science course at Brown are helping a private space company plan a Moon mission, a collaborative effort that has caught the eyes of top NASA officials.
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Researchers found that physician-affiliated political action committees provided more financial support to candidates who opposed increased background checks, contrary to many societies’ recommendations for evidence-based policies to reduce firearm injuries.
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RaMell Ross, an assistant professor of visual art at Brown, is one of four Brunonians who stands to win a statuette – other nominees are first-year undergraduate Charlotte Silverman and two alumni.
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Arts and Humanities
Brown, FirstWorks present regional premiere of ‘Some Favored Nook’
Composed by Assistant Professor of Music Eric Nathan, “Some Favored Nook” was inspired by the correspondence of poet Emily Dickinson and Civil War Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
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Four university assistant professors are among the 126 early-career scholars named as Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellows this year.
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In a finding that has implications for how scientists calculate natural greenhouse gas emissions, a new study finds that water levels in small lakes across northern Canada and Alaska vary during the summer much more than was assumed.
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Arts and Humanities
A radically flexible space — Brown, REX preview Performing Arts Center design
New York-based architecture firm REX designed an academic and cultural building that is technologically sophisticated, highly flexible and adaptable to multiple art forms, yet intimate in scale and feel.
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