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For leukemia patients, transfusion needs may delay hospice care

Researchers report that thousands of leukemia patients who received frequent transfusions had very short stays in hospice at the end of life, suggesting that transfusion dependence presents a barrier to making meaningful use of palliative care.
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Clay minerals on Mars may have formed in primordial steam bath

New research suggests that the bulk of clay minerals on Mars could have been formed as the planet’s crust cooled and solidified, not by later interactions with water on the surface as has long been assumed.
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News and Events

Class of 2015 graduate awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarship

With the goal of improving health outcomes for underserved populations worldwide, Aasha Jackson will use the award to study at the University of Cambridge and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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Science and Technology

Gravitational waves could shed light on the origin of black holes

The detection of gravitational waves has given astronomers a new way of looking at the universe, and a new study shows how these ripples in the fabric of spacetime might confirm or rule out the existence of a certain type of black hole.
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Research bolsters possibility of plate tectonics on Europa

Subduction--the sliding of one tectonic plate beneath another--is possible on the ice shell of Jupiter's moon Europa, a new study shows. The process could supply chemical food for life to a subsurface ocean.
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Brown faculty members earn awards, distinctions

In recent months, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship and leadership in areas ranging from dance to climate science.
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Science and Technology

Brown biology, engineering professors named AAAS fellows

For their distinguished contributions to science, professors Stephen Helfand and Sharon Swartz and have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Health and Medicine

NIH grant will expand community asthma care program

An $8 million grant to Rhode Island Hospital will allow two Warren Alpert Medical School and Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute pediatric psychologists to develop a community-based program to address disparities in asthma outcomes in children.
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Health and Medicine

Brown, Yale researchers launch unique lab in Samoa to study obesity epidemic

Accompanied by the island nation’s prime minister, Brown University public health professor Stephen McGarvey celebrated a new facility for studying the lifestyle and genetic influences of obesity and non-communicable diseases in Samoa.
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Social Sciences

Series to explore race, ethnicity and health disparity

Brown’s Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and School of Public Health will bring leading thinkers and practitioners to campus for a series on race and health equity.
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Social Sciences

Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazil’s former president, to visit Brown on Nov. 16

Former Brazilian president and Watson Institute scholar will discuss politics and corruption in contemporary Latin America during the 95th Ogden Lecture, and University leaders will celebrate the establishment in his name of a new fellowship for graduate students.
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News and Events

Football at Fenway on Friday?

As Brown’s football team prepares to face Dartmouth at Fenway, this isn’t the first time the Bears have gone head-to-head against the Big Green at Boston’s historic ballpark.
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Science and Technology

Researchers devise an algorithm to combat gerrymandering

A team of computer scientists led by Brown’s Philip Klein has come up with a new algorithmic approach to drawing congressional districts that would prevent contortions for partisan gain.
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News and Events

Veterans increasingly finding an academic home at Brown

Though still underrepresented, military veterans say the University values their experiences and has supported growth in enrolling veterans and making campus a place where they realize their academic aspirations.
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Science and Technology

Physicists describe new dark matter detection strategy

The proposed detector would use superfluid helium to explore mass ranges of dark matter particles thousands of times smaller than current large-scale experiments can detect.
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Researchers show how nanoscale patterning can decrease metal fatigue

Fatigue due to repetitive strain is the leading cause of failure in metal components and structures, but new research shows how crystalline structures called nanotwins can slow the accumulation of fatigue-related damage.
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Health and Medicine

Novel technology provides powerful new means for studying neural circuits

With “trans-Tango,” a technology developed at Brown University and described in a new study in Neuron, scientists can bridge across the connections between neurons to trace — and in the future control — brain circuits.
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Health and Medicine

Smell sensitivity varies with circadian rhythm, study suggests

A person’s ability to smell may vary throughout the day in accordance with their circadian rhythm, according to new evidence in a small study by Brown University researchers who are looking at how sleep may influence eating patterns in teens.
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Health and Medicine

Brown launches global health master’s degree

With an emphasis on global field experience and integration with social sciences, the Brown University School of Public Health will offer a two-year master’s degree in global public health beginning next fall.
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News and Events

Brown welcomes displaced University of Puerto Rico students, faculty

In addition to formal efforts organized through the Leadership Alliance to bring scholars to campus, members of the Brown community are raising funds, housing visiting students and offering direct assistance to those affected by Hurricane Maria.
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Social Sciences

Brown celebrates launch of Watson Institute expansion

Members of the Brown community gathered amid the in-progress construction of additional facilities that will help Watson expand its teaching, research and partnerships.
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Let the move-in begin: Engineering Research Center opens its doors

With high-tech spaces for 15 faculty research groups and more than 100 research associates and graduate students, the building is designed to encourage the kind of interdisciplinary research for which Brown is known.
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Science and Technology

Terahertz spectroscopy goes nano

Brown University researchers have improved the resolution of terahertz emission spectroscopy — a technique used to study a wide variety of materials — by 1,000-fold, making the technique useful at the nanoscale.
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Science and Technology

Research demonstrates method to alter coherence of light

In a finding that could have broad applications in optical devices, Brown University researchers have shown that they can transform incoherent light to almost fully coherent and vice versa.
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News and Events

Lessons from a legend: Abdul-Jabbar on a life of activism

From his childhood in Harlem, to his stardom in the NBA, to the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar stressed the importance of identity and activism in a speech at Brown University.
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Arts and Humanities

Brown, WaterFire partner on exploring U.S. homecoming for Rosa Parks house

Currently located in Berlin at the home of American artist Ryan Mendoza, the historic home could begin a three-month stay in Providence in spring 2018 if initial plans materialize as envisioned by the University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and WaterFire Arts Providence.
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