Students in the Resumed Undergraduate Education program make their way to Brown in many different ways — the stories of three Class of 2017 graduates from the program illustrate the wealth of lived experience they bring to campus.

By bringing together Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School and six medical practices employing more than 500 doctors, BPI will enable a new level of coordination for research, teaching and clinical care in southern New England.

Federal spending on domestic programs in health care, education, clean energy and infrastructure creates more jobs, dollar for dollar, than military spending.

John Savage, one of the founders of Brown’s Department of Computer Science, will be honored for 50 years of teaching and mentorship during this weekend’s Commencement and Reunion festivities.

Though it has gained popularity in the West as medically and psychologically beneficial, meditation can produce a much wider variety of outcomes, not all of them calm and relaxing, according to a new study that analyzes meditation-related challenges.

The prestigious award offers young scholars the opportunity to teach, study and pursue research internationally.

One year after the University’s diversity and inclusion action plan committed to doubling the number of faculty from historically underrepresented groups, two initiatives are already attracting both early-career and experienced scholars to Brown.

Brown University computer scientists have shown a new way to help prevent users of data exploration software from making false discoveries.

Rene Davis, a higher education leader who currently serves as Title IX and Section 504 coordinator at Mount Holyoke College, will oversee Brown’s Title IX office beginning on July 17, 2017.

Sunday’s procession and University Ceremony on the College Green cap Brown’s three-day celebration of Commencement and Reunion Weekend.

Sergio Gonzalez, senior vice president for university advancement and external affairs at the University of Miami, has been named senior vice president for advancement at Brown University, effective Aug. 1, 2017.

As she prepares to step down as the inaugural dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, Terrie Fox Wetle is earning praise for leading fast growth yet instilling a family feel at Brown’s newest professional school.

The $225,000 grant from the Davis Educational Foundation will allow faculty members to deepen their exploration of engaged scholarship and teaching.

Some of the newest wheelchairs, prosthetics, hearing, speech and communication devices could provide great help for people with disabilities in the workforce, but non-technological barriers often limit their promise.

Plumes of vapor generated by ancient impacts on Mars created tornado-like winds possibly swirling at more than 500 miles per hour, which explain mysterious streaks seen near large impact craters on the Martian surface.

New research shows that New Englanders are susceptible to serious health effects even when the heat index is below 100, a finding that has helped to change the National Weather Service threshold for heat warnings.

People with dementia living in nursing homes that implemented the MUSIC & MEMORY program were more likely to cease using antipsychotic and antianxiety drugs and engaged in fewer problematic behaviors, according to the first evaluation of the program.

Evidence in a new study casts doubt on the idea, favored by members of both political parties, that slapping a copay on Medicare home health care will save money by deterring use of the benefit among seniors.

Nine women who attended this weekend’s 125 Years conference share their thoughts on this historic occasion.

Weaving together historical data and stories of women who studied at Brown, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen outlined the evolving role of women in the U.S. economy and discussed the barriers that still prevent many from achieving full success and equality, to the detriment of the economy as a whole.

As the University honors the milestone of 125 years of women on campus, the Pembroke Center’s Brown Women Speak archive celebrates 35 years of collecting their oral histories.

The Teaching Health Centers program, which funds outpatient primary care residencies serving rural and indigent patients, awaits Congressional budget reauthorization at a time when there is a primary care shortage, Brown University medical scholars write in a new article in JAMA.

Anuoluwapo Osideko, a public health student, and Alexandria Volkening, an applied mathematics student, will address their peers at the Graduate School’s master’s and doctoral ceremonies, respectively.

The Brown University physicist, who shared the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics, collects another prestigious honor.

One day the products we order might come to our houses via drone — two Brown University students are working on technologies that might help make that a reality.

The whole arsenal of cuttlefish coloration, postures and aggression played out during a chance observation now described in a study in the American Naturalist.

With four three-week courses planned initially, the University’s new BrownX initiative will bring Brown’s distinctive approach to teaching and learning to new audiences across the globe.

Scientists have discovered a physiological chain of events in animal models in which motor neurons and their communication with muscle become disrupted by the mutation that causes spinal muscular atrophy.

On Sunday night, Noah took the stage at Brown's Salomon Center for Teaching to discuss topics including lessons learned from his childhood in South Africa, last year's election of Donald Trump and why we should all challenge our own beliefs.

Three Brown undergraduates and one recent graduate have been awarded highly competitive awards to pursue graduate work and research in the United States and abroad.

Years of experiments and careful observation along the shores of the Galápagos Islands have untangled a complex food web of sea lions, fish, urchins and algae, revealing who eats (or doesn’t eat) whom and what impact they have on each other.

Among suicidal patients, an intervention that included brief post-discharge phone calls significantly reduced the likelihood of a future suicide attempt, according to a clinical trial conducted at eight hospitals.

Adriel Barrios-Anderson, a neuroscience and science and society concentrator, and Viet Nguyen, an education concentrator, will reflect on their Brown experiences with their speeches “Silent Lessons” and “The Idea of Deserving.”

Brown University computer scientists will use the funding to build an interactive data exploration system that includes statistical safeguards against false discoveries.

Monica Muñoz Martinez will use the award to complete her first book, begin a second, and create an associated digital platform that aims to enrich current understandings of histories of racial violence in the humanities.

The American Talent Initiative brings together 68 of nation’s most respected colleges and universities committed to attracting, enrolling and graduating more high-achieving, lower-income students.

From preschoolers to professors, thousands of attendees are expected on Sunday to check out robotic technologies developed in the Ocean State and beyond.

Brown researchers have developed methods to use data from FRAP, an experiment used to study how molecules move inside cells, in ways it’s never been used before.

Performing multiple reactions in one shot reduces raw material needs and byproduct waste, a potential step toward a greener chemical industry.

Through a combination of experiments with college students and laboratory worms, researchers have identified the first specific genes to show molecular alterations associated with short sleep duration.

From reducing greenhouse gas emissions to doing homework in the dark, Brown community members immerse themselves in sustainability measures on an everyday basis.

During its 249th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 28, Brown University will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of scholars, artists and leaders recognized for exceptional achievement.

Since arriving at Brown in 2013, Liza Cariaga-Lo has directed the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and played a key role in Brown’s diversity and inclusion efforts.

Few studies have looked at whether mindfulness meditation is equally effective among men and women in addressing mood, but a new study in a college setting found a substantial difference.

Mineral deposits in a region called Northeast Syrtis Major suggest a plethora of once-habitable environments. By mapping those deposits in the region’s larger geological context, Brown researchers may help set the stage for a future rover mission.

The new award program recognizes the work of both senior and early-career faculty members.

Brown University is now officially a participating institution in the department’s Voluntary Education Partnership Memorandum of Understanding, which will allow the University to reach out to active service members on military bases.

Friends, family, former students and colleagues from near and far gathered for events celebrating the life and writing of the distinguished poet, who died in 2016.

A new survey by Brown’s Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy reveals evidence of political polarization and diminishing support for some key Trump campaign promises.

Hundreds of admitted students descended on College Hill for a three-day immersion in life as a Brown undergraduate.