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Study shows how mutations disrupt ALS-linked protein

August 18, 2016

Structural biologists provide a new explanation for how ALS-associated genetic flaws interfere with the proper function and behavior of the protein TDP-43.

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Environment

On the bay with BELL, a call to environmental action

August 18, 2016

At the Brown Environmental Leadership Lab, high school students learn the skills they need to create change on environmental issues facing their local communities and the planet as a whole.

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News and Events

With BrownTogether campaign in full swing, Brown donors give a record $300 million

August 18, 2016

Funds raised in fiscal year 2016 will support the strategic goals of the University’s Building on Distinction plan.

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Health and Medicine

R.I. Department of Health, Brown School of Public Health launch partnership

August 17, 2016

Rhode Island's two accredited public health entities — the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Brown University School of Public Health — launched a new academic partnership.

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Science and Technology

In summer at sea, adventurous student continues a personal academic journey

August 16, 2016

Driven by a love of marine life and the memory of his grandfather, Peter Baek set out this summer on a six-week sailing voyage to study a delicate ecosystem south of the Equator.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown and RISD create a laboratory for innovative live arts projects

August 11, 2016

With a think-tank approach and a cohort of students from the visual and performing arts, Brown/RISD CoLAB, a new summer institute, gives students the tools and freedom to experiment with new forms of theatre and performance.

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Social Sciences

Death toll from war in Afghanistan and Pakistan climbs to 173,000

August 9, 2016

The Costs of War project releases data on the human costs of a decade and a half of war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, finding that violence is not subsiding.

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Social Sciences

Physical aggression tendencies, aggressive foreign policy positions linked, study says

August 9, 2016

Findings show differences between men and women and have implications for negotiating aggressive behavior.

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News and Events

Study of summer research quantifies what students see as most beneficial

August 5, 2016

New data from the Leadership Alliance shows what specific aspects of conducting summer research underrepresented students say benefits them the most.

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Science and Technology

Declining fishery production in critical African lake pinned to climate change

August 5, 2016

Warming water over the past 150 years is causing declining fish stocks in Lake Tanganyika, a large freshwater lake that supplies food for millions of Africans.

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Health and Medicine

Major treatment expansion could essentially eliminate hepatitis C in R.I. by 2030

August 5, 2016

As the state takes a deep look at its hepatitis C epidemic, Brown University researchers have crunched the numbers to project what could be done to lift Rhode Island’s burden of death and disease.

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News and Events

An Olympic effort, from Brown to Brazil

August 4, 2016

Senior swimmer Sovijja Pou heads to Rio to represent Cambodia in the 100-meter freestyle — just one among a number of goals inspired by his heritage.

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Health and Medicine

To think about thinking, hundreds of scholars convene at Brown

August 3, 2016

For the first time ever, the International Conference on Thinking is taking place in the United States, bringing more than 250 scholars of cognition to Brown this week.

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Science and Technology

Researchers image brain cells’ reactions to concussive trauma

August 2, 2016

Using a laboratory device that can deliver concussive impacts to cell cultures and image the aftermath in real time, researchers from Brown are gaining new insight into how brain cells react to trauma.

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News and Events

Brown dining venues among first green-certified eateries in Rhode Island

August 2, 2016

Five of the University’s dining facilities earned certification from the Green Restaurant Association for sustainability practices including recycling, composting, energy use and more.

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Arts and Humanities

Second year of Breakthrough Lab yields 16 new ventures

July 29, 2016

Brown’s summer program, known as B-Lab, showcased students’ ingenuity and pointed to an increasingly robust future for entrepreneurship at the University.

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Health and Medicine

Task force may be too stringent in not yet recommending melanoma screening

July 26, 2016

In an editorial in JAMA, two experts including Brown University dermatologist Dr. Martin Weinstock question a USPSTF determination that there isn't enough evidence to recommend that clinicians visual screen for skin cancer, such as melanoma.

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Health and Medicine

New theory explains how beta waves arise in the brain

July 25, 2016

In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by Brown University neuroscientists proposes a new theory — backed by data from people, animal models and computational simulation — to explain how beta waves emerge in the brain.

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Science and Technology

Process could make key biodegradable polymer stronger and longer-lasting

July 25, 2016

The creation of a new polymer morphology in a material called PLA could lead to better medical implants and drug-delivery devices.

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Health and Medicine

Newly found, ‘thrifty’ genetic variant influences Samoan obesity

July 25, 2016

A new study reports that a genetic variant that affects energy metabolism and fat storage partly explains why Samoans have among the world’s highest levels of obesity.

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Social Sciences

American political speech is more partisan than ever, new study finds

July 22, 2016

Widespread use of talking points and expanding role of consultants, focus groups and polls are likely contributing to deeper divisions, both in Congress and in the broader public, according to study.

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News and Events

Brown faculty members earn prestigious recognitions

July 21, 2016

Awards, fellowships and grants come in honor of accomplishments in research, teaching and service.

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Health and Medicine

World’s most sensitive dark matter detector completes search

July 21, 2016

At a conference in the United Kingdom, scientists with the LUX dark matter experiment present results from the detector’s final 20-month run.

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Science and Technology

Asteroid that formed Moon’s Imbrium Basin may have been protoplanet-sized

July 20, 2016

The research, published in Nature, has implications for our understanding of the early solar system.

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Health and Medicine

For frozen embryos in dispute, scholars propose guidelines

July 18, 2016

In a new paper, two scholars — one medical, one legal — propose a set of practical guidelines to prevent the bitter arguments over frozen embryos that have confounded U.S. courts.

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Science and Technology

GAGA may be the secret of the sexes — at least in insects

July 14, 2016

Without simple repeating sequences of the DNA “letters” GA on the X chromosome, distinct genders could never have evolved, at least in flies and mosquitoes.

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Health and Medicine

Rhode Island childcare centers using federal nutrition subsidy served healthier food

July 14, 2016

A new analysis of survey responses from more than 100 child daycare center directors suggests that stronger nutritional guidelines, like those enforced by a federal food subsidy program for low-income kids, lead to healthier meals.

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Science and Technology

Tiny ‘racetracks’ show how bacteria get organized

July 13, 2016

The new research sheds light on the surprisingly complex collective movements of bacteria in confined spaces.

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Health and Medicine

Alpert Medical School, Hope Hospice extend affiliation

July 12, 2016

A new five-year agreement continues the formal educational partnership between the Alpert Medical School and Hope Hospice & Palliative Care.

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Health and Medicine

Study explains how a protein deficiency causes spinal muscular atrophy

July 11, 2016

Research that reveals what goes wrong in SMA and suggests that a mild version of the same genetic defect may protect relatives against infection, which could explain why SMA is relatively common disease.

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Health and Medicine

Meeting of the minds leads to brain science technology venture

July 11, 2016

After researchers spent years developing an artificial intelligence technology to monitor lab animal behavior, a team of recently graduated entrepreneurs is investigating its commercial potential.

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Health and Medicine

Study finds no substantial harm from primary care melanoma screening

July 8, 2016

Experts concerned that primary care screening for melanomas could lead to widespread misdiagnoses or overtreatment can take comfort in the results of a new study that found no such problems.

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News and Events

Finding their Royce

July 7, 2016

For 20 years, Brown’s Royce fellows have set out on carefully planned independent research projects across the world — but the discoveries that greet them aren’t always what they expect.

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Health and Medicine

$19.5M grant to bridge gaps between medical research, health care in Rhode Island

July 6, 2016

With a new five-year federal grant, the Rhode Island Center for Clinical Translational Science will strengthen connections between scientific discovery and health around the state.

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Arts and Humanities

University organist Mark Steinbach plays the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris

July 5, 2016

At a marquee stop in France on a broader tour playing venues in Germany throughout July, Mark Steinbach debuted new works by Brown music faculty members Eric Nathan and Lu Wang.

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News and Events

Brown launches Executive Master in Science and Technology Leadership

July 5, 2016

The 16-month School of Professional Studies program for accomplished technical professionals focuses on leadership, strategic thinking and innovation.

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Health and Medicine

MRI technique induces strong, enduring visual association

June 30, 2016

Volunteers in a brain science experiment learned associations between patterns and color such that when shown the patterns later, they were still biased to perceive the color even if it wasn’t really there.

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News and Events

Brown honors Providence high school graduates with college scholarships

June 29, 2016

The University awarded 20 college-bound Providence high school graduates awards from its Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence.

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Science and Technology

Researchers develop key power-splitting component for terahertz waves

June 29, 2016

The new device could be useful in future terahertz communications networks, which would have a much higher data capacity than current cellular and wireless networks.

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Science and Technology

Research uncovers spleen’s role in shaping blood cells

June 27, 2016

Computer models developed by Brown University mathematicians help to describe an underappreciated function of the spleen.

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Arts and Humanities

Global scholars converge at Brown for Hebrew language, literature and culture conference

June 27, 2016

Members of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew participated in an intensive three-day program of scholarly inquiry hosted by the University’s Program in Judaic Studies.

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Health and Medicine

A new ‘dashboard’ for Rhode Island’s overdose crisis

June 27, 2016

Full of practical, graphical guides for the general public and up-to-the-minute epidemiological data for healthcare providers and policymakers, a new website aims to use information to prevent overdose deaths

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Health and Medicine

Delirium at nursing home admission a risky sign for seniors

June 25, 2016

A large Brown University study finds patients who exhibited delirium at the time they entered a nursing home were significantly more likely to die or return to the hospital within 30 days and were less likely to recover fully if they returned home.

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News and Events

Students team with senior leaders at Brown to create fund for sustainable, socially oriented investing

June 23, 2016

With a focus on environmental, social and governance investment standards, the Brown University Sustainable Investment Fund offers donors a sustainability-focused, endowed giving option that welcomes gifts of any amount.

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Health and Medicine

R.I. Foundation awards Brown health research grants

June 21, 2016

Seed funding of $25,000 per project will jump-start five studies related to medical concerns and basic research.

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Science and Technology

Research bolsters case for a present-day subsurface ocean on Pluto

June 21, 2016

An updated thermal model for Pluto suggests that liquid water beneath the dwarf planet’s ice shell may not be frozen yet.

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Health and Medicine

Amid Egyptian uprisings, doctors’ care for patients takes on political significance

June 20, 2016

The conditions in which medical personnel and volunteers worked during the period of military rule in Egypt challenged the established understanding of medical neutrality, a new study reveals.

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News and Events

Spending the summer at Brown

June 15, 2016

The University’s many pre-college programs will bring more than 5,300 students to campus this summer.

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Social Sciences

Passages: Brazilianist and professor emeritus Thomas E. Skidmore

June 14, 2016

Thomas E. Skidmore, prominent historian of Brazil and professor emeritus of Brown University, passed away on June 11.

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Arts and Humanities

Two monumental contemporary sculptures coming to Brown campus

June 14, 2016

Sculptures by Urs Fischer and Giuseppe Penone will be installed beginning June 14.

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