On Monday, April 11, Pulitzer Prize-winner Joe Morgenstern will present on ‘The Fate of Criticism and Movies in the Digital Age.’

For her studies on how distraction affects motor learning and action, National Science Foundation recognizes Assistant Professor Joo-Hyun Song with a CAREER award, which she’ll use to advance her research.

Christina Paxson urges international collaboration across the disciplines to develop solutions to climate change, public health issues and other complex global challenges.

Brown’s Katherine Sharkey and a consortium of researchers will combine a mobile app with genetic screening to better understand what puts women at risk for postpartum depression.

ADLI creates resources for audiences, scholars and dancers to elevate the study, practice and consumption of American dance.

Assessment team from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies arrives on campus next week and will hold a public information session on Tuesday, March 29.

Yuanyuan ‘Alvin’ Zhou, an engineering graduate student, has been honored with the “Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad.”

A new fellowship program in the School of Engineering aims to draw top postdoctoral scholars and groom them to be leaders in academia.

Brown University researchers have developed a method for making super-wrinkled and super-crumpled sheets of the nanomaterial graphene. The research shows that the topography can enhance some of graphene’s already interesting properties.

Brown University President Christina Paxson wrote to the campus community on the afternoon of Friday, March 18, to condemn a deeply offensive incident in which hateful messages were discovered in an undergraduate residence hall.

At exactly noon, a record number of Alpert Medical School students learned where they will start their medical careers. Brown University's festive Match Day event, like those held at medical schools across the country, reveals where graduating MDs will serve as medical residents.

Known for her explorations of mixed-race communities in England and the U.S., Smith comes to Brown on April 5 as part of the Writers on Writing series.

Reflecting demand in the economy, Brown’s graduate programs in biomedical engineering and biotechnology have more than quintupled their enrollment in four years.

Dr. Rami Kantor will serve an initial four-year term on a federal panel that sets recommendations for how antiretroviral medications should be used to treat and prevent HIV.

Following a steady stream of student-driven efforts in recent years to boost support for those who are first in their families to attend college, a dedicated first-gen center will open in the Sciences Library this summer.

Brown University engineers have devised a way to focus terahertz radiation using an array of stacked metal plates, which may prove useful for terahertz imaging or in next-generation data networks.

With movies, hands-on demonstrations, lectures and panels, an art exhibit, and a huge research poster session a dizzying array of opportunities awaits members of the public and the Brown University community who want to learn about brain science.

University president and chaplain will introduce advance screening of the award-winning documentary, which chronicles the search for Brown student who disappeared in 2013.

Henry Luce Foundation selects Evan Silver, a literary arts concentrator, as one of 18 scholarship recipients from an extensive pool of candidates representing a broad cross-section of American higher education.

So complex are patterns and variations in the vein structures of leaves that botanists struggle to take advantage of them when trying to classify a specimen within the plant kingdom. A new study shows that computer vision technology can provide automated assistance by “learning” how to use venation to assign leaves to their proper family and order.

Studies of how climate change might affect agriculture generally look only at crop yields. But climate change may also influence how much land people choose to farm and the number of crops they plant each growing season. A new study takes all of these variables into account, and suggests researchers may be underestimating the total effect of climate change on the world’s food supply.

Brian Clark, formerly of Roger Williams University, has been named as Brown’s new spokesperson and director of news operations, and Albert Dahlberg will advance the institution’s priorities in the areas of government and community relations as assistant vice president.

The U.S. has reached a record-high rate of twin births, and the use of in vitro fertilization is part of the reason. But in a commentary in this month’s American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Dr. Eli Adashi argues that implemented differently, IVF could instead reduce the rate toward natural levels.

Five Brown University professors have been awarded the National Science Foundation's top grant for early-career faculty.

Actress Viola Davis, a leading voice for women of color in an entertainment industry under fire for a lack of diversity, struck a decidedly personal tone in a Brown Lecture Board speech to a packed house of students at the Salomon Center on Feb. 29.

Brown and other universities argue in an amicus brief filed Feb. 29 that the National Labor Relations Board should preserve its prior ruling that precludes unionization by graduate assistants at private research universities.

In an earth-friendly competition campuswide, students will vie to see which dorms can save the most energy during the month of March. Prizes are on the line.

Knowing how cells move through different tissues in the body could be useful in treating conditions from cancer to autoimmune disorders. A new technique developed by Brown researchers can track cell movement in complex environments that mimic actual body tissues.

From perspectives both professional and personal, six speakers convened by the School of Public Health and the Graduate Student Council Feb. 25 discussed the societal and individual damage done by racial bias. But they also shared strategies for addressing some of the systemic challenges racism poses for health and research.

A new study finds a strong correlation between new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men in Rhode Island and their use of online hookup sites. Study authors at Brown University, The Miriam Hospital, and the Rhode Island Department of Health called for operators of hookup websites and apps to work with public health officials to include more prevention messaging.

Five Brown University faculty members were named among the world's most highly cited researchers for 2015 on a list compiled by Thomson Reuters.

Brown University’s Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy has released the results of two new public opinion surveys on the presidential primaries. The poll finds Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump leading the candidates in their respective parties.

With a public lecture series, including a talk Feb. 25 and proposed curriculum enhancements for students in all four years, the Alpert Medical School plans to provide students training in mindfulness. The practice can be an effective tool to remain psychologically resilient amid the uniquely difficult experiences of medical school and professional practice.

Two potential ways of stamping out serious disease by manipulating the genomes of human embryos are under intense public debate: mitochondrial replacement therapy and germline genome editing. The UK has already approved the former. Its process could guide the U.S. as it considers allowing either or both of the techniques.

Brown University will release the results today of two new public opinion surveys on the presidential primaries conducted by the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy. A news release summarizing survey results will be posted at 1 p.m.

A group of Brown students and faculty members traveled recently to Argentina to study the region's geology and to learn about the global tectonic processes that push and pull the continents around the globe.

Stefanie Tellex, assistant professor of computer science, was one of 126 new fellows for 2016, announced today by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Brown University researchers investigating how mindfulness may affect cardiovascular health have measured a significant association between a high degree of ‘everyday’ mindfulness and a higher likelihood of having normal, healthy glucose levels. Their analysis showed that a lower risk of obesity and greater sense of control among more mindful people may play mediating roles.

Brown University researchers may have discovered what’s responsible for discrepant findings between dozens of fundamental studies of the biology of aging. A drug commonly used in research with C. elegans worms, they report, has had unanticipated effects on lifespan.

Brown has completed the renovation of the home of 19th-century African-American artist Edward Mitchell Bannister at 93 Benevolent St. and has affixed a plaque in recognition of its historical significance. The home will become a family residence.

Brown University botanist Erika Edwards has earned a Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering. She’s invited to the White House this spring to accept the honor.

A large clinical trial for which Brown University neurology Chair Dr. Karen Furie served as principal neurologist, found that a drug that controls insulin resistance was helpful in preventing heart attacks and second strokes in patients.

Sydney Levin and Michael Villaseñor of the New York Times came to campus on Monday, Feb. 15 to discuss the paper's new foray into virtual reality.

A technique called plasmonic interferometry has the potential to enable compact, ultra-sensitive biosensors for a variety of applications. A fundamental advance made by Brown University engineers could help make such devices more practical.

Science trounced the Intelligent Design “alternative” to evolution in Kitzmiller v. Dover in 2005, but ideological or religious attempts to warp science education on issues like climate change and evolution continue. At the 2016 AAAS annual meeting in Washington, D.C., Brown University biologist Kenneth Miller and other veterans of the Dover case discussed how to stand up for science.

With bright futures of their own, dozens of Alpert Medical School students every fall mentor local teens from disadvantaged high schools to help them plan their paths. Each January, mentees present the health and medical research guided by their mentors, who introduce them to health care careers and encourage them to thrive in other ways, too.

Alan Usas, formerly the CIO at the Yale School of Management and assistant vice president for Computing and Information Services at Brown, will oversee Brown's Executive Master in Cybersecurity.

Students from all over the country and around the world gathered this weekend for Hack@Brown, a marathon of computer coding and app building. Student organizers aim for an event that's open and inviting to students from all backgrounds and skill levels.

The Zika virus, best known for its strongly suspected link to fetal birth defects, has become a major health crisis in Central and South America. On Weds. Feb. 10 at 12:30, Brown University experts will gather to “separate fact from fiction” concerning the emergency.

The Corporation of Brown University has approved a consolidated expenditure budget of $1.01 billion for fiscal 2017, a 5.2-percent increase. The total undergraduate charge will rise 4.1 percent, with a 7.1-percent increase in the financial aid budget to $120.5 million.