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Health and Medicine

Ronald Aubert to serve as interim dean of Brown’s School of Public Health

March 25, 2022

An epidemiologist with unique and varied public health experience, Aubert will serve as interim dean while Dr. Ashish Jha is on short-term leave for an assignment leading the nation’s COVID-19 response.

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News and Events

Next-generation data storage start-up takes first-place Venture Prize

March 24, 2022

Seven student teams vied for $50,000 in prize money at the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship’s Venture Prize pitch night, the fifth annual event but the first held in-person since 2019.

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News and Events

Federal court dismisses claims seeking additional fee refunds in class action complaint

March 23, 2022

The court ruled that Brown continued to offer services for which it charged fees, even as they took on a different form than could have been anticipated before COVID-19 forced a transition to remote learning in March 2020.

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Academic innovation leader Shankar K. Prasad to lead Brown’s School of Professional Studies as dean

March 22, 2022

As the next dean of the School of Professional Studies, Prasad will oversee a portfolio of master’s degree programs for executives and a suite of flexible and innovative non-degree programs for individuals and organizations.

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Science and Technology

Seen and ‘herd’: Collective motion in crowds is largely determined by participants’ field of vision

March 21, 2022

Researchers at Brown University developed a new model to predict human flocking behavior based on optics and other sensory data.

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Social Sciences

Uncovering an epidemic: Student journalists and data scientists chronicle Rhode Island’s opioid crisis

March 21, 2022

A team of Brown journalism and computer science students produced a series of stories, some published and broadcast by prominent outlets, providing new insights into the Ocean State’s opioid epidemic and its human toll.

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Health and Medicine

Celebrating in-person with family and friends, 144 physicians-to-be match to medical residencies

March 18, 2022

At Match Day, members of the Warren Alpert Medical School’s Class of 2022 were placed in medical residency programs across the country and right in Providence.

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News and Events

Academic leader and scholar Leah VanWey appointed Brown’s next dean of the faculty

March 18, 2022

An accomplished administrator, researcher and teacher, VanWey will lead recruitment, retention and development of Brown faculty across the humanities, social sciences and a portfolio of physical and life sciences departments.

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Health and Medicine

President Biden appoints Dr. Ashish K. Jha to White House role to lead nation’s COVID-19 response

March 17, 2022

The dean of Brown’s School of Public Health, a globally recognized expert on pandemic preparedness and response, will take leave for a temporary assignment to serve in the critical federal government role.

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News and Events

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo at Brown: ‘We better get to work innovating’

March 15, 2022

In an Ogden lecture at Brown, the commerce secretary and former Rhode Island governor shared insights on her efforts to grow the American economy, strategically sanction Russian leadership and ease U.S. supply-chain woes.

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Social Sciences

Through research collaboration, Brown scholars aim to improve experiences of refugees

March 15, 2022

Researchers at Brown’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies are working with the Refugee Dream Center in Providence to assess Afghan refugees’ needs and improve military-civilian partnerships across the globe.

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Health and Medicine

University to celebrate impact, history of ‘50 Years of Medicine at Brown’

March 15, 2022

A kickoff event on Friday, April 29, will begin a 15-month celebration of the Warren Alpert Medical School’s evolution and its plans for the future.

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News and Events

Andrew Campbell to step down as Graduate School dean, return to Brown faculty

March 11, 2022

After he finishes a six-year term in June, the accomplished leader who expanded enrollment, funding and student support at Brown’s Graduate School will return to teaching and research as a professor of medical science.

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Health and Medicine

Brown researcher to lead $16M grant to explore potential cause, treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

March 10, 2022

Led by principal investigator John Sedivy, a multi-university effort will build on recent discoveries about mechanisms of aging to understand causes and potential treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.

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News and Events

Class of 2009 graduate Zack Langway to lead alumni relations at Brown

March 8, 2022

With professional accomplishments in community building and more than a decade of volunteer leadership with Brown, Langway will return to College Hill to lead efforts to cultivate and sustain strong alumni relationships.

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Health and Medicine

Powered by students, focused on patients — assisting Rhode Islanders through Connect for Health

March 7, 2022

As volunteers with Lifespan’s Connect for Health program, dozens of Brown students each year link patients in need with available resources, with the ultimate goal of improving physical health and well-being.

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Science and Technology

From the Lab: Kavita Ramanan puts randomness to work

March 3, 2022

A professor of applied mathematics at Brown, Ramanan uses randomness as a tool to make precise predictions about complex systems ranging from statistical physics to communication networks.

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News and Events

Amid crisis in Ukraine, Brown community unites to provide support, host discussions

March 3, 2022

Scholars and others at Brown are joining together to provide support for Ukrainian scholars and people directly affected in the country, and to convene scholarly discussions about the unfolding war with Russia.

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News and Events

Nobel Prize-winning Class of 1991 Ph.D. alumnus returns to Brown to discuss research in causal relationships

March 2, 2022

As part of the Lemley lecture series, Brown Ph.D. graduate and Nobel Laureate Guido Imbens explained how natural experiments can be used to determine cause and effect.

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Health and Medicine

COVID-19 has taken heavy toll on health workers and systems, Brown physician-scientist tells Congress

March 2, 2022

Dr. Megan Ranney, a practicing emergency physician and academic dean of Brown’s School of Public Health, told a U.S. House committee that the nation can learn from the past to build stronger, more viable health care systems.

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News and Events

Brown sets new $4 billion goal, extends BrownTogether fundraising campaign through 2024

March 1, 2022

Priorities for the campaign’s extension include raising funds for research and teaching in medicine, public health, engineering and the arts, as well as student financial aid, career services and Brown Athletics.

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News and Events

Brown is nation’s top Fulbright-producing university, U.S. State Department data shows

February 28, 2022

With 29 grants offered to students and recent alumni for the 2021-22 academic year, Brown earned the No. 1 spot as the country’s top producer of Fulbright winners, marking the fourth time the University earned the distinction.

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News and Events

U.S. Commerce Secretary, former R.I. governor Gina Raimondo to visit Brown on March 15

February 28, 2022

In the Ogden Memorial Lecture, Raimondo will share ideas on how the United States can continue to compete globally by creating an economy that works for all Americans.

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Health and Medicine

Suspending syringe services programs will result in an increase of HIV infections, study finds

February 28, 2022

Using a simulation modeling approach, Brown researchers estimate that closing syringe services programs, even for one year, will cause cases of HIV to rise.

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University Initiatives

Brown launches online-only master’s degree in public health

February 23, 2022

An innovative new version of Brown’s MPH program, delivered exclusively online, will expand access to a top public health education for learners nationally and around the world.

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News and Events

$10 million gift to expand Brown scholarship on South Asia

February 23, 2022

With support from Parag and Usha Saxena, the renamed Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia at Brown’s Watson Institute will grow its research, teaching, public policy and programming.

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Science and Technology

Brown convenes scholars to envision the future of home-based health tech

February 22, 2022

With a massive shift under way toward more home-based health care delivery, more than 90 medical professionals and technologists gathered virtually to explore the challenges and opportunities that change presents.

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News and Events

$10 million gift from Reed Hastings, Patty Quillin to bolster 58-year-old Brown-Tougaloo Partnership

February 21, 2022

The generous gift from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and producer Patty Quillin will provide much-needed financial support to students from Tougaloo College, an HBCU in Mississippi, including many who come to Brown.

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Social Sciences

Brown sociologist weighs in on tensions at the Russia-Ukraine border

February 16, 2022

Professor of Sociology Michael D. Kennedy provided historical background on Russia’s relationship with Ukraine and explained how the current crisis could unleash major conflicts across the globe.

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Science and Technology

Brown physics faculty member earns 2022 Sloan Fellowship

February 15, 2022

Andrey Gromov, an assistant professor of physics, has been awarded a prestigious Sloan Fellowship for his research into exotic quantum states of matter that could enable quantum computing technology.

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Science and Technology

Psyche, the iron giant of asteroids, may be less iron than researchers thought

February 14, 2022

Scientists have thought that the asteroid Psyche could be a big ball of pure iron, but new research suggests it’s likely harboring a hidden rocky component.

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News and Events

Brown Corporation approves lowest tuition increase, highest employee salary pool in last decade

February 14, 2022

Brown’s governing body approved a 2.85% increase in tuition and fees for 2022-23, a 4.25% salary increase pool for faculty and staff, and bonuses for 4,600 employees; the Corporation also elected its next vice chancellor.

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Health and Medicine

At community health clinic in Providence, improving access and care for LGBTQ+ patients

February 11, 2022

Founded by Brown faculty members Dr. Amy Nunn and Dr. Philip Chan, Open Door Health is lowering barriers to health care by providing culturally congruent LGBTQ+-focused care.

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Arts and Humanities

Immersive exhibition at Brown’s Bell Gallery reimagines Indigenous response to James Cook’s voyages

February 9, 2022

Created by Maōri artist Lisa Reihana, the video installation “In Pursuit of Venus [infected]” adds nuance and Indigenous perspective to the first encounters between South Pacific islanders and European seafarers.

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News and Events

Senior history, public policy concentrator to represent Brown on ‘Jeopardy!’ college championship

February 8, 2022

A nightly viewer of the iconic trivia show since childhood, Brown senior Max Niles will try his hand starting Friday, Feb. 11, competing against 35 students from across the nation.

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Brown professor wins CERF Medical Engineering Prize for ‘Braingate+SoftRobotics’ project

February 8, 2022

Dr. Leigh Hochberg is part of an award-winning team that is combining soft robotic devices with brain-computer interface technology to help people with ALS.

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Health and Medicine

In Medicaid managed care plans, minority group members report lesser care than white enrollees

February 8, 2022

A study led by Brown University researchers found significant racial and ethnic disparities in patient care experience among enrollees of Medicaid managed care plans.

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Science and Technology

For physics Ph.D. student, exploring the unknown universe and mentoring the next generation

February 7, 2022

An active voice for women in physics, Brown graduate student Farrah Simpson will conduct research related to the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, as a 2022 Graduate Scholar at Fermilab.

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Science and Technology

Researchers use tiny magnetic swirls to generate true random numbers

February 7, 2022

Skyrmions, tiny magnetic anomalies that arise in two-dimensional materials, can be used to generate true random numbers useful in cryptography and probabilistic computing.

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Health and Medicine

Brown researchers develop new model to investigate fibrosis treatments without use of animals

February 1, 2022

A new 3D connective tissue model gives researchers a sophisticated tool to understand the underlying mechanisms of connective tissue disorders and test potential treatments.

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News and Events

Forced to flee Kabul last August, 15 young Afghan women find an academic home at Brown

January 27, 2022

Brown is hosting a cohort of students from the Asian University for Women and Ghalib University, all of whom left Afghanistan abruptly in the wake of the Taliban’s return to power less than six months ago.

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News and Events

Faculty at Brown earn prestigious awards, distinctions

January 27, 2022

From late 2020 to early 2022, many of Brown’s faculty received prominent awards, fellowships and other recognition for their path-breaking scholarship and bold ideas.

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Brown extends test-optional policy for 2022-23 undergraduate admission cycle

January 26, 2022

In recognition of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on prospective students and their families, the University has extended for the second time its policy making the submission of standardized test scores optional.

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News and Events

Five Brown faculty elected AAAS fellows

January 26, 2022

Faculty members from mathematics, neuroscience, medical science and chemistry were honored for significant and lasting contributions to their fields.

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Science and Technology

To research addiction, Brown senior Eve Glenn is combining empathy with cutting-edge brain science

January 25, 2022

After witnessing challenges faced by childhood friends, Glenn is researching the neurobiological underpinnings of alcohol and substance abuse disorders with the goal of enabling more effective treatments.

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Health and Medicine

A faith-based approach to ensuring Alzheimer’s research applies to all Rhode Islanders

January 20, 2022

Brown University researchers are partnering with faith-based leaders in Providence to increase participation of Black community members in Alzheimer’s prevention studies.

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News and Events

Rhode Island educators, students, parents gather to discuss pandemic’s impact on K-12 schools

January 19, 2022

A virtual event hosted by the Annenberg Institute convened experts to discuss how Providence and Rhode Island can build stronger, healthier K-12 schools, both amid and following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Arts and Humanities

How gospel music helped power the Civil Rights Movement

January 13, 2022

Ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Charrise Barron, an assistant professor at Brown, discussed the long relationship between Black American music and social justice movements throughout history.

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Science and Technology

Tuning the bonds of paired quantum particles creates dissipationless flow

January 13, 2022

A tunable, atomically thin materials platform may help researchers figure out how to create a robust quantum condensate that can flow without dissipation of energy — potentially paving the way for ultra-efficient lossless electronic devices.

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Science and Technology

Researchers propose new explanation for Moon’s magnetic mystery

January 13, 2022

A new study reveals how the diminutive Moon could have been an occasional magnetic powerhouse early in its history, a question that has confounded researchers since NASA’s Apollo program began returning lunar samples in 1969.

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