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New initiative addresses community needs through partnerships with Brown scholars, students

March 5, 2025

The Community-Engaged Data and Evaluation Collaborative connects Rhode Island organizations with Brown faculty, students and staff for mutually beneficial partnerships.

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Student Life

Kanayo Duru: The Brunonian behind the baton has a heart that beats for music and medicine

March 4, 2025

The Brown University senior and head conductor of the Brown Band embraces a wide range of musical, academic and volunteer pursuits as he marches toward a career in medicine.

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Student Life

Photos: Sousaphones on skates, rhythm at the rink for Brown Band’s annual on-ice performance

March 3, 2025

During a weekend hockey matchup against Harvard, dozens of Brown University alumni laced up their skates to join the band’s 55th annual one-of-a-kind Alumni Ice Show.

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News and Events

Brown University named nation’s top Fulbright-producing university

February 25, 2025

For the fifth time, Brown has earned the distinction of being the country’s top producer of Fulbright winners, with 40 grants offered to students and recent alumni for the 2024-25 academic year.

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Science and Technology

Why is Mars red? Scientists may finally have the answer

February 25, 2025

A new study led by Brown University researchers shows how a water-rich mineral could explain the planet’s color, hinting at a wetter, more habitable past on the Red Planet.

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University Initiatives

Brown-led STEM initiative at nearby Hope High School sparks curiosity, confidence, college aspirations

February 24, 2025

Through DEEPS CORES, Brown University students lead hands-on Earth science lessons, mentor Providence high schoolers on pre-college applications, and offer career exploration including paid internships.

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News and Events

At Brown, faith leader William Barber urges vigilance and humanity amid ‘crisis of civilization’

February 24, 2025

A public theologian and co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, Barber delivered the University’s 2025 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture with wide-ranging reflections on U.S. history, poverty and policy.

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News and Events

Brown University men’s and women’s squash teams take home national titles

February 24, 2025

At the 2025 College Squash Association Club Team Championships, the men claimed their third straight win, while the women’s team celebrated its second victory in three years.

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Health and Medicine

Brown University researchers show how humans learn to optimize working memory

February 24, 2025

New findings from scientists from the Carney Institute for Brain Science explain memory limits and shed light on dopamine-related disorders such as Parkinson’s, ADHD and schizophrenia.

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Arts and Humanities

Filmmaker and Brown scholar RaMell Ross nets another Oscar nomination with ‘Nickel Boys’

February 24, 2025

Five years after his first Academy Award nomination, Ross earned a second for his film about a notorious Florida reformatory school, which stars Brown alumni Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Daveed Diggs.

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News and Events

From College Hill to Cabo Verde, students connect history, heritage and health in global course

February 20, 2025

Supported by Brown’s Global Experiential Learning and Teaching program, 12 undergraduates traveled to Cabo Verde as part of a research course exploring the effects of diaspora on public health.

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Arts and Humanities

French-Caribbean artist Julien Creuzet stages immersive, multi-sensory installation at Brown

February 19, 2025

In a site-specific reimagining of the artist’s Venice Biennale exhibition, the installation in Brown’s David Winton Bell Gallery focuses on water as a site of trauma and emancipation and incorporates Rhode Island-made sculptures.

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News and Events

Sloan Foundation awards early-career fellowships to three Brown faculty members

February 18, 2025

Three assistant professors at Brown, in applied mathematics, economics and mathematics, were among 126 scholars to receive the prestigious fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation this year.

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Health and Medicine

Biological clock plays critical role in driving teens’ late-day eating habits

February 17, 2025

Researchers found that adolescents in the obese weight range ate more food later in the day than their peers of healthy weight, and that their eating behaviors were strongly influenced by their internal body clock.

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Health and Medicine

Researchers discover how opsin 3, a light-sensitive brain protein, regulates food consumption in mice

February 14, 2025

Researchers at Brown University and Cincinnati Children’s found that suppressing opsin 3 in the brain of mice makes them eat less, raising new questions about the mechanisms involved in regulating human metabolism.

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Social Sciences

‘Looming in the Shadows of Lodz’: An exhibition of memory and history at the Watson Institute

February 13, 2025

A photographic journey by artist Leslie Starobin that explores Holocaust memory and family history is on view in a public exhibition on the Brown University campus through May 30.

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Science and Technology

Brown astronomers create new technique to eliminate signals disrupting sensitive radio telescopes

February 12, 2025

An unexpected television signal traced to an airplane led to a new method for pinpointing unwanted radio signals, as growing satellite activity threatens the future of radio astronomy.

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Student Life

Super Bowl bounty: Brown student-led organization fights food insecurity on game day

February 11, 2025

As one of its monthly campus bake sales, students in Challah for Hunger sold Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs-themed cookies with proceeds benefiting hunger relief organizations.

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Arts and Humanities

With graffiti-inspired bubble clouds, whimsical new art installation illuminates Sayles Hall at Brown

February 11, 2025

New York-based interdisciplinary artist Sanford Biggers created a site-specific installation, “Unsui (Cloud Forest),” which features 10 cloud sculptures that hang from the rafters of Brown’s iconic 1881 Sayles Hall.

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News and Events

Brown Corporation approves new school name, sets tuition and salary pools for 2025-26

February 10, 2025

The University’s highest governing board named the Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs, approved a 4.85% increase in undergraduate tuition and fees, and a 3.5% salary pool for employees.

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News and Events

Brown urges U.S. courts to block federal actions that threaten funding to support high-impact research

February 7, 2025

Two declarations from the University’s vice president for research outline impacts to research that benefits Rhode Island and the nation, should reductions in indirect costs rates or a federal pause on financial assistance take effect.

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Social Sciences

Meet the Brown student who created New York City’s popular new traffic tracker

February 7, 2025

With support from Brown economist Emily Oster, senior Benjamin Moshes and his brother developed a website that visualizes the impacts to drivers of New York City’s recently launched congestion-pricing program.

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News and Events

Brown University Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes named poet laureate of Jamaica

February 6, 2025

Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral tradition, folk songs, reggae music and more in his new role as the Caribbean nation’s poet laureate.

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News and Events

Academic leader and scholar Matthew Guterl named Brown’s vice president for diversity and inclusion

February 6, 2025

Guterl, a senior faculty scholar, will lead ongoing efforts to cultivate diverse experiences and perspectives as essential to Brown’s core academic mission of advancing knowledge and discovery.

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University Initiatives

Breaking the cycle of cynicism: How hope and trust can transform the world

February 3, 2025

In a campus conversation hosted as part of a new Discovery Through Dialogue community project, psychologist and author Jamil Zaki shared practical strategies for cultivating common ground.

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News and Events

Accomplished geophysics scholar Greg Hirth named vice president for research at Brown

February 3, 2025

After serving in the role on an interim basis since September, the internationally recognized geologist and geophysicist has been appointed Brown’s vice president for research.

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Social Sciences

A global economist’s take on tariffs: ‘American consumers will get hurt’

February 3, 2025

In a Q&A, Brown University Professor of Economics Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan discussed how the new presidential administration’s planned tariffs could potentially impact the U.S. economy.

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University Initiatives

Staff Spotlight: Allison Seeley leans into conversation and community to support students

February 3, 2025

As a health promotion specialist with Student Health and Wellness Services, Seeley is dedicated to helping Brown students develop the skills necessary for lifelong health and well-being.

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Health and Medicine

Video: Brown epidemiologist Jennifer Nuzzo on preparing for the next pandemic

January 31, 2025

In a video interview, the director of the Pandemic Center at Brown’s School of Public Health explains why another pandemic is on the horizon — and why that needn’t induce panic.

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News and Events

Discovery Through Dialogue: Expanding Brown’s ethos of open inquiry through dialogue

January 30, 2025

A new campus-wide project will create more opportunities for students, faculty and staff to advance dialogue skills and participate in meaningful conversations across a wide range of perspectives.

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News and Events

Three Brown seniors awarded prestigious fellowships for global learning opportunities

January 28, 2025

Through the Marshall Scholarship, Schwarzman Scholarship and Pickering Fellowship, three members of the Class of 2025 will depart Rhode Island for the global stage to pursue international graduate studies and careers.

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Health and Medicine

More primary care physicians are affiliated with hospitals, leading to increased patient costs

January 28, 2025

A study by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health analyzed recent consolidation trends for primary care physicians and the resulting impacts on costs to patients.

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University Initiatives

Philanthropy made it possible: Brown celebrates its most successful fundraising campaign to date

January 28, 2025

Launched publicly in 2015, BrownTogether transformed Brown through a decade of unprecedented support that advanced excellence in teaching and research, financial aid, community impact and more.

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News and Events

Grammy-winning artist Jon Batiste ignites Brown campus with music and creative expression

January 27, 2025

During an immersive, weekend-long visit to Brown, acclaimed musician Jon Batiste performed a concert, inspired students with a master class and hosted a screening of a documentary about his life.

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News and Events

In a wide-ranging conversation, Daveed Diggs freestyles about art, democracy and activism

January 23, 2025

The Tony and Grammy award-winning actor, writer, producer and Brown graduate joined Professor of Africana Studies Tricia Rose for a “Brown 2026” event exploring art, democracy and, of course, “Hamilton.”

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Student Life

‘History humanizes experiences:’ Students examine enduring legacies of Civil Rights Movement

January 23, 2025

Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with Tougaloo College.

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News and Events

As spring semester kicks off, Brown welcomes its newest arrivals

January 21, 2025

From undergraduates transferring from other institutions to students starting master’s degree programs, nearly 200 students embarked on their Brown journeys in late January.

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Health and Medicine

Fewer than 1% of U.S. clinical drug trials enroll pregnant participants, study finds

January 17, 2025

An analysis by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health found that most studies exclude participants who are pregnant, potentially leaving critical safety and efficacy questions unanswered.

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News and Events

At Brown, a day of collaboration and growth for Providence-area teachers

January 17, 2025

A new professional development initiative led by Brown’s MAT program brought together two dozen local teachers to enhance their mentoring skills, collaborate with colleagues and strengthen their teaching.

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Health and Medicine

Searching for cures for antibiotic resistance on the road to scientific and personal discovery

January 16, 2025

In an intensive Winter Session course at Brown, undergraduates learned lab techniques and performed experiments as they sought breakthrough discoveries to inform future antibiotic treatments.

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News and Events

Open arms, open tables: Brown faculty and staff welcome international students over winter break

January 16, 2025

Brown’s signature student-centered ethos shined this holiday season as students who didn’t travel home for the holidays were paired with members of the Brown community to enjoy family time and cozy meals.

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Health and Medicine

What the surgeon general’s warnings about alcohol mean for individual drinkers and public health

January 14, 2025

In a Q&A, Peter Monti, a professor of alcohol and addiction studies at Brown University and a leading researcher of alcohol and disease exacerbation, shared his perspective on alcohol and cancer.

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News and Events

School of Professional Studies Dean Shankar K. Prasad to depart to join Carnegie

January 9, 2025

A longtime academic leader at Brown who expanded master’s and non-degree programs as dean and broadened access for diverse learners around the world, Prasad will join the firm as chief strategy officer.

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Science and Technology

Discovery of new class of particles could take quantum mechanics one step further

January 8, 2025

A study led by a team of Brown University researchers could lead to new ways of exploring quantum phenomena, with implications for future advances in technology and computing.

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News and Events

Faculty at Brown earn prominent awards, distinctions in Fall 2024

January 8, 2025

In recent months, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship, humanitarian efforts and leadership.

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Health and Medicine

Scientists at the Center on the Biology of Aging are rapidly advancing research on aging

January 7, 2025

Now settled into a state-of-the art space that fosters collaboration and discovery, Brown scientists are tackling the emerging field of aging research with the goal of extending healthy longevity.

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Arts and Humanities

Art history detectives for a semester, Brown students research mystery of the ‘Black Gospel Window’

December 20, 2024

In a hands-on history of art and architecture course, students researched a stained-glass window uncovered in a local church, which may be the first representation of a Black Christ and gospel women.

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Arts and Humanities

From the Lab: Christelle Alvarez illuminates ancient Egyptian insights, encoded in hieroglyphs

December 19, 2024

A collaboration between an Egyptologist and data scientists at Brown aims to make the Pyramid Texts, the world’s oldest surviving corpus of religious texts, widely accessible to a modern audience.

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News and Events

24 for ’24: The year in stories

December 19, 2024

A retrospective on a year of impact, innovation and achievement at Brown, these 24 stories for 2024 highlight some of the University’s most memorable moments from the past 12 months.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown’s Simmons Center co-organizes major Smithsonian exhibition on global legacies of slavery

December 18, 2024

“In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World” at the National Museum of African American History and Culture prominently features Brown University research, scholarship and artifacts.

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