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Linguistic expertise key to improving Deaf health research

A new Brown-UMass collaboration leverages cultural and language expertise to help biomedical researchers work productively with the Deaf community and address low levels of health literacy.
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Rare collection of Jewish texts finds home at Brown’s library

Spanning four centuries, five continents and many languages, the Dr. Steven Ungerleider Collection of Haggadot will enable new insights into the experiences and customs of Jewish communities across the globe.
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Brown to submit revised plan for performing arts center

A revised plan that preserves historic structures and reduces the above-ground building footprint remains true to the University's academic requirements while addressing community concerns.
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Cornel West to speak at Brown on March 6

The public intellectual, author and political activist will give a talk as part of Brown’s Politics in the Humanities lecture series.
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Brown, WaterFire partner on exploring U.S. homecoming for Rosa Parks house

Currently located in Berlin at the home of American artist Ryan Mendoza, the historic home could begin a three-month stay in Providence in spring 2018 if initial plans materialize as envisioned by the University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice and WaterFire Arts Providence.
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Bonnie Honig to deliver Presidential Faculty Award lecture

Honig, known for her wide-ranging work on the conditions necessary for collective democratic action, will discuss how the novel ‘Moby Dick’ responds to Thomas Hobbes’ ‘Leviathan.’
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Bell Gallery presents new sculptures by Richard Fishman

The exhibition, titled “What Remains,” includes pieces completed in the last two years and encompassing three unique series by the longtime Brown University artist and scholar.
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Profiles in Summer Research: Antonia Shann

By merging learned experience with lived experience, Antonia Shann co-created a French studies course on refugees that will be offered this fall.
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With virtual reality, bringing the Gaspee Affair to life

A team of Brown students led by the University’s virtual reality artist-in-residence have created an immersive experience to expose new generations of students to a dramatic, historically important Revolutionary War event.
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Using arts to understand autism, from the inside out

A summer performance camp organized by the Brown-based Miracle Project New England uses the arts to help young people with autism engage, socialize and communicate.
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Personalized music may help nursing home residents with dementia

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.
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University celebrates Brown Arts Initiative’s launch

With aspirations to be the primary destination for students who want to integrate the arts into a complete liberal arts education, Brown formally launched an effort to create new opportunities and collaborations for students, scholars, artists and community members.
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Spotlight on diversity, at center stage

In curating this year’s theater season, Brown students and faculty sought to bring issues of diversity and inclusion into the limelight.
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Brown’s Bell Gallery presents the work of 40 student artists

The 37th annual student exhibition, open to students from all disciplines, was juried by Leonie Bradbury, director of art and creative initiatives for Boston’s HUBweek, and Anabel Vázquez Rodríguez, an independent curator, artist and organizer.
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Brown plans new, cutting-edge performing arts center

Brown Corporation authorizes architect selection process, a critical step in the University’s vision to create a hub for arts performance, practice and scholarship.
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In wake of gift, University renames Judaic studies building

With support from a Class of 1971 graduate and his wife, the department will pursue improvements in support of its scholarship on Jewish history, literature, language, politics and religions.
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Profiles in Summer Research: Jacob Ihnen

A summer class, a transfer to Brown and an inspiring professor led rising senior Jacob Ihnen to an UTRA project focused on the rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln.
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