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Living in a constant din, bats’ hearing remains resilient

Bats need sensitive hearing to function effectively, yet live immersed in an intense clamor of sound – a new study shows that the noisy background doesn’t reduce their hearing sensitivity, which is a rare immunity in nature.
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Amid the cacophony of bats, undergrad research takes flight

In two new studies inspired by the clamor of bats in flight, Brown undergraduates have made key contributions and ultimately come to regard research as a trajectory in their careers.
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Science and Technology

Song wins NSF CAREER award

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.
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Graduate student honored by Chinese government

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

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

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.
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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.
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Health and Medicine

Medical students learn where they'll be residents

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.
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News and Events

Acclaimed novelist Zadie Smith to read at Brown

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.
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Science and Technology

Bio boom: master’s programs take off

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

Kantor named to HIV treatment guidelines panel

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.
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Researchers develop new lens for terahertz radiation

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.
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Brain science events abound at Brown in March

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.
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Arts and Humanities

Brown senior awarded 2016-17 Luce Scholarship

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.
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Science and Technology

Computer vision can help classify leaves

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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News and Events

Brown Joins in Filing NLRB Brief on Graduate Students

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.
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Science and Technology

Imaging algorithm gathers information about how cells move

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.
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Health and Medicine

Panel confronts racial bias in public health

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.
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Health and Medicine

Newly diagnosed men often 'hooked up' online

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.
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News and Events

Five faculty named to 'Most Influential' list

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

New statewide election polls: presidential primary

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.
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Health and Medicine

New tool to prevent med student burnout: mindfulness

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.
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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.
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Social Sciences

New Taubman poll results today

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.
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Science and Technology

Tellex awarded Sloan Fellowship

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

Everyday mindfulness linked to healthy glucose levels

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.
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Worm study may resolve discrepancies in research on aging

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.
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News and Events

Brown revitalizes historic Bannister House

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.
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Science and Technology

Edwards wins White House science award

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.
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