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The fall semester in photos — 27 snapshots at Brown
Another bustling fall semester is captured by the Brown campus community on Instagram.
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The year in stories
Calendar year 2017 on the Brown University campus came with these 21 noteworthy and well-read stories along with countless others.
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Science and Technology
Technique makes NMR more useful for nanomaterials, exotic matter research
Brown University researchers show how nuclear magnetic resonance probes can be optimized for studying the properties of nanomaterials and strange states of matter.
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Center’s new location steps from campus in College Hill’s bustling commercial district will further the center’s mission to make entrepreneurship integral to the life of the campus and connected to the world beyond.
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Brown University admits 738 early decision applicants
The students admitted to the Class of 2022 under the University's early decision program were selected from a pool of 3,502 applicants.
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Software enables robots to be controlled in virtual reality
Brown University researchers have developed software that lets users control robots over the internet with off-the-shelf virtual reality hardware.
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Health and Medicine
Discovery deepens understanding of brain’s sensory circuitry
An exploration of the deepest and most mysterious layer of the cortex in mice has revealed new circuits that may be central to how two key regions of the brain communicate about sensation.
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Passages: Lilli Hornig
A revered member of the Brown community, Lilli Hornig made her mark as a scientist on the Manhattan Project and as an advocate for women in science.
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Health and Medicine
For leukemia patients, transfusion needs may delay hospice care
Researchers report that thousands of leukemia patients who received frequent transfusions had very short stays in hospice at the end of life, suggesting that transfusion dependence presents a barrier to making meaningful use of palliative care.
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As part of violinist Tracy Silverman’s residency at the University, students develop original compositions in consultation with musical pioneer.
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Having achieved an initial fundraising milestone, the University will replace loans with scholarship funds in financial aid awards, building on need-blind admissions and other initiatives to make a Brown education more accessible.
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Clay minerals on Mars may have formed in primordial steam bath
New research suggests that the bulk of clay minerals on Mars could have been formed as the planet’s crust cooled and solidified, not by later interactions with water on the surface as has long been assumed.
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Investigation initiated of men’s varsity swimming and diving team after news media organization shared information from unnamed sources.
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Pipher to become president of the American Mathematical Society
Brown’s vice president for research will lead the global mathematics advocacy group with more than 28,000 members worldwide.
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Health and Medicine
Researchers ‘dismantle’ mindfulness intervention to see how each component works
Because mindfulness-based interventions blend multiple practices, researchers can’t always figure out how each one works, so they created a rigorously controlled study to isolate each of them and confirm that they do what is claimed.
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Class of 2015 graduate awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarship
With the goal of improving health outcomes for underserved populations worldwide, Aasha Jackson will use the award to study at the University of Cambridge and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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More than 90 students expected to complete baccalaureate requirements in December celebrated their distinctive paths at Brown’s annual Midyear Completion Ceremony.
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Gravitational waves could shed light on the origin of black holes
The detection of gravitational waves has given astronomers a new way of looking at the universe, and a new study shows how these ripples in the fabric of spacetime might confirm or rule out the existence of a certain type of black hole.
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In a Nov. 29 ribbon-cutting ceremony, Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo, Brown President Christina Paxson and other speakers extolled the project as both a symbol of and catalyst for economic development.
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Research bolsters possibility of plate tectonics on Europa
Subduction--the sliding of one tectonic plate beneath another--is possible on the ice shell of Jupiter's moon Europa, a new study shows. The process could supply chemical food for life to a subsurface ocean.
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Conversion from steam to hot-water heating on campus will increase energy efficiency and assist the University in meeting its goals for reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
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Delalue, who has served as interim vice president since June, will oversee the University’s ongoing efforts to make the Brown campus more fully diverse and inclusive.
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Research reveals the scale at which Earth's mantle composition varies
A new study by geochemists from Brown University suggests that Earth’s mantle varies in composition over kilometer-sized pockets.
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Brown’s Herbarium is a collection of ecology, geography and history
In the Brown University Herbarium, the digitization of tens of thousands of plants preserved over two centuries has opened the door to studies that span space, time and the diversity of nature.
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Brown faculty members earn awards, distinctions
In recent months, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship and leadership in areas ranging from dance to climate science.
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Brown biology, engineering professors named AAAS fellows
For their distinguished contributions to science, professors Stephen Helfand and Sharon Swartz and have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Health and Medicine
NIH grant will expand community asthma care program
An $8 million grant to Rhode Island Hospital will allow two Warren Alpert Medical School and Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute pediatric psychologists to develop a community-based program to address disparities in asthma outcomes in children.
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The annual ceremony near Soldiers Memorial Arch offered an opportunity to welcome new ROTC members, celebrate the accomplishments of student veterans at Brown and honor military service more broadly.
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Brown, Yale researchers launch unique lab in Samoa to study obesity epidemic
Accompanied by the island nation’s prime minister, Brown University public health professor Stephen McGarvey celebrated a new facility for studying the lifestyle and genetic influences of obesity and non-communicable diseases in Samoa.
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Social Sciences
Series to explore race, ethnicity and health disparity
Brown’s Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and School of Public Health will bring leading thinkers and practitioners to campus for a series on race and health equity.
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Former Brazilian president and Watson Institute scholar will discuss politics and corruption in contemporary Latin America during the 95th Ogden Lecture, and University leaders will celebrate the establishment in his name of a new fellowship for graduate students.
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Football at Fenway on Friday?
As Brown’s football team prepares to face Dartmouth at Fenway, this isn’t the first time the Bears have gone head-to-head against the Big Green at Boston’s historic ballpark.
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Scientists at Brown University have found that people and mice alike use brief bursts of beta brainwaves, rather than sustained rhythms, to control attention and perception.
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Social Sciences
U.S. spending on post-9/11 wars to reach $5.6 trillion by 2018
The latest report in the Costs of War series find that the average American taxpayer has spent $23,386 on these wars since 2001.
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Arts and Humanities
Bell Gallery to host Melvin Edwards, Carrie Mae Weems exhibitions
Edwards’ ‘Festivals, Funerals and New Life’ and Weems’ ‘Kitchen Table Series’ open on Nov. 11 in the Bell Gallery and List Art Center lobby, respectively.
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Researchers devise an algorithm to combat gerrymandering
A team of computer scientists led by Brown’s Philip Klein has come up with a new algorithmic approach to drawing congressional districts that would prevent contortions for partisan gain.
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Health and Medicine
Obesity increases incidence, severity, costs of knee dislocations
A new national study finds that the obesity epidemic is resulting in a higher risk of knee dislocations as well as serious vascular injuries and higher treatment costs.
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Veterans increasingly finding an academic home at Brown
Though still underrepresented, military veterans say the University values their experiences and has supported growth in enrolling veterans and making campus a place where they realize their academic aspirations.
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Physicists describe new dark matter detection strategy
The proposed detector would use superfluid helium to explore mass ranges of dark matter particles thousands of times smaller than current large-scale experiments can detect.
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Brown / Hasbro team to design smart robotic companions to assist seniors
A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund a three-year partnership that seeks to enhance Hasbro’s Joy for All Companion Pets into smart robots that can help older adults with everyday tasks.
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Babies can use context to look for things, study demonstrates
In a new study, infants as young as 6 months old demonstrated that they can rapidly integrate learning, memory and attention to improve their search for faces in a simple scene.
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Researchers show how nanoscale patterning can decrease metal fatigue
Fatigue due to repetitive strain is the leading cause of failure in metal components and structures, but new research shows how crystalline structures called nanotwins can slow the accumulation of fatigue-related damage.
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Novel technology provides powerful new means for studying neural circuits
With “trans-Tango,” a technology developed at Brown University and described in a new study in Neuron, scientists can bridge across the connections between neurons to trace — and in the future control — brain circuits.
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Smell sensitivity varies with circadian rhythm, study suggests
A person’s ability to smell may vary throughout the day in accordance with their circadian rhythm, according to new evidence in a small study by Brown University researchers who are looking at how sleep may influence eating patterns in teens.
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Hepatitis C care falling short for young opioid users in R.I.
New research finds that while many Rhode Island young adults who use opioids get screened for hepatitis C, they aren’t always connected to care for an infection if one is detected.
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From magic to the macabre: 10 spooky sightings at Brown
With Halloween fast upon College Hill, what better time to unearth some of Brown's supernatural and spooky traditions, collections, events and more?
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Health and Medicine
Brown launches global health master’s degree
With an emphasis on global field experience and integration with social sciences, the Brown University School of Public Health will offer a two-year master’s degree in global public health beginning next fall.
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In addition to formal efforts organized through the Leadership Alliance to bring scholars to campus, members of the Brown community are raising funds, housing visiting students and offering direct assistance to those affected by Hurricane Maria.
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Social Sciences
Brown celebrates launch of Watson Institute expansion
Members of the Brown community gathered amid the in-progress construction of additional facilities that will help Watson expand its teaching, research and partnerships.
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With high-tech spaces for 15 faculty research groups and more than 100 research associates and graduate students, the building is designed to encourage the kind of interdisciplinary research for which Brown is known.
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