A crowd of admirers convened in the Engineering Research Center to celebrate Barrett Hazeltine following his last lecture as the primary teacher for his classic management and entrepreneurship class.
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Inspired by concerns about the health of the American democracy, faculty and students at more than 20 institutions globally collaborated on the cross-university “Democratic Erosion” course established by Brown’s Robert Blair.
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Brown’s student-staffed EMS team celebrates 40 years
Brown Emergency Medical Services launched as a student club in 1978 — 40 years later, it is a full-fledged, 24-7 emergency medical response service with student volunteers still comprising its core.
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Health and Medicine
Researchers join forces to expand evidence base on gun violence
Dr. Megan Ranney, a longtime emergency physician and Brown faculty member, is leading both national and Rhode Island-based efforts to address firearm injury based on research and facts.
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As part of a sustained effort to ensure that student educational experiences are not impeded by obstacles resulting from financial constraints, the University will introduce new measures to further support undergraduates with the greatest financial need.
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Health and Medicine
Burnout, depression can affect ophthalmology residents, study finds
A Brown University undergraduate led a JAMA Ophthalmology study showing that many ophthalmology residents face burnout and are often unable to participate in wellness initiatives, which has adverse consequences for both residents and patients.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel sat down with Brown President Christina Paxson in Chicago to discuss the role of higher education in fueling economic prosperity in the 21st century.
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Arts and Humanities
Graduate School speakers to draw on personal stories at Commencement
Javier Juarez and Pinar Durgun will address their peers in separate master’s and doctoral ceremonies, respectively.
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In keeping with a 250-year-old University tradition, two seniors, Lexi Lerner and Naomi Chasek-Macfoy, will deliver Commencement speeches on Sunday, May 27.
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Science and Technology
Brown engineering professor elected to National Academy of Sciences
Renowned engineering professor Huajian Gao collects another honor for his research in mechanical engineering and materials science.
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Brown to host conference on race, memory and memorialization
The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice will host a series of public presentations that reevaluate memorials and the history that they represent.
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Science and Technology
Vegan and traditional kimchi have same microbes, study finds
Brown University researchers have found that kimchi made without seafood products has the same “probiotic” bacteria as more traditional kimchi.
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Passages: Clare Russell Gregorian
Clare Russell Gregorian was a lifelong advocate and leader in education, literacy and women's issues who called the Brown campus home from 1988 to 1997.
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Social Sciences
Brown faculty member wins Carnegie fellowship
Associate Professor Prerna Singh will use her award for research that compares how India and China approach combatting contagious disease at the national level.
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In a lecture at Brown University, the former Florida governor argued for comprehensive immigration and education reform as key to economic mobility and made a plea for political discourse without disparagement.
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New research shows that a surprising amount of water survives simulated asteroid impacts, a finding that may help explain how asteroids deposit water throughout the solar system.
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Health and Medicine
Research suggests promising drug therapy for premature aging disease
A drug originally developed to treat cancer could help children with progeria, a rare genetic disorder, to live longer.
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Brown to confer seven honorary degrees
Brown University will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of scholars, community leaders, activists and artists during its 250th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 27.
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From a field of 15 championship qualifiers from universities across the country, Georgia native Dhruv Gaur won big in this year's tournament.
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Brown assessing new plans toward net-zero carbon emissions
With the University nearing its sustainability goals for 2020 and the threat of climate change growing more severe, Brown is evaluating plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero.
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Science and Technology
New theory shows how strain makes for better catalysts
A new theory of how compression and tension can affect the reactivity of metal catalysts could be helpful in designing new and better catalysts.
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Brown alumni capture Pulitzers for fiction, non-fiction
Andrew Sean Greer landed honors for his novel, 'Less,' while James Forman Jr. earned the nonfiction prize for 'Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America.'
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Research Achievement Awards honor accomplished Brown scholars
The annual award program recognizes the research and scholarship of both longtime and early-career faculty members.
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Photos: A Day on College Hill 2018
For the first time, Brown organized two weekends of introductory experiences and activities for students admitted to the University's Class of 2022.
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One of the single largest gifts in University history will drive research into brain and nerve disorders and establish one of the best-endowed brain institutes in the country.
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Through interviews, faculty and students share in their own words how the distinctive approach to research at Brown is unlocking the complexity of the brain.
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The Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence marks its five-year anniversary this spring — but it’s just one illustration of the many ways in which Brown and the city’s schools work together to enrich educational opportunities.
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Photos: Classroom visits at the D'Abate Elementary School
A visit to the William D'Abate Elementary School offered Brown President Christina Paxson the opportunity to meet with both D'Abate students and the Brown students who teach chess, crafts and more as part of an after-school partnership run by the University's Swearer Center.
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Brown junior named Truman Scholar
Dorothy Jiang, one of only 59 undergraduates nationwide to receive the prestigious public service scholarship, will use it to further her work as a community advocate and policymaker.
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With an all-star lineup and a range of free public events, the three-day International Fiction Now festival at Brown will celebrate Coover’s teaching, literary inventions and activism.
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A new $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will increase scholarly and public access to the Haffenreffer Museum’s collections.
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Science and Technology
Scientists call for more rigor in forensic science
A Perspectives article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences calls for “more science in forensic science.”
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State of Rhode Island, Brown University to create a data-driven policymaking and research center.
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Thirty Brown students, alumni win prestigious NSF fellowships
The Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides tuition support and a stipend for promising young STEM leaders.
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Brown alumna Ellen Stofan to head National Air and Space Museum
Stofan, a former chief scientist at NASA who earned her Ph.D. in geology from Brown in 1989, will be the first woman to lead what is one of the world’s most widely visited museums.
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A year after scoring a perfect 1600 on the SAT and earning admission to Brown, Georgia native Dhruv Gaur will represent the University beginning on Tuesday, April 10.
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Baylor Fox-Kemper will be a coordinating lead author for a key chapter in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s next global climate assessment report.
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News and Events
Brown to host fifth annual robot block party
From preschoolers to professors, thousands of attendees are expected on Sunday to check out robotic technologies developed in the Ocean State and beyond.
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Arts and Humanities
Documentary filmmaker Rory Kennedy to deliver Casey Shearer Lecture
On Wednesday, April 18, the Emmy Award-winning director and producer will visit Brown to speak about her work making films about some of the world’s most pressing issues.
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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush to visit Brown on April 25
In the 97th Ogden Memorial Lecture, the former governor and U.S. presidential candidate will discuss the need to rebuild U.S. institutions and support opportunities for success for all Americans.
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Arts and Humanities
City approval enables Brown to proceed with revised performing arts center plan
The Providence City Plan Commission approved an amendment to Brown’s Institutional Master Plan, allowing the University to take the next step toward creating a new academic center for the performing arts.
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With a diverse lineup of National Public Health Week events starting on April 2, Dean Bess Marcus shares her thoughts on Brown’s role in advancing public health through research and education.
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With record applications, Brown admits 2,566 to Class of 2022
The University made offers of admission to next year’s incoming undergraduate class, the first to be admitted under the Brown Promise initiative, which will eliminate loans from University undergraduate aid packages.
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Using computer simulations and laboratory experiments, a Brown-led team of scientists found a new class of antibiotics with the potential to treat MRSA and other infections that are increasingly resistant to traditional antibiotics.
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Science and Technology
Mitochondrial replacement moratorium should be reconsidered, researchers say
Professors from Brown’s medical school and Harvard’s law school urge the U.S. to allow for the replacement of mutation-bearing mitochondria to prevent fatal illnesses in children.
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Brown’s School of Professional Studies will join fellow tenants Johnson & Johnson and the Cambridge Innovation Center in the Jewelry District building being developed by Wexford Science & Technology.
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A series of public events and exhibitions staged in April by five University partner programs will confront climate change from a wide variety of perspectives.
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Health and Medicine
Focus on early stage of illness may be key to treating ALS, study suggests
Many inhibitory neurons were lost early in the development of ALS, new research shows, which is in sharp contrast to other degenerative diseases.
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Health and Medicine
Brown medical students celebrate Match Day
At Match Day 2018, a record 118 Brown students were placed in medical residency programs across the country.
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Arts and Humanities
Restored films and fresh gelato — Brown’s Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour
The fifth edition of the annual film festival features cinematic gems, live music and gelato custom-created by a master ice cream maker to pair with what’s showing on screen.
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