As high school students and others gather nationwide on the one-month anniversary of the Parkland shooting, hundreds of Brown community members convened on the College Green to call for increased attention to gun violence.
In a study based at Brown University, researchers found that the motion and configuration of a speaker’s lips are key components of the information people gather when distinguishing vowels in speech.
After 20 years on the Brown faculty and a four-year tenure stewarding the academic experience for Brown's 6,500 undergraduates, Mandel will lead Williams as president beginning in July 2018.
The findings by Brown University scientists offer clues about how misused drugs affect healthy brains and hint at an undiscovered link between glutamate and mood.
Through a partnership with the George Kaiser Family Foundation, the University is offering new fellowship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students focused on policy and community engagement.
Backed by the Brown Institute for Brain Science and organized by a neuroscience postdoc, the weeklong series of talks, film screenings, art shows and fairs aims to make brain research fun, educational and accessible.
At the scale of microdevices, adhesion is one of the most important forces that engineers need to contend with — Brown University researchers have come up with a new way to measure it.
In a visit to Brown University, the professor, author and activist spoke about the need to attend to the suffering of others and hold oneself to a high moral standard.
Scientists have long wanted to retrieve rock samples from the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin, and a new study could be helpful in locating an ideal landing site.
Since becoming the University’s first general counsel in 1978, Ledbetter has been instrumental in helping Brown navigate a spectrum of issues and initiatives.
The former secretary-general of the United Nations encouraged U.S. citizens to look beyond their borders — and to women and young people — to find solutions to global climate change, poverty and war.
Researchers have developed a new statistical understanding of how turbulent flows called mesoscale eddies dissipate their energy, which could be helpful in creating better ocean and climate models.
The move will expand access to the University’s MFA programs with Trinity Rep, diversify the stories told on stage and encourage innovation and experimentation in art-making.
Anthony Bogues, whose work leading the CSSJ has impacted the global conversation on legacies of slavery, will discuss the black intellectual tradition.
The funds will support summer undergraduate research in the humanities and social sciences for underrepresented students identified, trained and mentored through the Brown-based Leadership Alliance.
Brown University researchers have shown that reinforcement learning and working memory — two distinct brain systems — work hand-in-hand as people learn new tasks.
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.
Thirty-nine Brown students and recent graduates earned the prestigious U.S. State Department grant to teach or conduct research abroad during the 2017-18 year.
A new gift from Brown University Chancellor Samuel M. Mencoff and Ann S. Mencoff will establish medical research funds and support top medical scholars.
Four months after the movement she originated gained global visibility, Tarana Burke spoke to a Brown and RISD crowd about the realities of supporting survivors and interrupting sexual violence.
A new study in JAMA Psychiatry suggests that treating people for opioid addiction in jails and prisons is a promising strategy to address high rates of overdose and opioid use disorder.
The Civil Rights activist’s Detroit home will arrive in Providence in February; an exhibition and series of public programs will follow beginning in early April.
Perovskite solar cells are a promising new low-cost photovoltaic technology, but most contain toxic lead; a team led by Brown researchers has introduced solar cells with a new titanium-perovskite material that gets the lead out.
The approved $1.1-billion operating budget includes an 11 percent increase in financial aid funding, a 4 percent tuition increase and additional investments in strategic priorities across the University.
In a February visit to Brown, the U.S. Supreme Court justice engaged with students on a wide range of topics, offering an up-close look at her life and career.
Following Ban’s presentation, titled “Sustainable Development Goals and Global Citizenship,” Brown University President Christina Paxson will moderate a question-and-answer session.
A new study shows terahertz data links are possible even without direct line-of-sight between transmitter and receiver, a promising finding for future ultra-high-capacity terahertz data networks.
On Feb. 7, renowned artist Spencer Finch will speak about ‘The Garden in the Brain,’ a series of works commissioned for Brown’s state-of-the-art building, which opened last October.
Using an abandoned U.S. military base in Greenland as a case study, new Brown research explores how the impact of climate change on domestic and overseas military bases could cause a host of political and diplomatic problems.
Brown President Christina Paxson will moderate an open-to-the-public conversation with Justice Sotomayor, which follows the Class of 2020’s exploration of “My Beloved World” through the University’s First Readings program.
Adding to an expanding set of regionally focused academic programs, the Israel Fund is offering opportunities for Brown community members to learn about Israel and from Israelis, both in Providence and in Israel.
Results from study led by Brown University researchers illustrate that Sirt4, also found in humans, may be an important factor in age-related metabolic decline and healthy lifespan.
A study of a New Zealand volcano suggests that a volcanic system's response to tidal forces could provide a tool for predicting a certain type of eruption.
A new approach to calibrating the pioneering BrainGate brain-computer interface allowed three clinical trial participants with tetraplegia to gain control of a computer cursor after just one simple calibration step.
In classrooms from the Brown campus to Barbados, some 165 Brown students took a variety of innovative courses during the second year of the University’s Wintersession mini-term.
In its first major redesign since 2000, the 118-year-old print magazine will expand and enhance coverage of alumni and campus; a new digital presence will follow in the spring.
A new study details the minute changes—down to the level of individual atoms—that cause a particular protein to form cell-damaging clumps associated with ALS and other diseases.
By answering six basic financial questions, families can access a personalized estimate on financial aid packages and a range of what they might expect to pay to attend Brown.