2019 News

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News and Events

National survey on campus sexual assault opens at Brown

From April 4 to May 5, students at Brown will share information and perspectives on sexual assault and misconduct as part of national survey organized by the Association of American Universities.
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University Initiatives

Brown to cover textbook costs for more than 1,100 students

After a successful pilot with high-need students, Brown will expand textbook and course materials program to first-year students receiving University scholarship funds and undergraduates who have a $0 parent contribution.
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Student Life

Brown plans for dedicated, championship-level lacrosse and soccer center

As envisioned, the state-of-the-art center will provide teams with a central space for training, practice and competition — amplifying the student-athlete experience and advancing teams’ ability to succeed at the highest level.
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News and Events

Brown admits 2,551 students to the undergraduate Class of 2023

The Brown Promise initiative, which replaces loans with scholarship funds in all University-packaged undergraduate financial aid awards, played a significant role in attracting Brown’s largest applicant pool to date.
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News and Events

Letter from President Paxson: Responding to divestment referendum vote

University President Christina Paxson: “Brown’s endowment is not a political instrument to be used to express views on complex social and political issues, especially those over which thoughtful and intelligent people vehemently disagree.”
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Health and Medicine

Updated: Brown statements on gender dysphoria study

The academic journal PLOS ONE on March 19 published a revised version of a study on “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” — information on the revised version and a series of previous statements to the Brown community are detailed here.
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Health and Medicine

Brown medical students celebrate Match Day

At Match Day 2019, 125 Brown students were placed in medical residency programs across the country, the largest class to be matched to date.
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Health and Medicine

Germ-fighting catheter coating may help prevent infections

In an innovation that may ultimately help to prevent deadly bloodstream infections, a team of biomedical engineers and infectious disease specialists at Brown University developed a coating to keep intravascular catheters from becoming a haven for harmful bacteria.
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Environment

Migrating snowline plays outsized role in setting pace of Greenland ice melt

Meltwater from Greenland’s ice sheet is a leading contributor to global sea level rise, and a Brown University study shows that an underappreciated factor — the position of the snowline on the ice sheet — plays a key role in setting the pace of melting.
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Health and Medicine

Doctor-affiliated PACs fund political candidates who oppose firearm safety policies

Researchers found that physician-affiliated political action committees provided more financial support to candidates who opposed increased background checks, contrary to many societies’ recommendations for evidence-based policies to reduce firearm injuries.
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Environment

Tiny satellites reveal water dynamics in thousands of northern lakes

In a finding that has implications for how scientists calculate natural greenhouse gas emissions, a new study finds that water levels in small lakes across northern Canada and Alaska vary during the summer much more than was assumed.
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News and Events

Brown Corporation approves budget, sets tuition for 2019-20

The approved $1.2-billion operating budget includes $143.1 million for undergraduate financial aid, a 5 percent increase in undergraduate student charges, and investments in strategic priorities across the University.
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Science and Technology

Research details sticky situations at the nanoscale

In a finding that will be useful in nanoscale engineering, Brown University researchers have shown that miniscule differences in the roughness of surfaces can have important effects on how they stick together.
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Science and Technology

HIV drug could treat Alzheimer’s, age-associated disorders

Research led by Brown found that blocking retrotransposon activity with a generic HIV/AIDS medication significantly reduces age-related inflammation in old mice and senescent human cells, providing hope for treating age-associated disorders.
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Sky's the Limit

From building a satellite to exploring immunology, virtual reality, and more, undergraduates are engaged in ambitious research.
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The Real Costs of War

A project established at Brown has become a key source about the post-9/11 War on Terror.
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Eureka Moments

In the expanding Carney Institute for Brain Science, discoveries are powering progress.
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Confronting Opioids

Jody Rich recalls sitting in the Rhode Island Medical Examiner’s office in Providence, a two-foot high stack of folders piled on the table in front of him.
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