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Researchers highlight more equitable way to analyze DNA data from understudied groups

May 4, 2022

New methods of analyzing DNA will allow for a better understanding of how genetic conditions affect different populations, ultimately enabling more targeted treatments.

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Health and Medicine

‘This was our moment’ — medical students embrace non-traditional timing for long-standing white coat tradition

May 3, 2022

The Warren Alpert Medical School’s Class of 2024 celebrated together at an in-person white coat ceremony that was held two years later than usual, but still felt timely.

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News and Events

Research Achievement Awards honor early, mid-career Brown scholars

May 2, 2022

The annual awards program recognizes outstanding faculty scholarship; new this year were awards for Brown inventor and startup of the year.

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Health and Medicine

Celebrating 50 years of medicine at Brown, by honoring the past and embracing the future

April 29, 2022

Members of the Warren Alpert Medical School community, including graduates from classes ranging from 1972 to 2022, gathered to commemorate the history and look to the future of Rhode Island’s first and only medical school.

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Photos: Drumming, dancing and revelry at the 19th annual Spring Thaw Powwow

April 28, 2022

The student-organized event celebrated the arrival of a new season with music, dancing, food, Native American art and workmanship, games and more.

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Social Sciences

Facebook whistleblower kicks off William R. Rhodes ’57 Lecture Series on Ethics of Capitalism

April 27, 2022

Frances Haugen told an audience of Brown students, faculty and staff that algorithms governing social media are the root of technology’s challenges — and that social media can be a positive force to keep people connected.

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Arts and Humanities

Kent Kleinman appointed faculty director of the Brown Arts Institute

April 27, 2022

Kleinman, who currently serves as provost at Rhode Island School of Design, will lead the development and implementation of academic programs within Brown University’s Arts Institute.

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News and Events

Former President Bill Clinton on authoritarianism: ‘They can’t win in the long run’

April 26, 2022

In a conversation with Derek Shearer, former ambassador to Finland, the 42nd U.S. president spoke about global politics as well as climate change, writing and music.

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Health and Medicine

Postpartum insurance loss decreased during COVID-19 pandemic, study finds

April 22, 2022

Brown researchers found that temporary changes to Medicaid eligibility meant that women who were due to lose coverage 60 days after giving birth were able to stay on their plans.

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Student Life

Photos: Defying gravity with Brown Aerial and Acrobatics

April 20, 2022

For 10 years, a student-run organization has taken to the air, delighting audiences with circus-inspired performances on trapeze, aerial silk, lyra and more.

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Science and Technology

Robotic swimmer sheds light on microorganisms in motion

April 20, 2022

A self-propelled robotic swimmer, developed by Brown University students and faculty, could help researchers better understand the complex swimming behaviors of bacteria and other microorganisms.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown music historian weighs in on racism, Russia and Wagner’s legacy

April 18, 2022

Michael Steinberg, a professor of music and history at Brown, has curated a new exhibition on Richard Wagner, one of the 19th century’s most influential and problematic cultural figures, in Berlin.

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News and Events

Brown junior John Lin named one of the nation’s 58 Truman Scholars for 2022

April 15, 2022

With a commitment to reducing inequities in health care, Lin will use funding from the Truman Scholarship to seek degrees in medicine and health policy to drive change to the U.S. health care system.

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News and Events

College Day at Brown gives Providence high schoolers a glimpse of academic and campus life

April 14, 2022

With an eye toward fueling interest in post-secondary education, faculty, staff and students across Brown gave city students a chance to experience classes, community engagement opportunities, social activities and more.

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Arts and Humanities

In art exhibition and symposium at Brown’s Granoff Center, the conversation turns to conservation

April 13, 2022

The Brown Arts Institute has partnered with Creature Conserve, a Rhode Island nonprofit, to host an exhibition and symposium focused on wildlife conservation and human-animal relationships.

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Health and Medicine

For young adults, mindfulness habits for life and the promise of better mental, physical health

April 12, 2022

In ‘The Mindful College Student,’ Eric Loucks, director of Brown’s Mindfulness Center, teaches essential mindfulness skills to help young adults flourish during this transition period and throughout their lifetime.

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News and Events

New Kessler Scholars Program at Brown will expand support for first-gen, low-income students

April 12, 2022

Building on the success of the University’s existing FLiSP program, a new five-year, $1 million grant will create the Kessler Scholars Program, a cohort-based model that bolsters support for first-generation, low-income students.

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Science and Technology

Differences between the Moon’s near and far sides linked to colossal ancient impact

April 8, 2022

New research shows how the impact that created the Moon’s South Pole–Aitken basin is linked to the stark contrast in composition and appearance between the two sides of the Moon.

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News and Events

42nd U.S. President Bill Clinton to visit Brown for public event on April 26

April 8, 2022

The former president will join Derek Shearer, former U.S. ambassador to Finland, for a conversation on leadership, global politics in the 21st century, creative writing and more.

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Science and Technology

Brown Ph.D. student working to correct skin color bias in pulse oximeters

April 7, 2022

Pulse oximeters often provide inaccurate readings for people with darker skin, a significant health disparity that physics Ph.D. student Rutendo Jakachira is working to eliminate.

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Health and Medicine

Communicating for impact: Public health students get comfortable talking about why their work matters

April 7, 2022

A poster conference during National Public Health Week offered Brown public health students the opportunity to discuss the significance of their research to the community — and to their own educational experience.

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Social Sciences

For vaccine text-message campaigns, Brown researchers confirm success is all about timing

April 6, 2022

A new study from researchers at the Policy Lab offers important information on when text-message vaccination campaigns work and when they don’t.

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Science and Technology

How boas save themselves from suffocation when constricting and digesting dinner

April 1, 2022

Researchers from Brown University show how boa constrictors breathe with different sections of their rib cage, an adaptation that likely helped them evolve into successful predators.

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News and Events

Brown admits 2,546 students to the undergraduate Class of 2026

March 31, 2022

The University offered admission on Thursday, March 31, to prospective members of next year’s incoming class, who were selected from Brown’s largest applicant pool to date.

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Health and Medicine

Brown med school students elevate health care for Rhode Island’s underserved and underinsured

March 30, 2022

At Providence’s Clínica Esperanza and the Rhode Island Free Clinic, student volunteers from the Warren Alpert Medical School work tirelessly to improve not only health care but the health care system.

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Social Sciences

Brown social scientist wins prestigious Bradley Prize

March 25, 2022

The Bradley Foundation’s $250,000 award to Glenn Loury, a professor at Brown, recognizes the scholar’s influential role in promoting viewpoint diversity in academia.

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Health and Medicine

Ronald Aubert to serve as interim dean of Brown’s School of Public Health

March 25, 2022

An epidemiologist with unique and varied public health experience, Aubert will serve as interim dean while Dr. Ashish Jha is on short-term leave for an assignment leading the nation’s COVID-19 response.

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News and Events

Next-generation data storage start-up takes first-place Venture Prize

March 24, 2022

Seven student teams vied for $50,000 in prize money at the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship’s Venture Prize pitch night, the fifth annual event but the first held in-person since 2019.

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News and Events

Federal court dismisses claims seeking additional fee refunds in class action complaint

March 23, 2022

The court ruled that Brown continued to offer services for which it charged fees, even as they took on a different form than could have been anticipated before COVID-19 forced a transition to remote learning in March 2020.

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News and Events

Academic innovation leader Shankar K. Prasad to lead Brown’s School of Professional Studies as dean

March 22, 2022

As the next dean of the School of Professional Studies, Prasad will oversee a portfolio of master’s degree programs for executives and a suite of flexible and innovative non-degree programs for individuals and organizations.

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Science and Technology

Seen and ‘herd’: Collective motion in crowds is largely determined by participants’ field of vision

March 21, 2022

Researchers at Brown University developed a new model to predict human flocking behavior based on optics and other sensory data.

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Social Sciences

Uncovering an epidemic: Student journalists and data scientists chronicle Rhode Island’s opioid crisis

March 21, 2022

A team of Brown journalism and computer science students produced a series of stories, some published and broadcast by prominent outlets, providing new insights into the Ocean State’s opioid epidemic and its human toll.

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Health and Medicine

Celebrating in-person with family and friends, 144 physicians-to-be match to medical residencies

March 18, 2022

At Match Day, members of the Warren Alpert Medical School’s Class of 2022 were placed in medical residency programs across the country and right in Providence.

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News and Events

Academic leader and scholar Leah VanWey appointed Brown’s next dean of the faculty

March 18, 2022

An accomplished administrator, researcher and teacher, VanWey will lead recruitment, retention and development of Brown faculty across the humanities, social sciences and a portfolio of physical and life sciences departments.

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Health and Medicine

President Biden appoints Dr. Ashish K. Jha to White House role to lead nation’s COVID-19 response

March 17, 2022

The dean of Brown’s School of Public Health, a globally recognized expert on pandemic preparedness and response, will take leave for a temporary assignment to serve in the critical federal government role.

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News and Events

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo at Brown: ‘We better get to work innovating’

March 15, 2022

In an Ogden lecture at Brown, the commerce secretary and former Rhode Island governor shared insights on her efforts to grow the American economy, strategically sanction Russian leadership and ease U.S. supply-chain woes.

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Social Sciences

Through research collaboration, Brown scholars aim to improve experiences of refugees

March 15, 2022

Researchers at Brown’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies are working with the Refugee Dream Center in Providence to assess Afghan refugees’ needs and improve military-civilian partnerships across the globe.

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Health and Medicine

University to celebrate impact, history of ‘50 Years of Medicine at Brown’

March 15, 2022

A kickoff event on Friday, April 29, will begin a 15-month celebration of the Warren Alpert Medical School’s evolution and its plans for the future.

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News and Events

Andrew Campbell to step down as Graduate School dean, return to Brown faculty

March 11, 2022

After he finishes a six-year term in June, the accomplished leader who expanded enrollment, funding and student support at Brown’s Graduate School will return to teaching and research as a professor of medical science.

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Health and Medicine

Brown researcher to lead $16M grant to explore potential cause, treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

March 10, 2022

Led by principal investigator John Sedivy, a multi-university effort will build on recent discoveries about mechanisms of aging to understand causes and potential treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.

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Class of 2009 graduate Zack Langway to lead alumni relations at Brown

March 8, 2022

With professional accomplishments in community building and more than a decade of volunteer leadership with Brown, Langway will return to College Hill to lead efforts to cultivate and sustain strong alumni relationships.

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Health and Medicine

Powered by students, focused on patients — assisting Rhode Islanders through Connect for Health

March 7, 2022

As volunteers with Lifespan’s Connect for Health program, dozens of Brown students each year link patients in need with available resources, with the ultimate goal of improving physical health and well-being.

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Science and Technology

From the Lab: Kavita Ramanan puts randomness to work

March 3, 2022

A professor of applied mathematics at Brown, Ramanan uses randomness as a tool to make precise predictions about complex systems ranging from statistical physics to communication networks.

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News and Events

Amid crisis in Ukraine, Brown community unites to provide support, host discussions

March 3, 2022

Scholars and others at Brown are joining together to provide support for Ukrainian scholars and people directly affected in the country, and to convene scholarly discussions about the unfolding war with Russia.

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News and Events

Nobel Prize-winning Class of 1991 Ph.D. alumnus returns to Brown to discuss research in causal relationships

March 2, 2022

As part of the Lemley lecture series, Brown Ph.D. graduate and Nobel Laureate Guido Imbens explained how natural experiments can be used to determine cause and effect.

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Health and Medicine

COVID-19 has taken heavy toll on health workers and systems, Brown physician-scientist tells Congress

March 2, 2022

Dr. Megan Ranney, a practicing emergency physician and academic dean of Brown’s School of Public Health, told a U.S. House committee that the nation can learn from the past to build stronger, more viable health care systems.

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News and Events

Brown sets new $4 billion goal, extends BrownTogether fundraising campaign through 2024

March 1, 2022

Priorities for the campaign’s extension include raising funds for research and teaching in medicine, public health, engineering and the arts, as well as student financial aid, career services and Brown Athletics.

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News and Events

Brown is nation’s top Fulbright-producing university, U.S. State Department data shows

February 28, 2022

With 29 grants offered to students and recent alumni for the 2021-22 academic year, Brown earned the No. 1 spot as the country’s top producer of Fulbright winners, marking the fourth time the University earned the distinction.

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News and Events

U.S. Commerce Secretary, former R.I. governor Gina Raimondo to visit Brown on March 15

February 28, 2022

In the Ogden Memorial Lecture, Raimondo will share ideas on how the United States can continue to compete globally by creating an economy that works for all Americans.

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Health and Medicine

Suspending syringe services programs will result in an increase of HIV infections, study finds

February 28, 2022

Using a simulation modeling approach, Brown researchers estimate that closing syringe services programs, even for one year, will cause cases of HIV to rise.

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