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Photos: Third World Transition Program at 50 Years

For the last half century, the Third World Transition Program has welcomed incoming first-years for four days of workshops and community-building exercises that center the student of color experience.
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News and Events

Brown’s newest students, by the numbers

A total of 2,755 new undergraduate, graduate and medical students began studies at Brown University this week — here’s a look at who arrived on College Hill.
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News and Events

Convocation ushers in a new academic year at Brown

In marking the start of the 2019-20 academic year, President Christina Paxson and Dean of the College Rashid Zia encouraged students to harness the power of the Open Curriculum to become change agents in their communities.
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News and Events

Brown welcomes talented group of 66 new faculty members

Hailing from a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds, the scholars join the Brown community this year to guide student-centered learning and engage in high-impact research.
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Health and Medicine

Newly launched lab at Brown investigating impact of environmental contaminants

Early-career researcher Jessica Plavicki is advancing understanding of how environmental contaminants interfere with heart and brain development — the formidable task of establishing her new lab should prove fruitful for decades to come.
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Social Sciences

Using data to spark creativity

In a summer internship at the Swedish advertising firm NORD DDB, rising junior Harshita Agarwal unearthed surprising insights that revealed decision-making patterns and biases among Swedes.
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News and Events

Photos: Brown’s Summer Research Symposium 2019

A two-day event in early August offered undergraduate researchers from Brown and beyond the chance to showcase findings unearthed and topics investigated in the University’s classrooms and laboratories this summer.
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Health and Medicine

Modeling hurricane effects on Rhode Island

Working with the Rhode Island Department of Health, Brown MPH student Joyce Pak is interviewing hospital and other critical facility managers to inform a real-time computer model of storm consequences.
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Science and Technology

Research shows human cells assembling into fractal-like clusters

In a finding that could shed light on tissue formation, wound healing and cancer spread, a new study shows that human cells follow the same rules as non-living particles to form fractal-like branching structures.
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Social Sciences

Translating philosophy into political action in Chile

One semester after Bleeding Heart Libertarianism, four Brown students are working with political scientist John Tomasi to make connections between political philosophy and conditions on the ground in Chile.
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Health and Medicine

Brown awarded $10.8 million for opioid treatment aimed at parolees and people on probation

The new collaboration between Brown University and the Rhode Island Department of Corrections will expand an already successful opioid treatment program in correctional institutions, helping people who are in the justice system but outside prison walls.
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Science and Technology

Brown graduate student discusses lunar exploration past and future

Ariel Deutsch, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, will join an astronaut who walked on the Moon and two top NASA scientists for a panel titled “Lunar Geology: Past, Present and Future.”
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University Initiatives

Highlighting Brown’s distinction in entrepreneurship

Offering courses, programs and support to students at every stage of the entrepreneurial process, the Nelson Center has become a nexus for entrepreneurship at Brown in just three years since launch.
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Arts and Humanities

Highlighting Brown’s distinction in the arts

The University is advancing its reputation for excellence in the arts by forming new partnerships with artists and scholars and making major new investments in programming and facilities.
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