In its first semester in operation, the Jonathan M. Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship is building on the University’s tradition of entrepreneurship and making it an essential part of the Brown experience.
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Brown faculty from the School of Public Health, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and the School of Professional Studies weigh in on healthcare reform's uncertain future.
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Brown celebrates 100 years of Lessons and Carols
A capacity crowd enjoyed the traditional holiday service, which included two choral premieres in honor of the milestone anniversary.
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New compound targets TB bacterium’s defense against the immune system
Developed by chemists at Brown University in conjunction with colleagues at MIT and Cornell, the compound could enable a new drug strategy for treating tuberculosis.
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Ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 3, will celebrate the diverse achievements of Brown’s “.5ers,” who complete their degree requirements this month.
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Ruth J. Simmons, the University’s president emerita, told a group of pioneering public historians in her keynote address that excellence is built on truth-telling, not lies and secrets.
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Assistant professor of sociology at Brown finds that as local political leaders try to leave partisan politics behind, grassroots activists drive local parties to more extreme positions.
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Video: Kosterlitz meets with President Obama in the Oval Office
Obama congratulated four American 2016 Nobel Laureates on their "amazing work."
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Two Brown seniors, one alumnus named Schwarzman Scholars
The newly minted program, modeled on the Rhodes Scholarship, provides funding for graduate study at Tsinghua University in Beijing with the goal of promoting a broader understanding of China’s global role.
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Brown’s influential biomechanics X-ray technology grows ever more powerful
Two recent papers describe the latest ways that XROMM technology, which has spread to dozens of similar research facilities worldwide, enables studies of human and animal motion in previously unseen detail.
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Quantum obstacle course changes material from superconductor to insulator
The research could help scientists better understand how defects can affect the quantum behavior of materials.
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Nobel Prize festivities to kick off with D.C. event
A week before heading to Sweden to receive the Nobel Prize, Brown physicist and 2016 Nobel Laureate Michael Kosterlitz will meet President Obama and participate in a discussion at the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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Brown senior, recent alumnus earn Marshall Scholarships
A senior concentrating in archaeology and a Class of 2016 graduate studying puppetry in Indonesia are among the 2017 recipients of the prestigious academic awards, which allow for post-graduate study in the United Kingdom.
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To improve disaster response, New England medical experts confer at Brown
When a storm or an attack happens, New England’s emergency physicians will be better prepared and able to share resources because of a recently formed society, which will meet at Brown on Dec. 1.
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Brown musician, composer finds inspiration in unexpected spaces
For Assistant Professor of Music Eric Nathan, November brought the premiere of a new composition by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a Copland House residency award announcement.
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Diet quality low but steadily improving among U.S. kids
An analysis of diet quality among more than 38,000 U.S. children shows that nutrition for the nation’s kids has been getting steadily better in recent years, but what they eat is still far from ideal and disparities persist by income, race and receipt of government food assistance.
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In a lecture that drew on her personal and professional experiences, actress Gina Rodriguez told students to be bold, to take risks and to be the heroes in their own stories.
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Statement signed by more than 100 presidents cites the positive impact of students in the U.S. via the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and calls on leaders from other sectors to join universities in advocating the continuation and expansion of the program.
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Scientists reconstruct formation of the Appalachians
A new study finds that the process that built the Appalachian Mountains 300 million years ago is similar to the process building the Himalayas today.
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Opioids, NSAIDs no different overall for persistent pain after crashes
A new study finds that on average, the risk of chronic pain after a car accident was no greater among people given NSAIDs than among people given opioids, but those with opioids were more likely to remain on medication longer.
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Seny Kamara, a computer scientist at Brown, is part of a committee that will explore the tradeoffs between data privacy, encryption, national security and law enforcement.
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Study reveals workings of immune response to deadly fungal infections
Now that scientists understand what triggers key steps in the immune response to menacing fungi such as Candida albicans, they hope to develop ways to make it work better.
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In 'Walkout' march, students voice social concerns
Students engaged in a large march and rally on campus Nov. 16, one of several around the country, to express concern for students whom they see as marginalized after a divisive election season.
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Bell Gallery presents an exhibition by Fatma Bucak
New exhibit of photographs and video performances addresses conflict in Turkey and the Turkish-Syrian border.
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Brown president’s statement on vandalism of flags
Last week’s actions are in direct opposition to Brown’s values.
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One Big Self: Celebrating the life and poetry of C.D. Wright
In a two-day event titled “Come Shining: In Tribute to C.D. Wright,” the University celebrated the work and influence of the late professor and poet, who died earlier this year.
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Robert C. Post on why speech at universities must be regulated
Legal scholar argues that free speech, as defined by the First Amendment, would prevent universities from fulfilling their dual missions of research and teaching.
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Video: Research Matters! focuses on impact of scholarship
At an event in the style of TED Talks, Brown graduate students speak about how their research connects to the issues of today.
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$27 million gift to expand Brown’s effort to decipher disease, improve health
A new gift from The Warren Alpert Foundation will allow the University to substantially expand and enhance its M.D./Ph.D. program and endow a professorship in the Brown Institute for Translational Science.
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Biomedical breakthroughs at the Brown Institute for Translational Science
Brown University is pursuing a strategic vision to ensure that the most promising advances in basic biomedical research become new treatments for patients.
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Veterans Day ceremony at Brown calls for unity, reflection
A crowd near the flagpole on the College Green processed to the tune of bagpipes and patriotic salutes as Brown’s annual ceremony to honor service members stepped off on Friday, Nov. 11.
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Six faculty members from Brown's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs comment on key issues that will concern the American electorate and the next president.
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Neuroscience researchers restore leg movement in primates
The research is a step toward the development of a system that might help in rehabilitating people who have suffered spinal cord injuries.
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Treating cholera in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew
In a pair of tents on the grounds of a health center in a tiny town, Dr. Adam Levine is managing a cholera treatment unit where the staff still sees 10 to 15 new cases a day, more than a month after Hurricane Matthew.
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Brown planetary scientist elected to Russian Academy of Sciences
Professor Jim Head is honored as a foreign member for his decades of contributions to planetary science.
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In wake of gift, University renames Judaic studies building
With support from a Class of 1971 graduate and his wife, the department will pursue improvements in support of its scholarship on Jewish history, literature, language, politics and religions.
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Brown awarded CDC contract to battle health care-related infections
Starting with a new three-year, $2.7 million award to help implement antimicrobial stewardship in nursing homes, a University-led team will perform research and implementation projects for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aimed at reducing infections.
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Medical professors question ‘residency placement fever’
In Academic Medicine, two Alpert Medical School professors have examined new data suggesting that the number of student applications for residency programs has gotten out of hand, creating a problem that needs to be solved.
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Researchers use graphene templates to make new metal-oxide nanostructures
Metal-oxide films with wrinkles and crumples transferred from graphene templates have improved properties as catalysts and electrodes.
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After Australia cut drug copays for indigenous people, hospital use declined
When the Australian government reduced drug costs for indigenous people with or at risk for chronic conditions, they became substantially less likely to need hospitalization to treat those health problems.
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Work by University’s Climate and Development Lab and colleagues clarifies a key article of the Paris Agreement and assesses options that can help pay for the losses and damages climate change will inflict.
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Hospital readmission history a valid measure of skilled nursing quality
A new study supports the federal government’s use of a skilled nursing facility’s history of hospital readmissions as a key indicator of care quality.
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Brown researchers developing new interactive sleep app
The new approach combines personal sleep analytics with recommendations based on the scientific sleep literature.
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Dr. Maureen Phipps, chair of obstetrics and gynecology in the Alpert Medical School and a member of the task force, discusses its new recommendations supporting breastfeeding.
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Chinese medical education rising unevenly from Cultural Revolution rubble
A new research review chronicling the history and current state of medical education in China finds that the country’s quest to build up a medical education system to serve its massive population has produced a rapid, if uneven, result.
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During its annual fall meeting, the Corporation accepted $91 million in gifts and discussed progress on Building on Distinction, Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion and BrownTogether.
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As it celebrates 25 years of impact, Leadership Alliance will convene college and university presidents, leaders from public and private sectors to create strategies to achieve and sustain diversity in academia and beyond.
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Fun with physics: Brown’s new Nobel Laureate talks theory
Michael Kosterlitz, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics, met with students from the physics department during a town hall event.
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Video: Brown's creepiest concert
Brown organist Mark Steinbach offers a glimpse of the University's traditional midnight Halloween event — a celebration of spooky songs old and new delivered on the world's oldest Hutchings-Votey pipe organ.
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Research helps explain formation of ringed crater on the Moon
The Moon’s Orientale basin is an archetype of “multi-ring” basins found throughout the solar system. New research reveals how those rings were formed.
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