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R.I. Department of Health, Brown School of Public Health launch partnership
Rhode Island's two accredited public health entities — the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Brown University School of Public Health — launched a new academic partnership.
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Science and Technology
In summer at sea, adventurous student continues a personal academic journey
Driven by a love of marine life and the memory of his grandfather, Peter Baek set out this summer on a six-week sailing voyage to study a delicate ecosystem south of the Equator.
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Arts and Humanities
Brown and RISD create a laboratory for innovative live arts projects
With a think-tank approach and a cohort of students from the visual and performing arts, Brown/RISD CoLAB, a new summer institute, gives students the tools and freedom to experiment with new forms of theatre and performance.
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The Costs of War project releases data on the human costs of a decade and a half of war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, finding that violence is not subsiding.
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Findings show differences between men and women and have implications for negotiating aggressive behavior.
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New data from the Leadership Alliance shows what specific aspects of conducting summer research underrepresented students say benefits them the most.
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Science and Technology
Declining fishery production in critical African lake pinned to climate change
Warming water over the past 150 years is causing declining fish stocks in Lake Tanganyika, a large freshwater lake that supplies food for millions of Africans.
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As the state takes a deep look at its hepatitis C epidemic, Brown University researchers have crunched the numbers to project what could be done to lift Rhode Island’s burden of death and disease.
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News and Events
An Olympic effort, from Brown to Brazil
Senior swimmer Sovijja Pou heads to Rio to represent Cambodia in the 100-meter freestyle — just one among a number of goals inspired by his heritage.
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To think about thinking, hundreds of scholars convene at Brown
For the first time ever, the International Conference on Thinking is taking place in the United States, bringing more than 250 scholars of cognition to Brown this week.
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Science and Technology
Researchers image brain cells’ reactions to concussive trauma
Using a laboratory device that can deliver concussive impacts to cell cultures and image the aftermath in real time, researchers from Brown are gaining new insight into how brain cells react to trauma.
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Five of the University’s dining facilities earned certification from the Green Restaurant Association for sustainability practices including recycling, composting, energy use and more.
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Arts and Humanities
Second year of Breakthrough Lab yields 16 new ventures
Brown’s summer program, known as B-Lab, showcased students’ ingenuity and pointed to an increasingly robust future for entrepreneurship at the University.
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Health and Medicine
Task force may be too stringent in not yet recommending melanoma screening
In an editorial in JAMA, two experts including Brown University dermatologist Dr. Martin Weinstock question a USPSTF determination that there isn't enough evidence to recommend that clinicians visual screen for skin cancer, such as melanoma.
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Health and Medicine
New theory explains how beta waves arise in the brain
In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by Brown University neuroscientists proposes a new theory — backed by data from people, animal models and computational simulation — to explain how beta waves emerge in the brain.
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Science and Technology
Process could make key biodegradable polymer stronger and longer-lasting
The creation of a new polymer morphology in a material called PLA could lead to better medical implants and drug-delivery devices.
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Newly found, ‘thrifty’ genetic variant influences Samoan obesity
A new study reports that a genetic variant that affects energy metabolism and fat storage partly explains why Samoans have among the world’s highest levels of obesity.
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Widespread use of talking points and expanding role of consultants, focus groups and polls are likely contributing to deeper divisions, both in Congress and in the broader public, according to study.
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News and Events
Brown faculty members earn prestigious recognitions
Awards, fellowships and grants come in honor of accomplishments in research, teaching and service.
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Health and Medicine
World’s most sensitive dark matter detector completes search
At a conference in the United Kingdom, scientists with the LUX dark matter experiment present results from the detector’s final 20-month run.
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Science and Technology
Asteroid that formed Moon’s Imbrium Basin may have been protoplanet-sized
The research, published in Nature, has implications for our understanding of the early solar system.
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For frozen embryos in dispute, scholars propose guidelines
In a new paper, two scholars — one medical, one legal — propose a set of practical guidelines to prevent the bitter arguments over frozen embryos that have confounded U.S. courts.
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Science and Technology
GAGA may be the secret of the sexes — at least in insects
Without simple repeating sequences of the DNA “letters” GA on the X chromosome, distinct genders could never have evolved, at least in flies and mosquitoes.
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A new analysis of survey responses from more than 100 child daycare center directors suggests that stronger nutritional guidelines, like those enforced by a federal food subsidy program for low-income kids, lead to healthier meals.
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Science and Technology
Tiny ‘racetracks’ show how bacteria get organized
The new research sheds light on the surprisingly complex collective movements of bacteria in confined spaces.
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Alpert Medical School, Hope Hospice extend affiliation
A new five-year agreement continues the formal educational partnership between the Alpert Medical School and Hope Hospice & Palliative Care.
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Study explains how a protein deficiency causes spinal muscular atrophy
Research that reveals what goes wrong in SMA and suggests that a mild version of the same genetic defect may protect relatives against infection, which could explain why SMA is relatively common disease.
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Meeting of the minds leads to brain science technology venture
After researchers spent years developing an artificial intelligence technology to monitor lab animal behavior, a team of recently graduated entrepreneurs is investigating its commercial potential.
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Study finds no substantial harm from primary care melanoma screening
Experts concerned that primary care screening for melanomas could lead to widespread misdiagnoses or overtreatment can take comfort in the results of a new study that found no such problems.
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News and Events
Finding their Royce
For 20 years, Brown’s Royce fellows have set out on carefully planned independent research projects across the world — but the discoveries that greet them aren’t always what they expect.
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With a new five-year federal grant, the Rhode Island Center for Clinical Translational Science will strengthen connections between scientific discovery and health around the state.
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Arts and Humanities
University organist Mark Steinbach plays the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris
At a marquee stop in France on a broader tour playing venues in Germany throughout July, Mark Steinbach debuted new works by Brown music faculty members Eric Nathan and Lu Wang.
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The 16-month School of Professional Studies program for accomplished technical professionals focuses on leadership, strategic thinking and innovation.
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Health and Medicine
MRI technique induces strong, enduring visual association
Volunteers in a brain science experiment learned associations between patterns and color such that when shown the patterns later, they were still biased to perceive the color even if it wasn’t really there.
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The University awarded 20 college-bound Providence high school graduates awards from its Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence.
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Science and Technology
Researchers develop key power-splitting component for terahertz waves
The new device could be useful in future terahertz communications networks, which would have a much higher data capacity than current cellular and wireless networks.
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Science and Technology
Research uncovers spleen’s role in shaping blood cells
Computer models developed by Brown University mathematicians help to describe an underappreciated function of the spleen.
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Members of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew participated in an intensive three-day program of scholarly inquiry hosted by the University’s Program in Judaic Studies.
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Health and Medicine
A new ‘dashboard’ for Rhode Island’s overdose crisis
Full of practical, graphical guides for the general public and up-to-the-minute epidemiological data for healthcare providers and policymakers, a new website aims to use information to prevent overdose deaths
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Health and Medicine
Delirium at nursing home admission a risky sign for seniors
A large Brown University study finds patients who exhibited delirium at the time they entered a nursing home were significantly more likely to die or return to the hospital within 30 days and were less likely to recover fully if they returned home.
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With a focus on environmental, social and governance investment standards, the Brown University Sustainable Investment Fund offers donors a sustainability-focused, endowed giving option that welcomes gifts of any amount.
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Health and Medicine
R.I. Foundation awards Brown health research grants
Seed funding of $25,000 per project will jump-start five studies related to medical concerns and basic research.
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Science and Technology
Research bolsters case for a present-day subsurface ocean on Pluto
An updated thermal model for Pluto suggests that liquid water beneath the dwarf planet’s ice shell may not be frozen yet.
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The conditions in which medical personnel and volunteers worked during the period of military rule in Egypt challenged the established understanding of medical neutrality, a new study reveals.
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News and Events
Spending the summer at Brown
The University’s many pre-college programs will bring more than 5,300 students to campus this summer.
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Social Sciences
Passages: Brazilianist and professor emeritus Thomas E. Skidmore
Thomas E. Skidmore, prominent historian of Brazil and professor emeritus of Brown University, passed away on June 11.
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Arts and Humanities
Two monumental contemporary sculptures coming to Brown campus
Sculptures by Urs Fischer and Giuseppe Penone will be installed beginning June 14.
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Health and Medicine
As Olympics near, study finds low levels of physical activity in Brazil
A large study confirms that physical activity provides Brazilians with significant cardio-metabolic health benefits, but reports that fewer than three in 10 participants are active.
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Arts and Humanities
Brown alumni win prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Peter Asimov and Emily Kassie, members of the Class of 2014, were awarded prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarships to continue their studies in the fall at the University of Cambridge.
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