Generous support from the foundation will fund the creation of the Orlando Bravo Center for Economic Research, expanding the scope of research in the University’s top-ranked economics department.

The award from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will enable the Brown University museum to catalog, photograph and store its full collection in preparation for an anticipated move from Bristol to Providence.

A student presentation kicks off Brown’s participation in a citywide, year-long collaboration spotlighting overlooked stories about Rhode Island’s past.

Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez and former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele assessed the current state of politics and the prospects for the midterms at a Watson Institute event.

A class and symposium examine neurodiversity, a still-nascent concept that explores autism, dyslexia and epilepsy as more than simply disorders.

Associate Professor Prerna Singh will use her award for research that compares how India and China approach combatting contagious disease at the national level.

Through a partnership with the George Kaiser Family Foundation, the University is offering new fellowship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students focused on policy and community engagement.

The Policy Lab at Brown will work in concert with government leaders and experts to develop evidence-based policy programs that improve lives and strengthen communities.

Having captured the attention of Chilean President Sebastián Piñera’s administration, political scientist John Tomasi is developing ways to implement his market democracy theory in Chile.

Anthony Bogues, whose work leading the CSSJ has impacted the global conversation on legacies of slavery, will discuss the black intellectual tradition.

In an address at Brown University one night after her re-election, the U.S. senator called on her personal story to argue for the role of government in creating broad economic opportunity in America.

Zedillo will offer an address on globalization and participate in a moderated discussion as part of the University’s Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture series.

In a study of 200 years of pre-industrial Quebecois genealogical history, researchers at Brown found that fertility-related changes in natural selection during the pre-industrial era paved the way for economic and technological progress.

Christina Paxson, an economist, higher education leader and president of Brown University, will serve as deputy chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for 2019.

As a faculty fellow, the conservative political commentator and former chair of the Republican National Committee will lead a seminar on American politics and cohost two public events focused on the midterm elections.

During a keynote event at the annual meeting of the National Association for Business Economics, Brown President Christina Paxson emphasized the need for leaders to make clear the economic and societal benefits of college degrees.

With an increased focus on unearthing novel data sources for analysis, Brown’s economics scholars are bringing new insights to complex problems and teaching the next generation of researchers and policymakers to do the same.

The series of events at Brown celebrates the 25th anniversary of the seminal hip hop text “Black Noise,” written by Professor of Africana Studies Tricia Rose.

Emily Oster’s new book, out on Tuesday, April 23, uses data to help new parents make crucial decisions, from whether to breastfeed to how to discipline a toddler.

In an event organized by the student-run Brown Lecture Board, former Vice President Joe Biden laid out his vision for political change and offered some clues about his plans for 2020.

In an October visit to Brown, the former U.S. Secretary of State, senator and presidential candidate urged young people to have the will to be engaged in American political life.

Brown anthropologist Stephen Houston is among a team of researchers whose work, published in Science, drastically alters the prevailing view of the scale and complexity of the Maya.

A new $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will increase scholarly and public access to the Haffenreffer Museum’s collections.

The Civilian-Military Humanitarian Response Workshop brings together members of the military with academics and others to address issues of global concern.

Working with researchers from Harvard and the U.S. Census Bureau, Brown economics professor John Friedman created a tool that traces the roots of social and economic outcomes to childhood neighborhoods.

Slated to host its first classes this spring, the just-completed building is open to students and others for a series of study breaks in December.

Amid a host of troubling national issues, Democrats are up nine points four months before midterm elections, while Trump’s approval remains robust among his base, according to new Brown University poll.

In a move that will create a unified location for Brown’s Department of History and free a site on The Walk for future development, the 446-ton building began its westbound journey on steerable dollies on Monday, Dec. 17.

State of Rhode Island, Brown University to create a data-driven policymaking and research center.

In a February visit to Brown, the U.S. Supreme Court justice engaged with students on a wide range of topics, offering an up-close look at her life and career.

Inspired by concerns about the health of the American democracy, faculty and students at more than 20 institutions globally collaborated on the cross-university “Democratic Erosion” course established by Brown’s Robert Blair.

During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, victor Donald Trump did unusually well among demographic groups least likely to use web and social media, according to Brown research.

The grant will bring up to eight military fellows to Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs over the next two years.

Adding to an expanding set of regionally focused academic programs, the Israel Fund is offering opportunities for Brown community members to learn about Israel and from Israelis, both in Providence and in Israel.

Presented by the University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, “Unfinished Business: The Long Civil Rights Movement” will examine the black political organizing tradition in the struggle for equal rights.