The former U.S. Secretary of Labor will join the University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.

The intelligence community’s first deputy for civil liberties, now a senior fellow at Brown, describes how we can reform mass surveillance to protect privacy and human rights.

Urban studies concentrator Gray Brakke is using his technology know-how to shed light on the understudied subject of welfare services available to low-income residents in the suburbs.

New research reports that a range of factors within schools can lead principals to limit the number of below-proficient ratings they assign to teachers.

A new research paper shows how legal, systemic corruption takes many forms and raises many pertinent questions, not the least of which is what can be done about it.

As Brown’s museum of anthropology celebrates its 60th anniversary, the legacy of its influential early director and the museum’s impact on alumni from across the decade is finding new audiences through a blog and exhibition.

Only a year into her studies at Brown, undergraduate Ellen Cola has spent her first semesters and summer on campus unearthing connections between the experiences of slaves and present-day movements to celebrate black women in America.

Starting July 1, Susan Moffitt will lead the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, a research center at the University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.

With the goal of impacting policy, Matthew Gutmann will lead a collaborative research project studying youths’ and men’s experiences around sexual and reproductive health in Mexico.

A new survey by Brown’s Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy also finds low confidence in Congress, widespread support for healthcare for all.

Federal spending on domestic programs in health care, education, clean energy and infrastructure creates more jobs, dollar for dollar, than military spending.

Weaving together historical data and stories of women who studied at Brown, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen outlined the evolving role of women in the U.S. economy and discussed the barriers that still prevent many from achieving full success and equality, to the detriment of the economy as a whole.

Monica Muñoz Martinez will use the award to complete her first book, begin a second, and create an associated digital platform that aims to enrich current understandings of histories of racial violence in the humanities.

A new survey by Brown’s Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy reveals evidence of political polarization and diminishing support for some key Trump campaign promises.

The former president of Brazil spoke about prioritizing the fight against poverty during her administration and how income inequality threatens democracy.

Rousseff, who led the country from 2011 until 2016, will speak about the challenges for democracy in Brazil.

The former British Prime Minister encouraged those in the United States and United Kingdom to uphold their similar democratic values, think clearly about pressing global challenges and consider careers in public service.

Using demographic information and survey data, researchers found that political polarization is not rising fastest among those Americans who rely most on internet and social media for news.

Study by Brown University historian finds that Native Americans who surrendered during King Philip’s War were sold into slavery, with long-lasting effects.

A new study from Brown University’s Costs of War Project shows that Veterans Affairs investments in educational and vocational training have doubled since 2002.

Brown University economists research food-shopping habits of half a million households receiving nutritional assistance and show that the benefit has a greater impact on food spending than would a cash equivalent.

New study by Brown University faculty member and a team of researchers shows how Brown and other American colleges help students climb the economic ladder.

Research by Brown University political scientist shows that citizens who distrust government institutions may disregard government-mandated disease-control measures, with negative implications for public health.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

New research identifies four organizational and administrative factors that can decrease teacher turnover and lift student test scores in math

New research tracking population shifts over 30 years shows that increasing neighborhood-level diversity is a near-universal trend in urban areas.

Brown researchers gather uncollected writings, speeches and interviews to create a more comprehensive portrait of the writer who changed how we think about cities.

With all eyes on the U.S. presidential election, public events and discussions at Brown will focus on the country’s future and the forces shaping the election.

With the Humanitarian Innovation Initiative at the University’s Watson Institute, Dr. Adam Levine and colleagues hope to improve the effectiveness and accountability of disaster preparedness, humanitarian response and post-emergency reconstruction through scholarship.

Research finding that a melting Greenland Ice Sheet could expose biological, chemical and radioactive waste at Camp Century prompts calls for Denmark to take responsibility for site clean-up and compensation.

Shapiro, known for finding answers to economic questions by looking in unexpected places, will discuss his work using text as data.

A three-year study will look at how the standards, adopted by all but eight states, affect classroom instruction and disparities in academic achievement.

A new study using data from Rhode Island’s lead-abatement program and repeated blood lead level tests finds that lead exposure among preschoolers can predict low reading scores in subsequent years.

An interdisciplinary research team of Brown undergraduates led by Assistant Professor of Anthropology Parker VanValkenburgh developed a bilingual, tablet-based app for field and laboratory use.

Practices that have been used for a century or more cannot explain the recent marked uptick in political polarization. Marc J. Dunkelman tracks how changes in the American social fabric impact Washington.

New study on health care among children under age five in Mali sheds light on a major health care policy debate.

Society for Progress recognizes Richard M. Locke with an inaugural Progress Medal for his scholarship on working conditions and labor rights in the global economy.

Total U.S. spending on national security related to the post-9/11 war on terror has reached $3.6 trillion, and interest on funds borrowed to pay those bills could climb to $7.9 trillion by 2053.

Brown University’s Stephen Houston and a team of leading researchers in anthropology and Maya archeology methodically verify the authenticity of the oldest known manuscript in ancient America.

For the history and education studies concentrator, a summer-long dive into the lives of early Unitarians in England meant the chance to contribute to faculty scholarship and an upcoming book.

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.

Findings show differences between men and women and have implications for negotiating aggressive behavior.

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.

Thomas E. Skidmore, prominent historian of Brazil and professor emeritus of Brown University, passed away on June 11.

The Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice exhibit, based on the work of Brown University graduate Karida Brown, uses oral histories and archival items to document a part of American history not widely known.