Three Brown University undergraduates and two recent alumni were named among this year’s classes of Goldwater, Truman, Gates Cambridge and Ellison scholars.
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Brown scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
With their election to the prestigious honor society, eight members of the Brown University faculty join the nation’s leading scholars in science, public affairs, business, arts and the humanities.
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Arts and Humanities
Two Brown faculty members win Guggenheim fellowships
The prestigious fellowships will support the creation of new books by Yannis Hamilakis, a professor of archaeology and modern Greek studies, and Tracy Steffes, a professor of education and history.
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Health and Medicine
Two Brown professors elected AAAS fellows
The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society honored Brown faculty members from molecular biophysics and biochemistry and evolutionary biology for significant and lasting contributions to their fields.
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For the fifth time, Brown has earned the distinction of being the country’s top producer of Fulbright winners, with 40 grants offered to students and recent alumni for the 2024-25 academic year.
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Three assistant professors at Brown, in applied mathematics, economics and mathematics, were among 126 scholars to receive the prestigious fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation this year.
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Through the Marshall Scholarship, Schwarzman Scholarship and Pickering Fellowship, three members of the Class of 2025 will depart Rhode Island for the global stage to pursue international graduate studies and careers.
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A new research fellowship is expanding access to the John Carter Brown Library’s collection of materials on early American history, including for members of Native and Indigenous tribes.
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A concentrator in international and public affairs and Latin American and Caribbean studies, Palomo will pursue a graduate degree at Oxford through one of the most prestigious awards for international study.
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The longtime Brown University faculty member, who is celebrated for his video works that recontextualize historical and cultural moments, was awarded an $800,000 grant to advance his practice as an artist.
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From U.S. News and World Report to Forbes and Princeton Review, prominent rankings and surveys in the last year gave Brown high marks for its distinctive student experience and high-impact teaching and research.
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Known as the Voyager Scholarship, the program aims to support future public service leaders through meaningful work-travel experiences, generous financial aid and a robust mentor network.
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A National Endowment for the Humanities grant will enable Brown Professor Dietrich Neumann to develop a traveling exhibition on the long underrecognized African American painter.
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Faculty at Brown earn prominent awards, distinctions
In recent months, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship, humanitarian efforts and leadership.
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Recent Brown graduates earn 39 Fulbright scholarships
This year’s 39 Fulbright awardees — Brown’s largest group of recipients to date — will begin teaching and research assignments in 23 countries across five continents in Fall 2024.
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Margaret Bublitz and Srinivas Reddy have been awarded Fulbright fellowships offering opportunities for cross-continental research, collaboration and scholarship.
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Brown’s two Truman scholars will pursue a future career in public policy, while three students will continue STEM research as Goldwater scholars.
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Two Brown faculty members win Guggenheim fellowships
The prestigious fellowships will support the creation of new books by Matthew Pratt Guterl, a professor of Africana studies and American studies, and Laird Hunt, a professor of literary arts.
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A $1 million Mellon Foundation award will support “Racing the Classics,” a project co-founded by Brown assistant professor Sasha-Mae Eccleston, to impact scholarship in ancient Greek and Roman studies.
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Brown ranked No. 2 nationally for 2023-24 Fulbright winners
With 36 Fulbright grants awarded to students and recent alumni, the University is among the top three Fulbright-producing institutions for the eighth consecutive year.
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Science and Technology
Brown engineering dean Tejal Desai elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Named a member of the academy’s Class of 2024, the accomplished biomedical engineer and academic leader received the honor in recognition of her work in nanotechnology and therapeutic delivery.
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Maddie McCarthy is the first student from Brown to earn the award, which enables graduate study at the University of Cambridge in England.
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Brown engineer earns prestigious early career award from National Science Foundation
The grant will help Daniel Harris establish a more complete understanding of particles at interfaces, and share new experimental designs and methods that others can adapt for use in related research.
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Faculty at Brown earn prominent awards, distinctions in 2023
Over the last year, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship and leadership.
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Brown students, recent alumni earn prestigious scholarships
Two undergraduates, one graduate student and four recent graduates were named among this year’s classes of Marshall, Schwarzman and Voyager scholars.
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A first-year student in Brown’s English Ph.D. program, Chen recently received the 2023 American Library in Paris Book Award for her novel about Joan of Arc.
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Health and Medicine
Dr. Methodius Tuuli elected to the National Academy of Medicine
The professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School received the honor in recognition of his high-impact research to prevent adverse obstetric outcomes.
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Brown physicist Brad Marston elected to presidential line of the American Physical Society
A condensed matter physicist who also studies Earth’s climate, Marston will lead the premier physics society in the U.S.
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Two Brown University professors win prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards
Fulvio Domini and Brenda Rubinstein have been awarded Fulbright fellowships that offer opportunities for cross-continental research, collaboration and scholarship.
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This year’s Fulbright awardees will begin teaching and research assignments in 25 countries across five continents in Fall 2023.
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NASA selects Brown-led team to study the Moon in effort to establish permanent lunar base
An international team of researchers led by Brown scientists is among five teams selected by NASA to study the moon in an effort to help the space agency’s lunar missions.
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Four Brown students earn prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Juniors Lucas Brito, Jordan Feldman, Tyler Lane and William Lin were awarded the scholarships, which recognize excellence in mathematics, engineering and natural sciences.
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Brown geologist elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Alberto Saal, a geology professor at Brown, is honored for his work in helping scientists understand the formation and early history of Earth and the Moon.
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The TIAA Institute and American Council on Education presented Christina H. Paxson with a national award named for Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, a longtime Notre Dame president and civil rights leader.
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Arts and Humanities
Brown English professor captures National Book Critics Circle Award
Timothy Bewes, a professor of English, won in the criticism category for his 2022 book “Free Indirect: The Novel in a Postfictional Age.”
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Brown professor wins prestigious Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award
Professor Jimmy Xu will study and teach in France next year as a Fulbright-Tocqueville Distinguished Chair as part of an effort to reinforce collaborative research between the United States and France.
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The prestigious fellowship will fund a year of research and writing time for Bonnie Honig’s new book, which aims to reclaim the term ‘performativity’ and acknowledge the power of words to transform societies.
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Arts and Humanities
Publishing award recognizes Brown’s innovative digital scholarship
Created by Brown faculty and library staff, the digital publication “Shadow Plays” won a prestigious Professional and Scholarly Excellence Award from the Association of American Publishers.
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Two assistant professors at Brown, in economics and physics, were among 126 scholars to receive the prestigious fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation this year.
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Brown ranked No. 3 nationally for 2022-23 Fulbright winners
With 30 Fulbright grants offered to students and recent alumni, the University is among the top Fulbright-producing institutions for the seventh consecutive year.
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Class of 2022.5 member Max Pushkin will study at Oxford as a recipient of the Marshall Scholarship, while senior Meghan Murphy will pursue a graduate degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing as a Schwarzman Scholar.
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The Watson Institute’s expanding Military Fellows program brings U.S. and international defense professionals to Brown for a year of courses, seminars and problem-solving conversations with policymakers and researchers.
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Health and Medicine
Dr. Megan Ranney elected to the National Academy of Medicine
The deputy dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health and professor of emergency medicine received the honor in recognition of her work as a public health leader, communicator and innovative problem-solver.
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Douglas W. Diamond, a University of Chicago scholar who earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Brown, was recognized for research on banks and financial crises.
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Brown ranks among nation’s top universities, employers
From U.S. News and World Report to Forbes, prominent rankings in the last year gave the University high marks for its distinctive student experience, world-class teaching and research, and inclusive environment.
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As the 2023 A.W. Mellon Lecturer in the Fine Arts, Stephen Houston will provide insight on the “wild, raucous energy” of ancient Mayan glyphs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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Science and Technology
NASA fellowship to fund Brown physicist’s work on groundbreaking lunar telescope
Jonathan Pober, an assistant professor of physics, was one of six early-career researchers from across the U.S. to receive NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics.
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In Fall 2022, 28 awardees of the Fulbright U.S. Student Program will begin teaching assignments or independent research projects in 16 countries across the world.
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Professor of Economics Emily Oster received the distinction for her work in translating data into simple, rational guidance for parents worldwide.
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With a commitment to reducing inequities in health care, Lin will use funding from the Truman Scholarship to seek degrees in medicine and health policy to drive change to the U.S. health care system.
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