Combining strategic thinking with ethical, data-driven decision-making, two 16-month online programs will prepare students for leadership challenges across sectors in a rapidly evolving global workforce.

Bringing a unique blend of academic experience and business acumen, Smith will oversee a portfolio of programs that are academically rigorous, financially sustainable and in demand from students and employers.

During an event commemorating the 10th anniversary of Brown’s School of Professional Studies, Class of 1991 graduate Dara Khosrowshahi discussed leadership and innovation with President Christina H. Paxson.

Combining cutting-edge science, technology and engineering education with economic and policy instruction, the on-campus program will prepare students to be change-makers in the global transition to renewable energy.

From undergraduates transferring from other institutions to students starting master’s degree programs, nearly 200 students embarked on their Brown journeys in late January.

A longtime academic leader at Brown who expanded master’s and non-degree programs as dean and broadened access for diverse learners around the world, Prasad will join the firm as chief strategy officer.

In the master of science degree program, students learn how to use data responsibly, giving local and global learners valuable training in responsible AI development and implementation.

The two-year master’s program merges the fields of data science, technology and health care to uniquely position graduates to harness the potential of AI to improve health care delivery.

An online version of the School of Public Health’s biostatistics master’s program, with an emphasis on health data science, will offer learners nationally and around the world an opportunity to gain valuable training and skills.

Traditionally an intensive one-year degree program, a master’s in urban education policy will now be available to part-time students, including Rhode Island teachers, education administrators, full-time caretakers and more.

As the next dean of the School of Professional Studies, Prasad will oversee a portfolio of master’s degree programs for executives and a suite of flexible and innovative non-degree programs for individuals and organizations.

Brown physician-scholars Dr. Ashish Jha and Dr. Megan Ranney led a virtual course that featured national health and medicine experts and offered lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic while there’s still time to learn from them.