A Brown-led research team compared boil water alerts and unexcused absence rates in Jackson’s public schools to show the wide-ranging negative effects of water contamination on children’s health.
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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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National Public Health Week offered students at Brown’s School of Public Health the opportunity to discuss how their research projects were designed to center communities.
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A Brown-led research team used a computer simulation to show that compared to usual care, four dementia-care interventions saved up to $13,000 in costs, reduced nursing home admissions and improved quality of life.
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Science and Technology
Brown launches new initiative to galvanize research in sustainable energy technology
The newly launched Initiative for Sustainable Energy will serve as a campus hub for driving technological advances in sustainable energy and preparing the next-generation of leaders in net-zero-carbon energy solutions.
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International Space Station experiments co-led by Peter Lee, a Brown scholar, cardiothoracic surgeon and longtime space researcher, will help inform understanding and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
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Study on methane in deep-sea sediments shows small releases happen more often than thought
New research describes evidence that deep sea methane deposits change into gas more frequently than could be monitored previously and that a set of fossilized organisms has a unique ability to detect these releases.
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Researchers propose a list of Venus-like planets for James Webb Space Telescope to target
A team of researchers, including Brown planetary scientist Jim Head, propose using the James Webb Space Telescope to look at five planets in the Venus Zone, a search that could reveal valuable insights into Earth’s future.
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SBUDNIC, built by an academically diverse team of students using off-the-shelf parts, was confirmed to have successfully operated in orbit, demonstrating a practical, low-cost method to cut down on space debris.
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As work to operationalize a three-party agreement between Brown, Lifespan and Care New England continues, Brown and CNE signed a separate agreement to align research operations.
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For one Brown professor, merging math with art results in gallery-worthy visualizations
Richard Schwartz is not only a renowned mathematician, but a writer and illustrator of children’s picture books — his secret is bringing math and art together.
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Guardrails needed for responsible deployment of AI, Brown researcher tells Congress
Speaking before a U.S. Senate committee on the risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence, computer scientist Suresh Venkatasubramanian urged lawmakers to establish regulations to govern AI-based systems.
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A physician-scientist and the eighth dean of medicine and biology at Brown, Jain shared insights on how the University’s biomedical community can improve human health and fuel economic growth in Rhode Island and beyond.
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As hosts of new AI-powered chatbots and technology become widely available, and questions surface on their limits and power, Brown scholar Michael Littman offers insights into a debate that will only grow louder.
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A recent excavation in Megiddo, Israel, unearthed the earliest example of a particular type of cranial surgery in the Ancient Near East — and potentially one of the oldest examples of leprosy in the world.
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Researchers detail never-before-seen properties in a family of superconducting Kagome metals
Scientists describe the microscopic structure of a recently discovered group of superconductors for the first time, a small step toward paving the way for future advances in superconducting technology.
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Brown researchers develop new, automated, powerful diagnostic tool for drug detection
The work by a research team made up largely of Brown graduate and undergraduate students addresses a critical biomedical need and has the potential to be widely adapted by clinicians to monitor antidepressants in patients.
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An analysis led by Brown University researchers showed that work shift is an important factor to consider when designing workplace health interventions.
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Using seismic waves, scientists detect widespread partially molten rock hidden under the Earth’s tectonic plates in a new way, a step in settling a long-held geological debate that has big implications in understanding plate motion.
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Study offers neurological explanation for how brains bias partisans against new information
People who share a political ideology have more similar ‘neural fingerprints’ of political words and process new information in similar ways, according to a new analysis led by Brown University researchers.
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News and Events
Three Brown professors elected AAAS fellows
The world’s largest general scientific society honored Brown faculty members from engineering, mathematics and medical science for significant and lasting contributions to their fields.
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As deadly synthetic opioids poison communities nationwide, U.S. Senator Jack Reed joined state and law enforcement officials, and researchers at Brown’s School of Public Health, to discuss a coordinated response.
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Researchers uncover secrets on how Alaska’s Denali Fault formed
A study by Brown researchers finds that changes in tectonic plate thickness across the Denali Fault in Alaska impacts where it is located, shedding light on how major faults and earthquakes occur.
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In an important step toward a medical technology that could help restore independence of people with paralysis, researchers find the investigational BrainGate neural interface system has low rates of associated adverse events.
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A study in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that pharmacies can offer a safe and accessible treatment starting point for patients with opioid use disorder and keep them better engaged than usual care with a physician.
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Health and Medicine
Expanding Medicaid led to decreased postpartum hospitalizations
A new study conducted by researchers at Brown and NYU provides additional evidence that expanding Medicaid can contribute to better health for new parents.
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Passages: Professor of Physics Meenakshi Narain
A renowned physicist who collaborated with researchers globally and mentored young scientists exploring physics careers, Narain spent 15 years on the Brown faculty and was the first woman to chair the physics department.
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How climate change impacts the Indian Ocean dipole, leading to severe droughts and floods
A study led by Brown researchers showed how melting ice water from massive glaciers can ultimately lead to droughts and flooding in East Africa and Indonesia.
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A study from researchers at Brown University and Silent Spring Institute found that inexpensive, easy-to-assemble Corsi-Rosenthal boxes can help reduce exposure to indoor air pollutants.
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Researchers from Brown and MIT suggest how scientists can circumvent the need for massive data sets to forecast extreme events with the combination of an advanced machine learning system and sequential sampling techniques.
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A new study by researchers at Brown University showed that the pandemic further restricted access to postpartum care, potentially exacerbating existing health care disparities.
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In its fourth year, Brown Biomedical Innovations to Impact is advancing the commercialization of Brown research and supporting the creation of new products aimed at saving and improving lives.
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The new approach effectively delivered anti-cancer drugs across the blood-brain barrier in mice, increasing survival rates and informing a potential pathway for one day treating human patients with brain cancer.
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Health and Medicine
Why do children learn more quickly than adults? New study offers clues
A new study led by a team of Brown University neuroscientists details the brain mechanisms that allow children to learn more efficiently than adults.
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Brown, Lifespan, Care New England sign agreement to align research operations
The new agreement will create a unified, streamlined approach to administering health and medical research, positioning physicians and scientists to conduct more research to benefit patients and populations.
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A study led by Brown researchers found that a brief screener for psychological distress can be an efficient way to assess patient risk for cardiovascular disease.
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An analysis of police reports in one Rhode Island city found few overdose situations involve safety concerns that required the presence of law enforcement.
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Extreme temperatures take deadly toll on people in Texas prisons, study finds
A research team led by scholars from Brown University found higher death rates among people in prisons without air conditioning compared to those in climate-controlled institutions.
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Team from MIT and Brown demonstrates the accuracy and safety of using magnetic sensors to track muscle length during movement, which could make it easier for people with amputations to control prosthetic limbs.
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Multi-tenant, flexible wet lab space will add much-needed capacity for life sciences research and help to attract new commercial tenants.
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Every two years, a unique gathering connects patients and family members contending with an autism-like condition called Christianson syndrome with brain scientists working to develop therapies and solutions.
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Brown University was celebrated as a key partner and life sciences leader by state, federal officials during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new public health lab building, which will also house University and commercial lab space.
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Brown releases final Operational Plan for Investing in Research
Building on substantial growth in its research enterprise over the last decade, the plan provides a roadmap for expanding scholarship at Brown to make an even greater positive impact in the world.
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Architects from Deborah Berke Partners and Ballinger will work together with Brown leaders and key stakeholders to design a hub for scientific collaboration and discovery in Providence’s Jewelry District.
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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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Science and Technology
'Non-native species aren’t the boogie man.' Brown biologist calls for more balanced view
In a new review article, biology researchers make the case for reevaluating maligned non-native species to consider benefits as well as costs.
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Arts and Humanities
Confronting Indigenous enslavement, one story at a time
A partner effort among Brown scholars, volunteers and Native American leaders, Stolen Relations has recovered thousands of Indigenous enslavement records, drawing attention to a topic rarely broached in school history lessons.
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Brown computer scientist aims to protect people in an age of artificial intelligence
Suresh Venkatasubramanian served as a White House advisor for the nation’s first “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights,” helping to develop a guide to ethical practices in an era of data-driven technologies.
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Researchers from Brown University, Michigan State and Henry Ford Health are leading a multi-institution research effort to reduce the national suicide rate.
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Brown mathematicians’ algorithm to serve as cryptography standard for quantum computing era
The federal government selected four algorithms to serve as standards for public key security in the pending era of quantum computers, three of which are based on technology devised by a team of Brown experts.
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