External review finds it “highly unlikely” Dec. 13 shooting at Brown could have been prevented; focuses on continuing to bolster safety and security for the future.
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All News When the director of the Cape Verdean Museum in Rhode Island received a souvenir piece of turf from one of the tournament’s most memorable games, he knew just who to call.
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The Brown University mathematician fully embraces AI as a means to answer questions that have eluded humanity for centuries.
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News and Events
Maggie Foxx: Making history in the Women’s Pro Baseball League
As a player in the first women’s professional baseball league in the U.S. since the 1950s, Brown University student-athlete Maggie Foxx is living her diamond dreams this summer on the Los Angeles Queens.
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Following a University report on AI, Brown leaders discuss aligning AI policy with academic excellence, safeguarding academic integrity, supporting faculty and students, and preserving critical thinking in the age of AI.
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Recent Highlights
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Health and Medicine
‘Little Rhody is about to become big Rhody’ when it comes to biotechnology
Members of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology convened in Providence to learn about biotechnology capabilities and potential at Brown University and partner organizations across the state.
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Supported by a U.S. Department of State scholarship, the Brown University doctoral student is spending the summer in Taiwan, sharpening his Mandarin skills to advance research on Indigenous language revitalization.
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In a pair of letters to the Brown community, the leaders assert that a new strategic planning process should start with a new leader who will steward Brown’s next chapter, to be identified in a national search.
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University Initiatives
Each summer, Brown staff step into the skilled trades, and toward new career possibilities
A workforce development program in Facilities Management has trained hundreds of employees, opening pathways to careers in the building trades and campus jobs with higher pay, greater responsibility and room to advance.
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Brown University students updated a census of rare plants as part of a summer internship organized by the Brown University Herbarium and the Rhode Island Natural History Survey.
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Alexander Weheliye, a professor of modern culture and media, will lead the largest scholarly organization focused on the study of American history and culture within a global context.
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Arts and Humanities
Erin Finn: Analyzing ancient remains to discover new insights about the past
With support from the Joukowsky Fieldwork Fund and Brown archaeologist Candace Rice, rising senior Erin Finn collected and studied remains at a Roman-era excavation site on Turkey’s southern coast.
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At the Providence Public Library, rising sophomore Justin Dunn developed and taught a summer learning program, empowering local teens to strengthen their reading, writing and conversational skills.
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As another summer of Pre-College Programs at Brown comes to a close, six high schoolers share what drew them to the experience and the foundational lessons that will inform their journeys ahead.
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The staff members at Brown’s Multidisciplinary Teaching Laboratories support future scientists and doctors by helping them master laboratory techniques, creating a safe and exciting learning environment and nurturing their sense of discovery.
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With crackling fires illuminating downtown Providence, Brown honored the first responders, neighbors, businesses and community partners who supported the campus through the aftermath of Dec. 13, 2025.
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Brown University mathematicians Georgios Daskalopoulos and Benoît Pausader spoke at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians, an honor akin to a hall of fame induction.
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Led by Brown faculty, high schoolers in an intensive, two-week Summer@Brown course combine cellular biology, 3D printing and entrepreneurial strategy to address one of medicine’s greatest challenges.
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Brown and Providence
Across education, research, community engagement and the economy, Brown University is deeply intertwined with its home city of Providence, Rhode Island. From improving medical care and public health, to supporting local schools and fueling the regional economy, Brown’s commitment to the success of the local community is reflected in many ways.
Research News
All News Findings by scientists at Brown University help explain declining malaria drug susceptibility and highlight the urgent need to track mutations and improve current therapies.
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A study by Brown University researchers found that 44% of pre-K-12 schools in the U.S. are within a mile of a known environmental hazard site, a distance at which negative exposure effects are well documented.
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Health and Medicine
Why do people’s pupils dilate when they’re surprised? Brown researchers explain
Spikes in physical alertness are a sign that the brain is hitting the “refresh” button to help it better process new and unexpected information, according to a new study.
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Massachusetts high schools struggle to balance supporting mastery of English and progress toward graduation for immigrant newcomers, according to a new report led by researchers at Brown.
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Science and Technology
Birds’ flying ‘V’ formation saves energy with flatter flaps, new research shows
A study by Brown University researchers provides new insights, which could have implications for engineered systems, into the aerodynamic advantage birds experience when flying in a “V” formation.
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New workflow developed by Brown University researchers compresses hours of manual lab labor into a single automated process, unlocking reliable genetic sequencing for local public health labs.
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In her new book “Crime Fictions,” Associate Professor of Sociology Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve analyzes the factors that contribute to wrongful convictions in the criminal justice system.
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Studying the same metabolite from different angles, researchers from Brown and U.T. Southwestern collaborated to discover a mechanism that plays a key role in a rare genetic disease.
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Student Stories
See more stories Through a self-designed independent concentration, the Brown University senior has used art and design to expand agency, dignity and representation for people with disabilities.
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After a life-saving liver transplant at 17, the Brown University senior and standout squash player has embraced a life driven by resilience, community and gratitude.
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The Brown University junior balances a dedication to public affairs and documentary filmmaking with a personal calling as a caregiver and advocate for families confronting dementia.
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Arts and Humanities
Chanelle Dupuis: Finding sweet success in smell studies at Brown
The doctoral candidate is leveraging Brown's culture of open inquiry to advance research on the sense of smell through French language and literature, neuroscience and history.
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Brown University senior Elijah Golden pursues a varied academic and extracurricular life at Brown while also performing and touring with his family’s three-generation country music band.
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The Brown University senior and head conductor of the Brown Band embraces a wide range of musical, academic and volunteer pursuits as he marches toward a career in medicine.
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The Brown Ph.D. student collaborates with psychologists and computer scientists across campus to find ways AI can support, but not replace, human-centered mental health counseling.
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Informed by her Nigerian-American identity and guided by her spiritual compass, the Brown University senior is advancing migration-policy research, humanitarian law and public service.
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Whether she’s captaining the men’s club hockey team or participating as the first openly autistic cast member on “Survivor,” the Brown graduate student in fluid and thermal science finds success in authenticity.
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As she investigates cancer treatments and pursues her own path toward becoming a physician-scientist, the Brown University doctoral student is supporting fellow Indigenous students interested in science and medicine.
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Wounded in a school shooting in California in 2019, the Brown sophomore has dedicated herself to preventing gun violence nationwide, harnessing her education at Brown to forge a career in advocacy.
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Through determination, courage and a supportive community, LePage is flourishing as a nontraditional student at Brown and using her own experiences to help others on campus and beyond.
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Through the installation of educational public art in urban neighborhoods, the Brown sophomore hopes to inspire mutual understanding of the blind and visually impaired community.
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From a small farm in Hawaii to College Hill to the corridors of the White House, Brown senior Kaliko Kalāhiki is making inroads as an advocate for Indigenous sovereignty, queer visibility and sustainable land use.
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Science and Technology
Eric Ewing: Helping multi-robot research lift off at Brown and beyond
Advancing a commitment to accessible robotics education, the Ph.D. student is researching how to simultaneously control multiple drones and teaching others how to build and operate them.
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