A new partnership between Brown’s School of Public Health and Rhode Island Medicaid is informing local community members about recent and upcoming Medicaid changes to help them keep their coverage.
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Brown student maps the hidden global labor powering AI
Cunyan Ma’s interactive tool exposes the power structure that extracts low-wage labor from data workers in the Global South to make everyday AI algorithms function.
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Packed with forums, tours, athletic events, student performances and more, the University’s annual Family Weekend invites thousands of loved ones to experience a taste of student life on College Hill.
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Embodying the Warren Alpert Medical School’s humanistic approach, the third-year medical student is looking at the “whole patient” not just with a physician's eyes, but through the camera lens.
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From lab to launch: How Brown research inspired a breakthrough in sustainable building
Derek Stein’s biophysics research at Brown, work with students and support from the University helped him launch Adept Materials and its award-winning new product, the Lilypad paint and primer system.
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Recent Highlights
All News For more than two decades, the event has channeled physical strength into support for cancer patients and survivors across Rhode Island, raising more than $200,000 for local survivorship programs.
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Known as the Voyager Scholarship, the program supports future public service leaders through work-travel experiences, generous financial aid and a robust network of mentors.
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Beginning with prospective undergraduates seeking to enter Brown in Fall 2027, a new waiver will eliminate the application fee for Providence public school students.
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The University renovated the four-story 1854 brick building to support and unite students, faculty and staff in the Department of Classics, forming “a quadrangle devoted to ancient materials.”
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The Brown University MPA/MPH student is drawing on his undergraduate background in the humanities, social sciences and community engagement to help inform and empower vulnerable Rhode Islanders.
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Two community-centered hubs on College Hill and a location for administrative operations in the Jewelry District will support a community-oriented public safety model, improve accessibility and upgrade essential facilities.
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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 Researchers found that naloxone use did not increase relative to the number of overdoses as deaths have fallen since 2023, suggesting that other factors may be driving the national decline in overdose deaths.
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Health and Medicine
Hunger may play a role in alcohol addiction, new study finds
Brown University scientists conducting experiments with fruit flies found that hunger drives cravings for alcohol, providing context for understanding similar processes in the human brain.
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Structural biologist Nicolas Fawzi will direct Brown’s role in a multi-institution project to transform the understanding of cellular protein dysfunction in the earliest stages of neurodegenerative disease.
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Researchers from Brown University’s School of Public Health say the surge in for-profit training raises questions about the programs’ oversight and quality.
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A distinctive Carney Institute for Brain Science program at Brown University trains quantitatively minded undergraduates to introduce new methods for solving problems in brain science labs.
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Science and Technology
All-electrical imaging offers innovative alternative for tracking cell movement
Brown University engineers developed a microchip that tracks cell movement using electrical capacitance rather than optical lenses, which could aid in understanding processes such as cancer metastasis, wound healing and immune response.
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By pairing a retina-like sensor with a spiking neural network, a new technique with potential applications for self-driving cars, search-and-rescue drones or medical imaging can reveal objects invisible to standard cameras.
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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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