A summer performance camp organized by the Brown-based Miracle Project New England uses the arts to help young people with autism engage, socialize and communicate.
A new software system helps robots to more effectively act on instructions from people, who by nature give commands that range from simple and straightforward to those that are more complex and imply a myriad of subtasks.
Like fire extinguishers or defibrillators, the NaloxBoxes created by a pair of professors at Brown and RISD can make it easy for a bystander to save lives quickly.
Amanda Lynch, director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, explains why she became a founding signatory of the Geneva Actions on Human Water Security, formalized last week in Switzerland.
The project aims to develop a wireless neural prosthetic system made up of thousands of implantable microdevices that could deepen understanding of the brain and lead to new medical therapies.
More than 30 fourth-year medical students at the Warren Alpert Medical School will gain the training required to prescribe medication-assisted therapy for opioid use disorder under a first-in-the-nation program implemented in partnership with the state of Rhode Island.
In an era when everyone is a photographer, these stunning photos taken by members of Brown's campus community offer some new perspectives of Spring 2017 on College Hill.
After a major push by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to improve end-of-life care, a new study shows strong growth in the proportion of veterans receiving palliative care at the end of life.
With frustration and chagrin, many physicians said in a new study that electronic records hinder their relationships with patients, but they cited different main reasons depending on whether they were office- or hospital-based.
Starting July 1, Susan Moffitt will lead the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy, a research center at the University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
New research in the Journal of Neuroscience affirms a key role for neurons in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in the crucial learning task of determining what caused a desired result.
With a new $3.8 million grant, the federal government has renewed funding for Brown’s New England Addiction Technology Transfer Center for the next five years.
The technique enables the detection of gases, such as atmospheric pollutants, present in extremely small quantities that are otherwise difficult or impossible to detect.
Jill Pipher, a mathematician and founding director of Brown’s NSF-funded mathematics institute, will become Brown’s vice president for research on July&1.
Another busy summer at Brown will bring more than 8,000 high school students to campus along with scholars and professionals pursuing a wide range of interests, academic and otherwise.
With the goal of impacting policy, Matthew Gutmann will lead a collaborative research project studying youths’ and men’s experiences around sexual and reproductive health in Mexico.
Amid the nationwide debate over free speech on campus, Brown President Christina Paxson and University of Chicago President Robert Zimmer defend the role that academic freedom plays in advancing knowledge.
A new survey by Brown’s Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy also finds low confidence in Congress, widespread support for healthcare for all.
As executive director of corporate relations, Daniel Behr will work to deepen Brown’s collaboration with corporate and industrial partners and establish a new Office of Corporate Relations.
Despite mixed evidence recently about an association between atopic dermatitis and cardiovascular disease, a new study that analyzed more than 250,000 medical records suggests there is no link.
At the conclusion of the Brown Center for Students of Color’s 40th anniversary year, members of the Brown community reflect on pivotal historical moments for students of color on campus.
Brown has appointed health behavior and exercise promotion expert Bess Marcus, a member of the Brown faculty from 1991 to 2011 and a senior leader at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, as the next dean of its School of Public Health.
Taking advantage of 3-D printing technology, a group of students is creating fanciful but functional custom-made arms for local children with upper-arm anomalies.
Brown University neuroscience professor Diane Lipscombe, director of the Brown Institute for Brain Science, has been elected the next president of the Society for Neuroscience.
As part of a wide range of Staff Development Day opportunities, colleagues from across campus engaged in community service projects at sites ranging from elementary schools to public parks.
From research on prosthetic limbs to devising new ways to experience opera, scholarship by Brown faculty members earned them recognition from prestigious national and international organizations this spring.
In a pair of studies of Rhode Island’s opioid overdose epidemic, Brown University researchers show that while heroin users appear desperate to avoid fentanyl, it’s killing more of them every year.
Ceramic materials tend to shatter when deformed, but new research shows a way of using ultra-thin ceramic nanofibers to make squishy, heat-resistant sponges with a wide variety of potential uses.
Public health researchers have earned a $1.1 million grant to identify best practices at hospitals that provide cost-effective, high-quality care for Medicare recipients in need of post-discharge services.
With the goal of prevention, a new study of children and teens with autism spectrum disorders found five risk factors that are significantly associated with an increased likelihood of seeking inpatient psychiatric care.
The study demonstrates for the first time a new type of magnetocapacitance, a phenomenon that could be useful in the next generation of ‘spintronic’ devices.
With urgent health issues on the agenda such as hospital mergers and risky pregnancies, the Rhode Island Department of Health is engaging Brown students to pitch in, offering valuable opportunities to gain real-world research experience in return.
Brown University engineers have shown that applying curvature to the base of a fish fin can increase its stiffness, an effect that could underlie the maneuverability of fish and provide a new design concept for robotic swimmers.
An analysis of the relationship between diet and beak shape among waterfowl not only shows that feeding is likely the major influence that fits the bill, but also suggests that early birds of the order were likely more duck-like than goose-like.
With joy, solemnity, celebration, humility, gratitude and more than a little celebrity, the Brown community came together for Commencement and Reunion Weekend from May 26 to 28, guided by the spirit of working for a better future.
During the 249th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 28, Brown University bestowed honorary degrees to a diverse group of scholars, artists and leaders recognized for their exceptional achievement in a variety of fields.
Adriel Barrios-Anderson, one of two graduating seniors chosen as orators for the 249th Commencement, delivered an address titled "Silent Lessons" on the College Green on Sunday, May 28.
Viet Nguyen, one of two graduating seniors chosen as orators for the 249th Commencement, delivered an address titled "The Idea of Deserving" on the College Green on Sunday, May 28.
The annual Commencement tradition for graduating seniors was marked by faith, gratitude and words of wisdom from Diggs, the award-winning performer and Brown alumnus.
In a joyous ceremony complete with a marriage proposal from one new U.S. Army officer to another from last year’s class of graduates, Brown celebrated its students’ commitment to the armed forces.
At its 249th Commencement on Sunday, May 28, Brown University will confer a total of 2,568 degrees in all categories — undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary.
During its annual Commencement week meeting, the University’s governing body also approved the awarding of more than 2,500 degrees at Sunday’s ceremonies.