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Anoop Kiran: Helping to shed new light on the aerodynamics of drone flight

July 20, 2023

Inside Brown’s Prince Laboratory, the engineering Ph.D. student is delving deeper into his passion for flight and working to solve one of the biggest challenges of drone aerodynamics.

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Health and Medicine

Providence-area high schoolers explore careers in health in summer pathways program

July 18, 2023

A medical student-run program at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School introduced high school students to an array of careers in health and medicine.

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News and Events

‘Love is as strong as death’: The monumental history behind Carrie Tower

July 17, 2023

An iconic focal point of Brown’s Quiet Green, the 113-year-old clocktower was built as a memorial to the granddaughter of Brown University’s namesake.

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Health and Medicine

Photos: Medical school enrichment course helps local high schoolers visualize themselves as doctors

July 14, 2023

As part of a summer pathways program at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School, students from nearby Rhode Island cities learned what it’s like to pursue a career in medicine.

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News and Events

‘Opening up horizons of curiosity’: Pre-College Programs offer a taste of the Brown experience

July 13, 2023

During the summer months, thousands of high school students are taking up residence on campus, studying across the globe and participating online in Brown’s wide-ranging Pre-College Programs, which offer intensive academics, research experiences and more.

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Environment

Eliza Atwood: Researching wildlife nutrition and migration patterns in Yellowstone

July 13, 2023

Knee-deep in prairie grasses, the rising Brown University senior is collecting plant samples and bison waste to expand biologists’ understanding of animal nutrition in the wild.

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Video: A look inside the Brown Design Workshop

July 13, 2023

The Brown Design Workshop is the University’s go-to makerspace where its members can use the vast array of tools and machines to create almost anything they dream up.

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Social Sciences

Brown entrepreneurs developing innovations in STEM education, vaping cessation and more

July 7, 2023

Each year, the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship’s Breakthrough Lab supports more than a dozen student ventures through an eight-week summer accelerator that advances personal and commercial development.

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Brown president responds to Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action

June 29, 2023

University President Christina H. Paxson said Brown will conduct thorough legal review of the ruling to ensure compliance with the law while sustaining a commitment to diversity.

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Environment

Brown makes strides toward fully electrifying its vehicles, groundskeeping equipment

June 29, 2023

As the University works toward achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, decreasing air and noise pollution is part of Brown’s broader commitment to sustainability.

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Health and Medicine

Video: Celebrating 50 Years of Medicine at Brown

June 30, 2023

A 15-month celebration of the history of medical education at Brown University concludes with an optimistic and ambitious vision for the school’s future.

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Science and Technology

NASA chief visits Brown to tour planetary research that contributes to the U.S. space program

June 29, 2023

On the Brown University campus, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson met with researchers and students engaged in nation's planetary science exploration and STEM education efforts.

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Science and Technology

How can climate scientists better communicate risk? Brown scholar weighs in

June 27, 2023

Baylor Fox-Kemper, co-author of a new study looking at how climate scientists communicate risk, explains why prompting urgent action on climate change is often so difficult despite the dire consequences.

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Student Life

At Brown, veterans enlist in a different type of boot camp

June 23, 2023

In partnership with the Warrior-Scholar Project, the University is hosting a cohort of veterans and active-duty service members for a weeklong event designed to ease the transition from military service to college life.

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News and Events

Overdose crisis demands a response from the entire community, Brown expert asserts

June 26, 2023

Dr. Francesca Beaudoin, an epidemiologist at the Brown University School of Public Health, joined federal and state elected officials to stress the need for a collaborative response to the country’s opioid drug epidemic.

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Arts and Humanities

In Script to Screen course at Brown, aspiring filmmakers pair up with regional actors

June 22, 2023

Taught by Laura Colella, a writer and director, the course gave eight undergraduates a rare opportunity to bring their own screenwriting to life in collaboration with professional actors.

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News and Events

For local kids, STEM to Stern aims to make both science and sport engaging and accessible

June 16, 2023

With support from dozens of Brown volunteers, a Brown biology professor and men’s crew coach launched a free program that brings rowing and science lessons to local middle schoolers from the Providence area.

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Student Life

Photos: Brown Athletics teams up with a community in Panama to build a sports court for all

June 20, 2023

As part of an international service trip, Brown student-athletes partnered with the local community to build a multipurpose sports court, making lifelong connections along the way.

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Cultivating self and nurturing community: Brown celebrates 29th annual Staff Development Day

June 14, 2023

More than 1,000 University staff convened on campus for a spirited day brimming with workshops, tours, discussions, community engagement projects and more.

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Student Life

Brown graduate students, recent alumni earn 35 Fulbright scholarships

June 13, 2023

This year’s Fulbright awardees will begin teaching and research assignments in 25 countries across five continents in Fall 2023.

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Arts and Humanities

Search-friendly database boosts access to more than 7,000 artworks at Brown’s Bell Gallery

June 7, 2023

Brown University’s contemporary art gallery launched a new web-based database where scholars, curators and the public can explore a dynamic collection of photographs, paintings and more.

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Health and Medicine

After leading federal COVID-19 response, Dr. Ashish Jha to resume role as dean of Brown’s School of Public Health

June 8, 2023

Jha has served for 14 months as White House COVID-19 response coordinator and will resume leadership of the School of Public Health on July 1 with a focus on transforming public health education, research and practice.

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News and Events

A celebratory weekend: Sights, sounds and stories from Commencement and Reunion 2023

May 25, 2023

Packed with graduation ceremonies, alumni reunions and other celebrations, the weekend offers countless chances for graduates, alumni, parents, friends and guests to honor accomplishments and reunite.

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News and Events

Brown to publicly present plans for life sciences building, athletics practice facility in June

June 1, 2023

Pending approval from the City of Providence, the University plans to build a new laboratory space for cutting-edge life sciences research and boost its athletics program with a proposed new indoor training facility.

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News and Events

How should Providence public schools spend $100,000? That’s up to these middle schoolers

June 8, 2023

At a participatory budgeting event facilitated by scholars at Brown, more than 100 local middle school students debated how the Providence Public School District should spend $100,000 in funds from the University.

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Science and Technology

Tejal Desai: The evolution of engineering at Brown has been amazing to witness

June 6, 2023

At the end of her first academic year as dean, Tejal Desai reflects on what she learned and describes how Brown’s School of Engineering is building on distinctive strengths to advance its academic enterprise.

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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.

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Science and Technology

Similar to humans, elephants vary what they eat for dinner

July 5, 2023

A detailed analysis of the dietary habits of elephants showed surprising variation from meal to meal, which could have important ramifications for wildlife protection and conservation strategies.

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Science and Technology

Gullies on Mars could have been formed by recent periods of liquid meltwater, study suggests

June 29, 2023

A Brown University-led research team explains in a new study how gullies on the slopes of Martian craters could have formed by on-and-off periods of meltwater from ice on and beneath the planet’s surface.

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Science and Technology

New tool explains how AI ‘sees’ images and why it might mistake an astronaut for a shovel

June 28, 2023

A team of Brown brain and computer scientists developed a new approach to understanding computer vision, which can be used to help create better, safer and more robust artificial intelligence systems.

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Science and Technology

Emulating how krill swim to build a robotic platform for ocean navigation

June 26, 2023

Developed by a team of Brown-led researchers, Pleobot is a krill-inspired robot offering potential solutions for underwater locomotion and ocean exploration, both on Earth and moons throughout the solar system.

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Health and Medicine

Fatal overdoses increase after police seize drugs, study finds

June 7, 2023

A new study highlights an unintended consequence of interventions to combat the country’s illicit opioid epidemic, emphasizing the need to include harm reduction strategies as part of a comprehensive response.

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Health and Medicine

Exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ during pregnancy linked to increased risk of obesity in kids

June 7, 2023

A federally funded study led by researchers at Brown University showed links between prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and slightly higher body mass indices in children.

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Social Sciences

Educational mobility gap between Muslims and Christians in Africa isn’t budging, study finds

May 25, 2023

Co-authored by a Brown economist, the study found that over the last three generations, Christian children have surpassed their parents’ level of education at a much higher rate than Muslim and traditionalist children in Africa.

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Science and Technology

U.S. Department of Defense selects two teams from Brown for DEPSCoR grants

May 25, 2023

The teams were among 28 selected this year through DEPSCoR, which is designed to strengthen basic research infrastructure at higher education institutions and propel forward science in areas important to U.S. defense.

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Science and Technology

New method tracking changes in blood vessels could advance brain disease detection

May 25, 2023

A new imaging technique opens a path toward long-term study of blood vessels in aging brains and could help predict neurodegenerative diseases decades before symptoms begin.

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Health and Medicine

Mind-body practice of qigong can improve cancer-related fatigue

May 24, 2023

A study led by Brown University researchers found that a low-impact, meditative movement program involving qigong was as effective as more standard exercise programs in improving cancer-related fatigue.

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Science and Technology

With new experimental method, researchers probe spin structure in 2D materials for first time

May 11, 2023

By observing spin structure in “magic-angle” graphene, a team of scientists led by Brown University researchers have found a workaround for a long-standing roadblock in the field of two-dimensional electronics.

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Why do Champagne bubbles rise the way they do? Scientists’ new discovery is worthy of a toast

May 3, 2023

Fluid mechanics researchers from Brown University and the University of Toulouse found that surfactants give the celebratory drink its stable and signature straight rise of bubbles.

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Science and Technology

New blue light technique could enable advances in understanding nanoscale technologies

April 19, 2023

A team of Brown University researchers created a solution to a nanoscale resolution challenge that has for decades limited the study of materials that could lead to more energy efficient semiconductors and electronics.

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Health and Medicine

Drug form of traditional Chinese medicine compound improved survival of mice with brain tumors

April 14, 2023

Researchers found that a derivative of the natural compound indirubin offers a new approach to treating glioblastoma in mice, which will inform future research in humans.

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Health and Medicine

Contaminated drinking water alerts cause up to 10% school absence rates in Jackson, Mississippi

April 12, 2023

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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Health and Medicine

Non-drug interventions for patients with Alzheimer’s are both effective and cost-effective, study shows

April 6, 2023

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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Health and Medicine

Researchers launch heart tissue to the International Space Station to help cardiac patients on Earth

April 5, 2023

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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Science and Technology

Study on methane in deep-sea sediments shows small releases happen more often than thought

March 27, 2023

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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Science and Technology

Researchers propose a list of Venus-like planets for James Webb Space Telescope to target

March 24, 2023

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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Health and Medicine

Study provides roadmap for using convalescent plasma as an effective COVID-19 treatment

February 21, 2023

A new analysis shows how convalescent plasma can be used to prevent hospitalizations and ultimately save lives, both for COVID-19 and for the next viral pandemic that inevitably arrives.

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Brown in the News

IEEE Spectrum

Can neural stimulation zap addiction?

July 11, 2023

WGBH

Public health must go 'back to basics' to build trust, says COVID response coordinator

July 7, 2023

The Conversation

Science activism is surging – which marks a culture shift among scientists

July 6, 2023

NPR

Politicians want cop crackdowns on drug dealers. Experts say tough tactics cost lives

July 5, 2023

Highlighting Brown’s Distinction

University Initiatives

Highlighting Brown’s distinction in entrepreneurship

July 18, 2019

Offering courses, programs and support to students at every stage of the entrepreneurial process, the Nelson Center has become a nexus for entrepreneurship at Brown in just three years since launch.

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Social Sciences

Highlighting Brown’s distinction in international and public affairs

July 18, 2019

Brown’s scholars in international and public affairs are addressing inequality, convening conversations that move the needle on tough issues and connecting students with practitioners on the ground.

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Science and Technology

Highlighting Brown’s distinction in energy and environmental engineering

July 18, 2019

Researchers in Brown’s School of Engineering are developing next-generation renewable energy technologies, advancing energy efficiency in computing and finding new ways to detect and clean contaminants in the environment.

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Arts and Humanities

Highlighting Brown’s distinction in the arts

July 18, 2019

The University is advancing its reputation for excellence in the arts by forming new partnerships with artists and scholars and making major new investments in programming and facilities.

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Health and Medicine

Highlighting Brown’s distinction in brain science

January 10, 2019

Brown researchers are building understanding of the brain, restoring movement for patients with paralysis, unlocking the secrets of devastating diseases and devising new treatments to address brain-related disorders.

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Social Sciences

Highlighting Brown’s distinction in economics

January 10, 2019

With an increased focus on unearthing novel data sources for analysis, Brown’s economics scholars are bringing new insights to complex problems and teaching the next generation of researchers and policymakers to do the same.

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News and Events

Highlighting Brown’s distinction in educational innovation

January 10, 2019

Learning at Brown is a collaborative, hands-on experience — one in which students often lead their own research projects or conduct research alongside their instructors.

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Arts and Humanities

突出皇冠安卓下载-apple app store-中国用品有限公司在人文学科的区别

January 10, 2019

Humanities scholars at Brown are energizing comparative work that informs a deeper understanding of the most challenging questions of global common concern.

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