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After 7 years of work, Brown’s student satellite is cleared for NASA launch

March 15, 2018

A small satellite, designed and built by Brown undergraduates, will launch on an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia, on May 20.

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News and Events

Photos: National School Walkout at Brown

March 14, 2018

As high school students and others gather nationwide on the one-month anniversary of the Parkland shooting, hundreds of Brown community members convened on the College Green to call for increased attention to gun violence.

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Health and Medicine

Study reveals vision’s role in vowel perception

March 13, 2018

In a study based at Brown University, researchers found that the motion and configuration of a speaker’s lips are key components of the information people gather when distinguishing vowels in speech.

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News and Events

Dean of the College Maud S. Mandel named 18th president of Williams College

March 13, 2018

After 20 years on the Brown faculty and a four-year tenure stewarding the academic experience for Brown's 6,500 undergraduates, Mandel will lead Williams as president beginning in July 2018.

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Health and Medicine

ADHD drugs increase brain glutamate, predict positive emotion in healthy people

March 12, 2018

The findings by Brown University scientists offer clues about how misused drugs affect healthy brains and hint at an undiscovered link between glutamate and mood.

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Science and Technology

Brown physicist advises on space-time physics for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ film

March 12, 2018

Stephon Alexander, professor of physics at Brown, helped bring the strange science of Madeleine L’Engle’s classic novel to the big screen.

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Social Sciences

Brown launches engaged scholarship programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma

March 9, 2018

Through a partnership with the George Kaiser Family Foundation, the University is offering new fellowship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students focused on policy and community engagement.

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News and Events

Brown University statement on men's swim team sanctions

March 9, 2018

Men's varsity swimming and diving team suspended following investigation into hazing allegations.

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Health and Medicine

Brain Week to bring brain-themed films, forums and fun to Brown

March 9, 2018

Backed by the Brown Institute for Brain Science and organized by a neuroscience postdoc, the weeklong series of talks, film screenings, art shows and fairs aims to make brain research fun, educational and accessible.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown statement on cancellation of Rosa Parks exhibit

March 8, 2018

Out of respect for the memory of the civil rights icon, Brown will not display a Detroit house that is involved in a dispute among external parties.

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Science and Technology

New approach to measuring stickiness could aid micro-device design

March 7, 2018

At the scale of microdevices, adhesion is one of the most important forces that engineers need to contend with — Brown University researchers have come up with a new way to measure it.

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Arts and Humanities

Cornel West urges students to confront ‘bleak’ historical moment with compassion, integrity

March 6, 2018

In a visit to Brown University, the professor, author and activist spoke about the need to attend to the suffering of others and hold oneself to a high moral standard.

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News and Events

Two Brown students, one alumnus earn prestigious awards for graduate study

March 2, 2018

Knight-Hennessy and Keasbey fellowships will allow the young scholars to pursue graduate study and research at Stanford and Oxford universities.

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Science and Technology

Research details mineralogy of potential lunar exploration site

February 28, 2018

Scientists have long wanted to retrieve rock samples from the Moon’s South Pole-Aitken basin, and a new study could be helpful in locating an ideal landing site.

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News and Events

Beverly Ledbetter, Brown’s long-time chief legal officer, to retire

February 28, 2018

Since becoming the University’s first general counsel in 1978, Ledbetter has been instrumental in helping Brown navigate a spectrum of issues and initiatives.

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News and Events

Ban Ki-moon urges global citizenship, partnership to solve world’s pressing problems

February 27, 2018

The former secretary-general of the United Nations encouraged U.S. citizens to look beyond their borders — and to women and young people — to find solutions to global climate change, poverty and war.

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Environment

New understanding of ocean turbulence could improve climate models

February 26, 2018

Researchers have developed a new statistical understanding of how turbulent flows called mesoscale eddies dissipate their energy, which could be helpful in creating better ocean and climate models.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown to cover full tuition for acting and directing MFA students

February 22, 2018

The move will expand access to the University’s MFA programs with Trinity Rep, diversify the stories told on stage and encourage innovation and experimentation in art-making.

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Social Sciences

Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice director to deliver presidential faculty lecture

February 22, 2018

Anthony Bogues, whose work leading the CSSJ has impacted the global conversation on legacies of slavery, will discuss the black intellectual tradition.

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News and Events

Mellon Foundation awards $1.25M grant to Leadership Alliance

February 22, 2018

The funds will support summer undergraduate research in the humanities and social sciences for underrepresented students identified, trained and mentored through the Brown-based Leadership Alliance.

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News and Events

Brown alumna Lauren Gibbs captures Olympic silver

February 22, 2018

The Class of 2006 Brown graduate left her job in corporate sales to push a bobsled and won big in PyeongChang.

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Health and Medicine

Separate brain systems cooperate during learning, study finds

February 21, 2018

Brown University researchers have shown that reinforcement learning and working memory — two distinct brain systems — work hand-in-hand as people learn new tasks.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown to submit revised plan for performing arts center

February 20, 2018

A revised plan that preserves historic structures and reduces the above-ground building footprint remains true to the University's academic requirements while addressing community concerns.

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Science and Technology

New software helps detect adaptive genetic mutations

February 19, 2018

Brown University researchers have developed a new machine learning technique that can track down beneficial mutations in population genetic datasets.

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News and Events

For second year running, Brown produces most Fulbright winners in the U.S.

February 19, 2018

Thirty-nine Brown students and recent graduates earned the prestigious U.S. State Department grant to teach or conduct research abroad during the 2017-18 year.

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News and Events

Brown mathematics faculty member earns 2018 Sloan Fellowship

February 16, 2018

Melody Chan, an assistant professor of mathematics, is among this year’s group of early-career scholars named as Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellows.

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Science and Technology

$50 million gift to help translate research into cures for disease

February 15, 2018

A new gift from Brown University Chancellor Samuel M. Mencoff and Ann S. Mencoff will establish medical research funds and support top medical scholars.

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News and Events

#MeToo leader urges focus on systems, not celebrities, to confront sexual violence

February 14, 2018

Four months after the movement she originated gained global visibility, Tarana Burke spoke to a Brown and RISD crowd about the realities of supporting survivors and interrupting sexual violence.

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Health and Medicine

Opioid addiction treatment behind bars reduced post-incarceration overdose deaths in Rhode Island

February 14, 2018

A new study in JAMA Psychiatry suggests that treating people for opioid addiction in jails and prisons is a promising strategy to address high rates of overdose and opioid use disorder.

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Arts and Humanities

Cornel West to speak at Brown on March 6

February 13, 2018

The public intellectual, author and political activist will give a talk as part of Brown’s Politics in the Humanities lecture series.

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News and Events

Brown, WaterFire to bring historic Rosa Parks house to Providence this spring

February 13, 2018

The Civil Rights activist’s Detroit home will arrive in Providence in February; an exhibition and series of public programs will follow beginning in early April.

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Environment

Researchers discover new lead-free perovskite material for solar cells

February 13, 2018

Perovskite solar cells are a promising new low-cost photovoltaic technology, but most contain toxic lead; a team led by Brown researchers has introduced solar cells with a new titanium-perovskite material that gets the lead out.

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News and Events

Brown Corporation approves budget, sets tuition for 2018-19

February 11, 2018

The approved $1.1-billion operating budget includes an 11 percent increase in financial aid funding, a 4 percent tuition increase and additional investments in strategic priorities across the University.

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Science and Technology

Researchers help robots think and plan in the abstract

February 8, 2018

New research shows how robots can autonomously construct abstract representations of their surroundings and use them to plan.

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Social Sciences

Sonia Sotomayor: Lessons on life and on law

February 7, 2018

In a February visit to Brown, the U.S. Supreme Court justice engaged with students on a wide range of topics, offering an up-close look at her life and career.

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News and Events

Ban Ki-moon, former U.N. secretary-general, to speak at Brown on Feb. 26

February 6, 2018

Following Ban’s presentation, titled “Sustainable Development Goals and Global Citizenship,” Brown University President Christina Paxson will moderate a question-and-answer session.

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Science and Technology

Researchers take terahertz data links around the bend

February 6, 2018

A new study shows terahertz data links are possible even without direct line-of-sight between transmitter and receiver, a promising finding for future ultra-high-capacity terahertz data networks.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown to celebrate 10th ‘percent-for-art’ commission in Engineering Research Center

February 5, 2018

On Feb. 7, renowned artist Spencer Finch will speak about ‘The Garden in the Brain,’ a series of works commissioned for Brown’s state-of-the-art building, which opened last October.

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Environment

Effects of climate change can complicate the politics of military bases, study finds

February 5, 2018

Using an abandoned U.S. military base in Greenland as a case study, new Brown research explores how the impact of climate change on domestic and overseas military bases could cause a host of political and diplomatic problems.

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News and Events

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to share her story at Brown on Feb. 7

February 1, 2018

Brown President Christina Paxson will moderate an open-to-the-public conversation with Justice Sotomayor, which follows the Class of 2020’s exploration of “My Beloved World” through the University’s First Readings program.

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Social Sciences

With support for scholarship focused on Israel, Brown expands regional studies programs

January 30, 2018

Adding to an expanding set of regionally focused academic programs, the Israel Fund is offering opportunities for Brown community members to learn about Israel and from Israelis, both in Providence and in Israel.

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Science and Technology

Boosting Sirt4 gene activity extends healthy lifespan in fruit flies

January 29, 2018

Results from study led by Brown University researchers illustrate that Sirt4, also found in humans, may be an important factor in age-related metabolic decline and healthy lifespan.

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Environment

Tidal cycles could help predict volcanic eruptions, study suggests

January 24, 2018

A study of a New Zealand volcano suggests that a volcanic system's response to tidal forces could provide a tool for predicting a certain type of eruption.

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Health and Medicine

People with tetraplegia gain rapid use of brain-computer interface

January 24, 2018

A new approach to calibrating the pioneering BrainGate brain-computer interface allowed three clinical trial participants with tetraplegia to gain control of a computer cursor after just one simple calibration step.

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News and Events

Brown welcomes transfer and visiting students

January 23, 2018

A cohort of 41 new students officially marked the beginning of their Brown journeys with a procession through the Van Wickle Gates.

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Science and Technology

Brown researchers aim to store data in molecules

January 22, 2018

Supported by a $4.1 million award from DARPA, Brown researchers will look for ways to store and manipulate digital data using molecules in solution.

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News and Events

Wintersession offers intensive, immersive experience, for students and faculty alike

January 22, 2018

In classrooms from the Brown campus to Barbados, some 165 Brown students took a variety of innovative courses during the second year of the University’s Wintersession mini-term.

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News and Events

Redesigned Brown Alumni Magazine to hit mailboxes in January

January 18, 2018

In its first major redesign since 2000, the 118-year-old print magazine will expand and enhance coverage of alumni and campus; a new digital presence will follow in the spring.

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Science and Technology

Research reveals atomic-level changes in ALS-linked protein

January 18, 2018

A new study details the minute changes—down to the level of individual atoms—that cause a particular protein to form cell-damaging clumps associated with ALS and other diseases.

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Six questions in three minutes: Brown implements quick, easy ‘MyinTuition’ cost estimator

January 17, 2018

By answering six basic financial questions, families can access a personalized estimate on financial aid packages and a range of what they might expect to pay to attend Brown.

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