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The year in stories — 2023

December 20, 2023

Surpassing ambitious goals and making memories along the way, calendar year 2023 shined a light on remarkable research, teaching and innovation at Brown University, as illustrated by these 21 stories.

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Health and Medicine

Brown joins federally supported investor catalyst group turning biomedical ideas into solutions

December 20, 2023

The goal of the regional collaboration of investors, entrepreneurs and researchers is to accelerate the development of innovative health care solutions.

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Student Life

Brown’s Society of Women Engineers brings X-treme Gingerbread Competition to local Girl Scouts

December 18, 2023

Beyond the chance to make, shake and snack on the houses, the gingerbread challenge builds confidence, sparks creativity and hones essential engineering skills in Rhode Island Girl Scouts.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown anthropologist’s mapping project shows how Peru transformed after colonization

December 18, 2023

A large-scale satellite mapping project, co-founded by Brown researcher Parker VanValkenburgh, is helping archaeologists identify sweeping climate and cultural changes that occurred in the Andes Mountains over the last millennium.

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Brown admits 898 early decision students to the undergraduate Class of 2028

December 15, 2023

Selected from a pool of 6,244 applicants, the accomplished and talented admitted students reflect the University’s ongoing commitment to making a Brown education more accessible.

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Arts and Humanities

Political scientist Juliet Hooker examines range of forces driving racial politics

December 14, 2023

A leading thinker on race and democracy, the Brown University professor spoke about her new book, which explores race, democracy and expectations about whose losses matter.

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News and Events

Brown purchases its portion of South Street Landing in Providence’s Jewelry District

December 13, 2023

With a commitment to the long-term stewardship of the historic property and continued growth and vibrancy in the neighborhood, the University exercised an option to purchase its share of the building.

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Health and Medicine

Hannah Doyle: Studying brains in the lab and showing brawn in the ring

December 13, 2023

The Brown neuroscience Ph.D. student and competitive boxer researches how the brain processes combinations — like the ones she practices at the gym — to better understand cognitive disorders.

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Arts and Humanities

Photos: The world turned upside down: Brown students experience room-scale camera obscura

December 13, 2023

Using a technique that preceded the photographic camera, Brown Arts Institute staff projected a live image of the outside world, including the University’s stunning new Lindemann Performing Arts Center, inside a darkened room.

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Science and Technology

New study sheds light on how much methane is produced from Arctic lakes and wetlands

December 12, 2023

Brown research team finds small unmapped lakes in the Arctic are far less abundant than previously thought, greatly reducing the cumulative methane emissions they were thought to contribute to Earth’s atmosphere.

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News and Events

Brown University students organize card writing in support of injured Palestinian friend

December 7, 2023

In a show of support for junior Hisham Awartani, who was injured in a Nov. 25 shooting in Vermont, students convened in the Global Brown Center to write cards and be in community together.

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Arts and Humanities

Digging into Providence’s past, Brown’s in-demand Archaeology of College Hill course opens new site

December 6, 2023

After seven years of excavation at the former site of a 19th-century Providence family home, Brown students have begun searching for artifacts at a new location on campus.

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Science and Technology

Through real-world projects, Brown environmental course explores contemporary climate issues

December 6, 2023

Environmental Studies 0110 is both an introductory course on environmental change in the 21st century and a hands-on lab where students engage with how local communities and the natural environment intersect.

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Health and Medicine

Brown researchers study how mobile treatment clinics can help people find the road to recovery

December 6, 2023

A drug treatment clinic on wheels allows a Brown-affiliated E.R. doctor to treat patients and conduct research on ways to serve them and the community even more effectively.

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Student Life

‘Family for four years:’ Brown welcomes first cohort of Kessler Scholars

December 5, 2023

Building on its support for first-generation and low-income students, Brown launched the Kessler Scholars Program this fall to expand resources, advising and community support throughout students’ undergraduate education.

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Health and Medicine

Rhode Islanders perceive steep challenges in cost of living and access to housing, health care, food

November 29, 2023

Results from this year’s R.I. Life Index survey, a partnership between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island and the Brown University School of Public Health, revealed sobering information about local quality of life.

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News and Events

Ahead of ceremony, Midyear Completion speakers urge others to extend empathy, commit to community

November 29, 2023

Brown’s annual Midyear Completion Ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 2, will celebrate the achievements and unique paths of “.5ers,” who complete their degree requirements this month.

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Science and Technology

New state-of-the-art sensor at Brown is enabling city-specific air quality measurements in Providence

November 28, 2023

A high-grade air quality sensor installed on Brown’s campus is providing detailed measurements of carbon dioxide and methane concentrations in Providence, painting a clearer picture of local air quality.

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News and Events

New initiative at Brown aims to boost college enrollment, readiness, success for Providence students

November 28, 2023

With its first cohort arriving next summer, the Brown Collegiate Scholars Program aims to propel more motivated, talented Providence public school students toward college degrees.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown sociologist who contributed to new U.S. National Climate Assessment shares key takeaways

November 17, 2023

Professor Elizabeth Fussell discussed the Fifth National Climate Assessment, for which she co-authored a chapter, as part of the report’s expanded focus on the social impacts of climate change.

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Health and Medicine

Study identifies urgent need for improved research on how to respond to misleading health information

November 17, 2023

A detailed evidence review from a team at the Brown University School of Public Health informed recommendations to make research on misinformation more informative and actionable.

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Social Sciences

Logan Danker: Making advocacy and public service more accessible

November 17, 2023

By empowering a more diverse generation of future elected officials and community leaders, the Brown University senior hopes to drive inclusive policy outcomes.

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News and Events

Women’s soccer dominates in opening round, advances in NCAA tournament

November 16, 2023

After shutting out Quinnipiac with a 3-0 victory, the Bears are among 32 teams headed to Round 2 of the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship.

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Environment

Climate change effects hit marine ecosystems in multiple waves, according to marine ecologists

November 15, 2023

A Brown professor and two Brown-trained scientists co-authored a research review proposing a ‘more realistic’ conceptual model for understanding current and future changes to marine ecosystems in the wake of climate change.

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Health and Medicine

Overdose prevention sites not associated with increase in crime, according to study

November 13, 2023

An analysis co-led by a Brown public health researcher found that the nation’s first two government-sanctioned overdose prevention centers were not associated with significant changes in crime.

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News and Events

Veterans Day Ceremony honors, affirms commitment to military community at Brown

November 10, 2023

U.S. Sen. and Army veteran Jack Reed and Class of 1975 alumnus Benjamin Cassidy joined University leaders, student veterans and Brown ROTC students in celebrating the nation’s military members.

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Arts and Humanities

Brown’s Haffenreffer Museum to move from Bristol to Providence, enabling more research, engagement

November 9, 2023

The anthropology museum’s move to Providence’s Jewelry District, slated for Fall 2025, will open new possibilities for scholarship, community outreach and partnership with Indigenous communities worldwide.

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Health and Medicine

At Brown University’s School of Public Health, collaborating against future contagion

November 8, 2023

A research project called MAPPS is convening a wide array of community members to better understand how social mixing contributes to virus spread, and how that may inform future pandemic response.

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Science and Technology

The secret to longer lasting batteries might be in how soap works, new study says

November 8, 2023

Researchers found that one of the most promising electrolytes for designing longer lasting lithium batteries has complex nanostructures that act like micelle structures do in soaped water.

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Student Life

Brown student’s class project generates excitement, energy at campus gym

November 7, 2023

The Nelson Fitness Center is piloting the use of energy-generating workout equipment, thanks to a proposal developed by junior Elina Pipa as part of a Climate Solutions course.

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Health and Medicine

Interrupted by war in Ukraine, doctors continue work to improve cancer treatment, at Brown

November 6, 2023

The Legorreta Cancer Center is hosting two visiting oncologists from Kyiv whose work and lives were interrupted when Russia invaded their country in 2022.

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Science and Technology

Powered by A.I., new system makes human-to-robot communication more seamless

November 6, 2023

Software developed by Brown researchers can translate expressive and complex plain-worded instructions into behaviors a robot can carry out, all without needing thousands of hours of training data.

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Science and Technology

Want the secret to less painful belly flops? These researchers have the answer.

November 6, 2023

Experiments by a Brown-led research team investigated belly flop mechanics and found surprising insights about air-to-water impacts that could be useful for marine engineering applications.

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Health and Medicine

‘The world is such a better place with Chuck. We need him in it.’

November 3, 2023

Dr. Colleen Kelly, a faculty member at Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School, donated her kidney to longtime colleague Chuck Hampton, who has greeted generations of Brown students at the campus Athletic Center.

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Science and Technology

Old concept, new implications: Brown scholars interrogate how AI is changing the world

November 2, 2023

The inaugural discussion in a series convened by Brown’s Office of the Provost and Data Science Institute detailed the history of artificial intelligence and new questions generative AI is raising.

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Health and Medicine

Practicing mindfulness can help people make heart-healthy eating choices

November 2, 2023

A study led by Brown University researchers found that participants in a mindfulness-based blood pressure reduction program improved health behaviors that lower blood pressure.

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University Initiatives

With test-wells across campus, Brown University explores geothermal energy as renewable heat source

November 2, 2023

With a pledge to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040, data from three test-wells will determine if conversion to a geothermal energy system can provide a renewable approach to heating campus buildings.

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Health and Medicine

COVID-19 vaccination campaign saved 2.4 million lives, according to health economists

October 30, 2023

A working paper by researchers from the University of Southern California and Brown University analyzed the global impacts of COVID-19 vaccines.

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Arts and Humanities

With alumni gathered for Black Alumni Reunion, Brown dedicates transformed Churchill House

October 29, 2023

Alumni and community members celebrated the newly transformed home of Africana Studies and Rites and Reason Theatre as part of a weekend of lectures and events focused on the Black experience at Brown.

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Science and Technology

Researchers develop VR software to control a robot proxy through natural movements

October 26, 2023

Called VRoxy, the software has the potential to make hands-on collaboration between people working remotely and people working in physical spaces more seamless, regardless of differences in room size.

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Science and Technology

Venus had Earth-like plate tectonics billions of years ago, study suggests

October 26, 2023

Simulations produced by a Brown-led research team offer evidence that Venus once had plate tectonics — a finding that opens the door for the possibility of early life on the planet and insights into its history.

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Science and Technology

President Biden awards National Medal of Science to Brown engineer Subra Suresh

October 24, 2023

In a ceremony at the White House, Biden awarded Suresh, a professor at large at Brown University’s School of Engineering, the nation’s highest scientific honor.

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Arts and Humanities

Devanney Haruta: Investigating the life and death of musical instruments

October 23, 2023

As a graduate student in Brown’s music department, Haruta hopes to spark inspiration and reflection through her interactive piece, "Piano (de)composition."

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Health and Medicine

Dr. Eli Adashi on in vitro gametogenesis: ‘It’s time for the public to get a sense of the possible’

October 23, 2023

The Brown University professor, who chaired a National Academy of Medicine workshop on IVG, discussed the potential implications of creating eggs and sperm from any cell.

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Arts and Humanities

Celebrating the arts at Brown: Sights, sounds and stories from The Lindemann’s opening weekend

October 20, 2023

Packed with building tours, family activities, a ribbon-cutting and the center’s inaugural public performance, the weekend offered countless opportunities for community members to celebrate the arts at Brown.

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Palestinian, Arab, Jewish and Israeli students at Brown convene vigil to mourn lives impacted

October 19, 2023

In the wake of the violence and death in Israel and Gaza, the students welcomed community members to light candles, observe moments of silence, and share thoughts, prayers, grief and calls to action.

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News and Events

Journalist Kate Zernike speaks at Brown on 21st century gender discrimination in the sciences

October 19, 2023

Zernike, who wrote “The Exceptions” about women faculty and the fight for fairness at MIT, talked with Brown community members about the challenges facing women in science — and what can be done.

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News and Events

Positive investment return positions Brown endowment to advance support for academic priorities

October 18, 2023

The endowment provided a record $257 million for student scholarships, scientific research and other priorities in Fiscal Year 2023, while Brown’s investments yielded a 2.7% return.

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News and Events

In banter-filled lecture, Rainn Wilson talks mental health, spirituality and pranks from ‘The Office’

October 17, 2023

Known best for his role on “The Office,” Wilson spoke about his career, breakout role, mental health and spiritual journey in an event organized by the student-run Brown Lecture Board.

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University Initiatives

Brown doubles enrollment of undergraduate U.S. military veterans, permanently funds full scholarships

October 17, 2023

A year ahead of schedule, the University has increased student veteran enrollment and exceeded its fundraising goal, cementing a future that supports veterans from all income levels and U.S. military backgrounds.

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