In the six months since it opened its doors, the new Watson Institute building has become a prime destination on campus and supported an equally ambitious programmatic expansion underway at the institute.
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Brown launches new lab for evidence-based policy research
The Policy Lab at Brown will work in concert with government leaders and experts to develop evidence-based policy programs that improve lives and strengthen communities.
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Brown course delves into scholarship on neurological difference
A class and symposium examine neurodiversity, a still-nascent concept that explores autism, dyslexia and epilepsy as more than simply disorders.
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Emily Oster’s new book, out on Tuesday, April 23, uses data to help new parents make crucial decisions, from whether to breastfeed to how to discipline a toddler.
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Generous support from the foundation will fund the creation of the Orlando Bravo Center for Economic Research, expanding the scope of research in the University’s top-ranked economics department.
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In a study of 200 years of pre-industrial Quebecois genealogical history, researchers at Brown found that fertility-related changes in natural selection during the pre-industrial era paved the way for economic and technological progress.
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The grant will bring up to eight military fellows to Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs over the next two years.
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Hip hop series brings music scholars, emcees to Brown
The series of events at Brown celebrates the 25th anniversary of the seminal hip hop text “Black Noise,” written by Professor of Africana Studies Tricia Rose.
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The award from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will enable the Brown University museum to catalog, photograph and store its full collection in preparation for an anticipated move from Bristol to Providence.
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Archaeology students uncover hidden history of Providence
A student presentation kicks off Brown’s participation in a citywide, year-long collaboration spotlighting overlooked stories about Rhode Island’s past.
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Federal Reserve Board appoints Paxson deputy chair of Boston Fed
Christina Paxson, an economist, higher education leader and president of Brown University, will serve as deputy chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for 2019.
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Highlighting Brown’s distinction in economics
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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In a move that will create a unified location for Brown’s Department of History and free a site on The Walk for future development, the 446-ton building began its westbound journey on steerable dollies on Monday, Dec. 17.
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Slated to host its first classes this spring, the just-completed building is open to students and others for a series of study breaks in December.
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Joe Biden on political divisiveness and running for president
In an event organized by the student-run Brown Lecture Board, former Vice President Joe Biden laid out his vision for political change and offered some clues about his plans for 2020.
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Zedillo will offer an address on globalization and participate in a moderated discussion as part of the University’s Stephen A. Ogden Jr. ’60 Memorial Lecture series.
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In an address at Brown University one night after her re-election, the U.S. senator called on her personal story to argue for the role of government in creating broad economic opportunity in America.
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Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez and former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele assessed the current state of politics and the prospects for the midterms at a Watson Institute event.
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In an October visit to Brown, the former U.S. Secretary of State, senator and presidential candidate urged young people to have the will to be engaged in American political life.
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New ‘Opportunity Atlas’ tracks economic mobility by neighborhood
Working with researchers from Harvard and the U.S. Census Bureau, Brown economics professor John Friedman created a tool that traces the roots of social and economic outcomes to childhood neighborhoods.
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During a keynote event at the annual meeting of the National Association for Business Economics, Brown President Christina Paxson emphasized the need for leaders to make clear the economic and societal benefits of college degrees.
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Presented by the University’s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, “Unfinished Business: The Long Civil Rights Movement” will examine the black political organizing tradition in the struggle for equal rights.
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Brown anthropologist Stephen Houston is among a team of researchers whose work, published in Science, drastically alters the prevailing view of the scale and complexity of the Maya.
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Having captured the attention of Chilean President Sebastián Piñera’s administration, political scientist John Tomasi is developing ways to implement his market democracy theory in Chile.
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Former RNC chair Michael Steele to join Brown’s Watson Institute
As a faculty fellow, the conservative political commentator and former chair of the Republican National Committee will lead a seminar on American politics and cohost two public events focused on the midterm elections.
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The Civilian-Military Humanitarian Response Workshop brings together members of the military with academics and others to address issues of global concern.
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Web may not have advantaged Trump in 2016 election, study finds
During the 2016 U.S. presidential election, victor Donald Trump did unusually well among demographic groups least likely to use web and social media, according to Brown research.
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Amid a host of troubling national issues, Democrats are up nine points four months before midterm elections, while Trump’s approval remains robust among his base, according to new Brown University poll.
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Inspired by concerns about the health of the American democracy, faculty and students at more than 20 institutions globally collaborated on the cross-university “Democratic Erosion” course established by Brown’s Robert Blair.
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Brown faculty member wins Carnegie fellowship
Associate Professor Prerna Singh will use her award for research that compares how India and China approach combatting contagious disease at the national level.
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A new $500,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will increase scholarly and public access to the Haffenreffer Museum’s collections.
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State of Rhode Island, Brown University to create a data-driven policymaking and research center.
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Brown launches engaged scholarship programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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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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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Sonia Sotomayor: Lessons on life and on law
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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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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Series to explore race, ethnicity and health disparity
Brown’s Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and School of Public Health will bring leading thinkers and practitioners to campus for a series on race and health equity.
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Former Brazilian president and Watson Institute scholar will discuss politics and corruption in contemporary Latin America during the 95th Ogden Lecture, and University leaders will celebrate the establishment in his name of a new fellowship for graduate students.
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U.S. spending on post-9/11 wars to reach $5.6 trillion by 2018
The latest report in the Costs of War series find that the average American taxpayer has spent $23,386 on these wars since 2001.
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Brown celebrates launch of Watson Institute expansion
Members of the Brown community gathered amid the in-progress construction of additional facilities that will help Watson expand its teaching, research and partnerships.
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A new book co-authored by Brown public policy professor maps out how the status quo trumps science in American health care.
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Political polarization has increased most among the groups least likely to use the internet and social media, Brown research finds.
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Tom Perez to join Brown's Watson Institute as senior fellow
The former U.S. Secretary of Labor will join the University's Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs.
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Can we have security and privacy in an age of mass surveillance?
The intelligence community’s first deputy for civil liberties, now a senior fellow at Brown, describes how we can reform mass surveillance to protect privacy and human rights.
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Profiles in Summer Research: Gray Brakke
Urban studies concentrator Gray Brakke is using his technology know-how to shed light on the understudied subject of welfare services available to low-income residents in the suburbs.
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New research reports that a range of factors within schools can lead principals to limit the number of below-proficient ratings they assign to teachers.
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A new research paper shows how legal, systemic corruption takes many forms and raises many pertinent questions, not the least of which is what can be done about it.
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Sixty at 60: A living history of the Haffenreffer Museum
As Brown’s museum of anthropology celebrates its 60th anniversary, the legacy of its influential early director and the museum’s impact on alumni from across the decade is finding new audiences through a blog and exhibition.
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Profiles in Summer Research: Ellen Cola
Only a year into her studies at Brown, undergraduate Ellen Cola has spent her first semesters and summer on campus unearthing connections between the experiences of slaves and present-day movements to celebrate black women in America.
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Moffitt to lead Brown’s Taubman Center
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.
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