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Whether organizing initiatives for the student community or responding to calls for support, Russell relishes her role as a full-time staff member who lives and works on campus and helps students thrive.
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Staff Spotlight: Teniesea Russell builds community from the inside out in Brown’s residence halls
Whether organizing initiatives for the student community or responding to calls for support, Russell relishes her role as a full-time staff member who lives and works on campus and helps students…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 29/09/2026
Associate Professor of Music Eric Nathan, the Rhode Island Philharmonic’s new composer in residence, invited his students to the rehearsal for the premiere of his work “The Mountains We Climb.”
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Photos: Brown students go behind the scenes at R.I. Philharmonic rehearsal
Associate Professor of Music Eric Nathan, the Rhode Island Philharmonic’s new composer in residence, invited his students to the rehearsal for the premiere of his work “The Mountains We Climb.”
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Brown University @brown.edu · 25/09/2026
New research from Brown University’s BrainGate clinical trial is offering new insights into how the brain responds when people watch others perform physical actions — findings that could help inform the next generation of brain-computer interfaces for people with paralysis.
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Brain-computer interface study sheds light on neural activity during observation, or 'mirror neurons'
A study provides new details about how the brain’s motor cortex reacts when people watch actions by agents that may appear more human, or less.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 25/09/2026
From smart wound care to technology tackling toxic algae blooms and Alzheimer’s disease, seven Brown-born startups pitched emerging innovations to investors and industry leaders at the Brown Invents Startup Challenge, part of Rhode Island Startup Week.
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At Brown Invents Startup Challenge, investors get a firsthand look at Brown-born ventures
During Rhode Island Startup Week, faculty and student entrepreneurs pitched emerging technologies to investors, industry leaders and potential partners to move research discoveries toward real-world…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 24/09/2026
Introducing Research @ Brown: a video series that showcases the research happening at Brown and its impact on human health, technological innovation and the public good. Hear directly from researchers about how they conduct their research and why it matters. Watch now: buff.ly/BbWpkti
Graphic for Brown University’s “Research @ Brown” series. Large white text reading “RESEARCH” and “BROWN,” with a red “@” symbol, appears over a collage of research imagery, including laboratory glassware, a gloved hand holding a pipette and scientific graphs displayed on a computer screen.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 23/09/2026
A milestone on the path to becoming physicians! Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School welcomed 146 first-year medical students to the profession at its annual Ceremony of Commitment to Medicine, where members of the M.D. Class of 2030 received their white coats. Read more: buff.ly/VuDgXu0
A smiling Brown medical student puts on her new white coat over a cream floral dress during the Ceremony of Commitment to Medicine. She looks toward the camera while holding the coat open at her shoulders, with other students in white coats visible behind her.Brown medical students wearing their new white coats sit together in a crowded auditorium during the Ceremony of Commitment to Medicine. Several students in the front rows smile and applaud, with a large audience filling the space behind them.An audience member holds up a smartphone to photograph a group of Brown medical students in white coats posing together onstage. The students stand in front of a large Brown University shield and a red backdrop as other guests watch from their seats.A Brown medical student wearing an embroidered green sari smiles as Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences Dr. Mukesh K. Jain helps her into a white coat onstage during the Ceremony of Commitment to Medicine. Another faculty member stands nearby, smiling and helping, against a red and black backdrop featuring part of the Brown University shield.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 23/09/2026
On Sept. 22, former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Brown President Christina H. Paxson for the 106th Ogden Lecture, discussing U.S.-Canada relations, global conflict, leadership and more.
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At Brown, Justin Trudeau discusses U.S.-Canada relations, global conflict and the power of storytelling
In a conversation with Brown President Christina H. Paxson, the former prime minister of Canada shared reflections from his time in public service and encouraged young people to become engaged in…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 22/09/2026
After record growth for Brown’s endowment, Chief Investment Officer Jane Dietze will depart this December. To maintain the endowment’s strong momentum, Brown graduates Joshua Kennedy and Peter Levine will take on new elevated leadership roles in Brown's Investment Office.
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Brown names new Investment Office leaders, as chief investment officer departs after record growth
Jane Dietze will depart for the Fund for Science and Technology, and Brown alumni and longtime Investment Office professionals Joshua Kennedy and Peter Levine will lead efforts to build on Brown’s…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 22/09/2026
After devastating floods struck Nepal, Brown University physician Ramu Kharel helped mobilize 300 volunteers in a single day through HAPSA Nepal, a nonprofit he founded. They assembled 5,000 sanitation kits — reaching 3,200 families so far.
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Brown-affiliated physician and scholar organizes emergency care in Nepal, including for flood victims
Dr. Ramu Kharel, an emergency medicine doctor affiliated with Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School and Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies, helped to create a system that provides aid…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 22/09/2026
Recognized for world-class faculty, robust financial aid, high-impact research and strong career outcomes, Brown earned top marks across major higher education guides and rankings this year.
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Rankings highlight Brown’s strengths in teaching, research, career outcomes and impact
Across U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, LinkedIn, TIME and other higher education guides and rankings, Brown earned top marks for academic innovation, student experience, affordability and…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 18/09/2026
Planes, trains, automobiles... and 2,000 miles on a bicycle. Before arriving on College Hill, first-year student Theodore Niemeyer Lam spent 38 days pedaling across the U.S. to experience the country through a new lens.
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Pedaling toward Providence: En route to Brown, first-year student bikes 2,000 miles across the U.S.
Driven by curiosity and a commitment to sustainable travel, Theodore Niemeyer Lam cycled for 38 days and gained new perspectives on the country before starting his college journey.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 15/09/2026
A new discovery by neuroscientists at Brown University’s @carneyinstitute.bsky.social reveals how developing nerve cells use a genetic switch to guide their connections to the right place — a finding that could advance efforts to repair neural connections damaged by spinal cord injury or stroke.
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Discovery on neural wiring could unlock paths toward treatment of spinal cord injury, stroke
New findings on how neurons find their targets during development provide a potential step forward for understanding how to repair broken neural connections.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 14/09/2026
Cheers, smiles and plenty of high-fives for the first day of school! 🐻 Continuing a longstanding tradition, Brown student-athletes and coaches welcomed students to Vartan Gregorian Elementary School as they arrived to begin a new school year.
Brown student-athletes line both sides of a walkway outside Vartan Gregorian Elementary School, smiling and extending their hands for high-fives as students with backpacks arrive for their first day of school.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 14/09/2026
What’s going on deep inside Mars? Using a technique developed by Brown researchers, scientists discovered a massive warm spot in the Red Planet’s southern mantle — one that could offer new clues about how Mars evolved over billions of years.
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Researchers reveal warm heart of Mars, with help from gravity and orbiting spacecraft
Using a technique developed by researchers at Brown, scientists have discovered a strange warm spot deep in the interior of the Red Planet.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 14/09/2026
A new study led by Brown researchers found that younger U.S. military veterans had higher levels of PFAS — “forever chemicals” linked to a range of health risks — than non-veterans of similar ages. The findings could help guide health screenings for veterans.
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Study: Young military veterans have higher ‘forever chemical’ levels than non-veterans
A study led by Brown University researchers provides evidence that younger military veterans should consider getting screened for elevated PFAS levels and related health conditions.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 14/09/2026
Talk about an out-of-this-world start to the semester. 🚀 Around 75 Brown students and faculty connected with NASA astronaut and alumna Jessica Meir ’99 — live from the International Space Station, 250 miles above Earth — to talk space exploration, life as an astronaut and more.
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NASA astronaut has a start-of-semester chat with Brown students, from space
In a private teleconference from the International Space Station, Brown alumna and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir answered students’ questions about space exploration and the path that led her to…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 14/09/2026
Four prominent leaders in government, journalism, human rights and public policy are joining Brown’s Watson School as senior fellows, bringing their expertise to campus through student mentorship, study groups, lectures and more.
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Gina Raimondo, Iván Duque are among 2026-27 senior fellows at Brown’s Watson School
The former Rhode Island governor and U.S. secretary of commerce, the former president of Columbia and two other distinguished policy experts will focus on engaging students and the public in…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 14/09/2026
Five of Brown’s newest students discussed their academic ambitions, from medical research to music, what drew them to College Hill and their hopes for the four years ahead.
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Driven by discovery: Meet five members of Brown’s Class of 2030
Five of Brown’s newest students discussed their academic ambitions, from medical research to music, what drew them to College Hill and their hopes for the four years ahead.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 11/09/2026
Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Brown community gathered at Patriots Court to remember the lives lost and honor the six Brown alumni who died on 9/11. The campus memorial bears their names and ensures their memories endure.
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Brown community marks 25 years of remembering those lost on 9/11
On the 25th anniversary of the attacks in 2001, leaders from Brown’s Department of Public Safety and football team led a solemn ceremony to honor those who lost their lives in the tragedy, including…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 10/09/2026
A new $26M federal grant will expand clinical and translational research across Rhode Island. Led by Brown, Advance RI-CTR will strengthen statewide collaborations that help move scientific discoveries from the lab into solutions that improve health and patient care.
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New $26M federal grant will expand clinical and translational research across Rhode Island
With five years of renewed federal funding, a third phase of Advance RI-CTR will expand research innovation and collaboration to benefit people and patients in Rhode Island.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 10/09/2026
First day of classes: in the books. Here’s to a new semester at Brown! 📚✨
Students gather, walk and talk on Brown’s College Green on the first day of classes, with University Hall and its brick facade and cupola in the background.Students fill a lecture hall during “The Diversity of Life,” with several students raising their hands and others smiling and listening.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 09/09/2026
Brown welcomes 31 accomplished scholars to its faculty for the 2026-27 academic year, bringing expertise across the humanities, sciences, medicine, engineering, public health and more.
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31 accomplished scholars join Brown faculty as 2026-27 academic year begins
Representing a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds, the faculty members join the Brown community to guide student-centered learning and engage in high-impact research.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 09/09/2026
At Brown’s 263rd Convocation, University leaders urged nearly 3,300 new students to be curious, courageous and embrace the unique opportunities of a Brown education.
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At 263rd Convocation, Brown’s new students are encouraged to embrace humility, ask questions
As Brown officially commenced its 2026-27 academic year, University leaders urged nearly 3,300 new students to be curious, courageous and embrace the unique opportunities of a Brown education.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 09/09/2026
The start of something new. 🐻🤎 A beautiful day on College Hill marked Brown’s 263rd Opening Convocation and the start of the 2026-27 academic year!
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Brown University @brown.edu · 05/09/2026
New faces and new friends. 🐻🤎 Guided by their Bruno Leaders, Brown’s newest students are finding plenty of opportunities to meet classmates, share some laughs and build connections across the Class of 2030 during New Student Orientation.
A Bruno Leader wearing a light blue New Student Orientation T-shirt laughs while standing among a group of students seated in a circle on the grass near Brown’s Van Wickle Gates.Groups of students gather and sit in circles on a tree-lined campus lawn during New Student Orientation.A student wearing a pink-and-white striped shirt and an Orientation lanyard smiles while talking with a small group of students outdoors.A smiling Bruno Leader wearing a blue New Student Orientation T-shirt, Bruno Leader cap and yellow Orientation lanyard stands outdoors with a megaphone at his side.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 05/09/2026
Glow sticks + great moves = a groovy night on the College Green 🐻 ✨ Brown’s newest students brought the energy to last night’s New Student Orientation Dance!
Students wearing colorful glow necklaces and bracelets gather around a table covered with glow sticks and other light-up accessories during an outdoor nighttime event.A New Student Orientation leader leans backward beneath a glow stick held like a limbo bar as a circle of students cheers her on.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 04/09/2026
Exploring all that Brown has to offer! Brown’s Campus Resource Fair brought new students together with offices, programs and services from across the University to learn about the many ways they can find support, get involved and make the most of their time at Brown.
New students talk with representatives at tables during Brown’s busy Campus Resource Fair, with groups of students and staff filling the indoor event space.New students talk with representatives at tables during Brown’s busy Campus Resource Fair, with groups of students and staff filling the indoor event space.A student carries a Brown University Library tote bag while visiting a table at the Campus Resource Fair. The bag lists the Rock, Orwig, SciLi and John Hay libraries.New students gather around a resource table covered with informational materials, buttons, pens and colorful giveaways as they talk with Brown staff during the Campus Resource Fair.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 04/09/2026
More than 1,700 new students moved into residence halls this week, kicking off New Student Orientation and a new academic year at Brown.
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Photos: Brown’s newest students make themselves at home during move-in day
Families and volunteers from across the University helped members of the Class of 2030 settle into their residence halls, launching a full week of New Student Orientation activities.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 04/09/2026
New Student Orientation is underway and our Bruno Leaders are hard at work! Across campus this morning, first-year students gathered in small groups led by their Bruno Leaders to meet others in their cohorts, share more about themselves and begin building connections.
A Bruno Leader holds up a sign marked “22” while gathering with a small group of students on the College Green, with Brown’s bronze bear statue in the background.Close-up from behind of a student wearing a yellow lanyard printed with “New Student Orientation” and illustrated bear faces.A smiling Bruno Leader wearing a yellow Orientation lanyard talks with a small group of students gathered on the College Green.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 03/09/2026
A transformative $37 million investment from the Starr Foundation will bring Brown University researchers and Brown University Health clinicians together to accelerate breakthroughs in aging research and treatment.
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Transformative $37 million investment will create alliance to advance breakthroughs in aging research, clinical care
Through the generosity of the Starr Foundation, Brown University and Brown University Health are partnering to advance treatment for age-associated diseases and extend healthy lifespan.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 03/09/2026
Another Move-In Day in the books! Welcome to Brown, Class of 2030! 📦🐻
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Brown University @brown.edu · 02/09/2026
From welding to woodworking, the intensive summer Sculpture Foundation studio course offers undergraduates across disciplines a hands-on opportunity to explore, collaborate and bring 3D designs to life.
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Sparks, sawdust and steel: Inside Brown’s summer Sculpture Foundation course
From welding to woodworking, the intensive summer studio course offers undergraduates across disciplines a hands-on opportunity to explore, collaborate and bring 3D designs to life.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 01/09/2026
Scientists searching for dark matter may be one step closer to observing the mysterious substance that makes up much of the universe.
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LZ experiment sees surprising result in search for dark matter
LUX-ZEPLIN, an experiment co-led by Brown University faculty and students, observed a particle interaction that could be interpreted as a signal from WIMPs, a dark matter candidate — but researchers…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 31/08/2026
For nearly two centuries, mathematicians have wrestled with a fundamental question about the Navier-Stokes equations, which describe how fluids move. Now, Brown University mathematician Javier Gómez-Serrano is using artificial intelligence to search for an answer.
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From the Lab: How Javier Gómez-Serrano is using AI to solve the most elusive question in math
The Brown University mathematician fully embraces AI as a means to answer questions that have eluded humanity for centuries.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 28/08/2026
After reviews of 2025 campus shooting, Brown releases action plan to further strengthen preparedness. While external review found it “highly unlikely” the shooting could have been prevented, it stresses the need to continue to bolster safety and security for the future: buff.ly/d2Sbqk7
Photo of Brown University’s Van Wickle Gates with sunlight shining through the ornate ironwork above the text: “Brown releases findings from external review of shooting. Action plan to further strengthen preparedness.”Brown University graphic featuring a quote from Chancellor Brian T. Moynihan and President Christina H. Paxson: “As we continue to mourn the victims and support the recovery of the injured students, we remain resolute and steadfast in maintaining safety and security at the center of everything we do... The enduring contribution of these external reviews rests in the ways the findings will continue to strengthen Brown’s security model for the future.”
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Brown University @brown.edu · 27/08/2026
A piece of 2026 World Cup history has a permanent home in Rhode Island. Brown scientists helped preserve turf from the spot where Cape Verde scored its dramatic equalizer against Argentina for display at the Cape Verdean Museum in Pawtucket. www.brown.edu/news/2026-08...
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Brown scientists help preserve a piece of World Cup history for Cape Verdean Museum
When the director of the Cape Verdean Museum in Rhode Island received a souvenir piece of turf from one of the tournament’s most memorable games, he knew just who to call.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 27/08/2026
As a player in the first women’s professional baseball league in the U.S. since the 1950s, Brown University student-athlete Maggie Foxx is living her diamond dreams this summer on the Los Angeles Queens.
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Maggie Foxx: Making history in the Women’s Pro Baseball League
As a player in the first women’s professional baseball league in the U.S. since the 1950s, Brown University student-athlete Maggie Foxx is living her diamond dreams this summer on the Los Angeles…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 24/08/2026
From RNA science and genomics to neuroscience and healthy aging, Brown researchers are advancing discoveries across biotechnology.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 22/08/2026
Supported by U.S. a Department of State scholarship, Brown doctoral student Coleton Hast is spending the summer in Taiwan, sharpening his Mandarin skills to advance his research on Indigenous language revitalization and the role technology can play in preserving endangered languages.
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Coleton Hast: Bridging technology and community to help preserve Taiwan’s endangered languages
Supported by a U.S. Department of State scholarship, the Brown University doctoral student is spending the summer in Taiwan, sharpening his Mandarin skills to advance research on Indigenous language…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 21/08/2026
In a new Q&A following a University report on generative AI, Brown Provost Francis J. Doyle III and Associate Provost for AI Michael Littman discuss aligning AI policy with academic excellence, safeguarding academic integrity, supporting faculty and students and preserving critical thinking.
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Q&A: How Brown University is navigating the rise of generative AI use in the classroom
Following a University report on AI, Brown leaders discuss aligning AI policy with academic excellence, safeguarding academic integrity, supporting faculty and students, and preserving critical…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 21/08/2026
When Henry Rose joined Brown University as a custodian in 1999, he told his wife the job was temporary — a way to “make ends meet” while he figured out his next move. Today, Rose is a structural trades specialist in the University’s Facilities and Campus Operations department.
Henry Rose, wearing sunglasses and a Brown Facilities Management work shirt, holds a tall black post while working outdoors.Henry Rose holds a power drill while working with a colleague to install a tall signpost outdoors on Brown’s campus.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 21/08/2026
Across Providence and Rhode Island, Brown University students are making an impact at local community organizations this summer.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 20/08/2026
This summer, Brown students helped update Rhode Island’s census of rare plants through field research across the state, filling decades-old gaps in records that help scientists track changes in biodiversity and inform conservation efforts. 🔗 buff.ly/7GJcaa6
Brown Herbarium Director Rebecca Kartzinel and an undergraduate researcher examine a tall green plant in a wooded area, using their phones to photograph and document it. A researcher examines ferns on the forest floor, with a phone in one hand and a yellow field notebook resting on a fallen log nearby.Two researchers make their way through dense vegetation in a wetland area, surrounded by ferns, shrubs and trees.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 18/08/2026
Brown researchers have identified rapidly spreading genetic variants that make malaria parasites less susceptible to commonly used treatments — a discovery that could help public health officials better track emerging drug resistance.
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Researchers identify rapidly spreading genetic variants that make parasites resistant to malaria treatment
Findings by scientists at Brown University help explain declining malaria drug susceptibility and highlight the urgent need to track mutations and improve current therapies.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 14/08/2026
Rising senior Erin Finn spent two weeks excavating ancient human remains at a Roman-era necropolis in southern Turkey this summer, gaining hands-on archaeological experience that will inform her senior thesis on the lives and burial practices of people who lived there centuries ago.
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Erin Finn: Analyzing ancient remains to discover new insights about the past
With support from the Joukowsky Fieldwork Fund and Brown archaeologist Candace Rice, rising senior Erin Finn collected and studied remains at a Roman-era excavation site on Turkey’s southern coast.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 14/08/2026
Alexander Weheliye, a professor of modern culture and media at Brown, has been elected president of the American Studies Association, the largest scholarly organization focused on the interdisciplinary study of United States history and culture within a global context.
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Brown University scholar elected president of the American Studies Association
Alexander Weheliye, a professor of modern culture and media, will lead the largest scholarly organization focused on the study of American history and culture within a global context.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 12/08/2026
A study by Brown University researchers found that 44% of pre-K-12 schools in the U.S. are within a mile of a known environmental hazard site, a distance at which negative exposure effects are well documented.
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New research shows nearly half of U.S. pre-K-12 schools are near environmental hazard sites
A study by Brown University researchers found that 44% of pre-K-12 schools in the U.S. are within a mile of a known environmental hazard site, a distance at which negative exposure effects are well…
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Brown University @brown.edu · 10/08/2026
Why do our pupils dilate when we’re surprised? 👀 A new study led by Brown University researchers finds that spikes in physical alertness act like a “refresh” button for the brain, helping people adjust expectations, process unexpected information and learn faster.
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Why do people’s pupils dilate when they’re surprised? Brown researchers explain
Spikes in physical alertness are a sign that the brain is hitting the “refresh” button to help it better process new and unexpected information, according to a new study.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 10/08/2026
Brown student Justin Dunn spent his summer teaching English to teens at the Providence Public Library through SPRINT-iProv, a fellowship from Brown’s Swearer Center and Tisch Center that connects students with Providence nonprofits.
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Justin Dunn: Creating an engaging classroom for local English-language learners
At the Providence Public Library, rising sophomore Justin Dunn developed and taught a summer learning program, empowering local teens to strengthen their reading, writing and conversational skills.
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Brown University @brown.edu · 10/08/2026
In a dramatic finish on England’s River Thames in early July, the Brown University women’s crew team captured the Island Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, overcoming a mid-race deficit to defeat the University of Washington in the final.
Brown women’s crew athletes row together on the River Thames during the Henley Royal Regatta, sending water spraying from their oars as they power their racing shell forward.
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