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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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‘This is not inevitable’: Brown University professor weighs in on the future of AI

Ellie Pavlick, a computer scientist who leads Brown’s National Science Foundation AI research institute, discusses AI doom ...
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Photos: Brown students go behind the scenes at RI Philharmonic rehearsal

Associate Professor of Music Eric Nathan, the Rhode Island Philharmonic’s new composer in residence, invited his students to ...
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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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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 ...
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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 medical students celebrate next step in medical careers with new white coats

The Warren Alpert Medical School honored 146 medical students from the M.D. Class of 2030 at its annual white coat celebration.
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Making mindfulness meditation more helpful starts with understanding how it can be harmful

A study led by Willoughby Britton, an associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown, shows the importance of defining and measuring the adverse effects of mindfulness. PROVIDENCE, R.I.
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With Guggenheim fellowship, media and performance scholar to study oceanic history in dance

Rebecca Schneider will draw on the history of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, performance traditions in the Caribbean and the South, and Black feminist thought to understand how performance is linked ...