Press Releases in August, 2016

Questions for Dr. Stephen Salloway

Rhode Island’s role in promising new Alzheimer’s results

August 31, 2016

Important components of a clinical trial with positive results for an Alzheimer’s drug occurred at Brown University, Butler Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital.

Brain scientists share in grant to study attention

August 30, 2016

Three Brown University faculty members have teamed up with colleagues at three other universities on a $6 million grant to study the neuroscience of attention.

Mitosis study finds potential cancer target

August 30, 2016

By drilling down to the atomic level of how specific proteins interact during cell division, or mitosis, a team of scientists has found a unique new target for attacking cancer.

Profiles in Summer Research: Jacob Ihnen

August 26, 2016

A summer class, a transfer to Brown and an inspiring professor led rising senior Jacob Ihnen to an UTRA project focused on the rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln.

Profiles in Summer Research: Sophia Gluskin-Braun

August 26, 2016

With a passion for problem-solving, the engineering concentrator is focused on the fundamentals of light and playing a role in promising research on next-generation solar cells.

Profiles in Summer Research: Jennifer Shook

August 26, 2016

The rising sophomore took part in an intensive research project that not only piqued her interest in colonial-era history, but diversified her academic interests.

Profiles in Summer Research: Nari Lee

August 26, 2016

A progression of summer experiences with faculty has left the rising senior with an expanding set of research skills and medical school aspirations.

Profiles in Summer Research: Molly Sandstrom

August 26, 2016

For the history and education studies concentrator, a summer-long dive into the lives of early Unitarians in England meant the chance to contribute to faculty scholarship and an upcoming book.

<div>Profiles in Summer Research</div>

August 26, 2016

<div>Think summer is quiet at Brown? Not for the University’s undergraduate researchers, who pursued their passions in depth and built skills in collaboration, innovation and more.</div>

For planetary science students, a summer of science in space with NASA

August 24, 2016

For Brown planetary science graduate students, a “mission-planning bootcamp” at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena offers an insider’s view of how to conduct research in space.

After NLRB decision, Brown grad students have right to explore whether or not to unionize

August 23, 2016

Ruling by the National Labor Relations Board presents graduate student assistants as employees.

Among some veterans, painkiller misuse strongly linked to starting heroin

August 23, 2016

In a study that followed thousands of veterans over a decade, initiating non-medical use of opioid painkillers was associated with a more than 5-fold risk of also beginning to use heroin.

Study validates new tool for diagnosing dehydration in children

August 22, 2016

A simple new method for assessing dehydration from diarrhea, which kills hundreds of thousands of children each year worldwide, has proven accurate and reliable.

Questions for Brendan Hassett

Mathematicians, police join forces on the mathematics of crime

August 19, 2016

Researchers used real data from the City of Providence to look for interesting trends and patterns that might help police analyze criminal activity.

Study shows how mutations disrupt ALS-linked protein

August 18, 2016

Structural biologists provide a new explanation for how ALS-associated genetic flaws interfere with the proper function and behavior of the protein TDP-43.

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Rhode Island’s role in promising new Alzheimer’s results

Brain scientists share in grant to study attention

Mitosis study finds potential cancer target

Profiles in Summer Research: Jacob Ihnen

Profiles in Summer Research: Sophia Gluskin-Braun

Profiles in Summer Research: Jennifer Shook

Profiles in Summer Research: Nari Lee

Profiles in Summer Research: Molly Sandstrom

<div>Profiles in Summer Research</div>

For planetary science students, a summer of science in space with NASA

After NLRB decision, Brown grad students have right to explore whether or not to unionize

Among some veterans, painkiller misuse strongly linked to starting heroin

Study validates new tool for diagnosing dehydration in children

Mathematicians, police join forces on the mathematics of crime

Study shows how mutations disrupt ALS-linked protein

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