Brown University and the Edgewood Yacht Club have reached an agreement on the construction of a new facility to be shared by the Edgewood Yacht Club, the Brown University Yacht Club, and the Brown sailing team.
The Watson Institute for International Studies will host a screening of the HBO documentary film The Diplomat, about the life and legacy of former U.S. Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, 2015, in the Salomon Center. The screening will be followed by a conversation with Holbrooke’s son David, who directed the film; Marshall Sonenshine, executive producer; journalist David Rohde; and Richard Locke, director of the Watson Institute.
The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced support for research by Jeremy Mumford and others that will create “deep maps” of reducciónes — 16th-century planned resettlement villages for indigenous Andean people.
In a letter sent to the Brown University community Tuesday afternoon, April 7, 2015, President Christina Paxson released the final report of the University’s Sexual Assault Task Force. The 63-page report and draft recommended policy build on an interim report released in December.
Karen Crouse, award-winning sports and society reporter and correspondent for the New York Times, will deliver the 15th annual Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture at Brown University on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Her talk, titled “Is sports real life or just a game? Reflections from the global playing fields,” begins at 6:30 p.m. in Metcalf Research Building, Friedman Auditorium.
In a suite of nine research centers supported by the National Institutes of Health’s IDeA program, Rhode Island researchers are teaming up to make serious strides against some of the worst diseases. They gathered to take stock of the enterprise at Brown University Thursday, April 2, 2015.
Bertram Malle, professor of cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences, is co-leader of the Humanity-Centered Robotics Initiative, which studies human-robot interactions that can meet pressing societal needs and also raise important ethical, legal and economic questions. This essay first appeared in Live Science. Spoiler alert: This article references the film Chappie.
Dr. Adam Levine spent last fall fighting Ebola in Bong County, Liberia. Using data from there, he and several co-authors have calculated a simple, sensitive, and specific score for triaging a patient’s Ebola risk.
Amanda L. Walsh, currently an attorney with the Victim Rights Law Center in Boston, will become Brown University’s first Title IX program officer. Walsh will begin her duties in Providence in early May.
More than 40 exhibitors, including representatives from Rhode Island’s colleges and universities, will attend the Robot Block Party Saturday, April 11, at Brown. They will bring useful machines that walk, talk, fly, play games and lend a hand to their human colleagues. It's family-friendly and free of charge.
