Costs of War
U.S. spending on post-9/11 wars to reach $5.6 trillion by 2018
November 7, 2017
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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Dilma Rousseff, former president of Brazil, to speak at Brown on April 10
April 3, 2017
Rousseff, who led the country from 2011 until 2016, will speak about the challenges for democracy in Brazil.
Class of 2023
Brown admits 2,551 students to the undergraduate Class of 2023
March 28, 2019
The Brown Promise initiative, which replaces loans with scholarship funds in all University-packaged undergraduate financial aid awards, played a significant role in attracting Brown’s largest applicant pool to date.
Arbitrary categories improve visual learning transfer, study finds
March 28, 2019
This type of learning transfer opens the door for applying basic cognitive science research to help patients with vision loss.
Bell Gallery exhibition explores plight of the endangered saltmarsh sparrow
March 27, 2019
Opening on Saturday, April 6, “Snæbjörnsdóttir/Wilson: The Only Show in Town” depicts the process of researching an endangered East Coast bird species in an era of rising tides.
New digital portal brings women’s history, feminist theory to the fore
March 27, 2019
New access via the Brown University Library provides an easy connection to the Pembroke Center Archives, a treasure trove of documents, interviews and photos by and about women.
Letter from President Paxson: Responding to divestment referendum vote
March 22, 2019
University President Christina Paxson: “Brown’s endowment is not a political instrument to be used to express views on complex social and political issues, especially those over which thoughtful and intelligent people vehemently disagree.”
Dynamic hydrogel used to make ‘soft robot’ components and LEGO-like building blocks
March 21, 2019
A new type of hydrogel material developed by Brown University researchers could soon make assembling complex microfluidic or soft robotic devices as simple as putting together a LEGO set.
Brown Judaic Studies monograph series awarded grant to digitize scholarly research
March 20, 2019
The Humanities Open Book Program grant will enable the digitization of the program’s peer-reviewed monograph series, providing increased access to unique, high-quality Judaic studies scholarship.
Updated: Brown statements on gender dysphoria study
March 19, 2019
The academic journal PLOS ONE on March 19 published a revised version of a study on “rapid-onset gender dysphoria” — information on the revised version and a series of previous statements to the Brown community are detailed here.