A collaboration launched over lunch has now become a two-day international conference at Brown on April 8 and 9 — the goal has been to examine ways that early life stress affects the brain with the hope of assisting those working to help refugee children, such as those displaced by five years of fighting in Syria.
New research shows why some large landslides travel greater distances across flat land than scientists would generally expect, sometimes putting towns and populations far from mountainsides at risk.
Response to federal request highlights how the University manages its endowment to address college costs, sustain a leading research institution and ensure the ability to serve students for generations to come.
The University made offers of admission on March 31 to next year’s incoming undergraduate class, who represent all 50 states and 83 nations around the world.
Cropland recycles less water into the atmosphere than native vegetation in Brazil’s wooded savannas, which could lead to less rain in the region as agriculture expands.
With academic expertise in history, music and German studies, Steinberg earns prestigious appointment to lead organization committed to intellectual, cultural and political ties between the U.S. and Germany.
Bats need sensitive hearing to function effectively, yet live immersed in an intense clamor of sound – a new study shows that the noisy background doesn’t reduce their hearing sensitivity, which is a rare immunity in nature.
