Work on BrownTogether began more than two years ago, as University leaders and alumni volunteers began to develop support for priorities of the campaign. On the eve of the campaign launch, the nucleus fund for BrownTogether stood at about $950 million.
Brown University has launched the largest comprehensive campaign in its history. The $3-billion BrownTogether campaign will realize the University’s strategic vision of advancing knowledge to help the community, nation and world meet 21st-century challenges.
With a goal more than double the original goal of Brown’s most ambitious campaign to date, BrownTogether will have the leadership of 12 campaign co-chairs, drawn from the ranks of the Brown Corporation and prominent alumni.
Phosphors are efficient light emitters but they’re not optimal for high-speed communications because they turn on and off slowly. Researchers from Brown and Harvard have now found a way to modulate light from phosphor emitters orders of magnitude faster using phase-change materials, which could make phosphors useful in a range of new optoelectronic applications.
Learning how antibiotics actually work can help scientists and doctors use them more wisely — an urgent need at a time of mounting resistance. A new study found that three different antibiotics killed somewhat subtly by disrupting bacterial metabolism and causing a buildup of oxidative stress.
On Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, Brown University broke ground on a new research building for its School of Engineering that will feature 20 laboratory modules designed to facilitate work by larger multidisciplinary research teams. The event was part of the celebration of the launch of the University’s comprehensive fundraising campaign.
Brown University has chosen Edward Steinfeld, currently the Dean’s Professor of China Studies, director of the China Initiative and professor of political science, as the new director of the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. Steinfeld begins his new position Jan. 1, 2016, succeeding Richard M. Locke.
A new study finds that people with a high degree of attention to their present thoughts and feelings — “dispositional mindfulness” — are less likely to be obese than people with a low degree of dispositional mindfulness. They also had about a pound less belly fat on average.
At a packed Salomon Center, at a reception, in interviews, and at a marathon book signing, renowned primatologist Jane Goodall spent hours speaking with Brown University students Monday evening, Oct. 19. She was eager to speak of environmental sustainability and hope, and students were excited to engage with her.
More than 200 senior leaders and members of the Brown University community will be on campus Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 22-24, for events celebrating the launch of the largest comprehensive campaign in the University’s history.
