Brown plans new, cutting-edge performing arts center
February 11, 2017
Brown Corporation authorizes architect selection process, a critical step in the University’s vision to create a hub for arts performance, practice and scholarship.
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Teaching with the News brings immigration debate into classrooms
February 10, 2017
New curriculum offered by Brown University’s Choices Program gives teachers a lesson plan that examines arguments in the debate over the Jan. 27 executive order on immigration.
Research reveals novel quantum state in strange insulating materials
February 9, 2017
Experiments show how electrons in Mott insulators with strong spin-orbit coupling arrange themselves to make the materials magnetic at low temperatures. The work could help zero in on a more complete quantum theory of magnetism.
Awards and Honors
Brown faculty members earn awards, distinctions
February 8, 2017
Both in groups and individually, scholars from around the University have won prestigious recognitions for their work in recent months.
Swearer Center launches initiative to advance community engagement field
February 7, 2017
As part of the National Field-Building Initiative, the Swearer Center will serve as the new administrative home for the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement.
Brown researchers pitch landing sites for NASA’s Mars 2020 mission
February 7, 2017
A group of Brown planetary scientists will travel to California this week to make the case for spots they think would be ideal for NASA’s next Mars rover.
Sickle cell trait may confound blood sugar readings among African-Americans
February 7, 2017
A routine diabetes test produces lower blood sugar readings in African-Americans with sickle cell trait than in those without, potentially leading patients to remain untreated or with a mistaken sense of blood sugar control, study finds.
SNAP benefits increase household spending on food, study finds
February 6, 2017
Brown University economists research food-shopping habits of half a million households receiving nutritional assistance and show that the benefit has a greater impact on food spending than would a cash equivalent.
Angela Davis, Roxane Gay to visit Brown in February
February 3, 2017
Prominent educators — whose scholarship, writing, activism and commentary continue to shape public discourse on feminism, race, identity and culture — will visit the University on Feb. 10 and Feb. 14, respectively.
Brown hackathon aims to make coding more inclusive
February 3, 2017
Hackathons are notoriously competitive and intimidating, but Hack@Brown aims to make the immersive, 24-hour marathon of creativity, coding and collaboration accessible for all.