Midyear completion students navigate their own unique paths toward graduation
December 2, 2016
Ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 3, will celebrate the diverse achievements of Brown’s “.5ers,” who complete their degree requirements this month.
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A decade after Brown’s historic report, scholars convene to discuss slavery and public history
December 2, 2016
Ruth J. Simmons, the University’s president emerita, told a group of pioneering public historians in her keynote address that excellence is built on truth-telling, not lies and secrets.
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How party activists, not voters in general, drive political polarization
December 1, 2016
Assistant professor of sociology at Brown finds that as local political leaders try to leave partisan politics behind, grassroots activists drive local parties to more extreme positions.
Video: Kosterlitz meets with President Obama in the Oval Office
December 1, 2016
Obama congratulated four American 2016 Nobel Laureates on their "amazing work."
Two Brown seniors, one alumnus named Schwarzman Scholars
December 1, 2016
The newly minted program, modeled on the Rhodes Scholarship, provides funding for graduate study at Tsinghua University in Beijing with the goal of promoting a broader understanding of China’s global role.
Brown’s influential biomechanics X-ray technology grows ever more powerful
November 30, 2016
Two recent papers describe the latest ways that XROMM technology, which has spread to dozens of similar research facilities worldwide, enables studies of human and animal motion in previously unseen detail.
Quantum obstacle course changes material from superconductor to insulator
November 30, 2016
The research could help scientists better understand how defects can affect the quantum behavior of materials.
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Nobel Prize festivities to kick off with D.C. event
November 29, 2016
A week before heading to Sweden to receive the Nobel Prize, Brown physicist and 2016 Nobel Laureate Michael Kosterlitz will meet President Obama and participate in a discussion at the Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Brown senior, recent alumnus earn Marshall Scholarships
November 29, 2016
A senior concentrating in archaeology and a Class of 2016 graduate studying puppetry in Indonesia are among the 2017 recipients of the prestigious academic awards, which allow for post-graduate study in the United Kingdom.