Ancient global cooling gave rise to modern ecosystems
September 26, 2016
Sea surface temperatures dipped dramatically during a period from 7 million to 5.4 million years ago, a time of massive global ecological change.
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Questions for Marc Dunkelman
You’re the reason why Washington is broken
September 26, 2016
Practices that have been used for a century or more cannot explain the recent marked uptick in political polarization. Marc J. Dunkelman tracks how changes in the American social fabric impact Washington.
Slideshow: Brown Center for Students of Color celebrates 40 years
September 24, 2016
Block party brings students, alumni, faculty and staff together to launch a year of events celebrating the Brown Center for Students of Color's 40th year.
Cost, not lack of information, is greatest barrier to basic health care
September 23, 2016
New study on health care among children under age five in Mali sheds light on a major health care policy debate.
Awards and Honors
Brown provost joins global leaders awarded for work on fairness and human rights
September 23, 2016
Society for Progress recognizes Richard M. Locke with an inaugural Progress Medal for his scholarship on working conditions and labor rights in the global economy.
Pluto’s ‘heart’ sheds light on a possible buried ocean
September 23, 2016
A giant asteroid impact in the dwarf planet’s past offers new insights into the possibility of an ocean beneath its surface.
Awards and Honors
Recent graduate's research honored as best in category for U.S. and Canada
September 23, 2016
Alexander Blum is the first Brown student to win regional honors from the Undergraduate Awards.
New NIH grants support child health research
September 22, 2016
Several Brown University faculty members are key participants in three projects investigating how early life and environmental exposures affect children.
$2M grant to study simultaneous marijuana, alcohol use
September 22, 2016
Next year at colleges in three states with different marijuana use laws, a team of public health researchers will study why students often use marijuana and alcohol simultaneously.
Brown launches the country’s first four-year, integrated MD/MPA program
September 20, 2016
The unique degree program gives students an international perspective and enables them to earn both a doctorate of medicine and a master of public affairs in just four years.