A unique new study of young adults finds that negative experiences on Facebook may increase the risk of depressive symptoms, suggesting that online social interactions have important consequences for mental health.
Brown University’s Stephen Houston and a team of leading researchers in anthropology and Maya archeology methodically verify the authenticity of the oldest known manuscript in ancient America.
As 2,675 incoming students begin their Brown academic careers, University president and Graduate School dean invite students to embrace the uncomfortable moments and the debates to come.
Hailing from a diverse set of backgrounds, 47 new faculty members have joined the ranks of 30 different Brown University departments for the new 2016-17 academic year.
A new multi-university research effort will seek to determine whether rogue elements of DNA promote or even cause aging and whether interventions against them could help people live longer and more healthfully.
Titled 'Brown University president: A safe space for freedom of expression,' guest column comes at a time of fierce debate about the capacity of universities to prepare students for confronting difficult, complex issues.
Now in its 10th year, the program engages the entire campus community in selecting a common text that introduces first-year and transfer students to the pleasures and rigors of scholarly work at Brown.
<div>In the <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</em>, a team of scientists shows how mutations in the gene GPT2 lead to a rare developmental and potentially degenerative brain disease.</div>
From freshman move-in on Saturday to Opening Convocation’s welcome to undergraduate, graduate and medical students, the buzz on College Hill is back as the 2016-17 academic year gets under way.
