<div>Profiles in Summer Research</div>
August 26, 2016
<div>Think summer is quiet at Brown? Not for the University’s undergraduate researchers, who pursued their passions in depth and built skills in collaboration, innovation and more.</div>
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For planetary science students, a summer of science in space with NASA
August 24, 2016
For Brown planetary science graduate students, a “mission-planning bootcamp” at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena offers an insider’s view of how to conduct research in space.
After NLRB decision, Brown grad students have right to explore whether or not to unionize
August 23, 2016
Ruling by the National Labor Relations Board presents graduate student assistants as employees.
Among some veterans, painkiller misuse strongly linked to starting heroin
August 23, 2016
In a study that followed thousands of veterans over a decade, initiating non-medical use of opioid painkillers was associated with a more than 5-fold risk of also beginning to use heroin.
Study validates new tool for diagnosing dehydration in children
August 22, 2016
A simple new method for assessing dehydration from diarrhea, which kills hundreds of thousands of children each year worldwide, has proven accurate and reliable.
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Mathematicians, police join forces on the mathematics of crime
August 19, 2016
Researchers used real data from the City of Providence to look for interesting trends and patterns that might help police analyze criminal activity.
Study shows how mutations disrupt ALS-linked protein
August 18, 2016
Structural biologists provide a new explanation for how ALS-associated genetic flaws interfere with the proper function and behavior of the protein TDP-43.
On the bay with BELL, a call to environmental action
August 18, 2016
At the Brown Environmental Leadership Lab, high school students learn the skills they need to create change on environmental issues facing their local communities and the planet as a whole.
With BrownTogether campaign in full swing, Brown donors give a record $300 million
August 18, 2016
Funds raised in fiscal year 2016 will support the strategic goals of the University’s Building on Distinction plan.
R.I. Department of Health, Brown School of Public Health launch partnership
August 17, 2016
Rhode Island's two accredited public health entities — the Rhode Island Department of Health and the Brown University School of Public Health — launched a new academic partnership.