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Coleton Hast: Bridging technology and community to help preserve Taiwan’s endangered languages

Supported by a U.S. Department of State scholarship, the Brown University doctoral student is spending the summer in Taiwan, ...
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Q&A: How Brown University is navigating the rise of generative AI use in the classroom

Following a University report on AI, Brown leaders discuss aligning AI policy with academic excellence, safeguarding academic ...
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Road infrastructure and traffic affect community members’ mental health, study finds

Road infrastructure and traffic affect community members’ mental health, study finds Researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health and the Columbia University School of Public Health ...
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How a shared super-resolution microscope propels breakthrough brain research at Brown

Researchers at the Carney Institute for Brain Science are taking creative approaches with a super-resolution microscope to advance their neuroscience investigations in different directions. PROVIDENCE ...
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Each summer, Brown staff step into the skilled trades, and toward new career possibilities

A workforce development program in Facilities Management has trained hundreds of employees, opening pathways to careers in the building trades and campus jobs with higher pay, greater responsibility ...
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Researchers identify rapidly spreading genetic variants that make parasites resistant to malaria treatment

Findings by scientists at Brown University help explain declining malaria drug susceptibility and highlight the urgent need to track mutations and improve current therapies. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown ...
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Brown launches new online master’s degree program in public policy

With an emphasis on rigorous, data-driven analysis, the new master of public policy program provides students with topical knowledge and tools to tackle today’s most pressing policy problems.
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Collaborative project yields new digital archive on hidden history of Indigenous enslavement

Stolen Relations, a public database set to launch on Saturday, May 10, reveals the stories of thousands of Native people forced into servitude across the Americas. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] ...
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From Brown to the big screen: How Tim Blake Nelson’s classics degree propelled a Hollywood career

Actor, writer and director Tim Blake Nelson, a member of Brown University’s Class of 1986, talked about the impact of his time on College Hill during a conversation hosted by Brown Arts Institute.
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Brown University scholar elected president of the American Studies Association

Alexander Weheliye, a professor of modern culture and media, will lead the largest scholarly organization focused on the study of American history and culture within a global context. PROVIDENCE, R.I.
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Brown researchers focus on expanding access to pediatric OCD treatment they helped pioneer

Psychiatry scholars who helped create the gold-standard treatment for pediatric OCD are developing more innovative and accessible delivery methods. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — One of the ...
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Brown University scholar to become president of the Society of Architectural Historians

Itohan Osayimwese, a professor of the history of art and architecture, will serve a two-year term as vice president of the Society of Architectural Historians before becoming president of the society ...