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Aidan Choi: Bringing together art, policy and public health to create positive change

The Brown University MPA/MPH student is drawing on his undergraduate background in the humanities, social sciences and ...
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Brown University engineers build brain-inspired imaging system that can ‘see’ through fog

By pairing a retina-like sensor with a spiking neural network, a new technique with potential applications for self-driving ...
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At Brown Invents Startup Challenge, investors get a firsthand look at Brown-born ventures

During Rhode Island Startup Week, faculty and student entrepreneurs pitched emerging technologies to investors, industry ...
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Staff Spotlight: Teniesea Russell builds community from the inside out in Brown’s residence halls

Whether organizing initiatives for the student community or responding to calls for support, Russell relishes her role as a ...
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Brain-computer interface study sheds light on neural activity during observation, or 'mirror neurons'

A study provides new details about how the brain’s motor cortex reacts when people watch actions by agents that may appear ...
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At Brown, Justin Trudeau discusses U.S.-Canada relations, global conflict and the power of storytelling

In a conversation with Brown President Christina H. Paxson, the former prime minister of Canada shared reflections from his ...
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Brown to enhance public safety, policing with new network of College Hill, Jewelry District locations

Two community-centered hubs on College Hill and a location for administrative operations in the Jewelry District will support a community-oriented public safety model, improve accessibility and ...
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Photos: Brown students go behind the scenes at RI Philharmonic rehearsal

Associate Professor of Music Eric Nathan, the Rhode Island Philharmonic’s new composer in residence, invited his students to ...
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Open details for Brown brings students together in creative, unexpected ways. Following the senseless act of violence on our campus on December 13, 2025, the Brown community began the difficult work ...
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Researchers create novel structural state of matter with exotic properties

In a study published in Science, researchers used silver nanoparticles to assemble a theorized, but never-before observed crystal metallic structure. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Using finely ...
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Passages: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Brown professor emeritus of history Gordon S. Wood

The prolific and preeminent historian of the American Revolution who taught at Brown for nearly four decades died on Sunday, June 7, at age 92. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Gordon S. Wood, a ...