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Brown launches full-tuition scholarship for underrepresented students pursuing Masters in Public Health

By Rahma Ibrahim | June 22

The School of Public Health has announced a new Health Equity Scholars fellowship program that will allow up to five students from Tougaloo College — a historically Black college in Mississippi — to pursue a Master of Public Health degree at the University under a full-tuition scholarship. The program ...

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Starting at the microscopic level: COVID-19 researchers at Brown combat viral proteins

By Emilija Sagaityte | June 17

With the assistance of the COVID-19 Research Seed Fund awards, several projects are diving in to investigate COVID-19 on the microscopic, molecular level. How pharmaceuticals impact COVID-19 Members of the Brown Experimentalists Against COVID-19 research group, dubbed the BEACON group and led by principal ...

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Brown Research Seed Fund fuels ongoing research on COVID-19

By Emilija Sagaityte | June 10

The University distributed $350,000 in research funds through the COVID-19 Seed Awards this April to faculty carrying out experiments on the virus and its societal impact. The 15 diverse projects, selected from about 50 applicants, range from the sciences and medicine, to engineering, public health ...

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Brown researchers identify malaria vaccine candidate

By Cate Ryan and Emilija Sagaityte | April 30

A study partially conducted at the University has identified a new vaccine target for malaria with a novel mechanism underlying its ability to confer immunity. Malaria produces a detrimental effect on children in areas most gravely afflicted by the disease — but this vaccine candidate, which has not ...

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Tweets, Testimonies, Reports: Brown researchers deconstruct climate change discourse in social media, Rhode Island

By Emilija Sagaityte | April 25

As the sun sets on a week preserved for celebrating and protecting the Earth and environment, University researchers continue dedicating their energy toward this very aim, unearthing information on climate-related discourse and the climate change countermovement and planting their findings to spur future ...

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Brown assistant professor co-leads ongoing investigation on link between hair-loss causing hormones, COVID-19

By Jared Zhang | April 23

In an ongoing, international effort co-led by University Assistant Professor of Dermatology Carlos Wambier, researchers are looking into the potential relationship between androgen, a class of male sex hormones that include testosterone, and infection from COVID-19. They hope to understand at-risk populations ...

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Energy, Media, Action: Brown researchers investigate climate change countermovement

By Emilija Sagaityte | April 23

As of Wednesday, Earth Day has completed its orbit around the world for the 50th time, carrying with it a global reminder to respect the environment. This 50th anniversary also marks another year of University researchers’ ongoing, daily dedication to studying climate change. Several faculty, graduate ...

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Brown medical students given option to graduate early due to COVID-19

By Marlene Goetz | April 21

The Alpert Medical School gave fourth-year medical students the option to graduate on April 15th, six weeks before planned, enabling them to work as residents and care for patients affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a collaboration with the Med School’s health system partners, Lifespan ...

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Fifty years of Earth Days, environmental movements on campus

By Cate Ryan | April 21

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, which was originally celebrated on April 22, 1970. In 1970, Earth Day involved a week-long festival of activities on campus. In the 50 intervening years, The Herald has reported on Earth Day events, published columns calling for environmental ...

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Providence-based EpiVax collaborates on ongoing research for a COVID-19 vaccine

By Rahma Ibrahim | April 19

As COVID-19 continues to spread throughout the country and the world, EpiVax, a biotechnology company based in Providence, is currently leading collaborative efforts to design a vaccine against the virus. EpiVax has been dedicated to “applying (their) tools … to re-engineering therapeutic proteins ...

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University honors professors with Distinguished Research Achievement Awards

By Marlene Goetz | April 19

[gallery ids="2839468,2839469,2839470"] As part of its 2020 Research Achievement Awards, the University recognized the exemplary research of three accomplished professors in biology, computer science and alcohol and addiction studies with the Distinguished Research Achievement Awards. These recipients ...

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University honors associate, assistant professors with Early Career Research Achievement Awards

By Marlene Goetz | April 19

[gallery ids="2839461,2839459,2839457,2839464"] Seven University faculty members received 2020 Research Achievement Awards this year for their research and scholarly contributions across disciplines including the arts, medicine, engineering and molecular science. An exceptional four researchers were ...

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A dream achieved: 205 days later, Meir ’99 lands back on Earth

By Cate Ryan | April 17

Jessica Meir ’99 returned to Earth’s surface Friday at 1:16 am EDT, marking the end of her 205th day in space. The landing was live-streamed on NASA’s website as Thursday night gave way to Friday morning on the East coast. At 6:44 pm EDT, Meir, fellow NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmo ...

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Brown researchers show efficacy of Unwinding Anxiety app among medical professionals

By Jared Zhang | April 16

As physicians face new challenges fighting the COVID-19 pandemic on the frontlines, a new study out of Brown’s Mindfulness Center suggests an app could help physicians manage anxiety in the future. University researchers investigated the effectiveness of an app-based mindfulness training program, ...

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Researchers capture movements and patterns of active liquid crystals in 3D

By Melissa Zhang | April 14

Researchers from multiple academic institutions collaborated on a study published last month, in which they imaged and investigated systems of active liquid crystals in three dimensions and investigated their movements and patterns. Several University professors were at the forefront of the theoretical ...

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Documenting history as it happens: Brown archivists collect COVID-19 stories, experiences from community

By Claire Liu | April 13

As members of the University community navigate the challenges of life away from campus, University archivists are making headway on projects that seek to document those experiences. Working remotely from their homes in Providence, teams from the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women and ...

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On Friday, astronaut Jessica Meir ’99 will return to a changed Earth

By Cate Ryan | April 12

When Jessica Meir ’99 was last subject to Earth’s gravitational pull almost seven months ago, life looked very different. This week she journeys home, leaving the isolation of the International Space Station behind to return to a self-quarantining planet. Meir has been aboard the ISS since September, ...

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Brown researchers develop new 3D imaging technique to provide insight on cellular mechanical forces

By Jared Zhang | April 9

In a joint effort by the Brown University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researchers developed an improved 3D imaging method to better understand the epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cells which is implicated in cancer spread, or metastasis. This method possesses potential as a screening ...

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Schmidt '21: The coronavirus is the great equalizer of science

By Rachael Schmidt | April 8

At the forefront of everyone’s minds right now is the ever-developing COVID-19 pandemic. What started as a faraway problem in January in some people’s minds has shaped up to be a global health crisis with both immediate and long-term consequences. Now more than ever, the necessity of healthcare ...

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Brown researchers combat COVID-19 in the lab, clinic

By Cate Ryan and Emilija Sagaityte | April 2

While researchers across the University had to close their doors and hang up their lab coats for the foreseeable future on March 18, some labs have found ways to keep their doors open for the benefit of the community amid the COVID-19 crisis. Donning personal protective equipment, researchers are reapplying ...