The Brown Institute for Brain Science is searching for a new director after Professor of Neuroscience John Donoghue, founder and former director of BIBS, stepped down in January. Donoghue is taking a sabbatical year to found and direct the Wyss Center, a neuroengineering research institute in Geneva, ...
A group of researchers in the School of Public Health conducted a pilot study that examined whether small payments motivate undergraduates to exercise. An article detailing their findings was published in the November issue of the American Journal of Health Behavior. Twenty-two undergraduates participated ...
Students joined President Christina Paxson P’19 for a night of programming fun Monday, learning vital computational skills in an informal setting as part of “Python Month.” Approximately 50 students attended the event, which took place in MacMillan Hill and was taught entirely by leaders of Hack@Brown, ...
One small step for man, one giant leap for Martian kind In response to requests from NASA for potential landing sites for human exploration of Mars, University researchers have made suggestions based on their research, according to an Oct. 28 University press release. Professor of Earth, Environmental ...
Two University researchers were recently elected into the National Academy of Medicine for their work in public health and policy, earning a distinction annually conferred to fewer than 70 individuals. Vincent Mor, professor of health services, policy and practice, and James Morone, director of the ...
Three pieces of breaded chicken from the Verney-Woolley Dining Hall on Chicken Finger Friday packs in 430 calories, according to the Brown Dining Services’ nutrition website. One serving of vegetarian spinach strudel — an entree at the Sharpe Refectory on Thursday — contains 519 calories and 96 ...
Updated on Wednesday Nov. 4 at 11:00pm. Researchers in the Department of Molecular Biology are investigating a protein thought to be associated with degenerative diseases like cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The protein, named “fused in sarcoma,” ...
A group of Rhode Island Hospital surgeons investigated medical conditions associated with failure to rescue — death after a treatable complication — using statistics from the hospital, said Andrew Stephen, assistant professor of surgery and coauthor of the study. The paper was recently published ...
Selection bias A study led by a School of Public Health researcher examines the effect of selection bias in cohort studies, following the same group of people over many years. The paper was published online Oct. 19 in the journal Epidemiology. Selection bias can occur when a non-random subgroup drops ...
A team of University researchers recently found that interpersonal therapy — therapy that focuses on communicating with others — reduced the onset of postpartum depression among women during a six-month period after giving birth. The study detailing these findings was published online in the Journal ...
In July 1960, Jane Goodall packed her bags and traveled from England to Gombe National Park in Tanzania, where she began what would become her lifelong project and passion: a 55-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. Her observations redefined what we know about animal intelligence. ...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences renewed funding for the Brown Superfund Research Program last month, granting $10.8 million to support four projects over the next five years, said Kim Boekelheide, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and director of the SRP. The four ...
Some of the University’s most valuable scientific works lie behind unlocked doors. Granted, the room is alarmed, said Holly Snyder, librarian and curator of American Historical Collections, as she walked into the Lownes Reading Room, located on the second floor of the John Hay library. The room is ...
This profile is part of a series focused on Brown faculty members and students engaged in science and research, with the purpose of highlighting and making more accessible the work being pursued at all levels across disciplines. For all researchers, including economists, a paper is only as good as ...
University researchers have found a way to grow a brain in a Petri dish. About a third of a millimeter in diameter, these “mini-brains” are composed of neurons and supporting cells that form synaptic connections and produce complex networks. They have a three-dimensional, spherical shape known as ...
When Peter Norvig ’78 P’16 P'18, director of research at Google, enrolled at Brown, he knew almost nothing about computer science — a nascent field in which classes had just begun to be offered and for which there was no concentration. “I thought it was an obscure and strange branch of mathematics ...
The efficacy of antidepressants over placebos is a long-standing question in the practice of psychiatry. This question, and the narrowing gap in success rates between antidepressants and placebos prescribed for depressed patients, were explored in an article co-authored by Professor of Clinical Psychiatry ...
University researchers recently led a study comparing the success of students in the eight-year Program in Liberal Medical Education with the performance of students admitted to the Alpert Medical School through the traditional route. The study, published online in the journal Academic Medicine Sept. ...
The University has launched the Brown Pre-College Scholars Program in Engineering, a new program that allows students at a private, Catholic, all-girls school in Brooklyn, New York to take an online course led by a Brown professor during class time, said Ren Whitaker, director of online development ...
The results of a new University study suggest a link between an area of the brain called the rostrolateral prefrontal cortex and the ability to stay on track in a sequence of tasks. The paper — published in the journal Neuron and authored by David Badre, associate professor of cognitive, linguistic ...
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