The Brown Institute for Brain Sciences has surpassed the halfway mark of its $50 million fundraising goal outlined in 2012 as part of a plan authorized by then-Provost Mark Schlissel. BIBS has hired four new faculty members and has plans to recruit two more over the coming year — one in cognitive ...
Plants from more genetically diverse regions are more likely to become invasive species in new environments, according to a new study conducted by Dov Sax, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, and Jason Fridley, associate professor of biology at Syracuse University. Published Oct. ...
Researchers increase speed of bone production by sorting fat A team of Brown researchers, led by Hetal Marble GS, recently developed a new system for sorting fat tissue based on cells’ ability to become bone, according to a University press release. The team also applied to patent this new method. Fat ...
Postmenopausal women who live close to major roadways may suffer from high blood pressure more than do women in less-trafficked areas, according to the findings of a new study that included University faculty and a Brown graduate student among its many authors. The study was published Oct. 1 in the ...
Individuals with mobility impairments are more likely to be smokers and less likely to quit, according to a recent study by University researchers. “Nobody put the two together,” said Belinda Borrelli, adjunct professor of psychiatry and human behavior, who conceptualized the idea behind the study ...
When individuals on opposite ends of the political spectrum say that their opponent stinks, they might mean it quite literally. According to a new study led by Rose McDermott, professor of political science, people are more attracted to the smell of people who share their political ideology. In the ...
Students discussed science and math as they chomped on pizza during the semester’s first departmental undergraduate group meetings held over the past few weeks. DUGs hold a long tradition of enriching students’ college experiences with friendships, free food and academic discussions that take place ...
Since its creation in 2010, the astronomy concentration has had no concentrators, despite healthy interest in both astronomy courses and the related concentration of astrophysics. Astronomy offers an A.B. degree and requires 11 to 12 courses, while astrophysics leads to an Sc.B. and requires 18 courses. ...
“Tax receipts are boring,” said postdoctoral research fellow Andreas Winkler. “Historians usually don’t make much use of them.” But at a research colloquium Tuesday in the Department of Egyptology and Assyriology, Winkler explained how his analysis of ancient tax receipts dispells previously ...
Chronic pain medication can cause doctor-patient conflict As the American health care system faces public scrutiny for alleged over-prescription of opioids and other drugs for chronic pain, a recent study conducted by University researchers examined the impact of chronic opioid use on patients and ...
A year of physics, a year of organic chemistry, a year of inorganic chemistry, May Siu ’15 said as she ticked off her requirements. A year of humanities, a year of biochemistry, a year of math. Molecular biology, genetics and as many animal studies courses as possible. While many of the courses Siu ...
A panel of alumni and faculty experts discussed the impact and future of the growing field of brain research Saturday morning as part of the University’s 250th anniversary celebrations. The event, held in Salomon 101, attracted a crowd of around 200 people. “Neuroscience is so exciting because ...
Changes in communication between families and children could result in more success among children trying to lose weight, according to recent findings by University researchers. The study divided adolescents into two groups, with one group containing parents who were heavily communicating with their ...
Appearances deceiving in salt marsh recovery Once-depleted salt marshes in Cape Cod may be growing green and tall now, but that does not mean they are protecting the land from erosion, according to a new study by University researchers. These results concern ecologists because “the metric of a ...
Updated Monday, Sept. 22 at 11:45 p.m. When Dawn King, visiting assistant professor of environmental studies, asked her class how many students were planning to attend this weekend’s People’s Climate March in New York, the response “inspired” her, she said. Sixty percent of her class was planning ...
The sexual double standard — the concept that women are more highly criticized for sexual activity than men are — may play a role in bullying victimization among high school girls, according to a new study led by a team of University researchers. “Sexually active girls have 2.27 times the odds ...
Professor of Neuroscience Diane Lipscombe will become interim director of the Brown Institute for Brain Science Jan. 1, when current director John Donoghue, professor of neuroscience, embarks on a year-long sabbatical in Switzerland, Provost Vicki Colvin and Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences ...
HIV research and prevention is an ever-changing field, and Miriam Hospital is helping lead a new grant to develop innovative ways to deliver HIV-fighting drugs to women. The hospital announced last week that it has received a portion of a $20 million National Institutes of Health grant to develop and ...
Yoga may have potential health benefits for people suffering from bipolar disorder, according to recent findings by University researchers. “We have just completed a larger study of yoga as an adjunctive treatment for people with unipolar depression,” wrote Lisa Uebelacker, an associate professor ...
The Ebola virus epidemic may be happening thousands of miles away, but that is not stopping University faculty and students from trying to help fight the deadly disease. Both Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Adam Levine and Professor of Medicine Timothy Flanigan are working to combat the outbreak ...
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