With a message both critical and hopeful in her visit to Brown on Feb. 10, Davis encouraged audience members to persevere in the struggle for freedom, despite obstacles.
Sydney Levin and Michael Villaseñor of the New York Times came to campus on Monday, Feb. 15 to discuss the paper's new foray into virtual reality.
Commentary: Kendall Brostuen This fall, 29 American students spent the semester studying in Havana, the first cohort in a program offered by a consortium of nine U.S. universities. Kendall Brost...
Coursera
Brown University is launching the first two of three massive open online courses (MOOCs). With total enrollment topping 87,000, the courses, offered free of charge, will “open the ...
Questions for Lundy Braun
The spirometers doctors use to measure lung capacity automatically make “corrections” for the patient’s race. Lundy Braun, professor of medical science at Brow...
Questions for John Donoghue
At 10 a.m. April 2, President Barack Obama spoke in the East Room of the White House about a new research “Grand Challenge” called the Brain Research through A...
Missing Student
Providence Police and Brown University Department of Public Safety are conducting an extensive search for Brown University student Sunil Tripathi, who was last seen on March 1...
Understanding Angelman syndrome
In the journal PLoS Biology, a team of scientists reports experiments showing how the gene defect of Angelman syndrome disrupts neurological processes...
Mindfulness meditation training in awareness of present moment experience, such as body and breath sensations, prevents depression and reduces distress in chronic pain. In a new paper, Brown...
Blizzard Based on the National Weather Service's blizzard warning, Brown University has closed its administrative offices and canceled all classes for Friday, Feb. 8, 2013. https://news.brown.edu/articles/2013/02/blizzard