U. receives more than $50 million from NIH
Despite the uncertainty surrounding its future funding levels, the National Institutes of Health awarded $146.96 million to Rhode Island organizations in the 2012 fiscal year, with Brown receiving...
View ArticleStudy finds smoking worsens hangovers
On your next night at the Whiskey Republic, leave the cigarettes at home — smoking could lead to a worse hangover, according to a new study from Brown’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies. The...
View ArticleMLK’s daughter speaks on health equality
Bernice King, CEO of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, delivered a rousing speech to a packed De Ciccio Family Auditorium in the Salomon Center for the 16th annual Martin...
View ArticleNew $2.9 million magnetic tool will further research
While students struggle to stay warm, researchers in the Structural Biology Core Facility are preparing to cool a new device to below minus 454 degrees Fahrenheit. The $2.9 million instrument will...
View ArticleProf researches Samoan obesity epidemic
By economic standards, the American territory in Samoa is relatively successful. But rapid modernization on this small Pacific island came at a price — two-thirds of adults are obese, the highest rate...
View ArticleProf explores ‘neuroeconomics’ in lecture
The task is simple: Upon seeing eight candy bars, choose your favorite. But instead of picking candy at Little Jo’s, undergraduates chose these bars in the lab of Paul Glimcher, a professor of neural...
View ArticleAmidst test anxiety, some profs turn to alternatives
When Liza Gibbs ’16 enrolled in CHEM 0330: “Equilibrium, Rate and Structure” last semester, she quickly found herself lost. After the first exam, she was in danger of failing. “I realized I had no idea...
View ArticleStudy reflects diversity of Hispanic ethnic groups
Grouping all Hispanics into one category hides broad demographic differences among different ethnic groups, according to a report published today by the Department of Sociology. The report, entitled...
View ArticleNearly 400 students seek summer funding through UTRAs
Applications for Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards increased significantly this year to nearly 400 applicants, said Besenia Rodriguez ’00, associate dean of the college for research and...
View ArticleN. Carolina bill prompts voter rights debate
Students from North Carolina could face difficulty voting in their home state if legislation passes removing a tax credit for familities whose children vote from outside of the state. The bill,...
View ArticleStudy could help develop new oral medicines
A sustained-release insulin pill — which would release insulin over a longer period of time as opposed to in spurts — is one step closer to fruition, thanks to research from the University’s department...
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Lecturer explains nature with mathematical principles
Many different processes in nature can be understood through similar mathematical principles, said L. Mahadevan, professor of applied mathematics, biology and physics at Harvard, in a lecture to a...
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Study advances autism research
A study led by University researchers has pinpointed a mechanism behind some forms of autism, a finding that could guide the development of drugs targeting its underlying cause, said Eric Morrow,...
View ArticlePembroke Center celebrates Lovelace Day
A University celebration of women in science started with a tweet and culminated in a five-hour website “edit-a-thon” hosted Tuesday afternoonin the Pembroke Center. Months ago, Maia Weinstock ’99...
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