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April 30, 2022
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Celebrating 50 years of medicine at Brown, by honoring the past and embracing the future
Members of the Warren Alpert Medical School community, including graduates from classes ranging from 1972 to 2022, gathered to commemorate the history and look to the future of Rhode Island’s first and only medical school.
April 12, 2022
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New Kessler Scholars Program at Brown will expand support for first-gen, low-income students
Building on the success of the University’s existing FLiSP program, a new five-year, $1 million grant will create the Kessler Scholars Program, a cohort-based model that bolsters support for first-generation, low-income students.
March 31, 2022
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Brown admits 2,546 students to the undergraduate Class of 2026
The University offered admission on Thursday, March 31, to prospective members of next year’s incoming class, who were selected from Brown’s largest applicant pool to date.
March 17, 2022
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President Biden appoints Dr. Ashish K. Jha to White House role to lead nation’s COVID-19 response
The dean of Brown’s School of Public Health, a globally recognized expert on pandemic preparedness and response, will take leave for a temporary assignment to serve in the critical federal government role.
March 15, 2022
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University to celebrate impact, history of ‘50 Years of Medicine at Brown’
A kickoff event on Friday, April 29, will begin a 15-month celebration of the Warren Alpert Medical School’s evolution and its plans for the future.
February 28, 2022
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Brown is nation’s top Fulbright-producing university, U.S. State Department data shows
With 29 grants offered to students and recent alumni for the 2021-22 academic year, Brown earned the No. 1 spot as the country’s top producer of Fulbright winners, marking the fourth time the University earned the distinction.
February 23, 2022
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Brown launches online-only master’s degree in public health
An innovative new version of Brown’s MPH program, delivered exclusively online, will expand access to top public health education for learners nationally and around the world.
February 21, 2022
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$10 million gift from Reed Hastings, Patty Quillin to bolster 58-year-old Brown-Tougaloo Partnership
The generous gift from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and producer Patty Quillin will provide much-needed financial support to students from Tougaloo College, an HBCU in Mississippi, including many who come to Brown.
February 7, 2022
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For physics Ph.D. student, exploring the unknown universe and mentoring the next generation
An active voice for women in physics, Brown graduate student Farrah Simpson will conduct research related to the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, as a 2022 Graduate Scholar at Fermilab.
January 27, 2022
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Faculty at Brown earn prestigious awards, distinctions
From late 2020 to early 2022, many of Brown’s faculty received prominent awards, fellowships and other recognition for their path-breaking scholarship and bold ideas.
January 25, 2022
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To research addiction, Brown senior Eve Glenn is combining empathy with cutting-edge brain science
After witnessing challenges faced by childhood friends, Glenn is researching the neurobiological underpinnings of alcohol and substance abuse disorders with the goal of enabling more effective treatments.
January 12, 2022
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Accomplished biomedical engineer, academic leader named Brown School of Engineering dean
Tejal Desai, a professor and researcher who has led academic programs at the University of California San Francisco, Boston University and elsewhere, will work to expand collaborative engineering research and teaching.