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Innovation@Brown Showcase powers Rhode Island’s startup scene
Third annual event at the Cambridge Innovation Center brought together founders, partners, and innovators driving the next wave of discovery.
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Brown and Brookhaven partnership accelerates Northeast research
Academic and national lab powerhouse positions the region as a leading hub for scientific innovation.
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During Rhode Island Startup Week, faculty and student entrepreneurs pitched new technologies and connected with investors, partners and industry experts to turn cutting-edge research into real-world solutions.
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The voluntary agreement preserves the ability for students and scholars to teach and learn without government intrusion, and includes a $50 million commitment from Brown to support workforce development in Rhode Island.
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Brown University scholars work to turn breakthroughs and discoveries into technologies that enhance lives, placing the University among the nation’s top utility patent holders in 2024.
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Over the spring semester, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, teaching, service and leadership.
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2025 Celebration of Research
The ninth annual Celebration of Research held on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Sayles Hall honored 33 Brown researchers.
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Brown scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
With their election to the prestigious honor society, eight members of the Brown University faculty join the nation’s leading scholars in science, public affairs, business, arts and the humanities.
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Two Brown faculty members win Guggenheim fellowships
The prestigious fellowships will support the creation of new books by Yannis Hamilakis, a professor of archaeology and modern Greek studies, and Tracy Steffes, a professor of education and history.
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Two Brown professors elected AAAS fellows
The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society honored Brown faculty members from molecular biophysics and biochemistry and evolutionary biology for significant and lasting contributions to their fields.
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Empowering faculty: Insights from a federal proposal writing workshop
Division of Research proposal development workshops help faculty secure NSF CAREER awards, Center Grants, and early career awards.
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News from BTI
Kimani Toussaint appears on The Angel Nest Podcast
Kimani Toussaint and Melissa Simon recently appeared on The Angel Nest Podcast to discuss Toussaint's work on pulse oximeters.
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From the Division of Research
Whose data is it, anyway?
Data ownership, health data, and AI among Love Data Week 2025 events
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Kerri Evans-Ruggieri receives Excellence Award for Leadership
After serving in the role on an interim basis since September, the internationally recognized geologist and geophysicist has been appointed Brown’s vice president for research.
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Launched publicly in 2015, BrownTogether transformed Brown through a decade of unprecedented support that advanced excellence in teaching and research, financial aid, community impact and more.
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Brown University researchers visit Brookhaven National Lab
Led by Brown's Interim Vice President for Research Greg Hirth, a team of Brown researchers visited Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) to discuss its cutting-edge research and possible future collaborations.
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IMPACT Research at Brown magazine receives CASE District I Award
IMPACT 2023 is the sixth edition of the research magazine produced by the Division of Research.
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Brown Innovation Fellows is a program that trains graduate students, postdocs, and medical students in technology evaluation, market research, patenting, and commercialization.
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Climate change and human health
Brown’s IDeA Symposium on the Health Effects of Environmental Change reveals climate change issues have an unrelenting impact on our health and broad implications for the medical community.
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The professor of epidemiology and director of the Pandemic Center at Brown’s School of Public Health received the honor in recognition of her work to measure and improve national preparedness for infectious disease threats.
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Division of Research name reflects service model
I write to share that Brown is renaming the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) and launching a new website as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen services and support for conducting research at the University.
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The longtime Brown University faculty member, who is celebrated for his video works that recontextualize historical and cultural moments, was awarded an $800,000 grant to advance his practice as an artist.
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With their election to the prestigious honor society, Francis J. Doyle III, Prudence Carter and Greg Hirth join the nation’s leading scholars in science, public affairs, business, arts and the humanities.
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Two Brown faculty members win Guggenheim fellowships
The prestigious fellowships will support the creation of new books by Matthew Pratt Guterl, a professor of Africana studies and American studies, and Laird Hunt, a professor of literary arts.
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Named a member of the academy’s Class of 2024, the accomplished biomedical engineer and academic leader received the honor in recognition of her work in nanotechnology and therapeutic delivery.
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In a ceremony at the White House, Biden awarded Suresh, a professor at large at Brown University’s School of Engineering, the nation’s highest scientific honor.
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On the eve of Nobel Week 2023, Kosterlitz looked back on his experience after winning the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics, shared what he’s working on now and how he’s thinking about the future.
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