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Read Article Open details for At Brown, an innovative mental health care model centers the needs of students Health and Medicine Cesar Orduña: Delivering free virus tests to Rhode Island’s underserved August 12, 2020 Since May, a Brown senior and other students have played an instrumental role in providing COVID-19 tests to low-income, uninsured Rhode Island residents, many of whom are working on the front lines amid a global pandemic. Read Article Open details for Cesar Orduña: Delivering free virus tests to Rhode Island’s underserved News and Events Dr. Anthony Fauci: ‘Maybe this will be a wake-up call for society to change’ August 7, 2020 In a virtual forum hosted by the Brown University School of Public Health, Dr. Fauci joined incoming dean Dr. Ashish K. Jha to address the challenges and responsibilities as public health leaders work to limit COVID-19’s spread. Read Article Open details for Dr. Anthony Fauci: ‘Maybe this will be a wake-up call for society to change’ Student Life Emily Ma and Liyuan Ao: Helping rural teens find their voices August 7, 2020 With support from a Royce fellowship, two undergraduate students are teaching middle-schoolers in rural China how to express themselves and transform their communities through photography. Read Article Open details for Emily Ma and Liyuan Ao: Helping rural teens find their voices Recent Highlights All News University Initiatives Brown University fully funds $10M endowment to support Providence public schools July 29, 2020 The University will permanently endow the Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence, which will provide financial support for the city’s Pre-K-12 students through a range of educational initiatives. Read Article Open details for Brown University fully funds $10M endowment to support Providence public schools Arts and Humanities Ali Dipp: Building a platform for ‘borderlanders’ in the Southwest August 6, 2020 Through digital marketplaces, murals and storytelling, the Brown-RISD dual degree student and El Paso, Texas, native seeks to celebrate the unique character of the Southwest. Read Article Open details for Ali Dipp: Building a platform for ‘borderlanders’ in the Southwest Science and Technology Portia Tieze: Conducting science research from home in a pandemic July 30, 2020 Novel coronavirus and its effect on University science laboratories has kept engineering student Portia Tieze from working on campus this summer — so she brought the lab to her apartment to continue her research. Read Article Open details for Portia Tieze: Conducting science research from home in a pandemic Science and Technology Computational brain science center at Brown to catalyze research, train students and scholars July 24, 2020 The Center for Computational Brain Science at Brown’s Carney Institute for Brain Science will harness the University’s expertise in computation, cognition and systems neuroscience toward new brain health solutions. Read Article Open details for Computational brain science center at Brown to catalyze research, train students and scholars Social Sciences Race and politics scholar weighs in on Black Lives Matter movement’s resurgence July 27, 2020 Juliet Hooker, a professor of political science at Brown, has long conducted research at the intersection of race and politics — work now catapulted into the spotlight as Americans increasingly consider systemic racism. Read Article Open details for Race and politics scholar weighs in on Black Lives Matter movement’s resurgence Science and Technology Brown professors, students make the case for diversity, equity in physics July 23, 2020 In the wake of George Floyd’s brutal killing, physicists and students from Brown took to the web to discuss strategies for increasing diversity and inclusion in the physics community across the nation. Read Article Open details for Brown professors, students make the case for diversity, equity in physics Student Life Lauren Brown: Simplifying the hair care journey for Black women July 23, 2020 As a member of B-Lab — the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship’s summer startup accelerator — Brown has developed Figured, a venture that offers customized natural hair care guidance to women with Afro-textured hair. Read Article Open details for Lauren Brown: Simplifying the hair care journey for Black women Science and Technology Brown student startup seeks to revolutionize crop disease prevention July 23, 2020 Cloud Agronomics — a student and alumni venture launched with support from the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship — uses hyperspectral imaging to detect crop-borne diseases that destabilize food supplies and cost farmers billions. Read Article Open details for Brown student startup seeks to revolutionize crop disease prevention Health and Medicine $6.2 million grant renews Alcohol Research Center on HIV funding for five years July 22, 2020 The grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism will fund the center, based at Brown’s School of Public Health, as researchers work to reduce the impact of alcohol misuse on the HIV epidemic. Read Article Open details for $6.2 million grant renews Alcohol Research Center on HIV funding for five years News and Events Virtual summer institute connects Brown undergraduates with vast network of alumni and parent mentors July 15, 2020 Through the BrownConnect Summer Institute, University alumni and parents provide professional experiences and mentorship to current students and newly minted graduates interested in a wide range of fields. Read Article Open details for Virtual summer institute connects Brown undergraduates with vast network of alumni and parent mentors Health and Medicine Brown to fund biomedical technologies with commercial potential, patient benefits July 20, 2020 Brown Biomedical Innovations to Impact awards projects focused on analyzing infant cries for signs of opioid withdrawal, developing a malaria vaccine and accelerating medical solutions into commercial technologies. Read Article Open details for Brown to fund biomedical technologies with commercial potential, patient benefits Science and Technology At $23.7 million, largest NSF grant in university history to renew Brown’s math institute July 13, 2020 The largest single National Science Foundation grant in Brown’s history will fund ICERM, Brown’s national mathematics institute, for the next five years. Read Article Open details for At $23.7 million, largest NSF grant in university history to renew Brown’s math institute University Initiatives Letter from President Paxson: Supporting Brown’s International Students July 8, 2020 President Christina H. Paxson wrote to the campus community about University opposition to new federal guidance on the Student and Exchange Visitor Program and how Brown can best support its international students. Read Article Open details for Letter from President Paxson: Supporting Brown’s International Students News and Events Brown faculty members earn prominent awards, distinctions July 14, 2020 In rece...