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Photos: With Pre-College programs underway, young learners embrace their curiosity at Brown

Each summer, thousands of high school students study on campus and around the globe in Brown’s Pre-College Programs, which ...
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Higher education rankings place Brown among world’s top universities, employers

From U.S. News and World Report to Forbes and Princeton Review, prominent rankings and surveys in the last year gave Brown high marks for its distinctive student experience and high-impact teaching ...
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Einstein’s relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows

Researchers have shown the first direct experimental evidence that the textbook triple bond structure breaks down in heavy ...
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Video: Amid World Cup fever, mechanics expert at Brown explains the science of soccer

In a series of short videos, Brown University engineering professor Roberto Zenit explores the physics of soccer as the World ...
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Staff Spotlight: Olivia Mathis builds connections, one Pre-College student at a time

As a Brown Pre-College program adviser, Olivia Mathis found a role that combines her love of connecting with people, solving ...
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Telescope makers at Brown revel in centuries-old craft

Working for months with staff members in the Department of Physics, a group of students and faculty from Brown and RISD ...
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Faculty at Brown earn prominent honors, distinctions in Spring 2026

During the spring semester, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown University faculty for ...
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Photos: A sneak peek inside Brown University’s under-construction Danoff Laboratories

Construction managers offered a glimpse of Brown’s state-of-the-art facility for integrated life sciences research, which will be the largest academic laboratory building in Rhode Island.
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Philanthropy made it possible: Brown celebrates its most successful fundraising campaign to date

Launched publicly in 2015, BrownTogether transformed Brown through a decade of unprecedented support that advanced excellence in teaching and research, financial aid ...
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Physics-informed AI could accelerate development of controlled-release drug patches, bandages

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Brown University researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence method for predicting the rate at which materials used in controlled drug-release ...
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Q&A: Brown psychologists on the unintended, fatal consequences of mixing psychiatric meds

Researchers from Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School discussed an emerging contributor to overdose deaths in America. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — While the U.S. has seen a decline in the ...