Climate change and human health
Climate change issues have an unrelenting impact on our health and broad implications for the medical community. “We have to increase our knowledge in this area,” said RI State Senator Jack Reed.
Articles
Writing as storytelling
Writing is a daily means of capturing and sharing the important work of an organization. From short form social media posts and web copy to longer form feature articles and script writing. Here are examples of writing as storytelling to share the inspired work of people in academic and conservation organizations.
A Spirit of Summer Inquiry
The story of a summer research project at Brown often begins with a project idea, the desire to advance a professor’s area of research, or a burning question. Ten weeks later, methods have been followed, data collected, and results documented. With discoveries at their fingertips, student researchers are eager to share their stories at Brown’s Summer Research Symposium, held annually in August.
This year, nearly 300 undergraduate students from over 70 national and international higher education...
This year, nearly 300 undergraduate students from over 70 national and international higher education...
A Legacy of Inclusion
Internationally renowned anthropologist and ethnographic filmmaker Lina Fruzzetti, Brown’s first tenured woman of color, retires after joining the anthropology department in 1975.
Petri Dish, Patient, Population
A conversation about the future of integrated biomedical research at Brown University with Mukesh K. Jain, MD, dean of medicine and biological sciences.
Brown funds three biomedical technologies with potential to improve patient safety, care
A new spinal stimulation technology to treat chronic neuropathic pain. Better testing of oncology drugs to protect the heart. An X-ray detector with higher sensitivity and lower radiation. These emergent technologies will receive Brown Biomedical Innovations to Impact accelerator funds.
Expressive arts program at Brown grants freedom of movement, peace of mind
Co-founded by distinguished lecturer Julie A. Strandberg and her former student, Artists and Scientists as Partners (ASaP) symposiums enable people with certain neurological disorders to find joy, connection and longed-for freedom.
'Creatively driven': First artistic director details vision, priorities for Brown Arts Institute
Avery Willis Hoffman, artistic director of the Brown Arts Institute, shares how the fruitful intertwining of scholarship, research and practice will shape the future of the arts at Brown.
Tracking evidence of a changing climate
In offices and labs across UMass Dartmouth, on board a research vessel in Buzzards Bay, and at field sites near and far, scientists, engineers, policy analysts, and alumni are responding to the impact of climate change on water systems—warming seas, changing fisheries, retreating shorelines, vulnerable salt marshes, and fresh water supplies.
Designing for Industry
There is a third Industrial Revolution happening right now. It's 3D printing and it's transforming virtually every industry right before our eyes, from architecture to automotive to fashion, jewelry, eyewear, even food.
Predicting Monsoons
Scientists from the UMass Dartmouth Upper Ocean Dynamics Laboratory are leading a U.S. contingent participating in a first-of-its-kind joint oceanographic venture with scientists from India.
Bioengineering—a revolutionary evolution
Although it's a young major, Bioengineering traces its lineage back 100 years to UMassD's textile roots. From textiles to materials science to bioengineering, the academic program has shifted and innovated from large-scale manufacturing training to research, development, and high-tech engineering.
Helping Haiti
A UM-led research organization in Haiti engages in rebuilding basic institutions and turning the tide of poverty and violence
Business Leaders Abroad
World travel. Global education. International careers. For some, these are only exotic ideas and adventurous thoughts; for others, they are achievable goals that set in motion a challenging journey of academic training, job
opportunities, and a lifetime of new experiences.
opportunities, and a lifetime of new experiences.
Brand Piracy
In an ocean of imitations, how to protect your product when doing business in China
Scholars of Brazil
As one of the "Big Four" advancing economies in the world (the other three being Russia, India, and China), Brazil is capturing the attention of economists, politicians, scientists, and numerous other scholars worldwide—and at the University of Miami in particular.
Capital City Classroom
As part of a 10-day seminar in the nation’s capital sponsored by The Washington Center, 92 Suffolk University students came to know the one city
in the country where the leading industry is politics. They met with liberal advocacy groups, conservative think tanks, and high-powered politicos. They heard differing voices and views, witnessed history in the making, and fell
under the spell of this storied city.
in the country where the leading industry is politics. They met with liberal advocacy groups, conservative think tanks, and high-powered politicos. They heard differing voices and views, witnessed history in the making, and fell
under the spell of this storied city.
The Big Backyard
Infinity—a play about perception
One by one , a small crowd assembled in front
of the Parkman Pavilion on the Boston Common.
People sat on the grass, taking in the April afternoon
sun while a guitarist draped in an American
flag strummed and strolled among them. Six girls in
gray t-shirts and jeans, and another with a bullhorn,
walked slowly to the ‘stage’ in front of the pavilion and
stood in formation facing the audience. “America…
land of infinite possibility,” they chorused.
of the Parkman Pavilion on the Boston Common.
People sat on the grass, taking in the April afternoon
sun while a guitarist draped in an American
flag strummed and strolled among them. Six girls in
gray t-shirts and jeans, and another with a bullhorn,
walked slowly to the ‘stage’ in front of the pavilion and
stood in formation facing the audience. “America…
land of infinite possibility,” they chorused.
