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News and Events
### [Campus safety actions at Brown: Letter from interim public safety leader Hugh Clements](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-30/brown-safety-hugh-clements-letter)
December 30, 2025
The longtime law enforcement leader and Brown’s interim vice president for public safety said the Brown community will work together to build a stronger, sophisticated and more resilient model of campus safety.
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### [David Lindstrom named Brown’s new dean of the Graduate School](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-29/graduate-school-dean-david-lindstrom)
December 29, 2025
The accomplished scholar and academic leader with experience directing international research collaborations will work to strengthen Brown’s doctoral programs and create new opportunities for over 1,700 doctoral students.
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### [Brown University outlines enhanced safety measures, after-action review and security assessment](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-22/brown-safety-security-measures-assessment)
December 22, 2025
Following the senseless Dec. 13 shooting on campus, the University will conduct an external After-Action Review of the incident and a comprehensive Campus Safety and Security Assessment of the Brown campus.
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News and Events
### [Following identification of shooting suspect, Brown begins ‘path of repair, recovery and healing’](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-19/shooting-suspect-identified)
December 19, 2025
As the community navigates the impacts of the tragic violence at Brown, a significant development in the investigation on Thursday, Dec. 18, eased anxiety on campus and in the surrounding region.
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News and Events
### [Video: Interfaith community service offers reflection, remembrance and care](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-19/interfaith-community-service)
December 19, 2025
Four days after a tragic act of violence, a virtual interfaith community service offered a space for members of the Brown community to engage in quiet reflection and prayer.
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News and Events
### [University community mourns the loss of two beloved Brown students](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-19/mourning-ella-cook-mukhammadaziz-umurzokov)
December 19, 2025
Brown President Christina H. Paxson grieved the loss of undergraduates Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, whose amazing promise was extinguished by an act of unimaginable violence.
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### [Photos: In the days following tragedy, community members unite in grief](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-19/photos-college-hill-after-tragedy)
December 19, 2025
After an unspeakable act of violence, the Brown community grieved the loss of two remarkable young lives and stood vigil for nine others injured and countless more who were impacted.
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News and Events
### [Brown admits 890 early decision students to the undergraduate Class of 2030](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-17/early-decision)
December 17, 2025
Two days later than planned, as the campus works to heal, Brown admitted 890 talented and intellectually curious students who will contribute to campus a wide range of ideas, perspectives and experiences.
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Health and Medicine
### [Is bioluminescence the key to safe, effective brain imaging?](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-12/bioluminescence-brain-imaging-tool)
December 12, 2025
The Bioluminescence Hub at Brown, a collaborative team of neuroscientists from around the U.S., found a way to harness light to safely and effectively measure activity in living brain cells.
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Health and Medicine
### [Close encounters with Rhode Island’s plants, for education, enlightenment, environmental stewardship](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-10/rhode-island-flora-course)
December 10, 2025
An undergraduate field seminar at Brown teaches aspiring biologists and backyard botanists alike how to identify the flora of the Ocean State and engage with the natural environment.
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### [Brown University economist Peter Howitt accepts Nobel Prize in Stockholm](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-10/nobel-prize-ceremony-2025-peter-howitt)
December 10, 2025
Howitt, a professor emeritus of economics, accepted a diploma and medal from the king of Sweden and delivered a lecture on his prize-winning research during Nobel Week 2025.
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Science and Technology
### [Binding agents: Chemistry and Art course builds connections between the laboratory and the studio](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-10/chemistry-and-art)
December 10, 2025
A class taught by chemist Li-Qiong Wang teaches the molecular building blocks of artistic expression and enables students to make some art of their own along the way.
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Health and Medicine
### [New discovery in cancer signaling reveals a potential path to more effective cancer drugs](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-09/cancer-discovery)
December 9, 2025
A large, multi-institution study led by a Brown University physician-scientist could have important implications for the development of new classes of cancer therapeutics.
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News and Events
### [Brown names the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Center for Career Exploration, recognizing generous gift](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-09/lizzie-and-jonathan-tisch-center-career-exploration)
December 9, 2025
Support from the Tischs, who are the parents of a Brown graduate, will expand career advising, resources, programs and partnerships to position Brown University students to achieve successful lives and careers.
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Science and Technology
### [LZ experiment sets new record in the hunt for dark matter, glimpses neutrinos from the sun’s core](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-08/lz-dark-matter)
December 8, 2025
With contributions from Brown faculty and students, the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment analyzed the largest dataset ever collected by a dark matter detector, and the results provide the strongest constraints yet on low-mass WIMPs.
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News and Events
### [Q&A with Peter Howitt: The Nobel Prize and ‘creative destruction’ in the age of AI](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-04/peter-howitt-nobel-interview)
December 4, 2025
Ahead of the Nobel Prize ceremony in Sweden, the Brown University economist discussed his research, its lessons for today, and his appreciation for Brown’s stimulating academic environment.
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News and Events
### [Ahead of celebration, Midyear Completion speakers reflect on resilience and renewal](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-04/midyear-completion-hashimi-noel)
December 4, 2025
Brown’s annual Midyear Completion Celebration on Saturday, Dec. 6, will honor the achievements and unique paths of “.5ers,” undergraduates who complete their degree requirements this month.
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Health and Medicine
### [School of Public Health Dean Dr. Ashish K. Jha to depart Brown](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-04/ashish-jha-to-depart-brown)
December 4, 2025
After arriving in the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jha will leave at the end of December 2025 to dedicate time to an initiative to confront pandemic and biosecurity threats.
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News and Events
### [Brown provided $41 million in voluntary payments, community contributions to Providence in FY25](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-03/community-contributions)
December 3, 2025
The University made $11.1 million in direct voluntary payments to the city, and its community contributions for K-12 education, nonprofit organizations and other local priorities were valued at $30.2 million.
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Arts and Humanities
### [Exhibitions in Brazil showcase global slavery oral history project led by Brown’s Simmons Center](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-12-03/simmons-center-brazil-slavery-exhibitions)
December 3, 2025
Research led by the Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice is highlighted in two museums in Rio de Janeiro in exhibitions that focus on the global legacies of racial slavery.
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Health and Medicine
### [Expanding seasonal immunization access could minimize off-season RSV epidemics](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-26/rsv-urban-rural-immunization)
November 26, 2025
Researchers found differences in how respiratory syncytial virus spreads among children in rural versus urban communities and concluded that year-round immunizations would minimize risks of large seasonal outbreaks.
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Arts and Humanities
### [Chanelle Dupuis: Finding sweet success in smell studies at Brown](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-24/chanelle-dupuis-smell-studies)
November 24, 2025
The doctoral candidate is leveraging Brown's culture of open inquiry to advance research on the sense of smell through French language and literature, neuroscience and history.
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News and Events
### [Researchers launch Brown University-based national institute on AI in mental health](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-21/aria-kickoff)
November 21, 2025
ARIA, a Brown-based research consortium supported by a $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation, welcomed scientists from across the U.S. to kick off its five-year program with a launch event in Providence.
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Health and Medicine
### [From the Lab: Frederike Petzschner maps mind-body connections for improved well-being](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-20/cognitive-neuroscientist-frederike-petzschner)
November 20, 2025
The Brown University cognitive neuroscientist studies how the brain and body interact, with the goal of translating insights into treatments and solutions for patients facing a variety of health challenges.
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Science and Technology
### [Research provides new design specs for burgeoning sodium-ion batteries](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-20/sodium-ion-batteries)
November 20, 2025
A study provides new guidance for designing sodium-ion batteries, which are emerging as a less expensive and more environmentally friendly complement to lithium-based batteries.
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News and Events
### [Stalwart Mars camera snaps image of interstellar comet 3I/Atlas](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-19/hirise-3i-atlas)
November 19, 2025
A Brown University researcher helps to lead the science team for NASA’s HiRISE camera, which caught images of the comet as it streaked past Mars.
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Health and Medicine
### [As ‘California sober’ catches on, study suggests cannabis use reduces short-term alcohol consumption](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-19/cannabis-alcohol)
November 19, 2025
A new study led by researchers at Brown University suggests that while other risks remain, smoking marijuana can temporarily cut down how much people drink.
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News and Events
### [Staff Spotlight: Melissa Shein takes chemistry to the community](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-17/melissa-shein-staff-spotlight)
November 17, 2025
As communications coordinator for Brown’s Department of Chemistry, Shein works to build community with students and colleagues while engaging the broader public on STEM education and the fight against cancer.
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### [Two Brown University seniors, Class of 2025 graduate named 2026 Rhodes Scholars](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-15/rhodes-scholars-ramirez-sanzi-huang)
November 15, 2025
Brown University seniors Keidy Palma Ramirez and Coco Huang and Class of 2025 alumnus Nicholas Sanzi will pursue graduate degrees at Oxford through one of the most prestigious awards for international study.
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Arts and Humanities
### [Art exhibitions at Brown University honor and interpret historic campus elm tree](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-14/eiden-spilker-elm-tree-art-exhibition)
November 14, 2025
A current solo show and an in-development group exhibition invite the Brown community and the public to create new meaning out of the wood from an American elm that previously flourished on campus.
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Health and Medicine
### [Academic symposium spotlights medical students’ research](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-14/medical-student-research-symposium)
November 14, 2025
During an event at the Warren Alpert Medical School, nearly 150 medical students shared what they learned and what they found during summer research projects.
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University Initiatives
### [Brown employees take the stage in first-ever ‘Battle of the Bands’ to benefit United Way of Rhode Island](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-13/battle-bands-fundraiser-supports-united-way-rhode-island)
November 13, 2025
The lively concert at the Lindemann Performing Arts Center raised funds for Brown Gives, the University’s annual campaign supporting United Way programs across Rhode Island.
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News and Events
### [Veterans Day ceremony honors contributions of veterans to the nation and to the Brown community](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-11/veterans-day-ceremony)
November 11, 2025
U.S. Sen. and U.S. Army veteran Jack Reed and Rear Admiral Darryl L. Walker of the U.S. Naval War College joined Brown leaders, student veterans and ROTC students in celebrating the service of the nation’s military members.
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University Initiatives
### [Brown expands financial support for graduate student veterans, enhances peer-mentorship program](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-11/yellow-ribbon-graduate-cisneros)
November 11, 2025
In an important step toward expanded access, Brown will significantly grow funding for U.S. military veterans pursuing graduate degrees, while a generous donation will establish the Cisneros Veterans Scholars Program.
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Health and Medicine
### [Suicide prevention program decreases risks, saves lives among people recently released from jail](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-10/suicide-prevention-jail)
November 10, 2025
An experimental program for people in jail tested by researchers from Brown and Michigan State reduced the number of suicide attempts by more than half in the year after jail detention.
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News and Events
### [130 Years of Jewish Life at Brown: Celebration, connection and tradition](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-07/130-years-jewish-life)
November 7, 2025
Packed with lively social events, panels, seminars, a timeline exhibition and more, a landmark alumni-led event celebrates the profound history of Jewish life at the University.
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News and Events
### [Brown hosts American Physical Society meeting highlighting research from across New England](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-07/marston-aps)
November 7, 2025
Both longtime and aspiring physicists will showcase their work at Brown during the New England regional meeting of the American Physical Society.
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Health and Medicine
### [More Americans, especially Black adults, are dying before they can access Medicare benefits](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-07/dying-medicare)
November 7, 2025
A study by researchers at Brown University and Harvard University shows that a rising premature death rate means Medicare isn’t helping as many people as intended.
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Health and Medicine
### [Pecking with power: How tiny woodpeckers deliver devastating strikes to drill into wood](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-06/woodpeckers-drilling-physiology)
November 6, 2025
A new study reveals how woodpeckers combine breathing and whole-body coordination to drill into trees with extraordinary force.
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News and Events
### [New admission welcome center at Brown opens its doors to prospective students and families](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-05/galen-henderson-admission-welcome-center)
November 5, 2025
Brimming with design details that bring the Brown experience to life, the Galen V. Henderson Admission Welcome Center captures the warm and welcoming energy of the alumnus for whom it is named.
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News and Events
### [At Brown, Condoleezza Rice discusses foreign policy, research universities and an accomplished career](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-05/ogden-lecture-condoleezza-rice)
November 5, 2025
In a conversation with Brown President Christina H. Paxson, Rice shared insights on her professional life, the current state of foreign affairs, and the role of universities in American democracy.
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Health and Medicine
### [Brown team to co-lead $12M study to improve well-being of people who use drugs in New England](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-11-04/drug-use-hiv-treatment)
November 4, 2025
With a focus on Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont, a project funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse will analyze trends in drug use and barriers to care with the goal of strengthening treatment.
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News and Events
### [Q&A: Brown physicist on the Higgs boson and whether it might change the fate of the universe](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-10-31/higgs-conference)
October 31, 2025
Scientists from around the world are at Brown to discuss what is known, and what needs to be learned, about the long-sought particle discovered a decade ago.
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Student Life
### [Andrew Herring: Squashing limitations after second chance at life](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-10-31/andrew-herring)
October 31, 2025
After a life-saving liver transplant at 17, the Brown University senior and standout squash player has embraced a life driven by resilience, community and gratitude.
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News and Events
### [At Brown, Hillary Clinton reflects on her career, encourages the pursuit of truth and diplomacy](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-10-30/ogden-lecture-hillary-rodham-clinton)
October 30, 2025
With both humor and candor, the former first lady, U.S. senator, secretary of state and U.S. presidential candidate discussed foreign policy, global affairs, disinformation and the importance of upholding democracy.
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Social Sciences
### [At Watson School launch event, Gen. Mark Milley stresses importance of upholding American values](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-10-25/watson-school-launch-event)
October 25, 2025
Brown President Christina H. Paxson and Inaugural Dean John N. Friedman joined Milley to celebrate the creation of Brown’s new policy school, affirming its dedication to interdisciplinary scholarship.
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News and Events
### [Brown celebrates its newest Nobel laureate, Peter Howitt, in a return visit to Providence](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-10-23/peter-howitt-visits-brown-campus)
October 23, 2025
The professor emeritus of economics and 2025 Nobel winner spent the day on Brown’s campus, where he enjoyed visits with former colleagues and a celebration at the Faculty Club.\
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News and Events
### [Brown hits a high note with new Stephen Sondheim Amphitheater, revamped Simmons Quad](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-10-23/sondheim-amphitheater-simmons-quad)
October 23, 2025
Home to the newly dedicated amphitheater, Brown’s renovated Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle improves accessibility for community members with physical disabilities and adds a gathering and performing space in the heart of campus.
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News and Events
### [What Dean John N. Friedman envisions for Brown’s recently launched Watson School](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-10-23/john-friedman-watson-school-launch)
October 23, 2025
In this Q&A, the Watson School of International and Public Affairs dean discusses supporting the open exchange of ideas, opportunities for collaboration and broadening policy-focused research.
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News and Events
### [Conversation series deepens Brown’s culture of inquiry as part of Discovery Through Dialogue](https://www.brown.edu/news/2025-10-22/discovery-through-dialogue-conversations)
October 22, 2025
The University will first welcome journalist Ben Austen and historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad for a public discussion on Oct. 27 titled “Between Friends: Honest Conversations About Race in America.”
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