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Values should guide leadership, decision-making in crisis, Paxson says in Chronicle discussion
Brown President Christina H. Paxson discussed leadership and innovation in a virtual Chronicle of Higher Education event focused…
For Health Services at Brown, pandemic has brought 15 months of COVID response and innovation
Working with departments across the University, Brown’s student-facing health care providers developed innovative ways to provide COVID-19 care…
Conversations on COVID: Brown emergency medicine fellow in Nepal is fighting COVID-19 on multiple fronts
Dr. Ramu Kharel, a global emergency medicine fellow affiliated with Brown’s Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies,…
Driven to create policies for a post-pandemic world, Brown’s largest-ever MPA cohort arrives
The Watson Institute’s one-year master of public affairs program saw a 58% increase in new students in 2021,…
$5 million gift to fuel new ideas, welcome new leadership at Brown’s Pembroke Center
By Gillian Kiley, Pembroke Center The gift from Class of 1976 Brown alumna Shauna Stark, the largest in…
Brown professor wins prestigious computing award named for his late predecessor
Eli Upfal, a professor of computer science, is the winner of this year’s ACM Paris Kanellakis Theory and…
Deaths of assisted living residents spiked during COVID-19 pandemic, study reveals
A new study led by Brown researchers shows the crucial need for specific attention to be paid to…
After the FDA’s approval, what to know about the new Alzheimer’s drug
Dr. Stephen Salloway, associate director of Brown’s new Center for Alzheimer’s Research who led clinical trials for the…
Brown alumna captures Pulitzer Prize for study of McDonald’s franchises in Black America
Marcia Chatelain, who graduated from Brown with a master’s and Ph.D. in American civilization, won the 2021 prize…
Top-rated Medicare Advantage plans perform worse for minority, low-income enrollees, study finds
A new analysis by researchers at Brown University shows the association of Medicare Advantage star ratings with racial,…