Armed with a $300,000 grant for a three-year period of study, Karla Kaun, assistant professor of neuroscience, plans to examine how memory affects millions of fruit flies’ preference for alcohol after intoxication. The grant, awarded by the Smith Family Awards Program for Excellence in Biomedical ...
Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease may share the same genetic origin, according to a recent study that integrated data collected from over 15,000 women and was conducted by University researchers. Researchers examined the genomes — or entire set of genes — of the white, black and Hispanic ...
Some residential neighborhoods in Providence do not have sidewalks, which is problematic, said Peter Asen, director of the Providence Healthy Communities Office, during the public forum Place Matters: Design for Population Health. The forum, which focused on the importance of creating infrastructure ...
At Brown, making money is a taboo subject, as most students don’t want to talk about pursuing their passion for profit. But making money isn’t a bad thing, Chief Technology Officer at Delphix Adam Leventhal ’01 told an audience of around 40 students and faculty members at a lecture Wednesday in ...
Phyllis Dennery will become the chair of pediatrics at the Alpert Medical School and pediatrician-in-chief and medical director at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in April, the University and Lifespan announced this month. Dennery is currently the chief of the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Services ...
Recycled rainwater and gender divides in education took center stage Sept. 26 and Oct. 10 as the Brown-India Initiative undergraduate and graduate fellows gave presentations on their summer projects. The panels were held in the McKinney Conference Room at the Watson Institute for International Studies. The ...
Individuals with mobility impairments are more likely to be smokers and less likely to quit, according to a recent study by University researchers. “Nobody put the two together,” said Belinda Borrelli, adjunct professor of psychiatry and human behavior, who conceptualized the idea behind the study ...
A panel of alumni and faculty experts discussed the impact and future of the growing field of brain research Saturday morning as part of the University’s 250th anniversary celebrations. The event, held in Salomon 101, attracted a crowd of around 200 people. “Neuroscience is so exciting because ...
Changes in communication between families and children could result in more success among children trying to lose weight, according to recent findings by University researchers. The study divided adolescents into two groups, with one group containing parents who were heavily communicating with their ...
The Ebola virus epidemic may be happening thousands of miles away, but that is not stopping University faculty and students from trying to help fight the deadly disease. Both Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Adam Levine and Professor of Medicine Timothy Flanigan are working to combat the outbreak ...
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