Though only 9 percent of people who have ever used marijuana become dependent on it, frequent usage is often accompanied by problems such as the tendency to procrastinate and a decrease in energy and memory, according to a new study by researchers at the University’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction ...
Research on cousin marriage, non-governmental organizations, indigenous performance and the relationship between feminism and technology will receive the first round of new interdisciplinary seed grants funded by the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, the Center announced earlier this ...
The Curiosity rover may have landed on the Red Planet months ago, but the work of the researchers on the science team — including Ralph Milliken MS ’03 PhD ’06, assistant professor of geological sciences — is far from over. The NASA Mars Science Laboratory Rover mission aims to probe at the ...
During a lecture to his BIOL 0530: “Principles of Immunology” students last semester, Richard Bungiro, lecturer in biology, invited workers from Health Services on stage to inject him with this year’s influenza vaccine. “I guess you could call it a publicity stunt,” he said. After class, ...
On your next night at the Whiskey Republic, leave the cigarettes at home — smoking could lead to a worse hangover, according to a new study from Brown’s Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies. The research was published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs earlier this month. To conduct ...
The Word of the Year is one that is rarely spoken. The word “hashtag” — the act of using a pound sign (#) followed by a word or phrase to tag a message on Twitter — was dubbed “Word of the Year 2012” by the American Dialect Society Jan. 4. The word “hashtag” was created for Twitter ...
The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry will not retract a controversial study authored in 2001 by former Brown professor Martin Keller, according to a letter written by Andres Martin, the journal’s editor, last month. The Keller study, commonly referred to as Study ...
Transfusions may harm heart attack patients Blood transfusions delivered to heart attack patients may increase their risk of death, according to a study led by cardiology fellow Saurav Chatterjee published last month in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Physicians often provide blood transfusions ...
Four faculty members were selected as 2012 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science last month. Provost Mark Schlissel P'15, Professor of Medical Science Julie Kauer, Professor of Computer Science Roberto Tamassia and writer-in-residence Cornelia Dean '69 will be recognized ...
Starting today, collections of African artwork arranged by an archaeology department class are on display in the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World. Rachel Engmann, a postdoctoral fellow at the Joukowsky Institute, instructed a class this fall entitled ARCH 1615: "Art/Artifact: ...
Despite the existence of three hookah lounges within walking distance of Thayer Street and health researchers' increasing investigations of hookah usage among college students, many students said Brown does not have a "hookah culture."
Navigating the space between student and professor, the University's 250 postdocs are an integral, but often over-looked, group of researchers on campus.
Science and art merged yesterday in a flurry of photography, sculpture and dance at the physics department's third annual Art Show.
Despite the perceived ubiquitous nature of hookups on college campuses, sex in the context of romantic relationships is still the norm, according to a longitudinal study conducted by Brown-affiliated researchers and published last month in the Journal of Adolescent Health. "Over the past few years, ...
In 1960, Jerome Stein, associate professor of economics, took his 7-year-old son Seth to hear a talk about continental drift by geologist Donald Eckelmann, also a dean at Brown at the time. Seth demonstrated his early aptitude for geology by jumping up when Eckelmann asked for questions. "He said, 'You ...
"A Part of the World," a short documentary released online today, uses the story of Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine Lisa Denny's medical aid efforts in Haiti to explore the moral question of how volunteers can help without causing harm. The film traces Denny's path to working ...
Sperm size may predict swimming ability Penis size may not matter for reproductive success, but sperm size may make all the difference, according to a study published last month in the journal Human Reproduction. The research team, led by University postdoctoral researcher Jim Mossman during his doctoral ...
For upper limb amputees, adjusting to a new prosthetic arm can be difficult. While getting physically comfortable with new prosthetics is its own challenge, another difficulty is being able to objectively measure improvement over time.
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