About 17 percent of undergraduate students smoke cigarettes or e-cigarettes, according to a Herald poll conducted Oct. 28-29. The poll found that 9.7 percent of students smoke rarely, 3.7 percent smoke several times per month, 2.1 percent smoke several times per week and 1.9 percent smoke at least daily. Brown’s ...
Through practice and play, John Oberlin GS is working to help robots learn how to pick up any number of household objects. Oberlin, a PhD candidate in computer science, is collaborating with his adviser, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Stefanie Tellex. The duo aims to have their ...
The red planet made headlines in October after NASA announced evidence confirming the existence of flowing liquid water on Mars. University researchers in the department of earth, environmental and planetary sciences studying Mars have also had a busy month. Earlier this month, a paper was published ...
The Department of Computer Science announced plans last week to create a $10 million endowment in order to provide funding for undergraduate teaching assistants in all computer science courses. As of press time, the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Endowment had raised $5,588,532. Undergrad teaching ...
Over the last five years, the number of computer science degrees awarded has risen by over 200 percent, increasing from 40 in 2011 to 100 last spring. For some computer science concentrators, learning is not limited to the classroom, as they apply their skills to the development of Android and iOS apps. ...
The pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli made headlines this summer when he raised the price of a generic drug by over 5,000 percent. Led by Clay Wiske MD ’16, a team of researchers presented strategies to prevent such price spikes and increase competition in the markets for generic drugs in the ...
About 45 high school students visiting Brown on Saturday walked on the surface of Mars, landed in a crater and suddenly found themselves on the surface of the moon. The students never left the Yurt Ultimate Reality Theatre, where they were able to experience these places as Johannes Novotny GS switched ...
Examining misconceptions about appendicitis Researchers from the Hasbro Children’s Hospital surveyed children suspected to have appendicitis and their parents to examine their perceptions of the condition. An article recounting their findings was published online Nov. 3 in the Journal of Pediatric ...
The Brown Institute for Brain Science is searching for a new director after Professor of Neuroscience John Donoghue, founder and former director of BIBS, stepped down in January. Donoghue is taking a sabbatical year to found and direct the Wyss Center, a neuroengineering research institute in Geneva, ...
A group of researchers in the School of Public Health conducted a pilot study that examined whether small payments motivate undergraduates to exercise. An article detailing their findings was published in the November issue of the American Journal of Health Behavior. Twenty-two undergraduates participated ...
Students joined President Christina Paxson P’19 for a night of programming fun Monday, learning vital computational skills in an informal setting as part of “Python Month.” Approximately 50 students attended the event, which took place in MacMillan Hill and was taught entirely by leaders of Hack@Brown, ...
One small step for man, one giant leap for Martian kind In response to requests from NASA for potential landing sites for human exploration of Mars, University researchers have made suggestions based on their research, according to an Oct. 28 University press release. Professor of Earth, Environmental ...
Two University researchers were recently elected into the National Academy of Medicine for their work in public health and policy, earning a distinction annually conferred to fewer than 70 individuals. Vincent Mor, professor of health services, policy and practice, and James Morone, director of the ...
Three pieces of breaded chicken from the Verney-Woolley Dining Hall on Chicken Finger Friday packs in 430 calories, according to the Brown Dining Services’ nutrition website. One serving of vegetarian spinach strudel — an entree at the Sharpe Refectory on Thursday — contains 519 calories and 96 ...
Updated on Wednesday Nov. 4 at 11:00pm. Researchers in the Department of Molecular Biology are investigating a protein thought to be associated with degenerative diseases like cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. The protein, named “fused in sarcoma,” ...
A group of Rhode Island Hospital surgeons investigated medical conditions associated with failure to rescue — death after a treatable complication — using statistics from the hospital, said Andrew Stephen, assistant professor of surgery and coauthor of the study. The paper was recently published ...
Selection bias A study led by a School of Public Health researcher examines the effect of selection bias in cohort studies, following the same group of people over many years. The paper was published online Oct. 19 in the journal Epidemiology. Selection bias can occur when a non-random subgroup drops ...
A team of University researchers recently found that interpersonal therapy — therapy that focuses on communicating with others — reduced the onset of postpartum depression among women during a six-month period after giving birth. The study detailing these findings was published online in the Journal ...
In July 1960, Jane Goodall packed her bags and traveled from England to Gombe National Park in Tanzania, where she began what would become her lifelong project and passion: a 55-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees. Her observations redefined what we know about animal intelligence. ...
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences renewed funding for the Brown Superfund Research Program last month, granting $10.8 million to support four projects over the next five years, said Kim Boekelheide, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine and director of the SRP. The four ...
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