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Now you see me, now you don’t: Using artificial intelligence to identify COVID-19, developing a PPE coating to stop it in its tracks

By Emilija Sagaityte | August 19

Instead of relying on only a physical barrier, what if scientists were to develop a substance capable of killing COVID-19’s viral particles when they come in contact with personal protective equipment? And in cases where the virus evades these protections, what if programming software could give radiologists ...

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‘Untitled (Lamp/Bear)’ to be removed from Brown’s campus ‘over the coming weeks’

By Nicholas Michael | August 17

Updated 7:40 P.M., August 17, 2020 Urs Fischer’s 2006 sculpture “Untitled (Lamp/Bear),” one of campus’ most divisive and lurid examples of public art, is preparing to make its exit from Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle “over the coming weeks” after more than four years since its June 2016 arrival. The ...

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Faculty re-adjust courses following changes to Brown’s initial reopening plan

By Jack Walker and Livia Gimenes | August 15

When President Christina Paxson P'19 announced Aug. 11 that all undergraduate classes would be taught fully online until at least Oct. 5, faculty members, like students, were tasked with reimagining what the fall semester would look like.

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As fall semester nears, students already on campus voice serious concerns about living conditions

By Olivia George | August 13

College students across the country are preparing for an academic year like no other: masks in near-empty lecture halls, regular nasal swab testing and no large campus gatherings. For the limited number of students who will be permitted to return to campus in late August, healthy and safe dorm conditions ...

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Brown undergraduates to be tested for COVID-19 twice a week for foreseeable future

By Emilija Sagaityte | August 13

The University released its guidelines Aug. 11 for the free COVID-19 testing that will be required of returning students and employees during the fall semester. The summer testing pilot program currently in place will transition to this academic-year testing initiative beginning the week of Aug. 24. ...

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Brown undergraduate classes will be fully online until at least Oct. 5

By Jack Walker, Olivia George and Allie Reed | August 11

Updated 12:06 P.M. August 11, 2020The University is implementing a “phased approach” to in-person undergraduate instruction and student returns to campus in light of the shifting public health landscape, according to the Healthy Brown website.As part of this approach, all undergraduate courses will ...

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Nearly 800 students to attend Brown remotely for fall semester

By Li Goldstein | August 10

Approximately 800 undergraduate students will study remotely during the upcoming semester, accounting for around 15.5 percent of respondents to the Fall 2020 Location of Study Form, which was completed by sophomores, juniors and seniors in July. The form, which was due July 15, asked students to indicate ...

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‘This is going to end:’ Anthony Fauci joins Ashish Jha to address COVID-19 pandemic in live-streamed Brown event

By Cate Ryan | August 8

Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, spoke through screens to the Brown community and the public Friday afternoon, sharing practical public health advice and updates on the nation’s COVID-19 response. Fauci was interviewed by Ashish Jha, the incoming dean of the School ...

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International students relieved at ICE reversal, desire more guidance from Brown

By Benjamin Pollard | August 3

Khushi Agrawal ’23, a student from India, had never felt like an outsider in the United States before. That changed when she heard about the new guidelines from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that meant she might not be able to return to campus in the fall. In the days following ...

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COVID-19 testing specifics remain uncertain for fall semester

By Olivia George | July 30

Before classes resume on College Hill, the University intends to test all returning students for COVID-19. But what happens next? On Tuesday, Russell Carey ’91, a member of the Health Fall Task Force and the executive vice president for planning and policy, spoke to The Herald about the on-going ...

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Brown to fully fund $10 million endowment for Providence Public Schools

By Livia Gimenes | July 29

The University Corporation has designated $8.1 million to fulfill its 2007 commitment to establish a $10 million endowment to support the Providence Public School District, President Christina Paxson P’19 wrote in a press release and community-wide email Wednesday. Paxson wrote that although “the ...

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CS professors, students plan for online instruction

By Jack Walker | July 28

In early spring, before COVID-19 had officially been deemed a pandemic and the semester moved online, the University’s Department of Computer Science was one of the first to begin moving its operations online. Months later, with the United States still experiencing record-high daily increases in cases, ...

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Students express concerns about returning to campus in UCS pre-reopening decision poll

By Jack Borris | July 23

The Undergraduate Council of Students’ pre-reopening decision poll revealed the majority of students surveyed are concerned about aspects of campus life as they prepare to return to College Hill in the fall. Of students surveyed, 65.3 percent listed access to University facilities and public spaces ...

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Brown University student named winner in MIT’s Latin America versus COVID-19 hackathon

By Rahma Ibrahim | July 23

In June, Valerie Aguilar Dellisanti ’23 and her team — who represented the University, Harvard, Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — competed and won MIT’s virtual hackathon event: Latin America vs. COVID-19. The team worked virtually over 48 hours to create their ...

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Take a breath

By Emilija Sagaityte | July 18

To assist in the battle against COVID-19, a number of University research projects in progress since early spring seek to develop new technology molded to the needs of medical personnel, COVID-19 patients and testing sites. Two of these projects are aimed specifically at preserving lung function ...

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Brown secures one-year leases at four off-campus Providence locations for upcoming academic year

By Kayla Guo | July 15

Updated 1:10 p.m., July 16, 2020 To supplement the supply of on-campus housing and allow for a de-densified campus during the upcoming academic year, the University has agreed to one-year leases at four off-campus locations in Providence. The University has leased units at 257 Thayer Apartments, ...

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Federal government rescinds ICE, DHS decision prohibiting international students from remaining in the U.S. with a fully online course load

By Cate Ryan | July 14

Updated 2:18 p.m., July 15, 2020 The Department of Homeland Security will rescind the regulations released July 6 barring international students from remaining in the United States if their course load is entirely online, federal judge Allison Burroughs announced Tuesday. This announcement follows ...

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First-years balance excitement, concern over delayed arrival on campus

By Will Kubzansky | July 13

The class of 2024 has to wait a little longer. After an unorthodox high school senior spring and an uncertain summer, first-years will not study on campus for the fall semester. Instead, the University announced in its reopening plan that first-years will come to College Hill in the spring and summer ...

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Faculty express cautious optimism for Brown's three-term plan

By Li Goldstein | July 11

Professor of Biology Kenneth Miller ’70 is no stranger to using technology as a tool for teaching. The end of the recent spring semester marked the completion of Miller’s 40th year at the University, but he remembers as early as the mid-1980s — “before the Internet was called the Internet” ...

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Brown to file amicus brief in support of Harvard, MIT in lawsuit against ICE

By Benjamin Pollard | July 10

Brown will file an amicus brief in support of the case brought in federal court this week by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The brief is expected to be filed July 13, according to an update posted Friday to a University ...