Impact: Research at Brown
Impact: Research at Brown
Impact is a magazine devoted solely to the University’s research. It tells the stories of faculty and student achievements, and their influence in solving critical problems in the world through their exploration.
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Discoveries in Aging Research
From cell studies to therapeutics to elder care, Brown researchers tackle the aging process.
WaTae Mickey, Jr. '26 is collaborating with Professor James Head to develop a reference mission for prolonged lunar exploration, a crucial step toward advancing extended space stays and future Mars missions.
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Students learn to communicate their research in five-minute TED-style talks.
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Internationally renowned anthropologist and ethnographic filmmaker Lina Fruzzetti, Brown’s first tenured woman of color, retires after joining the anthropology department in 1975.
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Research Briefs
A compendium of recent highlights of Brown research
Education expert joins $2 million grant project to transform high school civics.
Melting Arctic ice could transform international shipping routes.
NIH awards Brown $10.8 million to expand data-informed research to fight human disease.
Focus
A closer look at researchers and projects gaining wider influence
Fifteen years after its initial publication, Brown’s watershed Slavery and Justice Report has been reinvigorated, and the Simmons Center is changing how the world learns about the legacies of slavery.
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Brown researchers prepare for breakthroughs in quantum science.
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Wang Lu connects sounds, surroundings, and listeners through musical composition.
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Future Impact
Dean Jain leads Brown to a future of integrated biomedical research.
Finding a shared North Star for Brown, Lifespan, and Care New England during his first year at Brown, Dean Jain looks forward to integrating their research activities and benefiting patients in the Providence community and beyond.
Brown Invents
Brown faculty and student inventors benefit society through their research, discoveries, and patents.
Immersive Research
Undergraduates gain advanced research skills through applied internship and fellowship programs.