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Welcome back to Earth, Jessica Meir! Meir, a NASA astronaut and Class of 1999 graduate, safely returned to Earth yesterday after spending 237 days aboard the International Space Station as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission. Photo Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber

NASA astronaut and Brown University alumna Jessica Meir smiles and waves while seated in a recovery chair, still wearing her white SpaceX spacesuit and helmet. Recovery personnel assist her aboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON following the Crew-12 spacecraft's splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles on Oct. 8, 2026.
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Brown University is waiving its undergraduate application fee for all #Providence public school students, removing a financial barrier and encouraging more local students to consider Brown.

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From classroom notes to an illustrated comic exploring the history of Providence's Chinese communities, Brown graduate Aidan Choi uses art to bring research to life. Now pursuing a dual master's degree at Brown, Choi is preparing for a career in public service.

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Last year Brown Professor Emeritus of Economics Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Sciences for his mathematical model of creative destruction. Learn how his award-winning research will help society better understand economic growth.

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Two community-centered hubs on College Hill and a location for administrative operations in the Jewelry District will support a community-oriented public safety model, improve accessibility and upgrade essential facilities.

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Whether organizing initiatives for the student community or responding to calls for support, Russell relishes her role as a full-time staff member who lives and works on campus and helps students thrive.

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Associate Professor of Music Eric Nathan, the Rhode Island Philharmonic’s new composer in residence, invited his students to the rehearsal for the premiere of his work “The Mountains We Climb.”

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New research from Brown University’s BrainGate clinical trial is offering new insights into how the brain responds when people watch others perform physical actions — findings that could help inform the next generation of brain-computer interfaces for people with paralysis.

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From smart wound care to technology tackling toxic algae blooms and Alzheimer’s disease, seven Brown-born startups pitched emerging innovations to investors and industry leaders at the Brown Invents Startup Challenge, part of Rhode Island Startup Week.

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Introducing Research @ Brown: a video series that showcases the research happening at Brown and its impact on human health, technological innovation and the public good. Hear directly from researchers about how they conduct their research and why it matters.

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Graphic for Brown University’s “Research @ Brown” series. Large white text reading “RESEARCH” and “BROWN,” with a red “@” symbol, appears over a collage of research imagery, including laboratory glassware, a gloved hand holding a pipette and scientific graphs displayed on a computer screen.
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A milestone on the path to becoming physicians!

Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School welcomed 146 first-year medical students to the profession at its annual Ceremony of Commitment to Medicine, where members of the M.D. Class of 2030 received their white coats.

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A smiling Brown medical student puts on her new white coat over a cream floral dress during the Ceremony of Commitment to Medicine. She looks toward the camera while holding the coat open at her shoulders, with other students in white coats visible behind her.Brown medical students wearing their new white coats sit together in a crowded auditorium during the Ceremony of Commitment to Medicine. Several students in the front rows smile and applaud, with a large audience filling the space behind them.An audience member holds up a smartphone to photograph a group of Brown medical students in white coats posing together onstage. The students stand in front of a large Brown University shield and a red backdrop as other guests watch from their seats.A Brown medical student wearing an embroidered green sari smiles as Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences Dr. Mukesh K. Jain helps her into a white coat onstage during the Ceremony of Commitment to Medicine. Another faculty member stands nearby, smiling and helping, against a red and black backdrop featuring part of the Brown University shield.
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On Sept. 22, former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined Brown President Christina H. Paxson for the 106th Ogden Lecture, discussing U.S.-Canada relations, global conflict, leadership and more.

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After record growth for Brown’s endowment, Chief Investment Officer Jane Dietze will depart this December. To maintain the endowment’s strong momentum, Brown graduates Joshua Kennedy and Peter Levine will take on new elevated leadership roles in Brown's Investment Office.

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After devastating floods struck Nepal, Brown University physician Ramu Kharel helped mobilize 300 volunteers in a single day through HAPSA Nepal, a nonprofit he founded. They assembled 5,000 sanitation kits — reaching 3,200 families so far.

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Recognized for world-class faculty, robust financial aid, high-impact research and strong career outcomes, Brown earned top marks across major higher education guides and rankings this year.

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Planes, trains, automobiles... and 2,000 miles on a bicycle. Before arriving on College Hill, first-year student Theodore Niemeyer Lam spent 38 days pedaling across the U.S. to experience the country through a new lens.

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A new discovery by neuroscientists at Brown University’s @carneyinstitute.bsky.social reveals how developing nerve cells use a genetic switch to guide their connections to the right place — a finding that could advance efforts to repair neural connections damaged by spinal cord injury or stroke.

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Cheers, smiles and plenty of high-fives for the first day of school! 🐻 Continuing a longstanding tradition, Brown student-athletes and coaches welcomed students to Vartan Gregorian Elementary School as they arrived to begin a new school year.

Brown student-athletes line both sides of a walkway outside Vartan Gregorian Elementary School, smiling and extending their hands for high-fives as students with backpacks arrive for their first day of school.
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What’s going on deep inside Mars? Using a technique developed by Brown researchers, scientists discovered a massive warm spot in the Red Planet’s southern mantle — one that could offer new clues about how Mars evolved over billions of years.

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A new study led by Brown researchers found that younger U.S. military veterans had higher levels of PFAS — “forever chemicals” linked to a range of health risks — than non-veterans of similar ages. The findings could help guide health screenings for veterans.

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