Psychosis Test
Tracking mental illness with technology
Science & Tech
Who’s at Risk?
Researchers address high suicide rates with app-based tools and culturally aware interventions.
“Coping with Covid” 101
A new course on the psychology of pandemics offers a scientific take on Covid-related mental health issues and a place for students to process.
Artificial Intelligence Is as Unfair as We Are.
A new course asks how we can harness AI without teaching it all of our biases and automating oppression.
Electric Switch
Alan Taub ’76 hopes to turn Motor City into E-Motor City.
Do You Have Long Covid?
A team of researchers has published a definition and a list of symptoms.
Spinal Success
A new implant system helps monitor and heal fused vertebrae
Ocean’s 11
Charlie Enright ’08 and Mark Towill ’11 of the 11th Hour Racing Team on winning the Ocean Race while trying to save the seas.
Ice-Breaker
As glaciers collapse, a community comes together.
Flight Plan
Advocating for disability inclusion in space
Grand Design
Is anatomy destiny?
What’s Out There?
David Grinspoon ’82 helps NASA investigate unexplained phenomena
Rest Easy
An expert on why good sleep often eludes us
Ecology and Inequality
Can we restore damaged ecosystems while also attending to human rights?
Shell Game
Ronny Krishana ’95 hopes to restore NY’s status as the world’s oyster capital.
Shell Game
Ronny Krishana ’95 hopes to restore NY’s status as the world’s oyster capital.
Change Catalyst
Gaurab Chakrabarti ’10 may just transform the chemical industry
Making Robots Dance
At the intersection of choreography and engineering, a course looks at how robots move—and whether we’re programming them toward good or evil.
Tackling Climate Change
The new director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society shares her insights on climate science and solutions.
No More Excuses
U.S. histories often neglect to mention the millions of enslaved Native Americans. A Brown database aims to help change that.
Rx for “Information Disorder”
Disinformation is making us sick, literally. Asking the right questions and training the right people may be the cure.
Growing Research
Advancing knowledge and understanding in the service of society
All the Pigs in China
To make good food choices these days, you have to sort out global trade, politics, and environmental issues. Even experts can’t do it.
How Math Might Save Dinner
Satellite imagery and data analysis may help feed the world and save the trees.