University engineers have developed new nanoparticle technology that eliminates the need for cold storage in some medical diagnostic tests. Their work could change testing’s scope in places where it’s needed most.
Adia Harvey Wingfield, professor of sociology in Arts & Sciences, recently was elected president of Sociologists for Women in Society. She discusses her plans for the organization and why academics need to engage in public discourse.
Scientists at the School of Medicine have detailed the structure of a molecule implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. Knowing its shape can help in understanding how neurodegenerative diseases develop.
The first academic study to estimate the cumulative lifetime risk of a child mistreatment investigation reveals that 37 percent of U.S. children are the subject of an investigated child maltreatment report. Brown School researchers conducted the study.
Olin Business School is launching the Olin Fleischer Scholars Program, a free one-week residential summer program for high school students with limited financial resources or who will be first in their families to attend college.
Sociologist Caitlyn Collins, of Arts & Sciences, writes an article in The Atlantic about different countries’ approaches to child care and the effect its availability has on women’s employment and earnings.
Christopher Stark, assistant professor of music in Arts & Sciences, composed music for the movie “Novitiate,” which will make its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, which begins Thursday, Jan. 19.
Question: Many distinguished individuals have given Assembly Series lectures on campus over the years. Which of the following spoke during the Assembly Series’ first decade (1953-63)? A) Martin Luther King Jr.
B) Linus Pauling C) Eleanor Roosevelt
D) All of the above
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