A new report from a universitywide socio-economic advisory group provides the university a roadmap to better serve its growing number of low-income and first-generation students. Recommendations include helping students better transition to college life, providing the resources needed to engage in academic and campus life and creating a university culture that welcomes and values every student.

Babies born prematurely face an increased risk of neurological and psychiatric problems that may be due to weakened connections in brain networks linked to attention, communication and the processing of emotions, according to new School of Medicine research led by Cynthia Rogers, MD.

Want to make sure your child graduates from high school? Don’t move. A new study led by the Brown School’s Molly Metzger, PhD, finds that students experiencing at least one move over a twelve-month period have a roughly 50 percent decreased likelihood of obtaining a high school diploma by age 25. The findings hold true whether students move to a poorer or more affluent area.​

The Bears football team is helping to promote the university’s Green Dot bystander intervention program this weekend. Athletes will be wearing special-edition green jerseys in their game Saturday against Millsaps College. The Athletics Department is working with the Relationship and Sexual Violence Prevention Center to raise awareness about preventing violence.