On Campus Service & Advocacy Performing Sin Inside the world of anti-trafficking organizations, where former sex workers who attend Christian church services and weep in shame over their past behavior get reduced hours and higher wages. Read More Student Life Hidden in Plain View Move over, birbs. There’s a new treasure in town. Science & Tech A Brief History of U.S. Research Funding Before World War II, the federal government didn’t fund research. But after scientists with the Manhattan Project helped win the war, the U.S. was convinced that university research was a great national investment. Until now. A look back at how we got here. University News What Brown Stands For A new Statement of Values and Voice provides a roadmap for the future ALEENAH MOHSIN LED A STUDY THAT FOUND OBESITY-RELATED HEART DISEASE DEATHS HAVE NEARLY TRIPLED OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS IN THE U.S. ANOTHER BROWN STUDY FOUND THE USE OF ANTI-OBESITY MEDS MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM 2022 TO 2023, WHILE BARIATRIC SURGERIES DECREASED 25.6%. EIDEN SPILKER ’24 IS USING WOOD FROM AN AILING AMERICAN ELM THAT HAD TO BE FELLED LAST MAY TO MAKE SCULPTURES FOR CAMPUS. BROWN’S NEW ONLINE MASTER’S IN DATA SCIENCE EXPLORES BOTH THE TECH ITSELF AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN SOCIETY, CHARTING THE FUTURE OF AI. PRESIDENT EMERITA RUTH J. SIMMONS WAS AWARDED A NATIONAL HUMANITIES MEDAL IN OCT. ’24 FOR PIONEERING EQUITY IN U.S. HIGHER ED. Education Fight Like an Egyptian A course taught once each Brown generation re-enacts the ancient Battle of Kadesh. Science & Tech Software to the Stars Can AI solve the universe’s greatest mysteries? These professors are trying to find out. Science & Tech Gossip Science A study looks at how we stay clean while dishing dirt University News A New Look for the Lower Green An amphitheater arrives! Student Life Collecting Funko Pops Five minutes with Briana Bisono ’28 Student Life Ice Cream Wars At campus eateries this spring, everything was coming up dairy
