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Learn More Brown students are active participants in creating, sharing and applying knowledge. Learning at Brown is a collaborative, hands-on experience — one in which students routinely lead research projects, design independent studies and contribute to the University’s collective scholarly impact. Open details for Pause/Play this video Live from the International Space Station... From her office 250 miles above the Earth, history-making astronaut and Brown alumna Jessica Meir '99 answered students' questions about life in space. Open details for Live from the International Space Station... The Impact of Our Work Deploying knowledge to address critical and complex problems in the world. News From Brown Featured Most Recent Featured Most Recent Student Life For student musicians at Brown, vibrant interest in music production makes for a perfect mix March 6, 2020 At Brown, first-year student Chance Emerson finds opportunity to explore wide-ranging academic interests and pursue musical collaborations while perfecting his first full-length album, “The Raspberry Men.” Read Article Open details for For student musicians at Brown, vibrant interest in music production makes for a perfect mix Arts and Humanities Paris exhibition showcases Brown professor’s research on the economy of images March 5, 2020 “The Supermarket of Images,” an exhibition on view at the Jeu de Paume through June 2020, explores how images shape and change people’s lives. Read Article Open details for Paris exhibition showcases Brown professor’s research on the economy of images University Initiatives Letter from President Paxson: Brown’s actions on climate change March 4, 2020 President Christina H. Paxson wrote to the campus community on March 4 with an update on Brown’s efforts to confront climate change through net-zero GHG initiatives, halting investments in fossil fuel extraction in the University’s endowment and other efforts. Read Article Open details for Letter from President Paxson: Brown’s actions on climate change News and Events Theresa May talks Brexit, climate change and political division March 4, 2020 May, who served as the U.K.’s prime minister from 2016 to 2019, spoke about the divisive present and potentially promising future of Western democracies at the 100th Ogden Lecture at . Read Article Open details for Theresa May talks Brexit, climate change and political division News and Events Research on Science cover reveals collective dynamics of active matter systems March 9, 2020 A study provides new details about the collective motion of individual agents in a liquid-crystal-like system, which could help in better understanding bacterial colonies, structures and systems in the human body, and other forms of active matter. Read Article Open details for Research on Science cover reveals collective dynamics of active matter systems Student Life For student musicians at Brown, vibrant interest in music production makes for a perfect mix March 6, 2020 At Brown, first-year student Chance Emerson finds opportunity to explore wide-ranging academic interests and pursue musical collaborations while perfecting his first full-length album, “The Raspberry Men.” Read Article Open details for For student musicians at Brown, vibrant interest in music production makes for a perfect mix Arts and Humanities Paris exhibition showcases Brown professor’s research on the economy of images March 5, 2020 “The Supermarket of Images,” an exhibition on view at the Jeu de Paume through June 2020, explores how images shape and change people’s lives. Read Article Open details for Paris exhibition showcases Brown professor’s research on the economy of images News and Events Theresa May talks Brexit, climate change and political division March 4, 2020 May, who served as the U.K.’s prime minister from 2016 to 2019, spoke about the divisive present and potentially promising future of Western democracies at the 100th Ogden Lecture at . Read Article Open details for Theresa May talks Brexit, climate change and political division University Initiatives Letter from President Paxson: Brown’s actions on climate change March 4, 2020 President Christina H. Paxson wrote to the campus community on March 4 with an update on Brown’s efforts to confront climate change through net-zero GHG initiatives, halting investments in fossil fuel extraction in the University’s endowment and other efforts. 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