All News

News from Brown

New opioid testing techniques could lead to better therapies

June 16, 2025

Brown University engineers partnered with public health experts to create new diagnostic techniques that could help to deliver better, patient-centered care to adults and newborns alike.

Read Article

News from Brown

With potential implications for mechanical systems, study reveals physics of ‘nick shot’ in squash

June 11, 2025

A new study, born out of an interest in using science to explain the everyday world, shows how competing forces conspire to keep the ball from bouncing, making it impossible for an opponent to return.

Read Article

News from Brown

Brown University undergraduates harness ‘spooky’ quantum effects for 3D holography imaging

May 21, 2025

Two Brown students developed a new technique called Quantum Multi-Wavelength Holography, which creates high-fidelity 3D images using quantum entangled photons.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Brown Engineering’s Peng named Fulbright Scholar

May 20, 2025

The prestigious award offers young scholars the opportunity to pursue teaching, research or study internationally.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Breaking Barriers in Biomedical Engineering: Zhaowei Jiang’s Nanoparticle Therapy for Biofilm Infections

May 19, 2025

Jiang’s award-winning dissertation transforms an approach to stubborn bacterial infections.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Making Waves: Joukowsky Prize Honors John Antolik's Breakthrough Fluid Dynamics Research

May 19, 2025

John Antolik's dissertation combines innovative experiments and theoretical models to transform understanding of fluid dynamics.

Read Article

News from Brown

Targeted nanoparticles show promise for more effective antifungal treatments

May 12, 2025

In an advance that could lead to better treatment of troublesome fungal infections, Brown University engineers have developed a nanoscale drug delivery system specially targeted to fungal cells.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Caretta earns CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation

May 8, 2025

The early-career grant will enable Lucas Caretta to broaden the accessible materials palette for next-generation spintronic devices and enable new experimental approaches to controlling spin transport in a growing field that has a thirst for new materials approaches.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Kiran presentation takes first place at AAAS annual meeting

May 7, 2025

Read Article

News From Engineering

Class of 2025 Commencement Information

May 2, 2025

Read Article

News From Engineering

University awards presented to Rose, Tripathi for student advising, mentoring

May 1, 2025

Read Article

News From Engineering

Dean’s Awards presented to Zenit, Wong, Manfredi for Excellence in Engineering Teaching, Mentoring, and Inclusion

May 1, 2025

Read Article

News From Engineering

Lee, Rodriguez, Rosenstein earn seed funding awards as principal investigators for future physical/life and medical sciences projects

April 25, 2025

Read Article

News From Engineering

Architecture, Abstraction and Application: Three A’s that keep Zhou at the top of her class

April 24, 2025

Brown’s newest Assistant Professor of Engineering Peipei Zhou bridges the gap between computer science and engineering, seamlessly flowing between the physical hardware/operating system, the abstraction/optimization interface, and the software output.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Engineering’s Shukla named University Salomon award winner

April 24, 2025

Professor Anita Shukla earns one of nine Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Awards from the Division of Research.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Berman, Bolden, Sanchez and Stevenson selected NSF Graduate Research Fellows

April 23, 2025

Four other engineering students and alumni were among those chosen as honorable mention National Science Foundation fellows.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, RE-PLASTIC

April 21, 2025

The RE-PLASTIC program (Repurposing of Expended Print-plastic for Sustainability in the Technology and Innovation Community) in the Brown Design Workshop proposes an innovative solution to the problem of 3D print waste.

Read Article

News from Brown

Golden eyes: How gold nanoparticles may one day help to restore people’s vision

April 16, 2025

A team of Brown University researchers has identified a promising new approach that may one day help to restore vision in people affected by macular degeneration and other retinal disorders.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Raimondo named to inaugural Early Career Board of ACS Applied Bio Materials

April 15, 2025

Read Article

News from Brown

Uber CEO and Brown alumnus talks Open Curriculum, artificial intelligence and career advice

April 10, 2025

During an event commemorating the 10th anniversary of Brown’s School of Professional Studies, Class of 1991 graduate Dara Khosrowshahi discussed leadership and innovation with President Christina H. Paxson.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Alumna Butler Gutiérrez named Gates-Cambridge Scholar

April 9, 2025

Read Article

News From Engineering

Ahmadi finalist at ASCPT pitch competition

April 1, 2025

Read Article

News from Brown

Researchers develop new design and fabrication method to make lightsails for interstellar travel

March 27, 2025

In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective membrane designed to ride a column of laser light to incredible speeds.

Read Article

News from Brown

Eva Erickson: Blending science, sports and the ultimate test of survival

March 20, 2025

Whether she’s captaining the men’s club hockey team or participating as the first openly autistic cast member on “Survivor,” the Brown graduate student in fluid and thermal science finds success in authenticity.

Read Article

News from Brown

Brown hosts National Academy of Engineering symposium on neurotechnology, neural engineering

March 15, 2025

The symposium focused on the ways in which engineering research can be brought to bear in better understanding the nervous system and treating injury and disease.

Read Article

News from Brown

Brown launches new master’s degree program in sustainable energy

March 13, 2025

Combining cutting-edge science, technology and engineering education with economic and policy instruction, the on-campus program will prepare students to be change-makers in the global transition to renewable energy.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Kimani Toussaint appears on The Angel Nest Podcast

March 12, 2025

Kimani Toussaint and Melissa Simon recently appeared on The Angel Nest Podcast to discuss Toussaint's work on pulse oximeters.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Brown’s Miller-Dickson, Bidart win at MIT’s 2025 Quantum Hackathon

March 10, 2025

Read Article

News From Engineering

Surviving and thriving

February 25, 2025

Fluids third-year Ph.D. candidate Eva Erickson uses platform of CBS’ Survivor to champion how her autism helps her thrive whatever the environment.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Engineering alumnus Taub elected to National Academy of Engineering

February 12, 2025

Read Article

News From Engineering

Brown adds sustainable energy master’s degree to offerings

February 11, 2025

Brown Engineering’s new on-campus master of science in sustainable energy will prepare students to tackle global climate change and lead the transition to a decarbonized energy future.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Pennell awarded $1.7M as part of greater Columbia University ARPA-H funding to aid personalized prescriptions

January 13, 2025

The multi-center effort aims to revolutionize pharmacology by delivering a system to assess drug efficacy and tailor optimal drug treatment.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Hochberg, BrainGate Consortium awarded MGH’s Sean M. Healey Innovation Prize

December 19, 2024

Read Article

News From Engineering

Engineering faculty among top two percent of scientists in world

December 18, 2024

Read Article

News From Engineering

2024 Year in Review

December 17, 2024

Read Article

News From Engineering

Secretary of the Army appoints new civilian aides, including Brown Engineering’s Morales

December 5, 2024

Read Article

News From Engineering

Karniadakis named Highly Cited Researcher™ for 2024

December 4, 2024

Read Article

News From Engineering

Twenty-six new members inducted into engineering honor society, Tau Beta Pi

November 25, 2024

Read Article

News From Engineering

Karniadakis named collaborator in DoD’s 2025 Laboratory-University Collaborative Initiative

November 20, 2024

Read Article

News From Engineering

Toussaint awarded $1.5M grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

November 14, 2024

Read Article

News From Engineering

A path despite resistance

November 8, 2024

Brown curriculum allows Air Force veteran Jay O’Neill ’26 to obtain new electrical engineering skills, while deepening language skills previously acquired.

Read Article

News From Engineering

Hurt to be honored at Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization annual meeting

November 7, 2024

Read Article

News From Engineering

Brown joins MIT-led I-Corps Hub to expand regional innovation network

November 4, 2024

A five-year $15 million grant from NSF will help New England researchers translate discoveries to commercial technology.

Read Article

News From Engineering

2024 School of Engineering Career and Internship Fair coming to Hazeltine Commons

October 29, 2024

Read Article

News From Engineering

Researchers show how AI tools can be tuned to reflect specific political ideologies

October 22, 2024

As large language models play an increasing role in public discourse, a new study led by Brown researchers raises important ethical questions about the potential ways AI tools can be adapted by users.

Read Article