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Richard Schwartz is not only a renowned mathematician, but a writer and illustrator of children’s picture books — his secret is bringing math and art together.
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Created by Brown faculty and library staff, the digital publication “Shadow Plays” won a prestigious Professional and Scholarly Excellence Award from the Association of American Publishers.
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Speaking before a U.S. Senate committee, computer scientist Suresh Venkatasubramanian urged lawmakers to establish regulations to govern systems based on artificial intelligence.
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As part of Brain Week Rhode Island, the Brown Brain Fair will offer kids and adults alike the chance to learn about brain research through interactive stations, art projects, games and lightning talks.
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After serving as board chair for the Association of American Universities and the Boston Fed, Paxson will begin a three-year term with the major coordinating body for U.S. colleges and universities.
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Tech companies are in a race to introduce new artificial intelligence systems and chatbots, built by feeding computers enormous amounts of information. While the technology helps simplify complicated concepts, it “gets a lot of things right [and] it gets a lot of things wrong,” said Ellie Pavlick, an assistant professor of computer science at Brown. “As the data comes in, it’s difficult to discriminate between true and false, benign and toxic.”
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From wailing sirens to bustling roadways, researchers from Brown’s Community Noise Lab are studying noise pollution as part of a collaborative effort with Providence community members to examine noise levels and the public health consequences of excessive noise exposure. “We have this sort of misconception,” said Assistant Professor of Epidemiology Erica Walker, “ … that noise is a sacrifice that you make to live in the city.”
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In his memoir “Skinfolk,” Brown Professor of Africana and American Studies Matthew Guterl examines his parents’ quest to erase prejudice by raising a family of white biological children and adopted children of color. “As children in a family meant to undo racism, we were asked to learn, and to unlearn, race,” Guterl writes. “To see one another as siblings, to see beyond our skin — but also, dissonantly, to see one another as color-coded … Those parallel lessons are, in the end, impossible to suture together.”
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Arabic and Persian calligraphy came to life in early March as Brown students and faculty engaged in an annual lecture and workshop celebrating a 1,000-year-old art form that crosses the linguistic boundaries of Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Ottoman Turkish and more. Organized by the Arabic language program at Brown’s Center for Language Studies, the event was guided by Iranian linguist Abbas Mousavi, who specializes in the 19th century style of Thuluth calligraphy that is used in writing the Quranic chapters. Participants were provided with the necessary tools, including bamboo pens, knives and small cutting boards to cut the pens, inkwells, silken threads to soak up the ink, and glossy paper that allows the ink to slide properly. Michelle Quay, a visiting lecturer in Persian language studies at Brown, said the hands-on workshop is the culmination of students’ dedication to learning the alphabet and a way to engage in an important part of many Islamic cultures. Pictured here, undergraduate students Huda Abdulrasool (left) and Roshan Parikh participate in the workshop. Photo by Nick Dentamaro.
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