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Brenda Rubenstein, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics and Graduate Trainer in Biology, will become the new Data Science Institute (DSI) director on July 1, 2025. The Data Science Institute was kicked off in earnest by Sohini Ramachandran and is now going to be led by Brenda, both long-standing members of the StemJazz community!

Tayla von Ash, assistant professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences has been awarded the NIH R01 grant, which totals $3.5M over five years Read more about this amazing story here!

We’re pleased to announce that Dr. Andrea Bryant, a 2024 postdoctoral fellow in the department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, has just released a new paper titled “Long Period Seismology on Titan in the Presence of a Methane Clathrate Lid.

Farrah Simpson successfully defended her thesis “Search for Pair Production of Heavy Top Quark Partners with Electric Charge 5/3e in the Single Lepton Final State in Proton-Proton Collisions at 13 TeV at the CMS Detector” and thereby made history by becoming the first Black woman to earn a doctoral degree in physics from Brown University.

Stephon Alexander, an author, musician, and theoretical physicist specializing in cosmology, particle physics, and quantum gravity, had a rich discussion with Martine Rothblatt about cyber consciousness, mind clones, the connection between theoretical physics and the music of the universe.

Dr. Michelle Dawson, who is an Associate Professor in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, has recently been appointed as Associate Director for Cancer Research Training and Education at the Legorreta Cancer Center.

Senior Associate Dean Kimani Toussaint took home both Innovation of the Year and Inventor of the Year (shared with @alpertmedicalschool Dean Wafik El-Deiry, MD) honors at the Innovation@Brown showcase Thursday night.

Diana Grigsby-Toussaint and Kevin Mwenda’s September workshop, “Nature Science and Health: a cells society approach” was a smash hit!!! Take a peek here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7246217987211292673/ Congratulations Diana and Kevin!!!! Well done! We bask in your reflected glory!