Brown University
Private Ivy League research university in Rhode Island.
Located in historic Providence, Rhode Island and founded in 1764, Brown University is the seventh-oldest college in the United States. Brown is an independent, coeducational Ivy League institution comprising undergraduate and graduate programs, plus the Alpert Medical School, School of Public Health, School of Engineering, and the School of Professional Studies.
With its talented and motivated student body and accomplished faculty, Brown is a leading research university that maintains a particular commitment to exceptional undergraduate instruction. Brown’s vibrant, diverse community consists of about 6,200 undergraduates, 2,000 graduate students, 490 medical school students, more than 5,000 summer, visiting, and online students, and over 700 faculty members.
Brown University has 51 doctoral programs and 28 master’s programs. The broad scope of options vary from interdisciplinary opportunities in molecular pharmacology and physiology to a master’s program in acting and directing through the Brown/Trinity Repertory Consortium.
Visit website: https://www.brown.edu/
Details last updated 12-Feb-2020
People at Brown University
John Sedivy
Hermon C. Bumpus Professor of Biology, and Director of the Center for the Biology of Aging at Brown University
Nicola Neretti
Associate Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biolgy and Biochemistry at Brown University
Leigh Hochberg
Professor of Engineering at Brown University and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School.
Louis Lapierre
Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry at Brown University.
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