Explore career benefits, skills and how an online MiM compares with an MBA to help you decide if it’s right for you.

Meet Monica, a UEP student and one of our student ambassadors for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Brown University researchers developed a technique to make ultra-thin multiferroic materials that retain their functional properties, offering a potential path toward low-power microchips for AI.

A new partnership between Brown’s School of Public Health and Rhode Island Medicaid is informing local community members about recent and upcoming Medicaid changes to help them keep their coverage.

Brown University scientists conducting experiments with fruit flies found that hunger drives cravings for alcohol, providing context for understanding similar processes in the human brain.

Structural biologist Nicolas Fawzi will direct Brown’s role in a multi-institution project to transform the understanding of cellular protein dysfunction in the earliest stages of neurodegenerative disease.

2026 Brown University MPA graduate Derek Czapek describes how his Watson experience has impacted his career. Czapek currently works as an associate consultant at Bain & Company.

This summer, the Watson School of International and Public Affairs welcomed 43 students to its Master of Public Affairs (MPA) program, including five enrolled in the dual MPA/MPH degree. Representing 16 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and 10 countries, the incoming cohort brings a wide range of professional experience, academic backgrounds and public-service ambitions to Brown.

The Brown University MPA/MPH student is drawing on his undergraduate background in the humanities, social sciences and community engagement to help inform and empower vulnerable Rhode Islanders.

Two community-centered hubs on College Hill and a location for administrative operations in the Jewelry District will support a community-oriented public safety model, improve accessibility and upgrade essential facilities.

Rachael reflects on her time in the MAT program and her career path since graduating. She will visit Brown on October 27 to discuss her book, Let the Learners Lead: Empowering Student Voice to Co-Create School Culture.

By pairing a retina-like sensor with a spiking neural network, a new technique with potential applications for self-driving cars, search-and-rescue drones or medical imaging can reveal objects invisible to standard cameras.

With U.N. projections warning of rising global temperatures, epidemiologist Rachel Gaither says passing the 1.5°C threshold isn't a signal to give up. We spoke with her about how public health awareness, resilience and adaptation will help us navigate the realities of our changing climate.

At the annual State of the School address, Dean Francesca Beaudoin shared a vision of continued momentum and deep community partnership following a year of pivotal change.

After three decades of redefining health data, Constantine Gatsonis concludes his monumental leadership run at Brown, with Rebecca Hubbard ready to welcome a new era at the Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science.

Ed Barrows, academic director of the master's in organizational leadership and professor of the practice of leadership explains how high-performing teams can set unified direction, align cross-functional goals and build shared ownership using a structured four-step process.

During Rhode Island Startup Week, faculty and student entrepreneurs pitched emerging technologies to investors, industry leaders and potential partners to move research discoveries toward real-world solutions.

Get to know the students representing our MAT and UEP programs.

A study provides new details about how the brain’s motor cortex reacts when people watch actions by agents that may appear more human, or less.

Through their capstone projects, the inaugural cohort uses health data science to bridge the gap between complex datasets and life-saving insights.

Through her MPH Practicum with the Washington County Coalition for Children, Bailey Brewer created vital reading guides and resources to help young children navigate grief, loss and emotional growth.

On July 1, 2026, the Watson School appointed three new leaders in academic programming and welcomed two new center directors.

Brown University's School of Professional Studies has launched two new specialized tracks — analytics and project management — within its fully online master’s in management program. The tracks allow early-career professionals to build core management skills while developing specialized expertise in data-driven decision-making or leading complex projects and teams.

External review finds it “highly unlikely” Dec. 13 shooting at Brown could have been prevented; focuses on continuing to bolster safety and security for the future.

Members of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology convened in Providence to learn about biotechnology capabilities and potential at Brown University and partner organizations across the state.

Following a University report on AI, Brown leaders discuss aligning AI policy with academic excellence, safeguarding academic integrity, supporting faculty and students, and preserving critical thinking in the age of AI.

Lily Badiani-Shah Sc.M. ’26 seamlessly bridges creative design with strategic entrepreneurship, thriving in the fast-paced PRIME program by seizing competitive opportunities on a trajectory toward shaping the future of health tech.

MPH student Thomas Cronin spent his summer with Project Weber/RENEW in Providence. Through the MPH Practicum, he learned that public health begins with dignity, trust and basic human support.

Ava Nemerovski, MAT’26, and Erin Lippitt, MAT’25, were chosen by the Knowles Teacher Initiative as members of its 2026 Cohort of Teaching Fellows.

Five years after the launch of the Health Equity Scholars program—built to train diverse leaders and target health disparities—five graduates look back on their time at Brown.

A recent Brown+Beyond event welcomed alumni and friends to an engaging discussion with two campus AI leaders, Michael Littman and Brenda Rubenstein.

Sam is recognized for excellence in intellectual preparation, classroom management, and class environment in her first year as a classroom teacher.

In a pair of letters to the Brown community, the leaders assert that a new strategic planning process should start with a new leader who will steward Brown’s next chapter, to be identified in a national search.

Annika Prinz, a fifth-year graduate of Brown’s Master of Public Affairs program, has successfully translated the lessons she learned during her Watson experience into a thriving career in corporate sustainability.

With crackling fires illuminating downtown Providence, Brown honored the first responders, neighbors, businesses and community partners who supported the campus through the aftermath of Dec. 13, 2025.

Andrew reflects on how the UEP program expanded his perspective on Rhode Island's education landscape through an eye-opening internship and a pivotal mentorship with Dr. Kenneth Wong that built his professional confidence. He emphasizes that the networking and policy analysis skills gained during his time at Brown prepared him to navigate over 15 years of evolving, complex education advocacy and leadership in the state.

This year, Brown’s Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination and Redesign (CNTR) partnered with the Watson School to co-sponsor its AI Policy Summer School. The program brought together graduate students from various universities across the United States to learn from leading AI policy experts and to meet with members of Congress and officials from executive agencies to discuss AI policy priorities.

A study by Brown University researchers provides new insights, which could have implications for engineered systems, into the aerodynamic advantage birds experience when flying in a “V” formation.

New workflow developed by Brown University researchers compresses hours of manual lab labor into a single automated process, unlocking reliable genetic sequencing for local public health labs.