The Record

Home delinquency rates lower among ACA households

Families who get health insurance through the Affordable Care Act are significantly more likely to make their rent and mortgage payments than are those who remain uninsured, suggests a new study from the Brown School and Olin Business School.

Unraveling autism

A multifaceted study — one of three major approaches School of Medicine researchers are using to unravel the physical and psychological underpinnings of autism — aims to detect, treat and even reverse the disorder.

Board of Trustees grants faculty appointments, promotions

At the university’s Board of Trustees meeting Dec. 2, several faculty members were appointed, appointed with tenure or promoted with tenure.

Release of water shakes Pacific Plate at depth

Seismologists from the university and elsewhere analyzed data from 671 earthquakes that occurred in the Pacific Plate as it descended into the Tonga Trench. They argue in Science Advances that the earthquakes are sparked by the release of water at depth.