Mice with hallucination-like behaviors reveal insights

A computer game that induces mice to experience hallucination-like events could be a key to understanding the neurobiological roots of psychosis, according to a School of Medicine study.

Savings accounts benefit those orphaned by AIDS

The scourge of HIV and AIDS in Africa has a serious impact on children left orphans. New Brown School research finds that providing savings accounts to such families can bolster adolescents’ physical, mental and sexual health.

Communicating science with empathy and intention

Sophia Hayes, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, is part of a growing movement at the university to offer students essential training in science communication. Hayes can speak from experience, having testified before a U.S. House committee, given a TedX talk and more.

Notables

Virologist Autumn Holmes, a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Medicine, has been named a Hanna H. Gray Fellow by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The fellowship provides up to $1.4 million over eight years to outstanding early-career scientists.

Notables

The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program has announced its next cohort of undergraduate scholars. In addition, Jonathan Fenderson, associate professor of African and African American studies in Arts & Sciences, will take the helm this fall.

Research Wire

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded Vijay Ramani and co-investigators at the McKelvey School of Engineering $500,000 to integrate batteries designed in the Ramani lab into power plants.