Psychologist Courtney D. Cogburn focuses her work on how racism contributes to racial inequalities in health. With support from a Magic Grant through the Brown Institute, Courtney and a team
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Stanford kicks off 2016-2017 Speaker Series
Dan Carlin coming October 11, Richard Gingras on November 14 Podcast legend Dan Carlin will visit the Brown Institute at Stanford on October 11 at 6:30 PM, in the first
Celebrating 5 Years of Research and Discovery
As we celebrate the launch of 12 new magic grants, we are excited to toast the alumni and projects that have made the Brown Institute what it is today. At
Brown & Tow Mixer
On September 6, we hosted a mixer introducing new Journalism School students to both to the Brown Institute at Columbia as well as the Tow Center for Digtital Journalism. The
1000 Cut’s member on VR and Social Change
Stanford University faculty and 1000 Cut Magic Grant member Prof. Jeremy Bailenson was recently among those cited and quoted in an August 1 USA Today Article entitled “New breed of
FB Live event on telling race-related stories
Professors Courtney Cogburn and Desmond Patton are going LIVE on CSSW’s Facebook page to talk about the projects they are doing with the help of two Magic Grants from the
Sneakercon, a forum to reexamine offline networks – Aug 25/26
The Internet has grown so omnipresent today that it’s easy to overlook the continuing role of “offline networks,” systems for exchanging digital information that bypass the Internet. “Sneakernets” (by which we
“This is not a game:” Jane McGonigal visits Brown at Stanford
Game developer Jane McGonigal joined Brown Institute Stanford Director Maneesh Agrawala on May 23 for a conversation about critical topics in game theory and culture entitled “This is Not a
The Credibility Schema Working Group
On June 7th, the Brown Institute hosted the New York meeting of the Credibility Schema Working Group. The Credibility Schema Working Group is a body of data scientists, researchers, journalists