Students benefit when they can translate the importance of their research to many different audiences, including specialists in their fields and non-specialists alike. These programs help students hone skills related to communication in many different formats.
Research Matters, hosted by the Graduate School, is a live event, featuring short talks by graduate students on why their research matters. These brief talks showcase exceptional graduate student scholarship and celebrate their ideas.
Effective Performance is a series of workshops that helps students build foundational skills in communicating research. These workshops are taught by professional actors, who give students instruction in communicating, improvising and responding dynamically to an audience. Sessions focus on some of the foundational aspects of communicating and presenting.
Brown welcomes students from around the country and the world, and their diverse perspectives enrich our community. A suite of services is available to support students whose primary language is not English. International and multilingual students are encouraged to take advantage of these supports to enhance any aspect of their English use or cross-cultural communication.
The Dissertation Writing Retreat provides up to 19 participants with structure, time, and encouragement to make progress on their doctoral dissertations in the company of other writers.
Other opportunities for research communications at Brown: