S4, as it is known on campus, is one of several initiatives through
which Brown University is building new strengths as a research
university. Brown has a core group of outstanding faculty who are
taking seriously the impacts of spatial relations and contextual effects
on social science issues. Through new faculty recruitments, investments
in the research and teaching infrastructure, and outreach to researchers
in such areas as community health and environmental change, the mission
of S4 is to stimulate and support new work in this emerging
interdisciplinary arena.

Spotlight: Colloquia on November 19, noon at Zimmer Lounge