Tag: Brown University
COVID-19 variant means it’s time to ‘double down’ on protections, say...
PROVIDENCE – A new variant of COVID-19 has been identified in the U.S., but officials from the R.I. Department of Health on Wednesday said...
Former Brown University chancellor Joukowsky dies at 89
PROVIDENCE – Artemis A.W. Joukowsky, Brown University’s chancellor emeritus who also served on both the university corporation’s board of trustees and board of fellows...
Brown University President Paxson named Boston Fed’s board chair
PROVIDENCE – Brown University President Christina H. Paxson will serve as chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s board of directors, Boston Fed...
$2M NIH grant to fund research on relationship between sleep disruption...
PROVIDENCE – Researchers at Butler Hospital and the Providence VA Medical Center have received a $2.24 million federal grant from the National Institutes of...
Brown researchers to track COVID-19 vaccine effects on elderly
As federal authorities begin the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine nationwide, local public health leaders are developing ways to track potential side effects.
Brown University’s School...
A crucial crossroads for R.I.’s hospitals
Rhode Island’s health care system is on the cusp of unprecedented changes in 2021.
COVID-19 buffeted the financial health of the state’s not-for-profit hospitals. Care...
Brown’s Performing Arts Center reaches ‘topping-off’ point
PROVIDENCE – Shawmut Design and Construction recently celebrated the topping-off for the Performing Arts Center under construction at Brown University.
The project started in 2019...
Court gives final approval to Brown settlement in Title IX lawsuit
PROVIDENCE – A federal court has granted final approval to a settlement agreement related to gender equality in Brown University’s athletics programs, the American...
Calling the shots on a new COVID-19 vaccine
A task force of state lawmakers has started meeting to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine and its distribution in Rhode Island, but House leaders say...
2 Brown University faculty members elected AAAS fellows
PROVIDENCE – Brown University Graduate School Dean Andrew G. Campbell and Susan Short, director of the university’s Population Studies and Training Center, were recently...