The 30th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms awarded its 2021 Test-of-Time Award to Sorin Istrail, professor of computational and mathematical sciences and professor of computer science, and his collaborators for their paper 鈥淪NPs Problems, Complexity and Algorithms.鈥� The award recognizes ...
Riley Flores 鈥�22.5 received the best research presentation award at the 2022 National Convention of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, held in Charlotte, N.C. Her presentation, titled 鈥淎 Device for Multiplexed Processing of Glioblastoma Spheroids,鈥� is part of a research project ...
The Warren Alpert Medical School's Healthcare in America elective hosted Steven Wartman, an expert in managing academic health centers, for a talk on the use of artificial intelligence in medical practice titled 鈥淭he Doctor and the Machine鈥� Tuesday afternoon.
A new paper published in mid-October by a team of University researchers calls into question whether police presence is necessary for responding to drug overdose incidents.
The University signed an agreement with Lifespan and Care New England to coordinate the institutions鈥� health and medical research operations, according to a Nov. 15 University press release. The collaboration, established by an aligned research collaboration agreement, brings the research ...
A recent study by University researchers found that brief, self-reported screening measures can be a useful tool in detecting relationships between psychological distress and cardiovascular disease 鈥� a finding which can make mental health examinations less time-intensive and more easily administered. ...
To better understand the local distribution of air quality, University researchers are setting up air pollution monitors across Providence in a study called Breathe Providence. Funded by the Clean Air Fund, the study aims to provide communities 鈥� especially those of lower socioeconomic status 鈥� ...
Two research papers published by Brown and MIT researchers last month focus on the possibility of employing improved muscle tracking technology to advance prosthetics. Magnetomicrometry, the technique explored in the papers, involves inserting miniature magnetic beads directly into muscle ...
With seven days of temperatures over 70 degrees Fahrenheit in Providence so far, this November has broken multiple high-temperature records, making it the warmest in Providence since the start of continuous weather data collection in 1904. According to experts, these unusually high temperatures are ...
Former Florida State Surgeon General Scott Rivkees, professor of the practice of health services, policy and practice at the School of Public Health, discussed pandemic preparedness and his experience as a public health leader on Wednesday at a Q&A event hosted by the Ivy League+ Pre-health ...
The University has selected architects from Deborah Berke Partners, a New York City-based architecture and interior design firm, and Ballinger, an engineering and architecture practice headquartered in Philadelphia, to design the new integrated life sciences building in Providence鈥檚 Jewelry District, ...
鈥淎re you procrastinating on your midterms and looking for the perfect little silly distraction?鈥� begins an Oct. 20 Instagram post from the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences. The department is holding a naming competition on social media for two mass spectrometers, asking ...
Rhode Island Medical Navigator Partnership, a program created by Warren Alpert Medical School students, partnered with House of Hope, a Rhode Island-based organization aimed at supporting individuals experiencing homelessness, to host the annual Burnside Park Health Fair Oct. 15. The ...
The Brown Dog Lab has studied dog cognition and behavior since its founding in 2020. By recruiting canine research participants around Providence, the lab seeks to understand how dogs respond to their environment and human actions, according to Principal Investigator Daphna Buchsbaum 鈥�02, assistant ...
For the first time, researchers have detected seismic waves from four impacts 鈥� the collision of astronomical objects 鈥� on the surface of Mars. They published their findings in a Nature Geoscience paper co-authored by Ingrid Daubar, assistant professor of Earth, environmental and planetary ...
The Office of Biology Undergraduate Education will host its inaugural BioWeek from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4 鈥� a series of events that celebrate the biology community on campus and engage the student body in biology-related activities.
Investigators published a review article earlier this month that highlights some of the positive effects of invasive species on human society and nature and emphasizes the need for more ...
A team that includes Brown researchers was awarded with a $15 million grant from the National Institute ...
In July, the National Institute of Standards and Technologies selected four cryptography algorithms as national standards for public key security in order to prepare for an era of quantum computers, which uses quantum physics for more powerful computing and will compromise the security of current ...
Megan Ranney MPH 鈥�10, academic dean of the School of Public Health, practicing emergency medicine physician and professor of emergency medicine, behavioral and social sciences, and health services, policy and practice, was one of 100 new members elected to the National Academy of Medicine鈥檚 class ...
