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Brown: Drug Treatment Could Improve Effectiveness of Immunotherapy for Cancer Patients (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 8 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
While immunotherapy -- a form of treatment that uses the body's immune system to recognize, attack and kill tumor cells -- has given hope to people across the globe, it fails in a significant proportion of cancer patients.
However, a new study (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41420-020-0292-1) published in the Nature journal Cell Death Discovery on Monday, July 6, suggests that blocking the tumor-promoting more PR
Brown: Study Reveals Science Behind Traditional Mezcal-making Technique (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 8 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
Artisanal makers of mezcal have a tried and true way to tell when the drink has been distilled to the right alcohol level. They squirt some into a small container and look for little bubbles, known as pearls. If the alcohol content is too high or too low, the bubbles burst quickly. But if they linger for 30 seconds or so, the alcohol level is perfect and the mezcal is ready to drink.
Now, a new study by a t more PR
Brown: Voter Protection Led to Steep Drop in Racially Biased Arrests in Late 20th Century, Study Finds (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 8 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
In the midst of a national reckoning on racism and law enforcement, a Brown University economist has unearthed and analyzed decades-old data demonstrating that the fight to decrease racial disparities in policing might just start at the polls.
A new study co-authored by Brian Knight, a professor of economics at Brown, shows that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 not only enabled more Black Americans to vote, bu more PR
Letter From President Paxson: Supporting Brown's International Students (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 9 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
In the wake of new federal guidance on the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, Brown President Christina H. Paxson wrote to students, faculty and staff about the University's opposition to the policy and how Brown can best support its international students.
Issued by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on July 6, the new guidance will prohibit international students from returning to or remain more PR
University of Rhode Island Launches Master of Science Program in Supply Chain Management This Fall (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 9 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news:
The University of Rhode Island College of Business debuts this fall a new online master's program in supply chain management centered on teaching students the skills to enhance the resiliency of supply chains - an area shown vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Professional Master of Science in Supply Chain Management and Applied Analytics - the first online program of its kind in the U.S. - is more PR
Va. Gov. Northam: Virginia Becomes First Southern State to Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (10)
RICHMOND, Virginia, July 9 -- Gov. Ralph S. Northam, R-Virginia, issued the following news release:
Governor Ralph Northam announced that the Commonwealth of Virginia has become the newest member of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a market-based collaborative effort among Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to combat climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector, while driving economic growth. RGGI members include Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, M more PR
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