PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 16 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown joins federal lawsuit challenging reductions to Department of Defense grant funding * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Brown University has joined a federal lawsuit challenging a June 12 directive from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to limit indirect cost reimbursements to a 15% rate for its research grants to higher education institutions. Brown is a named plaintiff in the suit filed o more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 16 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown researchers focus on expanding access to pediatric OCD treatment they helped pioneer * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- One of the most common mental health conditions among American children is obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) -- a reliance on ritual behaviors to counteract persistent distressing thoughts. The gold-standard treatment for OCD is exposure therapy, which is the process of gr more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 19 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * New research casts doubt on ancient drying of northern Africa's climate * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable between 3.5 and 2.5 million years ago -- a pivotal period in Earth's climate history when the Northern Hemisphere cooled, and places like Greenland became permanently glac more PR

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, June 19 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Can dialectical thinking help both providers and their patients? Psy.D. director explains framework, application By Emma Bartlett Christina Tortolani, Ph.D., first learned about dialectical thinking during her clinical training as a doctoral student. "I was learning how to implement dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) while doing a practicum in a hospital-based program for women," recalls Tortolani, as more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 20 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Clear understanding of social connections propels strivers up the social ladder * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Climbing the social ladder isn't simply a matter of popularity. Rather, people in positions of influence are particularly adept at forming "maps" of their social connections, which they navigate to become prominent in their social network, new research shows. It's like having a "social more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 16 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * New opioid testing techniques could lead to better therapies * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- As the opioid epidemic persists across the United States, a team of researchers from Brown University has developed new diagnostic techniques for detecting opioid compounds in adults with opioid use disorder and infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome. The new techniques, described in two recently publ more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 20 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * New research casts doubt on ancient drying of northern Africa's climate * A study led by researchers from Brown University finds that rainfall patterns across northern Africa remained largely stable between 3.5 and 2.5 million years ago -- a pivotal period in Earth's climate history when the Northern Hemisphere cooled, and places like Greenland became permanently glaciated.  The new findings, published i more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 20 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * New research uncovers surprising physics of 'marine snow' * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- The deep ocean can often look like a real-life snow globe. As organic particles from plant and animal matter on the surface sink downward, they combine with dust and other material to create "marine snow," a beautiful display of ocean weather that plays a crucial role in cycling carbon and other nutrients thr more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 21 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion on June 19, 2025: * * * Michael Lambert v. Wayne T. Salisbury, Jr. et al./1 Present: Suttell, C.J., Goldberg, Robinson, Lynch Prata, and Long, JJ. OPINION Justice Robinson, for the Court. This case came before the Supreme Court pursuant to a writ of certiorari filed by the state, seeking review of a Superior Court decision that granted an application for postconviction relief that had been filed more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 17 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * The history behind Brown historian's Pulitzer finalist 'Plantation Goods' * In his much-lauded book "Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery," Seth Rockman offered a compelling insight on antebellum history by exploring a little-known link between the North and South: the Northern business of making, selling and marketing clothing, tools and even whips to Southern plantations.  Rockman,  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 18 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * To open doors to business on campus, Brown hosts inaugural small business supplier summit *  With the goal of expanding opportunities for Rhode Island small businesses, Brown University convened hundreds of local suppliers and campus leaders who purchase goods and services for its 2025 Small Business Supplier Summit on Wednesday, June 18. The inaugural event -- a collaboration between Brown's Office of S more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 17 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Translational science showcase highlights RNA's promise to improve human health * In 1993, scientists discovered a gene variant that increases the likelihood of developing Alzheimer's disease. While it's now known that more than two-thirds of Alzheimer's patients carry this genetic risk factor, there is still no treatment to prevent them from developing the disease.  Dr. Vivian Cheung is hopeful that's a more PR