PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 1 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - On Friday, Jan. 31, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching named Brown a recipient of the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification, an elective designation recognizing institution-wide commitment to community engagement. * * * Students, faculty and staff at Brown University have long been dedicated to community engagement that both enriches teaching and research and impacts th more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 1 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Neil Veloso will lead technology transfer efforts at Brown as executive director of the Office of Industry Engagement and Commercial Venturing. * * * When Brown University unveiled its Brown and the Innovation Economy action plan in July 2018, an essential commitment outlined was to create new commercial partnerships among Brown researchers and industry partners, new intellectual property and comm more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 1 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - A technique for estimating velocities and pressures from videos of fluid flows could help in studying everything from hurricanes to vascular disease. * * * Researchers from Brown University have developed a computer algorithm that can infer the velocities and pressures of a fluid flow just by analyzing video of that flow. In a study in the journal Science, the researchers showed that the techniqu more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 1 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Corrugated metal pipes have been installed at cave and mine entrances to help bats access their roosts, but a new study from Brown University researchers suggests that these pipes may actually deter bats. * * * When entrances to caves and mines -- essential roosting places for bats -- are blocked to prevent people from going inside, the gates often include a pipe to allow bats more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 1 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Taking a cue from birds and insects, Brown University researchers have come up with a new wing design for small drones that helps them fly more efficiently and makes them more robust to atmospheric turbulence. * * * Researchers from Brown University have designed a new type of wing that could make small fixed-wing drones far more stable and efficient. The new wing replaces more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 30 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The use of civil litigation in forensic science cases across the nation, how to appropriately and effectively clean up a crime scene, and an extensive look into Frances Glessner Lee's recreations of crime scenes in dollhouses that were then used to train homicide investigators are among the topics that will be explored during the University's spring Forensic Science Seminar Series. The series brings le more PR

DURHAM, New Hampshire, Jan. 29 -- The New Hampshire Department of Fish and Game issued the following news: The State of New Hampshire has been notified by the National Marine Fisheries Service of a vacancy for New Hampshire's at-large seat for the New England Fishery Management Council. The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) is one of eight regional councils in the United States established by federal regulation in 1976. NEFMC is charged with conserving and managing fishery resource more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 28 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Raimondo announced her nominations for the newly-created University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees. The board will oversee employment as well as the University's property, purchases and procurement. "I am proud to put forth this group of diverse, highly-qualified nominees to serve on the new University of Rhode Island board of trustees," said Governor Raimondo. "Each nominee  more PR