PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 27 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Dr. Ashish K. Jha, faculty director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, will work to advance academic excellence and provide strategic direction for the school, effective Sept. 1, 2020. * * * Dr. Ashish K. Jha, an accomplished physician, health policy researcher and global health advocate, who is currently the faculty director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, has been appointed the nex more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 26 [TNSscientificresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Parker VanValkenburgh, an assistant professor of anthropology, curated a journal issue that explores the opportunities and challenges big data could bring to the field of archaeology. * * * Centuries of archaeological research on the Inca Empire has netted a veritable library of knowledge. But new digital and data-driven projects led by Brown University scholars are provin more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 25 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - In the University's 100th Ogden Lecture, the former U.K. Prime Minister and current member of Parliament will share insights from her time as Britain's leader on politics, populism and polarization. * * * Theresa May, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and a current Member of Parliament for Maidenhead, will visit Brown University on Wednesday, March 4, to deliver the 100th Stephen A. Ogd more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 28 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * *f - A new mathematical tool developed at Brown could help scientists better understand how zebrafish get their stripes as well as other self-assembled patterns in nature. * * * The iconic stripes of zebrafish are a classic example of natural self-organization. As zebrafish embryos develop, three types of pigment cells move around the skin, eventually jostling into positions that more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 28 [TNSgrants] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Two assistant professors at Brown, in chemistry and ecology and evolutionary biology, are among the 126 early-career scholars named as Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellows for 2020. * * * Two Brown University assistant professors earned research fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for 2020. Ou Chen, an assistant professor of chemistry, and Emilia Huerta-Sanchez, an assistan more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Rhode Island, Feb. 27 -- KVH Industries issued the following news release: * * * - The all-inclusive, no-commitment VSAT service with the ultra-compact TracPhone V3-HTS is well-suited for vessels upgrading from legacy L-band * * * KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), announced that AgilePlans(R) Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) is now available as a regional offering using KVH's ultra-compact, 37 cm TracPhone(R) V3-HTS antenna. With data speeds as fast as 5 Mbps down/2 Mbps up,  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 28 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - Groundbreaking study could change recommendations on newborn feeding * * * A University of Rhode Island College of Nursing professor has won the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses' premier award for an article based on her groundbreaking study in which she challenges expected patterns of infant weight loss after birth. The national association more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 28 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: A University of Rhode Island landscape architecture design studio was recently honored by the American Planning Association's Rhode Island chapter for its sustainable design ideas for the Henderson Bridge and surrounding areas in East Providence and Providence. The URI Sustainable Design Studio, which carried out the work in fall 2018 and spring 2019, received the association's student award along with more PR