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Brown Provides Short-Term Residence Hall Housing to Front-Line Personnel Fighting COVID-19 (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 22 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
For emergency personnel and healthcare workers serving on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, increased exposure to the disease elevates the risk of infection not only for themselves, but for the family members they come home to after each shift.
To help reduce this risk of transmission between exposed workers and their households, Brown University has partnered with the State of Rhode Island to more PR
Brown University: First From Giza, Now From Home, Brown Egyptologist Dives Into Innovation in Online Teaching (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 24 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
By the time the COVID-19 pandemic moved teaching and learning at Brown entirely online for the spring semester's end, remote instruction had already become Victoria Almansa-Villatoro's new normal.
The Ph.D. student in Egyptology spent many months designing and assembling a digital undergraduate course for the Spring 2020 semester titled "The Pyramids in Context: Archaeology of Life and Religion of Death i more PR
Brown University: Research Reveals New Target That Could Be a Foundation for Malaria Vaccine (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 23 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
Researchers have discovered a promising new strategy for combating malaria, a mosquito-borne parasite that claims nearly a half-million lives each year.
For a study reported in the journal Nature, researchers screened blood samples from children who had natural immune resistance to severe malaria infection. The study identified an antibody to a particular malaria protein, called PfGARP, that appears to p more PR
Brown University: Researchers Solve 'Link Discovery' Problem for Terahertz Data Networks (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 25 -- Brown University issued the following news release:
When someone opens a laptop, a router can quickly locate it and connect it to the local Wi-Fi network. That ability is a basic element of any wireless network known as link discovery, and now a team of researchers has developed a means of doing it with terahertz radiation, the high-frequency waves that could one day make for ultra-fast wireless data transmission.
Because of their high frequency, terahert more PR
Conn. Gov. Lamont, Colleagues Announce Appointees to Multi-State Council to Get People Back to Work, Restore Economy (10)
HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 20 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release:
Governor Ned Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, Governor Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Governor Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island, Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey, Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania, and Governor John Carney of Delaware announced their appointees that will serve on the multi-state, regional council to restore the economy and get people back to work. Th more PR
N.Y. Gov. Cuomo, Colleagues Announce Appointees to Multi-State Council to Get People Back to Work, Restore Economy (10)
ALBANY, New York, April 20 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release:
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Delaware Governor John Carney, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced their appointees to the multi-state council to restore the economy and get people back to work. The appointees include one health expert, one economic d more PR
University of Rhode Island Study Finds PBS KIDS Series the Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Boosts Preschoolers' Understanding of Science, Engineering (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 24 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on April 23:
A study led by the University of Rhode Island has found that preschool children who interacted with multimedia learning materials created for the PBS KIDS show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!(TM) provided opportunities to learn about science for all participating children. The results of multiple analyses revealed that the free and accessible media had a positive effect on childr more PR
University of Rhode Island: Online Public Lecture Series Explores Social Science Perspectives of the COVID-19 Crisis (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 25 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news:
The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event in modern history and social scientists are already examining events on the ground while looking at the future implications of the crisis.
The pandemic has posed an unparalleled challenge to families, societies, politics and the economy and University of Rhode Island social scientists have begun to weigh in through a wide-ranging online public lecture se more PR
URI Study Finds PBS KIDS Series Cat in Hat Knows Lot About That! Boosts Preschoolers' Understanding of Science, Engineering (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 23 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news:
A study led by the University of Rhode Island has found that preschool children who interacted with multimedia learning materials created for the PBS KIDS show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!(TM) provided opportunities to learn about science for all participating children. The results of multiple analyses revealed that the free and accessible media had a positive effect on children, regardle more PR
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