PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 8 -- Brown University issued the following news release: A new real-time economic tracker developed by a research team including Brown University Professor of Economics John Friedman could help policymakers, nonprofit organizations and philanthropists understand the dimensions of the COVID-induced economic downturn and identify targeted, effective recovery efforts. The OI Economic Tracker, launched by the nonprofit research team Opportunity Insights on Thursday, M more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 7 -- Brown University issued the following news release: With the goal of fast-tracking innovative research on COVID-19, Brown University has awarded a total of $350,000 to 15 teams of faculty researchers working rapidly to develop solutions that could impact the world's response to the pandemic. The awards from the University's new COVID-19 Research Seed Fund, established in early April as novel coronavirus continued its spread across the nation, are intended to  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 2 -- Brown University issued the following news release: A new study suggests that people are remarkably adept at avoiding exploitation at the hands of others -- unless they suffer from anxiety. A group of three researchers from Brown University recently conducted a study that found that healthy people easily recognize when those around them become increasingly untrustworthy -- and they react, appropriately enough, by pulling away. But they found that the same was more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 5 -- Brown University issued the following news release: For people who live in the Arctic, sea ice that forms along shorelines is a vital resource that connects isolated communities and provides access to hunting and fishing grounds. A new study by Brown University researchers found that climate change could significantly reduce this "shorefast ice" in communities across Northern Canada and Western Greenland. The study, published in Nature Climate Change, used w more PR

DOVER, Delaware, May 5 -- Gov. John C. Carney, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Delaware Governor John Carney, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced a joint multi-state agreement to develop a regional supply chain for personal protective equipment, other medical equi more PR

ALBANY, New York, May 4 -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release: Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, 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 a joint multi-state agreement to develop a regional supply chain for personal protective equipment, other medical equip more PR