PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 5 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * 'Bridge' of stray stars reveals active merger of two galaxy clusters * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Using one of the most detailed sets of observations ever of a galaxy cluster 700 million light-years from Earth, astronomers have captured the faint glow of stray stars in the process of being ripped from their home galaxy and absorbed into another. The 'bridge' of diffuse light -- spanning roughly   more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Aug. 8 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Bryant secures National Science Foundation grant to conduct student-led climate resilience research in Tanzania, Germany By Emma Bartlett Bryant's Robert Patalano '08, Ph.D., recently received a four-year grant through the National Science Foundation's International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) program to support student research in Tanzania and Germany. Starting in the summer of 2026, three un  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 7 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Even a few mutated cells can significantly impact how blood cancers develop, study finds * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A team of researchers led by a Brown University cancer biologist found that when they introduced mutated blood cancer cells into mice and tracked them over time, the cancer cells affected not only non-mutated cells, but also the entire blood-forming system. In a federally funde  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 6 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Frances Moriniere: Rising early to advance sleep research in dream job * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Frances Moriniere has always been a morning person, so the early-bird shift has been a perfect fit for the rising Brown University junior during her sleep research lab summer internship. Guided by the oversight of renowned sleep researcher Mary Carskadon, a Brown professor of psychiatry and huma  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 6 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Initiative at Brown's Annenberg Institute aims to advance research on schools and climate change * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- To inform national education policy and practice, a new initiative at Brown University's Annenberg Institute for School Reform is aiming to advance research on issues at the intersection of education systems and the changing climate, including school disruptions caused by  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 4 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * National Science Foundation renews Brown's national mathematics institute with $16.5 million * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A new $16.5 million award from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) will enable Brown University's Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) to continue its mission of supporting groundbreaking research at the intersection of computati  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 6 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Photos: Students master their mediums in summer art courses at Brown * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- As thousands of Brown students scattered for the summer to places far and wide, some who remained on the quieter campus enrolled in Summer Session courses, including classes offered through the University's Department of Visual Art. Dozens of students immersed themselves in intensive seven-week un  more