Senior Staff Writer Ranjana 鈥淛aanu鈥� Ramesh is a Bruno Brief-er, photographer and Senior Staff Writer covering science & research. She loves service, empathetic medicine and working with kids. When not writing or studying comp neuro, Jaanu is outside, reading, skiing, or observing Providence wildlife (ie: squirrels).
On Saturday, thousands of students will continue the age-old tradition of flocking to the Main Green to celebrate one of Brown鈥檚 most renowned unofficial holidays: 4/20. This year, people may see more students participating in the festivities than in previous years.
Students flooded onto the Main Green as 2:15 p.m. approached and Rhode Island鈥檚 partial solar eclipse began.
In 2020, the nursing home Hallworth House closed its doors permanently.
On Jan. 31, the Attorney General of North Carolina released internal documents of e-cigarette company Juul Labs revealing the company spent 鈥渟ignificant sums鈥� of money on political donations, think tanks and Washington lobbyists, all made public in a 2021 settlement.
Driving down Route 195 to Providence, you鈥檙e sure to notice banners and billboards advertising marijuana and places to find it. This ubiquity is rare for a drug considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to have 鈥渘o currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.鈥�
Lieutenant Governor Sabrina Matos and the Rhode Island Department of Health launched an updated Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease and Related Disorders State Plan Feb. 15 that outlines state health goals pertaining to the disease from 2024 to 2029. The new plan includes nine strategic objectives focused on empowering ...
Founded by Rhode Island local Patricia Weltin, 鈥淏eyond the Diagnosis鈥� is an eclectic exhibit of artworks. After first being displayed at the Warren Alpert Medical School in 2015, the exhibit has returned in time for Rare Disease Day thanks to the efforts of Elyse Sauber 鈥�20 MD 鈥�26 and Assistant ...
Brown researchers Alberto Saal, professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences, and Kim Cobb, director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, were both named to the 2023 class of fellows by the American Geophysical Union, a scientific organization.
University researchers identify reduced verbal agitation, increased pleasure in dementia patients listening to curated music selections
Since the University鈥檚 MRI Research Facility opened for operations in early 2007 as part of the Sidney Frank Hall for Life Sciences, it has been a crucial resource for Brown researchers.
