Brown University evolutionary biologist Henry Astley discovered that, although not bilaterally symmetrical like humans, brittle stars have come up with a mechanism to choose any of its five limbs to direct its movement on the seabed. Read more...

Women & Infants Hospital to receive more than $3.2 million to expand the Transition Home Plus Program, under the leadership of Betty Vohr, MD, medical director of the Neonatal Follow-Up Program, for mothers in Rhode Island who have pre-term babies. Read more...

Brown University has marked the official opening of the Ship Street Square, which sits across from the Warren Alpert Medical School and is the site of a new farmers market operated by Farm Fresh Rhode Island. Read more...