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PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Children who suffer physical or emotional abuse may be faced with accelerated cellular aging as adults, according to new research from Butler Hospital and Brown University.

Trent Consultants News: The findings, which are published online in the journal Biological Psychiatry, draw a direct connection between childhood psychological trauma and accelerated reduction in the size of telomeres, the "caps" on the end of chromosomes that promote cellular stability.

A doctor points to a broken bone revealed in an x-ray of a child at a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

Brown University and IBM today announced the opening of a multimillion-dollar supercomputer at Brown's Center for Computation and Visualization.

A pediatric immunologist at The Childrena s Hospital of Philadelphia has received a prestigious annual award from the American Philosophical Society, an organization founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin.

Economic reality and money problems may be cooling the enthusiasm of U.S. college students to study abroad, just two years after students' interest in foreign study was at an all-time high.

Through conversation, humor and insight, radio show host Ira Glass challenged students to harness the power of stories.

A rowdy weekend party sponsored by a Brown University sorority has prompted Providence's police chief to propose a ban on university-sanctioned parties at the Ivy league school.

Martin D. Singer, 75, devoted husband of Sandra Singer, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, in Peabody from complications of Alzheimer's disease.

David M. Kennedy, a nationally recognized expert on inner-city youth violence, arrived in the city on Monday about the same time that a young man was shot twice in the city's Mount Hope neighborhood.

Hanover WR sets single-game receptions record Eds: APNewsNow. HANOVER, Ind. Daniel Passafiume has set the NCAA record for most receptions in a single game, catching 25 passes for Division III Hanover College.

U.S. Rep. David R. Obey, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, toured four major research institutions in the city's Jewelry District on Friday along with Rep.

Arun Stewart was dedicated to learning Chinese since the Dallas native was a preschooler in Hong Kong.

John Krasinkia TMs directorial debut is Brief Interviews with Hideous Men , a play he discovered while studying playwriting at Brown University.

Jewish activists like to talk about "ferment," an all-purpose term meant to connote Jewish energies bubbling up in the arts, culture, and education.

This city, which once moved rivers to create a new urban design, is now moving a major highway away from its downtown and opening up approximately 20 acres for development.

An exhibit that spotlights black gay men who live in Rhode Island opened at the John Hay Library at Brown University in Providence on Nov.

Shape Up Rhode Island, the Ocean State's quieter variation of "The Biggest Loser," has received a grant to make the weight loss and fitness program more accessible to low-income residents.

Betaspring is the equivalent of a midwife for business start-ups. The Providence-based company works with teams of budding entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into viable businesses.

" Rhode Island Hospital will receive $11 million over the next five years to create a major stem-cell research center that will focus on stem-cell biology and tissue-regeneration techniques that could be used to treat marrow and lung diseases.