PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 16 (TNSRac) -- Brown University issued the following news release: A new discussion series at Brown University promises to probe the origins, history and enduring contemporary effects of racism in America. The series, titled "Race &" in America, will examine throughout the 2020-21 academic year the ways in which racism shapes multiple facets of society -- from public health to democracy to punishment -- through discussions with experts at Brown and beyond. It is more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 16 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: In an effort to better understand how to diagnose and treat patients with COVID-19, physician-scholars at the Brown-based Advance Clinical and Translational Research (Advance-CTR) have partnered with Rhode Island's Lifespan health system to create a bank of plasma and serum samples from patients who have been tested for novel coronavirus. Project leaders say the COVID-19 Biobank, launched in May  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 18 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 17: Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology, and next-generation services, today joined Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo and Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor to announce that it plans to hire 500 additional tech workers in Rhode Island by 2023. Infosys President Ravi Kumar will join Governor Raimondo and Secretary Pryor for a fireside chat about Infosys' future in R more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 18 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 17: At the request of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns, Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced today that she is convening a Municipal Resilience Task Force. Bringing together municipal, state and private sector leaders, the group will be tasked with developing innovative recommendations that help build economic resiliency and acquire cost savings while improving services more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 18 -- Brown University issued the following news release: A proposed settlement to resolve a legal motion in a decades-old case will enable Brown University to move forward with key provisions of a plan to strengthen the competitiveness of its athletics teams and uphold its long-standing commitment to Title IX in providing equal opportunities in athletics for women and men. The settlement with plaintiffs' attorneys sets an August 2024 end date to a 1998 Joint Ag more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 16 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: A University of Rhode Island scientist said that a disease that can kill beech trees was discovered in southwest Rhode Island in June, and both American and European beech trees throughout the region are at risk. According to Heather Faubert, who coordinates the URI Plant Protection Clinic, beech leaf disease was first identified in Ohio in 2012, and it spread to Pennsylvania, New York and Co more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 17 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: When the invasive emerald ash borer, a beetle native to the Far East, was found in Rhode Island in 2018, it was a sign that most of the state's mature ash trees were likely to die soon. Now a team of entomologists from the University of Rhode Island is fighting the invader with a predatory wasp from its native land in hopes that the region's next generation of ash trees will survive. Lisa Tew more PR