PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 2 -- Brown University issued the following news release: In the many years that Dr. Ruhul Abid has provided direct medical care to vastly underserved communities in Bangladesh, there's one patient whom he has never forgotten. A young girl, who appeared to be about 8 or 9 years old, came to one of the mobile medical centers Abid operates through Health and Education for All (HAEFA), a nonprofit he founded. After a brief exam and screening for common diseases -- hy more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 2 (TNSGra) -- Brown University issued the following news release: A Brown University professor and his students will play key roles in building and operating a new telescope designed to unlock the secrets of planets orbiting distant stars. Gregory Tucker, a professor of physics, received a $2.5 million grant from NASA to build components for the Exoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE). The instrument, which is designed to fly suspended from a high-altitude  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 2 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news release: With COVID-19 impacting communities across the world, 2020 has been a volatile year for medical and public health professionals -- undoubtedly an interesting, challenging time to lead a global health institute. Or to take the helm of a public health school at a major research university. Dr. Ashish K. Jha has done both -- culminating a successful term as faculty director of the Harvard Global Healt more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 29 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: How much does a treating a gunshot injury cost? New research says the answer is $8.2 million for those with an emergency visit only -- and a staggering $41.2 million for injuries that require hospital admission. The incidence of firearm injury and death in the United States is increasing, and though the impact of these injuries on health care providers is estimated to be high, research to date ha more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 1 -- Brown University issued the following news release: The first televised 2020 presidential election debate on Tuesday, Sept. 29, was unlike any the United States has seen before -- rife with interruptions, false claims and ad hominem attacks that demonstrated an ever-deepening ideological divide between the two major American political parties. The candidates, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, argued bitterly over how best to manage  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 1 -- Brown University issued the following news release: In "Decoding Disparities," presented by Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School and School of Public Health, experts will discuss adverse impacts on the health of Black and Indigenous individuals and people of color in America. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- As the United States continues to confront the impacts of racism and simultaneously grapples with a pandemic that disproportionately affects commu more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on Oct. 2: Republican Gov. Greg Abbott just made it more difficult for Texans to vote during the pandemic. Yesterday, he ordered localities to only accept ballots at one ballot-drop box per county. In sizable counties such as Brewster, which is larger than the entire states of Rhode Island and Connecticut combined, some voters could be forced to drive for more than an hour to return their absentee ballot. Abb more PR

SAN DIEGO, California, Oct. 2 -- EDF Renewables, a renewable energy developer, issued the following news release on Oct. 1: EDF Renewables North America announced the 6.652 megawatt (MWdc)/4.99 MWac, Pine Hill Solar Project is now operational. EDF Renewables developed, designed, and constructed the solar project; AEP OnSite Partners, an American Electric Power Company (NYSE: AEP), is the owner and operator; while the electricity generated is provided to Providence Water. Located on 24 acres on more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 3 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release on Oct. 2: National Grid and Orsted announced today they have begun mobilizing teams that will work throughout this fall and winter to replace limited segments of the Block Island Wind Farm and sea2shore transmission cables to achieve greater burial depths beneath the ocean floor. The effort includes replacing approximately 1,700 feet of National Grid's sea2shore more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 30 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: One of the greatest obstacles the world faces in the fight against climate change is inertia -- the force that maintains the status quo and inhibits individuals and societies from making the most impactful changes that could mitigate the effects of climate change on a large scale. "There are many well-meaning people who understand how our future will be negatively impacted if we don't take radica more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The University of Massachusetts-Amherst issued the following news: A virtual keynote address and workshops around creating inclusive classrooms, research labs and working spaces for students and faculty will be held on Oct. 6 and 9 by the department of microbiology. Facilitated by Bryan Dewsbury, University of Rhode Island, a nationally known scholar on inclusivity in academics, this dynamic and high impact program will provide you with the skills and strate more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 1 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Death in police custody from negligence, forgery, ritualistic and occult crimes, and the Innocence Project are among the topics that will be explored this fall during the University of Rhode Island's Forensic Science Seminar Series. "This year, we have many speakers covering interesting topics that are very timely," said Dennis Hilliard, director of the Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory at URI and adj more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 1 (TNSRep) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Sept. 30: A study of the impact of utility scale solar power installations on nearby housing prices by University of Rhode Island economists found that house prices within a mile of a Rhode Island or Massachusetts solar array declined by an average of 1.7%. Homes within a tenth of a mile of the installations declined by 7%. Those are among the findings of a report issued today by Corey Lang,  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 2 -- Brown University issued the following news release: The Brown University endowment generated a 12.1% return during Fiscal Year 2020, significantly outperforming its benchmarks. At the close of the fiscal year on June 30, 2020, the endowment's value stood at $4.7 billion, an all-time high. Brown's 12.1% return surpassed both the preliminary return of its benchmark portfolio (3.1%) and Cambridge Associates' preliminary mean (1.3%) and median (1.1%) returns for more PR