PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 25 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Two Brown University faculty members have been elected by their peers as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest scientific society. Andrew G. Campbell, dean of the Graduate School and a professor of medical science, and Susan Short, director of the Population Studies and Training Center and a professor of sociology, were among 489 distinguish more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 26 -- Brown University issued the following news release: Brown and seven other colleges and universities argue that a Sept. 22 executive order from President Trump will regulate speech based on viewpoint and threaten innovative research on health, medicine, technology and more. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Brown University and seven other colleges and universities are urging a federal court to block a Sept. 22 executive order issued by President Donald more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Nov. 26 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The 2020 election is all but complete, but a team of researchers at the University of Rhode Island is still crunching the numbers - not the number of votes, but the statistics used to determine the efficiency of in-person voting. "I can say with confidence, from a URI VOTES perspective, that we had a successful election season this fall," said Gretchen Macht, director of the URI Voter OperaTio more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 25 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: The old ethics rules are no longer offering adequate protection to field research subjects, according to two leading social scientists from Brown and Pennsylvania State Universities -- and as a result, individual people and even entire societies are being left vulnerable to financial ruin, emotional manipulation and more. In a peer-reviewed essay, Rose McDermott, a professor of international relat more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 25 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release on Nov. 24: Governor Janet Mills today extended the State of Civil Emergency through December 23, 2020. The Governor's decision to extend the emergency is in line with nearly every other state in the nation which have ongoing emergency declarations, according to the National Governors Association. The Governors of New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, and Rhode Island have also renewed States of Emergencies more PR