PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 3 (TNSGra) -- Brown University issued the following news: A $4.9 million grant to Brown University's Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice will fund a partnership with Williams College and the Mystic Seaport Museum that will use maritime history as a basis for studying historical injustices and generating new insights on the relationship between European colonization in North America, the dispossession of Native American land and racial slavery in New Englan more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 5 (TNSPer)-- Brown University issued the following news: Shontay Delalue, vice president for institutional equity and diversity and a key leader in Brown's work to make all areas of University life more fully diverse and inclusive, will leave Brown to become senior vice president and senior diversity officer at Dartmouth College, effective July 1. In her four years as vice president, Delalue has led the campus-wide implementation of Brown's Pathways to Diversity  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 3 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news: Studies have shown that nearly half of all medical students in the U.S. report symptoms of burnout, a long-term reaction to stress characterized by emotional exhaustion, cynicism and feelings of decreased personal accomplishment. Beyond the personal toll, the implications for aspiring and practicing physicians can be severe, from reduced quality of care to increased risk of patient safety incidents. Accord more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 5 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news: A new technique developed by Brown University researchers reveals the forces involved at the cellular level during biological tissue formation and growth processes. The technique could be useful in better understanding how these processes work, and in studying how they may respond to environmental toxins or drug therapies. As described in the journal Biomaterials, the technique makes use of cell-sized sphe more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 6 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news: The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), announced additional federal funding to support the Student Assistance Counselors Program through Rhode Island Student Assistance Services. Currently, eight counselors are supported though this program and this additional funding will support a full additional year for School Year 2021-2022 for the program. "Now durin more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 4 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news on Feb. 3, 2021: The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today unveiled its expanded and improved Educator Course Network (ECN), an interactive online tool that enables school systems to search for, and connect with, third-party expert partners that can provide educators with meaningful professional learning experiences. "Research tells us that when teachers a more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 5 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha has joined a coalition of attorneys general from 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories in a $573 million settlement with one of the world's largest consulting firms, McKinsey & Company, resolving investigations into the company's role in working for opioid companies, helping those companies promote their drugs, and profi more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: A survey of recreational boaters conducted by a team of University of Rhode Island researchers found that offshore wind farms detract significantly from the boating experience. Tracey Dalton, the URI professor of marine affairs who led the survey, said that while most respondents indicated that seeing offshore wind turbines far in the distance did not affect their experience, most preferred not more PR