PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 27 (TNSGra) -- Brown University issued the following news: At Brown, scholarship on issues related to race, diversity, equity and inclusion continues to expand, and the communities engaged in academic work continue to become more diverse. Meanwhile, across College Hill and the globe is an increasingly diverse population of Brown students who aspire to make the world more just and inclusive through their studies, lives and careers -- students who can focus increasi more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 26 -- Brown University issued the following news: With virtual visits in March and April from Nobel Prize-winning scientist Jennifer Doudna and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson, Brown University will launch a new lecture series featuring preeminent leaders from a wide range of fields. Established through a generous gift from Class of 1980 Brown Ph.D. graduate Wayne C. Lemley, the Lemley Family Leadership Lecture Series will invite highly accomplishe more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 24 -- Brown University issued the following news: For years, Rhode Island leaders have discussed a vision for a world-class integrated academic health system that serves the people of Rhode Island by ensuring excellence in health care from birth to end-of-life, including specialty care, in their home state. With recently signed agreements to create such an integrated system -- with a merger of the state's two largest health care systems, Lifespan and Care New Eng more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 25 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news: Volcanic rock samples collected during NASA's Apollo missions bear the isotopic signature of key events in the early evolution of the Moon, a new analysis found. Those events include the formation of the Moon's iron core, as well as the crystallization of the lunar magma ocean -- the sea of molten rock thought to have covered the Moon for around 100 million years after the it formed. The analysis, publis more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 27 -- Brown University issued the following news: In a U.S. Congress committee hearing on the state of the nation's COVID-19 vaccination effort, Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, shared insights on how the country can learn from early vaccine rollout failures and build on successes to accelerate the pace, scope and equity of vaccine distribution in the U.S. Jha, a physician and health policy researcher called on frequently b more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 26 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news on Feb. 25, 2021: Readers who browse the politics section of a bookstore will find countless anthologies of essays and speeches by American political thinkers. But most have one thing in common: They focus chiefly on white, wealthy and powerful intellectuals and barely skim the surface of African American political thought. Melvin Rogers, an associate professor of political science at Brown University, ha more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 26 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release: National Grid's energy efficiency programs have produced more than $1.4M in energy cost savings for several businesses at Quonset Business Park this past year. Quonset is home to over 12,000 jobs at more than 200 companies. In 2020, the Quonset Development Corporation (QDC) and National Grid signed a letter of understanding to achieve mutual energy efficiency g more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 23 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that a Cranston man was sentenced last week in Providence Superior Court to serve eight and a half years at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) for possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. Felix Castro (age 48) pleaded nolo contendere to one count of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. At the hearing be more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Feb. 24 (TNSRes) -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences issued the following news: Assistant Professor of Communication Disorders Sara Mamo has received the PACE Organization of Rhode Island (PACE-RI) 2020 Academic-Research Partnership Award. The award recognizes one academic partner for their dedication to supporting the PACE (Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) mission to blend and deliver medical and social c more PR

NARRAGANSETT, Rhode Island, Feb. 27 (TNSJou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: A team of researchers from the University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography and their collaborators have revealed that the abundant microbes living in ancient sediment below the seafloor are sustained primarily by chemicals created by the natural irradiation of water molecules. The team discovered that the creation of these chemicals is amplified significantly by minerals i more PR