PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 12 (TNSAwa) -- Brown University issued the following news release on June 11, 2021: Brown University alumna Marcia Chatelain won a Pulitzer Prize in history for her book "Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America," a study of how McDonald's restaurants have assisted many Black entrepreneurs yet in other ways harmed African Americans. The Pulitzer Prize board recognized Chatelain and other 2021 prize winners in a Friday, June 11, virtual presentation. The boa more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 8 (TNSAwa) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Twenty-four recent Brown graduates, two current and recent graduate students and one medical student have received Fulbright awards for the 2021-22 academic year to teach English or conduct independent research projects in countries around the world. Brown has ranked among the top student Fulbright producers in the U.S. for the past five years, earning the highest spot on the list in 2016, 2017 and more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 11 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release on June 10, 2021: When Brown University launched the Hassenfeld Child Health Innovation Institute in 2016, the vision was ambitious from the start. Priorities included addressing the impact of poverty on child health, making Rhode Island one of the world's healthiest places for kids and serving as a national model for advancing family health. That bold vision required a broad coalition. Brown alrea more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 11 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: In Rhode Island, when pregnant women are ready to deliver their babies, 80% of them check in at Women & Infants in Providence, making it one of the largest obstetrical care hospitals in the country. If kids need urgent care, parents can rush them to Hasbro Children's Hospital, which handles 90% of pediatric hospitalizations in the state. Nearby, Bradley Hospital is devoted to child and adolescent m more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 11 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: By adding behavioral components to an infectious disease model, Brown University researchers have developed a new modeling approach that captures the peaks and valleys in new COVID-19 cases seen over the past 16 months. The approach, published in the journal Scientific Reports, could be useful in forecasting the future trends in the current pandemic, as well as in predicting the course of future o more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 12 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: A five-star rating is supposed to be a gold standard and a reliable measurement of quality. Yet when it comes to Medicare Advantage health care plans, highest-star ratings don't always indicate top-level performance for all beneficiaries, a study by Brown University researchers found. The new analysis, published in JAMA Health Forum, shows that five-star ratings, the scale's highest, are only mode more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 11 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news on June 10, 2021: Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green today released Studies in Resilience, the 2021 edition of the Commissioner's annual report on the state of education in Rhode Island. The report includes a message from the Commissioner, an overview of RIDE's COVID-19 response, and information on the agency's progress on the goals laid out in more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 9 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news: Governor Dan McKee and Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green today announced that Dr. Javier Montanez, the current principal of PPSD's Leviton Dual Language School, will serve as Interim Superintendent of Providence Public Schools. Dr. Montanez, an alum of Hope High School who has worked more than two decades in Providence Public Schools, will lead the Distric more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 9 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Governor Dan McKee today announced that Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) Director Janet Coit will be departing on June 18. Terrence Gray, RIDEM's Deputy Director for Environmental Protection, will ascend to the role of Acting Director of the Department. "Since taking the lead at DEM in 2011, Janet Coit has been a powerful advocate for our state more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 10 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: Governor Dan McKee, joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, Deputy Majority Whip Mia A. Ackerman, Senator Sandra Cano, Pawtucket Mayor Donald R. Grebien, Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, and Pawtucket Superintendent of Schools Dr. Cheryl McWilliams, today signed into law legislation (2021-H 5491, 2021-S 0349) which will requir more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 12 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Joined by House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi and Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, Governor Dan McKee today signed the Marc A. Crisafulli Economic Development Act - legislation that strengthens the agreement between the State of Rhode Island, IGT and Bally's Corporation. The legislation (2021-H 5223A, 2021-S 0040A) represents a $250 million economic development plan that includes s more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 8 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee today signed two bills into law. The first bill (H-5387A / S-0398aa), sponsored by Representative Julie A. Casimiro and Senator John P. Burke, will ban child marriage in Rhode Island by eliminating language in state law that allows individuals under the age of 18 to obtain a marriage license with parental consent. "I am pleased that Rhode Island is joining several ot more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 10 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to make Rhode Island communities safer, Governor Dan McKee and Attorney General Peter Neronha were joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, gun safety advocates and legislators came together outside the State House to call for the passage of the proposed gun safety legislative package currently pending before t more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 11 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on June 10, 2021: A demographer who specializes in China, Melanie Brasher has long heard the question, "Will China grow old before it grows rich?" With the recent release of China's 10-year census, that question is resurfacing. China's census shows a population that is shrinking and aging. Over the past 10 years, China's population grew at its slowest pace in decades - showing an annual growth  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 8 (TNSJou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Brennan Phillips is always looking to push the envelope when it comes to deep-sea technology. In the past year, Phillips, an assistant professor of ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island, created the most compact deep-sea system in the world that can provide a livestream video feed. His fiber optic reel system (FOReelS) is described in the March 2021 issue of the journal Sensors.  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 8 (TNSMon) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Dedicated spaces for individual and group study. Comfortable, versatile and laptop-friendly furniture. And a refreshed, expanded and diversified collection of books and periodicals. Those are a few signature elements of a newly transformed library and media center at Providence's Hope High School. After a renewal project funded by $150,000 from Brown University's Fund for the Education of the Child more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 8 (TNSGra) -- Brown University issued the following news release on June 7, 2021: A new $220,000 grant from the U.S. National Park Service will enable two Brown University graduate students to launch a digital project that will shed light on the stories of lesser-known Japanese American internment camps throughout the Western United States. The grant will allow Nicole Sintetos and Erin Aoyama, both Ph.D. candidates in American studies at Brown, to visit five remo more PR