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= Brown Welcomes 52 Faculty Members (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 8 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news release:
With the start of a new academic year, Brown University welcomes a cohort of 52 new faculty members with research and teaching interests spanning topics from Near Eastern art to computer vision to racial inequality.
"The work of our extraordinary faculty matters today as never before," said Brown Provost Richard M. Locke. "Over the past 18 months, we've seen the magnitude of the challenges that we more PR
At Its 258th Opening Convocation, Brown Officially Commences 2021-22 Academic Year (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 7 (TNSOps) -- Brown University issued the following news release:
Even before College Hill's newest undergraduates officially began their Brown academic journeys at the University's 258th Opening Convocation on Monday, Sept. 6, they'd already critically examined, discussed and debated the school's historical ties to slavery.
For the 2021 First Readings program, they read the pioneering "Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice" -- more PR
R.I. A.G. Neronha Statement on Today's Decision in Champlin's Vs. CRMC (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 10 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement:
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Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement after today's decision in Champlin's v. CRMC:
"Rhode Islanders should be deeply disappointed by today's Superior Court decision and rightly worried about what this decision means for us should it survive its eventual appeal.
Regulatory agencies in Rhode Island have been given extraordinary powers by the Gen more PR
R.I. Department of Education Receives $9 Million Federal Grant to Expand Mental Health Issue Awareness and Support Programs (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 11 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news on Sept. 10, 2021:
The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today announced that it, in partnership with the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families, has been awarded a second $9 million Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) grant to expand youth mental health services in the Cranston, West Warwick and Westerly school more PR
University of Rhode Island Business Professor, Co-Authors Earn Best Article Award for Look at 'Disability in the New Sharing Economy' (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 9 (TNSJou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Sept. 8, 2021:
Sean Edmund Rogers, an associate professor of management and the Spachman Professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations at the University of Rhode Island, was recognized by the Academy of Management with a 2021 Best Article Award for a co-authored paper published in Academy of Management Discoveries in August 2020.
Rogers co-authored the article, "No Room at the Inn? Disabi more PR
University of Rhode Island Humanities Series Explores Historical Memory, Memorials and Commemoration (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 8 (TNSEve) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Sept. 7, 2021:
Amid the struggle for racial justice last year in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd, more than 90 monuments memorializing Confederate leaders of the Civil War were removed. In several cities, statues of Christopher Columbus were defaced.
The discussion of monuments and societal memory moves to the University of Rhode Island campus as the Center for the Human more PR
University of Rhode Island Student Studies Rare Bird on Verge of Extinction (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news:
Even though the rare saltmarsh sparrow is expected to go extinct by 2050 due to rising sea levels flooding its nesting habitat, University of Rhode Island junior Jessica Szpila is committed to doing what she can to learn about the birds in hopes of discovering something about them that might delay their disappearance.
Szpila, 26, a native of Tiverton who lives in Providence with her husband, s more PR
University of Rhode Island Student Uses Seashells for Sustainable Drinking Water Treatment (10)
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news:
Jennifer Newport has always had an interest in environmental conservation, but it wasn't until she got to the University of Rhode Island that she discovered what she calls her "niche discipline" - water treatment and water resources. As she begins her last semester before graduating in December, the Cranford, New Jersey, resident is tackling a research project aimed at developing a sustainable more PR
With $4.9M From the CDC, Brown Researchers to Study COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in Seniors (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 10 (TNSGra) -- Brown University issued the following news release:
To address the pressing issue of diminishing immunity among older adults to COVID-19 as well to vaccines designed to protect against the virus, a $4.9 million award from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will fund a two-year project led by Brown University researchers and conducted by a team spanning multiple institutions.
The researchers will examine the duration of protective more PR
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