PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 17 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2021: Lawrence E. Larson, the inaugural dean of Brown University's School of Engineering who guided its dramatic growth over its first decade, will step down as dean effective June 30, 2022, to return to teaching and research as a member of the Brown faculty. During his tenure as dean, Larson oversaw a large expansion in the number of tenure-track engineering faculty, substantial incr more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 17 (TNSPer) -- Rhode Island School of Design issued the following news release: Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) has appointed Dr. Sarah Cunningham as the college's first-ever vice provost for Strategic Partnerships. Cunningham previously served as associate provost, a position that will be phased out as she transitions to this new role following an international search process. The purview of the vice provost for Strategic Partnerships is broad and encompas more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 10 (TNSOps) -- Brown University issued the following news release: On Sept. 11, 2001, more than 1,000 students, faculty and staff from Brown gathered at Manning Chapel and on the College Green, and lit candles across campus in recognition of the day's tragic events and the nearly 3,000 lives lost in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. Two decades later, members of the University community convened to offer prayers and remarks at a memorial marker on campus th more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 15 (TNSPer) -- Rhode Island School of Design issued the following news release: As part of RISD's continuing social equity and inclusion efforts, a cohort of new full-time faculty members focused on race, colonization, decolonization, post-coloniality, cultural representation and material practices of resistance will begin teaching this fall as a result of RISD's "Race in Art & Design" cluster-hire initiative. "RISD is committed to being proactively anti-racist more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 17 (TNSPer) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2021: The University of Rhode Island announced today the appointments of Carlos Lopez Estrada, deputy director of administration and senior adviser to Mayor Donald R. Grebien in Pawtucket, and Lauren Broccoli Burgess, a registered lobbyist and assistant director of government relations for the American Veterinary Medical Association, as directors of Legislative and Government Relat more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 16 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * The COVID-19 School Data Hub, the brainchild of Brown Professor of Economics Emily Oster, could help families, researchers and policymakers better understand the pandemic's impact on learning. * * * A new digital platform founded by a Brown University economist is providing educators, policymakers and researchers with the most comprehensive data available to date on the ways in which the  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 18 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * New findings about the causes and characteristics of overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic may be used to inform policies that could lower death rates even after COVID-19 is under control. * * * At the same time as COVID-19 has claimed more than 600,000 lives across the United States, drug overdose deaths across the nation reached unprecedented heights. Rhode Island has been partic more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 17 (TNSRep) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * A report by a panel of experts chaired by a Brown professor concludes that AI has made a major leap from the lab to people's lives in recent years, which increases the urgency to understand its potential negative effects. * * * Artificial intelligence has reached a critical turning point in its evolution, according to a new report by an international panel of experts assessing the state o more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 17 (TNSEco) -- Brown University issued the following news release: In early September, Brown's newest building -- and the first new residence hall to open on campus in 30 years -- welcomed its first cohort of yearlong residents, marking the final step in implementing the University's vision of an integrated space to support student wellness. Located at 450 Brook St. in Providence, the new health and wellness center and residence hall now houses 162 students who  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 17 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha's defense of a state law requiring disclosure of persons or entities that spend more than $1,000 on certain election communications was upheld by a federal appeals court decision in The Gaspee Project v. Mederos. Attorney General Neronha applauded the decision upholding the constitutionality of Rhode Island's Independent Expenditures and Elect more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 15 (TNSGra) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Thanks to a new grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Brown University Library is poised to create a training institute on digital publishing. The institute, called Born-Digital Scholarly Publishing: Resources and Road Maps, will train 15 under-resourced scholars from a variety of institutions, disciplines and backgrounds, equipping them with the skills they need to develop di more PR