PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 12 (TNSPer) (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Andrew G. Campbell, the 15th dean of the Graduate School of Brown University, will step down after six years of leadership effective June 30, 2022, to return to research and teaching as a professor of medical science at Brown. Campbell's six-year tenure as dean has included record enrollment growth and a marked increase in diversity among Brown graduate students. He has been responsible  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 10 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Zack Langway, a Class of 2009 graduate of Brown University and an experienced leader in stakeholder and constituent engagement, has been named the University's vice president for alumni relations, effective Monday, April 11. As vice president, Langway will oversee all aspects of alumni relations, creating and directing a comprehensive and strategic program of events and activities to engage Brown more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 11 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: A National Institutes of Health grant expected to total more than $16 million over five years will fund research into potential causes of Alzheimer's disease and neurodegeneration, and assist a team of scientists in the search for targets to inform therapeutic strategies to treat those conditions. With support from a prior NIH grant, the team of biologists from Brown University, New York Universi more PR

OAKLAND, California, March 11 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following statement, on March 10, 2022: * * * California Attorney General Rob Bonta released a statement today following a restorative justice hearing related to the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy. The hearing was a result of the tentative settlement reached last week between Purdue and the Sackler family and the states of California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and the D more PR

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, March 11 (TNSRes) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news on March 10, 2022: * * * RWU research team of faculty and students and the Providence Cultural Equity Initiative partner on reparative justice project for Providence Truth-Telling, Reconciliation and Reparations initiative * * * Curtis Kill Rain Bland's family lived in the West Elmwood neighborhood when the City of Providence began breaking apart and relocating the Black community through eminent  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 10 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news on March 9, 2022: Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green today announced that as part of the Rhode Island Department of Education's effort to reimagine the high school experience and revise the statewide high school graduation requirements, it has launched the period of public comment for the updated regulations. Seven public comment sessions will be held acro more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 9 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion: Sandra Tiernan v. Seth Magaziner The plaintiff, Sandra Tiernan, appealed from and sought review on certiorari of a judgment of the Superior Court in favor of the defendants, Seth Magaziner and Frank J. Karpinski, in their capacities as General Treasurer of the State of Rhode Island and Executive Director of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Rhode Island, respectively (collectively E more PR

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, March 8 (TNSJou) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news on March 7, 2022: When she was a freshman at Roger Williams University majoring in Marine Biology, Julia Grossman '21 learned about a unique research opportunity with the Chemistry department that changed her academic path and eventually helped her land her current position as an associate scientist at Averica Discovery in Massachusetts. "It was a unique opportunity that I couldn't have gotten if I h more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 11 (TNSconf) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: With misinformation and disinformation just a mouse click away as we scroll through websites and social media, the importance of teaching people how to recognize the truth from lies is paramount in developing informed citizens. On Tuesday, March 22, a mix of University of Rhode Island media literacy experts, journalists, public information officers, faculty, students and the public will expl more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 12 (TNSfund) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: It's no secret that the newest form of warfare is waged in cyber space. Bad actors are continually generating programs that attempt to disrupt American electronic infrastructure such as power grids. University of Rhode Assistant Professor of Engineering Hui Lin is working on a plan to combat those attacks with the help of a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The five-year a more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 11 (TNSJou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * URI Professor William Van Nostrand is co-senior author on study * * * A healthy brain requires regular "clearing" to flush away toxins and other waste products that can lead to dementia and cognitive impairments. But a new study published in Nature Aging and conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Rhode Island, Yale School of Medicine, and Stony Brook University show more PR