PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * As a research assistant in the Brown Community Noise Lab, Nina Lee has spent years monitoring noise levels across New England, advocating for environmental justice every step of the way. * * * Multiple times a week, Nina Lee finds herself in a Rhode Islander's backyard. She unpacks and then assembles an environmental noise monitor and begins recording. A week later, she'll return to the si more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 2 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * In a finding that could inform therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, a team of Brown University neuroscientists reports on a mechanism of degeneration for the locus coeruleus region of the brain. * * * The locus coeruleus is among the first brain regions to degenerate in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, physicians and scientists have known. But why this area is s more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 31 (TNSjou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * A research team including Brown University faculty and students created a superconducting diode without a magnetic field in multi-layer graphene, a development that could form the basis for future "lossless" electronics. * * * Superconductors -- materials that conduct electricity with zero loss of energy -- have been well-understood since the development of what's called the BCS theory in  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Seth Magaziner used Rhode Island retirees' savings to pay more than $620 million in fees to hedge fund executives. In return, Wall Street donors "funneled $178,000 into Magaziner's treasurer campaigns and [have] now dumped more than $200,000 into his congressional campaign" - an arrangement that one ethics expert says "does not pass the smell test." With Magaziner as Treasurer, Rhode Island's pen more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Seth Magaziner told the Providence Journal he supports the Green New Deal and "a quick transition to 100% clean energy." Magaziner - who opposes fracking and domestic oil production - wants to hastily implement an expensive green energy agenda, but Rhode Island lacks the infrastructure for such a drastic change, a cost that would surely get handed to consumers. This costly endeavor comes as Democ more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- Rhode Island School of Design issued the following news release: The Center for Complexity (CfC) at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) has announced plans for its fourth annual symposium, to be held on the RISD campus in Providence, RI from September 21-23, 2022. This year's symposium will focus on collapse in relation to the dynamic and static forces of systems change, featuring speakers, panel discussions, group inquiry and an exhibition, all de more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 1 (TNSper) -- Brown University issued the following news release: To deepen its relationships across Providence and Rhode Island and advance its ability to make a positive impact locally, Brown University has established a cabinet-level position leading community engagement strategy and initiatives. The move elevates the role of the current leader of Brown's Swearer Center for Public Service, with a move to the Office of the President. Mary Jo Callan, who serves more PR