PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 18 (TNSper) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Dr. Megan L. Ranney, deputy dean at Brown University's School of Public Health and a professor of emergency medicine at the University's Warren Alpert Medical School, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine as a member of its 2022 class. Ranney is one of 100 new members invited by current members to join this year's class. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honor more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 21 (TNSfund) -- Brown University issued the following news release: A $5 million gift from Brown University will support plans by Care New England -- one of Rhode Island's major health care systems and an affiliate of Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School -- to build a new, technologically advanced labor and delivery center at Women & Infants Hospital. In recognition of the gift, CNE will name its state-of-the-art facility the Brown University Labor and Delivery C more PR

EAST PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 18 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, Rhode Island Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti, Jr. and East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva today joined state and local leaders to celebrate the completion of the resurfacing of Route 114 (East Shore Expressway/Wampanoag Trail) in East Providence and Barrington. This is the first resurfacing project to be  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 20 (TNSeco) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Brown University will name a state-of-the-art, under-construction residence hall the William and Ami Danoff Residence Hall in recognition of a generous gift from William Danoff and Ami Kuan Danoff. The building is one of two residence halls in a project at the southern end of Brown's campus on Brook Street, between Charlesfield and Power streets, set to open in Fall 2023. The project is designed t more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 22 (TNSper) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Oct. 21, 2022: William Van Nostrand and John Robinson, highly regarded for their contributions to neurodegenerative disease research, have been named co-executive directors of the George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rhode Island, President Marc Parlange announced today. With a shared vision for the institute's future, Van Nostrand and Robinson bring a complement more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Jim Langevin is panicking now that his praise for Allan Fung is being used in the race against Seth Magaziner. Democrats are being forced to spend big in deep-blue Rhode Island, so Langevin is now attempting to walk back his exact quotes, that "I have nothing bad to say about Allan" and "I consider him a friend." NRCC Comment: "It doesn't get more disingenuous than Jim Langevin trying to walk bac more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 19 -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release on Oct. 18, 2022: WPRI-TV and The CW Providence today announced that they will televise a debate tonight between the candidates in the race to represent Rhode Island's Second Congressional District, Democrat Seth Magaziner, and Republican Allan Fung. The debate will air on both WPRI 12, owned by Nexstar Media Inc., and The CW Providence, a Mission Broadcasting digital c more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 21 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Oct. 20, 2022: Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea and Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today released the Know Your Rights election guide in advance of Rhode Island's general election. The Guide has been updated to reflect the expansion of voter access made possible through the "Let RI Vote Act," signed into law in June of 2022. "The right to vote is fundamental to our dem more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 18 (TNSeco) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Brown University has selected a dynamic, multifaceted architecture team to design its planned integrated life sciences building in Providence's Jewelry District neighborhood. The building will create new laboratory space for high-impact research that can lead to breakthroughs on pressing health-related issues. Deborah Berke Partners, a New York City-based practice, and Ballinger, a Philadelphia-ba more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * Researchers eradicate malignant tumors in mice by combining immunotherapy agent with molecular delivery system that targets tumor acidity * * * Researchers from the University of Rhode Island and Yale University have demonstrated a promising new approach to delivering immunotherapy agents to fight cancer. The approach involves tethering an immunotherapy agent called a STING agonist to more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 19 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, Providence Commissioner of Public Safety Steven Pare, and Providence Police Chief Hugh T. Clements, Jr., announced today that the Statewide Grand Jury has returned indictments charging a West Warwick couple with multiple felony counts stemming from a joint investigation into alleged firearms trafficking and ghost gun manufacturing. Russell Gr more PR