KINGSTON, Rhode Island, May 10 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Twenty-one members of the University of Rhode Island community - 19 students, a faculty member and a staff member - have been named 2023 Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellows by the Rhode Island Foundation. The scholarships - collectively over $280,600 in grants - will allow the recipients to pursue foreign language immersion - many for a full academic year - in such countries as Chile,  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 9 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * The NIH-funded project, a partnership with NYU Langone Health, will evaluate the effectiveness of overdose prevention centers as well as the impact on surrounding communities. * * * Researchers from the Brown University School of Public Health will collaborate with colleagues from NYU Langone Health to study the impact of the first publicly recognized overdose prevention centers in the Unite more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 12 (TNSjou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: A new study led by researchers at Brown University's Carney Institute for Brain Science offers a blueprint to help scientists prevent and reverse motor deficits that occur in old age. As humans age, tasks that require coordinated motor skills, such as navigating stairs or writing a letter, become increasingly difficult to perform. Reduced mobility caused by aging is strongly associated with adverse more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 12 (TNSjou) -- Brown University issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: * * * By observing spin structure in "magic-angle" graphene, a team of scientists led by Brown University researchers have found a workaround for a long-standing roadblock in the field of two-dimensional electronics. * * * For two decades, physicists have tried to directly manipulate the spin of electrons in 2D materials like graphene. Doing so could spark key advances in the burg more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 11 (TNSeco) -- Brown University issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: On an auspiciously bright spring morning, health care and education leaders joined elected officials for a ceremonial groundbreaking of the Brown University Labor and Delivery Center -- a state-of-the-art unit at Care New England's Women & Infants Hospital, named in recognition of a $5 million gift from Brown in support of the project. Hospital leaders said the new facility will rep more PR

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, May 11 -- CVS Health issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: CVS Health(R) (NYSE: CVS) announced today it is enhancing Project Health, the company's free, community-based health screening program by adding mental health screenings to its services and entering two new areas: Greensboro, NC and Petersburg, VA. Project Health will also add nearly 100 organizations this year to host its mobile units in additional under-resourced communities. "Our events now ser more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 12 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: * * * An international team of researchers led by Brown scientists is among five teams selected by NASA to study the moon in an effort to help the space agency's lunar missions. * * * NASA has selected a team led by Brown University scientists to participate in a scientific research effort that will enable the space agency to not only return to the Moon for the first time in 50 ye more PR

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news on May 11, 2023: When the clock strikes midnight tonight, Title 42 -- the saving grace for Border Patrol agents that has allowed them to turn back illegal immigrants - expires. Magaziner just voted against a common-sense plan to fix the border crisis. The southern border is currently beingoverrunwithillegalimmigrants and it is expected to only get worse without Title 42. "In this climate, every st more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 13 (TNSper) -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: Governor Dan McKee today announced his appointment of current Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals (BHDDH) Director Richard Charest to serve as the next Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS). The Governor has sent Charest's name to the Rhode Island Senate for advice and consent. "Since his a more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 12 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: On Wednesday, Governor Dan McKee, Warren Town Manager Kate Michaud, and Council President John Hanley signed the Learn365RI Municipal Compact. "Our kids want to learn, parents want their kids to achieve, and we all want Rhode Island to be best in class when it comes to education," said Governor McKee. "With Warren joining the Learn365RI Municipal Compact, Town Manager Michaud, Council P more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 9 (TNSper) -- Rhode Island School of Design issued the following news release on May 8, 2023: Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) is pleased to name David T. Carreon Bradley, EdD, PhD (he/they) vice president for social equity and inclusion, effective July 1, 2023. Selected through a rigorous search that was led by a committee of faculty, students and staff, Carreon Bradley is the second person to hold this position at RISD. "Dr. Carreon Bradley brings an essent more PR