PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 12 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Matthew Gutmann's book "Are Men Animals?", out on Tuesday, Nov. 12, traces the origins of the claim that "boys will be boys" -- and refutes it. * * * Thirty years ago, in downtown Mexico City, Matthew Gutmann took a picture of a man holding a baby. Little did he know then that photo would launch a decades-long career studying men and masculinity around the world. "I showed that photo to a bunch more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 13 [TNSscientificresearch-Geophysical Research Letters journal] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Using orbital instruments to peer into Jezero crater, the landing site for NASA's Mars 2020 rover, researchers found deposits of hydrated silica, a mineral that's great at preserving microfossils and other signs of life. * * * Next year, NASA plans to launch a new Mars rover to search for signs of ancient life on the Red Planet. A new s more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 13 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Two reports released by the Costs of War project, based at Brown, provide a comprehensive estimate of the financial and human cost of America's post-9/11 wars. * * * Nearly two decades after New York's Twin Towers fell on 9/11, the estimated cost of America's counterterrorism efforts stands at $6.4 trillion. That's according to a Nov. 13 report released by the Costs of War project based at the W more PR

CASSOPOLIS, MICHIGAN, Nov. 14 -- The Michigan Supreme Court issued the following news release: The Cass County Circuit Court announced that its Family Treatment Court (FTC) has received a $746,482three-year federal enhancement grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Grant Program. Cass County FTC was one of only six grantees across the country, with the others in Georgia, Indiana, Missouri, New York, and Rhode  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 13 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Stephon Alexander, Brown professor and president-elect of the National Society for Black Physicists, discusses the organization's annual conference, which comes to Providence for the first time this year. * * * For more than 40 years, the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) has provided support and mentorship to African American and black scientists seeking physics careers both in academi more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 14 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Stephon Alexander, Brown professor and president-elect of the National Society for Black Physicists, discusses the organization's annual conference, which comes to Providence for the first time this year. * * * For more than 40 years, the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP) has provided support and mentorship to African American and black scientists seeking physics careers both in academi more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 15 [TNSscientificresearch-Science journal] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - In a finding that reveals an entirely new state of matter, research published in the journal Science shows that Cooper pairs, electron duos that enable superconductivity, can also conduct electricity like normal metals do. * * * For years, physicists have assumed that Cooper pairs, the electron duos that enable superconductors to conduct electricity without more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 14 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced today that she will be leading a group of Democratic governors to Israel next week on an economic development and policy mission. The delegation will be meeting with policy experts, elected officials, and entrepreneurs to strengthen their states' relationships with the State of Israel and build new partnerships with its business community. The trip will more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Nov. 12 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: University of Rhode Island biology major Devyn Barraza knows the problems pollutants have caused in Narragansett Bay - toxic algae blooms that have killed fish, runoff that has closed beaches - and the crucial need for water monitoring. Last summer, Barraza '20 got a chance to play a role in a program that will lead to better monitoring of the bay as a recipient of the University's Summer Undergraduate more PR