PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 18 -- The Berkshire Bank issued the following news release: Berkshire Bank, a leading community bank with financial centers in New England and New York, welcomes Jason Carosi as SVP, Asset Based Lending Relationship Manager. He will be based in Providence, RI. "With Jason's two decades of banking industry experience, we are pleased to welcome him to the Asset Based Lending (ABL) team. His diverse lending background will help us provide a high level of customer se  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 18 -- Brown University issued the following news release: Brown University has marked a set of major milestones in its effort to expand support for U.S. military veterans: welcoming its largest-ever cohort of new undergraduate student veterans; doubling the total enrollment of those students one year ahead of schedule; and surpassing an ambitious $25 million fundraising goal to permanently fund full scholarships for current and future generations of undergraduate   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 18 -- Brown University issued the following news release: If there's one thing to know about Rainn Wilson, it's that the actor has little in common with the inimitable Dwight Schrute. It's a fact that Wilson, who gave life to the character for close to a decade on the iconic sitcom "The Office," has always made clear when asked. And he's asked pretty often. "It doesn't really work like that," Wilson said, speaking to a packed auditorium of students in Brown's Sa  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 20 -- Brown University issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2023: It took Nancy Hopkins, a pioneering cancer researcher, 20 years to accept that she was the subject of gender discrimination at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Even journalist Kate Zernike, who broke the story of MIT's admission that Hopkins and other women faculty had faced discrimination on campus, took time to recognize that the story was big -- it was 1999 and not 1959, Zerni  more

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, Oct. 17 -- CVS Health issued the following news release on Oct. 16, 2023: CVS Health(R) (NYSE: CVS) today announced several leadership updates, effective immediately: * Executive Vice President, CFO and President of Health Services Shawn Guertin will be taking a leave of absence from his role due to unforeseen family health reasons. * Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance, Tom Cowhey, has been appointed interim CFO. * CEO of Oak Street Health, Mike Pykosz, has   more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * In the 2023 Housing Fact Book, HousingWorks RI reviews legislative actions to improve housing and increase production. * * * HousingWorks RI (HWRI) at Roger Williams University released two bodies of work today - the 2023 Housing Fact Book and the Rhode Island Zoning Atlas - that seek to shed light on the Ocean State's housing affordability crisis. The 2023 Housing Fact Book, HWRI's annual   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 19 -- Brown University issued the following news release: Over recent years, high-performing alternative investments helped to propel Brown University's endowment to record values. In a Fiscal Year 2023 marked by solid returns in the stock market but more modest returns from alternatives, Brown's endowment generated a 2.7% investment return over the 12-month period that closed on June 30, 2023. With $174 million in investment gains, $175 million in new endowed gi  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 19 (TNSres) -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news release: The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today released the final results of the 2023 Rhode Island Comprehensive Assessment System (RICAS). The RICAS assessment, first conducted in 2018, was administered to students from grades 3 through 8 in March through May. Statewide data shows that in 2023 compared to 2022, there was an increase in participation in both content a  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 19 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island has named Kerry LaPlante, an internationally recognized expert in antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases, as the next dean of the College of Pharmacy. LaPlante, who currently serves as department chair and professor of pharmacy at URI, becomes the first female dean of the pharmacy college. "We are excited that Kerry will assume this new leadership position at th  more