PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 24 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news: Cooperating attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island have filed a lawsuit (https://www.riaclu.org/en/cases/golocalprov-llc-v-providence-public-school-district) against the Providence Public School District (PPSD) and the City of Providence on behalf of GoLocalProv, LLC, for providing late and inappropriately redacted public records information about a contro  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 28 -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: The 2024 AMS Award for Distinguished Public Service is presented to Angel Pineda, professor of mathematics at Manhattan College. Pineda is honored "in recognition of his tireless work at the grassroots level supporting mathematicians living in challenged, resource-poor environments around the world and of the impact his example has had on national and international scientific organizations,  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 25 (TNSres) -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: The 2024 AMS-SIAM George David Birkhoff Prize in Applied Mathematics is awarded to Ronald Coifman of Yale University for "his profound impact on pure and applied harmonic analysis, and for the introduction of tools developed from these areas to address modern challenges of data science," according to the citation. "Coifman's research is foundational and has impacted many branches   more