PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 21 -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: Greta Panova, Gabilan Distinguished Professor of Science and Engineering and professor of mathematics at the University of Southern California, has been awarded the 2024-2025 AMS Joan and Joseph Birman Fellowship for Women Scholars. "I am deeply humbled and honored to receive the AMS Birman Fellowship," Panova said. "I am very grateful to the AMS and Professors Joan and Joseph Birman for p  more

BURLINGTON, Vermont, Dec. 23 -- The Drug Policy Alliance issued the following statement on Dec. 22, 2023: * * * Today, Vermont moved one step closer to funding life-saving overdose prevention centers (OPCs). The Vermont Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee expressed support for using funds from the state's opioid settlement proceeds to launch and operate one or more overdose prevention centers. If the recommendation is enacted by the Legislature, Vermont would join Rhode Island and Minnesota i  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, Dec. 23 -- Rhode Island Association of Realtors issued the following news release: Pent-up demand continued to drive prices up in the Ocean State in November according to data recently released by the Rhode Island Association of Realtors and its subsidiary, State-Wide Multiple Listing Service. The median price of single-family homes sold in Rhode Island rose to $431,000 last month, up from $411,450 a year earlier, a 4.8% increase. Rhode Island was ninth on Realtor.com's l  more