PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 11 -- Brown University issued the following news release: The former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund will share insights with the University community and the public during a presentation on Thursday, Feb. 15. Civil rights attorney and legal scholar Sherrilyn Ifill will deliver Brown University's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, which honors the late leader's legacy and his visits to Brown's campus in the 1960s. Ifill, who served as president and  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, Jan. 9 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: A Community College of Rhode Island alumna who returned several years after graduating to help launch the college's Massage Therapy program, Toni Spirito knows what it takes to succeed in the Allied Healthcare industry. "You can always give the student the books and they can learn how to study," Spirito said, "but you can't always give them that interpersonal piece of it." With an emphasis on tea  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 10 -- Brown University issued the following news release: Throughout 2023, faculty members at Brown were honored for outstanding research, service and leadership with numerous awards, fellowships and other honors. The scholars, whose fields range from East Asian studies to engineering to epidemiology, earned both national and international recognition and support for their work. Among such distinctions are the following honors: Madina Agenor, an associate profes  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 -- George Washington University issued the following news: WASHINGTON(January 11, 2023)--According to The Providence Journal, Biden nominated first person of color to U.S. District Court for Rhode Island. District Court Judge Melissa R. Dubose was nominated on Wednesday to replace Judge William E. Smith. Smith announced in June 2023 that we will resume senior status starting Jan 1, 2025. In addition to DuBose being the first person of color, they would also serve as the firs  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that the Office has issued guidance (https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.riag.ri.gov%2fmedia%2f4551%2fdownload&c=E,1,BfoU9x8Q1aArfk_RVCZTOqyRfUl4mEiJvzE8VUkPKfUziELyJbt_KhG1gK0TECPAKu_Y69Jzk6GSaw0s0e_yFSX0ShE3EanC04OTgKOkoTW3Xofq&typo=1) to Rhode Island landlords, reminding property   more

JOHNSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 13 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, Representative David Bennett, Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation representatives, teachers and students from East Greenwich's Hanaford Elementary School, and other state leaders today announced the launch of RIDE's "Get the Foam Out" program, which  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 9 -- Rhode Island School of Design issued the following news release: Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) is pleased to announce the appointment of Amanda Clark MacMullan as vice president for Institutional Advancement, effective February 1, 2024. Clark MacMullan, who currently serves as senior vice president of programs & external affairs at the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS), brings more than 20 years of extensive fundraising experience in higher educat  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 9 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The changes in our climate not only impact human and environmental health and safety-but also food security worldwide. Climate change can affect crops, livestock, soil and water resources. At the same time, about one-third of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions is linked to the agriculture sector. Regenerative agriculture, which focuses on improving soil health through practices such as crop rotati  more