PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 14 -- Brown University issued the following news: The Corporation of Brown University, the University's governing body, has elected Brian T. Moynihan, a 1981 Brown graduate and chair and CEO of Bank of America, to serve as Brown's 22nd chancellor. Effective July 1, 2024, Moynihan will succeed Samuel M. Mencoff, who has served as chancellor since 2016. The chancellor is a volunteer role that leads the 54-member Brown Corporation. The Corporation is responsible for  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 13 -- Brown University issued the following news: Based on recommendations from a committee of Brown faculty, staff, students and senior administrators, the Corporation of Brown University approved for the University's next fiscal year undergraduate, graduate and medical school tuition and the highest employee salary pool in 16 years. Tuition for Brown's undergraduate education will increase 4.5% for the 2024-25 academic year, to $68,612. Most master's and doctor  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news: With 36 Fulbright scholarships awarded to recent alumni and current graduate students in 2023-24, Brown University produced more student Fulbright winners than all but one school in the nation, according to data released by the U.S. Department of State on Tuesday, Feb. 13. The grants fund research or teaching abroad for up to one year. The University shares the No. 2 spot with Harvard University, behind o  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 15 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news: * * * With two publicly recognized overdose prevention centers open in New York and the nation's third expected to open in Rhode Island, the project includes recent research about the centers to answer questions and address misconceptions. * * * Citing the growing need for accurate, unbiased, up-to-date information about overdose prevention centers, researchers at the Brown University School of Public H  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 14 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news: * * * The neurotoxic effects of Agent Orange have important implications for the long-term brain health not only of veterans, but of all people exposed to biologically similar herbicides. * * * Agent Orange, an herbicide used during the Vietnam War, is a known toxin with wide-ranging health effects. Even though Agent Orange has not been used for decades, there is increasing interest in its effects on th  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 16 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2024: Today, Governor Dan McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, and AAA Northeast CEO and Partnership for Rhode Island Chairman John Galvin joined federal, state, municipal, business, community, and school leaders at Rhode Island College ahead of the second meeting of Rhode Island's Chronic Absenteeism Workin  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 13 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2024: Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that he will appoint Kathryn M. Sabatini to be the next Chief of the Office's Civil Division. Ms. Sabatini, who currently serves as Executive Counsel and Chief of Policy to Attorney General Neronha, will succeed Miriam Weizenbaum who joined the Office in March 2020, following a successful career in   more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Feb. 17 (TNSres) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * New lab will develop coastal resiliency strategies for Narragansett Bay watershed * * * By Jill Pais '05 From analyzing water quality and soil contaminants in coastal ecosystems to detecting microplastics in our bays and watershed, Roger Williams University faculty and student-researchers have been leading important work to protect the Ocean State's coastal communities and waters. To dive d  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 12 -- Brown University issued the following news: College Hill in Providence buzzed with energy on Saturday, Feb. 10, as young aspiring scientists flooded Brown University's classrooms and laboratories, ready to put their knowledge to the test at the 7th Annual Brown Science Olympiad tournament. The STEM competition -- organized by Brown students and hosted on the University campus each February -- welcomes nearly 1,000 high schoolers from across New England. Fea  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * Funded by a $1.3M NIH grant, URI scientists will lead students in virtual and in-person experiments on natural medicines * * * Through the use of a virtual reality laboratory and in-person lab experiences, scientists at the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy are working with high school students around the state, teaching them about natural therapeutic plants and herbal med  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * URI Professor Emi Uchida, Ph.D., leads a new NSF grant to bridge international expertise and communities around mangrove/seagrass ecosystems * * * Ecosystems and communities bordered by mangroves and seagrass meadows are critical to coastal protection and support economies in many parts of the world but are threatened by human activity and global climate change. In January, URI resear  more