PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 23 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news: Sasha-Mae Eccleston and Dan-el Padilla Peralta started discussing the complexities of race in the classics in 2008 as postgraduate "study buddies" at the University of Oxford. Nearly a decade later and no longer students, but faculty members -- Eccleston at Brown University, Padilla Peralta at Princeton University -- they invited others into their ongoing conversations by founding an international confere  more

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, Feb. 23 -- CVS Health issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) today announced its contribution of nearly $35 million in equity investments towards the creation of two new affordable housing developments in Hawaii. Located in Lahaina, Maui and Kapolei, Oahu, the communities will also offer residents supportive social and educational programs tailored to address their specific needs. In addition to other multiple funding partners, these  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 22 -- Providence College issued the following news release: American Irish Historical Society Executive Director Dr. Elizabeth Stack will be the featured speaker at Providence College's Third Annual Murphy/Healy Lecture in Irish Culture. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Friday, March 1 at 6:00 p.m. in '64 Hall on the Providence College campus. Free parking is available in the College's Wardlaw Ave. lot, adjacent to Slavin Center,  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 24 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today announced the return of the Office's expungement clinics on February 29, 2024. The Office of the Attorney General welcomes the public to its Cranston office, located at 4 Howard Avenue, where attendees can take the first step in the expungement process and learn if they are eligible for expungement of non-violent criminal  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, Feb. 23 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona visited the Community College of Rhode Island's Warwick Campus today to discuss the need for more career pathways and career and technical education (CTE) programming and apprenticeships, especially in Latine communities, as part of President Joe Biden's Investing in America Tour, aimed to demonstrate how President Biden is delivering for underrepresented  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 20 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Wilson Kwamogi Okello, assistant professor of higher education and director of the Black Study Education Lab at The Pennsylvania State University, will be the featured speaker for the University of Rhode Island College of Education's Distinguished Speaker Series, on Thursday, Feb. 29. The event will take place at 4 p.m. in the Galanti Lounge of the Robert L. Carothers Library & Learning Commons, 15 Lipp  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 21 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island has become a new member of the Mass Fintech Hub, a public-private partnership dedicated to making Massachusetts a global leader in financial technologies. The addition last week of URI, the University of Massachusetts Boston, MITRE and Loanspark brings the collaborative's membership to more than 50 institutions. "The Mass Fintech Hub is a dynamic community that brings tog  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 12 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * Professor Kathleen Melanson's study, funded by $300,000 USDA grant, aims to provide context to ultra-processed food discussion * * * Ultra-processed foods make up more than half the food average Americans eat. Including frozen and prepared meals, most packaged snacks, desserts and carbonated soft drinks--but also including more innocuous foods--they are often considered the bane of hea  more