PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 29 -- Brown University issued the following news: PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] As part of a large-scale effort to unlock clues about the origins of life on Earth, Brown University researchers are analyzing rare fragments from the asteroid Bennu, hoping to reveal its ancient secrets.The work is happening at the NASA-funded Reflectance Experiment Laboratory (RELAB), which is housed on the University's campus and led by Brown planetary scientist Ralph Milliken  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 2 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2024: * * * Attributable to Tim Rondeau, Director of Communications: "Max Wistow has advised us of his decision to withdraw from this litigation for professional reasons. We are grateful for Attorney Wistow's contributions to this investigation and this case. It would have been our preference that he remain as part of the litigation team, but we respect his decision   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 28 -- Brown University issued the following news: PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] Nobel Prize winner Leon N. Cooper, a professor of physics at Brown University for more than five decades, died on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at age 94.Cooper's daughter, Coralie Cooper, confirmed his death to the New York Times.Cooper served as a professor at Brown since 1958 and retired from teaching in 2014. He shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics with physicists John Bardeen and J.  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 29 -- Brown University issued the following news: D.C. [Brown University] At a late-October ceremony at the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden presented Brown University President Emerita Ruth J. Simmons a prestigious National Humanities Medal. Brown University President Emerita Ruth J. Simmons (center) with President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. Courtesy of the White House According to a citation from the White House, Simmons was honored for pioneeri  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 30 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: The Office of the Attorney General and the Rhode Island State Police today announced the conclusion of the investigation of allegations related to the awarding of the school reopening contract to ILO Group, LLC, following a joint investigation. A detailed report of the investigation and its findings, as well as a library of public documents related to the inve  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 31 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man has been found guilty in Providence County Superior Court of the murder of 24-year-old Miya Brophy-Baermann and the attempted murder of Sheron Robinson. On October 30, 2024, following the conclusion of a 12-day jury trial before Superior Court Justice Robert D. Krause, the jury found Shawn  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 29 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: Governor Dan McKee, Rhode Island's Congressional Delegation, and the Office of Energy Resources have awarded $2.75 million from the Energy Efficiency Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program, with $1.5 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Energy's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and $1.25 million from the state's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiati  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Oct. 31 (TNSres) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * As the EPSCoR Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program's home, RWU strengthens its commitment to advancing undergraduate research and fostering collaboration among Rhode Island's scientific community. * * * By Jordan J. Phelan Roger Williams University will serve as the new home of the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (RI NSF EPSCoR SURF) program and lead a STEM workf  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 27 -- Brown University issued the following news: PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] More than 2,200 parents and family members from as far away as Singapore and Switzerland, and as close as Providence, joined their students on campus from Friday, Oct. 25, to Sunday, Oct. 27, for Brown University's Family Weekend. The longstanding annual tradition offers families the opportunity to see the world through a Brunonian's eyes for a few days. This year, families who r  more