PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 3 -- Brown University issued the following news: * * * A global economist's take on tariffs: 'American consumers will get hurt' On the presidential campaign trail last fall, Donald Trump described tariff as the "most beautiful word in the dictionary" and recently announced that tariffs on America's three largest trading partners are soon set to take effect. Brown University Professor of Economics Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan has a different point of view. "For many   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 3 -- Brown University issued the following news: * * * Accomplished geophysics scholar Greg Hirth named vice president for research at Brown PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Greg Hirth, a professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Brown University, has been appointed the University's vice president for research. The vice president oversees all Division of Research offices and teams as they collaborate with internal and external stakehold  more

ALBANY, New York, Feb. 3 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General James and Coalition of 22 Attorneys General Celebrate Court Victory Stopping Federal Funding Freeze NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a coalition of 22 attorneys general today celebrated winning a court order halting the implementation of a Trump administration policy that would block many federal agency grants, loans, and other financial assistanc  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 3 -- Brown University issued the following news: * * * Breaking the cycle of cynicism: How hope and trust can transform the world PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- To Jamil Zaki, cynicism isn't just a mindset: it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. "If you think less of others, you ask less of others," said Zaki, a professor of psychology at Stanford University who studies the power of social connection. "And if you ask less of others, you receive less from oth  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 6 -- Brown University issued the following news: * * * Brown University Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes named poet laureate of Jamaica PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Kwame Dawes, a Brown University professor of literary arts, has been named poet laureate of Jamaica. As poet laureate, Dawes is "charged with stimulating a greater appreciation for Jamaican poetry, while trying to develop mass appeal for poetry as an art and medium for developing an  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 7 -- Brown University issued the following news: * * * Brown urges U.S. court to ensure continued flow of federal funding to support high-impact research PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Brown University's chief research officer submitted a declaration in support of a filing by the Rhode Island attorney general asking a federal court to issue a preliminary injunction that would ensure the continued flow of federal funding to all current grantees, including  more

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, Feb. 5 -- CVS Health issued the following news release: * * * Duquesne University and CVS Pharmacy team up to help address pharmacist shortage Collaboration removes financial barriers to higher education and supports talent pipeline for future pharmacists PITTSBURGH, PA, Feb. 4, 2025 -- Duquesne University and CVS Pharmacy, a CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) company, have introduced an innovative new education support program as part of their efforts to help address the natio  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 7 -- Brown University issued the following news: * * * Meet the Brown student who created New York City's popular new traffic tracker PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- When Benjamin Moshes entered an economics research competition in 2023, he had no idea his project would lead to a website that would ultimately become the go-to source for 2025 traffic data in New York City. But that's exactly what happened when the Brown University senior and his younger   more

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 4 -- Paul Hastings, a law firm, issued the following news: Paul Hastings has been selected as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors appointed in the Chapter 11 cases of Prospect Medical Holdings and its affiliated debtors, which are pending in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. Prospect Medical operates 16 hospitals in California, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, and is affiliated with over 11,000 physicians  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 6 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following joint statement on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * Attorney General Peter F. Neronha and 14 attorneys general today issued a joint statement to reaffirm their commitment to protecting access to gender-affirming care in response to the Trump Administration's recent Executive Order. The coalition released the following statement: "As state attorneys general, we stand firmly in support of healthcare poli  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 6 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in sending a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley urging the Senate to require Kash Patel, President Trump's nominee for FBI Director, to return for further questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The request follows alarming reports of politically motivate  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 5 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Funding is allotted to help with expenses related to the RIBridges data breach * * * At the request of Governor Dan McKee, Deloitte provided Rhode Island with $5 million to help pay for expenses related to the RIBridges data breach. Separately, Deloitte is covering the cost of the data breach call center, credit monitoring, and identity protection for impacted c  more