BELLEVUE, Washington, Feb. 14 -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued the following news release: * * * CCRKBA RIPS PROPOSED RHODE ISLAND SEMI-AUTO BAN, URGES REJECTION BELLEVUE, WA - The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says legislation just introduced in the Rhode Island General Assembly to ban so-called "assault weapons" should be rejected, and is calling on its members in the state to demand as much from their elected representatives. Th  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 11 -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: * * * Introducing the Elias M. Stein Mentoring Award New this year: The Elias M. Stein Mentoring Award will recognize mathematicians who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to the training and advancement of future generations of mathematicians. Nominations will be accepted until May 31, 2025, for the inaugural award, to be presented in January 2026 at the Joint Mathematics Meetings.  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 11 -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: * * * Tomastik Prize Launched New this year: the Edmond and Nancy Tomastik Prize in Differential Equations. Nominations will be accepted until June 30, 2025. The Tomastik Prize celebrates notable work in differential equations published during the preceding six years. The work must be published in a recognized peer-reviewed venue. The prize will be awarded every three years, starting in   more