PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 17 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Biological clock plays critical role in driving teens' late-day eating habits PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- The causes of obesity are complex and influenced by many factors. While research has highlighted connections between sleep, eating patterns and weight gain, scientists remain uncertain of the role of the circadian system -- the biological clock -- in shaping eating patterns. But a new study  more

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, Feb. 18 -- CVS Health issued the following news release: * * * Ed DeVaney named President of CVS Caremark WOONSOCKET, R.I., February 17, 2025 -- Today, CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) named Ed DeVaney president of the company's CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit management business. He was named interim president in December 2024. DeVaney will report to Prem Shah, group president, CVS Health. "Ed's ability to build and grow a strong team culture, while prioritizing talent develop  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 19 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * French-Caribbean artist Julien Creuzet stages immersive, multi-sensory installation at Brown PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- An adaptation of an immersive art installation created by the French-Caribbean artist Julien Creuzet for last year's 60th Venice Biennale is now on view at Brown University's David Winton Bell Gallery. Titled "Attila cataract your source at the feet of the green peaks will en  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 20 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * From College Hill to Cabo Verde, students connect history, heritage and health in global course PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- They'll never see the city the same way. Before enrolling in Diasporic Healthcare and the Creolization of Health and Medicine: Cabo Verde and the United States, students said they would walk through Providence's Fox Point neighborhood and see a house, a shop or a restauran  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 14 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Neronha issues statement regarding Vice President Vance's comments on judicial review Attorney General Peter F. Neronha released the following joint statement signed by 17 state attorneys general regarding Vice President Vance's comments on judicial review made on February 9, 2025. "The Vice President's statement is as wrong as it is reckless. As chie  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 21 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2025: * * * Attorney General Neronha joins multistate coalition to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general to warn against efforts by the Trump administration and Elon Musk to defund and disband the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The CFPB is an independent age  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 14 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Neronha stands with transgender military members in challenge to President Trump's discriminatory executive order Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit aiming to block the implementation of President Trump's executive order banning transgender people from se  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 20 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Governor McKee, Rhode Island Commerce Launch New Grant Program to Increase Workforce Development in Ocean Tech Hub Industries PROVIDENCE, RI -- Today, Governor Dan McKee and Rhode Island Commerce launched the Blue Youth Innovation Grant program -- a collaboration between Rhode Island Commerce, the RI Department of Labor and Training, and the Community College of  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 18 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Feb. 17, 2025: * * * Governor McKee, Rhode Island Department of Housing Announce Municipal Fellows Program Awards to Help Address the Housing Crisis PROVIDENCE, RI -- Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Housing today announced grant awards to eight municipalities totaling approximately $1.1 million through the Municipal Fellows Program. This program places early-ca  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 18 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Sloan Foundation awards early-career fellowships to three Brown faculty members PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has awarded three Brown University faculty members -- an economist and two mathematicians -- with 2025 early-career research fellowships. The foundation on Tuesday, Feb. 18, named Brendan Keith, an assistant professor of applied mathematics, Eric Larson, an   more