PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 2 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Air-quality monitoring underestimates toxic emissions to Salton Sea communities, study finds * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- A newly published study finds that California's Salton Sea emits hydrogen sulfide, a toxic and foul-smelling gas, at rates that regularly exceed the state's air quality standards. The presence of these emissions in communities surrounding the Salton Sea are "vastly underestim  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, June 3 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Bryant joins leading education group on artificial intelligence By Bob Curley Artificial intelligence has rapidly evolved from theory to practice to essential business and educational tool, and Bryant University has joined an elite group that's leading the drive for AI application and sustainable innovation in higher education and the workforce. Bryant recently joined the Digital Education Council (DEC)  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, June 7 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * 'Hearing their stories, you gain a deeper understanding of what they are going through' By Emma Bartlett Undergrads are used to gathering in classrooms, but this one is a little different. Off campus and based out of Providence's Refugee Dream Center, students are observing an English class in full swing. Engaging with the organization's clients and helping them practice their English, undergrads hear sto  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, June 5 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * 'The source of all prevention and treatment is electronic health records' By Emma Bartlett When Naveed Afzal, Ph.D., worked at the Mayo Clinic, he helped build an algorithm that could read through a patient's clinical notes and flag symptoms that were associated with a cardiovascular disease known as peripheral arterial disease. Say a patient came into the office with an irregular heartbeat; physicians co  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, June 6 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * AI Summit rises to the challenge of redefining education in the age of artificial intelligence By Bob Curley and Stephen Kostrzewa As Bryant University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Rupendra Paliwal, Ph.D., looked out at the more than 70 faculty and staff members gathered for the university's AI Summit, he noted that the two-day event was more than a conference -- it was a call to action. Everyone i  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, June 5 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * CCRI Students Blending Art And Science In Unique Exhibition Funded By NSF Grant If you love art or science, and especially if you love both, you'll want to visit CCRI's Lincoln Campus this month. Throughout the spring, CCRI Art & Design students collaborated with CCRI STEM professors and students to create original, science-inspired art projects. Funded by a $15,000 grant from the U.S. Nat  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 5 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Outbreak tracker from Pandemic Center at Brown informs action, builds awareness on infectious disease * Measles cases are increasing across North America. Seasonal flu activity is decreasing nationally, but the deaths of children from influenza has increased to the highest levels since 2009. Cases of pertussis have nearly doubled compared to this time last year. Cholera and mpox continue to spread across Af  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 4 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion on June 2, 2025: * * * Cashman Equipment Corporation, Inc. v. Cardi Corporation, Inc., et al./1 Present: Suttell, C.J., Goldberg, Robinson, Lynch Prata, and Long, JJ. OPINION Chief Justice Suttell, for the Court. The replacement of a bridge is an enterprise often fraught with contention. This case concerns alleged construction defects in marine cofferdams used to replace the Sakonnet River Bridge  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 3 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion on June 1, 2025: * * * Marilyn L. Wilson v. The City of Providence, by and through its Treasurer, James J. Lombardi,/1 et al. Present: Suttell, C.J., Goldberg, Robinson, Lynch Prata, and Long, JJ. OPINION Chief Justice Suttell, for the Court. Are surviving spouse death benefits, created by statute, assignable in a property settlement agreement that has been incorporated but not merged into a fina  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 2 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Staff Spotlight: Lenny Ballesteros feeds his curiosity while keeping the Brown community safe * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Lenny Ballesteros' job is to help keep the Brown community safe. As a public safety officer, he patrols campus buildings and grounds on College Hill and works as dispatcher at the Brown University Department of Public Safety headquarters. But as a history buff and a voraci  more