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ICONIC PIECE: Artist Brendan Murphy is pictured with his BOONJI astronaut, a character who launches and never returns after landing in the BOONJI galaxy. Murphy started his latest tour in Providence with his Love Matters sculptures, the first of which was unveiled April 30 at Brown University near where he grew up.
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Artist Brendan Murphy unveils Love Matters sculpture in Providence

BRENDAN MURPHY has made a name for himself on the international art stage and in May the contemporary artist and Providence native returned home...

Brown University receives $12M gift to fund 2 professorships

PROVIDENCE – A $12 million gift from a family foundation led by business leader and Brown University alumnus Orlando Bravo will fund two endowed...
PROVIDENCE officials have floated a plan to create a special fund to pay for the city's "decarbonization" goals, using the energy savings, rebates and other incentives to replenish the fund. / PBN FILE PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Providence hoping revolving fund will pay for massive ‘decarbonization’ effort

Providence is working to figure out how to pay for its 2040 mandate to “decarbonize” about 130 municipal buildings through a series of retrofits,...

Thundermist Health Center names Gaines chief medical officer

WOONSOCKET – Thundermist Health Center has appointed Dr. Jeffrey Gaines as its new chief medical officer. Gaines previously served as chief medical officer and vice president of...

FBI: Man who killed Brown students, MIT professor targeted symbolic victims...

BOSTON (AP) – Federal investigators say they believe the man who carried out a mass shooting at Brown University and later killed a Massachusetts Institute...

Brown students injured in mass shooting say university failed to protect...

Three Brown University students injured during the December mass shooting in an academic building are suing the school for inadequate security and failing to act...

Providence mayoral race’s first forum brings Democratic party fault lines into...

Rhode Island’s capital of Providence often serves as shorthand for the state itself. A four-candidate forum for the city’s mayoral race held April 22...
TESTING BOUNDARIES: Brown University biology professor John Sedivy, director of Brown’s Center on the Biology of Aging, will help lead a research team running a clinical trial to see if the drug censavudine can slow the human aging process. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Brown researchers testing HIV drug for anti-aging traits

More than 90% of adults over 65 have at least one chronic condition and about 80% have two or more, according to the Centers...
PLAY AREA: State Rep. David J. Place, R-Burrillville, would like to create a “regulatory sandbox” for biotech firms in the state where a waiver of certain regulations could be approved for activities such as testing, but the proposal has faced pushback from some state agencies. Place stands outside the CCI building in Providence, where some life science firms are located. 
PBN PHOTO/MATTHEW MCNULTY

Biotech ‘sandbox’ bill raises oversight concerns

With Rhode Island making a push for the state to become a burgeoning hub for life sciences and biotechnology firms by building lab space...

Brown labor union divesting $500K from Citizens over ICE prison financing

PROVIDENCE – A labor union at Brown University announced Thursday it plans to pull roughly $500,000 in deposits from Citizens Financial Group Inc., citing...
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