Walter Strauss, the L. Herbert Ballou Professor of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at Brown University, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. more

Rose McDermott, a professor of political science at Brown University, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. more

David Cane, the Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry and professor of biochemistry at Brown University, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. more

Dr. Tanya L. Dailey has been named chair of the R.I. Department of Health’s Commission for Health Advocacy and Equity. more

Ryan Nelson has been hired as an architectural designer at Union Studio Architecture and Community Design. more

BankNewport recently contributed $5,000 to the Housing Hotline’s “You Can Make a Difference” emergency fund to help support those experiencing a crisis with shelter and basic human needs. more

More than 20 employees of Fidelity Investments spent a day last month helping more than two dozen Providence children learn about and build solar-powered cars. more

PERSONAL REALITY: You wake up, shower, shave (M), put on makeup (F), brush your teeth, and comb/fix your hair (if you have any). Every day like clockwork. more

Newport dodged the worst of Hurricane Sandy last fall, but the damage it did sustain threatened a key piece of the city’s expansive tourism infrastructure: the Cliff Walk. more

It was a palm-in-the-face kind of moment that led Seth Resler, a culinary enthusiast and social enterpriser, to realize Providence was the place to hold what he calls the nation’s first food-tourism conference. more