Kimberly Hadsell has been appointed to the board of directors of Easter Seals Rhode Island, where she will serve on the special events committee. more

Cynthia Toti has been hired as an inside sales manager at Bridge Technical Talent. more

Miro Reverby has been hired as a senior technical recruiter on the recruiting team of Bridge Technical Talent. more

Scott Deutsch has been named business-development manager at Bridge Technical Talent. more

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

Stonehill College’s Board of Trustees voted Friday to name the school’s current vice president for student affairs, the Rev. John Denning, its 10th president, succeeding current president, the Rev. Mark T. Cregan, who will step down at the end of June after 13 years in the job. more