PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 21 (TNSEve) -- Brown University issued the following news release: As Brown University prepares to celebrate its Class of 2021 graduates through a mix of in-person and virtual Commencement and Reunion Weekend events from April 30 to May 2, the University will confer honorary doctorates on six candidates who have achieved great distinction in a variety of fields. The candidates are: * Norman Atkins -- Education leader and innovator * Steven R. Jordan -- NFL play more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 22 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Brown is headed back to space. This month, NASA announced that a small satellite to be designed and built by Brown students has a ticket to ride on a future rocket launch. The news arrived just a few months after a prior Brown student-built satellite ended a successful mission of more than two and a half years in space. The new satellite, dubbed PVDX, is a cubesat -- a class of miniature satelli more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 23 (TNSOps) -- Brown University issued the following news release: When viewing the website for Zero Hour, a global climate justice organization led by high school and college students from around the world, the first thing visitors will notice is a ticking clock. The clock is counting down the years, to the second, until the moment when the Earth is projected to warm by 1.5 degrees Celsius -- a jump expected to exacerbate the worst effects of climate change, un more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, April 22 (TNSRes) -- Clark University issued the following news: If one tree is cut in the state of Rhode Island, do its residents make a sound? Probably not. However, when roughly 50 percent of solar farms were built on cleared forest land to make it accessible for solar installations, you can expect residents to make some noise. This past year, geography Professor John Rogan, Anika Berger '18, Anthony Himmelberger '19, Emily Evenden '21, Max Enger '21, and doctoral  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 23 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: The gene editing technique CRISPR has been making headlines worldwide for its potential to change the genetic makeup of organisms and treat genetic diseases such as sickle cell anemia. It has vast potential in many areas -- including neuroscience. "Neuroscientists are currently using this technique to unravel how the brain works and hope to one day adapt it to offer treatments and cures for vario more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 21 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that his office has petitioned the Rhode Island Superior Court to intervene in Town of New Shoreham v. Champlin's Realty Associates, one of several ongoing cases stemming from a proposed marina expansion on Block Island that affects the State's coastal resources and the regulatory process designed to protect them. The petition to in more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 20 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee, joined by House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio and legislative sponsors, today signed into law the Fair Housing Practices Act (S-0561, H-5257) which prohibits housing discrimination against renters based on their source of income. "For far too long, residents and families across Rhode Island have been discriminated against becaus more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 20 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee today joined U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, Congressmen James Langevin and David Cicilline and Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr. to kick off the start of RIDOT's 2021 construction season. The event was held under the Providence Viaduct, a sprawling structurally deficient bridge in our state's capital city.  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 21 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on April 20, 2021: Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) today announced that COVID-19 vaccine eligibility has been expanded to all Rhode Islanders 16 and older. Thousands of appointments are currently available on vaccinateRI.org, and an additional 9,000 appointments will be posted tomorrow. Many of these appointments are for Pfizer vaccine. People 16 ye more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 15 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement: * * * Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement today expressing his Office's concern over deficiencies in the application process for a proposed medical waste facility in West Warwick: "The regulatory process required in our state to approve facilities that emit pollutants into our environment has to be robust and complete to protect public health and th more PR

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, April 21 (TNSEve) -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: On May 4 at 7 p.m., UMass Dartmouth, the Public's Radio, and Grow Smart Rhode Island are teaming up to bring together leaders from the region to virtually explore the shared challenges and opportunities emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite having addresses in two different states, residents of the region share common histories and values and an increasingly  more PR