PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 28 (TNSMon) -- Brown University issued the following news release: With incidents of gun violence in and near Providence on the rise, Brown University, the Rhode Island Foundation and the Partnership for Rhode Island made a joint $500,000 contribution to the Nonviolence Institute on Thursday, May 27. Widely recognized as one of the most successful efforts in the state in preventing violent crime, the Nonviolence Institute is home to a street outreach team, whose m more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 25 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Schools in the U.S. are set to receive $123 billion in federal pandemic relief funding. Across the country, parents and school administrators are engaging in spirited debates about whether to teach critical race theory. And Americans are bitterly divided in their opinions about how and when to resume in-person instruction following rising rates of vaccination against COVID-19. One might expect that more PR

WARWICK, Rhode Island, May 28 (TNSAwa) -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news on May 27, 2021: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) recently announced the designation of the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) as one of the first in the nation Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education (CoE). The CoE designation recognizes CCRI for its workforce-based training programming to prepare students fo more PR

WARWICK, Rhode Island, May 29 (TNSPol) -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news on May 28, 2021: Governor Dan McKee, joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, Commissioner on Postsecondary Education Shannon Gilkey Ed.D., and Community College of Rhode Island President Meghan Hughes today signed into law legislation (2021-H 5224A, 2021-H 0097A) which makes the Rhode Island Promise program permanent. T more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 27 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee and Health and Human Services Secretary Womazetta Jones today announced Richard Charest as their choice to lead the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH). The Governor has submitted Charest's name to the Rhode Island Senate for their advice and consent. "As our administration begins to address the long-standing challenge more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 28 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: Governor Dan McKee, joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, Senate Majority Whip Maryellen Goodwin (D-Dist. 1, Providence) and Representative Scott Slater (D-Dist. 10, Providence), today signed into law the Nursing Home Staffing and Quality Care Act (2021-S 0002A, 2021-H 5012Aaa) which sets minimum sta more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, May 27 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Before coming to the University of Rhode Island, Zachary Smith had never been overseas. But during his combined six years in Kingston, Smith made stops in Germany, China and Taiwan, thanks in part to prestigious scholarships. "Before that I was Rhode Island born and bred and never traveled," said Smith, of North Kingstown. "So, when I got the opportunity during college, it opened up my world vi more PR