PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 4 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: As NASA embarks upon plans to send a pair of new spacecraft to peer into the thick clouds of Venus over the next decade, each of the two Discovery Program missions will be led by a Brown University graduate. The DAVINCI+ mission will measure the composition of Venus' thick toxic blanket of an atmosphere to understand how it formed and evolved. James Garvin, a scientist at NASA's Goddard Spacefligh more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 2 (TNSMon) -- Brown University issued the following news release: The Corporation of Brown University approved during its May 2021 meeting a $1.34 billion consolidated base budget for the University's Fiscal Year 2022 based on recommendations from a committee of Brown faculty, staff, students and senior administrators. The budget includes $371 million in total funding for undergraduate and graduate student financial support, an 8% increase over last year's budget more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 2 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news release: During its annual spring meeting in May, the Corporation of Brown University elected three new members to its Board of Fellows and seven new members to its Board of Trustees. Each was invited to serve on Brown's governing body based on their commitment to the University and its mission of education and research. John C. Atwater, a 1983 Brown graduate and a trustee since 2015, Pamela R. Reeves, a 19 more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 2 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: By delivering small electrical pulses directly to the brain, deep brain stimulation (DBS) can ease tremors associated with Parkinson's disease or help relieve chronic pain. The technique works well for many patients, but researchers would like to make DBS devices that are a little smarter by adding the capability to sense activity in the brain and adapt stimulation accordingly. Now, a new algorithm more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 5 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: A new study of monsoon rainfall on the Indian subcontinent over the past million years provides vital clues about how the monsoons will respond to future climate change. The study, published in Science Advances, found that periodic changes in the intensity of monsoon rainfall over the past 900,000 years were associated with fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), continental ice volume an more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 4 (TNSGra) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Each year, electronic devices get smaller, lighter and more powerful. However, as integrated circuits and computer chips shrink in size, managing the heat they produce becomes a bigger challenge. Ashutosh Giri, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Rhode Island, is researching how to prevent heat buildup at the nanoscale to make electronic systems more efficient. G more PR

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, June 4 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release June 3, 2021: National Grid today unveiled its new EV Road Trip, an effort to raise awareness around the location of charging infrastructure and accelerate adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) across New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. As summer arrives and 7 in 10 Americans hit the road, National Grid is offering an online guide to tourist spots in the North more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 3 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on June 1, 2021: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that the Office of the Attorney General has issued a decision, pursuant to its authority under Rhode Island's Hospital Conversions Act, to conditionally approve a transaction that would allow a change in ownership of two local safety net hospitals in North Providence and Providence. At the core of the Attorney Ge more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 3 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to reach anyone who has not yet received the COVID-19 vaccine, the State, the Town of Smithfield and Fidelity Investments are hosting Rhode Island's first-ever public drive-through pilot vaccination clinic on Saturday, June 5, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Fidelity Investments parking garage located at 100 Salem Street in Smithfield. "It takes many different approaches to v more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 2 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health announced that vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals will no longer be required to wear masks outdoors in Rhode Island. The announcement follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) decision to revise outdoor masking guidance for summer camps on Friday, May 28. Beginning Wednesday, June 2, vaccinated and un more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 3 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Scientists from the University of Rhode Island have taken the first steps toward understanding the function of microbes that live on and in Eastern oysters, which may have implications for oyster health and the management of oyster reefs and aquaculture facilities. "Marine invertebrates like oysters, corals and sponges have a very active microbiome that could potentially play a role in the func more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 3 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on June 2, 2021: Rosaria Pisa, teaching professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Rhode Island, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award to research changes in rural communities and teach for six months in southern Italy. From January to June 2022, Pisa will divide her time between studying gender and rural transformations in the Bene more PR