KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 16 (TNSGra) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Despite having to wait because of the COVID-19 pandemic, elementary school students in Providence and Newport will soon be able to enhance their knowledge of science, technology, engineering, art and math through lessons centered on diet, nutrition and what happens in the kitchen. The new program, which was supposed to start with a summer camp in the summer of 2020, has gone through an extensiv more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 17 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Myles Lennon, an assistant professor of environment and society and anthropology, urged members of Congress to support renewable energy research and innovation that could aid and protect marginalized communities in the U.S. * * * In a virtual U.S. Congress hearing, a Brown University expert on renewable energy urged federal leaders to support research and innovation that could reduce the A more PR

WARWICK, Rhode Island, July 14 (TNSAwa) -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news on July 12, 2021: Community College of Rhode Island Business and Professional Studies professor Cecile Roberti of North Kingstown won this year's Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) International Teaching Excellence Award at the annual ACBSP Conference in Miami. Roberti, a licensed CPA and former department chair, earned top honors in the Northeastern Council  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 16 (TNSRep) -- Brown University issued the following news release: This summer, incoming first-year undergraduates at Brown will critically examine the University's historical connections to slavery as they read the "Report of the Brown University Steering Committee on Slavery and Justice," the University's selection for the 2021 First Readings program. The report is the program's selected text for a second consecutive year as part of a pilot to incorporate it mo more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 16 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: Furthering the Office's mission to be accessible to all Rhode Islanders, Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that community office hours will be held every other Wednesday, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., and the third Saturday of the month between from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Wiggin Village, located at 200 Cranston Street in Providence. Members of the Office of the Attorney Gener more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 13 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee, joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea, Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, Majority Whip Katherine S. Kazarian, Sen. Joshua Miller, and Rep. Jason Knight today signed into law two pieces of gun safety legislation. "We must do everything we can to end gun violen more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 14 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Rhode Island is the first state in the United States where all institutions of higher education, including public and private organizations, will require COVID-19 vaccinations for students returning to campus this fall. "I am proud that Rhode Island's institutions of higher education have all stepped up to do what is best to protect their communities and our state," said Governor Dan M more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 14 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Seven undergraduate students at the University of Rhode Island have been selected to receive the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The scholarship program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and supports study or internships abroad. The recipients are Jacob Arena of Newport, Steven Lee of Warwick, and Valeria Aguilar more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 15 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: In her four years, Miranda Hulme certainly left her mark on the University of Rhode Island's landscape architecture program. Her dedication to the department and the field of landscape architecture was recognized recently by the Landscape Architecture Foundation's 2021 Olmsted Scholars Program. Started in 2008, the Olmsted Scholarship honors students from around the country who show exceptiona more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 15 (TNSGra) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Offshore wind turbines with a fixed foundation built into the seafloor, like those constructed off Block Island, are not economical in water more than 200 feet deep. A new system of floating turbines is now in development that would allow for electricity generation in deeper water farther offshore where winds are more favorable. To optimize the operation of floating offshore wind turbines, a t more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 15 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: University of Rhode Island Professor Christopher Lane has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to spend six months at the University of Paris-Saclay in France to conduct research on the evolution of parasitism in marine organisms. Lane is one of three URI professors to be awarded a Fulbright fellowship this year. A professor of biological sciences, he chose to spend his sabbatical at the Unive more PR