PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 21 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Sarah C. Latham, an accomplished leader in higher education administration who serves currently as vice chancellor for business and administrative services at the University of California Santa Cruz, has been appointed Brown University's next executive vice president for finance and administration. Since joining UC Santa Cruz in 2012, Latham has been responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio that  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 24 (TNSEve) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island Academic Health Collaborative and Interprofessional Education and Practice Initiative will again host a series of virtual panel discussions examining the COVID-19 effect. The discussions will focus on the mental and behavioral health issues that have become more visible and acute during the past year and a half; the impact of COVID on children; and the long-term  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 22 (TNSOps) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Sept. 21, 2021: In the 40 years Arun Shukla has been an engineering professor at the University of Rhode Island, he's secured more than 100 research grants totaling over $14 million, earned many prestigious awards and has been published in the most prominent journals in his field. The success of URI's Simon Ostrach Professor of Mechanical Engineering is also reflected in the impressive achi more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 23 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * New findings from a Brown research team about Christianson syndrome could eventually be used to inform therapeutic interventions for that disorder as well as for neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer's disease. * * * A new study provides insights into the cellular mechanisms involved in Christianson syndrome, an X-linked genetic disorder characterized by delayed development, cogniti more PR

WARWICK, Rhode Island, Sept. 25 (TNSAwa) -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news on Sept. 23, 2021: The Community College of Rhode Island has been awarded two five-year TRIO grants from the U.S. Department of Education totaling $7.4 million to continue providing Rhode Island Educational Talent Search (RIETS) and Opportunity Center (RIEOC) services to more than 4,000 low-income and first-generation Rhode Islanders. "Our TRIO programs have proven to be a critical resou more PR

CARLISLE, Pennsylvania, Sept. 24 (TNSRes) -- Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law issued the following news: Third-year Penn State Dickinson Law student Ryan Marr believes in taking advantage of opportunities that come his way. From studying in Tanzania to traveling to Bermuda, he says "yes" to any chance to see the world or learn something new. So when he was invited to participate in a project mapping an unexplored patch of the ocean floor with the National Oceanic and Atmos more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 23 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Education has named Ashton Elementary School in Cumberland, North Kingstown Senior High School, and Raymond C. LaPerche Elementary School in Smithfield as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021, honoring the three schools' achievements in academic excellence. Ashton Elementary School is recognized as an Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing School, more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 21 (TNSOps) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: A team of University of Rhode Island Master Gardeners is transforming the visitor contact station garden at the Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge into a native plant demonstration garden and helping refuge staff restore habitat in the refuge's meadow to be more beneficial to native wildlife. Led by Master Gardener Mark Cordle, the project is an outgrowth of a similar effort at the nearby  more PR