PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 2 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * With the help of an advanced machine learning technique, researchers from Brown University suggest strategies for improving the performance of epidemiological models used to predict the course of pandemics. * * * Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, case rates have ebbed and flowed in ways that have been hard for epidemiological models to predict. A new study by mathematicians from Brown Unive more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 1 -- Brown University issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: After more than a decade of accomplished service, Kevin McLaughlin will finish his extended term as Brown University's dean of the faculty effective June 30, 2022, and complete a sabbatical before returning to the faculty as a professor of English, comparative literature and German studies. During his 11 years as dean, McLaughlin collaborated with University and academic department leaders  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 2 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2021: Governor McKee today announced that the Administration's Housing Resources Commission yesterday approved nearly $31 million in awards through the Building Homes Rhode Island (BHRI) program to support 23 affordable housing projects. These awards will produce or preserve more than 600 units of affordable housing in 13 cities and towns across Rhode Island. This announcement more PR

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Dec. 1 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee announced the awarding of up to $1.7 million to support communities across Rhode Island increase internet access for low- and moderate-income households, helping to bridge the digital divide. "Our Administration is committed to boosting internet connection throughout the state," said Governor Dan McKee. "Today's awards will help Rhode Islanders better access reliable and more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 30 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2021: Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Foundation today announced that nonprofits on the frontlines of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic can apply for $4.5 million in federal Coronavirus Relief Funding. "Nonprofits have had an immeasurable impact on our communities during this pandemic, and we must make sure they get the support they deserve," said Governor McKee. " more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 3 (TNSGra) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Dec. 2, 2021: Two University of Rhode Island psychology professors are partnering with one First Nation community in Canada to develop and test a novel alcohol intervention for First Nation groups -- helping alleviate at least one outcome of the historical trauma Indigenous peoples have faced -- thanks to a $600,000 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a division  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 3 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Jegoo Lee, an assistant professor of management in the University of Rhode Island's College of Business, has been awarded a prestigious J. Robert Beyster Fellowship to study the effect of employee ownership on corporate sustainability practices. The Beyster Fellowship is presented by the Institute for Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers University's School of Management an more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 3 (TNSPro) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: With the 50th anniversary of Title IX approaching, the Rhode Island Athletics Department has announced it will add women's lacrosse as a varsity program. Expected to begin competition in the Atlantic 10 during the 2024-25 season, women's lacrosse will become the 19th varsity team and 11th women's team at Rhode Island. It is the first varsity program to be added since women's rowing in 1996, the more PR