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| State Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for 2021-12-12 ( 8 items ) |
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$25 Million Gift to Brown to Accelerate Discovery at Renamed Legorreta Cancer Center (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 10 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release:
A $25 million gift from accomplished life sciences entrepreneur and investor Pablo Legorreta and his wife, Almudena, will advance a plan to transform Brown University's recently launched cancer center into a world-class cancer center located in Rhode Island.
The gift will rename the Cancer Center at Brown University, established in 2020 to build on the strengths of the Joint Program in Cancer Biol more PR
- Maine Agriculture Dept.: Stephen M. Dickson Named Maine State Geologist (10)
AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 8 (TNSPer) -- The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry issued the following news:
Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Commissioner Amanda Beal recently announced Stephen M. Dickson as State Geologist with the Bureau of Resource Information and Land Use Planning's (BRILUP) Maine Geological Survey (MGS). Dickson was most recently the department's Acting State Geologist and BRILUP Director. He succeeds Robert Marvinney, who retired more PR
= R.I. Gov. McKee Announces Housing and Commerce Appointments (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 10 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
Governor Dan McKee announced that Josh Saal has been appointed as the Deputy Secretary of Commerce for Housing to oversee the State's housing efforts including the McKee-Matos Administration's vision of creating more housing activity at all levels, especially affordable housing. Additionally, as Rhode Island Commerce gears up to implement the small business initiatives proposed more PR
Brown: Researchers Identify Brain Signals Associated With OCD Symptoms, Paving Way for Adaptive Treatment (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 10 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release:
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The discovery of electrical signals in the brain associated with OCD could enable an emerging type of adaptive deep brain stimulation therapy as an improved treatment.
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In an effort to improve treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder, a team of researchers has for the first time recorded electrical signals in the human brain associated with ebbs and flows in OCD symptoms over an ex more PR
Community College of R.I.: Adjunct Psychology Professor Publishes New Thriller With a Rhode Island Twist (10)
WARWICK, Rhode Island, Dec. 8 (TNSBook) -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news on Dec. 6, 2021:
According to Community College of Rhode Island adjunct English professor and Cumberland, RI, native Sharyn Vicente, writing a book is a labor of love, so much so that Vicente often refers to her debut novel as her "third child."
"There's so much blood, sweat, and tears involved," said Vicente, who recently published Love Me, a fictional psychological thriller set in Rhode more PR
R.I. Elementary & Secondary Education Dept. Releases Results of 2021 Next Generation Science Assessments (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 8 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news on Dec. 7, 2021:
The Rhode Island Department of Education today released the results of the 2021 Next Generation Science Assessments (NGSA). The NGSA are administered in grades 5, 8, and 11 to measure students' knowledge and practices of the Next Generation Science Standards, a set of K-12 science content standards developed and adopted by a coalition of 26 states.
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R.I. Gov. McKee, Speaker Shekarchi, Senate President Ruggerio Announce Legislature's Commitment to Act on Governor's R.I. Rebounds Plan for Initial, Near-Term American Rescue Plan Spending (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 7 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following joint release on Dec. 6, 2021:
Governor Dan McKee, House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi, and Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio today announced the legislature's commitment to act on the Governor's RI Rebounds proposal, an initial investment of 10 percent of the State's $1.13 billion American Rescue Plan State Fiscal Recovery Funds to make a down payment on Rhode Island's recovery. The Governor also a more PR
R.I. Gov. McKee: COVID-19 Booster Dose Eligibility Expanded in Rhode Island (10)
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 11 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) are now encouraging 16- and 17-year-olds who have completed the primary COVID-19 vaccine series to get booster doses in Rhode Island. This announcement comes after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced yesterday their updated recommendation for booster doses for everyone 16 and older.
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