PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 28 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2022: Governor Dan McKee today announced that Rhode Island has received and will distribute an additional 500,000 COVID-19 at-home rapid tests, bringing the total tests distributed to 1 million in just over a month. "Our whole of government COVID response team is focused on making it more convenient for Rhode Islanders to get tested when they need to," said Governor McKee. " more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 28 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Jan. 27, 2022: Governor Dan McKee today announced a team of leaders to support the transition at the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) while the search continues for a permanent director. "Our Administration has moved quickly to put an experienced leadership team in place at the Rhode Island Department of Health to ensure that our COVID-19 response remains strong," said Gover more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 27 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Rhode Island's small businesses and working families need relief from increasing health care costs. In his budget proposal that was filed with the General Assembly last week, Governor Dan McKee is proposing the creation of a Health Spending Accountability and Transparency Program intended to significantly strengthen accountability for health care cost growth by health insurers and large more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 25 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: After witnessing challenges faced by childhood friends, Glenn is researching the neurobiological underpinnings of alcohol and substance abuse disorders with the goal of enabling more effective treatments. Eve Glenn is on a mission to better understand addiction and to help create more effective treatments for alcohol and substance use disorders. Glenn, a senior at Brown University, split her time more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 27 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: When the volcano near the island nation of Tonga erupted on Jan. 15, it created a plume of smoke and ash 400 to 500 kilometers high as well as a tsunami that affected land from Hawaii to Peru. The eruption caused at least two deaths and widespread destruction, according to news reports. But it also created an opportunity for University of Rhode Island Professor and Fulbright Scholar Stephan G more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 21 (TNSOps) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees voted today to revoke the honorary degrees previously awarded to retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. At the request of the URI Faculty Senate Executive Committee, the URI Honorary Degree Committee deliberated in December 2021, and forwarded its recommendation to URI President Marc Parlange at the end of more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 28 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The Champlin Foundation has awarded $563,706 to the University of Rhode Island for advanced technologies that will enhance learning for students in a variety of disciplines. The Champlin Foundation, one of the oldest philanthropic organizations in Rhode Island, has funded projects at URI for more than 30 years that total more than $15 million. This year the organization supported three proposa more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 29 (TNSPar) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island and Providence College have begun a collaborative project, Preparing Globally Competent Teachers - Rhode Island and Beyond, aimed at building a consortium among teacher education institutions and local K-12 community partners, to bring systematic focus to the global initiatives that inform teacher practices. The project has begun recruiting and will kick-off in M more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 28 (TNSOps) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Nearly 600 people have tuned in to watch the sixth annual Rhode Island Food System Summit hosted by the University of Rhode Island. Held Jan. 20, the virtual summit "Driving Food Innovation Through Sustainable Partnerships," brought together experts in agriculture, aquaculture and fisheries; policy experts; government leaders; and stakeholders from across Rhode Island's food system to discuss w more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 25 (TNSOps) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Jan. 24, 2022: James Young, distinguished university professor emeritus of English and Judaic Studies and founding director of the Institute for Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will open the second half of the University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities' lecture series, "Memorials and Commemoration in the U.S." Young's lecture, "T more PR