KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 5 (TNSAwa) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: When University of Rhode Island Professor Nancy Forster-Holt first saw the app developed by College of Business undergraduates Ben Grossman and Andrew Bikash, she immediately saw its benefits in introducing her students to the idea of launching their own business. The app, KANU (pronounced "can you"), is a peer-to-peer campus marketplace that allows students to set up a business, or side hustl more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 4 (TNSOps) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Mathematics is a field of proofs and axioms, iron-clad truths that reveal the order underlying the world. In that context, randomness -- a state of apparent patternlessness and unpredictability -- would seem to exist largely as something to be stamped out or explained away. But to Kavita Ramanan, a professor of applied mathematics at Brown and an expert in probability theory, randomness is no pari more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 1 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Using a simulation modeling approach, Brown researchers estimate that closing syringe services programs, even for one year, will cause cases of HIV to rise. * * * Syringe services programs -- sites where people who use drugs can access sterile syringes and dispose of injection equipment -- often face political backlash. But a new study shows the effectiveness of these programs in both curb more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 5 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: As the state continues to implement an endemic COVID-19 management strategy, Governor Dan McKee, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH), and the Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS) today announced updated quarantine recommendations for DHS-licensed early learning programs. These updates incorporate the latest COVID-19 community levels of risk from the Centers for Dise more PR

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, March 5 -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news: The Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has christened the newest boat in its Hydrographic Operations fleet, naming it after a long-time captain of the Crisfield-Smith Island route the boat will serve. The M/V Eddie Somers was christened this week by DNR officials and its namesake at shipbuilder Blount Boats Inc. in Warren, Rhode Island. The boat is named after former DNR Capt. Ed more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 3 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee and Rhode Island Commerce announced an $8 million grant program to assist businesses and organizations in the hospitality, tourism, and event sectors that suffered significant financial loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant program, part of Governor McKee's Rhode Island Rebounds initiative will provide direct financial relief across the following three catego more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 4 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee announced that applications are open for $5.5 million in funding to assist Early Intervention providers that were impacted by COVID-19. This program is part of the McKee Administration's Rhode Island Rebounds initiative - a 10 percent investment of the State's $1.13 billion American Rescue Plan State Fiscal Recovery Funds as a down payment on Rhode Island's economic c more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 1 (TNSOps) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Gina Raimondo, the United States Secretary of Commerce and former governor of Rhode Island, will visit Brown University on Tuesday, March 15, to deliver the 101st Stephen A. Ogden Jr. '60 Memorial Lecture on International Affairs. In a presentation titled "Growth, Innovation and Equity: Ensuring American Global Competitiveness in the 21st Century," Raimondo will share ideas on how the U.S. can con more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 2 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island has named a veteran police officer with a lengthy record of success with the URI and North Providence police departments to the position of deputy police chief. Paul Ricci is the first individual to hold the position of deputy police chief in the University's history. When Michael Jagoda was promoted from police major to police chief and director of Public Safety, the Uni more PR