PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 19 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Leah VanWey, an accomplished scholar and academic leader who serves currently as dean of Brown's School of Professional Studies, has been appointed the University's next dean of the faculty, effective July 1, 2022. The dean of the faculty is the senior academic officer responsible for developing and implementing programs, initiatives and policies to support the recruitment, retention and developm more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 19 (TNSPer) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Archie Miller has been named the new men's basketball coach for the University of Rhode Island, Director of Athletics Thorr Bjorn announced Friday. Miller signed a five-year contract with Rhode Island. He will be officially introduced as the 21st head coach in program history during a press conference Monday, March 21 at 10 a.m. The event will be held in the URI Higgins Welcome Center, 45 Upp more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 18 -- Brown University issued the following news release: At the request of U.S. President Joe Biden, Dr. Ashish K. Jha, dean of Brown University's School of Public Health, will serve as the next White House coronavirus response coordinator. In succeeding Jeffrey Zients, Jha will lead the response of the entire U.S. government to the COVID-19 pandemic, while also advancing the nation's global health priorities and policies. To assume the critical role in the nat more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 15 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: How does life exist far beneath the ocean floor in one of the deepest places on Earth? A group of scientists and students are in waters off Puerto Rico to shed more light on that question. "We want to study how organisms that live beneath the seafloor handle the pressure of their environment," said Steve D'Hondt, University of Rhode Island professor of oceanography. "We'll be taking sediment  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 17 (TNSPar) -- Rhode Island School of Design issued the following news release: Having trouble hearing? Just turn up your shirt. That's the idea behind a new "acoustic fabric" developed by engineers at MIT and collaborators at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). The team has designed a fabric that works like a microphone, converting sound first into mechanical vibrations, then into electrical signals, similarly to how our ears hear. All fabrics vibrate in res more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 19 (TNSfund) -- Providence College issued the following news release on March 18, 2022: Providence College (PC) announced today that Providence College Galleries (PCG) has received an $80,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support a slate of ambitious, curated presentations featuring artworks by Providence artists and/or inspired by the city of Providence, including three art exhibits, an art parade, and an online exhibit. PCG has a more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 16 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news on March 15, 2022: Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green today announced that the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) in mid-March reached a milestone of more than 100,000 responses to its annual SurveyWorks initiative that provides insight into the public school experience. More than 28,000 families, 66,000 students and 10,000 educators have shared their feedb more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 16 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announced today the awarding of more than $2.73 million in grants to help communities and local organizations protect valuable green space throughout Rhode Island. Ten projects will receive matching grants to protect 400 acres of open space and farmland across the st more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 16 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion: America Condominium Association, Inc., et al. v. Stefania M. Mardo The plaintiffs, America Condominium Association, Inc. and Capella South Condominium Association, Inc., appealed from a September 18, 2019 final judgment issued in Newport County Superior Court awarding attorneys' fees and costs in their favor in the total amount of $25,472.33. On appeal, they contended that: (1) "[t]he Superior Co more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 19 (TNSRes) -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) Division of Fish and Wildlife has partnered with Responsive Management, a professional survey research firm, to conduct a study of licensed Rhode Island hunters this spring. Designed to better understand hunting participation, experiences, preferences, and opinions in the state, the study is DEM's  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 16 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers at Brown's Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies are working with the Refugee Dream Center in Providence to assess Afghan refugees' needs and improve military-civilian partnerships across the globe. * * * On a chilly winter afternoon at the Refugee Dream Center in Upper South Providence, a group of Afghans chatted around a table that was bare, save for a bottle of h more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 16 (TNSPol) -- Brown University issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: On the night of U.S. President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, one member of his cabinet was far away from the Capitol in a secret, secure location: Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. Raimondo said she was honored to serve as this year's "designated survivor," a senior government leader chosen annually to leave Washington, D.C., on the day of the address and prepare to more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 17 (TNStalk) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island is making several experts available to talk about topics related to the war in Ukraine. Distinguished University Professor Bahram Nassersharif is director of URI's Nuclear Engineering Program in the College of Engineering and can discuss nuclear engineering and power plant safety issues. A member of the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineer more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 16 (TNSconf) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: In 2019, Tampa Bay Times reporters Kathleen McGrory and Neil Bedi were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting for uncovering the alarming rate of patient fatalities at a Johns Hopkins' pediatric heart surgery center. Two years later, the long-time reporting partners won the Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for an investigative series that exposed a Florida sheriff who  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 18 (TNSconf) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on March 17, 2022: Increased longevity is one of the most significant social transformations of the 21st century. Today, most people worldwide can expect to live into their 60s and beyond. According to the World Health Organization and the United Nations, which declared 2021-2030 the "Decade of Healthy Aging," every country in the world is experiencing growth in both the size and proportion of more PR