PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 23 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Shankar K. Prasad, a Brown Ph.D. alumnus who has led strategic initiatives at the University in a variety of academic and administrative leadership roles for nearly seven years, has been appointed dean of Brown's School of Professional Studies. Prasad serves currently as Brown's deputy provost and vice president for academic innovation, a role in which he works closely with Provost Richard M. Loc more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 26 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Ronald Aubert has been appointed interim dean of the Brown University School of Public Health while Dr. Ashish Jha takes a short-term leave as the school's leader for a temporary special assignment as the White House coronavirus response coordinator. Aubert serves currently as interim associate dean for diversity and inclusion at the School of Public Health and faculty director of Brown's Preside more PR

SYRACUSE, New York, March 23 (TNSPer) -- Syracuse University issued the following news on March 22, 2022: Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud today announced the appointment of Mary Grace A. Almandrez to the position of vice president for diversity and inclusion. Almandrez brings with her nearly 25 years of experience in higher education, having served in leadership roles at Brown University, the University of San Francisco, McDaniel College and, most recently, the University of Rhode I more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 24 (TNSPer) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on March 23, 2022: Nicole Wagner always looked forward to the afternoon sessions at the Rhode Island Municipal Police Training Academy. These were the moments when the cadets would leave their heavy sandbags outside - to be returned to tomorrow - and enter the classroom where they'd learn what it takes to be a police officer. Wagner spent months learning from academic instructors and guest le more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 24 (TNSconf) -- Providence College issued the following news release on March 23, 2022: Providence College (PC) announced today that Val Ackerman, founding president of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and current commissioner of the BIG EAST Conference, will present the Commencement Address at the College's 104th Commencement exercises. The ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 22 at 11:00 a.m. at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in downtown Provide more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 24 (TNSPol) -- Brown University issued the following news release: A federal court has decided in Brown University's favor in a lawsuit filed by students who alleged they were entitled to fee refunds after the COVID-19 pandemic forced Brown in March 2020 to transition to remote learning for the remainder of its semester. Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island granted Brown's motion for summary judgment, dismissing all remaining cl more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 25 (TNSfund) -- Brown University issued the following news release: For the first time in three years given the impact of COVID-19, Brown's most advanced entrepreneurial ventures came together in front of a live audience on Thursday, March 17, to pitch their ideas to a panel of accomplished judges and vie for $50,000 in funding. The big winner at the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship's fifth-annual Venture Prize pitch night? A student/faculty venture called At more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 22 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers at Brown University developed a new model to predict human flocking behavior based on optics and other sensory data. * * * Like flocks of birds or schools of fish, crowds of humans also tend to move en masse -- almost as if they're thinking as one. Scientists have proposed different theories to explain this type of collective pedestrian behavior. A new model from researchers  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news on March 23, 2022: Gov. Dan McKee is making a critical investment in additional offshore wind energy to help Rhode Island meet its goal of 100% renewable energy by the end of the decade. Gov. McKee today announced legislation that jumpstarts the process to create an additional 600 megawatts of offshore wind energy. When completed, the new project, in conjunction with the other wind projects already completed  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: After filing to run a month ago, GOP candidate Ashley Kalus officially jumped into the race for Rhode Island governor this week. However, she failed to present any real plan for how she'll govern or why she's running at all. Kalus describes herself as a "political outsider," but she has plenty of experience playing politics in other states. She worked on the campaign and in the office of former Illinois Gov more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 25 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news on March 24, 2022: Governor Dan McKee and Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green today joined school and community leaders at Pawtucket's Nathanael Greene Elementary School to launch "Let It Out", a robust mental health campaign that addresses the needs of students by connecting them with trusted members of their school community and focused mental health serv more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 25 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) has installed new rooftop solar arrays at two state beaches and the Port of Galilee. Funded by grant money secured by the Rhode Island Attorney General's Office in a 2018 settlement with Volkswagen for violating Rhode Island clean air laws, the arrays will allow DEM to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, incre more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 24 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on March 23, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, joined by Senator Dawn Euer, Representative Arthur Handy and state and local officials, today announced that legislation has been introduced which would require a market-competitive procurement for approximately 600 MW of newly-developed offshore wind capacity. If enacted, Rhode Island's primary utility company would be required to issue the procur more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 23 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on March 22, 2022: Governor Dan McKee today shared that Rhode Island State Police Superintendent and Director of Public Safety James M. Manni will be retiring from state service after a distinguished 28-year career with the State Police. Manni was appointed, late today, as town manager by the South Kingstown Town Council, a post he is expected to start May 2. He will remain at the helm  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 23 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion: State v. Michael Burkinshaw, No. 19-153 The defendant appealed from a Superior Court judgment of conviction on one count of resisting arrest. The defendant assigned three errors with respect to the trial proceedings, and the Supreme Court affirmed on each. First, the defendant challenged the trial justice's decision not to instruct the jury on self-defense as a defense to resisting arrest. He ma more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, March 25 (TNStalk) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Award-winning journalist and fake-news expert Craig Silverman discussed the role of misinformation and fake news Tuesday night in the Ukraine/Russia crisis as the keynote speaker at the Harrington School of Communication and Media's event on "How to be Media Literate Citizens." Silverman, who joined ProPublica last year, won a George Polk Award in 2020 for a series of stories he produced whi more PR