PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 6 (TNSPer) -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following joint news on April 5, 2022: Governor Dan McKee and Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green today announced that the Rhode Island Department of Education will offer Dr. Javier Montanez the position of Superintendent of the Providence Public School Department for a term extending through the 2023-2024 school year. "I fully support keeping Dr. Montanez in pla more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 7 (TNSPer) -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: Governor Dan McKee and Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services Secretary Womazetta Jones today announced Kristin Pono Sousa as the state's next Medicaid Program Director - a role she has been filling on an interim basis since December 2021. She will officially start in her new position on April 10, 2022. The Executive Office of Health and Hu more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 8 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Pulse oximeters often provide inaccurate readings for people with darker skin, a significant health disparity that physics Ph.D. student Rutendo Jakachira is working to eliminate. * * * Pulse oximeters provide a quick, non-invasive way to check someone's pulmonary health, using light shown through the skin to estimate the amount of oxygen in a person's blood. But the devices, which usually more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 2 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers from Brown University show how boa constrictors breathe with different sections of their rib cage, an adaptation that likely helped them evolve into successful predators. * * * This won't bring much comfort to a boa constrictor's unlucky victims, but eating dinner puts the snake in a bit of a bind. The mechanics of squeezing a creature to death and then swallowing it whole crea more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 6 -- Rhode Island School of Design issued the following news release on April 5, 2022: On Saturday, June 4, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will award degrees to 413 undergraduate and 241 graduate students at its 139th Commencement ceremony. Commencement 2022 will take place at 9 am ET at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in downtown Providence followed by a reception at Market Square to toast the Class of 2022. For more information on RISD's 2022 Commencement and t more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 7 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * A new study from researchers at the Policy Lab offers important information on when text-message vaccination campaigns work and when they don't. * * * Text-message "nudges" sent out to unvaccinated Rhode Islanders in late spring 2021 didn't increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake, according to a new study led by researchers at Brown University's Policy Lab. But the researchers posit that the mes more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 2 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release on April 1, 2022: The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing today that total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Rhode Island grew by 8.18% between 2017 and 2018, according to an analysis of the state's 2018 GHG inventory conducted by DEM air quality specialists. This uptick carries the state's emissions 1.8% over the 1990 baseline, well short of the  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 7 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on April 6, 2022: Governor Dan McKee today announced a temporary team of leaders to support the transition at the Rhode Island Department of Human Services (DHS) while the search continues for a permanent director. "The team our Administration has put in place brings decades of experience in human services, state government and leadership to DHS, and I am confident in their collective a more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 8 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 20-28): The defendant, Marysol Krikorian, appeals from a Family Court decision and order denying her motion for relocation with the parties' minor child. The defendant asserted that the trial justice overlooked or misconceived material evidence in coming to his decision. The Supreme Court concluded that the trial justice weighed each of the relevant factors in arriving at his decision and poin more PR

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, April 7 (TNSPar) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: Roger Williams University announces a historic $20 million partnership with Cummings Foundation. In recognition of this transformative philanthropic partnership between RWU and Cummings Foundation - the largest in Roger Williams' history - President Ioannis N. Miaoulis announced on Wednesday, April 6, that the School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation will be rededicated as the Cummings more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 8 (TNStalk) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Following heart-healthy nutritional guidance -- despite the well-known benefits of doing so and the even better known detriments of not -- often proves to be a difficult commitment. But the American Heart Association is making it simpler to follow in its new guidelines, and a University of Rhode Island professor is helping. Nutrition and Food Sciences Assistant Professor Maya Vadiveloo serves more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 6 (TNSPro) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Hacking4Oceans is a new University of Rhode Island course providing students the opportunity to work with industry mentors to address world problems focused on the ocean and environment. The class is a collaboration between the URI Launch Lab, the Graduate School of Oceanography and the URI College of Business. The URI team was supported by the Common Mission Project. Steve Blank and Steve Wei more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 1 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: At just 5-feet long, the Miniboat Inspiration is a humble vessel. But the uncrewed boat, launched 100 miles off the coast of Rhode Island last Saturday under sunny skies and over rolling swells, has begun a journey that may span the Atlantic. Since February, the URI Graduate School of Oceanography has teamed with students throughout the Central Falls School District to build the Inspiration, n more PR