KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 16 (TNSPer) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: URI President Marc Parlange has announced interim leadership appointments in the office of Community, Equity and Diversity. Effective April 18, 2022, Sean Edmund Rogers, the Spachman Professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations, the Executive Director of Inclusive Excellence for the College of Business, and the Director of the Charles T. Schmidt Jr. Labor Research Center, will serve as Int more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 13 (TNSRes) -- Brown University issued the following news release on April 12, 2022: * * * In 'The Mindful College Student,' Eric Loucks, director of Brown's Mindfulness Center, teaches essential mindfulness skills to help young adults flourish during this transition period and throughout their lifetime. * * * It's a tough time to be a young adult, most young adults themselves say, as do those who teach and work with them. Eric Loucks, an associate professor  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Gov. Dan McKee announced a historic rehabilitation of Providence's Industrial Trust Building, also known as the "Superman Building." The $220 million plan will create almost 1,600 construction jobs and convert the vacant tower into 285 residential apartments. "As Rhode Island continues to lead the region in our economic recovery," said Gov. McKee, "this project will help to maintain that momentum by reinvig more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 13 (TNSfund) -- Brown University issued the following news release on April 12, 2022: Each year since 2018, the First-Generation College and Low-Income Scholars Program (FLiSP) at Brown University has offered 16 undocumented, first-generation college and low-income students with a cohort-based first-year experience that provides support, builds community and amplifies the knowledge and strengths those students bring with them when they come to Brown. Now, a new  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 12 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on April 11, 2022: Governor Dan McKee announced today approximately $4.8 million in awards that will enable eligible small businesses to expand their capacity to do business outdoors. Funded through Governor McKee's Rhode Island Rebounds initiative, the Take It Outside program will fund 21 intermediary organizations to support outdoor activities for small businesses. Examples of project more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 15 (TNSPar) -- Providence College issued the following news release on April 14, 2022: Providence College (PC) announced today that Providence College School of Business (PCSB) and the Barron's in Education program from Dow Jones have renewed their partnership. This program provides PCSB students, faculty, and staff with complimentary digital subscriptions to Barron's online content, additional classroom tools, and exclusive experiential learning opportunities. T more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 15 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news on April 14, 2022: Today the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) announced that its proposal for Readiness-Based Graduation Requirements became the most commented upon set of regulations in the history of K-12 education in Rhode Island. RIDE, which first began engagement last summer to craft the proposal and launched a public comment period on March 7, has ha more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 11 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news: The Rhode Island Department of Education plans on submitting a waiver request to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for flexibility in requirements of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), regarding: * Congregate feeding requirements of the SFSP, stating that all meals must be served in a congregate setting If granted, this waiver will extend SFS more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 16 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news: The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) plans on submitting a waiver request to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for flexibility in requirements of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), regarding: * Utilizing alternative methods for qualifying sites We are requesting this waiver to provide SFSP flexibility to qualify meal sites using al more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 13 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee was joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, General Treasurer Seth Magaziner, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Paul Suttell, state agencies and stakeholders in law enforcement, the judiciary, and advocates to launch the Governor's Domestic Violence Working Group. "It will take collaboration from multiple agencies and leaders in state and local government, law enforce more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 15 (TNStalk) (TNSRes) -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement on April 14, 2022: * * * Governor Dan McKee released the following statement in response to today's jobs report, which showed the state's unemployment rate has fallen below the national unemployment rate for the first time since February 2021: "Today's jobs report is good news and continues to show that Rhode Island has momentum coming out of the pandemic," said Govern more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 13 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee, joined by state, local, and federal leaders, the Rhode Island Foundation, and the High Rock Development team came together to announce a historic rehabilitation of Providence's Industrial Trust Building, commonly referred to as the "Superman Building." The $220 million project announced today will convert the long-vacant, yet iconic, tower into 285 residential apart more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 14 (TNSsro) -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 20-163): The plaintiff, Family Dollar Stores of Rhode Island, Inc., appealed from the Superior Court's denial of its motion for summary judgment and the grant of summary judgment in favor of a former employee, one Justin Araujo. On appeal, the only issue requiring resolution by the Supreme Court was the validity vel non of a particular release, which Family Dollar contended was all-e more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 12 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 20-24): The respondent mother, Kaitlyn D., appealed from an October 31, 2019 decree of the Family Court terminating her parental rights to her son, Lucas D. Kaitlyn contended on appeal that "[t]he Trial Justice erred in deciding that [the Department of Children, Youth, and Families] established by clear and convincing evidence that [she had] committed or allowed to be committed cruel and abusi more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 11 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 20-29): The plaintiff, To Hamogelo Toy Paidiou, a/k/a The Smile of the Child, appealed from a Superior Court judgment affirming an "order of the Middletown Probate Court regarding the Estate of Matoula Papadopouli * * * and denying the appeal of [the plaintiff]." On appeal before the Supreme Court, the plaintiff asserted that the Superior Court trial justice erred in (1) determining that a tr more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, April 12 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 20-173): The plaintiff, Steven Dulong, appealed from a Superior Court judgment denying his request for declaratory judgment and granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Company, doing business as The Andover Companies. On appeal, the plaintiff submitted that the hearing justice erred by finding that an endorsement that did not include as an insured  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, April 12 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Albert Kausch, director of the Plant Biotechnology Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island, is welcoming 11 scientists from across the nation and Argentina to a 10-day National Science Foundation and Department of Energy sponsored workshop. The Cereal Crop Plant Transformation and Genome Editing Training Workshop, to be held at Kausch's lab in West Kingston this week, will train particip more PR