PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 6 -- Brown University issued the following news release: In the midst of the war in Ukraine, where thousands have died and millions have lost their homes or fled the country for safer territory, Brown University is providing extensive financial and personal support to current and incoming Ukrainian students. The University will cover 100% of the cost of a Brown education for all 10 Ukrainian members of the undergraduate Class of 2026 who have committed to attendin more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 5 (TNSJou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * New methods of analyzing DNA will allow for a better understanding of how genetic conditions affect different populations, ultimately enabling more targeted treatments. * * * By using new methods for analyzing DNA data and medical records, researchers from Brown University are helping improve the understanding of complex traits that will make more discoveries relevant to non-white, non-Europ more PR

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: New reporting is exposing Rhode Island GOP candidate for governor Ashley Kalus' abysmal management of COVID test centers that caused the state to cancel her multi-million dollar contract. According to the Rhode Island Department of Health, the sites run by Kalus' COVID testing company received over 100 complaints about a laundry list of issues, including "testing sites closing early, long waits at testing site more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 6 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release on May 5, 2022: Governor Dan McKee and The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced it has awarded $75,000 in grants to seven communities and private businesses that own and/or operate pump-out facilities that help boaters with properly disposing of sewage. The grants, funded by the US Fish & Wildlife Service Clean Vessel Act (CVA), will s more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 3 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news on May 2, 2022: Today Governor Dan McKee and Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green announced the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) has opened registration for the All Course Network (ACN), offering free learning opportunities for Pre-K-12 grade levels. Registration is open for families through June 3 on the EnrollRI portal. "Students deserve high-quality learni more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 5 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news: The Rhode Island Department of Education plans on submitting multiple waiver requests to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) for flexibility in requirements of the Child Nutrition Programs: National School Lunch Program (NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), Seamless Summer Option (SSO), Fresh Fruit and Vege more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 4 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news on May 3, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green and the College Board today announced that Rhode Island has the largest 10-year growth in the percentage of public high school graduates taking an AP Exam during high school. AP courses, managed by the College Board, are college-level classes that students can take in high sch more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 5 (TNStalk) -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement on May 4, 2022: * * * Governor Dan McKee today issued the following statement regarding last night's Senate vote confirming Maria E. Cimini as Director of the Office of Healthy Aging (OHA). "Maria Cimini has the compassion to advocate for older Rhode Islanders and adults with disabilities, the skill to connect that population with the resources they need, and the experience to ser more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 3 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee, RIHousing, Amos House, and the RI Association of Realtors announced a new landlord challenge Monday to provide permanent housing for over 150 households who have been experiencing homelessness and staying in hotel shelters since the onset of the pandemic. "A lack of housing is one of the most critical challenges facing too many Rhode Islanders - and the rapid decline  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 7 (TNSsro) -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 20-120): The petitioner, Doris Phillips, sought review on certiorari of a decree of the Appellate Division of the Workers' Compensation Court vacating a prior decree of a judge of the Workers' Compensation Court and denying and dismissing her petition for surviving-spouse compensation benefits and funeral expenses. The petitioner challenged the Appellate Division's finding that the goin more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 6 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (Nos. 20-91, 122): In these consolidated cross-appeals, the parties challenged the trial justice's rulings on the city's motion for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Rule 50 of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure. On appeal, the plaintiff contended that the trial justice erred in granting judgment as a matter of law in favor of the city because, he maintained, the trial justice erred in  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 4 (TNSsro) -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 20-66): The plaintiffs appealed from a Superior Court judgment following the grant of a motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Superior Court Rules of Civil Procedure brought by the defendants. On appeal, plaintiffs essentially argued that the trial justice committed reversible error by (1) dismissing their claims based on standing; (2) reaching the merits of the case; and (3 more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 6 -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (Nos. 19-324, 326, 328, 329, 330, 333, 334, 335, 336, 344, 345, 346, 349, 352, 354, 355, 358, 361, 363): In these consolidated cases, the State of Rhode Island appealed from a Superior Court order granting the defendants' motion to suppress all wire, electronic, and oral communications obtained through the use of wiretaps and any subsequently obtained evidence. The state argued on appeal that the tria more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 3 (TNSsro) -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 21-47): The defendant appealed from an order of the Superior Court declaring him a probation violator. The defendant asserted that the trial justice erred in finding him in violation of his probation for not satisfying his restitution payments by the time his sentence was to expire and erred in extending his sentence by delaying imposition of the sentence for the violation in order to mo more PR

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, May 4 (TNSfund) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news on May 3, 2022: For months following the 2008 global economic crisis, Greece made international headlines about its financial meltdown. One of the worst affected countries, how did businesses in Greece navigate that crisis and what did they learn about how to better respond not only to the next emergency but also to the global pandemic facing the world today? Through a new international experiential more PR

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, May 5 (TNSfund) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news on May 4, 2022: The Narragansett Bay Estuary Program (NBEP), hosted at Roger Williams University, announces $649,000 in planning grant awards to support green-infrastructure and capacity-building projects for municipalities, local organizations, and universities across Rhode Island and Massachusetts NBEP is providing a total of 11 grant awards through the Green Infrastructure Planning Grant program fu more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, May 3 (TNSPar) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: When the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology (NIUVT) was formed in 2017 as a partnership of the University of Rhode Island, the University of Connecticut and General Dynamics Electric Boat, it created collaborative opportunities in applied research, technology transition and workforce development. "The institute educates individuals for the shipbuilding industry, transitioning not more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, May 4 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: A recent expedition to the Puerto Rico Trench took what researchers believe to be the deepest water core samples ever taken in the Atlantic. They're also the deepest water cores taken anywhere in the oceans since 1962. University of Rhode Island Professor of Oceanography Steven D'Hondt and Marine Research Scientist Robert Pockalny led the expedition, along with students and scientists from URI,  more PR