PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 12 (TNSPer) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Kim Cobb, an award-winning climate scientist whose research focuses on building capacity for climate solutions, has been appointed director of the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, effective Friday, July 1. As director, Cobb -- currently a professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences at Georgia Tech -- will work closely with IBES faculty to advance the institute's commitment to studyin more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 11 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee joined by Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, Juana Matias, Regional Administrator of the Office of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Josh Saal, Deputy Secretary of Commerce for Housing, Eileen Hayes, President & CEO, Amos House and housing and community partners today to kick off a statewide landlord challenge effort to provide permanent housing for Rhode Islanders who have more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 11 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 10, 2022: Governor Dan McKee today announced that Meals on Wheels Rhode Island will receive $150,000 in funding from AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism. The award will support 150 new AmeriCorps Senior volunteers in Providence. "We're grateful for this grant which will provide education and critical information on health care and COVID-19 to our s more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 12 (TNSsre) -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 20-207): On review by way of certiorari, the Town of Richmond challenged a judgment of the Superior Court in favor of the plaintiff, Freepoint Solar LLC. The Superior Court had reversed a decision of the Town of Richmond Zoning Board of Review that denied Freepoint's application for a special-use permit to construct a solar energy system. The zoning board rejected Freepoint's applicati more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 10 (TNSsro) -- The Rhode Island Supreme Court issued the following opinion (No. 19-240): The plaintiffs, V. George Mitola and Carol A. Mitola, appealed from a judgment of the Superior Court awarding them $492,000 plus interest in the amount of $6,309.20 for the development rights to their property, which rights were acquired by the defendant, Providence Public Buildings Authority. On appeal, the plaintiffs asserted that the trial justice erred in denying both their more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, May 11 (TNSFund) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island has established the Narragansett Undergraduate Scholarship for students who are citizens of the federally recognized Narragansett Nation. The University has awarded $175,000 to 15 students this academic year. An additional 15 to 20 students will benefit from the program in fall 2022. Funding will be increased each year as additional students receive awards. The  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, May 13 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: What began as a workshop to teach visiting plant biologists about editing DNA may end up revolutionizing plant biology research, according to Professor Albert Kausch, director of the Plant Biotechnology Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island. Hosted by Kausch's lab, the "Cereal Crop Plant Transformation and Genome Editing Training Workshop," which ended April 20, brought together technol more PR