PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 20 (TNSconf) -- Brown University issued the following news release: When Mira Nikolova and Abdullah Shihipar addressed their fellow graduates at Brown's degree ceremonies in 2020, the two were not on stage in front of a lawn packed with friends and family, but in front of their computer screens. Masks replaced mortarboards, and there was no sea of graduates processing down College Hill. The COVID-19 pandemic's arrival led to the postponement of the Class of 2020's more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 19 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Scholars from Rice and Brown universities say that next-generation wireless networks that use the technology could be designed with built-in defenses against the 'metasurface-in-the-middle' attack. * * * Crafty hackers can make a tool to eavesdrop on some 6G wireless signals in as little as 5 minutes using office paper, an inkjet printer, a metallic foil transfer and a laminator. The wirel more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 20 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Crafty hackers can make a tool to eavesdrop on some 6G wireless signals in as little as 5 minutes using office paper, an inkjet printer, a metallic foil transfer and a laminator. The wireless security hack was discovered by engineering researchers from Rice University and Brown University, who will present their findings and demonstrate the attack this week in San Antonio at ACM WiSec 2022, the Ass more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 18 (TNStalk) -- Brown University issued the following news release: On paper, Jiuyang Bai and Amelia Spalter could not be more different. Bai, a Ph.D. student in cognitive science originally from China, came to Brown after his poster presentation at a conference impressed a University professor. Spalter, a Providence native, earned a bachelor's degree from Brown in religious studies and loved the experience so much, she applied for a master's. Bai is fascinated by more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 17 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 16, 2022: Attorney General William Tong joined attorneys general from Rhode Island and Illinois today filing an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking to protect mental health and substance abuse disorder care in Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Illinois. The filing was announced at a press conference earlier today featuring former Rhode Isl more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 19 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news: The Rhode Island Council on Elementary and Secondary Education has voted to approve $550 million in new school construction projects across Rhode Island, allowing for educational enhancements, health and safety improvements, new physical education and media centers, and five new schools to be built. These improvements literally span the state: from our southernmost point on Block Island to C more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 19 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news on May 17, 2022: The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) announced today that nine grantee organizations will be awarded a total of $2,920,000 in federal grant awards to provide high-quality after-school and summer programs for students. The organizations are eligible to receive these funds annually for the next five years through the US Department of Education's Nita M. Lowey 21st C more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 20 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 19, 2022: Joined by state and local officials, Governor Dan McKee today announced over $600,000 in site readiness awards to 16 projects in 11 communities across Rhode Island. The awards will fund municipal technical assistance and site-specific planning improvements to catalyze economic development projects in these communities. "The investments announced today will help to stimul more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 19 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 18, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced the awarding of $4.1 million in matching grants to 13 municipalities to develop or renovate local outdoor recreational facilities. Perennially, the "rec grant" program is DEM's most popular, with three times as many requests for funding (53) as projects obta more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 19 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following joint news release on May 18, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, and the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced the awarding of $4.1 million in matching grants to 13 municipalities to develop or renovate local outdoor recreational facilities. Perennially, the "rec grant" program is DEM's most popular, with three times as many requests fo more PR

NEW YORK, May 17 -- WarnerMedia, a media and entertainment company, issued the following news release: * Production is currently underway on the second season of the HBO Original drama series THE GILDED AGE in Rhode Island and New York state. * The series stars Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denee Benton, Blake Ritson, Taissa Farmiga, Simon Jones, Harry Richardson, Jack Gilpin, Debra Monk, Kristine Nielsen, Taylor Richardson, Ben Ahlers, Kelley more PR