PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 22 (TNSpar) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Could an after-school music enrichment program help close opportunity and achievement gaps among K-12 students in Rhode Island? An education scholar at Brown University is partnering with a local school district and orchestra to find out. Kenneth Wong, a professor of education policy at Brown, is set to collaborate with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School and the Pawtucket Sch more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 23 (TNSjou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Melting ice in the Arctic Ocean could yield new trade routes in international waters, reducing the shipping industry's carbon footprint and weakening Russia's control over trade routes through the Arctic, a study found. * * * With climate change rapidly warming the world's oceans, the future of the Arctic Ocean looks grim. Climate models show that parts of the Arctic that were once covered more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 24 (TNSres) -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing that survey work of the state-owned Curran Lower Reservoir dam in Cranston is expected to begin this month. The dam, built in 1950, is deemed to be deemed a high-hazard structure that is in an unsafe condition, according to DEM's most recent dam safety report. DEM is t more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 24 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Governor Dan McKee today joined the Biden-Harris Administration and a coalition of East Coast Governors to launch a federal-state Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership, which will assist in accelerating Rhode Island's thriving offshore wind industry - providing clean, affordable energy and creating good-paying jobs. "As home to the nation's first offshore wind farm, more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 22 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 21, 2022: Governor Dan McKee today signed into law a crucial legislative package to strengthen gun safety laws. Rhode Island is one of just a few states to quickly take action on critical gun safety legislation intended to reduce and prevent gun violence in the aftermath of the tragic mass shootings in Buffalo, New York. and Uvalde, Texas. The Governor was joined at the signing  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 24 (TNSper) -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Governor Dan McKee today announced the appointment of Utpala Bandy, MD, MPH as Interim Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH). ? "Dr. Bandy has vast experience as a public health leader and infectious disease epidemiologist in Rhode Island. She has been at the center of our state's COVID-19 response and dozens of other major public health ini more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 22 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 21, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) have announced $115,667 in grants to help farmers "green" their operations and save energy and money. The awards, funded through the Rhode Island Agricultural Energy Grant Program, will support solar projects at six local farms across t more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 24 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Governor Dan McKee and RIHousing announced the award of $4.7 million in new funding to support the creation of affordable housing in six communities across the state. Funded via the state's allocation of federal Fiscal Recovery Funds, the Site Acquisition Program (SAP) provides grants to municipalities and for-profit or non-profit developers for the acquisition of prope more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * Students experience ocean technology, robotics, a 'digital dog nose' and more * * * University of Rhode Island faculty members volunteered to present exhibitions at a STEM Exploration Open House hosted by the Rhode Island National Guard at its Quonset base earlier this month. The event exposed Rhode Island high school students to the various career and educational opportunities in the  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * Kinesiology study aims to measure brain activity during vigorous activity; compensation provided to volunteers * * * A University of Rhode Island kinesiology professor is examining how the human brain responds during exercise, and he is looking for members of the community to take part in the study. Assistant Professor Mark Hartman is aiming to evaluate the relationship between acute  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, June 22 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island's Metcalf Institute was recently awarded a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create the SciComm Identities Project (SCIP), a fellowship designed to train and support science communicators from marginalized communities in environmental science. The Metcalf Institute received the grant in collaboration with Dr. Bruno Takahashi, research di more PR