PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 19 (TNSper) -- Brown University issued the following news release: As Professor of Religious Studies Thomas A. Lewis settles into a new role as interim dean of Brown University's Graduate School for the 2022-23 academic year, he said he's ready to embrace a "whole school" approach to enhance the excellence of graduate education at Brown. "So much of the conversation around graduate education rightly centers on individual graduate programs, but I think we're incre more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 21 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * George Karniadakis, a professor of applied math and engineering, was one of nine faculty scientists and engineers from across the U.S. to receive a Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship. * * * The U.S. Department of Defense has selected George Karniadakis, a Brown University professor of applied math and engineering, as a 2022 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow. Karniadakis is one of nine scientists more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 21 (TNSjou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Research led by staff from Brown's Policy Lab found that perceptions of others' behavior predict intentions to get vaccinated, raising implications and questions around public health policy and intervention strategies. * * * Public health messages that promote COVID-19 vaccination rates at state, city and community levels may have less influence on vaccination decisions than the signals pe more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 23 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * With a deeper telling of Indigenous and African American histories, a pilot summer institute led by Brown's Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice aimed to both teach and inspire students. * * * Clam diggers are familiar summer sights on New England shores, but a group of young adults at Rhode Island's Misquamicut State Beach in July may have stood out for their rather distinctive app more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 22 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Receiving more than 25,400 applications for a place in the fall 2022 class, the University of Rhode Island once again broke its record for first-year applications. This year's applications surpassed last year's record of slightly more than 25,100. According to Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management Dean Libutti, despite a national trend in declining enrollments, URI will welcome an undergrad more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 22 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following news release: A Rhode Island-based job placement service company will pay $230,000 in penalties under a settlement reached with Attorney General Maura Healey's Office over the company's failure to implement the proper security programs necessary to protect personal information, following a data breach in 2020 that impacted more than 3,000 Massachusetts residents. TradeSource is a job placement se more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 19 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release on July 18, 2022: The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that the most recent round of testing of 2022 by Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) State Health Laboratories has confirmed no positive isolations (findings) of West Nile Virus (WNV) or Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). DEM collected 69 pools (samples) of mosquitoes from 16 traps  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 23 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on July 22, 2022: Continuing his #RIMomentum Tour, Governor Dan McKee was joined today by legislators, Veterans, military families, Veterans advocates and stakeholders to recognize passage of legislative and budget initiatives which support and benefit those who bravely served in the United States armed forces. Most significantly, Rhode Island will no longer be a regional outlier with pa more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 22 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement on July 22, 2022: * * * Governor Dan McKee released the following statement on today's jobs report, which shows the state's unemployment rate is down to 2.7 percent - tied with April and May of 1988 for the lowest rate on record under the current methodology: "Today's historic jobs report shows that Rhode Island has economic momentum and we are continuing to build on that momentum every s more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The small box sitting on the lab workbench looks like nothing so much as a toy purchased at a science store. It's 3D printed with resin and cured, and two small aqua- colored lenses seem to peer out from the box. Behind it is a primary color red plug leading to powder blue wiring. Yet this simple box may one day help to save one of the most important ecosystems on earth: coral reefs. Alexa Run more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: A pair of white minivans rolls up on the dirt lot of Wickford Boat Yard. When the doors slide open, a dozen high school kids from Providence emerge, yawning and stretching as if it's much earlier than 9 a.m. They make their way toward the University research vessel Cap'n Bert, which will take the group to two different locations to trawl for sharks and other marine life. Some of the students ha more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 22 (TNStalk) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following Q&A on July 21, 2022, with Maya Vadiveloo, associate professor of nutrition and food sciences: * * * Not so fast. The medicinal properties of chocolate, and cocoa in particular, have long been lauded, from their positive effects on blood clotting and the immune system, to the psychological benefits of improved concentration and increased endorphins. Writings from as far back as the 1600s describe  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, July 15 (TNStalk) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following statement by President Marc B. Parlange: I write today to reiterate for our community that the University of Rhode Island is an institution committed to rejecting racism in all its forms. The University learned today of at least two of our students allegedly involved in the posting of a racist video on social media. The video appeared to promulgate racist stereotypes about Black people and was a st more PR