PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 29 (TNSjou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * As communities confront the persistent presence of chemical pollutants, Joseph Braun, an associate professor of epidemiology, discusses new research findings and what individuals can do to decrease their exposure. * * * For nearly two decades, Brown University Associate Professor of Epidemiology Joseph Braun has been studying the human health effects, from before conception through adolesc more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 29 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * A partnership with local harm reduction organizations and Rhode Island Hospital's toxicology lab aims to decrease overdose deaths by revealing the amount of fentanyl and other unknown substances in the local drug supply. * * * In a toxicology lab at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, a team of Brown University researchers has been testing samples labeled "biohazard" to discover the preci more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 29 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * As a summer intern at the Nuclear Threat Initiative in Washington, D.C., the rising Brown junior is combining his love for science with a driving interest to ensure that policy decisions on complex issues are evidence-backed. * * * On a Friday afternoon in July, amid a thick heat that had settled over Washington, D.C., rising Brown junior John Michael Slezak found some time to unwind with  more PR

WARWICK, Rhode Island, July 29 (TNSpar) -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) announced it has been selected as an education partner for Amazon's Career Choice program, providing Amazon's hourly employees access to the college's more than 90 certificate or degree programs in high-wage, high-demand industries including healthcare, business, IT, cybersecurity, and education, among others. CCRI is the first and currently on more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 30 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release on July 29, 2022: Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are announcing today that Rhode Island has released an Action Plan with 18 other US and Canadian jurisdictions aimed at fighting rising diesel exhaust pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by accelerating the transition to zero-emission trucks, vans, and buses.  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 26 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release on July 25, 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 120 pools (samples) of mosquitoes from 29 traps more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 27 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: Governor Dan McKee today announced that his Administration is allocating over $11 million in resources from the Consolidated Homeless Fund (CHF) to 27 nonprofit agencies to assist Rhode Islanders who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness. CHF brings together various funding sources, including local, state, and federal dollars, in a single coordina more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 30 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * The projects, which address problems ranging from mental health to food security to the impact on K-12 education, will receive $643,029 in research support from a new Peterson Foundation fund. * * * With support from a new Peter G. Peterson Foundation Pandemic Response Policy Research Fund, nine research teams at Brown University will investigate the challenges presented by pandemics acros more PR