PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 25 (TNSfund) -- Brown University issued the following news release: A generous $10 million gift from Brown University Chancellor Samuel M. Mencoff and his wife, Ann S. Mencoff, has endowed the position of vice president for athletics and recreation at Brown. The position, currently held by M. Grace Calhoun, will be known as the Chancellor Samuel M. Mencoff '78 Vice President for Athletics and Recreation. Its endowment ensures a sustainable source of funding to su more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 26 (TNSper) -- Brown University issued the following news release: After 15 years of distinguished service at Brown and a successful four-decade career in higher education, Dean of Financial Aid Jim Tilton will retire at the end of the 2022 calendar year. Provost Richard M. Locke shared news of Tilton's retirement in a Thursday, Aug. 25, message to the campus community. He said the University will miss Tilton's deep expertise in financial aid and his unwavering co more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 26 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * As a software engineer intern, Allen Dufort is supporting a Brown physicist's NASA-funded project to help build a telescope that will enable the study of distant planets. * * * In July, as the world marveled at the first images of the Cosmic Cliffs and previously invisible areas of star birth revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope, Allen Dufort felt excited that he'd soon make his own  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 23 (TNSjou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * The study is an example of how brain imaging technology -- in this case developed by researchers at Brown University -- can be adapted to advance knowledge of brain processes and prompt new questions about behavior. * * * Taste matters to fruit flies, just as it does to humans: like people, the flies tend to seek out and consume sweet-tasting foods and reject foods that taste bitter. Howev more PR

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California, Aug. 25 (TNSfund) -- California Polytechnic State University issued the following news release: The largest research grant received by Cal Poly's Center for Health Research --$5.6 million in National Institute of Health (NIH) funding-- will promote and study cardiovascular health among pregnant women and infants. The grant is part of a multi-phase, seven-year research project involving more than 500 participants in California and Rhode Island enrolled in programs w more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * On his first expedition, ocean engineering graduate student Phil Parisi gained hands-on experience and a connection with nature * * * When Phil Parisi boarded the research vessel Atlantis this summer for an expedition to the Puerto Rico Trench, he didn't quite know what to expect. Parisi, who is pursuing a master's degree in ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island, joined  more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 23 -- The Maine Department of Education issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2022: Maine Education Commissioner Pender Makin joined U.S. Education Secretary Dr. Miguel Cardona and Commissioners of Education from every New England state for the Reimagining Education & New England's Workforce (RENEW) Summit 2022 hosted by education officials in Rhode Island. Makin also participated in a panel discussion with Secretary Cardona to discuss the ways that Maine is acceler more PR

ALBANY, New York, Aug. 26 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2022: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced Maine and Rhode Island have signed on to a New York-led multi-state agreement, joining with Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey to develop a proposal to become one of at least four regional clean hydrogen hubs designated through the federal Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program included in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act more PR

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Aug. 24 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news on Aug. 22, 2022: Today Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green welcomed federal officials, state education chiefs, and workforce representatives for the Reimagining Education & New England's Workforce (RENEW) Summit 2022. The summit, held in collaboration with the Partnership for Rhode Island, convened U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona, U.S. Assistant Secretary f more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 23 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that the spotted lanternfly (SLF), an exotic pest that targets various plants and trees, has a detected population for the first time in Rhode Island. Native to Asia, SLF is most frequently associated with Tree of Heaven plants (Ailanthus altissima) and feeds on a wide range of agricultural crops such as grape, more PR

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * "Students get exposed to our introductory curriculum," said Professor Brian Wysor. "We want them to walk away with an appreciation for science." * * * On a sunny August morning, 18 high school students from across the country boarded the university's InVinceble Spirit research vessel and zipped along Narragansett Bay, learning from faculty experts and collecting water samples to bring back t more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 25 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2022: * * * The prison records, correspondence and artwork of Abu-Jamal, and related materials from advocate Johanna Fernandez, will anchor a collection at the John Hay Library focused on first-person accounts of incarceration. * * * The John Hay Library, home to Brown University's special collections, in partnership with Brown's Pembroke Center, has acquired a vast set of records, wr more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 23 (TNSacc) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Aug. 22, 2022: The University of Rhode Island's School of Education has been awarded full, 7-year accreditations for the initial and advanced educator licensure programs from the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP). The AAQEP Accreditation Commission issued the accreditation decisions at its July meeting, after reviewing evidence collected through its self-study more PR