KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 15 (TNSconf) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Agricultural and food justice advocate Vanessa Garcia Polanco '18 will present at the 2022 University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium Tuesday, Sept. 27, discussing "The Exception and Not the Norm: Becoming an Agricultural and Food Justice Advocate." An alumna of the University, she has received numerous honors for her work and brings her experiences and identities as an Afro-Dominican immig more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 16 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * By drawing from her own life experiences, the incoming first-year Brown student hopes to positively impact individuals and communities through dedicated research in the social sciences. * * * Lavleen Madahar will be the first to tell you she's a people person. It makes sense. The incoming first-year Brown undergraduate, a member of the newly welcomed Class of 2026, grew up immersed in he more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNStalk) -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Sept. 13, 2022: * * * DGA Executive Director Noam Lee released the following statement on Ashley Kalus becoming the GOP nominee for Rhode Island governor. "Ashley Kalus is an out-of-touch political opportunist who moved to Rhode Island just to run for governor. While Kalus is new to Rhode Island, she has plenty of experience promoting destructive policies in other states; she worked for fa more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNStalk) -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Sept. 13, 2022: * * * DGA Chair North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper released the following statement on Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee winning the Democratic primary for governor. "In the year and a half since he was sworn in, Gov. McKee has put Rhode Island back on strong footing as the state has recovered from the pandemic, including reaching one of the highest vaccination rates in the country.  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 16 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news on Sept. 15, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) Interim Commissioner Chris Kearns, and Rhode Island Division of Equity, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEDI) Associate Director Tomas Avila today joined City of Central Falls officials including Mayor Maria Rivera and educatio more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Seth Magaziner is officially the Democrat nominee for RI-02. So which of his greatest hits will Silver Spoon Seth center his campaign on? * Will it be the millions of dollars he's paid to his Wall Street friends using Rhode Island retirees' savings? * Or the radical environmental interests funding his campaign so he can implement a Green New Deal while Rhode Islanders are struggling? * Perhaps more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 13 (TNSpro) -- Providence College issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: Providence College (PC) President Fr. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P. announced today that the College will launch a new School of Nursing and Health Sciences (SNHS). The new school will see the introduction of two new degree programs at PC, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences. PC's existing Bachelor of Science in Health Policy and Management w more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 15 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: Governor Dan McKee released the following statement on today's jobs report, which shows that Rhode Island is maintaining a strong unemployment rate of 2.8 percent - which, while up 0.1 percent from last month, is driven by an increase in the labor force of 1,800 people over the month. This indicates that more Rhode Islanders are now getting back into the job market an more PR

EAST PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 13 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2022: Governor Dan McKee and East Providence Mayor Bob DaSilva today broke ground on Phase 1 of the South Quay Marine Terminal project. When completed, this terminal will become a game-changing wind turbine staging area, creating a central hub for the Northeast's growing offshore wind economy. The Governor and Mayor were joined for the groundbreaking by Senator Jack R more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 15 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 15, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources (OER) Interim Commissioner Chris Kearns, and Rhode Island Division of Equity, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEDI) Associate Director Tomas Avila today joined City of Central Falls officials including Mayor Maria Rivera and edu more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2022: Governor Dan McKee and the Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council (EC4) today announced that Rhode Island has received approval of its state plan for electric vehicle infrastructure deployment, which the Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) filed with the federal government on July 29. As part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),  more PR

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Sept. 14 (TNSres) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: * * * With scholarships from NASA, two Engineering majors conduct cutting-edge lasers research at RWU. * * * On the third floor of RWU's Richard L. Bready Applied Learning Laboratories lives the Lasers Lab, where two undergraduate Engineering students spent the summer working on cutting-edge research, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Senior Santiago Armas and junior  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 17 (TNSpar) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: A new partnership between a University of Rhode Island professor and a nationwide nonprofit will give schools and communities across the country access to a tool that measures how well-equipped students are to spot false or misleading information. The Media Education Lab, led by URI Professor Renee Hobbs, is partnering with the national non-profit Media Literacy Now to provide free access to  more PR