KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 23 (TNSper) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: University of Rhode Island President Marc B. Parlange used the teamwork of rugby to illustrate how a great university should operate in the 21st century during his inauguration address on Thursday. "To get down the field and across the line the team moves together as a unit. ... Any player can pass, any player can score, but not a single player will accomplish that without the support and mom more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 22 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * The federal government selected four algorithms to serve as standards for public key security in the pending era of quantum computers, three of which are based on technology devised by a team of Brown experts. * * * Mathematicians often toil in obscurity, and that's likely because few people, apart from fellow mathematicians who share the same sub-specialty, understand what they do. Even  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 20 (TNSjou) -- Brown University issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2022: * * * The Mars lander's seismometer picked up vibrations and sounds from four impacts in the past two years, a development detailed in a study co-authored by Brown planetary scientist Ingrid Daubar. * * * NASA's InSight Mars lander has detected seismic waves from four space rocks that crashed on Mars in 2020 and 2021. Not only do these represent the first impacts detected by  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 21 (TNSjou) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * A team led by a Brown biologist discovered that the same specialized brain area that helps songbirds learn their songs also exists in woodpeckers, suggesting that the communicative drumming evolved in a similar way. * * * While a woodpecker's bill-hammering is a familiar sound -- and sometimes too familiar, for those who've had a woodpecker take up residence in their yard -- the mechanism more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: A new report from WPRI exposes GOP gubernatorial nominee Ashley Kalus for receiving a tax exemption on her mansion in Illinois even after she moved to and registered to vote in Rhode Island. Under state law, the homestead exemption is only for homeowners who live in their residence full-time, which Kalus clearly did not as she was busy mismanaging COVID test centers in Rhode Island. Though Kalus only moved more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: Republican gubernatorial nominee Ashley Kalus is doubling down after refusing to answer whether she'd ban books and ban Rhode Island teachers from teaching about race in a press conference earlier this week. Ironically, Kalus opened the press conference with a quote from civil rights leader Malcolm X before refusing to say whether she'd censor teachers from talking about race and racism. Kalus, who has ref more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * Research shows that a cancer-seeking molecule can successfully target bladder cancer with diagnostic and therapeutic agents * * * A research team from the University of Rhode Island and The Miriam Hospital in Providence has demonstrated a potential new weapon in the fight against bladder cancer. The researchers showed that a cancer-seeking molecule called pHLIP used in combination wi more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Seth Magaziner is pretending he isn't an insider who's had everything in his life handed to him in his latest ad. Magaziner says he's for a stock trading ban because "public officials should serve the people, not get rich off their positions" - but Magaziner was one of only five Rhode Island officials who got a nearly 5% raise in 2018. And did Silver Spoon Seth forget the only reason he's in pub more PR

DUDLEY, Massachusetts, Sept. 20 (TNSper) -- Nichols College issued the following news: Following a national search, James Patti, an experienced leader in higher education administration, has been named Nichols College's vice president for planning. Patti joins the leadership team of Nichols College President Glenn M. Sulmasy, JD, LL.M, and will serve a key role advancing Sulmasy's vision for the college. Patti brings extensive experience to this role, having served previously at Georgetown Uni more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 19 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2022: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that given the prospect of significant increases in supply-side energy rates this winter, the Office today is advocating that the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) consider all available options and approve a plan that will best mitigate Rhode Island Energy's proposed rate changes for electric service, slated to ta more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 23 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Sept. 22, 2022: Governor Dan McKee and Rhode Island Commerce today announced the next cohort of the Wavemaker Fellowship program, a competitive student loan reimbursement program for recent graduates working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and certain design fields. One hundred and twenty-one fellows have been selected, representing 87 different Rhode Isla more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 21 (TNSconf) -- Rhode Island School of Design issued the following news release: Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will celebrate the inauguration of Crystal Williams as the institution's 18th president October 7-8, 2022 beginning with an investiture ceremony followed by a series of public events and panels exploring the concept of new spaces in art, design, history, pedagogy, social justice and community. All events, which will take place across the RISD camp more PR

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Sept. 23 (TNSfund) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: Leveraging a longstanding partnership of successfully rearing saltwater fish species for public display, the New England Aquarium (NEAq) and Roger Williams University (RWU) will lead an effort to expand their pioneering aquaculture efforts, partnering with major public aquariums across the U.S. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $750,000 NOAA Sea Grant to the New  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2022: Tomorrow, on the heels of National Voter Registration Day, the DNC will fly banners encouraging Pennsylvanians to register to vote around Beaver Stadium ahead of Penn State's football game against Central Michigan, and Acrisure Stadium ahead of Pitt's game against Rhode Island. The banners will direct Pennsylvanians to visit IWILLVOTE.com to register to vote ahead of this November's mi more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Sept. 16 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * Arnaldo Diaz-Martinez, 2022 visiting scholar, studies phytoplankton in Narragansett Bay * * * Plankton -- examined daily under Arnaldo Diaz-Martinez's microscope this summer -- are known, even named, for their lack of self-propulsion. Unlike his subject of study, however, Diaz-Martinez is all about forward motion and direction, whether at the center of the baseball field for the Unive more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 21 (TNStalk) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * Brown scholars from a variety of departments and perspectives offered key facts and insights on the persisting public health emergency. * * * Even before the U.S. had emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic, the country's first case of the monkeypox virus was reported in May 2022. In late July, the World Health Organization declared the ongoing monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency, an more PR