KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Nov. 23 (TNSconf) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Closing out this year's Honors Colloquium on Tuesday, Dec. 13 is Ricardo Salvador, a senior scientist and director at the Union of Concerned Scientists, who will speak on "The 21st Century Food System We Deserve." Salvador is director of the Food and Environment Program at the Union and has more than 40 years of experience working with citizens, scientists, economists, and politicians to tran more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 23 (TNSeco) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Construction is underway in Brown's Sharpe Refectory, the largest dining hall on campus, to create a dedicated kosher kitchen, an enhanced halal station and an allergy-friendly kitchen. When the new spaces open in time for the Fall 2023 semester, they'll provide consistent, easy access to high-quality meals for students who observe Jewish or Islamic dietary laws, or who have food allergies and oth more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 23 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation's Office of Cannabis Regulation announced this morning that five licensed medical marijuana compassion centers have received state approval to begin selling adult use marijuana on or after December 1. Pursuant to the Rhode Island Cannabis Act, which was passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Govern more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 24 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2022: Governor Dan McKee, Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today announced RIDE has funded 19 providers to deliver high quality Adult Education programming, representing a nearly $7 million in total annual investment of state and federal funds for Fiscal Year 2023. "With the workforce and its requirements rapidly shiftin more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 24 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Nov. 23, 2022: The McKee Administration today announced it has awarded $1.4 million to fund an additional 77 new emergency shelter beds. This round of funding is in addition to $4.1 million distributed over the last six months that helped fund 274 beds, bringing the total number of new shelter beds funded in 2022 to 351. With these additions, the Department of Housing expects the stat more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 24 (TNStalk) -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement on Nov. 23, 2022: * * * Under Rhode Island law, significant healthcare transactions require this Office's approval before they may proceed. Specifically, under the state's Hospital Conversions Act, transfers of 20% or more of ownership, assets, membership interest, authority or control of a hospital require approval by the Attorney General. The proposed sale of Roger Wil more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Nov. 23 (TNSper) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Nov. 22, 2022: The University of Rhode Island has named Barbara E. Wolfe its new provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. Wolfe, an internationally recognized expert on psychiatric and mental health nursing and eating disorders, has served as dean of the URI College of Nursing since 2016. Her selection follows a broad search that drew interest from an international field of  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Nov. 22 (TNSfund) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Leading up to this year's Election Day results, University of Rhode Island engineering professor Gretchen Macht and her team were thinking about how the votes would tally -- but not for the reasons you'd think. Macht's URI VOTES laboratory (Voter OperaTions and Election Systems) recently received notification of two grants from the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, totaling $434,000, and a more PR