PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 5 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * A study led by Brown researchers showed how melting ice water from massive glaciers can ultimately lead to droughts and flooding in East Africa and Indonesia. * * * With a new analysis of long-term climate data, researchers say they now have a much better understanding of how climate change can impact and cause sea water temperatures on one side of the Indian Ocean to be so much warmer or c more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 4 -- The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2023: The Baker-Polito Administration today announced that the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will break ground on the Blackstone section of the Southern New England Trunkline Trail (SNETT) in Spring 2023, which is estimated to take approximately three years to complete. The $11.3 million project runs from the Saint Paul Street  more PR

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Jan. 3, 2023: * * * 2023 DGA Chair and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy released the following statement on Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee's inauguration. "Congratulations to Gov. Dan McKee on his inauguration as governor of Rhode Island. Today marks the start of four more years of progress and fighting for the working families of Rhode Island. "With Gov. McKee's historic investments in local businesses and  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 7 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2023: The McKee Administration today announced that Rhode Island has been awarded a one-year, $4 million Preschool Development Birth Through Age Five Planning Grant (PDG B-5) from the federal Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The funding will support planning and capacity-building activities across the early childhood sector to achieve the goals in Rhode Island's  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 5 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2023: The McKee Administration today announced that the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) has been awarded a four year, $7.2 million Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) grant to expand youth mental health services in the Chariho, East Providence, Newport, and Warwick school districts. "Today's announcement that Rhode Island has been awarded more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 7 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news on Jan. 6, 2023: Governor Dan McKee, Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos, and Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green today announced the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) has received a $10 million federal grant to recruit and retain mental health service providers to further support student wellbeing. The grant, administered by the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) over the course of f more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 5 (TNSfund) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: University of Rhode Island students studying textiles and electrical and biomedical engineering are getting a sophisticated tool - an ultramodern knitting machine that can produce anything from finished garments to smart textiles useful in such industries as apparel, health and recreation. The knitting machine and design software are being made possible through a $125,605 grant from The Champl more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 6 (TNSpro) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island's Department of Landscape Architecture is excited to announce that it will offer a new accelerated bachelor's to master's program beginning in the fall 2023 semester. This program will allow students with a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree to complete a master's degree in Environmental Science and Management (MESM) with a specialization in Environmental De more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 5 (TNSper) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Jan. 4, 2023: Danielle Dennis, professor of literacy, teacher education and policy, and former director of the University of Rhode Island School of Education, has been named dean of the Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Education and Professional Studies at URI. A former elementary science and environmental education specialist in Duluth, Minnesota; middle school teacher in Thornton, Colorado;  more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * Newly developed macromolecular model of phytoplankton could have implications for climate research * * * Since 1934, the Redfield ratio - the recurring ratio of 106:16:1 of carbon to nitrogen to phosphorus (C:N:P) in phytoplankton and the pathways by which these elements are circulated throughout all parts of the Earth - has been a cornerstone of oceanography. While differences in C:N:P more PR