PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 7 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - In recent months, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship and leadership. * * * This spring and summer, Brown faculty members working in a range of academic disciplines, from American studies to emergency medicine to mathematics, earned prominent recognition from national and international organizations for their distinguished r more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 9 [TNSscienceresearch] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - With a passion for space and space engineering, two engineering students spent the summer working to design a robotic arm that may fly on Brown's next student-built satellite. * * * A little over a year ago, the student group Brown Space Engineering put its first satellite -- a 4-inch cube called EQUiSat -- into orbit. Even as EQUiSat continues to circle the Earth, the group i more PR

WARWICK, Rhode Island, Aug. 8 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: The same students who could barely use a tape measure or screwdriver when they enrolled in the Community College of Rhode Island's Youth Summer Boatbuilding Program successfully launched their finished products into Ninigret Park's saltwater pond, wrapping up a fun, but informative, five-week workshop learning skills often overlooked on today's education landscape. At a time in which career and te more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 5 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In accordance with a presidential proclamation, Governor Gina M. Raimondo is directing U.S. and Rhode Island flags at all state agencies and buildings to be flown at half-staff until sunset on Thursday, August 8, 2019 in honor of the victims of this weekend's shootings. "I am heartbroken that 29 more people lost their lives in less than 24 hours across two shootings this weekend," said Go more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 9 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Today Governor Gina Raimondo, Senator Jack Reed, Congressman David Cicilline, Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza, Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) Director Peter Alviti, Jr., Rhode Island Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor, Federal Highway Administration Rhode Island Administrator Carlos Machado, and I-195 Redevelopment District Commission Chairman Robert Davis officially opened t more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Aug. 7 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: As part of her ongoing efforts to reform Rhode Island's criminal justice system, Governor Gina M. Raimondo today signed an executive order establishing the Juvenile and Criminal Justice Working Group. The Working Group will be divided into two subcommittees to narrow their focus on juvenile justice and criminal justice, respectively. Chief Judge Michael B. Forte will chair the juvenile jus more PR

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 6 -- The New Hampshire Republican Party issued the following statement by Chairman Stephen Stepanek: This week, Democrat State Senator Shannon Chandley announced that she is hosting an out-of-state fundraiser at a million dollar mansion near Newport, Rhode Island with US Senator Maggie Hassan. The fundraiser is located near the exclusive summer retreat of rich liberal elite families such as the Vanderbilts. "This fundraiser for State Senator Shannon Chandley and t more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 5 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - Robert Hernandez received his master's degree and doctorate from URI * * * University of Rhode Island College of Engineering alumnus Robert Hernandez has been named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering, the nation's highest award for scientists and engineers in the early stages of their research careers. Hernandez earned his master's degree in electric more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 9 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - Victor Fay-Wolfe lauds more than 60 teachers for taking part in weeklong training * * * Christine Jones, a teacher at Newport's Thompson Middle School, probably doesn't see herself as a pioneer. But Victor Fay-Wolfe, University of Rhode Island professor of computer science and one of the state's leading advocates for computer science instruction in all schools, says it's an apt title for Jone more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Aug. 8 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - New degree combines mastery of music and health sciences to help patients in myriad ways * * * Benefiting from decades of research in the field, the University of Rhode Island's College of Arts and Sciences will launch a rigorous music therapy undergraduate degree in the 2020-21 academic year - making URI the first public college or university in New England to offer a bachelor's degree in the more PR