PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 29 [TNSgrants] -- Brown University issued the following news release: With opioid drug overdose deaths skyrocketing in recent decades, researchers at Brown University's School of Public Health are confronting the epidemic in multiple ways. Two new five-year grants from the National Institutes of Health, totaling $6.8 million, will expand those efforts. The first will launch a partnership with the State of Rhode Island that will result in neighborhood-based interv more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 31 [TNSscientificresearch-PLOS ONE] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - A study finds that Pollock's "drip" technique was geared to avoid a classic fluid mechanical instability, whether he was aware of it or not. * * * The celebrated painter Jackson Pollock created his most iconic works not with a brush, but by pouring paint onto the canvas from above, weaving sinuous filaments of color into abstract masterpieces. A team of researcher more PR

WARWICK, Rhode Island, Oct. 31 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: Spearheaded by a $20 million grant from the IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), the Community College of Rhode Island is now part of a select network of state colleges, providing both students and faculty members with exclusive access to unparalleled opportunities in the research field. INBRE is a federally-funded collaborative effort among partner institutions that selects h more PR

MIDDLETOWN, Rhode Island, Oct. 30 -- KVH Industries issued the following news release: * * * - Maritime innovator KVH's newest 60 cm satellite antenna designed to deliver favorite satellite TV programming at sea * * * KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), today introduced the TracVision(R) UHD7, a high-performance 60 cm (24 inch) marine satellite TV antenna designed to provide boat owners, charter yacht guests, and commercial vessel crews with access to ultra high-definition (UHD) and 4K pro more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 1 -- Lt. Gov. Daniel McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement in response to the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers' report on the Aquidneck Island gas outage in 2018: "The Division's report outlines serious fault on behalf of Enbridge and National Grid. "I strongly endorse the Division's position not to support any attempt by National Grid to recuperate storm-related costs from hardworking Rhode Islanders. However, a denial of reimbursement d more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 1 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that Alpha Williams (age 48), of Cranston pleaded nolo contendere in Providence County Superior Court on October 22, 2019 to one count of driving while intoxicated, death resulting. Williams is scheduled to be sentenced before Superior Court Justice Joseph A. Montalbano on November 12, 2019. Had the case proceeded to trial, the State more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 30 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that Suliva Hong (age 27) of Cranston pleaded nolo contendere in Providence Superior Court on October 25, 2019 to two felony firearm charges. Superior Court Justice Susan E. McGuirl sentenced Hong to 20 years with 10 years to serve at the Adult Correctional Institutions and the balance suspended with probation. Hong pleaded to one c more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 28 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Gina M. Raimondo announced today that kids.ri.gov has been redesigned as a parent-focused website, providing resources on early childhood education and development from prenatal to Pre-K. Raimondo made the announcement at the Children's Workshop in Warren, RI, a new RI Pre-K site. The enhanced website was made possible through a one-year federal preschool development grant. The  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 28 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: * * * - The settlement stems from allegations of improper marketing and sale of Suboxone * * * Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that on October 23, 2019, the State of Rhode Island reached an agreement with the pharmaceutical distributor Reckitt Benckiser Group to settle allegations that the company, either directly or through a subsidiary, improperly marketed and more PR

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, Nov. 2 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: * * * - U.S. Economic Development Administration-supported analysis by UMass Dartmouth Public Policy Center offers guidance to build sector across SouthCoast, Cape Cod, and Rhode Island * * * "Accelerating the Marine Science and Technology Corridor" along the SouthCoast of Massachusetts and throughout Cape Cod and Rhode Island was the focus as more than 150 leaders from ind more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Oct. 29 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - URI College of Pharmacy researcher teams up with pharmaceutical company to discover anti-inflammatory molecules from the aquatic microbiome * * * Toxic algal blooms can be devastating to natural waterways, robbing them of oxygen, creating dead zones, and sickening people and animals. However, they may also be beneficial, potentially helping combat the progression of neurodegenerative disease, more PR