WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Dec. 16 -- Assumption College issued the following news: Assumption's nursing school has been named among the top in New England and Massachusetts by Nursing Schools Almanac in its 2019 rankings. The School of Nursing was ranked among the top 50 in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; and top 20 in Massachusetts. "Being ranked so favorably after only one semester of enrollment is a true testament to the academic prestige of Assu more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 18 [TNSenvironmentresearch-Climatic Change journal] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - An analysis led by an Institute at Brown for Environment and Society visiting professor found that oil companies ramp up advertising campaigns when they face negative media coverage or new regulations. * * * Major oil corporations tend to spend the most money on advertising and promotional campaigns at moments when they face negative media coverage more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The Republican Governors Association issued the following news release: It's the week before Christmas and Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo is imitating the Grinch - but instead of stealing Christmas, she's headed straight for your wallets. Faced with budget hole of up to $200 million, Raimondo is considering multiple tax hikes that could impact all Rhode Islanders to fix her budgetary mess. In an interview with the Providence Journal Raimondo listed at least three po more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 21 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Dean Andrew G. Campbell will serve as chair-elect in 2020 for the national graduate education and research organization before stepping into the role of chair in 2021. * * * The Council of Graduate Schools, which represents approximately 500 colleges and universities in North America engaged in graduate education and research, has selected Brown University Graduate School Dean Andrew G. Campbell  more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 20 [TNSscientificresearch-ACS Catalysis journal] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Understanding why platinum is such a good catalyst for producing hydrogen from water could lead to new and cheaper catalysts -- and could ultimately make more hydrogen available for fossil-free fuels and chemicals. * * * Scientists have long known that platinum is by far the best catalyst for splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen gas. A new st more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 20 [TNSscientificresearch-Physical Review Letters journal] -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - In a finding that could be useful in designing small aquatic robots, researchers have measured the forces that cause small objects to cluster together on the surface of a liquid -- a phenomenon known as the "Cheerios effect." * * * There's an interesting fluid dynamics phenomenon that happens every morning in millions of cereal bowls. When t more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec. 20 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced that the Office of the Attorney General has filed a complaint in Rhode Island Superior Court alleging that the Woonsocket City Council willfully or knowingly violated the Rhode Island Open Meetings Act (OMA). The lawsuit requests a court order, preventing the City Council from using an improper agenda item, and civil penalties. "Ope more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 17 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - Ocean State Job Lot donates hundreds of thousands of seed packets * * * For more than 20 years, the University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension and its Master Gardener Program have teamed with Ocean State Job Lot to give away more than a million packets of vegetable, flower and herb seeds to schools, youth groups, community gardens and individuals. In 2020, hundreds of thousands of seed more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 21 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - The College of Pharmacy-affiliated Institute committed to enhancing, expanding capacity and workforce development of pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms * * * The URI Pharmaceutical Development Institute continued its mission to enhance the economic development of the region's pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries and help expand the biopharmaceutical workforce this week, hosting Amg more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 20 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - Students compile medical, family histories, conduct physical assessments * * * Students in the University of Rhode Island nurse practitioner programs recently took what they have learned in the classroom into the exam room, performing full physicals on volunteer children on two recent Saturday mornings at the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center in Providence. The students, enrolled in the  more PR