PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 18 -- Gov. Gina Raimondo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Gina M. Raimondo signed an executive order committing Rhode Island to be powered by 100 percent renewable electricity by the end of the decade. Her executive order directs the state's Office of Energy Resources to conduct an economic and energy market analysis and develop actionable policies and programs to reach this bold, but achievable goal. "When we meet this goal, Rhode Isl more PR

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 14 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Jan. 13: Miriam Weizenbaum to succeed retiring Rebecca Partington as Chief of the Civil Division, bringing extensive civil litigation experience and a demonstrated commitment to public service and social justice Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today announced that he is appointing Miriam Weizenbaum of Providence, Rhode Island as the next Chief of the Civil Division. Weizen more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 16 -- The University of Massachusetts Amherst campus issued the following news: Panayotis "Panos" Kevrekidis, Distinguished University Professor and professor of mathematics and statistics, recently was named a member of the 2020 Class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for "contributions in applied mathematics, especially in the theory and applications of nonlinear waves." He is one of just 52 mathematical scientists from around the world to be r more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 14 [TNSbiologyresearch] -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Atlantic purple sea urchins are common in coastal waters along the East Coast, and University of Rhode Island scientist Coleen Suckling thinks the Ocean State could become the home of a new industry to raise the spiny marine creatures for consumption in Japan and elsewhere around the world. She has teamed with a company called Urchinomics, which is pioneering urchin ranching around more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 14 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - New program is the only one of its kind in Rhode Island * * * Undergraduates at the University of Rhode Island will soon have the opportunity to delve into the mysteries of the brain when the University launches a new undergraduate academic program in neuroscience in the fall. An expansion of the University's graduate program in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program (INP), which began in 201 more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 16 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * - Alison Tovar will serve on Robert Wood Johnson Foundation panel to develop health eating behaviors among children * * * University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences Professor Alison Tovar will help create national guidelines for developing healthy eating behaviors among young children after she was invited to serve on the Healthy Eating Research panel, a national program of the Rober more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 16 [TNSgrants-NIH] -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Two scientists at the University of Rhode Island have been awarded a five-year, $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to encourage historically under-represented students to gain research experience in the biomedical sciences. The grant to Assistant Professor Bryan Dewsbury and Associate Professor Niall Howlett will provide four students each year with a $10,000 sch more PR