PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Feb. 19 -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * - Bashir, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at Brown, will discuss the cultural pervasiveness of poetry in Iran, Central Asia and South Asia. * * * Shahzad Bashir, a professor of Islamic studies and director of the Center for Middle East Studies at Brown University, will deliver a Presidential Faculty Award lecture at the University on Monday, Feb. 24. His presentation, titled "Dwellin more PR

AUGUSTA, Maine, Feb. 19 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Governor Janet Mills announced that Maine, along with Massachusetts and Rhode Island, is spearheading an effort to phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a highly potent greenhouse gas and significant driver of climate change. These synthetic gases are most often used as a refrigerant in appliances and are known as "climate super-pollutants", with hundreds to thousands of times the heat-trapping p more PR

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 21 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news on Feb. 20: The University of Rhode Island has announced a new degree and certificate initiative, URI Online, which provides students and professionals access to a URI education anywhere and anytime across the globe. URI Online offers fully-online undergraduate, graduate, and certificate programs designed to meet the global challenges of today's workforce and the needs of tomorrow's professionals. "URI  more PR