PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 1 (TNSsel) -- Brown University issued the following news release: Based on recommendations from the University Resources Committee, composed of faculty, staff, students and senior administrators, the Corporation of Brown University approved during its May 2023 meeting a $1.69 billion consolidated operating budget for Fiscal Year 2024. The FY24 budget advances Brown's focus on investing in the faculty, staff and students who work to fulfill the University's academ  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 1 (TNSper) -- Brown University issued the following news release: During its annual spring meeting in May, the Corporation of Brown University elected five new members to its Board of Trustees. Each was invited to serve on Brown's governing body based on their commitment to the University and its mission of education and research. Five new trustees -- Eldridge H. Gilbert III, Shanelle Chambers Haile, Christine A. Leahy, Amra Sabic-El-Rayess and Gladys Xiques -- w  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 2 (TNSeco) -- Brown University issued the following news release: After key approvals by its governing board in late May, Brown University will present plans for a new life sciences building and athletics practice facility during a series of public meetings in June. The Corporation of Brown University at its recent business meeting approved the site for construction of Brown's planned integrated life sciences building, announced in 2022. The selected location for  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 26 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: * * * A new imaging technique opens a path toward long-term study of blood vessels in aging brains and could help predict neurodegenerative diseases decades before symptoms begin. * * * While age-related brain disorders like Alzheimer's disease often develop slowly across an individual's lifetime, they usually aren't detected until symptoms have already started. With that in mind, teams of biomed  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 26 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: As part of its Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research program, the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded grants to two projects led by Brown University researchers. Brown faculty members Jia Li and Mauro Rodriguez will serve as principal investigators for the respective projects studying electrons in 2D materials and theoretical modeling on soft materials that may one day be  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 31 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee and the Rhode Island Department of Human Services, in partnership with the Rhode Island Association for the Education of Young Children, today announced the Step Up to Child Care WAGE$(R) Program (WAGE$) is now available as a pilot to child care professionals in Rhode Island. Step Up to WAGE$ provides education-based salary supplements to teachers, directors, and famil  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 1 (TNSper) -- Providence College issued the following news release on May 31, 2023: Providence College (PC) President Fr. Kenneth R. Sicard, O.P., Ph.D., announced today that he has named Dr. Quincy A. Bevely Sr. as PC's inaugural vice president for institutional diversity, equity and inclusion. Dr. Bevely, currently the assistant vice president for institutional diversity, equity and inclusion, will assume this new role on July 17th of this year and will be a mem  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 1 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement on May 31, 2023: * * * Today the Attorney General and the Rhode Island Department of Health, the two state regulators empowered to oversee hospital conversions in Rhode Island, issued the following statement regarding the status of an initial submission by Prospect Medical Holdings and The Centurion Foundation to state regulators pursuant to the Hospital Conversions Act (HCA). This  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 31 (TNSres) -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: Governor Dan McKee, Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, and Providence Superintendent Dr. Javier Montanez today joined PPSD administrators, educators, students, and families at Sgt. Cornel Young, Jr. & Charlotte Woods Elementary School in Providence to release the results of RIDE's 2023 administration of SurveyWorks, the a  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 2 (TNSper) -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Governor Dan McKee today announced that he has selected Joseph Russolino and Kevin Flynn to serve on the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC). The Governor has submitted their names to the Rhode Island Senate for advice and consent. "Protecting, preserving and developing the 420 plus miles of Rhode Island coastline is a top priority of my administration t  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 2 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee today announced that he has nominated Michael P. Connors and Randall A. Jackvony to serve on the Rhode Island Board of Elections. The Governor has submitted their names to the Rhode Island Senate for advice and consent. "As the sanctity of our nation's elections have recently come under attack, the role of the Board of Elections plays in ensuring free and fair electio  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 2 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Governor Dan McKee today issued an official writ of election declaring a special election for Rhode Island's first congressional district seat vacated by Congressman David Cicilline. "I want to thank Congressman Cicilline for his 12 years of dedication and service representing the people of Rhode Island in Washington, D.C. His hard work will leave a legacy that Rhode Isl  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 2 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 1, 2023: Governor Dan McKee, North Kingstown Town Manager A. Ralph Mollis and Town Council President Gregory Mancini signed the Learn365RI Municipal Compact. "We all want our students to be the best in class when it comes to education, which comes from hard work both inside and outside of the classroom. With North Kingstown joining the Learn365RI Municipal Compact, local leaders   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 31 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on May 30, 2023: Governor Dan McKee, Lt. Governor Sabina Matos, Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, and Providence Superintendent Dr. Javier Montanez today joined PPSD administrators, educators, students, and families at Sgt. Cornel Young, Jr. & Charlotte Woods Elementary School in Providence to release the results of RIDE's 2023 administration of SurveyWorks [click.icptrack.co  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, May 31 (TNSpro)(TNSfund) -- Roger Williams University issued the following news on May 30, 2023: * * * A prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities grant assists with creation of new Public Humanities and Arts minor, supports faculty fellows and community partners to develop courses centered on community projects * * * With a prestigious grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Roger Williams University's Public Humanities and Arts Collaborati  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, May 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: * * * Professor Joseph Goodwill will focus on making clean water access a priority * * * University of Rhode Island engineering professor Joseph Goodwill will soon be bringing his teaching and researching skills to the University of Trento in Italy after being named a 2023 U.S. Fulbright Scholar. Goodwill studies and teaches the application of physics and chemical principles to improve water  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, May 31 (TNSper) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: URI Professor of Languages Karen de Bruin of Middletown, director of the University of Rhode Island Honors Program, has been named a chevalier in the Ordre des Palmes academiques (French for " knight" in the "Order of Academic Palms"). The distinction is the highest honor bestowed by the French Republic to distinguished academics for valuable service to education. Established in 1808 by Emperor  more