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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Rhode Island Newsletter for Sunday October 15, 2023 ( 3 items )  

American Mathematical Society: Gneiting Awarded 2024 Grenander Prize
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 13 (TNSres) -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: The 2024 Ulf Grenander Prize in Stochastic Theory and Modeling is awarded to Tilmann Gneiting for seminal work in environmental and stochastic modeling, with applications to computational weather forecasting, and for research in probability theory and mathematical statistics. Gneiting is most widely known for foundational work on probabilistic forecasting. His two very highly cite  more

Faye Jackson to Receive 2024 AMS-MAA-SIAM Morgan Prize
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 11 -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: Faye Jackson will receive the 2024 AMS-MAA-SIAM Frank and Brennie Morgan Prize for Outstanding Research in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Student for her work as a mathematics major at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The prize is made jointly by the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathem  more

Statement: New England Governors Ink Multi-State Offshore Wind Procurement Deal
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 11 -- Environment Massachusetts issued the following news release: The governors of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island announced on Wednesday a first-in-the-nation memorandum of understanding (MOU) to coordinate offshore wind development throughout the three-state region. Under the agreement, offshore wind developers can submit multi-state offshore wind project proposals that each state will consider for procurements in 2024. The states' solicitations are   more