KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 24 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: During these chilly winter months, many Rhode Islanders are thinking ahead to summer. Melva Trevino Pena is, too, but perhaps not in the way you might think. The assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island is making plans for summer to examine how fishing in Rhode Island is more than a matter of recreation. Trevino, in the College of the Environment and Life Sciences, is examining ways to re  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Jan. 25 -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: In a poignant blend of tradition and innovation, the Roger Williams University Cummings School of Architecture echoed with the spirit of a homecoming last month as 38 distinguished Architecture alumni, driven by a shared passion for their alma mater, returned to offer their advice and feedback to 96 Architecture students. During the unprecedented event for the School of Architecture, the school's glass-wall  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 26 -- Brown University issued the following news release: In a major step toward expanded access, the University met its ambitious $120 million fundraising goal to launch need-blind admission for international students beginning with the Class of 2029. With generous donors enabling Brown University to achieve a $120 million fundraising goal, Brown plans to become need-blind for all undergraduate international students starting with the Class of 2029, which will a  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 24 -- Brown University issued the following news release: Brown University has reached an agreement to resolve claims filed in a federal antitrust lawsuit that named Brown as one of 17 universities that participated in the 568 Presidents Group, a consortium of higher education institutions committed to serving the financial aid needs of students and their families. The University maintains that the claims have no merit but determined that ongoing litigation would   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 26 (TNSres) -- Brown University issued the following news release: In a presentation at Brown's Warren Alpert Medical School, Dr. Isaac Kohane, who has worked on medical AI since the 1990s, urged doctors-in-training to understand and make use of artificial intelligence. "If you're not using it, you're like those kids who are coming out of college in 1990 and still they're not learning how to use word processors." That was the advice that Dr. Isaac Kohane, a bioi  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, Jan. 25 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: Assistant Professor Lisa Furtado has been appointed Assistant Dean of Nursing, effective January 14, 2024. Assistant Dean Furtado was Assistant Professor in the LPN and ADN programs at CCRI from June 2019-December 2023, teaching students in the classroom and the clinical settings. Her nursing background is diverse; she has been blessed with many opportunities throughout her career, including spe  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 25 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island is introducing a new commencement schedule and format for the spring 2024 ceremonies to better celebrate graduates and provide an enhanced and inclusive experience for graduates, families, and friends. The University will honor graduates over three days, from Friday, May 17, through Sunday, May 19, in eight college-based ceremonies at the Thomas M. Ryan Center on the King  more

DENVER, Colorado, Jan. 24 -- Denver International Airport issued the following news release: Breeze Airways, the U.S.' only NLCC, or 'Nice Low Cost Carrier,' today announced nonstop service from Denver International Airport (DEN) to TF Green Rhode Island International Airport (PVD), starting Thursday, May 16. With the addition of Breeze, DEN will have service by 25 airlines. Denver becomes Breeze's second destination in Colorado following the airline's upcoming launch in Grand Junction, with f  more

PAWTUCKET, Rhode Island, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2024: Governor Dan McKee, Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, Senate Education Chair Sandra Cano, Mayor Don Grebien, School Committee Chairman Gerard Charbonneau, Superintendent Patricia Royal, and state, municipal, and school leaders today gathered at Joseph Jenks Middle School to spotlight the upcoming construction of   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 25 -- Providence College issued the following news release on Jan 24, 2024: Providence College (PC) announced today that PC Galleries (PCG) has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $30,000. This funding will support an additional basketball court mural in the City of Providence in partnership with My HomeCourt (MHC), which restores under-resourced basketball courts and turns them into colorful, living w  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 27 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2024: Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that the Office has filed a lawsuit against a Rhode Island car dealership for deceptive sales and advertising practices, in violation of the state's consumer protection law. In a complaint (https://www.riag.ri.gov/media/4581/download) filed in Rhode Island Superior Court on January 25, 2024, the Attorney Genera  more

NORTH SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, Jan. 27 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2024: Rhode Island Department of Education Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green and North Smithfield Elementary School Principal Jennifer Daigneault today joined North Smithfield school officials, administrators, educators, and students at North Smithfield Elementary School to launch the 2024 administration of SurveyWorks. The annual statewide education survey is avai  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Jan. 27 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee and Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green announced the agency received nearly $5 million in school infrastructure grant funding through the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE)'s Supporting America's School Infrastructure (SASI) program. The federal grants, totaling $47 million across the nation, will strengthen the capaci  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Jan. 26 -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: In support of academic excellence and faculty development in the Mario J. Gabelli School of Business, Roger Williams University has received a grant of $3 million to make four matching gifts to launch endowed professorships for its business faculty. The first endowed professorship to be announced is the Yeaton Professor of Finance, Director, Center for Advanced Financial Education (CAFE), funded through a ma  more

BRISTOL, Rhode Island, Jan. 23 -- Roger Williams University issued the following news: Roger Williams University's Mario J. Gabelli School of Business was named among the top undergraduate business schools in the nation and was ranked No. 49 in Academic Experience by Poets & Quants, in their 2024 Best Undergraduate Business Programs rankings released today. The Poets & Quants' methodology measures academic experience, career outcome for graduates, and admissions standards. In addition to a hig  more

WATERVILLE, Maine, Jan. 26 -- Thomas College issued the following news release: Thomas College VP of Information Services and CIO Christopher Rhoda has led efforts to use data analytics to increase device security at the College. He's been selected to present at the annual Northeast Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP) Annual Conference on the topic. The conference takes place in March in Rhode Island. The NERCOMP Annual Conference is a conference for higher education IT professionals to discu  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 23 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: University of Rhode Island faculty members Brendan Skip Mark and Melva Trevino Pena have been named 2024 Emerging Scholars by the national magazine Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. Mark and Trevino Pena were among just 15 scholars from across the nation to be honored last week in the magazine's annual Emerging Scholars edition. The early-career scholars, 40 years old or younger, are selected by D  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: As mass shootings, hate crimes and other acts of violence consistently make the nightly news, certain common threads have appeared to emerge. Misogynistic worldviews, coupled with what appears to be a growing online community, have brought the "incel" community into the public view. Though much has been written in the past decade about "involuntary celibates," the rise of violent extremism, and  more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Jan. 27 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: Pharmacy students at a university in Ghana, will soon have access to a high-tech, lifelike baby simulator to practice patient care, thanks to a donation by the University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy. The College's Patient Simulation Lab in Avedisian Hall is home to seven of the lifelike, animated mannequins that stand in as real patients. Ranging in "age" from infants to full-grown men and wome  more