PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 31 -- Brown University issued the following news: Since its debut in October 2023, Brown University's Lindemann Performing Arts Center has quickly become a premier arts destination, captivating audiences with the inaugural Brown Arts IGNITE Series featuring more than 50 compelling performances, programs and events. Staging such a vibrant mix of events, concerts, theater productions, dance performances and visual arts exhibits at The Lindemann and in facilities acr  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 30 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Acknowledging the importance of consistent attendance in education and in alignment with the #AttendanceMatters campaign, Governor Dan McKee and Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green are pleased to highlight the top elementary, middle, and high schools with the greatest average weekly attendance. The following schools are Rhode Island's attendance leaders for the week of May 20, 2024/*:   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 26 -- Brown University issued the following news: At its 256th Commencement on Sunday, May 26, Brown University conferred honorary doctorates on eight candidates who have achieved great distinction in a variety of fields. The recipients included: Tom Geismar -- Graphic design pioneer Claudia Goldin -- Nobel Laureate and economist Perry Kasper Granoff -- Community leader and champion of the arts Joy Harjo -- Twenty-third U.S. poet laureate Pedro Noguera -- Scho  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 29 -- Brown University issued the following news: Based on recommendations from a committee of faculty, staff, students and senior administrators, the Corporation of Brown University approved a Fiscal Year 2025 Brown operating budget that includes $1.79 billion in revenues and $1.83 billion in expenditures. The FY25 budget continues Brown's focus on investing in its academic mission and the people across campus who work to fulfill that mission. Employee salaries,   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 29 -- Brown University issued the following news: Brown University will create a new School of International and Public Affairs to expand and strengthen research and teaching on the world's most pressing economic, political, social and policy challenges. During its May 2024 meetings, the Corporation of Brown University approved the establishment of the new school, effective July 1, 2025. The approval initiates a yearlong strategic planning process necessary to for  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 26 -- Brown University issued the following news: For most members of Brown University's Class of 2024, the last days of high school and the first days of college came at an inauspicious time. With the COVID-19 public health emergency's arrival, graduations were canceled or held virtually, summer plans were nixed, and most students spent Fall 2020 in limbo -- no longer high school students, but not yet truly college students. And that was just the start. From mas  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, June 1 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: Rhode Island's offshore wind leader Orsted announced higher education grant commitments totaling $5.5 million as part of its proposed Starboard Wind project, including a proposed $2 million to the Community College of Rhode Island. If Starboard Wind is selected to move forward, Orsted will provide the following grants to Rhode Island higher education institutions: * $2 million to CCRI. This fundi  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, May 30 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news on May 29, 2024: With jobs in the cannabis industry nearly doubling in Rhode Island between 2022 and 2023, the Community College of Rhode Island is launching its eight-week Cannabis Training Program through the Division of Workforce Partnerships. This free 45-hour training program, funded by the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training's Real Jobs RI initiative, begins Tuesday, July 9 at CCRI'  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 29 -- Brown University issued the following news: During its annual spring meeting in May, the Corporation of Brown University elected one new member to its Board of Fellows and six 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. Samuel M. Mencoff, a 1978 Brown graduate who has served as Chancellor of Brown from 2016 to 2024 and has been  more

NEW YORK, May 30 -- The City University of New York's Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy issued the following news release: Sergio Costa, Assistant Dean of Digital Learning, Marketing, and Communications at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH), will be leaving the school next month to assume a new role at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island as Dean of the College of Distance Education and professor with tenure. At the U.S. Naval  more

BOISE, Idaho, May 29 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a 19-state coalition asking the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island to dictate the future of American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies for an alleged "climate crisis," and are demandi  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 30 -- Brown University issued the following news: Before she turned her attention to celebrating her graduation from Brown, Hannah Fernandez was busy leading a team of student volunteers who were collecting and sorting thousands of pounds of clothing, blankets, shoes, school supplies and other items to donate to organizations in and around Providence. As an intern with Brown's Office of Sustainability and Resiliency, Fernandez served as a coordinator for the annua  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 31 -- Brown University issued the following news: The Brown University men's ultimate frisbee team ended its nine-month season flying high as it captured the top spot at the 2024 USA Ultimate Division I College Championships. The members of Brown's team, Brownian Motion (referred to as BMo), traveled to Madison, Wisconsin, over Memorial Day weekend for the tournament, where they won matchups against college teams from Alabama, Texas, Michigan, Georgia and Colorado  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 25 -- Brown University issued the following news: People often ask NASA astronaut Jessica Meir if she was ever scared, perched on a giant stick of dynamite preparing for a shuttle launch to the International Space Station, or during her spacewalks, with only a thin, plastic visor separating her from the vast blackness of the vacuum of space. But she had been dreaming about those moments since she was five years old, and as an adult, spent years studying and traini  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 29 -- Brown University issued the following news: A new study by Brown University researchers may help redefine how scientists map the surface of the Moon, making the process more streamlined and precise than ever before. Published in the Planetary Science Journal, the research by Brown scholars Benjamin Boatwright and James Head describes enhancements to a mapping technique called shape-from-shading. The technique is used to create detailed models of lunar terrai  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, May 29 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island to dictate American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies, and they demand billions of dollars in damages. As litigation proceeds   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 30 (TNSres) -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: The Rhode Island Council on Elementary and Secondary Education on Tuesday voted to approve more than $1.3 billion in new school construction projects across Rhode Island, allowing for educational enhancements, health and safety improvements, and the construction of 14 new and like-new schools in Barrington, Cranston, East Greenwich, Jo  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 29 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: The McKee Administration has recognized 20 state entities, municipalities, and public schools for their renewable energy and energy efficiency achievements at its Seventh Annual Lead by Example Clean Energy Awards ceremony. "I am proud of all our nominees and winners for your efforts to reduce our energy usage across the public sector," said Governor Dan McKee. "The Lead by Example prog  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, May 31 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) today announced that after approval by the Council on Elementary and Secondary Education, RIDE is awarding 101 schools from 26 local education agencies (LEAs) with grants totaling nearly $2.7 million as part of RIDE's recently launched "Get the Foam Out" initiative. The initiative f  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 26 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined an Alabama led 19-state coalition asking the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the efforts of California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey, and Rhode Island to dictate the future of American energy policy. Those five states have brought unprecedented litigation against the nation's most vital energy companies for an alleged "clim  more