PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 5 -- 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 27, 2024/*:   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 5 -- Brown University issued the following news: By taking a close look at the geometrical makeup of rocks where earthquakes originate, researchers at Brown University are adding a new wrinkle to a long-held belief about what causes seismic quakes in the first place. The work, described in the journal Nature, reveals that the way fault networks are aligned plays a critical role in determining where an earthquake will happen and its strength. The findings challeng  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 4 -- Brown University issued the following news: Brown University ranks among the top 100 universities in the nation for the number of utility patents issued in 2023, according to a list released by the National Academy of Inventors and based on federal government data. Published annually, the ranking highlights universities that play a significant role in advancing innovation and invention in the United States. Brown secured 22 utility patents from the United St  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 4 -- Brown University issued the following news: Sure, they still use textbooks and pencils -- but just as frequently, students from Blackstone Academy Charter School are now working with laser cutters, 3D printers, drills, saws and sanders. That's thanks to a new class called Makerlab, which is the result of a partnership between educators at the Pawtucket, Rhode Island, high school and Brown University students and staff at the Brown Design Workshop. The high-s  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 5 -- Brown University issued the following news: As Brown University senior Joshua Lobsenz prepared to earn his degree in neuroscience this spring, he achieved another life goal during his final semester: setting a world record. Joshua Lobsenz holds the 19-foot 4-inch conductor's baton that set a world record. Photo by Eliana Hornbuckle Following months of designing and planning, Lobsenz constructed a 19-foot 4-inch conductor's baton, which he engineered with a   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 4 -- Brown University issued the following news: Eric Estes, a longtime education leader who served as vice president for campus life at Brown University since 2016, died on Tuesday, June 4, at age 55. Brown President Christina H. Paxson wrote to the University community to share what she called heartbreaking, unexpected news. She said Estes passed away after a sudden illness and noted that his mother, Angela Estes, was able to travel to Providence before his dea  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 7 -- Brown University issued the following news: U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson grew up attending racially segregated schools in Mississippi. It wasn't until he attended Tougaloo College, a historically Black college in Jackson, in the 1960s that he learned side-by-side with white students for the first time, as part of the Brown-Tougaloo Partnership. Established in 1964 during the Civil Rights Movement, the pathbreaking partnership between Tougaloo and Brown Universi  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, June 5 -- The Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued the following news release on June 4, 2024: During a surprise announcement at a school assembly at Oakland Beach Elementary School today, Speaker of the House K. Joseph Shekarchi, Commissioner Angelica Infante-Green, Superintendent Lynn Dambruch, and 2024 State Teacher of the Year Aimee Couto announced the selection of Milissa O'Neil as the 2025 Rhode Island Teacher of the Year. Milissa be  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 5 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee, the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health & Human Services (EOHHS), Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH), and Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) today announced that Rhode Island is one of 10 states chosen for a federal demonstration program that will help the state in its transition to a new system of   more