PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 28 -- Brown University issued the following news: NASA's Mars InSight Lander may be resting on the Red Planet in retirement, but data from the robotic explorer is still leading to seismic discoveries on Earth. In one of the latest studies using data from the spacecraft, an international team of scientists led by a Brown University researcher found that Mars may be getting bombarded by space rocks at more frequent rates than previously thought. Impact rates could   more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, June 28 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: The Community College of Rhode Island is collaborating with the Partnership for Rhode Island to join the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Employer Provided Innovation Challenges (EPIC) Network, allowing students in communications and business programs to get hands-on experience working with statewide industry partners. Rhode Island is now one of only nine states to join the EPIC Network, a collective p  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, June 27 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news: Dishing out apparel from one high school to the next while spreading love all over social media, Community College of Rhode Island class of 2022 graduate Eddy Vieira - a.k.a Eddy Swerve - is turning his catchy slogan into a lifestyle brand. Vieira, 24, an East Providence, RI, native, and current Rhode Island College student, is a budding entrepreneur, fitness coach, and the brains behind Hunger B  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, June 27 -- The Community College of Rhode Island issued the following news on June 26, 2024: More than a year after launching his first original play, Community College of Rhode Island Professor and director Ted Clement is back with the second installment of his semi-autobiographical trilogy. The Other, written by Clement and directed by longtime colleague and CCRI alumnus David Valentin, premiers Thursday, June 27 at 7:30 pm as a workshop production by the college's stu  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 27 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: On Wednesday, Governor McKee signed the following bills into law: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 transmittals (https://files.constantcontact.com/95de6620601/3838a782-7e3c-49e1-961e-ec77b7544bd4.pdf). * Click to view a transmittal message for H7356 (https://files.constantcontact.com/95de6620601/91ee49e3-bac7-4909-ab5a-fb114d85a4d3.pdf) * Click to view a transmittal message f  more

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island, June 27 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: During an event at Thundermist Health Center today, Governor Dan McKee signed three bills into law that support reproductive health care and those who identify as LGBTQ+ in Rhode Island. The new laws now provide legal shielding for healthcare providers administering gender-affirming or reproductive care; eliminate pre-authorization for HIV prescriptions; and outline the process in which  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 28 -- Brown University issued the following news: Most Americans don't realize that primary care physicians can prescribe medication for opioid use disorder, according to a recent national survey of more than 1,000 people. These perceptions are significant considering the efforts that have been made to lower the barriers to treatment of opioid use disorder, said lead study author Brandon del Pozo, an assistant professor (research) at Brown University's Warren Alp  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 26 -- Brown University issued the following news: Brown University planetary scientist Ingrid Daubar is among 12 scientists NASA has selected to join the European Space Agency's Hera mission, which will study the binary asteroid system Didymos, including the moonlet Dimorphos. Daubar, an associate professor (research) of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences, is no stranger to space missions, having worked at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for nine years   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 24 -- Brown University issued the following news: Is American democracy at risk? In a polarized political moment, scholars, pundits and politicians alike have been raising that question, citing as evidence examples ranging from voter suppression to the violent Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and its aftermath. In his forthcoming book, "The Presidents and the People: Five Leaders who Threatened Democracy and the Citizens Who Fought to Defend It," Corey Br  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 27 -- The Rhode Island Department of Education issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: The Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) yesterday hosted its "Let's Get Ready" Community of Practice Exhibition at the WaterFire Arts Center to celebrate and explore methodology used by local education agencies (LEAs) to implement the Readiness-Based Graduation Requirements, which were passed in fall 2022 and are designed to start with the graduating class of  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 27 -- Rhode Island School of Design issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: * * * * The Terra Carta Design Lab is a global competition inviting students to design high-impact solutions to the climate and biodiversity crisis * This year the competition has been run in conjunction with Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation (UAE), National Institute of Design Ahmedabad (India), Rhode Island School of Design (USA) and the Royal College of Art (UK) *   more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 25 (TNSres) -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is again asking the public to report sightings of wild turkeys, as part of its annual Wild Turkey Brood Survey (http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/bnatres/fishwild/pdf/wild-turkey-brood-packet.pdf). Biologists from DEM's Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) are asking Rhode Islanders to submit observatio  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, June 25 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on June 24, 2024: The Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced today that an administrator of Donna Kay Rest Home (Donna Kay), located in Worcester, was indicted last week in connection with a scheme to steal more than $220,000 from the rest home and its elderly residents. Luiza Wade, age 43, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, was indicted by a Worcester County Grand Jury on Ju  more