PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 24 (TNSres) -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: Three groups of mathematicians received the 2024 Delbert Ray Fulkerson Prize, which recognizes outstanding papers in discrete mathematics. The prizes are awarded jointly by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) and the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS) and were presented on July 22 at the 25th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, held in Montreal. Ben Cousi  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 23 -- The American School Counselor Association issued the following news release: Congratulations to the newly elected American School Counselor Association (ASCA) Board of Directors members, who take office Oct.1, 2024, for a three-year term: * Joseph Batiano, School Counselor, Rhode Island School for the Deaf, Providence, R.I. * Matthew Berry, Coordinator of School Counseling, Rockwood School District, O'Fallon, Mo. * Christy Welch, School Counselor, Journey Mid  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: Hartford, CT Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) along with coalition partners in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island was awarded $450,000,000 in funding as part of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program implementation awards. In addition to the regional New Engl  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 25 -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: Because Francis Su was on sabbatical at the University of Sydney, Australia, it was easy to accept an invitation to chair a plenary panel at the 15th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-15), held July 7-14 in Sydney. Su, the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and a past AMS vice president, moderated a debate on the proposition "Mathematics  more

WARWICK, Rhode Island, July 22 (TNSres) -- Rhode Island Association of Realtors issued the following news release on July 22, 2024: Despite a 32% increase in the number of single-family homes on the market since June of last year, the median price of Rhode Island homes sold last month continued to rise, hitting a new high of $494,000. The figure represented an 11.6% increase in median price from 12 months earlier, the Rhode Island Association of Realtors reported today. Realtor data also showe  more