PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 11 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * 'Learn, synergize, empathize': Brown celebrates 31st annual Staff Development Day * The Brown University campus hummed with activity on Wednesday, June 11, as nearly 2,000 employees celebrated Staff Development Day. Now in its 31st year, the daylong event honored staff members' contributions and offered opportunities for professional development, personal wellness and community engagement, both on campus a  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 10 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * 60 years of planetary science discoveries at Brown, from the Moon to Mercury to Mars * In 1967, Jim Head was about to complete his Ph.D. in geology at Brown University when his advisor, Tim Mutch, said something that horrified him.  "There are no unanswered questions in the stratigraphy of the Earth," Mutch told a classroom full of aspiring geologists and stratigraphers. Head and his classmates were shock  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 11 -- The Economic Progress Institute issued the following news release: * * * Advocates Deliver More Than 1,000 Signatures & Letters Supporting the Tax-the-Top-1% Bill to General Assembly, Governor Advocates representing the Revenue for Rhode Islanders Coalition delivered a petition of 905 signatures, which included 90 businesses and organizations, to leaders of the Rhode Island General Assembly and Governor McKee today, urging passage of the bill to enact a mo  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * After Tragic Mid-Air Collision Congressmen Amo, Estes Unveil Bipartisan Call for Audit of D.C. Airspace * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) and Congressman Ron Estes (R-KS) are calling on the U.S. Department of Transportation's Acting Inspector General Mitch Behm to audit the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) oversight of airspace operations at Washington National Airport (DCA) fol  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, June 12 [Category: National Defense] -- The Association of the U.S. Army posted the following news: * * * Army Pacific Commander Speaks at AUSA-CSIS Event * Gen. Ron Clark, commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific, will speak June 27 as part of the Strategic Landpower Dialogue co-hosted by the Association of the U.S. Army and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The event will take place from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Eastern June 27 at CSIS headquarters, 1616 R  more

NEW YORK, June 13 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on June 10, 2025, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Rhode Island - Fourth Quarter 2024": * * * Employment rose in Rhode Island's two largest counties, Providence and Kent, from December 2023 to December 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that Providence County had the large  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 9 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown joins amicus brief detailing how federal research cuts imperil America's global competitiveness * PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- Brown University along with 23 other colleges and universities filed an amicus brief on Monday, June 9, in support of Harvard University's motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit challenging the federal government's funding freeze on approximately $3 billion in rese  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 13 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Brown launches new master's degree programs in management, organizational leadership * As organizations around the world contend with rapid change and evolving workforce dynamics, two new Brown University master's degree programs will aim to provide students with the professional skills needed to make an impact as leaders at different stages of their careers.  The master's in management and the master of  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, June 10 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Bryant partners with Navigant Credit Union for new fieldhouse, leadership opportunities By Peter Kerwin Smithfield, RI--Bryant University announces a strategic partnership with Navigant Credit Union, which includes a $5 million gift that will establish the new Navigant Credit Union Fieldhouse later this fall, as well as student empowerment opportunities focused on experiential education and leadership dev  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, June 10 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * Bryant University launches Online Master of Science in Applied Artificial Intelligence By Stephen Kostrzewa Bryant University announces the launch of its new Online Master of Science in Applied Artificial Intelligence, which will welcome its inaugural class in Fall 2025. Bryant's Master's in Applied AI draws upon the university's institutional tradition of education across subject areas. It will prepare   more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, June 13 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * 'Ask, check, and verify' to avoid sharing lies on social media By Bob Curley As a native Californian, Marketing Professor Sharmin Attaran, Ph.D., watched with concern as wildfires swept through the Altadena and Pacific Palisades neighborhoods of Los Angeles in January 2025. Then she saw something online that made her heart skip a beat: an image of the famous Hollywood sign on fire. "I see the photo -  more

SMITHFIELD, Rhode Island, June 11 -- Bryant University issued the following news: * * * 'Power and Influence' course helps create new leaders By Bob Curley You don't need to be Niccolo Machiavelli or The Godfather's Don Corleone to wield power in the workplace. But it does help to study them -- and scholars like Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Cialdini, as well as icons like Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and even Taylor Swift -- if you want to be an effective leader, says M  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Congressmen Amo and Lynch Call for Oversight of Air Traffic Safety After Recent Fatal Air Crash and Near Misses * WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Gabe Amo (D-RI) and Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-MA) are calling on the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study relocating the Air Traffic Safety Oversight Service (AOV). To improve the safety of our national airspace system, this review would e  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Homeland Security Ranking Members Magaziner & Thompson Statement on Trump Admin Putting 22-Year-Old with Zero Experience in Charge of DHS Counterterrorism Office * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Seth Magaziner (RI-02), Ranking Member of the subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, released the fo  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Magaziner Statement in Response to Building Collapse at Portuguese American Citizens Club * "My heart goes out to those impacted by the building collapse at the Portsmouth Portuguese Club. At least one young life has been taken too soon. Out of this tragedy we are reminded that Rhode Island is a tight-knit state where we look out for one another in times of tragedy and sorrow." *** Origin  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 13 (TNSrep) -- The American Mathematical Society issued the following news release: * * * Math Departments "Bracing for Impact," AMS Study Shows In April 2025, the American Mathematical Society took a temperature check to understand to what extent graduate mathematical sciences departments are experiencing change in graduate school enrollment and postdoctoral employment. "Bracing for impact," concluded Sarah Bryant PhD, author of the study (https://www.ams.org/  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 12 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * Q&A with Sydney Skybetter: Exploring new 'collisions' among art, movement and technology * Ten years ago, choreographer and then Brown University artist-in-residence Sydney Skybetter convened what he calls an "intimidatingly heterogeneous" group of artists, engineers, critical theorists and astronauts for the first Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces.  Through conversations, presentations  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Condemns Trump Administration for Dismantling CDC's Independent Panel of Vaccine Experts * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed issued the following statement after HHS Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP), which is made up of medical and public health exp  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Condemns Trump's Deployment of U.S. Marines Into Los Angeles * WASHINGTON, DC --Today, after President Trump ordered more than 700 active-duty U.S. Marines into Los Angeles against the will of the California governor and Los Angeles mayor, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement: "I am gravely troubled by Presid  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Statement on Israeli Strikes on Iran * WASHINGTON, DC -- Tonight, after Israel carried out large-scale strikes throughout Iran, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, issued the following statement: "Israel's alarming decision to launch airstrikes on Iran is a reckless escalation that risks igniting regional violence. These strikes threaten  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed Statement on Trump's Military Parade * PROVIDENCE, RI - Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, a West Point graduate and former U.S. Army paratrooper who served in the 82 nd Airborne, issued the following statement: "The U.S. Army and our military personnel are worthy of celebration and recognition each and every day. They have our unwavering gratitude and support. "As a proud Army veteran, I, li  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Trump Admin's Physical Assault of U.S. Senator Was Also an Assault on Our Constitutional Principles * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, after U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) was physically assaulted, handcuffed, and forcibly removed from a press conference in Los Angeles, California, for trying to ask Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem a question, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) issued the followi  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Reed: Trump's Deployment of National Guard Forces in LA is a Dangerous Escalation * WASHINGTON, DC --Today, President Trump federalized National Guard troops in California and deployed them to Los Angeles to respond to civil unrest around ongoing ICE operations. This is the first time National Guard troops have been federally activated without a state governor's consent since the 1960s. U.S. Sena  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-Rhode Island, issued the following floor remarks on June 6, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. Speaker refers to the presiding officer of the House at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today for the 17th time to demand that the Trump administration deliver on its promise to restore funding for lifesaving food aid. This so-called pause on lifesaving food aid is unnecessary and unconscionable. "Anybody who tells you that w  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Rep. Gabe Amo, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Science, Space and Technology Committee Leaders Amo, Sykes Lead 64 Colleagues in Demanding Trump Keep Tracking Weather Disasters That Cause More Than $1 Billion in Damage * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ranking Members Gabe Amo (D-RI) and Emilia Sykes (D-OH) led 64 Democratic colleagues in calling on the Acting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Laura Grimm to reinstate   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 [Category: Union] -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters posted the following news release: * * * Teamsters Demand Rhode Island House Pass Worker Protection Package * Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (771) 241-0015 Email: mmcquaid@teamster.org (PROVIDENCE, R.I.) - Rhode Island Teamsters are urging the State House of Representatives to pass the Worker Protection Package -- a group of three bills that are critical for improving occupational conditions throughout   more

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Appoints Robert Sullivan to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA's Farm Service Agency in Rhode Island * WASHINGTON, June 10, 2025 -- The Trump Administration recently appointed Robert Sullivan as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Rhode Island. Sullivan joined the Rhode Island FSA team on June 2, 2025.  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Blasts Trump's "Free Pass" to Planet's Most Toxic Polluters By rolling back the power plant greenhouse gas and air toxics standards, EPA is giving polluters free rein to poison our air with neurotoxins and cancer-causing emissions * Washington, D.C.--Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Se  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 10, 2025: * * * Whitehouse Leads Opposition to Fotouhi Confirmation Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), spoke on the Senate floor to urge his colleagues to vote against David Fotouhi for Deputy Administrator of t  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse Statement on U.S. Judicial Conference Committee Approving Amicus Disclosure Rule * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee and the Senate's leading champion for increasing transparency in the judicial system, today released the following statement on the U.S. Judicial Conference's Committee on Rules o  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Grassley Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Reauthorize Juvenile Justice Program * Whitehouse and Grassley led the last reauthorization effort, which became law in 2018 Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (JJDPA) Reauthorization Act to reauthorize key delinquency preven  more

WASHINGTON, June 14 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Husted Lead Bipartisan Bill to Boost American Nuclear Energy Washington, D.C. - Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Jon Husted (R-Ohio), along with Reps. Bob Latta (R-Ohio) and Scott Peters (D-Calif.), introduced the Nuclear REFUEL A  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, June 12 -- Brown University posted the following news: * * * With potential implications for mechanical systems, study reveals physics of 'nick shot' in squash * In squash, the "nick shot" is an emphatic, point-ending play in which a player strikes a ball that ricochets near the bottom of the wall and rolls flat along the floor instead of bouncing, leaving an opponent with no chance to return it.  While the shot is as old as the game itself, a team of researchers   more