PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Sept. 17 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release: A U.S. Department of Justice memo, formally released yesterday as a result of a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of RI and RI Legal Services (and also obtained independently by the Boston Globe), contains a blistering critique of the Providence school district's (PSD) treatment of English language learner (EL) students. But, the ACLU and RILS said today, release of the memo does   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 18 -- The American Civil Liberties Union, a 501(c)3 non-profit that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release: In an important decision for the rights of immigrants - and for a humane and fair immigration system - a federal judge in Rhode Island today ordered the release of a man whom the U.S. State Department is trying to extradite back to the Dominican Republic (DR) ev  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities issued the following news: As part of its ongoing efforts to increase degree completion, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named the University of Central Florida, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and the University of Rhode Island as finalists for its 2019 Degree Completion Award. The annual award works to identify, recognize, and reward institutions that employ innovati  more

PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 20 -- Biodiversity Research Institute issued the following news release: Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) announces the publication of the scientific paper Restoration of common loons following the North Cape Oil Spill, Rhode Island, USA in the journal Science of the Total Environment (now available online). This loon restoration study, conducted in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over a 15-year period, resulted in the acquisition or conservatio  more

ST. JOSEPH, Missouri, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Animal Health Association will host its 123rd Annual Meeting at the Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, Oct. 24-30: Keynote: Overcoming Challenges for the Control of African Swine Fever - A Global Threat in Your Backyard. Speaker: Juan Lubroth, UN-FAO - For more information: https://www.usaha.org/2019-agenda [Category: Animals]  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- American Forests issued the following news release: * * * - Doris Duke Foundation Fellowship to Focus on Climate and Health Initiative in Rhode Island and Beyond * * * Jad Daley, American Forests' President and CEO, announced that Molly Henry has been named American Forests' Doris Duke Foundation Climate & Health Fellow in Rhode Island. This position brings the nation's oldest and most established forest organization into a new model of distributed staff leadership.   more