NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Dec. 25 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Lower Thames Street in downtown Newport is home to the International Yacht Restoration School of Technologies & Trades (IYRS), a school founded to teach students how to build and restore wooden sailboats. In the past 10 years, IYRS has added accredited courses in composites technologies, digital modeling and fabrication, and marine systems to its curriculum. Now the school and Naval Undersea Warfare Cente  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Dec. 24 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: Socrates said, "The really important thing is not to live but to live well." Professor William Bundy did just that. His life cannot be easily summed up because he impacted so many people in so many different ways. Most important, Professor Bundy was keenly aware of his legacy as one of the Centennial Seven -- one of the first seven African-Americans to command a submarine in the first 100 years of the nation's s  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Dec. 27 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Dr. Victor Evora, technical project manager in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport's Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, has won the Modern Day Technology Leader Award, from an award program of the Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Conference. This prestigious award honors outstanding technical professionals who are in STEM fi  more