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News from January 2023

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Women’s Track & Field Athletes of the Week: January 16, 2023

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023

Shannon Parks (Reading, Mass.) - Senior - Keene State

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Rubbish collection delay in observance of MLK Jr. Day

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023

Rubbish collection delay in observance of MLK Jr. Day

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URI professor discusses looming battle over debt ceiling

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023

On Friday Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen raised the alarm that the United States would hit the debt limit by Jan. 19 and that she would need to begin taking “extraordinary measures” to continue paying America’s bills.

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East Providences hires new Human Resources director

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023

East Providences hires new Human Resources director

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City Council Meeting on February 27

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023

City Council Meeting on February 27

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Former Congressman James Langevin to serve as visiting scholar at URI

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023

The University of Rhode Island announced today that former U.S. Rep. James Langevin has been appointed a visiting scholar in the Department of Political Science.

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City Council Meeting on March 6

By Press release submission | Jan 23, 2023

City Council Meeting on March 6

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Upper threshold of death expectancy exceeds death count in Rhode Island during week Jan. 7

By Ocean State Today | Jan 22, 2023

Rhode Island's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending Jan. 7, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Longtime Congressman James Langevin to serve as senior fellow at Brown’s Watson Institute

By Press release submission | Jan 19, 2023

James Langevin, who retired in January from a public service career in Congress after representing Rhode Island’s second district in the U.S. House of Representatives for 11 terms, has been appointed a senior fellow at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

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Winter Networking Series- Black Oak on January 18

By Press release submission | Jan 18, 2023

Winter Networking Series- Black Oak on January 18

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End of life: Rhode Island deaths during week ending Dec. 31, 2022 did not exceed death expectancy

By Ocean State Today | Jan 17, 2023

Rhode Island's death count did not exceed death expectancy during the week ending Dec. 31, 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Rhode Island deaths did not exceed upper threshold of death expectancy during week ending Dec. 31, 2022

By Ocean State Today | Jan 15, 2023

Rhode Island's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending Dec. 31, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Owls Soar to No. 4, Wolves Continue to Tally Votes in D3hoops.com Poll

By Press release submission | Jan 14, 2023

Two Little East Conference (LEC) men’s basketball programs continue to be among those featured in January 9, 2023 edition of the D3hoops.com Poll.

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URI Center for Computational Research formed on Kingston Campus

By Press release submission | Jan 14, 2023

A new center for research computing will launch Jan. 23 on the University of Rhode Island’s Kingston Campus. Recently passed by the URI Faculty Senate, with support and final approval from Vice President for Research & Economic Development Peter Snyder and Interim Provost Laura Beauvais, the URI Center for Computational Research was established with a mission to support, promote and grow high-level interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary computational research.

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Reynolds and Gallagher score 10+ in loss to UAlbany

By Press release submission | Jan 14, 2023

Kemari Reynolds tied her career-high with 12 points in the Bryant University women's basketball team's 63-50 road loss against UAlbany on Wednesday night.

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With support from Brown, SkillsRI connects job-seekers with new, gainful employment opportunities

By Press release submission | Jan 14, 2023

Nine months ago, James Payne reached a breaking point. For nearly two years, he averaged 60- to 90-hour work weeks as a convenience store manager, routinely filling shifts left empty by staff shortages or covering sick calls from the store's associates.

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Bulldogs set to face first-place UAlbany in N.Y. on Wednesday

By Press release submission | Jan 14, 2023

The Bryant University women's basketball team faces the first-place Great Danes of UAlbany in a road matchup on Wednesday night.

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O'Connell to Take the Reins of UMass Dartmouth Cross Country Programs

By Press release submission | Jan 14, 2023

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Cross Country and Track & Field teams welcome a new coach, with Middleboro-native Ryan O'Connell joining the coaching staff as the Head Coach of Cross Country/Distance in 2023

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Pharmacists can start patients on road to recovery from opioid use disorder, study shows

By Press release submission | Jan 14, 2023

A study from researchers at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital and the University of Rhode Island found that pharmacists — not just physicians at clinics and doctor’s offices — can safely and effectively start patients with opioid use disorder on the lifesaving medication buprenorphine.

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Southern Maine Athletic Director Al Bean to Participate in NCAA Convention Title IX Panel

By Press release submission | Jan 14, 2023

With nearly a half of a century of service and connection to the University of Southern Maine Department of Athletics as a student-athlete, coach, educator, and administrator, Husky Director of Athletics Al Bean has been a part of tremendous growth, development and change at USM.