Literally blocking out the sun may sound extreme, but scientists are debating whether using dust particles to reflect sunlight away from the Earth could be a temporary solution if climate change gets out of control.
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Suspect in Brown University shooting found dead in New Hampshire
The suspect in the shooting at Brown University Saturday was discovered dead Thursday at a storage facility in New Hampshire.
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Fear of nuclear war plus Reagan-era optimism? It’s ‘Cold War Choir Practice’ at Trinity Rep
Cold War Choir Practice at Trinity Repertory Company – September 4 – October 5. It’s 1987 in Syracuse, New York. Michael Jackson dominates the charts. Ronald Reagan is president. And The Cold War, with its threat of nuclear war, is ever-present in American culture. That’s the setting of the latest play at Trinity Rep, called […]
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Amid pressure to retract his research, a Brown University professor says it’s important to ‘be brave’
An environmental studies professor at Brown University is at the center of a fight that he says underscores the politics of wind energy. J. Timmons Roberts and the Climate and Development Lab at Brown he leads published work documenting the connections between the fossil fuel industry and groups opposed to offshore wind farms. Now, a […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Aug. 8, 2025
If the ‘Taylor Swift tax’ is getting you down, you can snap up a Wyoming ranch bigger than Rhode Island for a cool $79.5 million. Welcome back to my Friday column. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox […]
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Backlash at Brown over Trump deal
College Hill is quiet these days. With Brown undergraduates enjoying the last few weeks of summer vacation, the few people on campus seem to have the place to themselves. But the mood on campus is not so sunny, not after President Trump gloated about the deal the Brown struck last week to get the administration […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Aug. 1, 2025
We like you, we really like you. And if you like us, please consider making a contribution to support public media in Rhode Island. Welcome back to my Friday column. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every […]
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Brown University strikes agreement with White House to restore lost federal funding
Brown University will pay $50 million to Rhode Island workforce development organizations in a deal with the Trump administration that restores lost federal research funding, officials said Wednesday.
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Brown University settles with Trump administration to restore research funding
Nearly four months after the Trump administration paused federal research funding to Brown University, the Ivy League school said Wednesday that it reached an agreement with the government to restore that funding. Brown also agreed to settle three open investigations into the university regarding federal nondiscrimination laws, including allegations that Brown didn’t do enough to […]
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for May 16, 2025
There’s still time for the Sox to shape up, but who thought the team would be battling to play .500 ball at this point? You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. A quick program note: my column is taking next week off and it will return on May 30. Here […]
