News Roundup: June 5 and 6, 2012

News from Around The Web for June 5 and 6, 2012:

• ABC 6, “Prout’s Nicole Scola wins girls’ state golf championship on soggy course.” Video of the Prout junior, who won her third straight title in monsoon conditions at Point Judith Country Club. (Plus, the awesome Ken Bell has a nice quip at the end.)
• Mass High Tech, “URI professor gets $520k NSF grant.” He (Helen) Huang is getting the funding to study the relation between lower-limb amputees and powered prostheses.
• Walking With Nathaniel, “Rest Day Checklist.” Denis Asselin is walking 500 miles from Cheyney, PA to Boston Harbor, and stopped in Narragansett recently. Read more about the subject of his trip, Nathaniel, here.
• Narragansett Beer, “Gansett Girl of the Month: Miss June, Jamie.” Jamie is a Narragansett High School graduate.
• Oh No They Didn’t!, “America’s Next Top Model: College Edition – Round 4?” Pictures and comments about the modeling competition, which features a student from the University of Rhode Island.
• The Providence Journal, “Rhody to travel to Butler’s historic Hinkle Fieldhouse.” In Butler’s first year in the Atlantic 10, the Rams will play out in Indiana. (Note: Do not ponder the “Atlantic 10” name too much.)
• The Abington Journal, “Miners sign quarterback.” Former University of Rhode Island quarterback Jayson Davis has been signed by a team in the Regional American Football League.
• Coventry Patch, “” Chen will be attending the University of Rhode Island in the fall to major in pharmacy.
• Citybiz List Boston, “Rhino Public Relations appoints Franceen Shaughnessy and Kaitlyn Ethier.” Ethier is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island.

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