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IE Business School, the Madrid-based member of a broad-based partnership with Brown University, earned a spot on the Financial Time’s 2013 Global MBA Ranking.
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A new, four-year degree program, combining a medical degree in primary care with a master’s of science in population health, is being launched by the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University.
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University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Professor John Buck has received a $743,000 research grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to help improve sensor arrays for sonar systems.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island has one of largest gender gaps among high school dropouts in the country, according to a U.S. Department of Education study.
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A grant from the R.I. Council for the Humanities (RICH) to the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University will fund “a project to examine and celebrate the use of storytelling in public affairs.”
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By Alex Kowalski |
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Rhode Island School of Design’s Fleet Library made BestMastersPrograms.org’s list of “The 50 Most Amazing University Libraries in the World.”
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By PBN Staff
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With $200,000 in public and private funds as the seed, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced the creation of the College and University Research Collaborative, with the goal of providing economic research to help in the formation of effective public policy that will grow the state’s economy.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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The number of U.S. high school graduates is expected to decline through the rest of the decade, with the largest drop in non-hispanic whites, raising questions about how colleges will recruit and enroll students.
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By Janet Lorin |
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Brown University’s Program in Public Health will receive a major gift from the Irene Diamond Fund to establish an aging health initiative.
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By PBN Staff
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The University of Rhode Island has received roughly $2.5 million from the estates and bequests of URI alumni brothers John and David Parker, the University of Rhode Island Foundation announced Tuesday.
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By PBN Staff
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