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Zipcar looking to spread beyond downtown, colleges
Zipcar is measuring environmental progress in the number of green-decaled cars it’s spreading through the streets of Providence. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 4/22/13

Coakley-led program targets for-profit schools
BOSTON – Attorney General Martha Coakley this month launched a consumer-protection campaign that includes free educational training across the state and a new website offering resources for consumers related to for-profit schools. more
4/22/13
Roger Williams eyes downtown Providence expansion
Before it opened a bucolic Bristol campus in 1969, Roger Williams University was a city school with roots in Providence dating back to 1919. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 4/22/13

Running for bombing victims
Bryant University freshman Ashley Cardona, front, blue T-shirt, joins students and other members of the university community for a one-mile run on campus April 16, in support of those affected by the Boston Marathon attack. Cardona, an international business major, suggested the run to university officials as a unified show of support against violence and for the families affected by the tragedy. Bryant also observed one minute of silence in memory of those lost or injured in the April 15 bombing near the race’s finish line. more
4/22/13
URI offers double major in green business
The University of Rhode Island now is offering a green business double major, which it says is one of the country’s first undergraduate programs focused on green business. more
Dowling tapped as Brown investment officer
Joseph L. Dowling III has been named the new chief investment officer at Brown University effective June 2013, the school announced Thursday. more
RBS Citizens Financial supports financial literacy
April is National Financial Literacy month, and RBS Citizens Financial Group marked the occasion by announcing $2 million in 2013 grants to benefit nonprofit financial education programs in communities served by Citizens Bank, RBS Citizens and Charter One. more
4/29/13
RWU center connecting students with community needs
Arnold Robinson is director of the Community Partnerships Center at Roger Williams University. Formed just under two years ago, the center serves as a central resource to partner students with community organizations, client organizations and government agencies in real-world, experiential-learning projects that would have a visible impact on partner communities. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 4/29/13

Student data key to campus planning
Brown University’s decision to expand its School of Engineering within its College Hill campus was driven in part by analysis of an extensive collection of data involving faculty, staff and students, including an elaborate map that tracked regular travel patterns in order to best determine the location of new buildings. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 4/29/13

Report: Graduate schools failing on cyberthreats
Cybersecurity experts are increasingly concerned that the nation’s future leaders are unprepared to deal with the digital threats programmers and cryptographers are wrestling with. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 5/6/13

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