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Pulitzer-winning journalist to receive Pell Center’s inaugural award
Dana L. Priest, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for The Washington Post, will receive the Pell Center prize for “Story in the Public Square” in recognition of her investigative reporting career, the center announced Tuesday. more
URI to host Tech Collective’s GRRL Tech expo
The University of Rhode Island will play host to the Tech Collective’s GRRL Tech expo on Thursday, March 14, offering hands-on workshops in science, technology, engineering and math to the state’s high school girls. more
| 3/11/13
UMass to annually report on performance of five-campus system
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has released “UMass Performance: Accountable and On the Move,” a plan for measuring the university’s performance across key areas, including improving student graduation rates, increasing alumni giving and campus-facility investments, that will be updated annually. more
3/11/13
Charter applications rise 20% in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE – Charter-school applications for the 2013-2014 school year were up more than 20 percent from 2012, according to an analysis by the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools released March 1, which was charter-school lottery day. more
3/11/13
Brown/RISD group seeks nonprofit status
PROVIDENCE – Rainwater for Humanity, a student group launched in 2009 by a collaboration of Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design students, plans to become an official nonprofit agency. more
3/11/13
RWU center working on community revitalization
BRISTOL – The Community Partnerships Center at Roger Williams University began the spring 2013 semester with 14 projects under way, as part of the university’s partnership with the R.I. Economic Development Corporation announced last October. more
3/11/13
Wheaton series explores relevance of liberal arts
NORTON, Mass. – Wheaton College will host Thought Leaders: An Ongoing Conversation on the Future of the Liberal Arts, beginning March 22. The series of workshops and public lectures are designed to “explore the continuing relevance of the liberal arts” and challenges those colleges face. more
3/11/13
Since Jan., Workforce Board awards $65K ‘express grants’
The Governor’s Workforce Board has since January awarded approximately $65,000 in “express grants” to 15 Rhode Island companies to improve worker skills, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced Thursday. more
Central Falls schools land $10M from Gates Foundation
(Updated, 4 p.m.)The Central Falls District-Charter Collaboration Compact, at the Segue Institute for Learning, has received a $10 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Central Falls School District announced Tuesday ahead of a press conference. more
Brown’s reputation earns slot on world’s top 100
Brown University ranked among the top 81 to 90 institutions of higher education in the 2013 global ranking of universities by reputation in the third annual ranking by the Times Higher Education. more
| 3/4/13
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