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R.I. launches first statewide nursing residency program
(Updated, 12:45 p.m.) The Rhode Island Action Coalition for the Future of Nursing announced Wednesday morning the launch of a $645,000 statewide clinical nurse residency and mentoring program. more
Brown profs. attend White House brain initiative announcement
When President Obama announced his new $100 million Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies initiative from the East Room at the White House on April 2, two Brown University professors, who had helped to plan this sweeping new vision for brain research, attended the ceremony. more
URI outlines plans for ‘cluster’ initiative
The University of Rhode Island has outlined plans for a “cluster initiative” designed to focus academic energy and resources on four new interdisciplinary areas of study. more
| 4/2/13
Ivy League drops admission rates for class of 2017
Brown University was one of the seven Ivy League colleges to accept fewer students this year, admitting 9.2 percent of the nearly 29,000 applicant pool, compared to 9.6 percent of applicants last year. more
| 4/1/13
Brown adds sex-change coverage
Brown University has expanded its student health insurance to include coverage for sex-change surgery, one of 37 colleges and universities in the U.S. to cover hormone and gender reassignment/confirmation surgeries, according to the Transgender Law and Policy Institute. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 4/1/13

Unified voice needed to grow student financial literacy
After nine years of organizing, advocating for and expanding financial-literacy initiatives in Rhode Island, Jim Hedemark will soon be leaving his post as the executive director of the Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. more

By Lindsay Lorenz
PBN Researcher | 4/1/13

Sawyer closing scatters students
Why the Sawyer School closed without notice at the end of December remains a mystery three months later to the state and 302 Rhode Island students who have been left to find new schools or career paths. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 4/1/13

Most R.I. school buildings in good or ‘generally good’ condition
An estimated 75 percent of Rhode Island public school buildings are in good or generally good condition according to a “Public Schoolhouse Assessment FY 2013” report released Friday by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist. more
Fogarty tapped as new head of Lincoln School
Suzanne Fogarty has been appointed the 16th head of the Lincoln School, an independent college preparatory school for girls, effective July 1, 2014. more
| 3/29/13
RIMTA outlines plans for GWB grant money
The R.I. Marine Trades Association has outlined its plans for the $142,788 grant it received from the Governor’s Workforce Board earlier this month. more
| 3/29/13
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