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Salve lands Pell Center grant from humanities council
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.” more
RISD’s Fleet Library named one of 50 ‘most amazing’ in world
Rhode Island School of Design’s Fleet Library made BestMastersPrograms.org’s list of “The 50 Most Amazing University Libraries in the World.” more
| 1/16/13
State, schools create economic research project
(Updated, 2:52 p.m., Jan. 15) 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. more
Shrinking high school graduate ranks bear on college recruiting
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. more
Brown lands major gift to establish aging health initiative
Brown University’s Program in Public Health will receive a major gift from the Irene Diamond Fund to establish an aging health initiative. more
| 1/9/13
URI lands $2.5M in estate gifts from alumni brothers
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. more
| 1/8/13
State officials to seize Sawyer student records
State higher education officials will enter facilities of the closed Sawyer School over the weekend, accompanied by state police, to take custody of student academic and financial records, Mike Trainor, spokesman for the state Office of Higher Education, said at a press conference on Friday. more
UMass chemistry department lands $339K NSF funding
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s department of chemistry and biochemistry received a $339,000 award from the National Science Foundation, the school announced Thursday. more
| 1/3/13
Local schools offer support to Sawyer students
(Updated, 4:44 p.m.) The R.I. Office of Higher Education said the Sawyer School that abruptly closed Wednesday left displaced students out of $3 million in unaccounted tuition and lied about a so-called established agreement with Lincoln Technical Institute. more
URI scientists contribute to book on salt marsh restoration
University of Rhode Island scientists were contributing authors and editors of a new book on the restoration of salt marshes, which includes case studies based on URI research, the school announced Wednesday. more
| 1/2/13
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