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URI to celebrate new pharmacy building
The University of Rhode Island is set to celebrate the opening of its newly completed $75 million building for the College of Pharmacy on Tuesday, Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. more
| 8/31/12
RWU law school ranks 13th for new grad employment
Roger Williams University School of Law ranks 13th in the Northeast for graduates finding employment, according to numbers analyzed by the Boston Business Journal from area schools. more
URI oceanographers find less life on Earth
There is one-third less life on Earth than previously thought, according to a study published by scientists at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography and researchers in Germany. more
Hayes named athletics director at Brown U.
Jack Hayes was recently named director of athletics at Brown University, where he will oversee 37 varsity teams and 17 club-level intercollegiate teams. The Providence native previously held the same position at Hofstra University, where he focused on raising athletic and academic achievement among student athletes. Hayes holds a B.A. from Providence College and a master’s degree in education with a concentration in sports management from the University of Connecticut. more
8/27/12
6 local schools make Princeton’s ‘Best 377 Colleges’ list
Six local schools have made the Princeton Review’s 2013 listing of the “Best 377 Colleges.” Brown University, Bryant University, Providence College, Stonehill College, the University of Rhode Island and Wheaton College. more
| 8/22/12
URI awarded $500K cybersecurity grant
The University of Rhode Island was awarded a $502,097 grant from the National Science Foundation to enhance education opportunities in computer network security at the high school and college levels. more
Brown professor digs to free voices from distant past
Stephen Houston, who has been a professor of social science, anthropology and archaeology at Brown University in Providence for the last eight years, credits his “partly European” background and his parents’ love of history with developing his appreciation of all things past. more
RIC and Teach For America offer certificate program
Rhode Island College and Teach For America, a program that places teachers in urban and rural educational systems, are partnering to offer a teacher certificate program in elementary education that could lead to a master’s degree in education. more
RISD grads work on prize-winning film
PROVIDENCE – Three Rhode Island School of Design alumni are enjoying international recognition for their work on “Beasts of The Southern Wild,” a coming-of-age film that this year won the top prize for dramatic film at the Sundance Film Festival and the Camera D’Or prize, given to a first-time director, at the Cannes Film Festival. more
8/13/12
URI host for academy serving foster youths
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Twenty foster youths recently completed the inaugural summer at the First Star URI Academy, aimed at giving children tools and training for future success. more
8/13/12
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