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Roger Williams narrows search for home of new Prov. location
Roger Williams University leaders have narrowed their search for a new downtown Providence branch to five locations and hope to recommend one to trustees next month, school officials said Thursday. more
Gist says technology key to improving classroom instruction
Education Commissioner Deborah Gist on Tuesday called for investment and innovation in early learning, technology, and mathematics improvement, in her fourth annual State of Education address to the General Assembly. more
UMass Dartmouth appoints new dean of business school
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has permanently appointed its current interim dean of the Charlton College of Business – Angappa Gunasekaran – as the official head of the business school. more
| 5/30/13 | 1 comment
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
Whitehouse awarded inaugural ocean service award
U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will receive the inaugural Admiral James D. Watkins Award for dedication to the oceans and ocean science from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership. more
Panelists focus on the issues at Employers & Education Summit
In a frank discussion of the education and skills gap facing Rhode Island’s workforce, participants in the Providence Business News Employers & Education Summit laid out competing visions of the road to success. more
| 11/7/12 | 1 comment
Foreign students contributed $191M to R.I. during latest school year
During the 2011–2012 academic year, international students and their families contributed $191.2 million to the Rhode Island economy, according to a report released Monday by NAFSA: Association of International Educators. more
| 11/12/12 | 1 comment
JWU to shut culinary museum for more than a year, starting in May
PROVIDENCE – The Johnson & Wales University Culinary Arts Museum will close for more than year beginning May 20 for a comprehensive inventory, the university announced Monday. The museum will … 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
Mass. penalizes firm for UMass Dartmouth work
BOSTON – The Mass. Department of Environmental Protection announced last week that it has penalized Commonwealth Tank of Wakefield $10,887 for asbestos violations that occurred during a boiler-plant demolition project conducted by the company at 285 Old Westport Road at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. more
10/15/12
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