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Rhode Islanders Anthony Giannini, Leslie Hirst and Daniel Sousa have each received $25,000 through the Robert and Margaret MacColl Johnson Fellowship Fund. Above, screenshots from the trailer of Sousa's film "Feral," which has been nominated for Best Animated Short Film in the 2014 Academy Awards. / COURTESY DANIEL SOUSA

Three artists win $25,000 R.I. Foundation grants

Rhode Island artists Anthony Giannini, Leslie Hirst and 2014 Academy Award nominee Daniel Sousa have been awarded $25,000 fellowships by the Rhode Island Foundation. The...
"To date, the RIGA has been known for their professionalism and has delivered a consistent excellence in their services to their participants." / COURTESY RIGA

Five Questions With: Lee Kathryn DeCosta

Lee Kathryn DeCosta joined the Rhode Island Golf Association as director of women’s golf and member services in early January. She is responsible for...

New York Life gives $10K to Ronald McDonald House

PROVIDENCE – Ronald McDonald House of Providence received a $10,000 Community Impact Grant from New York Life to support their Adopt a Room program...

Pawtucket Foundation offering training

PAWTUCKET – The Pawtucket Foundation and several partners will provide free counseling and training to small businesses in Pawtucket. This month, the foundation entered a...

CVS takes part in Wear Red Day

WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp. is participating today in National Wear Red Day by encouraging all colleagues, including those at all 7,600 CVS/pharmacy locations...
ROME KIRBY, a native Rhode Islander who was a member of the winning America's Cup crew, Oracle Team US, was crowned the John H. Chafee 2014 Boater of the Year by the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association during the Providence Boat Show. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Director Janet Coit, left, the 2013 Boater of the Year, presented the award to Kirby. Also pictured is Wendy Mackie, right, CEO of RIMTA. / COURTESY JOE ANDRADE

RIMTA names Kirby<br> Boater of the Year

PROVIDENCE – In front of a packed crowd on the opening day of the Providence Boat Show on Jan. 31, the Rhode Island Marine...
BRYANT UNIVERSITY EXPECTS to break ground in the spring on its physician assistant program center at its Smithfield campus, including clinical learning facilities such as this proposed physical examination lab. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Bryant dives deeper, creates School of Health Sciences

(Updated, Feb. 3, 10:42 a.m.) SMITHFIELD – Bryant University President Ronald K. Machtley on Friday said the university will establish a School of Health Sciences...
A NEW STUDY by the Rhode Island Manufacturing Extension Service found that the curricula at three key schools successfully matches in-demand job skills, but also recommended ways to improve curricula further and recruit higher numbers of students into manufacturing programs.

RIMES study calls for enhancing manufacturing curricula

PROVIDENCE – Citing a projected increase of 2 percent in manufacturing jobs between 2010 and 2020, a new study by the Rhode Island Manufacturing...
INCLUDING SENIORS who passed the NECAP after retaking the test a second time, 73 percent of the Rhode Island high school class of 2014 now has met the NECAP math requirement for graduation, and 95 percent have met the NECAP reading requirement, the R.I. Department of Education reported Friday.

R.I. H.S. grad rate up, but senior NECAP gains leave many...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island’s four-year high-school graduation rate improved to 80 percent for the class of 2013, the R.I. Department of Education reported Friday. The...

Five Questions With: Wendy Nilsson

Wendy Nilsson, executive director of the Partnership for Providence Parks, has applied her extensive experience transforming urban schools into thriving communities in such places...
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