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PROVIDENCE COLLEGE alumnus and retired Prudential Financial Inc. executive Arthur F. Ryan has pledged $5 million to help establish the Arthur and Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies; a rendering of the center is pictured. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

PC breaking ground Oct. 2 on new center for business studies

PROVIDENCE - Providence College will break ground Oct. 2 on its new Arthur & Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies, enabling the housing of...
BROWN UNIVERSITY ranked 35th on a list from PayScale Inc. that ranked colleges and universities on their salary potential. Brown tied with Lehigh University and Massachusetts Maritime Academy for early- and mid-career salaries for bachelor's degree graduates. / COURTESY PAYSCALE INC.

Brown tops list locally for highest-paid bachelor’s degree grads

PROVIDENCE – Brown University tops the list regionally for four-year colleges and universities with the highest-paid bachelor’s degree graduates, according to PayScale Inc. According to...

Bank of America foundation gives internships

PROVIDENCE — The Bank of America Charitable Foundation awarded five high school juniors and seniors from Rhode Island eight-week paid internships this summer at...
"Participants tell us they love our ride because riders are well supported with food, water, rest stops and a great after-party with live music."

Five Questions With: Alicia J. Lehrer

Alicia J. Lehrer joined the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council as executive director in March of 2008. In seven years at the council, she has...
PERFORMERS FROM the Cambodian Society of Rhode Island play at a ceremony celebrating the last class of organizations to go through the Rhode Island Foundation's Expansion Arts Program. The deadline to apply for new program grants is Sept. 3. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Foundation offers Expansion Arts Program grants

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation is offering capacity-building grants through its Expansion Arts Program to small arts and cultural organizations from the minority...

Food bank, foundation team up

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank and the Dunkin’ Donuts & Baskin-Robbins Community Foundation contributed volunteer manpower and sorted 12,500 pounds of food while...
FISCAL 2015 CASH COLLECTIONS came in 6.5 percent ahead of fiscal 2014 collections at $3.6 billion, according to the latest R.I. Department of Revenue figures. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

DOR: R.I. sees 6.5% gain in cash collections for fiscal 2015

PROVIDENCE – Cash collections grew 6.5 percent for fiscal 2015 to $3.6 billion and 6.6 percent in June alone to $536.8 million, according to...

CVS expands telehealth capabilities with three providers

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health is expanding its approach to telehealth by working with three different telehealth providers, the company announced Wednesday. Telehealth is the use...
BROWN UNIVERSITY was ranked No. 75 in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities, which is based on scholastic achievement, among other factors. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown, URI make Top 500 world universities list

PROVIDENCE – Brown University is ranked in the top 100 universities in the world, according to the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities. The ranking...

CCRI early childhood ed program receives nat’l accreditation

WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island’s Early Childhood Education/Child Development associate degree program is the first in the state to receive national...
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