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Rhode Island Foundation awards $5.4M to nonprofits across state

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has awarded more than $5.4 million in grants to dozens of nonprofit organizations across the state, the third...

URI receives $1.9M federal grant for cybersecurity scholarships

PROVIDENCE – The University of Rhode Island will receive $1.9 million from the National Science Foundation to support scholarships for students pursuing a Master...

Olneyville Library to close temporarily before relocating

PROVIDENCE – The Olneyville Library will temporarily close as it prepares to move from Olneyville Square to a new location at the Joslin Recreation...

Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England donates $2,605 to Glimmer of...

WARWICK – Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England has donated $2,605 to the Glimmer of Hope Foundation through its 2026 Cookie Program Community Service Project,...

America 250 – Enduring Success: Haven Brothers

(Editor’s note: This is the 23rd installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of...

PBN’s 2026 Leaders & Achievers celebrated and honored

WARWICK – Gina Helm believes that to succeed, the environment can be just as important as the individual. "Find a company that values you,"...

RIDE lands $18M in federal grants for AI literacy programs

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education has secured more than $18 million through a pair of federal grants to fund two literacy initiatives...
GIVING GOALS: David N. Cicilline, who became Rhode Island Foundation CEO and president in 2023, unveiled a five-year strategy for the state’s largest funder of nonprofits in 2024. The new plan identified six community priorities that will guide the foundation’s grantmaking.
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Federal funding cuts put nonprofits to the test

It took years for Rhode ­Island’s nonprofits to put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, but the sector found it had a new...
A DIFFERENT CLASSROOM: Douglas S. Alexander, director of the Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies at Rhode Island College, speaks with RIC senior Miled Kalbourji in the institute’s cyber range classroom in 2025. 
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R.I. higher-ed institutions reshaping talent pipelines

Educational institutions have come around to the idea that there is more than one kind of classroom, as students learn both on campus and...
Arianne Charles

Davies student earns national gold medal in first aid and CPR...

ARIANNE CHARLES, a North Providence student at William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School in Lincoln, won the national gold medal in...
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