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FLOWERS AND CANDLES surround photos of Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, an 18-year-old freshman from Brandermill, Va., and Ella Cook, a 19-year-old sophomore from a suburb of Birmingham, Ala., in front of a Brown University gate in Providence on Dec. 17. Both were killed in the campus shooting on Dec. 13. / AP FILE PHOTO/LEAH WILLINGHAM

Brown University launches healing, recovery initiative after deadly campus shooting

PROVIDENCE – As students, staff and faculty prepare to return to campus following the Dec. 13 shooting, Brown University has launched an initiative to...

Rhode Island Foundation announces $4M in grants to public service initiatives

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has announced nearly $4 million in grants through its new Catalyst Grant program, aimed at advancing long-term improvements...
Jason Dwyer

URI professor awarded $464K NSF grant to support nanopore tech research

JASON DWYER received a three-year, $464,964 grant from the National Science Foundation for his two decades of work in nanopore technology. Dwyer, a professor...

PBN’s most-read stories of 2025

News of Providence's changing cityscape generated the most buzz in 2025, with the top-read articles detailing new developments and commercial projects. The Ocean State...

Learning Community charter school awarded $50K grant for Accelerated Learning Lab

CENTRAL FALLS – The Learning Community charter school announced it received a $50,000 grant from the Simon W. Wardwell Foundation for its Accelerated Learning...

Children’s Friend holiday drive supports over 1,500 Rhode Island children

PROVIDENCE – Children’s Friend reports that its annual Spirit of Giving Holiday Drive distributed essential items to more than 1,500 children across Rhode Island...

Delta Dental Loan Repayment Program completes first round of awards

PROVIDENCE – Delta Dental of Rhode Island’s Dentist Loan Repayment Program has completed its first round of awards since launching in 2025. The program was...

Brown to add security cameras following December shooting

PROVIDENCE – Brown University's new interim vice president for public safety outlined sweeping security enhancements Tuesday following the mass shooting last month that killed...

URI Coastal Institute announces 2025 Emerging Coastal Leaders

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Coastal Institute has announced its 2025 Emerging Coastal Leader award recipients. The program recognizes graduate students whose research advances...
Amanda Queiroz

Ryan Scholar to travel abroad, teach English in Uruguay

AMANDA QUEIROZ, a University of Rhode Island graduate student and Thomas M. Ryan Scholar, has been awarded a Fulbright fellowship from the U.S. Fulbright...
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