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A SIGN IN THE WINDOW at Bed, Bath & Beyond in Providence Place mall announced the store's closing. PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

Bed, Bath & Beyond says its Providence Place mall store is...

Economic Activity 09/24/2019

PROVIDENCE – Bed, Bath & Beyond, one of the early tenants of Providence Place when the urban mall opened two decades ago, says it...

Five Questions With: Howie Sneider

Nonprofit 09/17/2019

The nonprofit industrial arts organization Steel Yard on Tuesday celebrated its grand reopening of its 3.8-acre campus at 27 Sims Ave. in Providence, after...

THE RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN says the Rayon Foundation Trust to benefit the study of textiles at RISD recently matured with a value of $19.9 million.

75-year-old trust provides RISD with $19.9M gift, the school’s largest

Education 09/16/2019

PROVIDENCE – A trust started in 1944 to support textiles studies at the Rhode Island School of Design has provided RISD with a $19.9...

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE has been ranked the No. 1 regional university in the North by U.S. News & World Report. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Brown remains No.14 nationally, PC hits No. 1 regionally in U.S....

Education 09/09/2019

PROVIDENCE – Brown University ranked No. 14 among top national universities and Providence College was deemed the No. 1 regional university in the north...

Five Questions With: Dave McLaughlin

Nonprofit 09/03/2019

Dave McLaughlin is co-founder and executive director of Clean Ocean Access, a nonprofit established in 2006 on Aquidneck Island after surfers grew concerned about...

Five Questions With: Kevin Folan

Education 08/23/2019

Kevin Folan started last month as head of school at Providence Country Day School, a private middle and high school in East Providence. Previously,...

Five Questions With: Michael Fein

Education 08/16/2019

Michael Fein has been appointed dean of Johnson & Wales University’s John Hazen White College of Arts & Sciences at the Providence campus. He...

PC, RIC, Bryant collaborate to get grant for nuclear magnetic resonance...

Education 08/16/2019

PROVIDENCE – Providence College will use a $288,300 grant from the National Science Foundation to help pay for the purchasing of a nuclear magnetic...

BROWN UNIVERSITY says it finished the fiscal year 2019 with $420.6 million in donations and gifts, a record for the Ivy League school. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University raises a record $420.6M in donations in fiscal 2019

Education 08/09/2019

PROVIDENCE – Gifts and donation commitments to Brown University totaled a record $420.6 million in the fiscal year 2019, eclipsing last year's record-setting mark...