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College Unbound in running for $100K Drucker Institute prize
PROVIDENCE – The president of College Unbound says the nontraditional degree-granting school for adult learners is a semifinalist for a $100,000 prize from the...
Dooley testifies for bill to create URI board of trustees
PROVIDENCE – University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley told lawmakers Monday that URI urgently needs its own board of trustees, arguing that...
URI-based biomed research network gets $20M grant
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The National Institutes of Health has awarded $20 million to the Rhode Island Institutional Development Award of Biomedical Research Excellence, or...
Stonehill College provost Favazza appointed president at Saint Anselm
EASTON – Joseph A. Favazza, Stonehill College provost and vice president for academic affairs, is leaving the school to become president of Saint Anselm...
Five Questions With: Dr. Doreen Wiggins
Dr. Doreen Wiggins, an obstetrician-gynecologist and surgical oncologist who focuses on breast cancer, is one of the founders of FRIENDS WAY, Rhode Island's only...
Brown changes meal plan requirements to reduce ‘food insecurity’
PROVIDENCE – Brown University is making changes to the meal plans it offers students in order to reduce "food insecurity" that studies say college...
Bryant paid Machtley $6.2M in 2017 as part of long-term incentive...
SMITHFIELD – Bryant University is acknowledging that it paid President Ronald Machtley $6.2 million in 2017 – by far, more than any other school...
URI student creates model to pinpoint deadliest roads for reptiles, amphibians
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island graduate student is developing a computer model to predict areas in Rhode Island where large numbers...
Five Questions With: Matthew Mena-Landry
Providence Country Day educator Matthew Mena-Landry has been teaching an innovative course that combines two disciplines – computer programming and creative writing. The course,...
Brown establishes Policy Lab for scholars, government to work ‘shoulder to...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University has launched a policy research center that intends to bring together university experts, government officials and community members to develop...
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