R.I. Gives Vax Challenge awards $120K to 12 local nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – For the second time this week, local nonprofits became beneficiaries of grants thanks to more people getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
Gov. Daniel J....
Young professionals honored at PBN’s 40 Under Forty ceremony
WARWICK – Forty young business professionals were honored Thursday at Aldrich Mansion for their efforts in the workplace and community at Providence Business News’...
PC president looks to market Friars’ brand on national level
(Editor’s note: This is the first installment in an occasional series of interviews with the state’s new wave of higher education leaders.)
The Rev. Kenneth...
Downtown Woonsocket getting a higher-ed boost
The workforce in southern Rhode Island got a helping hand in getting crucial training when the state opened the Westerly Education Center four years...
R.I.’s new guard in higher ed
The region is in the midst of a changing of the guard among higher education leaders.
Since 2019, five new college administrators have taken the...
Some college focus on persuading older students to finish what they started
Graduating college is a milestone for many, perhaps more so in a pandemic.
For Jennifer Vinalon, the diploma holds even more significance. Vinalon, 37, earned...
Memorizing presentations can lead to trouble
I cannot count how many times I have been asked, “Am I supposed to memorize my presentation?”
My standard – and slightly confusing – answer...
Job Lot Charitable Foundation provides police with bicycles
SMOOTH RIDES: The Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation recently donated 26 new GenZe E222B electric bicycles, each one valued at $1,300, to the...
URI professor earns Nelson Brooks Award
NIKO TRACKSDORF, a University of Rhode Island assistant professor of German and associate director of the German International Engineering Program, has received the Nelson...
Joi-Danielle Whitehead
2021 40 Under Forty Awards
Joi-DanIelle Whitehead | 39 | Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access, Brown University, Division of Pre-College and Summer...
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