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MIedu Group leases former East Providence Citizens branch for Montessori school

EAST PROVIDENCE – A group planning a private school recently leased a former bank branch building at 2823 Pawtucket Ave., according to Sweeney Real...

RIDE gets $3.2M for data collection to better prepare students for the future

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education on Wednesday was awarded a $3.2 million federal grant to enhance data collection related to college and...
SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY has launched its largest fundraising campaign ever, seeking to raise $75 million to support the university's academic and co-curricular programs. / COURTESY SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY

Salve Regina University launches $75M fundraising campaign

NEWPORT – Salve Regina University has officially launched its largest fundraising campaign in the university’s nearly 90-year history. The private university announced Wednesday that its...

Community Preparatory School’s Corley receives 2023 RIF Murray Family Prize

PROVIDENCE – Dan Corley, founder and head of school of Providence-based Community Preparatory School, has received the 2023 Murray Family Prize for Community Enrichment...

Five Questions With: D. Matthew Rieger

D. Matthew Rieger is professor and chair of the department of physics and engineering at the Community College of Rhode Island. This past fall,...

7 R.I. education agencies receive $410K to support homeless students

PROVIDENCE – Seven local education agencies have received a collective total of $410,575 in federal funds to help support students in those communities who...

R.I. Humanities receives Schwartz Prize for Civic Health Index work

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Humanities was awarded the 2023 Schwartz Prize from the Federation of State Humanities Councils at the National Humanities Conference held...
PARTICIPANTS TAKE THE PLUNGE at Easton's Beach in Newport at a recent A Wish Come True Polar Plunge. The 20th annual event will take place at the beach on Jan. 1. / COURTESY A WISH COME TRUE

Philanthropy Calendar, Dec. 6, 2023

Click here for the Sept. 27, 2022 issue of the Philanthropy Calendar.
JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY next year will require students to live on campus for their first three years. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Do on-campus college residency requirements limit student choice?

PROVIDENCE – Meeting new roommates, decorating one’s dorm room and making an acres-large campus one’s home for several months are all part of a...
THE WOONSOCKET YMCA, citing financial strain, will permanently close on Jan. 1, according to a report from The Valley Breeze. / COURTESY WOONSOCKET YMCA

Woonsocket YMCA to close Jan. 1

WOONSOCKET – The Woonsocket YMCA, which has been a staple nonprofit in the city for more than a century, will close its doors permanently...
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