Navigant Credit Union gifts Bryant University $5M for fieldhouse, learning opportunities
SMITHFIELD – A seven-figure gift from Rhode Island’s largest credit union will both help establish Bryant University’s new fieldhouse this fall and create student...
Met School students win regional entrepreneurship competition
PROVIDENCE – While working with fourth graders as an intern teaching assistant, Evan Perez noticed that students faced difficulties he hadn't experienced in the...
La Salle Academy president Malloy retiring; Kavanagh named interim president
PROVIDENCE – At the end of this month, Brother Dennis Malloy’s long career in parochial education, which includes leading Rhode Island’s largest Catholic school,...
URI names VanderGheynst new College of the Environment and Life Sciences...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Jean VanderGheynst, who has been the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s engineering dean for six years, has been named the new dean...
States act to reverse CPA shortage. Will R.I.?
Accounting firms have long felt the crunch, and it’s getting worse.
A growing shortage of certified public accountants is pushing the profession to its limits,...
Providence schools tentatively reach new 3-year contract with teachers union
PROVIDENCE – A new three-year tentative collective bargaining agreement has been reached between the Providence Teachers Union and the city’s public school district, school...
ACLU suing Brown University’s police over denied APRA requests from journalists
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. is suing Brown University’s police department for allegedly violating the state’s Access to...
Stonehill College receives $15M gift to help build new on-campus sports...
EASTON – A Stonehill College alum who is the former CEO of Adaptive Insights and his wife have contributed the largest financial gift in...
Senate approves bill to ban electronic devices during school hours
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate on May 13 passed a bill prohibiting the use of personal electronic devices by students during school hours.
The legislation,...
Brown President Paxson receives 2-year contract extension
PROVIDENCE – Christina H. Paxson will remain as Brown University’s president for at least two additional years.
The Ivy League institution’s corporation announced Tuesday that...
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