Watkins tapped as Providence College’s new arts and sciences dean
PROVIDENCE – Margaret Watkins will shift her higher education career eastward to Providence College this coming summer.
Watkins, currently the dean of Seattle Pacific University’s...
Where are businesses in helping city schools?
Not long after the Providence Public School District was taken over by the state in 2019 to turn around the state’s largest – and...
New Bryant master’s program for those looking to make risk their...
Forget what you might think of people who work as actuaries – overworked number crunchers who toil away in windowless offices, dully calculating risks...
Study: Pharmacy access to buprenorphine boosts likelihood of continued treatment
Andrew Terranova, a pharmacist and general manager at Genoa Healthcare in Providence, was optimistic when his pharmacy signed onto a study intended to create...
Five Questions With: Kyle McInnis
Kyle McInnis is the dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Providence College, which recently revealed renderings for a new structure...
‘Now is our time’: URI President Parlange unveils school’s strategic plan
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – In front of a live audience Wednesday in Edwards Hall, University of Rhode Island President Marc B. Parlange unveiled a 10-year...
RISD names Blumberg, Chaiken new board co-chairs
PROVIDENCE – Hillary Blumberg and Ilene Chaiken, a pair of Rhode Island School of Design alumnae, have been appointed to lead as co-chairs of...
Ranney to leave Brown University to become Yale School of Public...
PROVIDENCE – One of the leading local voices in health care during the COVID-19 pandemic will be leaving the Ocean State to lead a...
Local colleges’ online programs remain among U.S. News’ best
PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s online programs are still ranked high among the best such programs across...
Foulkes, former gubernatorial candidate, named Follette Higher Education’s executive chairwoman
PROVIDENCE – A former business leader who ran for governor this past election year will now shift her attention to national education.
Helena B. Foulkes,...