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RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE, above, and URI are both adding student housing in hopes of helping keep students in school until they graduate. /

R.I. college costs low for N.E.,<br> but so are graduation rates

A new review of how Rhode Island’s public colleges and university compare with their peers shows that their tuition and fees are well below...
JEFFREY LYNCH speaks on behalf of the Rhode Island Association of Fire Marshals last Monday at the State House fire code hearing. /

Fire code panel focuses on sprinkler, alarm costs

The debate over the fire safety codes that Rhode Island adopted after the fire at The Station nightclub continued last week at the second...
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Employers urged to focus on candidates’ skills

The baby boomers are aging, but they aren’t all retiring, experts say. They will, however, continue to change the labor market and the way...

Brown paid $39.4M for 7 properties

Brown University paid more than $39 million for the seven Jewelry District properties it bought as a package from Belvoir Properties, city records show,...
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R.I. is nation’s first ‘Well State’

Wellness Councils of America Chairman Stephen LaCagnin spoke at a rally held on the State House steps last week that marked Rhode Island’s being...
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High-growth firms are masters of execution

Recent corporate financial scandals have called into question the quality of corporate earnings. Indeed, in three separate studies of more than 800 value-creating public...

Butler hosting conference on spirituality, health

PROVIDENCE – Butler Hospital is hosting its 12th annual Spirituality Conference on Monday, April 23, with guest speaker Joel Ziff, an author and expert...

RiverzEdge Arts Project picked as a ‘Champion’

WOONSOCKET – Citizens Bank of Rhode Island and WJAR/NBC 10 last week named the RiverzEdge Arts Project as their second-quarter “Champion in Action” in...
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Tuckers give URI $160,000<br> to expand scholarship

KINGSTON – Tenth-generation farmer H. Winfield Tucker and his wife, Phyllis Tucker, have donated $160,000 to the University of Rhode Island for the H....
200 EMPLOYEES of Ocean State companies and organizations that have been named Well Workplaces marched from the downtown to the State House for the ceremony. /

R.I. designated nation’s first ‘Well State’

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island yesterday was designated the nation’s first “Well State” by the Wellness Councils of America. The Worksite Wellness Council of Rhode...
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