R.I. schools to get $3.1M more Title I funds
WASHINGTON – Title I federal funding of Rhode Island public schools will increase by $3.1 million or 6.7 percent in fiscal 2007, to more...
JWU to create Feinstein Technology & Design Center
PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University today announced plans to create the Alan Shawn Feinstein Technology & Design Center, to benefit local nonprofits.
Starting this...
F.R. Boys & Girls Club seeks matching funds<br> for $250,000 challenge...
FALL RIVER – The Thomas Chew Memorial Boys & Girls Club today announced a $250,000 challenge grant that, if the club can raise $150,000,...
Amgen gives $1M as URI breaks ground <br> for Center for Biotechnology...
KINGSTON – The University of Rhode Island is breaking ground today for its Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, a project to which the...
Continuity plans seen as crucial
The pitch from business continuity planning experts is simple: Companies need to prepare so they can minimize the amount of lost business in the...
Colleges take pains to plan for all possibilities
Charged with the welfare of thousands, Rhode Island’s colleges find themselves at the center of the disaster preparedness movement in the state, even being...
Bird flu may drop business back to earth
A little more than a year ago, we heard warnings from Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael...
Tapping a world of schoolroom innovation
Schools have to organize and coordinate massive amounts of information – from student records to complicated class schedules – and to do so, many...
New chief brings global vision<br> to Center for Design and Business
The new Center for Design and Business reflects less of a restructuring by newly hired executive director Bill Foulkes, he says, than a “dramatic...
Spring arrives, tourism blooms, say state officials
In the upcoming tourism season, Providence will have 500 more hotel rooms than last year, and Newport will have a new historic inn, a...
