Rhode Island Foundation panel urges R.I. to rewrite school funding formula,...
Boosting Rhode Island’s share of funding to K-12 public schools could relieve some pressure on municipal property taxes, according to a commission calling for...
Five Questions With: Ross J. Gittell
Ross J. Gittell | President, Bryant University
1. How have you addressed the use of artificial intelligence by students and faculty? Do you anticipate...
First steps toward recovery at Brown
Brown University President Christina H. Paxson was right in the immediate aftermath of the deadly Dec. 13 campus mass shooting to remind critics that...
The hidden harm of fast fashion and its supply chain
We’re all constantly buying and receiving products, searching for the best deals and filling online carts as fast as ever. But how often do...
URI professor awarded $464K NSF grant to support nanopore tech research
JASON DWYER received a three-year, $464,964 grant from the National Science Foundation for his two decades of work in nanopore technology. Dwyer, a professor...
PBN’s most-read stories of 2025
News of Providence's changing cityscape generated the most buzz in 2025, with the top-read articles detailing new developments and commercial projects. The Ocean State...
Learning Community charter school awarded $50K grant for Accelerated Learning Lab
CENTRAL FALLS – The Learning Community charter school announced it received a $50,000 grant from the Simon W. Wardwell Foundation for its Accelerated Learning...
Brown to add security cameras following December shooting
PROVIDENCE – Brown University's new interim vice president for public safety outlined sweeping security enhancements Tuesday following the mass shooting last month that killed...
State’s highest-paid employees include URI coaches, president
PROVIDENCE – Workers at a college, hospital and a prison are among Rhode Island's highest-paid state employees.
They include a pair of University of Rhode...
Does Brown University need to upgrade campus security in the wake...
Brown University’s head of public safety is on administrative leave following the Dec. 13 mass shooting that killed two students and injured nine others.
University...
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