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HealthFirst Family Care opens health center at Diman Regional High School

FALL RIVER – HealthFirst Family Care Center Inc. is partnering with Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School to launch a new health center inside...
BRYANT UNIVERSITY is launching a new Doctoral of Clinical Psychology program in 2025. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Bryant University launches doctoral clinical psychology program to address mental health...

SMITHFIELD – Citing a need to address the mental health crisis both locally and nationally, Bryant University on Tuesday announced that it is launching...

PBN earns 11 awards, including general excellence, in annual NENPA competition

WALTHAM, Mass. – Providence Business News received 11 awards from the New England Newspaper & Press Association, including five first place honors and recognition...

NCAA tourney snubs might financially hurt PC, other Big East schools

PROVIDENCE – “March Madness” became maddening over the weekend for not just Providence College, but also the Big East Conference Inc. as a whole....

Five Questions With: Shannon Gilkey

Shannon Gilkey is the Rhode Island postsecondary education commissioner. He spoke with Providence Business News about the relocation to Providence of the Rhode Island...
FINTECH ­COLLABORATOR: University of Rhode Island assistant professor H. Zafer Yuksel believes having URI join the Mass Fintech Hub will provide big benefits to Rhode Island students studying financial technology. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

URI hoping to close state’s fintech gap with cross-border alliance

In the relatively nascent sphere of financial technology, Rhode Island – echoing its relationship to the biotech industry – hasn’t caught up with neighboring...
D. Ellen Wilson

Wilson named new Bryant University board chair

D. ELLEN WILSON, who has worked with leaders in the financial services and health care sectors throughout her career, was recently named Bryant University’s...
A REPORT released Wednesday by the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools found disparities within the state’s funding formula, noting that charter school students receive less funding than students attending traditional districts. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND LEAGUE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS

Report notes charter schools receive less state funding than traditional districts

PROVIDENCE – A report released Wednesday by the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools found disparities within the state’s funding formula, noting that charter...

Brown, Princeton share $1M Mellon Foundation grant to expand ‘Racing the...

PROVIDENCE – A Brown University researcher will share a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation with a fellow Ivy League institution to help...

Over 330 PPSD teachers receive displacement notices; layoffs not on table...

PROVIDENCE – More than 330 teachers in the Providence Public School District recently received displacement notices, which means the affected faculty members will need...
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