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Cody Fino was named 
Community College of Rhode Island’s executive director of workforce partnerships 
in November 2022.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Recruit through training

Cody Fino | Community College of Rhode Island ­executive director of workforce ­partnerships With low unemployment rates, employers need to develop innovative strategies to find...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND has received a $7 million gift from Cherubina “Ruby” DeChristofaro, wife of the late Joseph DeChristofaro to advance molecular and neuroscience research at the university. Also, URI's Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences building, pictured, will be renamed in honor of the DeChristofaros and their seven-figure gift. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODEI SLAND

URI receives $7M gift to advance neuroscience, molecular research

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has received a substantial gift from the family of a late alum and former insurance executive...

R.I. postsecondary council approves Warner as RIC’s full-time president

PROVIDENCE – Jack R. Warner will stay on as Rhode Island College’s president. In a meeting Wednesday morning, the R.I. Council on Postsecondary Education unanimously...

More Rhode Islanders are earning 4-year college degrees 

You might call it a bachelor party: Rhode Island saw an almost 4% increase in bachelor’s degrees in 2022, according to new national data from a...

Five Questions With: Nick Figueroa

Nick Figueroa is the director of the Brown Collegiate Scholars Program at Brown University. The initiative is designed to prepare cohorts of students from...
BRIAN T. MOYNIHAN, chairman and CEO of Bank of America Corp., has been elected chancellor of the Corporation of Brown University. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Brown University’s corporation elects Bank of America CEO Moynihan chancellor

PROVIDENCE – Bank of America Corp.’s chairman and CEO will start this summer leading the corporation that oversees all operations at his alma mater. Brown...
BROWN UNIVERSITY approved a 4.5% increase in its tuition for the 2024-25 academic year. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Brown University 2024-25 tuition to increase by 4.5%

PROVIDENCE – For a second straight year, Brown University students will see a significant jump in price in their tuition bills. At the same time,...
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Dartmouth has been selected to be part of a national team of universities and government agencies chosen by the U.S. Department of Energy to create the Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind.

UMass Dartmouth chosen to join $11.9M federal offshore wind academic center

DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has been chosen to be part of a national team of universities and government agencies chosen by...
STUDENTS AND FACULTY care for animals inside the New England Institute of Technology's new 11,000-square-foot veterinary technology learning lab inside the East Greenwich campus. / COURTESY HEIDI GUMULA/DBVW ARCHITECTS INC.

New England Tech launches $3M veterinary learning lab

EAST GREENWICH – A continued shortage of veterinary technicians within the health care industry prompted the New England Institute of Technology to create a...
BROWN UNIVERSITY has launched a $300,000 pilot program, funded by the Barr Foundation, to strengthen retention and training for recent graduates teaching in Providence, Central Falls and Pawtucket. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University launches $300K pilot program to assist graduates teaching in...

PROVIDENCE – Brown University has received a $300,000 grant from the Barr Foundation to help develop a pilot program to strengthen retention and training...
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