UMass research spending in fiscal 2009 sets record
BOSTON – The University of Massachusetts’ research expenditures reached a record $489.1 million in fiscal 2009, $54.1 million more than the previous year –...
Teachers to join Ballard for June expedition
NARRAGANSETT– When University of Rhode Island oceanography professor Robert Ballard leads his next research expedition in June, students and teachers from Smithfield’s Gallagher Middle...
Providence College tests key-chain alert system
PROVIDENCE – Providence College is piloting a campus security system that will send alerts and updates to specialized key chains that could eventually be...
BCC expanding health care program in N.B.
NEW BEDFORD – Bristol Community College expects to expand the number of students who can take allied health courses by adding classroom and lab...
Search for next UMass president is under way
DARTMOUTH – A Fall River businessman will lead the search for the next president of the University of Massachusetts.
James M. Karam, president of the...
Roger Williams earns designation from United Nations
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University says the United Nations’ Department of Public Information has declared the school an associated nongovernmental organization – one of...
Dooley sets expansive agenda for URI
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Stating he did not come to Rhode Island “to play it safe and collect a paycheck,” University of Rhode Island President...
Wheaton junior No. 2 in comp-sci contest
NORTON – A Wheaton College undergraduate recently won second place in a national competition for research in computer science.
Eric Drewniak was recognized at the...
Brown reports lowest acceptance rate ever
Brown University said last week it admitted just 9.3 percent of those who applied to join its Class of 2014, making this the most...
Better efficiency just a call away
Tom Leonard admits he knows little about the technical aspects of data warehousing, business intelligence and performance management.
But he does know the top 200...