Nonprofits benefit from $25,000 matching grant
The American Dream Challenge, a division of the Fall River chapter of Dollars for Scholars, was awarded a $25,000 matching grant by USA Funds,...
Wheeler School campus in miniboom
Dan Miller says it’s clear the building at Angell and Brook streets on Providence’s East Side wasn’t intended to serve as a schoolhouse.
Miller, the...
Design: An agent for change?
The idea of a bunch of Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design students making international connections to change the world through innovative...
Business executives at PC to discuss leadership
PROVIDENCE – Nine prominent, local business executives have agreed to share their insights on leadership as part of a new course in Providence College’s...
Exhibit on China’s ties to tea open at Bryant
SMITHFIELD – An art exhibit from the China National Tea Museum that highlights that country’s ancient ties to tea is open to the public...
UMass student’s marine research earns award
DARTMOUTH – Cate O’Keefe, a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology, received a Merit Award for...
Met converting bus to vegetable oil hybrid
PROVIDENCE – The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical Center has won a $10,000 award from the Dominion Educational Partnership Foundation to finance its “magic...
Fuentes hired to lead Latino Policy Institute
BRISTOL – The Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University has hired a New Bedford assistant superintendent as its first executive director.
Following a national...
URI researchers test effectiveness of ADHD medicine on students
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Researchers at the University of Rhode Island and Lehigh University are partnering to test the effectiveness of a stimulant medication on...
State’s public colleges preparing for deeper budget cuts
Rhode Island College’s newspaper, What’s News, used to be mailed monthly to thousands of alumni, and stacks of them were distributed throughout the Providence...
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