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Forgiving key to getting ahead

Clara Barton was an American nurse who founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and was its president until 1904. A remarkable woman, she...
WIND POWER: The new turbine at New England Tech will be used for student training in the fall. /

Invested in green training

There’s a new landmark along Interstate 95 – a 156-foot-tall wind turbine on the Warwick campus of New England Institute of Technology. Together with a...

Women & Infants new wing opening set

PROVIDENCE – An effort more than five years in the making is coming to fruition at Women & Infants Hospital, and to celebrate, the...

Kent Hospital adds 12 medical residents

WARWICK – Kent Hospital, which last year launched a medical education program in partnership with the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine...

Tufts nursing project awarded $250,000

WATERTOWN, Mass. – The Tufts Health Plan Foundation has been awarded a two-year grant of $250,000 to support a collaboration between Rhode Island, Massachusetts...
DR. MICHAEL MELLO has created a model for identifying and helping treat alcohol abuse through emergency rooms. /

Five Questions With: Dr. Michael Mello

Every year, emergency departments across the nation get about 7.6 million visits related to alcohol abuse. To identify patients with alcohol problems, researchers have...

Mayor blasts ‘irresponsible’ Carcieri plan

PROVIDENCE – Mayor David N. Cicilline has asked the General Assembly’s top Democrats to prevent Gov. Donald L. Carcieri from withholding $32.5 million in...
"MOST PEOPLE do not find jobs today through the want ads. It is more about who you know and how you quickly you demonstrate what you know," said Deborah Rosen, executive director of URI's Transportation Center. /

Five Questions With: Deborah Rosen

Deborah Rosen is the executive director of the University of Rhode Island Transportation Center. Created by Congress, the center studies transportation issues and hosts...
U.S. SEN. JACK REED, left, and Sen. Christopher Dodd, right, listen to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at a Senate Banking Committee hearing in June. /

Sen. Reed could chair banking committee

WASHINGTON – The death of long-serving U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy late Tuesday has set off a game of musical committee chairs as Senate...

$1M program to pay med students’ loans

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced today the creation of a loan forgiveness program for medical students who elect to become primary care...
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