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Advisers can keep businesses executing

Back in the 1980s there was a TV show called “The A-Team.” The main characters were a group of four ex-special forces mercenary do-gooders...

Donation to bolster URI engineering program

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A $1 million anonymous gift to the University of Rhode Island will help provide scholarship assistance to the school’s engineering students....

Growth amid recession at URI

The proposed design for a new College of Pharmacy at University of Rhode Island includes a medicinal garden with a reflecting pool on...
CCRI CNA STUDENTS watch as teacher Susan VonVillas discusses IVs at the R.I. Aquidneck Island Adult Learning Center. /

Matching graduates to industry needs

The Community College of Rhode Island has become a popular place to be recently. Enrollment has swelled to more than 16,000 – the highest level...

URI building boom helped restore pride in state school

Robert Carothers is in the homestretch. After 18 years at the helm of the University of Rhode Island, his tenure is just months from...

CVS takes top ‘best practices’ honors

ORLANDO – Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) took top honors in the URAC Best Practices Awards, for its pharmacy-based drug-therapy management program....

Budget-gap measure clears R.I. Senate

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate yesterday approved a $7.3 billion supplemental budget plan that would raise the state cigarette tax by $1 per pack...

Kent Hospital to host career fair for teenagers

Aiming to encourage young people to consider careers in health care, Kent Hospital is hosting a career fair on April 30 to allow middle...

Chamber, city award $150,000 in grants

PROVIDENCE – The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce and the City of Providence today teamed up to award $150,000 in grants to 11 local...
DEBORAH A. GIST, the state superintendent for education for the District of Columbia and a former analyst for the U.S. Department of Education, is expected to be approved as the next R.I. commissioner of elementary and secondary education when the Board of Regents meets tomorrow afternoon at the Statehouse. /

Vote set on R.I. education commissioner

PROVIDENCE – At its meeting tomorrow, the R.I. Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education is expected to appoint Deborah A. Gist, the...
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