77 R.I. employers win $1.59M in worker training grants
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Governor’s Workforce Board has awarded 77 Comprehensive Worker Training grants, totaling $1.59 million, to help provide on-the-job training for 3,500...
R.I. Council for the Humanities elects officers
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities has announced the election of five directors and four officers at the council’s recent annual...
Remembering our presidents
When I was a student at the University of Minnesota, I carried around a 3-by-5-inch leather-bound dictionary. I still remember the cover, with a...
Editorial Cartoon: The grudge is always greener …
Two men walking down the street are having a conversation. One says to the other, “Hey, I’m a big boy … I can accept...
Designer finds it easier to observe than to listen
Designer Gianfranco Zaccai has spent a lot of time studying people doing mundane things in the name of innovation.
Zaccai, president and CEO of Continuum,...
RISD seeks to expand its partnerships with business
The Rhode Island School of Design will replace its Center for Design and Business with a newly-created division called Media and Partners, according to...
Feinstein offers to help R.I. fund school breakfasts
CRANSTON – Alan Shawn Feinstein today offered to pick up half the state’s tab for the Rhode Island school breakfast program, if the state...
Carcieri names Cano-Morales <br>to state Board of Regents
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri has named Anna Cano-Morales to the R.I. Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education, replacing Gary Grove,...
Salve to dedicate new arts center in Antone’s honor
NEWPORT – The Salve Regina University board of trustees today announced that the school will dedicate its new Center for Culture and the Arts...
Roger Williams wins $60,000 Merck/AAAS science grant
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University has been awarded a three-year, $60,000 grant from the Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program.
The grant is one of 14...