The best dreams happen with your eyes wide open
“Every once in a while, someone you know has a profound impact on your life,” my friend Judy Corson wrote to me, promising that...
Take a bow for latest URI groundbreaking
The groundbreaking last week for the Undersea Exploration Center on the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus is a reminder that there are...
Breaking down barriers to literacy
Nancy Dufault never realized she had a reading problem – at least not until a computer pointed out that she had one.
Now, she knows...
The time is now for bold change <br> in R.I.’s health care...
The lieutenant governor is right on the broad concepts of what must be done in Rhode Island (“It’s time for Rhode Island to...
A hub for ‘inner space’ explorers
The University of Rhode Island broke ground last week on a state-of-the-art oceanographic command center, which it called as important to undersea exploration as...
Private skills program yielding <br> long-term solution for youth
What a great story (“Rebuilding hope, and a bit of local history,” Oct. 1) about a bunch of Rhode Island private sector people and...
After 57 years at RIC, Nazarian is ready to step down
John Nazarian has seen his alma mater undergo a dramatic transformation over the decades, from a teachers’ college in downtown Providence, to a small...
Cicilline embraces ideas to ease impact of poverty
The numbers tell the story: 31 of Providence’s 34 small, pricier grocery stores are located in the city’s lower-income neighborhoods. At the same time,...
A ‘dashboard’ to gauge performance, aid in growth
Most people couldn’t imagine driving their cars without a dashboard filled with gauges that tell them how fast they are going, how much fuel...
Forbes ‘Greenest States’ list ranks R.I. among Top 10
Little Rhode Island placed big in Forbes.com’s first ranking of America’s Greenest States.
The Ocean State ranked eighth overall in the recent report, which evaluated...