STAC is accepting applications for $1.5M in grants
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council’s Research Alliance program, heading into its second funding cycle, is accepting applications from research...
RWU, Bristol agree to payments in lieu of taxes
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University officials and Bristol Town Council members will join Wednesday in formally authorizing RWU’s new payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement, the university said....
Carothers recognized for efforts to reduce student...
KINGSTON – University of Rhode Island President Robert L. Carothers has been chosen to receive the 2007 Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award for his...
RIC has new system for emergency notifications
PROVIDENCE – There’s something new on the Rhode Island College campus that officials hope they’ll never have to use: an emergency notification system to...
Johnson & Wales hosts job fair for students
PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University will host a part-time job fair on Friday, Sept. 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for undergraduate...
URI scientist among 40 chosen to meet Putin
KINGSTON – Nicolai N. Petro, a University of Rhode Island political science professor, is among 40 academics, political analysts and journalists selected to meet...
Brown researcher wins German neurology prize
PROVIDENCE – The K.J. Zülch Prize, Germany’s highest honor for basic neurological research, was awarded to Brown University brain scientist John P. Donoghue at...
Table tennis champion speaks Friday at Bryant
SMITHFIELD – Zhuang Zedong, the world table tennis champion who in 1971 launched what came to be known as Ping Pong diplomacy, will speak...
R.I. Foundation VP named to head Giving Council
Kimberly Butler – vice president for gift planning and stewardship at The Rhode Island Foundation – has been named president of the...
URI inventor finds big rewards<br> in tiniest creations
Robert Vincent’s lifelong obsession with electronic radios has paid off. Vincent, a staff technician in the physics department at the University of Rhode Island,...
