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Tanner takes interim VP role at CCRI

WARWICK – Former R.I. Secretary of Commerce Elizabeth M. Tanner has been named the Community College of Rhode Island interim vice president for workforce...

URI students create nonpartisan election information website

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Two University of Rhode Island students have launched an independent website designed to provide voters with information about candidates running for...

Kent County YMCA names new executive director

WARWICK – Dominique “Dom” Doiron, who was named the interim executive director of the Kent County YMCA in August, is now the branch's permanent...

Facing community feedback, Brown adjusts plan for new economics building

PROVIDENCE - Brown University has revised its proposal for a new economics building on its College Hill campus, scaling back the project and preserving...

Roger Williams, Fatima Hospital nurses raise concerns over finances, home health...

PROVIDENCE – Half a year after the Georgia-based Centurion Foundation acquired Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, backed with an...

URI opens $99M Fine Arts Center

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island officially opened its renovated Fine Arts Center on Monday. The $99 million project includes renovations...

KELLY NEVINS is CEO of the Providence-based nonprofit Women’s Fund of Rhode Island, which was founded in 2001.
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Shape what’s coming

Kelly Nevins | Women’s Fund of Rhode Island CEO Every day, I talk with people who are worried about the direction of our country. They...
FASTER ACTION: Johnson & Wales University is one of two Rhode Island colleges that offer three-year degree programs in certain fields of study. The other is New England Institute of Technology. A growing number of U.S. higher education institutions have established three-year programs in recent years. 
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Three-year degrees gain ground on campuses

Giles Sims, 34, was sick of getting passed over for jobs because he didn’t have a college degree. But with a wife and a widowed...
SPELLING IT OUT: Javier Montañez, Providence schools superintendent, says part of the effort to improve reading proficiency should address the barriers students face outside the classroom. 
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Literacy push builds, but challenges persist

Brian Fernandes remembers reading the same passages over and over as a child and feeling lost. He could say the words correctly but had...
Jennie Johnson

Johnson named chief advancement officer of United Way of Rhode Island

JENNIE JOHNSON is the chief advancement officer for United Way of Rhode Island Inc., having joined the nonprofit in July. In this role, she...
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