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...
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...
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...
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...
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...


















