United Way accelerates $1.5M in Community Impact Fund grants to nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island Inc. accelerated its final round of a three-year cycle of Community Impact Fund grant payments, totaling more...
Brown University joins lawsuit against U.S. Department of Energy
PROVIDENCE – Brown University is among nine colleges and universities across the nation, and three national education organizations that recently filed a lawsuit against...
Citizens announces $180,000 in education grants for 8 R.I. nonprofits
PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. announced it is funding $180,000 in financial education grants and ongoing volunteer support in recognition of April’s Financial...
DOGE cuts NEH funding for Rhode Island Humanities
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Humanities is now fighting to restore funding for its grant program and core operating purposes after the U.S. Department of...
PC’s ‘Friars Give’ day raises record $3.3M
PROVIDENCE – In Providence College’s major quest to raise money that will help propel the college to the next level, its signature single-day fundraising...
Officials break ground on new Pawtucket high school project at McCoy site
PAWTUCKET – Local and state education leaders on Thursday put ceremonial shovels into the ground at McCoy Stadium to officially commence construction of a...
Health and Human Services expands Title VI investigation of Brown
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has increased its investigation of Brown University over alleged violations of the federal 1964...
3 Providence College hockey players ink entry-level NHL contracts
PROVIDENCE – A pair of Providence College men’s hockey senior defensemen recently signed entry-level contracts with the NHL teams they were drafted by in...
Beyond book learning: Training programs soaring at expanded Providence Public Library
Eric Khiev is looking to make a career change, and that’s why he was at the Providence Public Library last fall.
Khiev holds a bachelor’s...
The future of Pell grants is unclear for students
The federal Pell Grant program, named after the late Rhode Island Sen. Claiborne Pell, has money problems.
The Congressional Budget Office is projecting the program...
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