Roger Williams University discontinuing residential use at Baypoint facility
PORTSMOUTH – Roger Williams University will discontinue using the Baypoint building in town as an option for student housing at the end of this...
URI College of Business, Fidelity jointly launch new financial services course
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island and Fidelity Investments Inc. have partnered to create a new course for students in the university’s...
Philanthropy Calendar, Feb. 28, 2024
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Centreville Bank adds 2 scholarships, bringing total 2024 commitment to $45K
WEST WARWICK – Centreville Bank has added the Future Business Leaders and the Emerging Community Leader scholarships to its existing scholarship program, the bank...
Former Hydrofera CEO, wife donate $1M toward URI athletic field upgrades
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island alum who is the former founder and CEO of a Connecticut-based health sciences company, along with...
R.I. business groups worry about effects of extending paid family leave
While there is widespread support for bills in the General Assembly that would double the amount of paid family leave offered in Rhode Island...
RIPTA, bus drivers union agree to 16.7% hourly pay increase
PROVIDENCE – Bus drivers with the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority will see a 16.7% increase in their hourly pay rate, effective this week.
RIPTA’s...
Stonehill College acquires former elementary school building for $2.3M
EASTON – A former town elementary school building is now part of Stonehill College’s infrastructure, with plans for it still to be determined.
The college...
Former PWCVB founder, longtime HopeHealth board member Robbins dies at 91
PROVIDENCE – Arthur S. Robbins, a local business leader who co-founded the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau and served four decades on HopeHealth’s...
Wheaton College awarded $560K grant to look at inequities in health care
NORTON – Wheaton College was recently awarded a $560,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the liberal arts college’s humanities-centered curricular pathways to...
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