Trinity Rep signs 5-year tax treaty with city for future Lederer Theater Center upgrades
PROVIDENCE – City officials have waived the tax-exempt status of the Lederer Theater Center, home to the Trinity Repertory Company, which will allow the...
Do you support Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley’s agreement with four city colleges to...
Providence Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Sept. 5 announced tentative agreements with Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, Johnson & Wales University and...
5 local colleges named to Wall Street Journal’s best colleges list
PROVIDENCE – Five local colleges and universities, four of them based in Rhode Island, were among the 400 best higher education institutions across the...
Brown University forms ad hoc committee to review its admissions practices
PROVIDENCE – A new 10-person ad hoc committee has been formed at Brown University to examine the Ivy League institution's admissions practices, including reviewing...
SBA awards Chafee Center $150K to support small-businesses exporting
SMITHFIELD – The John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University on Wednesday received a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business...
Schofield to leave Mentor R.I. as its CEO and president Sept. 22
WARWICK – After more than a quarter century with Mentor Rhode Island, Jo-Ann Schofield will soon shift her work to another local nonprofit.
Brendan Ahearn,...
JWU opens renovated facilities for accelerated nursing program
PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University dedicated a newly renovated space that houses the university’s accelerated nursing program on Aug. 31, just as the...
Ghadessi appointed new RISD provost
PROVIDENCE – About a year after she began the same full-time position at Wheaton College, Touba Ghadessi shifted her sights to Rhode Island to...
After opening yoga studio, she has stretched for more
It’s a late summer morning and the stately brick building that is Shri Studio Inc.’s new home is about to officially open for business.
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