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PROVIDENCE COLLEGE has received a $10 million gift from Madeline Mondor, the widow of the late Pawtucket Red Sox owner Ben Mondor, to support the college's new Center for Nursing and Health Sciences. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

PC receives $10M gift from Ben Mondor’s widow to support new nursing and health...

Education 06/06/2023

PROVIDENCE – Providence College’s new Center for Nursing and Health Sciences building on campus received a substantial gift from the family of a local...

SAM PANARELLA has been named the new dean of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School of Law. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH

UMass Law names Panarella new dean

Education 06/05/2023

DARTMOUTH – A tenured law professor at the University of Montana will head eastward to lead the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School of Law. UMass...

URI partners with Australian university in AUKUS agreement

Education 06/02/2023

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has partnered with Australia’s Flinders University in support of a multinational partnership intended to supply Australia with...

CHESTERTON ACADEMY of Our Lady of Hope has acquired the former Saint Francis of Assisi parish and school in Warwick from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence for $1.6 million. The property will become Chesterton's permanent home. / COURTESY GOOGLE INC.

Chesteron Academy acquires former school, church property

News Story 06/01/2023

WARWICK – It did not take long for Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Hope to upgrade its home. Plus, the soon-to-be-launched Catholic school...

STONEHILL COLLEGE'S 'TO BE BOLD' fundraising campaign brought in a school-record $77.3 million. / COURTESY STONEHILL COLLEGE

Stonehill College’s TO BE BOLD campaign raises $77.3M

Education 05/31/2023

EASTON – Stonehill College’s TO BE BOLD fundraising campaign was bolder than expected, which was both a pleasant surprise and a significant financial boost...

THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION has awarded close to $8 million in grants to 78 local organizations.

Champlin Foundation awards close to $8M in grants to 78 local nonprofits

News Story 05/31/2023

CRANSTON – Seventy-eight local nonprofits across 26 communities received close to $8 million in grants from The Champlin Foundation to help make investments in...

A NEW REPORT from the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island notes that while most public governing bodies livestream and allow remote public participation, some do not.

ACLU report: Not all R.I. public bodies livestream, archive meetings

Coronavirus 05/31/2023

PROVIDENCE – A new report released Wednesday by Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union Inc. found that while most city and town councils and...

URI unveils new pier at Narragansett Bay Campus

Education 05/26/2023

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Local elected and University of Rhode Island officials on May 8 formally cut the ribbon on the new pier at the...

PAULA IACONO, executive director of the Chartercare Foundation who was named the 2023 Career Achiever in Providence Business News’ 2023 Business Women Awards program, delivers her speech during Thursday's awards luncheon at the Providence Marriott Downtown. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN honors top Business Women for 2023

Business Services 05/26/2023

PROVIDENCE – Paula Iacono at first didn’t set out to be a fundraiser. But, she said, “it happened.” Iacono, the executive director of the Chartercare...