McKee proposes funding for cybersecurity institute, Hope scholarship at RIC
PROVIDENCE – There could be a new cybersecurity institute established at Rhode Island College led by a former congressman who made that industry a...
RIDE’s LEA accountability results mixed statewide; urban districts struggling
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education on Friday has released for the first time its local education agency accountability results, showing both a...
What Cheer Flower Farm names Brawley new executive director
PROVIDENCE – Shannon Brawley, previously the Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association’s executive director, was recently brought aboard by What Cheer Flower Farm as...
Brown students develop low-cost technology to reduce ‘space junk’
PROVIDENCE – More than 27,000 pieces of “space junk,” or nonfunctional and abandoned spacecrafts and other mission-related debris, currently orbit the Earth, according to NASA,...
Segue Institute expanding to serve high school students
CENTRAL FALLS – The Segue Institute for Learning in Central Falls is planning to expand its education model to high school students in four...
401Gives Day event raises $3.5M, sets new records for fundraising
PROVIDENCE – The state’s largest nonprofit fundraising initiative over the weekend set a new standard for raising money for local organizations. Now, it has...
ACLU: Former Narragansett High School student receives $75K settlement over ‘unlawful’ arrest
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island Inc. announced Monday that a three-year legal battle in federal court over an alleged...
Former Providence mayor named CEO of Democrats for Education Reform
PROVIDENCE – The city’s former mayor has landed a new job.
Jorge O. Elorza, who served eight years as Providence mayor, has been appointed the...
RISD union employees on strike again after contract negotiations fail
PROVIDENCE – Two weeks after holding a one-day strike, union employees at the Rhode Island School of Design walked off the job again Monday...
2 national companies vying for CCRI bookstore contract
PROVIDENCE – The two largest private operators of college and university bookstores in the country have submitted bids for the five-year contract to manage...
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