As court debates student loans, borrowers see disconnect
WASHINGTON (AP) – Niara Thompson couldn't shake her frustration as the Supreme Court debated President Joe Biden's student debt cancellation. As she listened from...
Massachusetts governor budgets for free community college
BOSTON (AP) – Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey unveiled a proposed $55.5 billion state budget on Wednesday – a plan that increases spending by more...
Providence College names Meedzan inaugural nursing department chair
PROVIDENCE – Nancy Meedzan, professor and dean of Endicott College’s Cummings School of Nursing in Beverly, Mass., has been appointed as the inaugural chair...
Five Questions With: Victoria Heimer-McGinn
Victoria Heimer-McGinn is the co-founder and co-chair of Brain Week Rhode Island. The initiative aims to share the wealth of neuroscience research that supports...
Stern named new Roger Williams University School of Law board chair
BRISTOL – R.I. Superior Court Associate Judge Brian P. Stern has been elected the new chairman for Roger Williams University School of Law’s board...
Job Lot donates $1M worth of supplies to Turkey, Syria for earthquake relief
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Ocean State Job Lot has recently donated more than $1 million in essential supplies to Turkey and Syria to people impacted...
Philanthropy Calendar, March 1, 2023
Click here for the Sept. 27, 2022 issue of the Philanthropy Calendar.
URI Media Education Lab launching ‘Courageous RI’ initiative to combat disinformation, propaganda
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A new media literacy initiative that plans to help empower the community at large to build media literacy skills and be...
Brown announces Paxson contract extension
PROVIDENCE – Brown University President Christina H. Paxson has received a contract extension that is one year longer than formerly announced, the university disclosed...
Rogers named new URI College of Business dean
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Sean E. Rogers, University of Rhode Island’s current vice president for community, equity and diversity, has been named the new dean...
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