United Way receives $760K federal grant to support 211 program
PROVIDENCE – The United Way of Rhode Island’s 211 program is getting a significant financial boost from the federal government.
The prominent nonprofit announced Monday...
Brown University’s 2023-24 tuition to increase by 4.75%; largest since 2011
PROVIDENCE – After a year in which Brown University had the lowest tuition increase in a decade, students and families attending the Ivy League...
Gracie, Roger Williams Park Zoo moon bear, euthanized due to failing health
PROVIDENCE – Gracie, a moon bear at Roger Williams Park Zoo, was euthanized due to a recent decline in health and other age-related mobility...
Das named new Roger Williams University Gabelli School of Business dean
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University, in its national search for its next business school dean, only had to look about a half hour away...
Where R.I.’s past comes alive
PROVIDENCE – A year after being expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636, Rhode Island founder Roger Williams was still communicating with the more...
After pandemic shutdown, curtains rising slowly at local theaters
PROVIDENCE – In theater, the old saying is “the show must go on.”
But it’s easier said than done, depending on who you ask.
Even though...
Adrian Hall, founding artistic director of Trinity Rep, dies at age 95
PROVIDENCE – Adrian Hall, the founding artistic director of the Trinity Repertory Company, died at his home in Van, Texas, on Feb. 4 at...
Watkins tapped as Providence College’s new arts and sciences dean
PROVIDENCE – Margaret Watkins will shift her higher education career eastward to Providence College this coming summer.
Watkins, currently the dean of Seattle Pacific University’s...
Preppin’ for RECESSION. PBN survey: Talk of a coming downturn is taking toll on...
If and when the country will slip into a recession depends on who you ask, but the gloom is already settling over Rhode Island...
Where are businesses in helping city schools?
Not long after the Providence Public School District was taken over by the state in 2019 to turn around the state’s largest – and...
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