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Trinity Rep receives $500K for Lederer Theater Center renovation

PROVIDENCE – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed on Monday announced a $500,000 federal earmark to help Trinity Repertory Company renovate the Lederer Theater Center’s terra-cotta...
THE CHAMPLIN FOUNDATION has awarded $10.2 million in grants to 95 local nonprofit organizations.

Champlin Foundation awards $10.2M in grants to 95 organizations

CRANSTON – Ninety-five local nonprofit organizations across the state have received $10.2 million in capital funding from the Champlin Foundation to help support the...

R.I. Department of Education issues $7M in grants to bolster adult education

PROVIDENCE – Nineteen grants totaling $7 million have been issued by the R.I. Department of Education to provide adult education programming during the fiscal...
SHANE CO.'S STUDY revealed that the American Heart Association is Rhode Island's most popular charitable cause. / COURTESY SHANE CO.

Study: American Heart Association is R.I.’s favorite charitable organization

PROVIDENCE – A national jewelry retailer unveiled Friday a study showing which charitable causes are the most popular in each U.S. state, and found...
ON THE MEND: Anna Rezk, a Warren Alpert Medical School student, checks the casting work of a youngster who was assigned to treat a teddy bear with a broken arm at the Black Men in White Coats youth summit at the Brown University medical school in October. 
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Opening a Pathway: Slate of programs exposing young people of color to field of...

In medical school, Emmanuel Asiedu was one of the very few students of color in a sea of white students. That did not change...
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18th RISD president is practiced in art of social equity and inclusion

Crystal Williams ­describes herself as a “faculty activist,” so it’s no surprise that Williams envisions the start of her tenure at the Rhode Island...
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Hope & Main making food Providence’s business

Lisa Raiola, founder and president of food business incubator Hope & Main in Warren, shared insights from her years of bringing amateur cooks through...
BUTLER HOSPITAL in Providence was one of the places where health care workers conducted  informational picketing recently because of what they say is subpar working conditions, which includes understaffing. COURTESY BUTLER HOSPITAL

Labor unrest simmers at hospitals

Health care workers across the state are grappling with a mix of low pay and poor working conditions that is driving colleagues away from...

Has Musk broken labor laws at Twitter?

About a week after Elon Musk assumed control of Twitter on Oct. 28, the company stirred up a storm of controversy by abruptly firing...

Bryant honored as ‘Leading Woman’ by Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England

ELIZABETH BURKE BRYANT, who will be stepping down at the end of the year as executive director of the children and family welfare advocacy...
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