CCRI receives $1M in gifts to support dental clinic refurbishments
WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island Foundation announced Monday that it has received approximately $1 million in multiyear capital funding gifts from...
HousingWorks: Multilevel change needed to improve affordability
PROVIDENCE – Just three of Rhode Island's 39 communities offer housing affordable to renters earning $50,000 or less, and only one municipality hosts two-bedroom...
Is it fair to blame COVID-19 for the state’s decline in student test scores...
Rhode Island student test scores in both reading and math have declined since 2019, according to the “Nations Report Card” issued Oct. 24 by...
Providence College welcomes 3 new board trustees
PROVIDENCE – Three individuals have been named to Providence College’s board of trustees.
Duane Bouligny, managing director in the leveraged finance group with Wells Fargo’s...
MONEY MATTERS: $400M in bond issues on R.I. ballot as borrowing costs rise
Matt Dunn and Rainer Lohmann are among the top researchers at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, but it’s tough to...
Soaring inflation hurting nonprofits in many ways
Ask Heather Hole Strout what keeps her up at night and she answers without hesitating. “Housing. It’s a big issue. Many we help have...
5Q: Nina Stack, The Champlin Foundation executive director
Nina Stack | The Champlin Foundation executive director
1. Have the requests for donations from The Champlin Foundation remained high in the past year? The need for...
More universities adding online MBA degrees as demand increases
Since before the pandemic, Crystal Raviele, then the manager of ancillary services at Coastal Medical Inc. health practices, knew she was interested in a...
Tuition program puts new spin on incentive
Cecilia Guante didn’t plan on stopping her schooling after she finished her associate degree.
But she ran out of money and had to shelve her...
Voters to decide on school projects, marijuana shops
Voters on Nov. 8 will decide whether to strengthen the University of Rhode Island’s role in growing a regional ocean-based economy, continue the public...



















