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Brown University inks 10-year lease for lab space in Wexford building

PROVIDENCE – Despite ambitions to attract life science companies to the Wexford Science & Technology building in Providence, the top two floors – designated...

2 R.I. school districts awarded $9.8M for electric buses

WASHINGTON (AP) – Two Rhode Island school districts were awarded $9.8 million combined Wednesday from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean School Bus...

Moses Brown School names Titus new head of school

PROVIDENCE – Katherine Titus, the current interim head of school of San Francisco-based Lick-Wilmerding High School, has been named Moses Brown School’s head of...

Brown University names new residence hall after generous donors

PROVIDENCE – Brown University announced Oct. 19 that it will name a new residence hall after William and Ami Kuan Danoff, both of whom...

R.I. Coat Exchange’s ‘Buy Nothing Day Coat Exchange’ to be held Nov. 25

PROVIDENCE – The Buy Nothing Day Coat Exchange, run by the Rhode Island Coat Exchange, will take place Nov. 25 on the south lawn...
MAE ORGANIZATION for the Homeless will hold its annual Be the Light Fundraising Gala on Nov. 5 at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick in Warwick. / COURTESY CROWNE PLAZA PROVIDENCE-WARWICK

Philanthropy Calendar, Oct. 26, 2022

Click here for the Sept. 27, 2022 issue of the Philanthropy Calendar.

R.I. students’ scores in math, reading drop on ‘Nations Report Card’

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island student test scores in both reading and math have declined since 2019, mirroring a nationwide trend, according to the “Nations...
RHODE ISLAND KIDS COUNT on Monday released a new report highlighting the mental health crisis among children and calls on the state to take action.

R.I. KIDS COUNT calls on state to address mental health crisis among children

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island KIDS COUNT on Monday released a new report that calls on the state to immediately address the mental health crisis...

URI researchers discover way to boost immunotherapy effectiveness to fight cancer

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Researchers from the University of Rhode Island and Yale University have demonstrated a new approach to fight cancer by using a...
R.I. EDUCATION COMMISSIONER Angélica Infante-Green wanted the business community to be involved in improving the public schools in Providence three years ago. Now a new public policy report has, in part, renewed those calls but on a statewide basis. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Calls renewed for business community to help with schools

Three years after R.I. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green led the takeover of Providence’s failing schools with a plan that included the involvement of the...
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