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Citizens to acquire online college planning platform

Economic Activity 09/13/2022

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. is again bulking up its portfolio, this time with an online college planning platform. The parent company for Citizens...

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE will launch a new School of Nursing and Health Sciences on campus. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Providence College to launch new School of Nursing and Health Sciences

Education 09/12/2022

PROVIDENCE – A new nursing school, with the goal of providing additional career opportunities within the health care sector, will be launched at Providence...

THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Dartmouth has received a $750,000 grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to connect students within the university’s Medical Laboratory Science program resources to further their careers in life sciences. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH

UMass Dartmouth receives $750K grant to grow life sciences opportunities

Economic Activity 09/12/2022

DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth announced Monday that it received a $750,000 grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to connect students...

BROWN UNIVERSITY was ranked No. 13 in the National Universities category in the U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Colleges rankings. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown ranks No. 13 nationally in U.S. News’ annual Best Colleges report; PC remains...

Education 09/12/2022

PROVIDENCE – Brown University saw its national ranking as among the best colleges and universities in the U.S. rise up one spot, according to...

CareLink starts recruiting participants for Alzheimer’s Disease Program Initiative

Health Services 09/11/2022

EAST PROVIDENCE – CareLink Inc. started recruiting participants for its Alzheimer’s Disease Program Initiative, which will provide free treatment to older adults suffering from...

EMMA PENDLETON BRADLEY HOSPITAL has been awarded a five-year, $8.6 million federal grant to help provide mental and behavioral health services in schools across Rhode Island. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Bradley Hospital receives $8.6M federal grant to help provide mental health services to schools

Education 09/09/2022

EAST PROVIDENCE – Emma Pendleton Brady Hospital has been awarded a five-year, $8.6 million federal grant to help provide mental and behavioral health services...

URI lands $1M in federal funding for plastics pollution research

Economy 09/09/2022

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and Rep. Jim Langevin on Friday announced a $1 million federal earmark to help researchers at the...

Study: R.I. is 6th best state for computer science study opportunities

Education 09/09/2022

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island is the sixth best state in the U.S. and top in New England for computer science study opportunities, according to...

A FEW RHODE ISLAND-BASED nonprofits have either begun, or are beginning to, accept cryptocurrency as a donation option. / AP FILE/KIN CHEUNG

Should nonprofits actively seek cryptocurrency donations?

Business Services 09/09/2022

Always in search of new donation sources, Rhode Island nonprofits are beginning to dip their toes into cryptocurrency. Providence Business News recently reported that The...

HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL'S annual Heroes Ball held Aug. 27 raised a record $1.3 million. Pictured from left are Dr. Francois I. Luks, Hasbro Hospital’s pediatric surgeon-in-chief; Lifespan Corp. Vice President of Pediatric Services Tracey L. Wallace; Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children’s Hospital President Dr. Saul N. Weingart; and Dr. Phyllis Dennery, Hasbro Hospital’s pediatrician-in-chief and medical director. / COURTESY HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Hasbro Hospital’s Heroes Ball raises record $1.3M

Health Services 09/08/2022

PROVIDENCE – Hasbro Children’s Hospital’s signature fundraising event on Aug. 27 saw the Lifespan Corp.-owned entity receive a record amount of donations. The hospital announced...

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