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A REPORT released Wednesday by the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools found disparities within the state’s funding formula, noting that charter school students receive less funding than students attending traditional districts. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND LEAGUE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS

Report notes charter schools receive less state funding than traditional districts

PROVIDENCE – A report released Wednesday by the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools found disparities within the state’s funding formula, noting that charter...
JIM OWENS, second from left, Nautilus Defense LLC principal, speaks during one of two panel discussions at Providence Business News' Emerging Industries Summit at the Providence Marriott on Wednesday. Also on the panel is, from left, Anthony Baro, E2SOL LLC managing principal; Jeanine Boyle, Inspire Environmental Inc. CEO; Nishita Roy-Pope, Tribe Academy LLC founder and CEO; Marc Parlange, University of Rhode Island president; Stephen Piper, lead client partner, state of Rhode Island, IBM Consulting. URI Research Foundation Executive Director Christian Cowan, standing at right, was the moderator. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: Life sciences, blue economy growth face challenges in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Justin Fallon, a professor of neuroscience, psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University, co-founded his company, Bolden Therapeutics Inc., in Rhode Island....
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION awarded a record $89 million in grants in 2023. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awards record $89M in grants in 2023

PROVIDENCE – Four years after setting a new record for grantmaking to local organizations, the Rhode Island Foundation raised the bar in 2023. The foundation...

Brown, Princeton share $1M Mellon Foundation grant to expand ‘Racing the Classics’ conference series

PROVIDENCE – A Brown University researcher will share a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation with a fellow Ivy League institution to help...

Over 330 PPSD teachers receive displacement notices; layoffs not on table for most

PROVIDENCE – More than 330 teachers in the Providence Public School District recently received displacement notices, which means the affected faculty members will need...

Lawmakers propose legislation to protect image likeness rights for college athletes

PROVIDENCE – A pair of state lawmakers introduced legislation in the R.I. General Assembly that would allow collegiate athletes to personally profit from the...
ATTENDEES OBSERVE a collection of bowls during the Rhode Island Community Food Bank's Empty Bowls fundraiser in 2019. The Empty Bowls fundraiser returns March 27 at the WaterFire Arts Center in Providence. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOOD BANK

Philanthropy Calendar, March 13, 2024

Click here for the Sept. 27, 2022 issue of the Philanthropy Calendar.
PVDFEST WILL BE HELD on Sept. 6-7 and return to downtown Providence this year. / COURTESY FIRSTWORKS

PVDFest returns to downtown Providence Sept. 6-7

PROVIDENCE – The city’s largest outdoor arts and culture celebration will once again be held in early September. Additionally, the festivities will return to a...

What to know about SAVE, the income-driven plan to repay student loans

NEW YORK (AP) – More than 75 million student loan borrowers have enrolled in the U.S. government's newest repayment plan since it launched in...

RWU launches tuition discount initiative for Girl Scout volunteers

BRISTOL – Those who volunteer for local Girl Scouts troops seeking to continue their adult education at Roger Williams University will have a discount...
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