Former N.K. basketball coach Thomas charged with sexual assault, child molestation
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Aaron Thomas, the former longtime North Kingstown High School boys’ basketball coach who has been accused of conducting body fat tests...
Brown students’ satellite in orbit on shoestring
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A BILLIONAIRE to go to space. In fact, all you need is about $10,000, some engineering skills and a...
Five Questions With: Ellie Brown
Ellie Brown is the new executive director of DESIGNxRI. Brown, a design educator, artist and nonprofit development professional, began her tenure as the Providence-based...
AARP Rhode Island awards $44K in community challenge grants
PROVIDENCE – AARP Rhode Island announced June 29 that it has awarded $44,852 to four local organizations in Community Challenge grants to help the...
URI professor elected to American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island announced July 12 that landscape architecture professor William Green has been elected to the American Society of...
JWU partners with Providence schools to increase educator pipeline
PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University and the Providence Public School District announced a new partnership to offer individuals associated with the district discounted...
R.I. Foundation awards $350K in grants to 48 Newport County organizations
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Monday that it has distributed more than $350,000 in grants to 48 Newport County-based nonprofit organizations through...
Providence College receives $250K grant to support new campuswide civil discourse initiative
PROVIDENCE – Providence College has received a $250,000 grant from the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations to support a new campuswide initiative to promote civil...
R.I. Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Tovey dies at 69
PROVIDENCE – Bramwell Tovey, who has led the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School as its principal conductor and artistic director and brought...
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