RIC, JWU to make masks mostly optional on campuses in coming days

James Bessette

03/16/2022

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS at Johnson & Wales University, pictured, will have the option to finish their juris doctor degree a year early through a joint program with the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Law School. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE — STUDENTS at Johnson & Wales University will have the option to obtain a law degree from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School of Law in an accelerated program in which students can earn an undergraduate degree and law degree in six years. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

PROVIDENCE – Both Rhode Island College and Johnson & Wales University will be making masks optional on their respective campuses, including inside most buildings, in the coming days. JWU Providence Campus President Marie Bernardo Sousa announced late Wednesday that the university will as of March 18 no longer require masks to be worn indoors. She…