Tag: Brown University
2 Brown University basketball players sue Ivy League over no-scholarship policy
PROVIDENCE – Two Brown University basketball players, one former and one current, filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday accusing the eight Ivy League...
UMass Dartmouth receives $3.6M federal grant for MUST program
DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Marine and UnderSea Technology research program will once again be the beneficiary of a multimillion-dollar federal grant...
Brown announces Paxson contract extension
PROVIDENCE – Brown University President Christina H. Paxson has received a contract extension that is one year longer than formerly announced, the university disclosed...
McKee makes push for $45M investment in life sciences
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Daniel J. McKee on Monday joined House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi and a panel of stakeholders in the biotechnology and life...
S&P reaffirms negative outlook on Care New England’s bond rating
PROVIDENCE – S&P Global Ratings has reaffirmed its negative outlook on Care New England Health System and kept the state’ second largest hospital group’s...
New report offers recommendations on improving teacher pipeline between local colleges,...
PROVIDENCE – As a call to action, members of a Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce education subcommittee produced a series of recommendations on how...
Brown’s land of opportunity: University’s expansion is welcomed but is school...
Olin Thompson’s Jewelry District walking tour begins at the corner of Richmond and Ship streets in Providence, on a plaza covered in stepped, wooden...
Jewelry District’s promise tied to Brown’s ongoing expansion
Providence’s Jewelry District has a proud past as a national manufacturing hub and may one day be the innovation and design center city marketers...
Smiley makes first moves to boost city income from colleges, hospitals
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett Smiley is making good on his campaign promise to bring in more tax revenue from the universities and hospitals that...
Brown’s Pre-College programs now free for eligible Providence school students
PROVIDENCE – Students within the Providence Public School District who are admitted into Brown University’s Pre-College Programs this summer will have a nice round...