Tag: Community College of Rhode Island
RWU, Salve working on protocols to reopen campus in the fall
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University and Salve Regina University have joined the growing list of local colleges announcing their intentions to return to campus...
Brown announces multiple scenarios to reopen campus in fall; to hold...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University announced Wednesday a range of scenarios in order to reopen its campus in the fall, as well as moving its...
CCRI planning to return to in-person learning in the fall
WARWICK – Community College of Rhode Island announced late Friday that it intends to have in-person teaching and learning at its campuses across the...
Local colleges to collectively receive $75.8M from CARES Act
PROVIDENCE – Local colleges in Rhode Island and Bristol County, Mass., will be receiving much-needed federal aid from the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic...
CCRI donates medical supplies to support local health care personnel
WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island recently donated several thousand pieces of medical equipment to the R.I. Department of Health to help...
Coronavirus preparations at R.I. hospitals kick into high gear
Normally more than 90% full, Rhode Island Hospital’s occupancy rate in late March dipped to about 75%. The 247-bed The Miriam Hospital had more...
URI, CCRI to serve as COVID-19 testing sites
PROVIDENCE – Two state colleges this week will begin serving as mobile testing sites for COVID-19.
The University of Rhode Island and the Community College...
Goldman Sachs survey: Small businesses lack funding to operate in the...
PROVIDENCE – Half of U.S. small-business owners don’t have enough money to operate for more than three months in the current economic climate caused...
Five Questions With: Lori Caron Silveira
5Q: Lori Caron Silveira | Executive director, R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority
1. What in your professional background has most prepared you for leading...
More local colleges moving classes online due to virus concerns
PROVIDENCE – Local colleges are continuing to adjust programming and protocols in order to limit the spread of COVID-19, and following leads of other...