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BROWN UNIVERSITY announced Monday that its tuition for undergraduate, graduate and medical students will increase between 1.8% and 2.9% for the 2021-22 academic year. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University approves ‘modest’ tuition increases for 2021-22 academic year

PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s tuition and fees for the 2021-22 academic year will increase by only between 1.8% and 2.9% for undergraduate, graduate and...
COVID-19 CASES in Rhode Island increased by 1,031 over the weekend. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

COVID-19 cases in R.I. rise by 1K over weekend, with 24...

PROVIDENCE – Cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 1,031 from Feb. 5 through Sunday, with 24 more deaths, the R.I. Department of...
COVID-19 CASES in Rhode Island increased by 450 on Thursday. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

R.I. COVID-19 cases increase by 450 with 3 more deaths

PROVIDENCE – Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Rhode Island increased by 450 on Thursday with three more deaths, the R.I. Department of Health said...

State plans mass vaccination clinic at Dunkin’ Donuts Center

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Coronavirus testing at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in downtown Providence is ending Friday and the sports arena will eventually be converted...
LONG HAUL: 
A JetBlue Airways flight leaves from the main runway at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick. JetBlue’s operations resumed last summer after a brief suspension in the spring when the coronavirus 
hit the U.S. / PBN FILE PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

Clouded horizon: T.F. Green leader says recovery could take years

Constanza Rosas stepped out of T.F. Green Airport in mid-January, exhausted from a series of flights. She carried two suitcases, a bright-pink neck pillow...
STAYING CONNECTED: Yoga instructor Jackie Hattoy leads a virtual yoga class on Jan. 21 at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island’s Your Blue Store in Cranston. By the end of 2020, the health insurer had recorded 180 online yoga sessions and its video engagement had increased by 3,000% over the prior year. / 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Wellness programs for employees gain strength

The most isolating year that many Americans have experienced has ended and another one has started. Amid all the forced-alone or family-unit time, companies that...
GROWING INTEREST: Raul Fonts, associate vice president and dean of admission and financial aid at Providence College, says the administration hopes to enroll 1,075 students in the fall and had received 11,004 applications as of the Jan. 15 deadline, up 2% from a year ago. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

At many colleges, campus tour deleted from sales pitch

Using smartphones and livestreaming, colleges and universities in Rhode Island have been able to bypass the COVID-19 pandemic to connect with prospective students, showing...
SHIELDED MEAL: Randi Beranbaum, founder and director of Be Collaborative Care in Providence, stands in the dining area at the center where people undergo group therapy for eating disorders. Barriers have been installed at a table so those under treatment can have in-person meals. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Group treatment programs adapt to keep the dialogue going

Never again will Randi Beranbaum take for granted the simple act of weighing one of her patients. “Blind” weigh-ins – in which someone steps on...

Many businesses can’t meet new PPP guidelines

The newly reopened Paycheck Protection Program sought to eliminate logistical hurdles and overly restrictive rules from its prior iteration, but some say it’s still...
Steve Greineder

Greineder wins Presidential Rank Award

STEVE GREINEDER, a retired Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport senior technologist for acoustic signal processing, has won a 2019 Meritorious Senior Professional Presidential...
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