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HOME SWEET HOME: Retired Saint Elizabeth Community CEO and President Steven Horowitz championed the creation of four Green House Homes, which are properties that have amenities similar to a regular home but residents receive equivalent care as if they were in a Saint Elizabeth facility.  PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Steven Horowitz, retired CEO and president, Saint Elizabeth Community

Health Services 08/20/2020

PBN 2020 Leaders & Achievers Awards Steven Horowitz | Retired CEO and president, Saint Elizabeth Community SAINT ELIZABETH COMMUNITY saw exponential growth under Steven Horowitz’s...

More than 200 schools back lawsuit over foreign student rule

Education 07/13/2020

BOSTON (AP) – More than 200 universities are backing a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s new restrictions on international students, arguing that the policy...

DIVERSE WORKFORCE: C.C. Business Corp. Vice President Ron Brewer, left, and President Marcellus Sharpe stand outside of Thundermist Health Center in Woonsocket, one of the private-security company’s clients. Brewer estimates that 70% of the company’s 39 employees are minorities. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

A question of equity: Can R.I. level the field for minority...

Coronavirus 07/10/2020

As small-business owners clambered to get in on the federal payroll relief program launched in the wake of COVID-19, Anna Mangeni held back. Her business,...

CHARLES LIEBER, chairman of Harvard University’s chemistry department and a leading scientist in the study of nanotechnology was arrested for lying to U.S. investigators about his role in recruiting people to pass along scientific research to the Chinese government. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/VICTOR J. BLUE

Harvard chemistry chief charged with lying about China ties

Education 01/28/2020

NEW YORK – The chairman of Harvard University’s chemistry department and a leading scientist in the study of nanotechnology was arrested for lying to United States...

Johnson & Wales University, the Rhode Island School of Design, and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth were among five teams featuring multiple New England-based higher education institutions to receive $250,000 grants from the New England Food Vision campaign led by the Henry P. Kendall Foundation. / COURTESY HENRY P. KENDALL FOUNDATION

3 local college’s food and sustainability programs awarded $250K by regional...

Education 11/16/2018

PROVIDENCE - Three Rhode Island- and Bristol,County, Mass.-based projects aiming to produce more of the food eaten locally within the region have been recognized...

THE U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT filed a 37-page brief Thursday, saying Harvard has violated the law by using a personal rating system that improperly considers race. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/VICTOR J. BLUE

Harvard admissions discrimination lawsuit wins government support

Education 08/30/2018

NEW YORK - The U.S. government backed a lawsuit challenging Harvard University’s admissions processes as biased against Asian-Americans, as the case attacking affirmative action...

Ivy League rallies behind Harvard to fight admissions suit

Education 07/30/2018

NEW YORK - Yale, Brown and Princeton universities were among more than a dozen elite schools that endorsed Harvard University’s practice of considering race as...

ROCKY HILL SCHOOL has announced its first-ever female head of school, Diane Rich, would take office effective July 1. / COURTESY ROCKY HILL SCHOOL

Rich named new head of Rocky Hill School

Education 05/29/2018

EAST GREENWICH - For the first time since Dorothy Marshall founded Rocky Hill School in 1934, a woman will lead the now 84-year-old instutition. On Tuesday, Rocky...