Tag: higher education
Age-friendly colleges can improve 2nd half of life
By 2030, more than 1.4 billion people across the globe will be at least 60 years old. This number will shoot up to 2.1...
RWU launches tuition discount initiative for Girl Scout volunteers
BRISTOL – Those who volunteer for local Girl Scouts troops seeking to continue their adult education at Roger Williams University will have a discount...
Brown University reinstates standardized test requirement for admission
PROVIDENCE – Prospective students seeking admission into Brown University will now again have to submit their standardized test scores to receive consideration from the...
Brown University’s ‘BrownTogether’ campaign surpasses $4B raised
PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s ongoing “BrownTogether” fundraising campaign reached another pivotal milestone and, once again, well ahead of schedule.
The Ivy League institution’s president, Christina...
Parlange receives 5-year extension to remain as URI president
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Marc B. Parlange will remain leading the University of Rhode Island for the foreseeable future.
The university announced Wednesday that its board...
Former Hydrofera CEO, wife donate $1M toward URI athletic field upgrades
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island alum who is the former founder and CEO of a Connecticut-based health sciences company, along with...
Wheaton College awarded $560K grant to look at inequities in health...
NORTON – Wheaton College was recently awarded a $560,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support the liberal arts college’s humanities-centered curricular pathways to...
URI board of trustees approves tuition, fee increases for next year
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Tuition bills for students at the University of Rhode Island will go up next academic year.
The university’s board of trustees on...
RWU receives $1.7M federal earmark to retrofit, equip environmental science lab
BRISTOL – Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., helped secure a $1.7 million federal earmark for Roger Williams University to help retrofit and equip the university’s...
URI receives $7M gift to advance neuroscience, molecular research
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has received a substantial gift from the family of a late alum and former insurance executive...