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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 will reinstate its standardized test requirement for students seeking admission into the Ivy League institution. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

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" fundraising campaign has surpassed $4 billion. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

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...
MARC B. PARLANGE received a five-year contract extension to remain as the University of Rhode Island's president. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

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...
THOMAS F. DRURY, pictured, founder and former CEO of Hydrofera LLC, and his wife, Catherine, donated $1 million toward upgrades and repairs to the University of Rhode Island's athletic fields. / SCREENSHOT VIA YOUTUBE.COM

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 received a $560,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to review how race impacts health and medicine in society. / COURTESY WHEATON COLLEGE

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...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND'S board of trustees approved Feb. 16 tuition and fees increases for next academic year. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

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...
ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY received a $1.7 million federal earmark from Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., to help retrofit and equip the university’s new Environmental Engineering and Environmental Science Laboratory.

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...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND has received a $7 million gift from Cherubina “Ruby” DeChristofaro, wife of the late Joseph DeChristofaro to advance molecular and neuroscience research at the university. Also, URI's Center for Biotechnology and Life Sciences building, pictured, will be renamed in honor of the DeChristofaros and their seven-figure gift. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODEI SLAND

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...
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