Tag: higher education
RIC to suspend 20 degree programs, citing low enrollment
PROVIDENCE – Close to two dozen degree programs and concentrations offered at Rhode Island College will be suspended by the state-run school starting in...
Bernardo-Sousa retiring as JWU’s Providence campus president
PROVIDENCE – Marie Bernardo-Sousa’s nearly four-decade career at Johnson & Wales University will come to an end later this summer.
The university formally announced on...
Friedman named Brown University Watson School’s inaugural dean
PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s new Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs now has its inaugural dean.
The Ivy League institution announced...
RIC’s cybersecurity institute earns NSA academic excellence designation
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College and its Institute for Cybersecurity & Emerging Technologies has formally been designated as a U.S. Department of Defense’s National...
Brown University joins lawsuit against U.S. Department of Energy
PROVIDENCE – Brown University is among nine colleges and universities across the nation, and three national education organizations that recently filed a lawsuit against...
PC’s ‘Friars Give’ day raises record $3.3M
PROVIDENCE – In Providence College’s major quest to raise money that will help propel the college to the next level, its signature single-day fundraising...
Health and Human Services expands Title VI investigation of Brown
PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has increased its investigation of Brown University over alleged violations of the federal 1964...
URI’s Rhode Island IDeA program receives $1.2M federal grant
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island’s Rhode Island IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence certificate program has received a $1.2 million U.S....
White House official: $510M in federal funding to Brown University to...
PROVIDENCE – The Trump administration is planning to halt $510 million in contracts and grants awarded to Brown University, a White House official told...
Bryant University taps Christian as new men’s basketball coach
SMITHFIELD – Jamion Christian is returning stateside to hopefully bring the Bryant University men’s basketball program to the NCAA tournament once again.
University officials and...
