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TEAMSTERS LOCAL 251 members who are employees at the Rhode Island School of Design picket outside a campus building Thursday morning. / PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Union employees at RISD go on strike

PROVIDENCE – More than 60 union employees at the Rhode Island School of Design walked off the job Thursday morning, with some picketing outside...
MEGHAN L. HUGHES will step down as president of the Community College of Rhode Island on Aug. 31. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Hughes stepping down as CCRI president on Aug. 31

WARWICK – After more than seven years at the helm, the president of the state’s community college will step away. Meghan L. Hughes, who has...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND has received a $3 million gift from the van Beuren Charitable Foundation to help with the modernization of the Narragansett Bay Campus. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI receives $3M from van Beuren Foundation for bay campus renovation...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The pending modernization of the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay Campus received another significant financial boost. The university announced Monday that...
HENRY BARNARD SCHOOL next academic year will move from the Rhode Island College campus in Providence to the Providence Country Day School campus in East Providence. / COURTESY HENRY BARNARD SCHOOL

Henry Barnard School to leave RIC for Providence Country Day campus

EAST PROVIDENCE – Just two years after breathing life back into the Henry Barnard School on the Rhode Island College campus, Providence Country Day...
A PAIR OF Brown University basketball players have filed a federal lawsuit against the Ivy League for allegedly engaging in a price-fixing agreement by not offering athletic scholarships to student athletes. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

2 Brown University basketball players sue Ivy League over no-scholarship policy

PROVIDENCE – Two Brown University basketball players, one former and one current, filed  a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday accusing the eight Ivy League...
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE guard Devin Carter (22) drives the ball towards center court as Seton Hall guard Jamir Harris pursues during the first half of the Friars' loss at home on March 4. Providence College now requires a $500 donation to be eligible to purchase NCAA Tournament tickets. / AP PHOTO/MARK STOCKWELL

PC requires 500% larger donation for March Madness ticket eligibility

PROVIDENCE – If fans want to see the Providence College men’s basketball team compete in the NCAA Tournament in a couple of weeks, it...
SEAN E. ROGERS has been named the new dean for the University of Rhode Island College of Business. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Rogers named new URI College of Business dean

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Sean E. Rogers, University of Rhode Island’s current vice president for community, equity and diversity, has been named the new dean...
NICOLE RICHARD, left, a University of Rhode Island food sciences researcher, received a $205,000 federal grant to find ways to improve food production safety in the state. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI food researcher receives $205K federal grant to help improve food...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island food sciences researcher received a six-figure federal grant to find ways to help improve food safety...
A JOINT REPORT created by a Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce education subcommittee outlines recommendations on how to improve partnerships between local colleges and the Providence Public School District on building a teacher pipeline for the district.

New report offers recommendations on improving teacher pipeline between local colleges,...

PROVIDENCE – As a call to action, members of a Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce education subcommittee produced a series of recommendations on how...
FATHI ABDELSALAM has been named the new executive director for intellectual property, management and economic development at the University of Rhode Island. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI taps Abdelsalam as its new IP executive director

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Fathi Abdelsalam, a past senior patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Virginia, has been named the University...
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