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Gemma Foundation’s Gemma-Corcelli, Day Pitney’s Evangelista among PBN’s 2024 Business Women...

Business Services 04/15/2024

PROVIDENCE – Maria Gemma-Corcelli, executive director of the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation, has been selected by Providence Business News as this year’s...

7 local colleges among U.S. News’ best graduate schools

Business Services 04/09/2024

PROVIDENCE – Seven local colleges were listed as being among the top graduate schools across the country, according to the U.S. News & World...

BRYANT UNIVERSITY was ranked No. 37 for best overall online programs in the U.S. News & World Report's 2024 Best Online Programs rankings. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Local colleges’ online programs still among U.S. News’ best

Education 02/07/2024

PROVIDENCE – Four local colleges were named by U.S. News & World Report as having the best online programs in the country, according to...

JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY next year will require students to live on campus for their first three years. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Do on-campus college residency requirements limit student choice?

Education 12/05/2023

PROVIDENCE – Meeting new roommates, decorating one’s dorm room and making an acres-large campus one’s home for several months are all part of a...

LORI KETTELLE LAUNCHED PVDonuts LLC in 2016 citing a gap in the city's food scene for gourmet doughnuts. Late Monday, the company announced that it is being put up for sale. / COURTESY CHRISTOPHER MONGEAU

PVDonuts put up for sale

Economy 09/19/2023

PROVIDENCE – A well-known local doughnut staple is on the market and seeking new ownership. PVDonuts LLC announced late Monday in an Instagram post that...

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE was ranked No. 1 for a fourth consecutive year in the Regional Universities Nort category in the U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Colleges rankings. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

Brown ranked No. 9 nationally in U.S. News’ annual Best Colleges...

Education 09/18/2023

PROVIDENCE – Brown University continues to climb in the rankings as being among the best colleges and universities across the U.S., while Providence College...

Providence mayor touts new tax agreements with city’s major universities

Government 09/05/2023

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Tuesday announced his administration has reached tentative payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deals with the four private higher education institutions based...

ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY students have a yoga session on campus during the spring. Colleges are now starting to focus on mental health and socialization recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. / COURTESY ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY

Mental health, socialization recovery now a focus on college campuses post-COVID

Coronavirus 08/11/2023

PROVIDENCE – Buying textbooks, moving boxes of personal items into dorms, getting to know roommates and classmates, and administrators formally welcoming back students and...

JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY is launching a new employee training initiative called "JWUpro." / PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Johnson & Wales University launches ‘JWUpro’ employee training initiative

Economy 06/26/2023

PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University is launching a new program in which the university will partner with local companies and organizations and help...