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URI, RIDEM partner to reopen Alton Jones Campus

WEST GREENWICH – Five years after it was shut down to the public due to financial issues and such problems being exacerbated by the...

Former R.I. senator Cano named URI Foundation’s industry relations director

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Sandra Cano, a former Pawtucket state senator and the city’s commerce director, has landed a new job at her alma mater,...

URI Foundation & Alumni Engagement appoints Antonucci as new CEO

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The fundraising arm for the University of Rhode Island has formally appointed its new top executive. The University of Rhode Island Foundation...

URI to eliminate its USAID-funded programming at end of March

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Six programs at the University of Rhode Island that were financed by the U.S. Agency for International Development will be eliminated...

URI receives $2M gift to support new fine arts center construction

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A former Carnival Corp. executive and his wife have contributed a seven-figure gift to the University of Rhode Island to support...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND received a $65 million gift from the estate of the late Helen Izzi Schilling and Francis “Frank” Schilling to support scholarships for students majoring in a science, technology, engineering or math field. It is the largest gift URI received in its history. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI receives school-record $65M gift for STEM scholarships

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The estate of a late University of Rhode Island alumna and her late husband, a former General Electric Co. executive, is...
IN PROGRESS: The nonprofit SWAP Inc. (Stop Wasting Abandoned Property) is building this two-family house at Burnside and Arnold streets in East Providence to sell to a family that meets income limits. Supporters of Question 3 on the ballot say similar affordable housing programs will be funded with a $120 million bond issue. 
PBN PHOTO/WILLIAM HAMILTON

BUILDING BONDS: New housing, higher ed facilities top $343M in bond...

In Rhode Island, $107,452 won’t get residents very far in the housing market. That figure – the state’s median household income – doesn’t support an...
MARC B. PARLANGE, University of Rhode Island president, speaks to the crowd on Wednesday during his annual State of the University address. / SCREENSHOT VIA YOUTUBE.COM

Parlange pushes for bond approval, campus enhancements in annual URI address

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Campus enhancements, bond questions and finding new ways to improve budgets were among President Marc B. Parlange’s talking points during his...
GETTING STARTED: State Sen. Pamela J. Lauria, left, convenes the first meeting of a 21-member legislative commission examining the feasibility of creating a public medical school in Rhode Island. Lauria is co-chair with University of Rhode Island President Marc B. Parlange, second from left.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A CURE FOR THE ILLS? Not everybody is convinced R.I. would...

(Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series exploring issues surrounding the training of physicians in Rhode Island and its impact on...
RHODE ISLAND ENERGY President Greg Cornett, left, signs a renewable energy research partnership agreement alongside University of Rhode Island President Marc B. Parlange between the university and the energy company. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

R.I. Energy, URI partner on renewable energy research initiatives

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island and the largest energy supplier in the state are partnering to help move forward vital research...
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