Tag: Rhode Island School of Design
Companies can win big by thinking small
I’m a huge fan of Rhode Island. Growing up in a small, close-knit part of the world such as Northern Ireland drew me to...
RISD President Somerson to retire June 30
PROVIDENCE – With “mixed emotions,” Rhode Island School of Design President Rosanne Somerson announced Tuesday in a letter to the school community that she...
Former RISD President Roger Mandle dies
PROVIDENCE – Roger Mandle, who served as president of the Rhode Island School of Design for 15 years through 2008, died this past weekend....
Local colleges change course for end-of-semester learning
PROVIDENCE – The University of Rhode Island, Salve Regina University, Rhode Island School of Design and New England Institute of Technology will be moving...
Five Questions With: Joe Gebbia
Joe Gebbia | Co-founder and chief product officer, Airbnb
1. How did your time at Rhode Island School of Design prepare you for a...
Despite communitywide COVID-19 surge, colleges have kept virus under control on...
PROVIDENCE – As college students across Rhode Island are preparing for their fall semester final exams, local colleges have generally passed one very important...
Warby Parker opens first R.I. store on Thayer Street in College...
PROVIDENCE – The popular eyeglass retailer Warby Parker has opened its first retail store in Rhode Island in the city’s College Hill neighborhood.
The company,...
‘Thriving in the undefined’
To Alaina Mahoney – painter, blacksmith and welder of steel – few tropes are staler than the “starving artist.”
“Almost everyone I went to school...
RISD, Brown launch joint master’s program in design engineering
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University announced Oct. 7 that the colleges are launching a joint master’s degree in...
Egan: Local colleges facing significant financial strain if second stimulus doesn’t...
PROVIDENCE – Daniel P. Egan, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island, sees resiliency in students returning to local...