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RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN was one of approximately 160 colleges that were affected by a data breach at Blackbaud, a software company with which RISD has a contract. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN

RISD affected by data breach at third-party software service company

Business Services 07/22/2020

PROVIDENCE – An outside vendor that has a contract with Rhode Island School of Design sustained a data breach and the local arts college...

RISD facing $50M deficit; layoffs a possibility

Coronavirus 07/03/2020

PROVIDENCE – The COVID-19 pandemic has put Rhode Island School of Design significantly in the red as the upcoming academic year draws near. Although President...

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL of Design is facing a $50 million deficit caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

RISD facing $50M deficit; layoffs a possibility

Education 06/30/2020

PROVIDENCE – The COVID-19 pandemic has put Rhode Island School of Design significantly in the red as the upcoming academic year draws near. Although...

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND announced Wednesday some details on how the campus will reopen in the fall. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI announces details on fall campus reopening

Coronavirus 06/24/2020

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – While final details still have to be ironed out, the University of Rhode Island has offered a glimpse of what campus...

BRYANT UNIVERSITY, pictured, Johnson & Wales University and Rhode Island School of Design announced Monday their respective plans for reopening in the fall. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Bryant, JWU, RISD announce reopening plans for fall

Coronavirus 06/15/2020

PROVIDENCE – Not long after Roger Williams University announced its formal reopening plan for the upcoming fall, Bryant University, Johnson & Wales University and...

Spero receives 2 U.S. Navy graphic design awards

Art & Culture 05/29/2020

KERRI SPERO, a visual information specialist for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, in the U.S. Navy’s Graphics and Digital Imaging branch, in Newport, is...

Five Questions With: Marty Saklad

Real Estate 05/06/2020

Marty Saklad is the principal broker and co-owner of Samson Realty in Providence, which is centered on East Side rentals but which also is...

EMPTY CAMPUS: The Memorial Union at the University of Rhode Island in South Kingstown is pictured in the background. URI Provost Daniel DeHayes says the university is expected to issue $8 million in refunds on room and board and had to spend $1 million to transition about 1,800 classes online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

With pandemic losses mounting, local colleges face biggest test

Coronavirus 04/17/2020

Rhode Island-based colleges are already feeling the financial strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, with the cancellation of usually profitable events and the loss of...

JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY will receive $14.1 million in federal aid from the CARES Act to help with costs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Local colleges to collectively receive $75.8M from CARES Act

Education 04/16/2020

PROVIDENCE – Local colleges in Rhode Island and Bristol County, Mass., will be receiving much-needed federal aid from the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic...