Tag: Rhode Island School of Design
RITIN setting textile manufacturers on right path
There could not have been a better place for the Rhode Island Textile Innovation Network to announce its official formation than historic textile-manufacturing hub...
New residence hall under construction at RISD
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island School of Design has started its first newly built residence hall in 30 years.
The project is designed by RISD alumnus...
RISD working to recruit more-diverse students, faculty
For Matthew Shenoda, being the first to tackle an issue on a college or university campus isn’t daunting.
Settling in as the Rhode Island School...
Can a self-described ‘pro[business]-growth progressive’ mayor boost investment in Providence?
The son of Guatemalan immigrants who settled in the West End of Providence, Mayor Jorge O. Elorza is a pull-yourself-up-by-your-bootstraps story: The first in...
New Bedford welcomes 21st-century art space/museum DATMA
NEW BEDFORD - The Whaling City is home to a new art museum and exhibition space dedicated to technological innovation in the art and...
Female architects, engineers scarce in R.I.
Ocean State women are still struggling to make inroads in some traditionally male-dominated fields, including jobs that might not immediately come to mind, such...
![2018 average tuition and fees for
New England colleges and universities
[prices do not include room and board] / Source: Collegetuitioncompare.com](https://assets.pbn.com/uploads/2018/09/0914tuitionchart-1-150x150.jpg "Schools boost fundraising to slow rising student costs")
Schools boost fundraising to slow rising student costs
Each year, college gets more expensive. Tuition and other costs have continued to escalate, reports show, prompting ever-higher levels of governmental and institutional financial...
New England Medical Innovation Center opens in Providence
PROVIDENCE – An open house was held this week by the New England Medical Innovation Center and its first tenant, MedMates, a life sciences...
Business is good, but many companies take a ‘wait-and-see’ attitude
Business continues to be good for most Rhode Island companies, and a majority expect that to continue, though their optimism is tempered by uncertainty...
WSJ ranks Brown University No. 7 in the nation in...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University ranked No. 7 on the Wall Street Journal’s 2019 U.S. College Rankings, released Thursday, the highest of any school in...
