Tag: The University of Rhode Island
State’s highest-paid employees include URI coaches, president
PROVIDENCE – Workers at a college, hospital and a prison are among Rhode Island's highest-paid state employees.
They include a pair of University of Rhode...
Students take the lead with annual human rights report at URI
PROVIDENCE - University of Rhode Island's Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies released its third annual Global Rights Project report Friday, sharing research findings that...
Fed Chairman Powell says ‘balance of risks has shifted‘ during Chamber...
WARWICK – The U.S. economy may be performing well but rising concerns over a softening labor market have taken priority over a monetary policy...
R/V Endeavor to ‘retire’ after half-century of oceanographic research
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – After more than 50 years of service, the research vessel Endeavor will conclude its final expedition on Sept. 20, according to...
Report: URI medical school would cost more than $200M; welcome first...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Launching the state's first medical school at the University of Rhode Island would cost more than $200 million, according to a...
R.I. voters approve more than a half-billion in borrowing; reject constitutional...
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island voters overwhelmingly approved $551.3 million in borrowing – $343.5 million in principle and $207.8 million in interest payments – in...
R.I. researchers receive $8M from National Science Foundation
NORTH KINGSTOWN – As Rhode Island pushes to advance its blue economy, a Rhode Island higher education consortium has netted an $8 million grant...
Researchers, scientists across R.I. get $21M to support research, training
PROVIDENCE – Researchers and scientists across the state will receive a $21 million federal grant to strengthen the biomedical workforce pipeline and boost the...
Connecting students and job seekers to careers through storytelling
From the time she was a teenager in Coral Springs, Fla., Lindsay Kuhn recognized the power of storytelling. Throughout her career, that power has...
FADING FEARS: Despite lingering concerns, businesses regaining swagger
After weathering a year largely overcast by fears of a looming recession, business owners are feeling more buoyant as they look ahead despite lingering...
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