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LENDING SUPPORT: Donald H. DeHayes, University of Rhode Island provost and vice president of academic affairs, says URI is sensitive to the cost of education and spends $100,000 on financial aid each year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Tuition, fees up at Rhode Island colleges, universities

Education 09/15/2017

In the fall, Rhode Island’s public-college students will find their education a little more expensive. The fiscal year 2018 state budget included across-the-board tuition...

UMassOnline program sets record enrollment and revenue for FY17

Education 08/18/2017

DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts's UMassOnline program set a new course enrollment record for fiscal 2017, the university announced Thursday. Enrollments for UMassOnline reached...

URI STAR: Walt Besio, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Rhode Island and owner of CREmedical, secured $6 million in a National Science Foundation grant in 2015, a year after he earned two patents for a biomedical electrode that measures brain activity and can be used to potentially stop life-threatening seizures. From left, Jessika Decker, test subject and intern at CREmedical, Besio and Rachel Bartels, product manager at CREmedical. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Rhode Island needs more scientific breakthroughs to become a biotech hub,...

Education 07/21/2017

Rhode Island wants its own share of the biomedical-, technology- and engineering-based economy that has transformed Boston, and strengthened the competitive position of Massachusetts. To...

UMass trustees approve 3% tuition hike

Education 07/17/2017

WORCESTER – The University of Massachusetts board of trustees voted to approve a 3 percent tuition increase for the 2017-18 academic year on Monday. According...

MassBenchmarks: Bay State economy slows due to poor wage growth

Economic Activity 06/28/2017

HADLEY, Mass. – The Massachusetts economy has appeared to slow in recent months, despite its continual job growth, due to “anemic real wage growth,”...

Five UMass professors win teaching excellence awards

Education 06/20/2017

DARTMOUTH - As part of the university-wide honor, one professor at each of the five University of Massachusetts campuses have been recognized with the...

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS RANKED 36 out of U.S. universities for patents awarded in 2016. / COURTESY NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INVENTORS

UMass No. 36 in ranking of U.S. universities for utility patents

Education 06/06/2017

DARTMOUTH - The University of Massachusetts has placed 36th on the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents 2016 list released in June by...

MASSBENCHMARKS RELEASED A REPORT on the state of the Massachusetts economy Tuesday that maintains a positive outlook. But with national economic and immigration policies unclear, the report sounded a skeptical note for the future as well, with warnings about limited state growth, particularly when it depends on foreign skilled labor.

Report: Mass. economy improves, but concerns over immigration policy loom

Economic Activity 05/23/2017

BOSTON - Massachusetts' economy is performing well, with several economic indicators either better, or close to even with pre-recession levels, according to the editorial...

MARTIN T. MEEHAN, the president of the University of Massachusetts, announced $200,000 in technology development awards on Thursday . / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

Meehan announces $200K in tech grants

Education 04/20/2017

BOSTON – University of Massachusetts President Martin T. Meehan announced Thursday $200,000 in seed funding for new technologies to extend battery life, prevent bedsores...

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