Tag: University of Rhode Island
Brown ranked No. 9 nationally in U.S. News’ annual Best Colleges...
PROVIDENCE – Brown University continues to climb in the rankings as being among the best colleges and universities across the U.S., while Providence College...
Confusion reigns over status of student loans
Jennifer Magaw graduated from law school in 2012, but she continued comparing notes with her peers for several years afterward.
Her notes weren’t about classes....
R.I. experts to gather to discuss progress in Alzheimer’s research
PROVIDENCE – Scientists, researchers and advocates across the region will gather at Butler Hospital on Sept. 21 to discuss the latest advances in Alzheimer's disease...
5 local colleges named to Wall Street Journal’s best colleges list
PROVIDENCE – Five local colleges and universities, four of them based in Rhode Island, were among the 400 best higher education institutions across the...
Newspaper endorsements scarce for candidates in crowded CD1 race
Former Providence Journal reporter Linda Levin remembers the impassioned debates within, and outside, the newsroom over newspaper endorsements in political races.
It wasn’t just a...
College leaders positioned to meet post-pandemic challenges
Since 2019, eight of the region’s 13 four-year colleges have hired new long-term leaders. And another four-year school, Rhode Island College, still has an...
URI professor receives $1.1M federal grant to develop new URI ESTEEMED...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island professor was recently awarded a seven-figure federal grant to help students from underrepresented groups pursue their...
Barbara E. Wolfe, University of Rhode Island provost and executive vice...
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Barbara E. Wolfe
University of Rhode Island
Provost and executive vice president for academic affairs
BARBARA E. WOLFE HAS SPENT her 33-year...
Jeffery Cascione, Navigant Credit Union senior vice president and director of...
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Jeffrey Cascione
Navigant Credit Union
Senior vice president and director of commercial banking
Jeffrey Cascione graduated with his bachelor’s degree in accounting...
Carol Malysz, RI Bio executive director
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Carol Malysz
RI Bio
Executive director
THE LIFE SCIENCES FIELD within Rhode Island is booming, due in no small part to RI Bio,...