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PROVIDENCE COLLEGE was ranked No. 1 for a fourth consecutive year in the Regional Universities Nort category in the U.S. News & World Report's annual Best Colleges rankings. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

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...
THE PAYOFF: Jennifer Magaw can relate to the confusion many people with student loans are feeling about the on-again, off-again plans for loan forgiveness. For a long time, she felt anxiety about more than $100,000 in debt she had after finishing law school.  
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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...
BROWN UNIVERSITY was ranked No. 67 in Wall Street Journal's "Best Colleges in the U.S." rankings for 2024. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

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...
FULL CIRCLE: Wheaton College President Michaele Whelan, far right, is the third woman to lead the college since its founding by a woman in 1839. Seated with her, clockwise from far left, are students Olivia Deschenes, Sarocha Wongwatanawisut, Courtney Kass and Eleanor Cerra. 
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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...
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND professor Samantha Meenach recently received a $1.1 million Natioonal Institutes of Health to launch a new program assisting students from underrepresented groups pursue education in bioengineering programs. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

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...

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Barbara E. Wolfe University of Rhode Island Provost and executive vice president for academic affairs BARBARA E. WOLFE HAS SPENT her 33-year...
SUNNY SIDE UP: Jeffrey Cascione opened his own restaurant in Miami before returning home to Rhode Island to enter the financial services realm. 
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Jeffery Cascione, Navigant Credit Union senior vice president and director of...

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Jeffrey Cascione Navigant Credit Union Senior vice president and director of commercial banking Jeffrey Cascione graduated with his bachelor’s degree in accounting...
FUTURE GROWTH: RI Bio Executive Director Carol Malysz says she is excited to be part of the state’s growing investment in the life sciences sector. 
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Carol Malysz, RI Bio executive director

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Carol Malysz RI Bio Executive director THE LIFE SCIENCES FIELD within Rhode Island is booming, due in no small part to RI Bio,...
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