Tag: University of Rhode Island
2 URI students awarded Hollings Scholarship from NOAA
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Since its inaugural awarding in 2005, a total of 27 University of Rhode Island students have been awarded the Ernest F....
Nursing jobs at risk as hospitals merge
The future holds fewer, lower-paying hospital nursing jobs as health care consolidation progresses but growing demand for nursing skills outside hospitals presents promising opportunities,...
Nurse practitioners fill need for patients as primary care physicians decrease
Within the past decade, the number of nurse practitioners in Rhode Island has grown steadily, reflecting what is seen as a growing demand for...
Paying for badly needed school upgrades now will limit future borrowing....
Trinity Briceno, a senior at Cranston East High School, didn’t attend school between December and April.
She was hospitalized in November after students and teachers...
Five Questions With Pete Rumsey
Pete Rumsey | Director, Commerce RI Rhode Island Innovation Campus initiative
1. What is your responsibility as director of the innovation campus? I am...
Haiat awarded internship to study underwater robotics in California
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island junior and marine biology major Karla Haiat has been awarded the opportunity to study at the Monterey...
Cranston library director elected to ALA board
EDWARD GARCIA, director of the Cranston Public Library, was recently elected to the American Library Association’s executive board. The American Library Association is a...
‘Economic gardener’ Schartner an R.I. small-business booster
Honoree | Tuni Schartner, TS Consulting/TRS Strategies
Tuni Schartner is an energetic facilitator and unapologetic cheerleader in growing the state’s economy, especially in southern Rhode...
URI to host Summer Institute in Digital Literacy for educators, librarians
PROVIDENCE – Early-bird registration is underway until July 5 for the Summer Institute in Digital Literacy offered by the University of Rhode Island. It...
URI named a 2018 Green Ribbon School by U.S. Dept. of...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The University of Rhode Island was named a Green Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, the university announced Friday.
The...
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