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Paula Grammas, the inaugural executive director of URI’s four-and-a-half-year-old Ryan Institute, brings a distinguished career as a research scientist to Rhode Island. She has been principal investigator or co-investigator on more than $24 million in research grants. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Answers are found often on new, unexpected paths

Education 03/23/2018

Paula Grammas | George & Anne Ryan Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rhode Island executive director My parents emigrated from Greece in the 1950s. What...

DEREK GRIPPER of Cape Town, South Africa, poses with his classical guitar. Gripper will be one of the featured artists at the University of Rhode Island’s third annual Guitar Festival April 6-8. / COURTESY DEREK GRIPPER

URI to host 3rd annual Guitar Festival in April

Education 03/23/2018

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – In collaboration with South Kingstown-based entertainment venue Pump House Music Works, the University of Rhode Island is set to host its...

Brown, URI, RIC, PC, UMass Dartmouth graduate programs ranked among best...

Education 03/23/2018

PROVIDENCE – Graduate programs at Brown University, University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, Providence College and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth were recognized...

DAN HURLEY, the former URI men's basketball coach, has signed a six year deal to coach the University of Connecticut men's basketball team. / COURTESY URI

URI hoops coach Hurley signs with UConn for $2.8M in first...

Education 03/22/2018

PROVIDENCE – Dan Hurley, now the former coach of the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team, has been named the head coach of...

ON WEDNESDAY, SmartAsset reported Brown University retained its top ranking among Rhode Island colleges and universities as the school with the best value. / COURTESY SMARTASSET

SmartAsset finds Brown retains best value among R.I. schools

Economic Activity 03/21/2018

PROVIDENCE – In a fourth consecutive year, Brown University was named the Best Value College among Rhode Island-based higher education institutions by SmartAsset in...

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT released its 2019 Best Graduate Schools ranking on Tuesday. The report included favorable listings for Brown University, Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. / COURTESY U.S. NEWS

Brown, URI, RIC, PC, UMass Dartmouth graduate programs ranked among best...

Education 03/20/2018

PROVIDENCE – Graduate programs at five local higher education institutions were recognized among the top in the nation per the 2019 U.S. News &...

TAKING A GAMBLE: A customer reads information inside a betting shop operated by Ladbrokes Coral Group Plc., in London, in July 2015. Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is among the state leaders who would like to see Rhode Island legalize sports betting. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on a case this summer that could pave the way for that. / BLOOMBERG NEWS PHOTO/Chris Ratcliffe

Is sports betting a budget fix?

Cover Story 03/16/2018

John Taylor recently led a tour of the new $30 million hotel under construction at Twin River Casino in Lincoln, a project he said...

FIGHTING PARKINSON’S: Rich Gingras, center, a retired New England boxing champion, opened The Parkinson’s Place gym in Pawtucket to help Parkinson’s patients mitigate the effects of the disease through fitness. He works with Stuart Marshal, left, of Bristol, and Chuck Eckhardt of North Attleborough. /  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Boxing therapy an effective treatment for Parkinson’s patients

Health Services 03/16/2018

There's no cure for the progressive, neurodegenerative Parkinson’s disease, but physical training is an effective treatment, as Rich Gingras, founder of The Parkinson’s Place...

THEO GREENBLATT, a 2010 graduate of the University of Rhode Island, sits at her desk in Newport. A short story by Greenblatt won first place in a contest hosted by The London Magazine. / COURTESY URI/LISA RIGBY

URI graduate wins The London Magazine’s short-story contest

Education 03/16/2018

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A short story by University of Rhode Island alumna Theo Greenblatt has won first place and $700 in a contest hosted...

Clothing supports marine life

Entrepreneurship 03/16/2018

While he was a University of Rhode Island biological oceanography graduate student, Spike Stone printed marine-life drawings on his daughter’s onesies. The simple line images...

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