Tag: University of Rhode Island
Structural challenges can make waterfront development difficult endeavor in R.I.
A proposed six-story, 52-room Riverview Hotel in Providence was abandoned after the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council denied a requested variance on a 0.28-acre...
Legislative proposal stirs up shoreline dispute
A special legislative commission recently reached a consensus on a potential solution to a decadeslong conflict over shoreline access in Rhode Island, but a...
RIC, JWU to make masks mostly optional on campuses in coming...
PROVIDENCE – Both Rhode Island College and Johnson & Wales University will be making masks optional on their respective campuses, including inside most buildings,...
Lardaro: R.I. economic recovery more rapid and stronger than anticipated
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's economy expanded for the 10th consecutive month in January indicating a more rapid and stronger pandemic recovery than anticipated, but...
R.I. Foundation receives $12M gift to support new college scholarship fund
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation has received the largest monetary gift it has ever received specifically for scholarships, which will be put toward...
Study co-authored by URI professor may link faulty brain drainage systems...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Researchers from the University of Rhode Island, working with research teams from the Yale School of Medicine and Stony Brook University,...
Cox out as URI men’s basketball head coach after 4 seasons
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – David M. Cox has been relieved of his duties as head coach of the University of Rhode Island men’s basketball team,...
Brown University to make masks indoors mostly optional starting March 14
PROVIDENCE – Less than two weeks after making some modifications to its mask-wearing policy on campus, Brown University has now gone further with that...
Bradner established roots in her field early
Among the typical college prep courses offered at Kris Bradner’s high school, something different piqued her interest.
The private school she attended in Woodbury, Conn.,...
These investment funds put students in charge of the money
Eric Baxter and Lauren Ryan recently spent an all-nighter in the Roger Williams University student investment room, where they anxiously pondered what shares they...