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Five Questions With: Joseph McNamara
State representative talks about the proposed Rhode Island College Internship Tax Credit Act. more
Colleges give faculty perks as student costs grow
The University of Chicago paid James Madara $2.5 million in severance when he stepped down in 2009 as medical dean and hospital chief. Madara, who remained on the faculty, later joined the American Medical Association. more
Bloomberg News | 3/18/13
A vision of future employment
Students on March 14 play “Phytoplankton Bingo” by looking through microscopes to identify microorganisms found in Narragansett Bay, during the Tech Collective’s 12th annual GRRL Tech Interactive Technology Expo. More than 470 high school girls from around the state participated in the expo at the University of Rhode Island. The event is designed to let students learn about job opportunities in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math. Students attended workshops held across the university’s South Kingstown campus. Sixty educators also participated in the expo. more
3/25/13
Training key to bridging skills gap
With an associate degree in automotive technology from New England Institute of Technology, 29-year-old Christopher Whalen didn’t think he would fall into Rhode Island’s skills gap – the abyss between employers who are hiring for open positions and residents who don’t have the skills to fill the jobs. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 3/25/13

Brown adds sex-change coverage
Brown University has expanded its student health insurance to include coverage for sex-change surgery, one of 37 colleges and universities in the U.S. to cover hormone and gender reassignment/confirmation surgeries, according to the Transgender Law and Policy Institute. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 4/1/13

Unified voice needed to grow student financial literacy
After nine years of organizing, advocating for and expanding financial-literacy initiatives in Rhode Island, Jim Hedemark will soon be leaving his post as the executive director of the Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. more

By Lindsay Lorenz
PBN Researcher | 4/1/13

Sawyer closing scatters students
Why the Sawyer School closed without notice at the end of December remains a mystery three months later to the state and 302 Rhode Island students who have been left to find new schools or career paths. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 4/1/13

Teacher support is just tweet away in R.I.
Many Rhode Island educators are embracing continuous changes in technology and trends in peer-to-peer training to enrich professional development. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 4/8/13

Bad moods, behavior at the top can sour workplace
Everyone has bad days. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 4/8/13

Met breaks ground on East Bay campus
PROVIDENCE – The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical School broke ground on the Paul W. Crowley East Bay Campus, named after the late state representative, earlier this month. more
4/8/13
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