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JWU students learn to get back up in saddle
When Johnson & Wales University senior Julia McNellis was just 7 years old, she fell off a horse and, as the saying goes, got right back on the saddle. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 4/15/13

Partnership plan urges degree boost
It isn’t a new thought that something must be done within Rhode Island’s higher education system to provide easier, more-affordable access to post-secondary education to create a workforce matched to the state’s available jobs. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 4/15/13

Bryant forging economic, educational ties to China
Ronald K. Machtley, president of Bryant University, raised his glass of baijiu, a Chinese white liquor, and toasted the signing of two new educational partnership agreements with the People’s Republic of China, paraphrasing a Chinese saying popularized by Mao Zedong: “Each new partnership begins with a single step.” more
By Richard Asinof
Contributing Writer | 4/15/13
Zipcar looking to spread beyond downtown, colleges
Zipcar is measuring environmental progress in the number of green-decaled cars it’s spreading through the streets of Providence. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 4/22/13

Coakley-led program targets for-profit schools
BOSTON – Attorney General Martha Coakley this month launched a consumer-protection campaign that includes free educational training across the state and a new website offering resources for consumers related to for-profit schools. more
4/22/13
Roger Williams eyes downtown Providence expansion
Before it opened a bucolic Bristol campus in 1969, Roger Williams University was a city school with roots in Providence dating back to 1919. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 4/22/13

Running for bombing victims
Bryant University freshman Ashley Cardona, front, blue T-shirt, joins students and other members of the university community for a one-mile run on campus April 16, in support of those affected by the Boston Marathon attack. Cardona, an international business major, suggested the run to university officials as a unified show of support against violence and for the families affected by the tragedy. Bryant also observed one minute of silence in memory of those lost or injured in the April 15 bombing near the race’s finish line. more
4/22/13
URI offers double major in green business
The University of Rhode Island now is offering a green business double major, which it says is one of the country’s first undergraduate programs focused on green business. more
Dowling tapped as Brown investment officer
Joseph L. Dowling III has been named the new chief investment officer at Brown University effective June 2013, the school announced Thursday. more
RBS Citizens Financial supports financial literacy
April is National Financial Literacy month, and RBS Citizens Financial Group marked the occasion by announcing $2 million in 2013 grants to benefit nonprofit financial education programs in communities served by Citizens Bank, RBS Citizens and Charter One. more
4/29/13
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