PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University and Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans have announced a long-term collaboration to offer joint curriculum for doctors, medical students and chefs focused on the role that food choices play in preventing and managing obesity and associated diseases. more

NORTON – Wheaton College has established a new major in business and management aimed to prepare students as future organizational leaders. It will offer internships, which will be required as part of the program, to students through affiliations with business and nonprofit organizations. more

SMITHFIELD – Recent Bryant University graduate Jonathan DeCosta received a Statehouse citation last month for his four years of advocacy on behalf of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered community at the school. more

The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a U.S. Department of Defense Office, has selected the Cranston Public Schools as a finalist for the 2013 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. more

Cybersecurity experts are increasingly concerned that the nation’s future leaders are unprepared to deal with the digital threats programmers and cryptographers are wrestling with. more

BOSTON – One student each from Brown University and the University of Rhode Island were awarded research grants for their college tuition by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last month. more

Metryx, a social-venture project hoping to change education via use of a mobile assessment platform, says it is making great strides toward making the application available in a schoolwide format next fall. more

PROVIDENCE – Providence College has begun a master’s program for early career teachers focused exclusively on urban-community teaching skills. more

PROVIDENCE – Brown University has granted four Providence schools a total of $50,237 from its Fund for the Education of Children of Providence, an initiative to aid local public schools. more

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist recently received the eighth annual Brighter Futures Award from Family Service of Rhode Island. more