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RWU plan set to help improve Providence
With its plan to expand educational efforts in downtown Providence, Roger Williams University is doing more than energizing its offerings. It will help boost the capital city as well. more
4/22/13
Salve, St. Joseph’s form nursing degree partnership
Salve Regina University is developing a partnership to allow graduates of St. Joseph School of Nursing, which offers a three-year diploma program, to earn their bachelor of science degree in nursing by attending a fourth year of coursework at the university. more
We saved Shepard’s, we can save ‘Superman’ too
I have been blessed to live and work all my life in Providence and to represent this great city as mayor. Many times in the past, I have seen the city’s leaders rise to the challenge of changing economic circumstances. Often, this challenge is manifested in the plight of a landmark downtown building that is empty and seemingly without prospects. more
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Joseph R. Paolino Jr. | 4/22/13
Rose tapped to lead CSREA, shift focus
Tricia Rose, professor of Africana studies at Brown University, has been selected as the new director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, effective July 1. Rose will succeed Evelyn Hu-deHart, who has led the academic center since 2002, according to a release from Brown. more
| 4/23/13
UMass Dartmouth campus in ‘controlled evacuation,’ bombing suspect a student
(Updated, 10:50 a.m.) Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspect wanted in conjunction with the Boston Marathon, is a registered student at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, which is currently undergoing a “controlled evacuation.” more
| 4/19/13
3 Brown professors elected into AAAS
Three Brown University Professors – David Cane, Rose McDermott and Walter Strauss – have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the school announced Wednesday. more
Report: ER costs in U.S. ‘as high as 10%’ of total health spending
The real national costs of emergency department visits may be as high as 10 percent of national health care expenditures, according to a report released by Brown University’s Dr. Michael H. Lee. more
Brown to award $50K in scholarships to Prov. high schoolers
Brown University will use proceeds from the Fund for the Education of the Children of Providence to provide scholarships for Providence public high school graduates accepted to accredited two- or four-year institutions of higher education, the school announced Thursday. more
UMass Dartmouth appoints new provost
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has appointed Mohammad A. Karim, vice president for research at Old Dominion University in Virginia, as provost and executive vice chancellor for academic and student affairs, the school announced Tuesday. more
| 5/7/13
Brown names Savitz VP of research
Brown University has named David Savitz, currently professor of epidemiology in the Brown School of Public Health and professor of obstetrics and gynecology in the Warren Alpert School of Medicine, as its new vice president of research. more
| 5/8/13
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