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Brown University has appointed Richard M. Locke, deputy dean of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as the Howard R. Swearer Director of the Watson Institute for International Studies. Locke will join Brown in January 2013.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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The New England Institute of Technology has been awarded a $109,000 grant from the Champlin Foundations to help purchase laboratory equipment for the school’s associate degree in veterinary technology program.
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By PBN Staff
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The first Rhode Island-specific energy information clearinghouse, RIEnergy.org, has been produced in a partnership between the state and the University of Rhode Island.
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By Dana Reilly |
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Cornell University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are scaling back financial assistance to students, adding to the burden of families already coping with climbing college costs.
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By Janet Lorin |
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Rhode Island’s economy grew faster in the first and second quarters of 2012 than originally published, according to the third-quarter Current Economic Indicator report, published by the R.I. Public Expenditure Council and Bryant University.
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By PBN Staff
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Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. was the recipient of the University of Rhode Island 2012 President’s Corporate Award, the company announced Monday.
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By PBN Staff
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(Updated, 2:52 p.m., Jan. 15)
With $200,000 in public and private funds as the seed, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced the creation of the College and University Research Collaborative, with the goal of providing economic research to help in the formation of effective public policy that will grow the state’s economy.
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By Alex Kowalski |
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Building a new home for the humanities on campus was always going to be a significant moment in the 95-year history of Providence College.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Michael Cooper, Dean of the College of Business at Bryant University, is leaving his post to join Kean University in Union, NJ, the university announced in an e-mail message to staff …
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By PBN Staff
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The University of Rhode Island will use a $14 million federal grant to run a new program for care of cognitively challenged adults at four Rhode Island agencies.
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By Rebecca Keister |