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Businesses investing in future hires
At Grainger Inc., a national industrial-supply distributor, the work is all about customer needs. Lately, that goes far beyond making sales and filling orders. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 10/15/12

Roger Williams lands $586k from NSF
Rogers Williams University has received a $586,600 pledge from the National Science Foundation to support is STEM Intercultural Leadership Scholars program through scholarship contributions, the school announced Wednesday. more
URI names Thompson to associate VP position
The University of Rhode Island has appointed Naomi R. Thompson, an attorney and diversity administrator at Northeastern University, as the new associate vice president of community, equity and diversity. more
Metcalf Institute to participate in Gulf oil spill conference
The Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting will host a science translation workshop at the first-ever joint private and federal conference focused on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and ecosystem science. more
| 12/14/12
Indentured students jump as U.S. loans corrode education ticket
In the early years, the loan program let ambitious teens take on a small debt that could pay off with a lifetime of higher earnings. Now, the $1 trillion in outstanding student debt has become a drag on the economic recovery, a flashpoint in the presidential election and a threat to the egalitarian ideals of U.S. higher education. more
Academic hires often come in pairs
Beverly Haviland, a senior lecturer and visiting associate professor in Brown University’s American Studies department, holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Princeton University. more
HousingWorks RI relocates to downtown
Roger Williams University is allowing the affordable housing coalition, HousingWorks RI, to relocate to its downtown campus, HousingWorks announced late last week. more
Brown discovery named ‘most popular of 2012’ by National Geographic
National Geographic has named the Brown University archaeology team’s discovery of the Maya Temple of the Night Sun last summer in Guatemala the most popular discovery of 2012. more
Brown lands major gift to establish aging health initiative
Brown University’s Program in Public Health will receive a major gift from the Irene Diamond Fund to establish an aging health initiative. more
| 1/9/13
UMass Dartmouth completes first stage of MAB construction
Seven months after the initial groundbreaking, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth celebrated the end of the first stage of construction of the Massachusetts Accelerator for Biomanufacturing with a “topping off ceremony” on Thursday in Fall River. more
| 12/7/12
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