ACE Mentoring of Rhode Island, a nonprofit that seeks to engage high school students to pursue careers in the construction industry through scholarship and grants, has announced that its northern Rhode Island team has been selected as one of three national finalists in the CIRT-ACE Design Competition for 2013. more

Board member of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and dean of the college of humanities and social sciences at Bridgewater State University talks about the importance of humanities studies to a community. more

The Pawtucket Foundation honored three individuals who have made significant contributions to the city at its 10th annual awards celebration. more

Paul E. Kandarian more

The findings of the 2013 Rhode Island Kids Count Factbook released Monday at a policy breakfast at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick revealed a growing income gap between the richest and poorest families. more

Rev. Eugene Dyszlewski, an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, was recently installed as minister of social justice at First Unitarian Church of Providence. Dyszlewski, an advocate of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights, is the chair of the Rhode Island Religious Coalition for Marriage Equality and has served on the board of directors of Marriage Equality Rhode Island. He is also the founding coordinator of East Bay PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays), and is the recipient of the Rhode Island Pride Committee’s 2008 Pyramid of Pride Award for outstanding contribution to the GLBT community. more

Following a nationwide search, Rhode Island has been designated as one of six “supercommunities” for traumatized children more

PVD Lady Project co-founder talks about the organization, which serves as a bi-monthly meeting for some of the city’s most interesting women. more

Touch-a-Truck event, Dancing With the Stars of Mentoring and more. more

During the ACE Mentor Program of Rhode Island’s presentation night, held last month, 15 teams of local high school students presented concepts, proposals, drawings and 3D renderings of projects they created while under the mentorship of some of the area’s architecture, construction and engineering professionals. more