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Higher Education
May 20

UMass Dartmouth forms public safety task force in marathon bombing aftermath

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has created a three-person task force to conduct a review of its policies and procedures in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, Chancellor Divina Grossman announced Monday.
Newsmakers
May 18

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer

Surviving tumor leads to career path caring for others

Eily Cournoyer has quite the story to tell.

Higher Education
May 17

Stonehill names new leader

Stonehill College’s Board of Trustees voted Friday to name the school’s current vice president for student affairs, the Rev. John Denning, its 10th president, succeeding current president, the Rev. Mark T. Cregan, who will step down at the end of June after 13 years in the job.
Arts
May 15

RISD Museum picks new curator for contemporary art

After a nationwide search, the Museum of Art at the Rhode Island School of Design has named Dominic Molon as the Richard Brown Baker Curator of Contemporary Art.
Higher Education
May 14

RWU to build sailing center

After raising $1.7 million in gifts and pledges during a weekend auction, Roger Williams University has announced plans to build a new waterfront sailing center on its Bristol campus.
Education
May 11

URI creates Islamic, Mediterranean clusters

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has established a new Islamic and Mediterranean studies cluster. The school has also hired three new Islamic studies professors and a French professor to support the initiative.
Education
May 11

URI professor receives Fulbright research grant

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island professor of political science Nicolai Petro has received a Fulbright research grant to study the role of the Russian Orthodox Church, while living abroad in Ukraine.
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