Donald J. Farish, Roger Williams University’s 10th President, died Thursday at Tufts Medical Center in Boston after a sudden and serious illness….
campus
Posted inArticle, Arts And Culture, Education, Environment, Politics
Planning For The 4th? We Have You Covered
With Independence Day just around the corner, don’t miss out on a variety of events planned across Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. Whether…
Posted inArticle, Business, Education, Politics
Mount Ida Trustees Breached Fiduciary Duties, State Senator Says Senate Report Will Find
A Massachusetts Senate report on Mount Ida College is expected to find that the college’s board of trustees violated its fiduciary duties in its abrupt…
Posted inArticle, Education, Politics
Brown and Grad Student Union Agree On Representation Election
Brown University and a group of graduate students seeking to form a union have reached an agreement establishing terms for a possible union…
Posted inArticle, Education, Environment, Politics
Vice President Mike Pence Addresses Coast Guard Academy Graduation
Vice President Mike Pence told graduating cadets at the US Coast Guard Academy in New London that the administration intends to continue to invest in…
Posted inArticle, Arts And Culture, Education, Environment
RWU President Don Farish To Retire in 2019
Donald J. Farish, who as president of Roger Williams University since 2011 has been credited with expanding programs and redefining the school for the…
Posted inArticle, Education
Proposal To Arm Campus Police Stalls Following Pushback
The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to hold a bill to require armed campus police at Rhode Island’s public colleges for further study.
Posted inArticle, Education, Politics
URI Already Has Armed Police, Could RIC And CCRI Be Next?
On Wednesday lawmakers will consider arming campus police at Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island. The University of Rhode…
Posted inArticle, Arts And Culture, Business, Education, Environment, Health, Politics
Scott MacKay Remembers Vermont’s Phil Hoff
Philip Henderson Hoff, the New Frontiersman whose three terms as Vermont ‘s first modern Democratic governor in the 1960s laid the foundation for…
Posted inArticle, Arts And Culture, Education
Providence’s Cable Car Cinema Will Close In May
After more than 40 years, Providence’s independent Cable Car Cinema will close its doors next month. One of the theater’s owners, Emily Steffian, is a…
