Gina McCarthy, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama, will receive an honorary doctor of science degree and give…
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Salve University President Gerety to Retire in 2019
Sister Jane Gerety, president of Salve Regina University for almost a past decade, announced today that she will retire in June, 2019. Sister Gerety, a…
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Emergency Doctors: CPR Training For 911 Operators Could Save Lives
A group of emergency physicians is calling on state officials to expand training for 911 dispatchers to improve survival rates of residents who…
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RI Environmental Leader Al Hawkes Dies at 90
Alfred Hawkes, a prominent environmentalist in Rhode Island who has been described as the “environmental conscience of Rhode Island for decades,” passed…
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TGIF: 22 Things To Know About Rhode Island Politics & Media
We’re closing in on the start of the baseball season, although you might not know it from the weather. Plus, the political cauldron continues to boil in…
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Proposed Takeover of Care New England Under Scrutiny
Before she became a medical journalist and best-selling author, Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal worked in hospital emergency rooms. There she witnessed what she…
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Women Doctors Are Paid Less Than Men – And The Gap Is Widening
More women than men are enrolling in medical school, but women doctors are still paid significantly less than their male colleagues, according to a new…
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We Should Celebrate Black History Every Month
Black history month ends today, which leaves me just a few hours to celebrate the athletic achievements and lives of black Rhode Islanders I have known…
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Scott Molloy To Lead Providence St. Patrick's Day Parade
Scott Molloy, an emeritus professor at the University of Rhode Island, historian of all things Irish, author and former Rhode Island labor leader, will…
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Former ACI Inmate Finds Help For Opioid Addiction
Rhode Island State health officials say preliminary figures show drug overdose deaths declined in Rhode Island in 2017 for first time since the opioid…
