Rhode Island’s Community Health Centers have gotten a couple of funding boosts this week. The funds are intended to expand access to primary care and…
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RI Council On Higher Education Votes For Tuition Freeze At Public Colleges
Rhode Island’s council for higher education has voted against tuition increases at the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College and the…
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Pawtucket English Teacher Wins Milken Award
Kendra Borden, a Pawtucket junior high school English teacher is Rhode Island’s winner of the 2015 Milken Educator Award. Borden received the award in a…
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Bryant Coach May Be First Out Men’s Basketball Coach In Division I Sports
In a strikingly personal statement on outsports.com, Bulldogs’ Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Chris Burns describes what it was like to conceal his…
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URI President David Dooley On Campus Violence
University of Rhode Island President David Dooley is defending the football team after two of its players were charged with assault. The students…
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New Poll Shows RI Residents Closely Divided Over Future Of The State
A new poll shows that 76 percent of respondents think the state spends too little to maintain roads and bridges. A narrow majority supports Governor…
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Capturing A River’s Energy With Wings
Humans have been harnessing energy from rivers for thousands of years. Think water wheels from Ancient Greece and modern hydropower plants, like the…
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Does Talking To Your Kids Make A Difference? Researchers Await Results Of Providence Talks
Children who know more words tend to do better in school, and that has some researchers wondering whether early language may offer a key to closing the…
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Superfund Research Program Gets Boost From Federal Government
Brown University researchers studying contaminated sites around the state have gotten a $10.8 million dollar boost from the federal government to…
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Salve Students Consider Pope’s Message During Historic U.S. Trip
As the Pope concludes his historic trip to the United States, dozens of Rhode Island students plan to attend his outdoor mass in Philadelphia.
