In 1987, researchers in Finland began following tens of thousands of babies who were about to be born. In fact, they followed every child born in…
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2015 Providence Symposium: Olneyville and the Preservation of Neighborhoods
Rhode Island Public Radio’s Chuck Hinman talks with Jay O’Grady, Director of Operations and Asset Management at ONE Neighborhood Builders, about the…
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Mapping An Epidemic: New Data Shows Where Pills, Prescribers, Overdose Deaths Overlap
To tackle an epidemic at the population level, you need data. Lots and lots of data. That’s especially true with our state, and our nation’s, opioid…
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URI Neuroscience Institute Hires First Director
The University of Rhode Island’s new neuroscience institute has hired its first director. She is Paula Grammas, formerly head of the Garrison Institute…
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Cities Look To Providence For Afterschool Programs
Representatives from 10 different cities head to Rhode Island this week to find out how Providence provides afterschool programs. They’re interested in…
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Brown University’s Watson Institute Receives $50M Gift
Brown University’s institute for international affairs and public policy has received a gift of $50 million dollars. With the new gift, the Watson…
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Group Convenes To Examine State Spending On K-12 Education
The group tasked with reevaluating the way the state spends money on K-12 education meets for the first time Tuesday. The state’s current plan for…
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Roger Williams University Law School Launches Legal Clinic For Veterans
Rhode Island’s only law school, in partnership with a local law firm, is opening a legal clinic for disabled veterans. Students at the Roger Williams…
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PC Professor Named Vermont Poet Laureate
Chard deNiord, a Providence College English professor, has been named Vermont’s poet laureate. A resident of Westminster in southern Vermont, deNiord…
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Brown To Honor Veteran Women’s Soccer Coach Phil Pincince
Brown university will honor one of its greatest coaches Saturday afternoon when it renames its soccer field for the retiring women’s soccer coach Phil…
