TRANSCRIPT: This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Luis Hernandez: Three years ago, Katharine Bowers helped establish a composting and food waste reduction program at Birchwood Middle School in North Providence, where she teaches. The program enables students to understand things like food decomposition, energy production and recycling. It’s been so successful that […]
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Jewish students at Brown face possible discipline for sleeping in a religious structure
At Brown University, administrators are determining whether to discipline 17 Jewish students who were found sleeping in a temporary structure as a part of a Jewish holiday on campus early on Tuesday morning. The students, who are members of an unofficial campus group called Jews for Ceasefire Now, say their religion commands them to sleep […]
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New referendum asks Brown University undergrads if they lack confidence in Brown leadership
Brown University’s Undergraduate Council of Students sent out a referendum on Oct. 16 asking students to vote on whether they have faith in the university’s leadership, and whether they believe students should be able to elect student representatives to Brown’s corporate board. Isaac Slevin, who sits on the Undergraduate Council of Students, or UCS, says […]
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Public funding for RIC Cybersecurity Institute, ‘An American Jew Wakes to a Nightmare,’ and more
On Oct. 8, 2023, local playwright Sandy Laub started writing. The result was a one-woman play called “Picking Up Stones: An American Jew Wakes to a Nightmare.” She sat down with our South County Bureau Reporter Alex Nunes to talk about the play and reflect on the past year. Also, in November, Rhode Island voters will be faced with five statewide ballot questions. Between now and Election Day we’ll break them down for you. This week, it’s question two: a bond measure to fund improvements at URI and Rhode Island College, including building out a new home for RIC’s Cybersecurity institute. Plus, Artscape producer James Baumgartner gives us a tour of Community MusicWorks’ new location. That and more on this week’s show.
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Breaking down the ballot: Should Rhode Islanders support capital improvements at URI and RIC?
You can find our breakdown of ballot question one here, which asks: Should Rhode Island hold a constitutional convention? TRANSCRIPT: This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Luis Hernandez: Nov. 5, Rhode Island voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on five statewide ballot questions. In the weeks leading up to Election […]
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Brown votes against divestment from companies with ties to Israel
Brown University will not divest from 10 companies that student activists said facilitated “the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.” The Corporation of Brown University, the university’s governing body, voted Tuesday to support the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on University Resources Management (ACURM) against divestment, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. ACURM found […]
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Child labor law violations in Fall River, behind the failed Star Store-UMass Dartmouth deal, and more
A seafood processing plant in Fall River is at the heart of a new lawsuit that claims the plant employed underage migrant workers – and says the teens were exposed to potentially dangerous conditions. The suit comes a year after an investigation by The Public’s Radio into possible child labor violations at seafood processors in New Bedford. Also, a year after UMass Dartmouth abruptly closed its arts campus at the Star Store in New Bedford, an investigation by the Massachusetts Inspector General gives us a clearer picture of what exactly happened and who’s to blame. And we hear a studio session with Providence-based jazz combo, the Leland Baker Trio. That and more on this week’s show.
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Investigation unravels how New Bedford lost its downtown arts college
When UMass Dartmouth announced the sudden closure of its downtown arts campus in New Bedford last year, just three weeks before classes began, politicians and university officials were quick to point fingers. Conflicting allegations created a confusing tangle of blame, as movers emptied two decades worth of art and studio equipment from the sprawling beaux […]
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Remembering Alan Shawn Feinstein, Woonsocket homeowners regain protections, and more
For years Woonsocket homeowners didn’t have the same foreclosure prevention tools as the rest of Rhode Island. After an investigation by The Public’s Radio, that is finally changing. Our Nina Sparling will give us the update. Also, Alan Shawn Feinstein had a profound impact on the lives of thousands of young people in the Ocean State. We’ll meet a couple of them in a remembrance of one of Rhode Island’s most prolific philanthropists. And affordable live/work housing for artists in Providence is a rarity these days. So, where do artists live and work today? And when housing is so scarce for everyone, why is it important to have affordable spaces for artists? That and more on this episode of The Weekly Catch.
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence hopes a clubhouse renovation will help them better serve children in the city’s North End
TRANSCRIPT: This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Luis Hernandez: Nicole, thanks so much for the time. I appreciate it. Nicole Dufresne: Thank you so much for having me. Hernandez: Tell us about the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence. What is its mission? Who does it serve exactly? Dufresne: Sure. So our […]
