Kenneth Cuccinelli, Virginia's attorney general, warned the boards of the state's public colleges that they lack the authority — without authorization from the state's General Assembly — to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, Inside Higher Ed reported on March 8.
The Board of Trustees of St. Mary's College of Maryland selected Joseph Urgo MA'82 PhD'86 to serve as the next president of the college, Southern Maryland Online reported on Feb. 22.
Rhode Island educators now have help paying transportation expenses for field trips to state arts venues, thanks to a new grant program sponsored by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts. The Big Yellow School Bus Grant Program, put into effect this January, has so far enabled 25 schools to pay ...
The newly-formed Moderate Party of Rhode Island joined the campaign fray Sunday when it announced its candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general at its kickoff party, held at the Everyman Bistro in Providence.
Providence schools face a $7.1 million loss in state aid in fiscal year 2011 if Gov. Donald Carcieri's '65 budget proposal is approved.
A first trip to the Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers' Market can be overwhelming, especially to a shopper on a budget.
University endowments nationwide saw an average endowment loss of 18.7 percent for the last fiscal year, according to a report with data from 842 institutions compiled by the National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund.
Jennifer Weiler, a first-year at Green Mountain College, filed a lawsuit last month against the Vermont Department of Public Safety for failing to provide separate restrooms in her dormitory for men and women — a mandate in all public buildings in Vermont where restroom facilities are available ...
President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion budget blueprint for 2011, released Monday, proposes a $17 billion increase to the Pell Grant program, the main federal program to aid low-income students, which would expand the program's rolls by a million students.
Tuesday night, state Republicans skipped Gov. Donald Carcieri's '65 State of the State address, opting instead to host contenders for statewide elections at Holy Rosary Band Society Hall on Providence's East Side.
Thanks to a prime location on College Hill, most Thayer Street businesses are getting by even in tough economic times. With the new additions of Better Burger Company and potentially Verizon Wireless, current businesses are holding their own in a difficult economy.
A Massachusetts appeals court found that police officers' warrantless search of a Boston College dorm room was legal, Inside Higher Ed reported on Dec. 28.
The Metropolitan Providence Transit Enhancement Study — a joint project conducted by the Rhode Island Public Transportation Agency and Mayor David Cicilline's '83 office — was released Dec. 10. The study, which recommends future strategies for Providence public transport, represents the ...
Segment by segment, shrub by shrub, the Blackstone River Bikeway is coming together.Rhode Island will receive $575,000 in federal funding for landscaping along the bikeway, according to a Jan. 21 press release from the office of Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. Construction first began in the early '90s, ...
The University of California system is moving ahead with a proposed 32 percent tuition hike despite a series of student protests. UC President Mark Yudof said the system — which serves 190,000 students on 10 campuses — has "no choice" but to raise tuition, despite the opposition from students ...
A report filed last week with the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island proposed a benefits distribution system for minor children of the victims of the 2003 Station nightclub fire that claimed 100 lives.
Rhode Island has enjoyed a warm autumn, but the approach of winter has caused the state to increase the number of beds at homeless shelters — a measure that advocates for the state's growing homeless population say won't be enough.
Four downtown buildings including City Hall and the Kennedy Plaza skating rink will light up in red tomorrow in recognition of World AIDS Day. Providence is one of 13 cities in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland that will participate in the "show of solidarity" for those suffering from AIDS, ...
The Providence Police Department is unleashing a new weapon in the fight against crime — the BlackBerry Curve. According to a Nov. 30 press release from the Office of the Chief of Police, 92 supervisory staff members have been issued the phones as part of a "long-term strategy of putting real-time ...
University of California campuses were rocked by student protests and demonstrations in reaction to last Thursday's vote by UC regents to approve a system-wide 32 percent tuition hike, CNN reported last week.
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