With a new pension reform bill now under consideration in the General Assembly, competing groups converged on the State House rotunda Wednesday to make their voices heard.
For most Rhode Islanders, colder winter temperatures are a seasonal inconvenience. But for the state's homeless — a group that has grown due to the ongoing economic downturn — winter adds a new urgency to the daily struggle to find shelter.
Black nursing home patients are less likely to receive flu vaccinations than white patients, according to a study published Oct. 5. in the journal Health Affairs. The data, gathered between 2006 and 2009, encompass more than 14,000 nursing homes across the country.
The equestrian team is heading into the season with high hopes after winning the Ivy League Championship last year and placing just short of the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association Nationals. This season, the team will have one goal: making it to Nationals .
A group of about 60 students, faculty and Providence residents gathered on the Main Green yesterday at noon to discuss the possibility of creating a grassroots movement called "Occupy College Hill," inspired by the ongoing "Occupy Wall Street" rallies.
The men's soccer team, coming off a successful 2010 season, is stronger than ever. The squad's motto, "winter is coming," reflects its ambitious journey toward the ultimate challenge of this season — the NCAA tournament in November.
Four rarely studied concentration tracks have been re-categorized as pre-approved independent concentrations as of this academic year.
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