University scholarship is in decreasing demand in the real world, Harvard international affairs professor Stephen Walt said in a lecture Wednesday night about the gap between academic research and its applications to recent policy debates. This lecture is part of the newly reinstated Global Security ...
Dean of the Graduate School Peter Weber testified Sept. 12 at a U.S. House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training hearing in opposition to graduate student unionization. The subcommittee's Republican majority held the hearing in response to the National Labor Relations Board's vote ...
T.F. Green Airport is re-evaluating a five-year, $125 million development plan after a cost analysis revealed the price tag would exceed initial estimates by $40 million. The Rhode Island Airport Corporation had originally planned to make several infrastructure improvements to the small Warwick regional ...
The Rhode Island Department of Health released a notice Tuesday advising consumers to avoid certain cashew butter, tahini and roasted peanut products made by Sunland, Inc., following 29 related salmonella cases nationwide, including one in Rhode Island.
Since Rhode Island successfully passed pension reform last year, the state has drawn significant attention from national news outlets and nonprofit organizations that see Rhode Island as an exemplary model for states with underfunded pension systems
The Rhode Island Board of Elections administered seven recounts Sept. 17 in response to candidate requests following the state primaries earlier this month. All recounts upheld primary results. Five races for seats in the General Assembly - from districts 32, 40, 58, 65 and 17 - were reviewed. Democratic ...
Ongoing housing renovations will include updates to Keeney Quadrangle, Andrews Dining Hall and other residential halls, Margaret Klawunn, vice president for campus life and student services, said at the general body meeting of the Undergraduate Council of Students Wednesday night. Klawunn spoke about ...
Assets from the failed 38 Studios, Curt Schilling's dissolved video game development company, will be auctioned off in October in an effort to decrease the $102 million in bond payments that must now be paid for by Rhode Island citizens. The company was forced to declare Chapter 7 bankruptcy in June, ...
In light of fluctuations in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps and student veteran enrollment numbers in recent years, University administrators said they are looking for new ways to increase the visibility of opportunities to serve for current and prospective students.
Legislative leaders announced this summer a $100,000 budget appropriation to fund the nation's first partnership between labor and education management officials. The initiative United Providence, or UP!, which was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) organization, has created a unique collaboration between ...
As the November presidential election approaches, several student groups are working to get out the vote and ensure Brunonians are informed, though the youth vote is not anticipated to play as large a role as it did in 2008.
The Graduate Council is currently deliberating whether or not to enforce a controversial provision that recommends graduate students who are receiving stipends from the University work no more than 20 hours per semester outside of their University-funded appointments. While the enforcement was ...
Prior to this semester, engineering concentrators were granted exclusive access to printing in Barus and Holley free of charge. But a new rule instituted at the beginning of this semester revoked that right.
Rhode Island is slated to receive $2.7 million in federal grants to improve suicide prevention programs for children, teens and young adults. The grants are being spread among four organizations - the Rhode Island Department for Children, Youth, and Family; the Rhode Island Youth Suicide Prevention ...
Despite an email last March from Dean of the College Katherine Bergeron describing changes made to the University's writing requirement, many students remain unaware of the new policies.
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