2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (397+ words) PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University have split nearly $2 million in grants from the Tiny Blue Dot Foundation, an empirical research nonprofit out of Los Angeles, to study emotional regulation and habit change in middle schoolers and college students....

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (93+ words) PROVIDENCE – A federal grand jury has indicted a former Barrington Christian Academy teacher who was already arrested accused of inappropriate conduct with a 16-year-old student, on five-counts of child exploitation charges. Sean Cassidy, 53, of Pawtucket, was federally charged on Sept....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (235+ words) NEWPORT – The BankNewport Charitable Foundation has awarded $26,000 in grants to three organizations supporting Rhode Island children and teenagers, funding programs focused on education, food access, literacy, arts and social-emotional learning. On Sept. 1, the foundation announced $15,000 for the Star Kids Scholarship…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (284+ words) PROVICENCE – The DaVinci Center, a multipurpose social services nonprofit serving Providence’s North End neighborhood, has received $440,000 in federal funding to expand its community resources and program offerings. The award was provided through the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (134+ words) Providence Business News PROVIDENCE – Students are returning to classrooms across the state, however their personal devices will not join them, according to a report by WPRI-TV CBS 12. A new law in effect for this school year allows only school-issued devices…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (124+ words) Providence Business News (Editor’s note: This is the 24th installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The other stories from this series can be found here.) SMITHFIELD…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (115+ words) Providence Business News PROVIDENCE – In an effort to combat financial barriers facing early-stage life science companies, the R.I. Life Science Hub has launched a $250,000 program to provide a year of free lab space for up to eight startups. The Founders…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (137+ words) WARWICK – Girl Scouts of Southeastern New England has donated $2,605 to the Glimmer of Hope Foundation through its 2026 Cookie Program Community Service Project, the organization announced. Each year, troops and individual Girl Scouts may designate a portion of their cookie program…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (274+ words) PROVIDENCE – The University of Rhode Island will receive $1.9 million from the National Science Foundation to support scholarships for students pursuing a Master of Science in Cybersecurity degree, Rhode Island’s congressional delegation announced Aug. 24. For manufacturers, energy is more than just…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (653+ words) Nearly three dozen people want to be Rhode Island’s first inspector general to root out waste and improve government efficiency. But the pool of qualified candidates may be much smaller. The five-member Inspector General Independent Advisory Commission received resumes from…...