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This city, which once moved rivers to create a new urban design, is now moving a major highway away from its downtown and opening up approximately 20 acres for development.

An exhibit that spotlights black gay men who live in Rhode Island opened at the John Hay Library at Brown University in Providence on Nov.

Shape Up Rhode Island, the Ocean State's quieter variation of "The Biggest Loser," has received a grant to make the weight loss and fitness program more accessible to low-income residents.

Betaspring is the equivalent of a midwife for business start-ups. The Providence-based company works with teams of budding entrepreneurs to turn their ideas into viable businesses.

" Rhode Island Hospital will receive $11 million over the next five years to create a major stem-cell research center that will focus on stem-cell biology and tissue-regeneration techniques that could be used to treat marrow and lung diseases.

The unemployment rate has hit double digits for the first time since 1983 - and is likely to go higher.

The Electronic Literature Organization's Fourth International Conference & Program of Digitally Mediated Literary Art June 3-6, 2010 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island, USA Organized by the ELO and Writing Digital Media at the Brown University Literary Arts Program dedicated to Robert Coover The Electronic Literature Organization and Brown ...

The home-design guru said his "Happy Chic" philosophy is a welcome respite amid retail's dark reality.

President Barack Obama's half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel - the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.

Kenny Washington found out the hard way how tough it is to find a job without a high school diploma.

Lynn Pasquerella , a former member of the faculty of the University of Rhode Island with a doctorate from Brown University, has been appointed as the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College .

Brown University officials say a student who was studying in China has died after falling from the rooftop terrace of a Beijing apartment building.

October 30, 2009 'True Blood' actor, GW grad Sam Trammell visits home Chip Ellis Amy and Chris Dent of Charleston got to meet one of their favorite actors, Sam Trammell of HBO's "True Blood," at the West Virginia Culture Center on Friday.

The appointment of College President Jim Yong Kim was celebrated as a landmark for Asian Americans.

Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests.

LEXINGTON - Carolyn Denard, associate dean for undergraduate education at Emory University, will give a talk at Washington and Lee University at 7:30 p.m. Nov.

Boasting charming historic scenery with modern flair and an artistic sensibility, Providence, Rhode Island, is a fine choice for a weekend getaway.

On a miserable day for attending a football game, 110,377 showed up for Michigan's game against Penn State Saturday, said Diane Brown, University of Michigan police spokeswoman.

Every seat in the Stephens Hall Auditorium was filled Monday night when just less than 700 students and faculty reached the fire code limit for the "I Heart Female Orgasm" event, a nationally popular sex education lecture.

While it is widely believed that promiscuity or overlapping multiple sexual partners are driving the HIV epidemic, Brown University researchers have found that there is not much scientific evidence to support the idea .