Salve Regina University News

On the Record features birth announcements on Page 2B on Mondays and announcements about local residents in college and the armed services on Page 3B throughout the week.

The Rhode Island Bar Association has a new leader - officially. At its annual meeting Friday, the association appointed Victoria M. Almeida its president.

Darien resident Sarah DeSanctis, a recent graduate at Salve Regina University, has been named to the Dean's List for the spring 2009 semester.

An archaeological team from Salve Regina University plans to return to a historic residential site this summer to dig for a colonial-era distillery.

Oscar Wilde and Orson Welles performed at the Casino Theatre in Newport, Rhode Island.

PARLA ITALIANO?: Warwick Vets High School teacher, and recipient of the Rhode Island Foreign Language Association's Teacher of the Year award, Susan Erinakes is in her element at the front of the classroom.

Given the standing room-only crowd at St. Maria Goretti Roman Catholic Church on Friday night, it was hard to tell if any of the 29 soon-to-be graduates of Bishop Keough High School "teared up" at the many tributes bestowed upon them.

Tom Hall, the new artistic director of the Newport International Film Festival , had the usual hard time culling more than 600 submissions - some invited but most over the transom - down to 90 films - 17 narrative features , 17 feature-length documentaries, and 56 shorts.

Sara Elizabeth Goudreault of Haverhill graduated from Salve Regina University on Sunday, May 17, with a bachelor's degree in early childhood education.

Many of us succumb to the enticements of ever-advancing technology, but when the last tweet of the day is sent, the last call placed on the iPhone, a full life may remain elusive.

The health care field figures prominently into the future career plans of Bishop Keough's top two students in the class of 2009.

Sarah Isabel DeSanctis, of Darien , was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in art history during Salve Regina University's 59th Commencement on Sunday.

Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a five-year, $18 million grant by a branch of the National Institutes of Health to strengthen biomedical research capacity in Rhode Island.

Thousands of college graduates are heading into one of the toughest job markets in three decades.

Let us consider the two latest appointments in Afghanistan: one, of Lt General Stanley McChrystal, the latest Irish-American to add lustre to our contribution to the US military, and who recently replaced the unfortunate Major General David McKiernan: a fine soldier, of similar background, but one dogged by ill-luck. General McChrystal's British ...

It was graduation weekend for a number of area colleges and universities. Students at Salve Regina University received their diplomas Sunday, following a keynote address by the Honorable Bruce Marshall Selya.

Salve Regina University handed out more than 700 degrees on a gray, drizzly Sunday as joggers trotted along the adjacent Cliff Walk past capacious tents housing the graduates and guests.

It's not too late to apply to enter college in the fall. About 150 public and private colleges and universities in New England, including several in Rhode Island, report that they still have openings in their freshmen class and also for transfer students, according to the New England Board of Higher Education.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates replaced the commander of the Afghanistan war on Monday, saying the Obama administration needs "fresh thinking" to turn around the war against a resurgent Taliban.

According to student government representatives, the mayor intends to ask the General Assembly to consider a bill that would impose a head tax on all full-time students in all private colleges and universities in the state.