University of Rhode Island News

As New England recovers from the worst recession in decades, Massachusetts and Vermont are posting the strongest gains while Rhode Island and Maine lag, an economists' group said Wednesday.

State Board of Education Chairwoman Eva-Marie Mancuso said Governor Chafee is still fully behind education Commissioner Deborah A. Gist, despite the groundswell of opposition from teachers.

This story was last updated on May 21 at 2:30 p.m.: The Pennsylvania State Police held a press conference Monday afternoon regarding the disappearance of 21-year-old Matthew Royer , who left the University of Rhode Island Thursday evening, reportedly en route to his Skippack home, but never arrived.

Every year the governor submits a budget proposal for the next fiscal year and often submits last-minute changes before lawmakers approve the spending plan.

The University of Rhode Island, often rumored to be considering a move into NCAA Division I men's hockey, and Division III St.

The Pennsylvania State Police held a press conference Monday afternoon regarding the disappearance of 21-year-old Matthew Royer , who left the University of Rhode Island Thursday evening, reportedly en route to his Skippack home, but never arrived.

The school announced the appointment of Mary Jo Gonzales on Monday. She assumed her new role last month.

The Rhode Island Fruit Growers' Association honored Heather Faubert, Extension Fruit Specialist at the University of Rhode Island for her Integrated Pest Management work with fruit growers.

The Pennsylvania State Police continue to search for a University of Rhode Island student who was reported missing by his family last week.

Students at the University of Rhode Island have created an online calculator for an international relief agency that helps make the case that cash donations after natural or other disasters are better than donated goods.

Police are searching for a Skippack college student who, they say, vanished in the wee hours of the morning on Friday while driving home from the University of Rhode Island.

The iconic Industrial Trust Tower, knows as "The Superman building," stands in downtown Providence, R.I. The Art Deco-style skyscraper, the tallest in the state, lost its last tenant when the bank's lease expired in April.

This week beginning on Monday and ending on Thursday, the membership of the Rhode Island General Assembly will be holding committee meetings.

Officials are trying to locate 21-year-old Matthew Royer of Collegeville. Royer was last seen leaving his apartment at the University of Rhode Island on Thursday.

Triplets will graduate from the University of Rhode Island this weekend. Well, not exactly, but they do share the same genes.

Imagine a world in total darkness, a mysterious place where few humans have ever traveled.

When Janice Wray lost control of her car on Route 95 in Connecticut last year , everything stopped.

That claim has been made repeatedly in the ongoing debate over whether to arm officers at the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College and the Community College of Rhode Island.

Legislation approved by a Senate committee Wednesday would lift some of the secrecy from the future -- but not the past -- award of free college tuition worth up to $26,444 a year to University of Rhode Island and state college employees and their spouses and children.

The University of Rhode Island police are investigating a possible armed robbery that occurred Sunday around 11:45 p.m. near Burnside and Aldrich halls.