University of Rhode Island News

Submitted by Milica on Wed, 2009/11/25 - 08:40. Coordinators have announced that "Pilgrimage in the Middle Ages" will be the theme for the Sewanee Medieval Colloquium to be held April 9-10, 2010 at the university of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee.

" Rhode Island needs to speed up its permitting process if it wants to attract industrial businesses, a consultant hired by the R.I. Economic Development Corporation said in a report released late Monday.

In this Nov. 8, 2006 file photo, Rhode Island Republican Gov. Don Carcieri address the media during a news conference at the Statehouse, in Providence, R.I. Gov.

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Hours after a fatal crash in Cranston that killed one of his friends from the University of Rhode Island, the 19-year-old man driving the car was charged with drunk driving.

The supercomputer is the most powerful computational system in Rhode Island and will be used by researchers statewide to tackle "grand challenges" affecting Ocean State residents in climate change, education, energy and health.

For the first time in nearly three years, Rhode Island's unemployment rate dropped, to 12.9 percent in October, offering a faint but reassuring sign that the state's economy may be on the road to improvement.

"Ryan Center employees approached anyone they saw with a camera to remind them that it absolutely must be put away when Lauren came out, or it would be taken," wrote John Holmes , who covered the event for the student newspaper The Good 5 Cent Cigar .

Journal photo The annual Scandalous party was held at Brown University's Alumnae Hall.

Southern Illinois University's president introduced a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee administrator Tuesday as his pick to be the next chancellor of SIU's flagship Carbondale campus.

The Providence VA Medical Center is cosponsoring the 2009 "Veterans Gather" art exhibition along with the University of Rhode Island Feinstein Providence campus.

Lawyers for University of Rhode Island students will ask a judge to strike down a law allowing police in Narragansett to place stickers on homes that host loud parties.

According to a new clinical trial, a therapy technique known as client-directed feedback can greatly increase the odds of a couple remaining together.

Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Article Date: 16 Nov 2009 Using four simple questions to generate client-directed feedback can greatly increase the chances that struggling couples will stay together, according to a recently published study.

Maine Maritime Academy on Friday announced it has selected a Falmouth man to become the school's next president.

Hanover WR sets single-game receptions record Eds: APNewsNow. HANOVER, Ind. Daniel Passafiume has set the NCAA record for most receptions in a single game, catching 25 passes for Division III Hanover College.

Beatrice Demers was a URI professor of foreign languages for 30 years. Collections and Archives University of Rhode Island Library A legal battle over the estate of beloved University of Rhode Island Prof.

Nov. 6, 2009 -- Using four simple questions to generate client-directed feedback can greatly increase the chances that struggling couples will stay together, according to a recently published study.

Oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard never grew up. The 67-year-old, best known for his discovery of the R.M.S. Titanic shipwreck in 1985, has declared himself to be "still a kid." In a recent telephone interview, an enthusiastic Ballard described his 50-year career exploring the sea.

Rhode Island's battered economy will continue to deteriorate and the worst is not expected to be over until the second half of next year, according to a sobering new forecast to be released Tuesday by a regional economic analysis group.