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URI, RISD Researchers Awarded $3.4M for Collaborative Research Projects to Study Climate Change & Enhance Resilience

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PROVIDENCE, RI – Leading researchers from the University of Rhode Island (URI) and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) are rethinking approaches to climate change impacts, adaptation, and resilience.  Thanks to over $3.4 million in new federal funding, these leading Ocean State institutions will partner with other research universities on ambitious, multidisciplinary four-year projects to … Read more

Barrington RI students start climate change club, recognized with EPA award

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On Aug. 5, the student-run group will travel to Washington, D.C., to receive the President’s Environmental Youth Award from the Environmental Protection Agency in Region 1, a prize more often won by their Massachusetts peers. Members of the Barrington Environmental Establishment volunteered at Barrington Farm School, a local nonprofit organization.Barrington Public Schools The last Rhode … Read more

Smiley wants change in leadership or shutdown of embattled scrap metal yard

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Mayor Brett Smiley called a temporary shutdown of a Providence scrap metal yard “progress,” but said he isn’t sure the company can safely reopen. Last Friday, R.I. Superior Court Judge Brian Stern ordered Rhode Island Recycled Metals to stay closed temporarily, siding with the state’s argument that the company is a … Read more

Brown U. to change discrimination policies after investigation

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In January, the Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation into whether Brown’s administration failed to respond to incidents of alleged harassment against students with Jewish ancestry, which could have violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, according to a letter from the office to Brown President Christina Paxson. Title VI bars discrimination, exclusion, … Read more