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Watching climate change is scary. Barrington students wanted local opportunities to take action, so they started a club.

Inspired by Swedish youth activist Greta Thunberg, the Barrington Environmental Establishment has earned an EPA award.

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A new program at Brown is preparing Providence students for college

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, director Nick Figueroa talks about the Brown Collegiate Scholars Program that brought 30 Providence students to the campus this month.
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Meet the new leader of Providence’s Nonviolence Institute

The institute is a crucial intermediary between the community, social service agencies, and law enforcement agencies, working to head off gang violence, support victims, and build a safer city.
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Rhode Island doctors have developed an app that can diagnose anemia

Three Rhode Island emergency medicine physicians have pioneered a noninvasive way to diagnose anemia by uploading photos of a person’s inner eyelid to an iPhone app.

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Cedric Huntley was a force for good in Rhode Island
Huntley, who was born in Louisiana but moved to Providence with his family when he was 7, served as the executive director of the Nonviolence Institute.

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An unconscionable decision for Providence schools
We’ve reached a new low in the state takeover of Providence schools. Things are literally going backwards.

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Settlement reached in suit over closure of Providence high school
360 High School won’t reopen, but the agreement includes a possible name change at a new “unified” school and a second chance for teachers to seek jobs there.

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Providence will shorten its school day this fall, one year after extending it
The extra half hour of school is going away after just one year. Did it work?

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Newport Festivals Foundation and The Met School are training the next generation of musicians in Newport, R.I.

A new internship-style program, Newport Festivals Music Lab, offers hands-on learning with an unforgettable end-of-year experience: playing at the Newport Folk Festival

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Less screen time: R.I. playground company wants every kid to get back to free play, running around, and talking to each other

“Since COVID, it’s only gotten so much more important that children learn some of the skills that they didn’t get a chance to,” said Imagination Playground CEO Jim Stallman.

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What’s next for Roger Williams Medical Center? CEO warns Boston University could terminate affiliation, court docs show.

If Boston University’s School of Medicine were to terminate its affiliation with Roger Williams Medical Center, the hospital would “lose its residents and fellows, who provide important services to the RWMC patients and community,” said CEO Jeffrey Liebman.

Brown University agrees to change discrimination policies following federal investigation

The university agreed to “review and revise as necessary” its nondiscrimination and anti-harassment policy and procedures for resolving complaint.

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Debris that could be a shipwreck surfaces in Charlestown, R.I.

A winter storm rolled into Charlestown Breachway and knocked down part of a beach wall in January. Since then, parts of what appeared to be a ship began to stick out of the sand.

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‘Bringing joy back to making art’: New workforce development program launches at Brown

Avery Willis Hoffman, artistic director of the Brown Arts Institute, has been thinking about the hit the arts industry took during and since the pandemic. She hopes to support people in the arts through ArtsCrew, a robust workforce development program.

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Principal out at Providence’s Newcomer Academy after DOJ slams school for violating students’ rights

The high school for immigrants with interrupted schooling and little English proficiency is in hot water with the federal government for failing to properly provide English language development classes.

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Meet the R.I. high school graduate who wants to be America’s next great sports broadcaster

In love with sports journalism since the eighth grade, Cranston High School East graduate Timothy Yean is taking his talents to Rhode Island College, after winning a scholarship for students who want to pursue some form of journalism.