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PROVIDENCE – The Cox Providence Rhode Races next May will feature a marathon, co-sponsored by Johnson & Wales University, representatives of the city, the university and the sports community announced this morning.

“JWU has had a long tradition of participating in cross-country racing, which dates back to the early ’60s,” Irving Schneider, the university’s Providence Campus president, said in a statement this morning. The new race will honor that history with an award in the name of former administrator Col. John McNulty, who helped launch cross-country racing at the school then known as Johnson & Wales Junior College.

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By Susan A. Baird
PBN Web Editor

NEWPORT – Two historic carriage house and stable complexes on the Salve Regina University campus will be transformed into a Center for Arts and Culture, thanks to a $750,000 challenge grant from The Kresge Foundation.

To receive the Kresge funds, the university first must meet its goals of raising $12 million in private funding – including $7.5 million in capital funds for the Carriage House and Stable Restoration Project, plus $3 million for annual/program support and $1.5 million toward its endowment – by Oct. 1, 2008.

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September 6, 1933 -
November 4, 2007

In Memoriam of The Reverend Philip A. Smith, O.P., the 11th President of Providence College