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The Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce is pleased to partner with Bryant University in offering this highly interactive program consisting of four one-day sessions designed exclusively for women. Leadership studies have shown women receive high marks for their interpersonal communication skills and professional competence. At the same time, women tend not to perform as well in areas that lead to executive positions, such as strategic thinking, building strategic relationships and leading for value creation. The Women’s Institute for Leadership delivers a research-based learning experience that focuses on increasing business acumen to help women reach their full potential.

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In 2007, a two-part survey was sent to representatives of each of RHODE ISLAND’S postsecondary institutions. The survey collected information about the overall scope of each institution’s partnerships with PK-12 schools and districts, and also asked the institutions to identify the five partnerships that had the greatest impact, were the most innovative and were the most replicable. A newly released preliminary report presents an initial summary of the findings. A more detailed report will be presented to the Governor’s PK-16 Council this June.

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DOHA, Qatar – Roger Mandle will move to the Persian Gulf this summer when he leaves the Rhode Island School of Design, to take the reins of the Qatar Museums Authority, the QMA board of trustees said today.

“The Qatar Museums Authority is the vehicle for the aspirations of the Qatar people to create a unique complex of institutions for the 21st century, to speak of the cultural history of their region and its connections to the world,” Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, chair of the QMA board of trustees, said in a statement today.

PROVIDENCE - Tricia R. Serio netted a coveted Research Project grant from the National Institutes of Health in 2006, helping her build a laboratory at Brown University to study the causes of mad cow disease and similar illnesses.

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Bryant receives $150,000 grant to offer Chinese language/culture program to middle- and high-school students, K-12 teachers

SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The U.S.-China Institute at Bryant University will again offer its popular Chinese language and culture study program this summer thanks to a $150,000 grant from the National Foreign Language Center in Maryland.

SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Bryant University’s international business degree program has accepted the invitation to become a full member of the Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education (CUIBE).

Founded in 2003 by 10 nationally ranked international business programs, CUIBE aims to promote, enhance and innovate the way international business is taught. Through research, publications and seminars, it disseminates knowledge to members and the broader academic community.

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