David Cicilline seems to love spending taxpayer dollars on reports. It might be because they’re very official looking and make it look like he’s actually doing something productive. Now, David Cicilline seems to be focused on arts and culture. You might recall him paying $100,000 to an out-of -state firm to come up with the name “the Creative Capital.” Now, his cultural plan has expanded, along with the cost.

PROVIDENCE – Brown University administrators said yesterday the school must cut its operating budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year by an additional 5.5 percent, or $30 million, on top of cuts that were already made for the fiscal year that begins tomorrow.

Smithfield, R.I. (April 24, 2009) - Bryant University will host its 24th Annual World Trade Day, “The Power of Trade: Strategies for Growth in the Globe Economy,” on Thursday, May 21. More than 500 business people are expected to attend the conference. Participants will benefit from the combination of policy experts, academicians, business leaders, and government officials, who will present the most current information and strategies for conducting business in even the most challenging times.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — May 19, 2009 — This year, Johnson & Wales University will confer more than 7,000 degrees at three commencement ceremonies:

The Alan Shawn Feinstein Graduate School and School of Education

Thursday, May 21, 7 P.M.
Providence Performing Arts Center Student Degrees Awarded: 806

Keynote Speaker: Peter McWalters, commissioner, R.I. Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Providence, R.I., will receive an honorary Doctor of Education degree.

Providence, R.I.–Providence College President Rev. Brian J. Shanley, O.P. ‘80 told a group of business leaders that he continues to strenuously oppose two bills before the Rhode Island General Assembly that would allow the City of Providence to implement a student impact fee and collect taxes on up to 25 percent of large, tax-exempt nonprofits’ assessed property values.

FOR A TOPIC that is usually downright depressing, the city mayors and administrators who gathered over bagels and eggs to talk about vacant and abandoned properties sounded remarkably upbeat.

Nationally recognized RWU experiences building boom; school will not renew King Philip lease

BRISTOL — When the dust settles this summer, a $90 million-construction boom at Roger Williams University will be complete after a year’s flurry of activity. The school will now have new facilities to boast alongside a recent US News and World Report story that ranked it eighth among the country’s top bachelorette schools.

NEWPORT - The Corporation for National and Community Service recently honored Salve Regina University with a place on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America’s communities.