Alex and Ani to offer training to Roger Williams University law students

CRANSTON, R.I. – Roger Williams University School of Law is partnering with Alex and Ani to offer a clinical experience for students as part of a new externship program.

Beginning Spring of 2015, Alex and Ani will join 13 other companies in southern New England in offering RWU Law students the opportunity to earn academic credit while training in its in-house corporate law department as part of the school’s Corporate Counsel Clinical Externship Program.

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RISD, Brown students employ design to help health-care workers fighting Ebola

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The space suit-like protective garb worn by health-care workers who treat Ebola patients rapidly overheats in West Africa’s tropical climate.

But what if the suit could be cooled down by using locally harvested rice?

The suit’s hood shields all but a health-care worker’s eyes. But what if the shield could be enlarged to reveal more of the face, allowing greater doctor-patient connection?

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Moses Brown, Brown University in partnership to rebuild Edgewood Yacht Club

Moses Brown School recently announced that it will establish a Sailing and Marine Education Center in Cranston, thanks to a $1.5 million anonymous gift.

The new center will provide a waterfront classroom for marine education and a home for the school’s championship sailing team and will accelerate a signature initiative called “MB TRIPs” – Travel, Research and Immersion Programs.

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