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May 12, 2025

A September 2024 picture of Rhode Island College’s Providence campus, where 20 academic programs are slated for suspension beginning in fall 2025.

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Education

After RIC Gives 20 Degree Programs the Axe, Some Question What Could Have Been Done to Save Them

Low enrollment is cited as reason for discontinuing programs. Students, faculty and some lawmakers say process lacked transparency

May 12, 2025

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Alexander Castro

Artwork by Dawn Spears (Narragansett). "What it Was Before" (2022)

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History

A New Website Illuminates the History of Indigenous Enslavement in New England

Historians at Brown University and Tribal members from across New England are launching a project they hope will bring awareness to the historic enslavement of Indigenous people in North America

May 12, 2025

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Olivia Ebertz

A tent in Woonsocket is pictured in this 2022 file photo.

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Community

Why Woonsocket’s Ban on Camping Worries Homelessness Advocates

Critics say it will expose unhoused people to the legal system

May 12, 2025

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Luis Hernandez

Podcast Episode

Rhode Island PBS Weekly Podcast

May 11, 2025 - Schools Turn to Remote Therapy / Slashing Scientific Research in RI / Hmong Family’s Survival Story

On this episode, Pamela Watts finds out why some school districts are turning to remote mental health therapy to help Rhode Island students. Then, Contributor Steph Machado reports on what the Trump Administration cuts of tens of millions of dollars in science research funding will ultimately mean to Rhode Island’s universities. Finally, we hear one local family’s story of survival.

May 12, 2025

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Health

Rhode Island Schools Turn to Virtual Therapy to Address Student Mental Health Crisis

With in-person counselors in short supply, districts like Bristol-Warren are embracing telepsychology platforms like Cartwheel to deliver faster, more accessible care for kids still feeling the effects of the pandemic

May 11, 2025

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Pamela Watts

Lisa Pina-Warren is the executive director of the Nonviolence Institute.

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Health

25 Years After Jennifer Rivera’s Murder, Rhode Island’s Nonviolence Institute Carries On Her Legacy

Born from tragedy, the Providence-based institute—now led by Lisa Pina-Warren—continues to fight community violence with compassion, outreach, and the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

May 10, 2025

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Isabella Jibilian

Podcast Episode

A Lively Experiment Podcast

On Lively, the first American chosen a Pope and pro soccer finally comes to Pawtucket.

This week on A Lively Experiment, what we can expect from the first American picked as Pope. Plus, cheers as pro soccer finally arrives in Pawtucket, but what are the odds of financial success? And is Rhode Island ready for the Real Housewives? Moderator Jim Hummel talks with former RI Attorney General Arlene Violet, Dan McGowan of the Boston Globe, and Rhode Island KIDS COUNT’s Paige Parks.

May 9, 2025