Jennifer McDermott, Associated PressStudentsSyrian Doctor Caught in Travel Ban Gives Up, Moves to CanadaPROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Syrian doctor says he won’t return to the United States to finish his studies at Brown University because of the Trump administration’s travel ban. Khaled Almilaji said Wednesday there’s too much uncertainty, even though he possibly could get a student visa under the scaled-back version of the ban. The administration has […]June 28, 2017StudentsSenators Say They’re Fighting to Protect Pell Grant ProgramWARWICK, R.I. — Rhode Island’s two Democratic U.S. senators said on Monday that they’re fighting to protect and expand the student financial aid program named for their predecessor Claiborne Pell. Pell Grants have been a fixture of federal financial aid since the 1970s, helping millions of low-income students attend college annually. Claiborne Pell, a former […]June 5, 2017StudentsStudents Push Ivy League to Drop Fee for Needy ApplicantsPROVIDENCE, R.I. — Ivy League students are asking their schools to automatically waive the application fee for applicants who are low-income or the first in their family to attend college. A letter to the Ivies was penned by Brown University senior Viet Nguyen. Nguyen leads the undergraduate student government at Brown and asked student government […]February 15, 2017Leadership & PolicyFacility Being Built at Rhode Island University CollapsesAn athletic building under construction at a private university collapsed Tuesday, injuring six construction workers and leaving crumpled steel strewn across the site.September 1, 2015StudentsNavy Professor Resigns After Racy Photo InquiryA U.S. Naval War College professor has resigned following an investigation into a complaint that he took a racy photo that wound up online.August 11, 2014Page 1 of 1