PC Professor Offers Thoughts on Next Pope
A Providence College theology professor is tamping down speculation that Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley could be the next pope.
View ArticlePC Professor Blogs Son’s Encounter with Pope Francis
Providence College Professor Paul Gondreau says he was “moved to tears” as he watched his disabled son hugging the newly inaugurated Pope Francis. The encounter, following an Easter Mass, was recorded...
View ArticleWho Will Address RI Graduates?
Commencement speakers for 2013 are a mixed bunch. At New England Institute of Technology, quarterback turned sports analyst Terry Bradshaw will give the commencement speech on May 5th. The school is...
View ArticleTuition at Rhode Island's Private Colleges Among the Nation's Most Expensive
Private colleges in Rhode Island have some of the highest prices in the country, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Education.Bryant University, Providence College, Roger Williams...
View ArticleProvidence College Is Keeping Busy During the Summer Months
Though it’s summertime, Providence College has been keeping busy, the school is working to complete several large projects in time for the coming school year.One of those projects, the construction of...
View ArticleHot City: Crime on Smith Hill’s Oakland Avenue
With the rising temperatures comes a spike in crime across the capital city. In a series we’re calling Hot City: Crime in Providence we’re taking a look at summer crime by focusing the month of July....
View ArticleURI: University in RI or University of RI?
Even President Obama is talking about rising college tuitions as students return to campus. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay talks about what this all means for our flagship public university, the...
View ArticleRI State Police Crack Down on Underage Drinking
State police are going all out this year to combat underage drinking. A task force has been monitoring places where underage drinking has historically been a problem.State police Colonel Steven...
View ArticleProf. Scoffs at Providence College Nixing Same-Sex Marriage Lecture
Providence College has cancelled a lecture by a Wayne State University philosophy professor who supports same sex marriage. The decision was founded on a belief that Catholic colleges should present...
View ArticleProvidence College Reschedules Same Sex Marriage Talk
Did we say the talk was cancelled? We should have said postponed.That was the message from Providence College Provost Hugh Lena, who sent an email to the college community on Wednesday. The note says...
View ArticleGovernment Shutdown May Keep Students From Wanting To Enter Politics
A Providence College professor who has been using the government shutdown as a teaching tool says it has had a profound impact on his students.Political science professor Joseph Cammarano says his...
View ArticleProvidence College Responds to Orange Sticker Policy
Providence College says it is following up with students cited for loud parties in the neighborhood around the college.Providence police have started putting orange stickers on houses that repeatedly...
View ArticleOlder Rhode Islanders remember a real Blizzard: 1978
Some of you younger people may think we are in the middle of a snowy winter here in Rhode Island. Those of a certain age know better. Thirty –six years ago today, on Feb. 6, 1978, the sky opened with...
View ArticleThe Bottom Line: What Will It Take To Pump Life Into RI's Economy?
Providence Business News Editor Mark Murphy joins Rhode Island Public Radio's Dave Fallon for a weekly business segment The Bottom Line.
View ArticleProvidence College Friars hoopsters beat St. Johns's
The Providence College basketball team, in their biggest win of the season, have defeated St. Johns's in the Big East tournament at the Madison Square Garden. The victory sets up a showdown tomorrow in...
View ArticleA win over Seton Hall tonight will mean NCAA bid for Providence College
The excitement in these parts around Providence College basketball is back, arguably for the first time since the late 1990s. The Friar hoopsters are in the Big East semi-finals for the first time...
View ArticleFive PC Kids back on the floor at Madison Square Garden
Since the 1950s, Providence College basketball has been one of the great story lines in all of college sports, a New England version of the cinematic Hoosiers.This tale flat-lined for too many years....
View ArticleIt’s March Madness For The PC Friars
The Providence College basketball team heads to the March Madness of the NCAA basketball tournament for the first time in 10 years. Rhode Island Public Radio's Scott MacKay spoke with PCcoach Ed Cooley...
View ArticlePC Responds to Basketball Sexual Assault Claims
Providence College officials are urging the public not to rush to judgment after The Wall Street Journal reported a police investigation of two basketball players, as the Friars head to Texas for the...
View ArticlePolice Probe Into Sexual Assault Allegations Against PC Players
An allegation of sexual assault involving members of the Providence College basketball team is casting a pall over the school’s trip to the NCAA Tournament.A female student has reported that she was...
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