Free Virtual Valley Talks Continue with Presentation on History of the Blackstone Valley Landscape WOONSOCKET, R.I. – Valley Talks, a series of biweekly historical lectures by the Museum of Work & Culture, a division of the Rhode Island Historical Society, continues Sunday, February 6 at 1pm on Zoom. In this talk, retired National […]
Mass Higher Ed Commish, UConn Prez Announce Departures By John O. Harney Comings and Goings … Carlos Santiago Carlos Santiago, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, announced he will step down in June. Born in Puerto Rico, Santiago became the Bay State’s first Latino higher ed commissioner in 2015 after serving as deputy […]
MA Educators, Parents: Schools Need Comprehensive COVID Protection Plan Lily Bohlke – Commonwealth News Service Parents, educators and school nurses are calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to take steps toward a comprehensive state-run COVID-19 protection plan. They say with the Omicron variant causing surges in hospitalizations across Massachusetts, the Commonwealth needs a state-run in-school vaccination […]
THIS WEEK’S MUSE TONI MORRISON “I’m a believer in the power of knowledge and the ferocity of beauty, so from my point of view, your life is already artful – waiting, just waiting for you to make it art.” Toni Morrison was an acclaimed American novelist whose works continue to be widely praised […]
RIHS’s Annual After Dark Event Looks at Romance in Rhode Island February program to feature cocktail lesson, cheese tasting, and love stories (PROVIDENCE, R.I.) – Join the Rhode Island Historical Society on Thursday, February 10th at 6pm for Romance After Dark, a virtual evening filled with craft cocktails, cheese samplings, and conversations about some […]
Historic Deerfield invites proposals for its eighth annual symposium on Early New England Architecture Architecture Symposium- Call for Papers “Case Studies in Building Preservation” Historic Deerfield invites proposals for its eighth annual symposium on Early New England Architecture, “Case Studies in Building Preservation,” scheduled on July 9, 2022. This will be a hybrid […]
USDA to invest up to $225 million in partner-driven conservation on agricultural and forest land. AMHERST, Mass., Jan. 21, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced up to $225 million in available funding for conservation partners through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). RCPP is a partner-driven program that leverages […]
Take the Survey from the MassDOT on Teleworking Policies MassDOT’s Impact of Teleworking study seeks to analyze the potential effects of teleworking on the Commonwealth’s transportation system into the future. As part of this study, the project team has developed an employer survey to better understand how firms in Massachusetts are thinking […]
