Salve Regina University - Press Releases

WATERSHED COUNCIL, SALVE REGINA TEAM UP TO PRESENT PUBLIC CONFERENCE

September 28, 2009 NEWPORT, R.I. - The Aquidneck Island Watershed Council and Salve Regina University will offer a free conference designed to educate and engage the public on local watershed issues from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17 at O'Hare Academic Center,... [read more]

UNIVERSITY HOSTS 10th ANNUAL MANSION RUN 5K ON SEPT. 26

September 21, 2009 NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University's 10th Annual Mansion Run 5K that starts and finishes on the university's historic Bellevue Avenue/Ochre Point campus, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 8:30 a.m.

Open to the general public, proceeds... [read more]

UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY TO INAUGURATE DR. JANE GERETY AS SALVE REGINA'S SEVENTH PRESIDENT

September 08, 2009 NEWPORT, R.I. - The Salve Regina University community will inaugurate Dr. Jane Gerety, RSM, as its seventh president during an outdoor ceremony on campus on Friday, Sept. 18.

The public is invited to the ceremony, which will be celebrated beneath... [read more]

HISTORIC STANFORD WHITE CASINO THEATRE RENOVATION BEGINS THIS MONTH

September 01, 2009 Story Contacts:

Donald Christ, senior counsel at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and member of the Stanford White Casino Theatre Restoration Committee: 212-558-3927.

Sister M. Therese Antone, chancellor, Salve Regina University, and... [read more]

ECO-ARTIST VIJALI HAMILTON INTRODUCES 'WORLD WHEEL' AT SALVE REGINA SYMPOSIUM

August 14, 2009 NEWPORT, R.I. - Internationally known eco-artist Vijali Hamilton will introduce the World Wheel: Earth Mandala Project, an artistic forum for global understanding and creative leadership, when he presents at The Christiane Corbat Memorial Symposium on... [read more]

'DEFINING MOMENTS' PROJECT GETS $5,000 BOOST FROM JOHN E. FOGARTY FOUNDATION

August 12, 2009 NEWPORT, R.I. - A project that pairs Salve Regina University students with developmentally disabled adults to help them share the memories of their lives has received a $5,000 grant from the John E. Fogarty Foundation.

The "Defining Moments" project,... [read more]

OPENINGS STILL AVAILABLE FOR 'ART, NATURE & CONSCIOUSNESS' TRAINING PROGRAM IN EXPRESSIVE ARTS

August 06, 2009 NEWPORT, R.I. - A few seats are still available in "Art, Nature and Consciousness," a three-day professional training program presented by Salve Regina University's Expressive Arts Institute on Aug. 14-16.

This introductory program focuses on... [read more]

PAINTING BY UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN (UK) ART STUDENT SHORTLISTED FOR MUNTON MEDALLION

July 29, 2009 NEWPORT, R.I. - A painting by Fine Art Level 1 student Chloe Warren of The University of Lincoln School of Art and Design in Lincoln, England, has been shortlisted for the Munton Medallion, an annual prize awarded to encourage undergraduate students... [read more]

PUBLIC INVITED TO 7-DAY PHILOSOPHY SEMINAR ON 'ANTIGONE,' 'MEDEA,' & 'MERCHANT OF VENICE'

July 23, 2009 NEWPORT - The public is invited to attend any or all of an informal seven-day philosophy seminar on "Antigone," "Medea," and the "Merchant of Venice," which is being presented by Salve Regina University professor Dr. Khalil Habib beginning on Monday,... [read more]

STUDENTS SPEND THEIR SUMMER INVESTIGATING METHODS TO HELP AUTISTIC CHILDREN BECOME BETTER LEARNERS

July 22, 2009 NEWPORT, R.I. - Dr. Sheila O'Brien Quinn, associate professor of psychology, and three Salve Regina psychology majors are spending their summer investigating how Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) can help children with autism become more aware of their... [read more]