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The Office of Media and Community Relations welcomes your interest in news about Providence College. Posted on this page are current news releases about important College events, activities and achievements.

For additional information, please visit our press release archives and view our press kits.

 

 

 


Press Releases
5/9/2008  PC Health Policy Students Make History With Presentations
5/6/2008 

Art History Professor’s Exhibition Catalogue Earns Top ALA Prize

4/29/2008 

Dr. Wendy Oliver Earns National Dance Association’s Scholar/Artist Award

4/28/2008 

Providence College Alumni and Students Work with City Parks Department to Restore Historic Homestead

4/24/2008 

Dr. Peter Johnson's First Novel Earns Multiple Honors

4/16/2008 

Providence College Presents Project S.A.V.E. to Focus on Preventing Violence against Women

4/16/2008 

Providence College to Host Fourth Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

4/15/2008  Providence College Names Keno Davis 14th Men's Basketball Coach
4/14/2008 

Dr. Robert B. Hackey Earns Accinno Faculty Teaching Award

4/14/2008 

Rev. Thomas J. Ertle, O.P. Earns The Reverend Philip A. Smith, O.P. Award

4/7/2008 

Father Shanley to Attend Address by Pope Benedict XVI

4/6/2008 

Providence College to Host 18th Annual Family Day

4/3/2008 

Major Michael P. Manning ’97 to Deliver Providence College's Commencement Address

3/27/2008 

Providence College to Host Global Studies Symposium

3/25/2008  Randall Professor to Headline Two-Day Symposium at PC
3/20/2008  PC ROTC Cadet Featured by Christian Science Monitor
3/19/2008  Alumni Represent PC in New York City's St. Patrick's Day Parade
3/18/2008   Philosophy Scholar to Present Delasanta Lecture at PC
3/14/2008 

PC Presents Public Service Initiatives at Special Meeting

3/13/2008 

Providence College Student Congress to Host Non-Alcoholic Tailgate Parties

3/12/2008  PC Team Advances to National College Bowl Tournament
3/12/2008 

Dr. Susan Lehrman Appointed Founding Dean for School of Business at Providence College

3/10/2008 

PC English Professor’s Poems Featured in Motion Picture

3/4/2008 

Five Honorees to be Feted by the Greater Providence Chapter of PC's National Alumni Association

2/27/2008  "America's Best Theologian" to Speak at PC
2/25/2008 

Providence College Joins Forces with National Research Organization

2/21/2008  Providence College Students, Dean Participate in Costa Rican Educational Experience
2/21/2008  Providence College's Director of Off-Campus Living Honored for Collaboration with Providence Police
2/15/2008  Providence College Receives President's Honor Roll Award for Service
2/8/2008  Providence College Names First Emergency Management Director
2/7/2008 

Father Shanley’s Essay Published in Prestigious Harvard Journal 

2/1/2008 

Father Shanley Appointed to National Independent College Board

1/24/2008  PC Profiled on National Higher Education Web Site
1/18/2008 

Providence College's Father Driscoll Recognized by Marist College

1/18/2008  Rev. Thomas F. O'Meara, O.P. to Present Aquinas Lecture at Providence College
1/17/2008  Providence College Prepares for Upperclassmen Family Weekend on February 1-3, 2008
1/9/2008  Four Providence College Alumni Tape PSAs to Promote Alma Mater’s Influence
1/9/2008 

Providence College's Urbano Takes a Front Seat Look at Catholic-Jewish Relations

12/28/2007 

Student Group to Travel to Costa Rica in First International Educational Exploration Experience

12/20/2007 

PC Finance Professor Named to Youth Financial Education Commission

12/14/2007  Providence College Leadership Class Steps Up to Assist Tavares Center
12/7/2007 

Providence College Holds Annual Christmas Tree-Lighting Ceremony

11/29/2007 

Phase 2 renovation work completed at Dunkin’ Donuts Center - PC's Men's Basketball Homecourt

11/28/2007 

Providence College's National Alumni Association Establishes Need-Based Scholarship Fund

11/16/2007 

Providence College Presents "Christmas in Cardboard: The Art of the Paper Crèche"

11/15/2007 

Remembering Rev. Philip Alphonsus Smith, O.P., 11th president of Providence College

11/5/2007 

Rev. Philip A. Smith, O.P. '63 Dies; Served as College’s 11th President

10/25/2007  Providence College's Balfour Center Initiates Speaker Series
10/24/2007 

Trip to China Leaves Faculty/Student Group Awestruck

10/24/2007 

Two Providence College Professors Appointed to Notable Research Posts

10/16/2007 

Dr. Sue Lehrman Appointed Founding Dean for School of Business at Providence College

10/12/2007 

Providence College's Liberal Arts Honors Program Celebrates 50 Years; Convocation on October 20 to Kick Off Series of Events 

10/3/2007  Providence College Holds Second Annual Unity Week
10/2/2007 

Providence College Will Dedicate 23,000 Square-foot Concannon Fitness Center on Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 4 p.m.; Project is Largest of its Kind Among Rhode Island’s Colleges and Universities

10/2/2007  Providence College Announces Establishment of Rebecca Shaw Higher Education Grant
9/27/2007  Providence College Appoints New Dean of Judicial Affairs
9/27/2007 

“Philately and Holiness: Dominican Saints and Themes” Display Unveiled at Providence College’s Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies

9/24/2007 

Providence College Presents Health Policy Forum with Focus on Patient Safety and Medical Errors

9/19/2007  Providence College's Academic Convocation to Recognize Dr. Rodney Delasanta's Legacy
9/15/2007  F. Russell Hittinger Appointed Providence College's Fourth Rev. Robert Randall Distinguished Professor in Christian Culture
9/14/2007 

Providence College Establishes New Parent Program

9/13/2007 

Providence College Joins “Arts Passport Program”

9/7/2007  PC’s Concannon Fitness Center Opens Doors
9/5/2007 

Providence College to Host Exhibit in Recognition of Constitution Day

9/4/2007 

Providence College Urban Action Students Volunteer 3,500 Hours to Improve RI Parks, Farms, and Streets

7/20/2007  Providence College's Touring Choir Visits Russia
7/16/2007 

Providence College Students Participate in Leadership Rhode Island’s College Leadership Program

7/12/2007  PC Recycling Drives Net Tons of Clothing, Food
7/11/2007  Research Grants Awarded to 16 Faculty Members
6/8/2007 

New State-of-the-Art Campus Facility to be Called Concannon Fitness Center

6/7/2007  Dominican Friars Present Laudare Medal to Beloved Assistant
6/7/2007 

Providence College’s Instructional Technology Development Program Receives Award

5/25/2007 

Providence College Appoints New Dean of International Studies

5/24/2007 

Providence College’s Interdepartmental Faculty Seminar Presents Open Forum on “Being Human”

5/22/2007 

Providence College’s Center for Teaching Excellence Names New Director

5/22/2007 

Providence College Awards Over 1,280 Degrees at 2007 Commencement

5/8/2007 

Providence College Announces 2007 Commencement Speaker, Honorary Degree Recipients

5/4/2007 

Providence College Student Receives Nomination for National Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award

5/1/2007 

Providence College hosts Third Annual New England Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

4/24/2007  Providence College Students, Alumni, and Business Leaders Participate in FUSION Service Project
4/16/2007 

Providence College Presents Project S.A.V.E. to Focus on Preventing Violence against Women

4/16/2007 

Providence College Students Present Dramatic Reading Featuring Holocaust Hero Sophie Scholl at Interfaith Commemoration

4/12/2007 

PC Students Participate in Alternative Spring Break on Apache Reservation

4/3/2007 

Renowned Anthropologist Ian Tattersall to Speak April 23 at Providence College on “Becoming Human”

3/26/2007 

Providence College Launches New “Virtual Tour”

3/23/2007 

Dave Gavitt to Deliver 2007 Commencement Address at Providence College; Four Others to be Honored for Exemplary Careers in Education, Public Service, and Scholarship

3/23/2007  Providence College Students Publish Book of POW Memoirs
3/14/2007 

Providence College English Professors' Books Chosen “Best of 2006”

3/14/2007 

Providence College Professor of Music Awarded Grant from National Endowment for the Humanities

3/13/2007  Providence College Professor Receives McGraw-Hill Award for Scholarship and Teaching on Civic Engagement
3/12/2007 

PC Assistant Athletic Director Inducted into Athletic Trainer’s Hall of Fame

3/8/2007 

Pulitzer Prize Poet Galway Kinnell will Return to Native State and Read at Providence College on March 28, 2007

3/7/2007 

PC Opens New On-Campus Convenience Store

3/7/2007  PC Heading to National College Bowl Tournament
3/6/2007 

New Women’s Studies Major Offered at Providence College

3/6/2007 

Providence College President’s Council Launches Two Pilot Mentoring Programs

3/5/2007 

His Eminence Avery Cardinal Dulles to Speak on the Mystery of Human Suffering at Providence College on Friday, March 30

3/5/2007 

Providence College Faculty Members Address the Dimensions of Human Nature as Teachers Become Students

3/1/2007  William D. ’53 and Barbara Slattery Establish Scholarship Fund for Students with Need
2/26/2007  Providence College Hosts Idealist Career Day
2/23/2007  Brown University Professor, Gordon Wood, Speaks at Providence College Touting Greatness of Founding Fathers
2/19/2007  Record Number Attend Providence College's Upperclassman Parents' Weekend Held February 16-18
2/12/2007  PC receives $2M gift for Fitness Center; William F. Concannon ’77 Donates Largest Leadership Gift in College History Supporting a Fitness/Athletics Initiative
2/2/2007 

MLK Week Celebration Unites Providence College Community

2/2/2007 

Providence College Touring Choir Invited To Perform In Russia

1/26/2007 

Aquinas Scholar Delivers Annual St. Thomas Aquinas Lecture at Providence College

1/19/2007  Providence College Receives Award for Martin Hall Renovation 
1/10/2007 

Holiday Drives At Providence College Bring Forth an Abundance of Generosity

1/10/2007 

Providence College Students Collaborate With Area Elementary Schoolchildren in Drama Workshop

12/6/2006 

Providence College Presents White House Christmas Exhibit

12/6/2006 

Providence College Celebrates “Topping Off” Ceremony for Fitness Center

12/5/2006 

Rev. John F. Cunningham, O.P. ’50 Dies; Served as College’s 10th President

12/4/2006  Five Providence College Faculty Members Author, Edit Books
12/1/2006 

Providence College Dedicates, Blesses Renovated Siena Hall

11/17/2006 

Providence College Volunteers Assist at Rhode Island Community Food Bank

11/15/2006  PC Students Host Events to Raise Awareness on Global Hunger
11/8/2006 

Providence College Faculty Members Chosen to Participate in Pilot Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar

11/8/2006 

Providence College Launches E-Portfolio Pilot Program

11/7/2006  Providence College Field Hockey Coach Named BIG EAST Coach of the Year
10/30/2006  Providence College Men's And Women's Cross Country Teams Claim BIG EAST Championship Titles
10/25/2006 

Providence College's Alcohol Awareness Week Promotes Healthy Lifestyles

10/23/2006 

Providence College Chapter of Habitat for Humanity Hosts a “Shack-a-thon” to Raise Awareness about Homelessness

10/20/2006 

Verizon Region President Donna Cupelo `78 to Speak to Boston-Area Providence College Alumni

10/16/2006  Providence College Establishes Country’s First Undergraduate Department in Public and Community Service Studies
10/5/2006 

Rev. Robert A. Morris, O.P. Honored at Providence College Multicultural Reunion; Scholarship Fund Endowed

10/2/2006 

U.S. Senator Dodd to Address Providence College Audience