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Faculty will have to submit final grades within 72 hours of their final examinations under the policy, which comes into effect in July.

The changes have not yet been officially proposed.

Political Scene: By day, some RI lawmakers work for big players at State House Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal © SANDOR BODO, The Providence Journal Published Caption: Facing softer-than-anticipated revenue from sports gambling and other sources, and with proposed spending outpacing projected revenue by as much as $160 million in the budget year that begins July 1, lawmakers over the next few weeks will work through the Raimondo administrations budget with an eye towa...

The False Memory Syndrome at 30: How Flawed Science Turned into Conventional Wisdom   In early December of 1990, the young academic was feeling confused. Though she had recently been granted tenure and was a happily married mother of two, she was weighed down by a surprising surge in anxiety. To get some relief from her distress, she decided to enter psychotherapy. When she mentioned in an early session how much she was dreading the prospect of seeing her parents during the upcoming Christma...

PROVIDENCE — On his time off from his job as Gov. Gina Raimondos director of administration, Providence mayoral candidate Brett Smiley has been meeting with famed political operative Edward Cotugno at the law office of state Ethics Commission member Emili Vaziri. On Thursday, Vaziri notified Ethics Commission Executive Director Jason Gramitt that she intends to resign her seat "effective immediately." Gramitt told The Journal he has not yet received a formal letter of resignation from Vaz...