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05/16/2013
RWU Law Alums Gather in NYC, Miami, and Boston
One of the pleasures of being the dean at RWU is that I get to go on the road and spend time with our successful alums across the country: in recent weeks it was NYC, Miami (actually Coral Gables)...
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  • December 07, 2012
    C.J. Joseph R. Weisberger (1920-2012)
    December 7, 2012 – Chief Justice Joseph R. Weisberger ’97H (Ret.) of the Rhode Island Supreme Court has died at the age of 92, according to Craig Berke, spokesman for the Rhode Island Judiciary. In 1991, Chief Justice Weisberger led the feasibility study that recommended establishing RWU Law. He has chaired both its Board of Directors and Advisory Board, and is the namesake of its first endowed professorship. “In coming days you will hear many accolades for Chief Justice Weisberger’s long and...
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  • September 12, 2012
    Yelnosky on Academic Hiring Quandry
    From PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS: "Academic hires often come in pairs" by Rebecca Keister, PBN Staff Writer September 10, 2012: Beverly Haviland, a senior lecturer and visiting associate professor in Brown University’s American Studies department, holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Princeton University. Before coming to Providence, she was a tenured professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and, before that, at Vassar College. Well-published with a long list of awards...
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