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Excellence in Geography in the Schools
Get PDFMost people know of the National Geographic Society through its well-know magazine, nine million of which are mailed out each month and most of which now reside in attics throughout the world.
But what many do not realize is the $80 million effort over the past 12 years that the Geographic has made in the schools of the country to make our teachers an children better understand the world around them. This it has done throuh its support of the Geography Alliances established in every state, Canada, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
Commencement Program 1999
Get PDFThis commencement program is for baccalaureate and advanced degrees.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/commencement_programs/1112/thumbnail.jp
People Make the World Go \u27Round, and, Maybe, Shrink
Get PDFThe United Nations will mark October 12 this year as a special occasion, for this is the approximate time when the world\u27s population will reach 6 billion, a milestone that almost coincides with the millennium
Metro Digest - Police, firefighters hit the ice for charity: [Metro Edition]
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Only in RI: Housing Booms, Population Sags, Shifts
Get PDFHouse sales in the state are at an all-time high. Some towns have imposed housing impact fees and caps on building permits to slow population growth that exceeds 20 percent. Communities are trying to save open space because 26,000 acres of raw land has gone into new development over the last 20 years. And all of this taking place in one of only two states to have lost population in the last seven years
South Providence, Hospitals
No full textThis aerial view looks south west across South Providence and into Cranston. Seen prominantly in the lower left is the Rhode Island Hospital complex, with the Hasbro Children’s Hospital which was only recently completed at the time of the photograph. At the center bottom is the interchange of Interstate 195 and 95, which was relocated in the mid 2000’s. Roger Williams Park, with it’s cluster of lakes is visible at the top center of the frame, with Mashapaug and Spectacle Ponds just west at the top right.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1202/thumbnail.jp
South Providence, Port of Providence, Hospitals
No full textThis aerial photograph of South Providence includes Rhode Island Hospital and the Port of Providence in the late 1990’s. Allens Avenue and Interstate 95 run parallel across the bottom of the frame. Visible at the lower right corner is the old interchange between Instate 95 and 195.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1203/thumbnail.jp