Leading RI surgeon leads clinical trial that brings new hope for women diagnosed with breast cancer
New technology makes excisions more precise, second operations less frequent PROVIDENCE — Led by Dr. Jennifer Gass, director of...
G. Wayne Miller
Q & A with R.I. musician Mark Cutler, who performed Sunday at the Newport Folk Festival
Mark, congratulations on opening for the last day of the 2026 festival! You were, of course, on hallowed ground....
Q & A with Catherine Taylor, State Director of AARP Rhode Island
“Aging isn’t just an issue for older adults. If you have an older parent, spouse, grandparent, neighbor or friend...
Paranoid about parasites? URI food safety expert Nicole Richard offers information, tips to avoid summer’s cyclosporiasis
A press release issued today by the University of Rhode Island: KINGSTON, R.I. – July 16, 2026 – A...
Q & A with poet, author and Providence College emeritus professor Peter Johnson
Peter, thanks for joining the Ocean State Stories crew! You have another critically acclaimed new book out, I’m Old,...
Today is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Ocean State Stories asked a sampling of Rhode Islanders what freedom means to them today. Here’s what they said....
Q & A with Tim Gray, founder and president, World War II Foundation
Tim, we read Jack Perry’s recent story in The Providence Journal about Residue of Evil: Legacies of Nazism, now in production,...
Scientist Dr. Kaitlin M. Dailey and team set their sights on combating cancer
Central to their ambition is a tumor-killing microbe SOUTH KINGSTOWN — Dr. Kaitlin M. Dailey, a University of Rhode...
Q & A with Xue Di, author and poet
Providence resident’s latest is the critically acclaimed Blue White Water Welcome Xue, and congrats on the recent publication of...
Tim Austin’s heart was failing but a transplant saved him
He, his wife Michele, and their daughters Gillian and Sara credit medical team and their Catholic faith JOHNSTON —...
Q & A with Dr. Francesca L. Beaudoin
Thanks, Dr. Beaudoin welcome back to Ocean State Stories. You were last here on Sept. 13, 2023, in a...
Q & A with Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr., president and CEO of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America
Thanks, Charles, for agreeing to this interview. As the foundation knows better than anyone, Alzheimer’s disease touches so many lives,...
Medical interventions add years of better life to people living with Parkinson’s disease
Prevention and cure move closer, thanks to innovative research PROVIDENCE — The first indication that Dan Alperin, 61, had...