Rhode Island
Ramírez & Gurjar Awarded 2024 NSC Faculty Fellowship
RIC faculty members David Ramírez and Nandita Gurjar have been awarded the North Star Collective Faculty Fellowship by the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE). This fellowship was created by BIPOC faculty for BIPOC faculty to support professional development.
Each year NEBHE selects up to two fellows from each North Star Collective institution (a group of colleges and universities in New England who are committed to transforming their institutions and uplifting BIPOC faculty members; Rhode Island College is one of the 13 founding members.)
According to RIC Vice President of External Relations and Diversity Equity and Inclusion Anna Cano Morales, “This partnership helps not only to engage our valued BIPOC faculty members, it also helps the college advance our DEI and hiring and retention goals. I am so pleased to have two fine faculty members in Dr. Ramírez and Dr. Gurjar participating in this year’s cohort. They represent their students and this college so well and work above and beyond to ensure that representation is seen and felt at RIC.”
“We know that these exceptional faculty members will greatly benefit from this experience,” adds Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Carolynn Masters, “and continue to positively contribute to an inclusive campus climate through their teaching, scholarship and service.”
Ramírez, a native of Colombia, came to the United States as a Ph.D. student. Today he is director of RIC’s Latin American Studies Program within the Department of Modern Languages and associate professor of Spanish and Latin American studies. His research work is in the field of Latin American and Hispanic Caribbean studies.
During the period of his fellowship, Ramírez will focus on researching and writing an article about the Afro-Caribbean intellectual Manuel Zapata Olivella. His work will show how Olivella destabilizes the conception of the Caribbean as a fragmented space, divided between islands, languages and nations. Recently, Ramírez received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities for his work on Hispanic Caribbean literature.
Gurjar, a native of India, is assistant professor of elementary and early childhood education. Her research strives to make education accessible, equitable and socially just for marginalized identities and populations. Gurjar focuses on innovative, equity-driven practices and humanizing pedagogies that cultivate inclusivity, empathy and a sense of belonging in a caring community to empower learners with agency.
During the period of her fellowship, Gurjar will research open educational practices through the lens of redistributive justice, recognitive justice and representational justice. Her recent work on equity-based empathy mapping in Learning Experience Design and best practices, approaches and strategies for humanizing online learning will be published by Springer and IGI Global respectively.
“I am honored, humbled, and grateful to have received this fellowship,” Gurjar says, “as it provides a transformative opportunity to connect with other BIPOC scholars in the New England region while providing a restorative, nourishing and uplifting space in a genuine community of care.”
Ramirez adds that “being part of a community of BIPOC scholars who are dedicated to collaborating and supporting each other beyond their roles as academics has been incredible. This has been a unique experience, and I hope RIC will continue to support it for many years to come.”
North Star Collective fellowships run from January to May 2024 and include a stipend for research, publication and professional development; a writing retreat, a biweekly community check-in with fellows; interactive workshops; networking and mentorship through NEBHE’s networks; and a closing colloquium for fellows to share their work in-progress. This year’s closing colloquium will be held in May at Bentley University in Massachusetts.
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Republican candidate for lieutenant governor John Loughlin wants the office to become the Rhode Island inspector general his party has been seeking in vain for years.
Loughlin, a former state representative, said on May 11 that, if elected, he would staff the underutilized office with people who would help him expose “fraud, waste, abuse, and government corruption.”
“Rhode Islanders are sick and tired of watching their tax dollars disappear into a black hole of inefficiency, cronyism, and outright corruption while the General Assembly talks a big game but delivers nothing − year after year after year,” Loughlin said in a news release. “For more than two decades, the legislature has failed to create a true Inspector General with real investigative power. Enough is enough. If they won’t do it, the Lieutenant Governor’s Office will − starting on day one.”
Why turn the lieutenant governor into an inspector general?
The Rhode Island Constitution gives the lieutenant governor little to no authority beyond being available in case the governor is unable to finish their term. That’s prompted some to call it a “do nothing” office and others to propose abolishing it.
“Frankly, the current workload of the office leaves ample time and resources to do far more for taxpayers than ceremonial appearances and ribbon-cuttings,” Loughlin said in his news release. “Rhode Islanders deserve a Lieutenant Governor’s Office that works every day to protect their money and hold government accountable.”
The lieutenant governor’s office has a budget of $1.4 million, which Loughlin said is enough to staff and run an effective investigative team made up of “certified auditors, investigators, and compliance professionals” to review state agency spending and contracts.
He acknowledged that the lieutenant governor does not have subpoena power, but believes that investigations can be completed utilizing public records requests and gathering publicly-available data.
Loughlin, who ended his talk radio show earlier this year when he announced his campaign for governor, said he would communicate his findings through “RI Report” publications, news briefings and podcasts.
He said he would also make the office’s resources available to city and town leaders.
Republicans have been fighting for an inspector general
Rhode Island Republicans have for years promised to lower state spending by rooting out government waste, fraud and abuse. The last GOP Rhode Island governor, Donald Carcieri, launched a “Fiscal Fitness” program that aimed to save money and find efficiencies.
Democrats criticized Carcieri’s tenure for featuring exorbitant privatization and outsourcing.
Since Carcieri, the idea of creating an independent inspector general similar to those in other states has become a holy grail for Rhode Island Republicans, but the Democratic General Assembly has had little interest in it.
“If our office saves just 1% from Rhode Island’s bloated state budget, the savings would return more than ten times the entire cost of the Lieutenant Governor’s Office to taxpayers – and that’s only the beginning,” Loughlin said in the news release.
The Rhode Island Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at May 10, 2026, results for each game:
Winning Numbers numbers from May 10 drawing
Midday: 9-9-9-0
Evening: 5-5-0-9
Check Numbers payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Wild Money numbers from May 10 drawing
01-13-14-16-32, Extra: 02
Check Wild Money payouts and previous drawings here.
Winning Millionaire for Life numbers from May 10 drawing
01-03-20-35-46, Bonus: 05
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results
Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your prize
- Prizes less than $600 can be claimed at any Rhode Island Lottery Retailer. Prizes of $600 and above must be claimed at Lottery Headquarters, 1425 Pontiac Ave., Cranston, Rhode Island 02920.
- Mega Millions and Powerball jackpot winners can decide on cash or annuity payment within 60 days after becoming entitled to the prize. The annuitized prize shall be paid in 30 graduated annual installments.
- Winners of the Millionaire for Life top prize of $1,000,000 a year for life and second prize of $100,000 a year for life can decide to collect the prize for a minimum of 20 years or take a lump sum cash payment.
When are the Rhode Island Lottery drawings held?
- Powerball: 10:59 p.m. ET on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
- Mega Millions: 11:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday and Friday.
- Lucky for Life: 10:30 p.m. ET daily.
- Millionaire for Life: 11:15 p.m. ET daily.
- Numbers (Midday): 1:30 p.m. ET daily.
- Numbers (Evening): 7:29 p.m. ET daily.
- Wild Money: 7:29 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Rhode Island editor. You can send feedback using this form.
Watch: Khano Smith speaks with media after RIFC drew Tampa Bay
Watch as Khano Smith speaks with media after RIFC drew Tampa Bay
PAWTUCKET — JJ Williams finally had his space and rose to the opportunity.
The Rhode Island FC striker, deep in the attacking zone, came back to a cross and headed Nick Scardina’s service to the near post to salvage the night for Rhode Island. Williams’ goal landed in the 86th minute to draw Tampa Bay Rowdies, 1-1, in rain-soaked Pawtucket.
It’s the third draw in USL Championship play for Rhode Island at Centreville Bank Stadium this season. RIFC was turning in a familiar performance before snagging the tie against the league-leading Rowdies as Williams supplied his third regular-season goal of the year. The draw is the first time RIFC has earned a result after the opposition opened the scoring since its 1-1 tie vs. Birmingham Legion FC on July 5, 2025.
Rhode Island now travels to USL League One side Portland Hearts of Pine for its second game of the 2026 Prinx Tires USL Cup group stage on Saturday, May 16 at 4 p.m. The club returns to Pawtucket on May 23 against Brooklyn FC.
“All night they made it tough because they were doubling,” Williams said of Tampa Bay. “And wherever I went to, they were going contact first, especially in this league with no [Video Assistant Referee] … but on that one, the ball was so good that they spun around, and then I was able to make good contact.”
Rhode Island had a string of missed chances in the first 15 minutes that fed into a goal for Tampa Bay and then a triple substitution in the second half that provided little spark. Max Schneider’s cross from right of the box found Pedro Dolabella at the far post for a clinical header in the 29th minute in front of an announced attendance of 6,790.
The game’s first score came just 10 minutes after attempts from Hugo Bacharach and Jojea Kwizera were saved and Williams sailed an open shot past the bar.
“We tried to correct some of those things that we struggled with last week,” Williams said. “Getting to the ball, making tackles, making a stick, I think that we weren’t as clean in possession as we would have been, especially as we won the ball and played forward. We had a lot of turnovers in the first half where we could have seen more chances, but we did well to weather the storm early and create some. But for me, I [have] to bury that first one.”
Rhode Island creates plenty of chances — it is tied for fourth with 112 attempts — but has just 12 goals this season. If it had finished one of the early chances against Tampa Bay, it would’ve shifted the tenor of the match and forced the visitors to play outside of its form. But the final scoring sequence is still missing with the summer months coming soon.
“Happy with the spirit, happy with the effort, happy with the fight,” RIFC coach Khano Smith said. “You’ve seen that a lot with our team. They just fought to the end, never gave up, kept pushing. Ultimately, it’s two more points dropped at home, and we need to find a way to stop doing that. We need to be ruthless – just ruthless in front of the goal.”
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