2022 Fall Event Series Announced
The Pell Center is pleased to announce our 2022 fall event series. Tickets to these events are free and will be available approximately two weeks prior to the event date. Please RSVP for each event on the Pell Center’s Eventbrite page and call 401-341-2927 or email [email protected] with questions. Sign up for our mailing list on the right side of this page to be notified when tickets become available. Event updates and … Read More
Nuala Pell Leadership Program Selects Fellows for 2022-2023 Academic Year
NEWPORT, RI—Twelve rising sophomores, juniors and seniors at Salve Regina University have been selected as fellows for the Nuala Pell Leadership Program for the 2022-2023 academic year. Named in honor of the late Nuala Pell, wife of Sen. Claiborne Pell and an avid supporter of public service, the program is made up of a select number of diverse, high-achieving student fellows at Salve Regina. The Nuala Pell Leadership Program facilitates … Read More
Katie Langford Joins Pell Center as Associate Director
Newport, RI—Katie Langford has been named the new Associate Director of the Pell Center at Salve Regina University. An experienced researcher and writer, Langford joins the Pell Center at the start of its 25th anniversary year. In her principal role, she will direct the Pell Center’s research agenda, contributing her own scholarship and supporting the work of fellows affiliated with the Pell Center. Langford brings a wealth of experience with … Read More
Celebrating 50 Years of Pell Grants
NEWPORT RI—Today marks the 50th anniversary of the creation of the Federal Pell Grant Program. In the spirit of Sen. Claiborne Pell’s commitment to ensuring all Americans had access to the transformative power of education, the grants provide students from low and middle-income backgrounds with funds to pursue a college degree. The then-called Basic Educational Opportunity Grants were established by bipartisan legislation and renamed after Sen. Pell by his Senate … Read More
62 Rhode Island Students Awarded Pell Medal For Excellence In U.S. History
Newport, R.I. — Sixty-two students from across Rhode Island have earned the Herbert and Claiborne Pell Medal for U.S. History this year. Originally presented by Senator Claiborne Pell and his wife Nuala Pell, the award recognizes college and high school students in the state who have excelled in U.S. History. Established by the Pell family, the Pell Medal is named for Representative Herbert C. Pell and his son, Senator Claiborne … Read More
2022 Spring Event Series Announced
The Pell Center is pleased to announce our 2022 spring event series. Tickets to these events are free and will be available approximately two weeks prior to the event date. Please RSVP for each event on the Pell Center’s Eventbrite page and call 401-341-2927 or email [email protected] with questions. Scroll to the bottom of this page to sign up for our email list to be notified when tickets become available. Event updates and … Read More
Colin Woodard Named Visiting Senior Fellow at Salve Regina University’s Pell Center
NEWPORT, RI—Best-selling author Colin Woodard has been named a Visiting Senior Fellow at Salve Regina University’s Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy. The author of six books, including “Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood” as well as “American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America” Woodard will build a Pell Center initiative focused on the preservation of American … Read More
The 2021 Story of the Year with Dr. Evelyn Farkas
Air Dates: December 13-19, 2021 2021 is the second year of the pandemic, and it began, almost immediately, with a violent insurrection at the United States Capitol. Dr. Evelyn Farkas helps us put the big stories of the last 12 months in context even as we name the top story of 2021. Dr. Farkas has three decades of experience working on national security and foreign policy in the U.S. executive … Read More
Michael Paul Williams Named 2021 Recipient of the Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square
NEWPORT, R.I.—Michael Paul Williams, a long-time columnist for The Richmond Times Dispatch, has been named the 2021 recipient of the Pell Center Prize for Story in the Public Square. Awarded since 2013, the prize honors storytellers whose work has a meaningful, positive impact on the public dialogue. Williams joined The Times Dispatch in 1982 and covered local government for a decade before becoming a columnist for the paper a decade … Read More
2021 Fall Event Series Announced
We are pleased to announce our 2021 fall event series. Tickets to these events are free and will be available about two weeks prior to the event date. Please RSVP for each event on the Pell Center’s Eventbrite page and call 401-341-2927 or email [email protected] with questions. Scroll to the bottom of this page to sign up for our email list and be notified when tickets become available. While we currently plan … Read More