Ryan donates 15 million to create URI Research Institute

[RF1]

The gift is the largest in the university’s history. Ryan, whose personal donations to URI now total nearly $21 million, said he wanted to make a “transformative” gift.

http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ ... w=ZW50aXR5

[Rhody74]

Maybe we should rename URI "Ryan University" ....

[ATPTourFan]

Love this line:

Such a notable gift can have a ripple effect, spurring other donations, burnishing the university’s reputation, attracting higher-caliber students and faculty, and perhaps even deepening legislators’ appreciation for the university, which gets only 8 percent of its revenue from the state. “It can do a lot of things that elevate the university’s well-being,” Dooley said.

[Puck Frovidence]

This is boss. Go Ryan.

[RF1]

Better watch out. It could have the opposite effect. In RI, legislators might think they can cut support even further since the university got a large gift.

[ATPTourFan]

RF1, at first I chuckled at your post above. Moments later, I feared that you are correct. The General Assembly is one of the most ignorant groups with regard to the value of higher education.

[rambone 78]

ATP, unless it concerns PC or even RIC.

Such a clueless bunch never existed. Well, maybe Congress.

Actually, let them cut it down to nothing, and make the university private. Long term, would be better off.

[RF1]

Tom Ryan has been a busy man as of late. His gift to URI was not his only recent big financial outlay. He just spent 3.3 million on a 4.4 acre property off Ocean Road with 300 feet of ocean frontage. My guess is that even more could be spent rehabbing or replacing the current house on the site.



http://www.providencejournal.com/breaki ... illion.ece

[TruePoint]

Not trying to tell Mr. Ryan his business, but if I'm paying that much for a house with "ocean frontage" I want some beach, or at least a dock. With those rocks there the ocean frontage is only useful to look at.

[SGreenwell]

Not trying to tell Mr. Ryan his business, but if I'm paying that much for a house with "ocean frontage" I want some beach, or at least a dock. With those rocks there the ocean frontage is only useful to look at.

But if there actually is ocean frontage, then you're subject to public access laws.

[McRam]

So I guess this is the real Ryan Center!