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‘Soft’ skills are again sought by employers
What do you do if your cellphone rings while at a business dinner? more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 11/19/12

Charter school plans tech-reliant
Two groups have submitted applications to the R.I. Department of Education to open their own charter schools. What sets them apart from other charter schools is their proposed reliance on technology and the Internet. more

By Michael Souza
PBN Staff Writer | 10/15/12

NEIT to host Pixar animation workshop
EAST GREENWICH – The New England Institute of Technology will serve as the only regional location for Pixar Animation Studios’ “Masterclass in Animation and Story Development,” a two-day workshop on Oct. 12-13 at the school’s campus. more
9/10/12
Foreign students contributed $191M to R.I. during latest school year
During the 2011–2012 academic year, international students and their families contributed $191.2 million to the Rhode Island economy, according to a report released Monday by NAFSA: Association of International Educators. more
| 11/12/12 | 1 comment
Brown taps MIT’s Locke to head Watson Institute
Brown University has appointed Richard M. Locke, deputy dean of the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as the Howard R. Swearer Director of the Watson Institute for International Studies. Locke will join Brown in January 2013. more
Studying new products helps students develop their own
Having established a career as a consultant for Fleet Bank, Brendan McNally was hired in 2009 for his knowledge and contacts in the business community as the first director of the Rhode Island Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Until closed earlier this year, it was a collaborative effort supported primarily by Brown University, as well as the R.I. Economic Development Corporation, the R.I. Science and Technology Advisory Council and the Slater Technology Fund. more

By Michael Souza
PBN Staff Writer | 10/8/12

Bryant biz school dean leaves
Michael Cooper, Dean of the College of Business at Bryant University, is leaving his post to join Kean University in Union, NJ, the university announced in an e-mail message to staff … more
| 1/30/13
Ivy League drops admission rates for class of 2017
Brown University was one of the seven Ivy League colleges to accept fewer students this year, admitting 9.2 percent of the nearly 29,000 applicant pool, compared to 9.6 percent of applicants last year. more
| 4/1/13
Brown strikes IP agreement with hospital systems
Brown University’s Technology Venture Office has reached an agreement with Lifespan to provide IP management and commercialization services to the health care system and has expanded its existing relationship with the Care New England hospital network, the university announced Monday. more
| 3/25/13
State, URI open online energy database
The first Rhode Island-specific energy information clearinghouse, RIEnergy.org, has been produced in a partnership between the state and the University of Rhode Island. more
| 7/17/12
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