Bank Rhode Island recently awarded a $2,500 grant to College Visions to help ease some of the challenges faced by low-income and first-generation college applicants. more

Workers unload food delivered by Express Employment Professionals for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank’s summer food drive, which began on June 3. From left, food-bank workers Sylvestre Lopes, Al Daluz and Jim Borrelli help Ray O’Neill (white shirt), Northeast regional developer for Express. The food bank hopes to collect 150,000 pounds of food this summer from private businesses and the general public. more

David Savitz has been named vice president for research at Brown University. more

Webster Bank has been ranked in the top 50 Automated Clearing House, or ACH, originators and receivers in the nation, according to a press release. ACH is an electronic network that processes large volumes of U.S. credit and debit transactions in batches. more

Sue Klawans has been named director of operational excellence and planning at Gilbane Building Co. more

Steven A. Russo has been named executive vice president/senior investment officer at Plimoth Investment Advisors. more

Frank O’Reagan has been named director of Stat Emergency Medical Training School of Stat-Southcoast EMS. O’Reagan will oversee the program, developed to train EMTs, and its eight instructors. more

Brian J. Murphy, president and CEO of Home Loan Investment Bank, has been appointed to the board of directors of The Business Development Co. more

Animal Rescue League benefit, Inspiring Minds luncheon and more. more

BOSTON – Attorney General Martha Coakley last week appointed Timothy Langella, an attorney with more than 30 years of legal experience in national and international business disputes, as chief of the Business, Technology and Economic Development Division. more