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CLOSING THE BOOK: Hedi Ben- Aicha, vice president and dean of library and electronic course materials with the American Public University System, ran the RIC library for nearly six years. He said the library he arrived at in 2008 was not “the library [he] left in 2014.” / COURTESY AMERICAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM

Libraries have key role in expanding digital learning

Education 04/26/2014

(Corrected, April 28, 3:47 p.m.) Born in Tunisia, Hedi BenAicha studied history broadly, with a focus on the Middle East, before turning to library science...

SETTING THE STANDARD: Electro Standards Laboratories will receive $31,442 to train about 54 employees under the Incumbent Worker Training grant program. Above left, Raymond Sepe, vice president of research and development, and Raymond Sepe Sr., president. / COURTESY ELECTRO STANDARDS LABORATORIES

Training grants path to business growth

Economic Activity 04/26/2014

Losing time running a printing press while searching for a misplaced screwdriver is a small but potentially costly inefficiency, says one business owner who...

HOSPITABLE ENVIRONMENT: Candace Grist, right, coordinator for the Community College of Rhode Island’s travel, tourism and hospitality certificate program, works with JWU student Julie King. / COURTESY DAVE FISCHBACH

Executives get involved in recruiting students

Education 04/19/2014

In hospitality, as in any field, the job hunt takes many forms. Just ask Courtney Lowenstein. The New Providence, N.J., resident and Johnson & Wales...

ON-THE-JOB TRAINING: Amanda St. George, left, shadows nurse Todd Kirschhofer, pictured above, at Thundermist Health Center. Also pictured are Valerie Furr and her mother, Karen Izzo. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Nurse residency program bridge to employment

Education 04/19/2014

Of the 17 unemployed and underemployed nurses participating in the “Passport to Practice” nurse residency program, 13 landed jobs – six full time, five...

WHETTING APPETITES: David Dadekian, right, owner of Eat Drink RI LLC, with sous chef Ashley Vanasse. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Fellows follow passions to $300K

Entrepreneurship 04/19/2014

Following their passions led this year’s Innovation Fellows to concrete projects that have the potential to affect the food and textile industries in Rhode...

CHARTING SUCCESS: ChartWise: Clinical Document Intelligence software helps match doctors' treatment records with the maze of insurance codes medical providers must follow. Pictured above are Kris Falcone, left, support manager for ChartWise, and company President and CEO Dr. Jon Elion, at the firm's South Kingstown office. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

ChartWise cracking the code for medical billing

Entrepreneurship 04/19/2014

Terms doctors use when treating patients often don’t match the coding terms needed for billing and insurance records, says Dr. Jon Elion, president and...

LANGUAGE SCIENCE: Central Falls High School physics teacher Alison Murray has begun correcting her students’ English mistakes. “I’m more in tune to how critical it is. And it’s making me more highly qualified as a teacher.” / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

ESL training fostering faculty, student growth

Education 04/12/2014

One day in mid-March, Central Falls High School physics teacher Alison Murray asked her ninth graders to write about how the forces at work...

NEW SCHOOL APPROACH: Web designer Maya Johnson with Astonish co-worker Ryan Kanner. Johnson, 24, of Providence, earned a degree from JWU last year in graphic design and digital media. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

New name, focus for JWU’s tech school

Education 04/12/2014

When Wil Hall graduates from Johnson & Wales University’s School of Engineering & Design in May, he has a job waiting at Modo Labs...

EATING WHERE THEY LIVE? Antonio Manaigo and brother Federico are looking to redevelop a vacant mill complex in the West Elmwood neighborhood in Providence into a culinary incubator as well as residential units. / COURTESY ANTONIO MANAIGO

Incubator, apartment mix eyed

Capital Goods 04/12/2014

Commerce in the West Elmwood neighborhood near Providence’s Armory District is a shadow of its manufacturing heyday in the early 20th century. A few businesses...