James Bessette
Brown University receives $25M anonymous gift to support brain research
PROVIDENCE – Brown University announced Tuesday that it has received an anonymous $25 million gift to support brain science and research at the Ivy...
Editor’s Choice: One SouthCoast Chamber CEOs to discuss agenda, programs
EDITOR’S CHOICE
One SouthCoast Chamber CEOs to discuss agenda, programs ONE SOUTHCOAST CHAMBER of Commerce will hold an online conversation with the Chamber’s two...
2021 prospects
Are you optimistic your business will fare better in 2021?
Yes: 62.5%
Unsure: 25%
No: 12.5%
Do you plan to have your physical operations return to normal in...
$1.7M real estate sale funds MLK Center’s endowment
NEWPORT – A sale of a home that was donated to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center has netted the nonprofit significant...
R.I. health officials stress need for more vaccine doses
PROVIDENCE – State health officials on Thursday said that Rhode Island is going at a “good pace” regarding administering the COVID-19 vaccinations to the...
Five Questions With: Bob Samuels
Bob Samuels is Rhode Island School of Design’s executive director of integrated health and wellness. He spoke with Providence Business News about how the...
Cornely named PC’s first Walsh endowed chemistry, biochemistry professor
PROVIDENCE – Kathleen Cornely, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Providence College for more than a quarter century, has been appointed as the...
Brown professor receives von Neumann prize
PROVIDENCE – Chi-Wang Shu, Brown University’s Theodore B. Stowell University professor of applied mathematics, has been named the recipient of the John von Neumann...
Patten named Salve’s first chief advancement officer
NEWPORT – Salve Regina University announced Jan. 8 that it has brought on an experienced senior development professional and philanthropic fundraising consultant to be...
RISPCA names Kezirian president, general agent
EAST PROVIDENCE – Wayne M. Kezirian, general counsel for Providence-based property management firm Paolino Properties LP, has been named the new president and general...