Mary Lhowe
Setting the cornerstone of the Knowledge District
It is difficult to overstate the excitement that continues to build over Providence’s burgeoning Knowledge District, seen as the coming center of high-tech research...
Steering the state pension-fix bus to the finish line
Anyone who follows Rhode Island news even cursorily has been getting a big helping of state General Treasurer Gina M. Raimondo throughout most of...
Helping set the stage for investment, growth in R.I.
The term “nonprofit” can convey the notion that organizations with that designation do not create wealth. Not true.
Nonprofits attract money as well as distribute...
Managing CVS well helps R.I. manage its health
Larry Merlo’s appointment as president and CEO of CVS Caremark Corp. was announced in spring 2010, a year before he took the reins in...
A leader in the board room and in the community
Generally, people love to see their families and friends healthy, prosperous and filled with a sense of civic responsibility. And we also really like...
One small-city default, one giant transformation
Sometime in the middle of 2011, retired R.I. Supreme Court Justice Robert G. Flanders Jr., the receiver for the city of Central Falls, went...
Insuring that care delivery a valuable service
Christopher F. Koller came onboard in 2005 as Rhode Island’s – and the nation’s – first and only state health-insurance commissioner.
He came to...
Building a startup engine one connection at a time
Betaspring sprang to life in Providence in 2009 as a “startup accelerator” that feeds a super-charged diet of mentoring and investment to early-stage businesses....
From microscopic roots, growing global impacts
If you are scientist interested in vaccine research or a foundation board affronted by needless human illness and death, someday you might find Dr....
CytoSolv targets drug for diabetic foot ulcers
The skin ulcers that can plague people with diabetes and sometimes lead to leg or foot amputations are the target of a new drug...
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