Nicole Dionne
Going all-wireless still a big leap
In recent years, wireless technology has become common in offices, whether it’s used to provide network access to employees away from their usual workstations,...
Duke scandal rekindles ethics debate
In the aftermath of the Enron and other corporate scandals, many business schools put a new emphasis on ethics in their programs. But after...
Conflict puts Providence library branches in peril
An ongoing struggle over the financing and management of the Providence Public Library has left the future of neighborhood branches in question.
The problem has...
Aquaculture is growing fast in R.I.
The first oyster farm in Rhode Island was started in 1798, but until now aquaculture has been practiced here on a small scale. But...
Children’s Crusade aims older for more impact
Since 1989, the Rhode Island Children’s Crusade for Higher Education has recruited third-graders in Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Newport and Woonsocket, offering them special...
Taco finds workers excel when allowed to grow
As companies struggle with the need for skilled labor, some have taken to solving the problem internally. Taco Inc. is one of those companies.
In...
In resurgent Downcity, a call for more collaboration
When Arnell Milhouse was a college student in Providence in the early 1990s, downtown was vacant and underappreciated. Since then, however, he has seen...
Residential market is flipped out
From Discovery Home’s “Flip that House” to Fix and Flip magazine to a plethora of how-to Web sites and books, the message that buying,...
Shared dream unites school, arts program
A $5 million project is bringing CVS Highlander Charter School and CityArts together under one roof, in a now-vacant building at 891 Broad St.,...
R.I. breaks jobs records, but slowdown predicted
Figures from the R.I. Department of Labor and Training show the number of jobs in Rhode Island grew by 4,500 from March 2006 to...