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BROWN UNIVERSITY has approved a plan to offer a master's degree in business administration for the first time. The school will offer a joint degree with its partner in an executive MBA program, Madrid's IE Business School, that it has been running since 2011. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown, IE Business School now to offer joint business degree

PROVIDENCE – Brown University has decided to offer a joint master’s degree in business administration through its joint program with the IE Business School...
THE RIGHT TOOLS: Emily Robinson, an intern with the Coastal Resources Management Council, at the North Street ROW in Bristol. / COURTESY COASTAL RESOURCE  MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

CRMC spotlights rights of way

Bristol has 37 rights of way that lead to the shoreline and at least 11 of them are now linked to an online mapping...

R.I.’s unemployment is not worst by every measure

Rhode Island’s unemployment rate may be the highest in the nation at 8.3 percent, but a lesser-known metric ranks the state sixth highest –...
SKILLED LABOR: CNC machinist Dalton Fontaine, 19, of Swansea, a graduate of a vocational-tech high school in Massachusetts, is now working at Yushin making parts for robots. A new program will allow companies such as Yushin to find machinists trained in Rhode Island. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Training program targets machinist skills gap

Guill Tool & Engineering Inc. of West Warwick makes nuclear-propulsion-system components for the U.S. Navy and tools used to extrude, or shape, polymers and...
ALONG FOR THE RIDE: Tim Ferland works on bicycle racks for Johnson & Wales University. Ferland is the part-production manager at the Steel Yard, which is seeking new revenue sources to sustain its expansion. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Steel Yard eyes funding balance

In the 11 years since the Steel Yard opened its doors on a Providence brownfield as a community-based, metal-works training ground, the nonprofit has...
MIKE REPPUCCI, owner of Sons of Liberty Spirits Co., garnered two gold medals in the recent Craft Spirits Awards International Competition for whiskeys he distills at his South Kingstown location. / PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID LEVESQUE

S. Kingstown distillery takes national awards for two whiskeys

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The Los Angeles-based 2014 Craft Spirits Awards International Competition has awarded gold medals to the Sons of Liberty Spirits Co. for...

Container store opens Cranston store by giving

CRANSTON – The Dallas-based Container Store, a retailer of storage and organization products, opened its 66th store at Garden City Center on May 17,...
"We will be concentrating on reaching out to the Latino community in Rhode Island because we feel we need to do more to personally connect with prospective Latino donors."

Five Questions With: Marta V. Martínez

Marta V. Martínez, executive director of Rhode Island Latino Arts, is the founder of the original organization, the Hispanic Heritage Committee of Rhode Island,...

Parillo named community representative

NEWPORT – Stacie Parillo, the Newport Historical Society’s registrar and archivist, has been named a community representative for the Digital Public Library of America. As...

Dorcas unveils ‘Global Rhode Island’

PROVIDENCE – Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island on May 19 released “Global Rhode Island,” a yearlong project designed to develop more inclusive policies,...
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