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GEOFFREY LANEZ is heading to Kansas City to compete for the title of student chef of the year, thanks to his win at the American Culinary Federation's Northeast Regional Conference. / COURTESY JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY

JWU chef heads to U.S. cook-off

Education 04/16/2014

PROVIDENCE – Geoffrey Lanez of East Providence has been named 2014 American Culinary Federation Northeast Region Student Chef of the Year and will compete...

Senate task force recommends ‘pay-as-you-go’ financing for future school improvements

Capital Goods 04/16/2014

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island should prioritize its school building improvements and finance them with a “pay-as-you-go” approach, instead of borrowing, which costs the state...

URI breaks ground on nation’s first free-standing LGBTQ center

Education 04/16/2014

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island broke ground Wednesday morning on a new LGBTQ Center on Upper College Road scheduled to open...

ONE OF TWO RHODE ISLAND INNOVATION FELLOWS named this week, Amy Bernhardt will receive $300,000 over three years to create Colorfast, a research and manufacturing facility to design and produce digitally printed textiles. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Textiles, food projects take 3rd round of R.I.F. fellowships

Entrepreneurship 04/16/2014

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Innovation Fellows Amy Bernhardt and David Dadekian will pursue projects in the textile and food industries respectively, Rhode Island Foundation...

BROWN UNIVERSITY is launching a new institute to expand it cross-disciplinary approach to studying the environment. The new Institute for the Study of Environment and Society will house the long-standing Center for Environmental Studies and will add up to 11 faculty members to the university's efforts to grow this area of academic inquiry.

Brown to establish cross-disciplinary environmental institute

Education 04/14/2014

PROVIDENCE – Brown University will launch a new Institute for the Study of Environment and Society, adding over the next several years up to...

RHODE ISLAND'S RECOVERY continued to lose its momentum in February, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro's Current Conditions Index. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

Trying times remain in Ocean State, as reflected in February CCI

Economic Activity 04/14/2014

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Harsh winter weather dragged down new home construction and Rhode Island’s overall economic performance in February, according to the Current Conditions...