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Newport Chamber offering seminar to expand Israeli business investment, economic development

Economic Activity 01/19/2016

MIDDLETOWN – The Newport County Chamber of Commerce is offering an informational seminar to expand Israeli business investment and economic development opportunities in Newport...

CROWN JEWELS: Joseph Pari, right, co-owner of TEN31 Productions, a company that does "living art" for special events, is seen with his partner, Eric Auger. Auger was working on the lights contained in the headpiece for a Statue of Liberty "human statue" for a New Year's Eve event at a casino in New Jersey. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Where spirits come alive

Entrepreneurship 01/16/2016

(Updated 12:13 p.m.) Shakespeare, Jane Austen and Virginia Woolf paid former First Lady Barbara Bush a birthday visit last summer, courtesy of TEN31 Productions of...

STATE OF THE ART: New England Institute of Technology assistant professor Michael Eggeman and NEIT sophomore Gillian Eminger of Scituate examine the FMS- 200 in the newly completed automation lab for the school's electrical engineering program. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

NEIT lab puts charge in student training

Education 01/16/2016

(Updated Jan. 19) Stephen Koester, 23, prepared last fall to intern this academic quarter at the Providence office of Woodard & Curran, by using equipment...

Newport Historical Society to highlight city’s culinary tradition

Hospitality & Tourism 01/15/2016

NEWPORT – The Newport Historical Society is launching a new initiative: Newport Eats. The program features programs and exhibits that explore the role of food...

Providence Children’s Museum receives $40K grant to support STEM activities

Nonprofit 01/15/2016

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Children’s Museum has received a $40,000 grant from the Amgen Foundation to support hands-on science, technology, engineering and math activities....

Sheri L. Pizzi is president of the Justinian Law Society of Rhode Island and a partner in the Providence office of Barton Gilman LLP.

Five Questions With: Sheri L. Pizzi

Business Services 01/15/2016

Sheri L. Pizzi become president of the Justinian Law Society of Rhode Island in September 2015 for a two-year term. She has been a...

Citizens Bank and WJAR-TV NBC 10 have named the Genesis Center a 2016 Champion in Action in the category of strengthening communities through workforce development.

Genesis Center to receive $35K, named Champion in Action

Economic Activity 01/15/2016

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Bank and WJAR-TV NBC 10 have named the Genesis Center a 2016 Champion in Action in the category of strengthening communities...

WITH FUNDING SUPPORT from the Rhode Island Foundation, the Rhode Island Business Group on Health is rolling out a program that is designed to help reduce wasteful spending from the health care delivery system in Rhode Island.

RIBGH granted $50K to help care consumers ‘choose wisely’

Health Services 01/14/2016

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation is giving a $50,000 grant to the Rhode Island Business Group on Health to roll-out a “Choosing Wisely...

CAROLINE PAYSON has been named executive director of the Providence Children's Museum. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM

Payson named executive director of Providence Children’s Museum

Nonprofit 01/13/2016

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Children’s Museum’s Board of Directors has named Caroline Payson as its new executive director following a national search. Payson will...