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PHILANTHROPISTS LETITIA (left) and John Carter (center) talk with 2013 Rhode Island Innovation Fellowship recipient Lynn Taylor, who will receive up to $300,000 for her proposal to eradicate Hepatitis C in Rhode Island. The Rhode Island Foundation announced Tuesday that it has begun accepting applications for the 2014 awards, which will award two applicants up to $300,000 over three years to develop solutions to the state's challenges. / COURTESY THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation calls for Innovation Fellows applications

Entrepreneurship 10/22/2013

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation announced Tuesday that it will begin accepting applications for the 2014 Rhode Island Innovation Fellowships, an annual program...

HIRE GROUND: More than 60 companies met with 450 RISD students last month at Internship Connect. Pictured above are Facebook designers, from left: Robyn Morris, Andy Chang and Justin Stahl. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Taking the initiative on internships

Education 10/19/2013

A young man clutched his sketch book and introduced himself as Eric He, even though his resume announces him as Zhong-Xiou He. Behind the table...

VALUE DRIVEN: Roger Williams University President Donald J. Farish said the school’s tuition freeze is part of its “focus on value.” / COURTESY RWU

Holding the line on college tuition

Education 10/19/2013

For the second year in a row, tuition at Roger Williams University will remain at $29,976, not including fees, room or board. Undergraduates who...

SEEING CLEAR: Katharine Hazard Flynn, executive director of the URI Business Engagement Center, says her time at EDC gave her a “wider lens” for viewing economic-development, business and finance opportunities. / COURTESY URI

URI biz center could one day serve all state colleges

Economic Activity 10/19/2013

Katharine Hazard Flynn has worked for the business community – specifically, the finance industry on Wall Street – and with the business community, through...

"Each of the board members is involved in at least one fundraising event throughout the year, though many participate, volunteer or coordinate several events." / COURTESY EASTER SEALS

Five Questions With: Tracey L. Colucci

In Their Own Words 10/18/2013

Tracey L. Colucci, chairwoman of the board of directors for Easter Seals Rhode Island, followed in her parents footsteps, volunteering for the organization, which...

Serve RI, Save The Bay seek recruits

Nonprofit 10/18/2013

Serve Rhode Island and Save The Bay are looking to recruit nearly 1,000 volunteers to help replant 225,000 square feet of dune grass at...

Goodwill celebrates 150th anniversary

Nonprofit 10/18/2013

Goodwill Industries of Rhode Island celebrates its 150th anniversary of helping improve the lives of Rhode Island’s most vulnerable citizens on Nov. 9 with...

Westerly teen raises money for lung cancer

Nonprofit 10/18/2013

A 16-year-old Westerly girl who lost her mother to lung cancer has raised more than $5,000 for the Lung Cancer Foundation, an effort that...

Panera staff gives time at Food Bank

Nonprofit 10/18/2013

CUMBERLAND – More than 50 Panera Bread staff from Rhode Island and Massachusetts recently participated in a “Living Consciously Volunteer Day” at the Rhode...