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RE/MAX agent raises $25K for Hasbro Children’s Hospital

COVENTRY – A block party organized by real estate agent Mark DeCosta of RE/MAX Central has raised $25,000 for Hasbro Children’s Hospital, where his...

Carr to be honored by College Crusade

PROVIDENCE – The College Crusade of Rhode Island will recognize James L. Carr Jr. of H. Carr & Sons for distinguished service at its...

BCBSRI sponsoring flu clinics

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island is partnering with other organizations to sponsor flu clinics offering free vaccinations for walk-ins...

Event raises $8.6K for Courthouse Center

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Sixty South County patrons of the arts helped raise $8,600 at the Courthouse Center for the Arts for the performing arts...

Officials tout $17M economic impact of meetings, conventions this fall

PROVIDENCE – Mayor Jorge O. Elorza and the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau on Wednesday opened the Expo of the Society of Naval...
FRANCESCA Spidalieri, right, senior fellow for cyberleadership at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University, speaks at a recent Cybersecurity Summit produced by Providence Business News. At left is Timothy J. Edgar, cybersecurity expert and fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Public Affairs. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Pell Center releases ‘State of the States’ report on cybersecurity

NEWPORT – Eight states in the U.S., including four in the Northeast, are leading the rest in cybersecurity readiness, according to a new report...
PAULA GRAMMAS has been named director of the University of Rhode Island's  neuroscience institute. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND/NORA LEWIS

Grammas named neuroscience institute director at URI

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Paula Grammas, an international leader in the study of Alzheimer’s disease, has been named director of the neuroscience institute at the...
Providence is one of the best college towns to buy an investment property, given the presence of Brown University, Redfin said Friday. /COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

$50M gift to finance physical, faculty growth at Watson Institute

PROVIDENCE – A gift of $50 million will enable Brown University to build a new building and add faculty and initiatives at the Thomas...

Coventry High Tech Center awarded grant to partner with EB on...

COVENTRY - Coventry High School’s Regional Career and Technical Center has been awarded a $198,000 state grant to partner with General Dynamics Electric Boat...
SPREADING THE WORD: Jim Sanzi, vice president of development at the Rhode Island Foundation, speaks to the organization's donors at a recent reception. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

Fundraisers play crucial role

A shortage of fundraising professionals making "asks" for gifts today is posing a challenge for nonprofits, though some find alternative ways to build relationships...
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