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Habsro hospital nets $7K from tourney

Nonprofit 12/12/2014

EAST GREENWICH – Three real estate professionals recently presented a check for $7,000 raised at a golf tournament to Hasbro Children’s Hospital on behalf...

Hasbro hosts Global Day of Joy

Nonprofit 12/12/2014

PAWTUCKET – Working with 100 charitable organizations, Hasbro Inc. employees dressed as elves and participated in the company’s second Global Day of Joy. The volunteer...

Make-Wish raises $220K at Evening of Wishes

Nonprofit 12/12/2014

The Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island nonprofit raised more than $220,000 at a recent Evening of Wishes fundraiser to support children with serious illnesses...

THE COLLEGE and University Research Collaborative, a two-year venture funded by the state of Rhode Island and the nonprofit Rhode Island Foundation, provides data that policymakers can use to form economic development initiatives. Two new topics, workforce and infrastucture, have been added as research projects.

Collaborative adds two new topics to research projects: workforce and infrastructure

Economic Activity 12/12/2014

PROVIDENCE - Two new topics, workforce and infrastructure, have been added as the College and University Research Collaborative jumpstarts 12 research projects in...

A MORE THAN 40 PERCENT increase in its unrestricted return on investments - coupled with modest increases in expenses - helped Johnson & Wales University increase its net asset position by the end of fiscal 2014 to $726.4 million. The school also increased scholarship support by 4 percent to $143.1 million. / COURTESY JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY

JWU sees net assets pass $700M

Education 12/09/2014

PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University reported a 1.4 percent increase in total revenue, gains and other operational support for the fiscal year that...

JOHN J. BOWEN, chancellor, president and CEO of Johnson & Wales University, led the region's private college presidents in pay in 2012, according to the latest Chronicle of Higher Education study, with earnings of $767,727 for the year.

Bowen led private college chief pay in region in 2012

Education 12/08/2014

(Updated, 2:25 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island and Bristol County, Mass., private college presidents earned well under the million-dollar mark in 2012, according to a...

SECURITY BLANKET: Navigant Credit Union Chief Security Officer Steve Ormerod speaks with, from left: Emily Stewart, Renee Remillard and Donna Truppi. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Banks, state working to limit cyberattacks

Financial Services 12/07/2014

Retailers’ data breaches constitute some of the most frustrating cyberattacks – but not the only ones – financial institutions experience, bank and credit union...

BEST DEFENSE: Secure Future Tech Solutions President Eric M. Shorr decided in February that the firm’s old name, PC Troubleshooters, no longer fit its focus. “We’re protecting our clients’ futures by making sure they have a secure network, good backups and reliable systems,” said Shorr, above right, with bench technician Scott Robinson. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Network security becomes firm’s primary tech focus

Entrepreneurship 12/07/2014

Four of Secure Future Tech Solutions’ business clients were attacked within a month this fall by CryptoWall – malware that appropriates computer data and...

Enrollment gains linked to cost

Business Services 12/07/2014

Taking steps to make college more affordable has contributed to significant increases in enrollment at four of Rhode Island’s 11 colleges and universities, at...