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Food Bank gets $75K from Citizens

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Community Food Bank has received $75,000 from the Citizens Bank Foundation, the Pawtucket Red Sox and Cox Communications through...

Girls Scouts gets Amica donation

WARWICK – Girls Scouts of Southeastern New England has received a $75,000 donation from the Amica Companies Foundation to help build a state-of-the-art leadership...

Johnson & Wales physician assistant program to enroll up to 6...

PROVIDENCE - The Johnson & Wales University Physician Assistant Studies Program will enroll up to six qualified University of Rhode Island graduates in each...
GREATERRI.COM a website that provides business stories and impartial data about the state and encourages investors and business professions to start or expand businesses, recently won two awards.

R.I.’s website, “Greater Rhode Island – Think Bigger,” wins awards

PROVIDENCE – The state’s website, “Greater Rhode Island – Think Bigger,” which aims to market Rhode Island’s strengths and demographics, has won two awards...
RBS CITIZENS ON Thursday announced plans to expand its commercial banking activity to include technology and services to business sectors including technology, health care and franchise finance.

Citizens expanding tech, services business to commercial market

BOSTON – RBS Citizens is launching a commercial banking group dedicated to providing technology and services business to corporate clients across the country. RBS Citizens...
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS' endowment has increased to a record $757 million.

UMass system endowment hits record on 12% fundraising growth

BOSTON – The endowment for the University of Massachusetts, which includes five distinct campuses, has increased to a record $757 million, the school announced...
PROVIDENCE WAS RANKED "notable" for both its dining and cocktails scene by Saveur magazine in its Culinary Travel Awards 2014. / COURTESY COOK & BROWN PUBLIC HOUSE

Providence gains notice for food and drink in Saveur

PROVIDENCE – On a par with Boston and Honolulu, Providence has been ranked a “notable” domestic city for its dining out scene by Saveur,...
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND professor Leonard Lardaro reported that Rhode Island's Current Conditions Index for July improved over the same month last year, breaking a trend of economic stagnation in the state. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

R.I.’s economic momentum for July provides ‘glimmer of hope’

SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Registering a positive value of 75, Rhode Island’s economic momentum for July is providing a “glimmer of hope” in a year...
FACE TIME: Mari Anne Snow, an adjunct professor at Bryant University, in the Bryant TV studio filming video segments for e-learning certificate programs. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Bryant programs focus on digital workplace

Beginning in the fall, four new certificate programs at Bryant University’s Executive Development Center will focus on online and global changes to the workplace...
POT LUCK: Providence College professor Stephen Mecca is studying how low-flow toilet valves could possibly be a tool to solve sanitation problems globally. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Prof. flush with passion for affordable toilets

Teaching physics at Providence College is Stephen Mecca’s vocation. Teaching citizens in Africa how to bring the microflush valve he developed for toilets to...
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