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Leukemia & Lymphoma Society award 2

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – The Rhode Island Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has named Tim Robey, senior vice president of Dwight Asset...
THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE in Rhode Island for April rose slightly to 11.2 percent, but coming statistical adjustments may put the actual rate quite a bit lower than that. / COURTESY R.I. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND TRAINING

Jobless rate up in April, but may change

CRANSTON – Rhode Island’s jobless rate - debated within recent disparaging reports – rose slightly again for April to 11.2 percent, according to the...
RICHARD R. SPIES, executive vice president for planning at Brown University, is leaving the university this December. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Spies to leave Brown in December

PROVIDENCE – Richard R. Spies, who, as executive vice president for planning at Brown University, has been side-by-side with President Ruth Simmons in her...
RHODE ISLAND continued its slow economic recovery in March, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

Lardaro: R.I. continues slow recovery

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Flawed data put out by the R.I. Department of Labor and Training understated employment gains and overstated the state’s unemployment, according...
HOLDING WATER: Year-old Aquabotix specializes in marine technology, including the Hydro View. Pictured above, from left are: computer engineer Jacob Fernandes, computer engineer Brian Louro and President Durval Tavares. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

A view of profits beneath surface

Durval Tavares isn’t exactly reinventing the wheel, but in the world of marine technology he’s coming close and hopes his modification on underwater video...
URI was named a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI leader in cyber security research, ed.

Several landmark developments in the University of Rhode Island’s efforts to remain at the forefront of digital-forensics education and training are pushing the South...

Conferences ring the register for host of businesses

When the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, a college-founded service organization, recently held an annual meeting in Providence, locals had only to venture downtown to...
GROW SMART Rhode Island presented its inaugural Smart Growth Awards to 12 different people and projects - including Sandywoods Farm - during its 4th biennial Power of Place Summit.  / COURTESY SANDYWOODS FARM

Grow Smart R.I. honors sustainability projects

PROVIDENCE - Grow Smart Rhode Island presented its inaugural Smart Growth Awards to 12 different people and projects during its 4th biennial Power of...
"IT HAS  been a rewarding experience to observe the researchers at the Brown labs each year illustrating their findings and progress," said Matty Fund founder Richard Siravo / COURTESY THE MATTY FUND

Five Questions With: Richard Siravo

Richard Siravo and his wife, Debbie, founded the Matty Fund, in Wakefield, after their 5-year-old son, Matty, died from complications surrounding a surgery to...

BankNewport gives to Oliver Hazard Perry

NEWPORT – Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island is the designated beneficiary of BankNewport’s new boat-loan program launched this month that is aimed to help...
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