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THE REVEAL: John R. Fernandez, CEO and president of Lifespan Corp., uncovers the new branding for the health system – Brown University Health – in June.  COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP./BILL MURPHY

Pact between Lifespan, Brown may change R.I. health care landscape

Education 09/27/2024

(Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series exploring issues surrounding the training of physicians in Rhode Island and its effect on...

GETTING STARTED: State Sen. Pamela J. Lauria, left, convenes the first meeting of a 21-member legislative commission examining the feasibility of creating a public medical school in Rhode Island. Lauria is co-chair with University of Rhode Island President Marc B. Parlange, second from left. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A CURE FOR THE ILLS? Not everybody is convinced R.I. would...

Cover Story 09/13/2024

(Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series exploring issues surrounding the training of physicians in Rhode Island and its impact on...

AN ADVERTISEMENT for the store owned and operated by Black businesswoman Eleanor Morey on Westminster Street in downtown Providence, starting in the 1860s. / COURTESY STAGES OF FREEDOM

African American museum telling history of R.I. Black businesses

Art & Culture 08/23/2024

PROVIDENCE – From salons and funeral homes to catering and transportation companies, Black businesses in Rhode Island have a long – and often forgotten...

Deborah DiNardo

Industries 08/23/2024

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Deborah DiNardo | Pierce Atwood LLP | Partner TRUST AND ESTATES are a family business. Deborah DiNardo, a partner...

John Bulman

Industries 08/23/2024

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards John Bulman | Pierce Atwood LLP | Partner JOHN BULMAN PERFORMED his unsupervised first jury trial 11 months into...

OUTSIDE THE BOX: A crane moves a modular housing unit into place on Bowdoin Street in Providence during ONE Neighborhood Builders’ construction of an eight-unit apartment house that was completed in 2022.  COURTESY ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS

Are more modular homes part of R.I.’s housing solution?

Focus 08/02/2024

For years, the 15,700-square-foot lot on Bowdoin Street in Providence’s Olneyville neighborhood sat empty and strewn with garbage after a fatal fire destroyed several...

KEEPING TRACK: Marcela Betancur, director of the Latino Policy Institute, says the group will be releasing a report in September on Latino representation in higher education. Census data shows Latinos have been graduating college in increasing numbers over 20 years but remain underpaid and underrepresented in the workforce.  PBN FILE PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Despite earning more degrees, Latinos still see pay disparities

Education 07/19/2024

Marcela Betancur says many Latinos find themselves at a disadvantage when it comes to higher education. After all, a large percentage of college-age Latinos in...

On-time USPS deliveries in R.I., Mass. down from last year

Economy 07/12/2024

PROVIDENCE – Deliveries in Rhode Island and Massachusetts are slower than they were a year ago, according to data from the United States Postal...

BROWN UNIVERSITY has demolished two buildings between Richmond and Elbow street in Providence's Jewelry District to clear the way for the construction of a 300,000-square-foot laboratory building. / PBN PHOTO

Jewelry District buildings demolished ahead of Brown ‘integrated life sciences’ project

Editor's Choice 07/05/2024

PROVIDENCE – Brown University is continuing its expansion in the Jewelry District, demolishing two buildings next to the university's Warren Alpert Medical School to...