William Hamilton
William Hamilton joined Providence Business News as the special projects editor in February 2019. Before that, he had been a content editor and Sunday business editor at The Providence Journal. He was a PBN staff writer from 2007 to 2011, and had previously written and edited for the Fall River Herald News, the Pawtucket Times and the Kent County Daily Times. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Rhode Island.
UMass Dartmouth appoints director of Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
DARTMOUTH – A former technology company CEO has been appointed as director of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship in...
PBN Best Places To Work 2019 event draws boisterous, sold-out crowd
WARWICK – Sixty companies in the region were celebrated as Providence Business News' 2019 Best Places To Work on Thursday during a sold-out event...
Bryant University’s school in China awards its first degrees
SMITHFIELD – Bryant University President Ronald K. Machtley awarded bachelor's degrees to 130 graduates of Bryant Zhuhai last Saturday, the first graduating class of...
Five Questions With: Joseph DeSantis
When Tri-Town Community Action Agency and South County Community Action Agency decided to merge almost three years ago to form Tri-County Community Action Agency,...
College Unbound in running for $100K Drucker Institute prize
PROVIDENCE – The president of College Unbound says the nontraditional degree-granting school for adult learners is a semifinalist for a $100,000 prize from the...
Dooley testifies for bill to create URI board of trustees
PROVIDENCE – University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley told lawmakers Monday that URI urgently needs its own board of trustees, arguing that...
URI-based biomed research network gets $20M grant
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The National Institutes of Health has awarded $20 million to the Rhode Island Institutional Development Award of Biomedical Research Excellence, or...
Stonehill College provost Favazza appointed president at Saint Anselm
EASTON – Joseph A. Favazza, Stonehill College provost and vice president for academic affairs, is leaving the school to become president of Saint Anselm...
Five Questions With: Dr. Doreen Wiggins
Dr. Doreen Wiggins, an obstetrician-gynecologist and surgical oncologist who focuses on breast cancer, is one of the founders of FRIENDS WAY, Rhode Island's only...
Brown changes meal plan requirements to reduce ‘food insecurity’
PROVIDENCE – Brown University is making changes to the meal plans it offers students in order to reduce "food insecurity" that studies say college...
