William Hamilton
Finding a new path for technology<br> and design at RISD
John Maeda says his career might be a “mistake.” He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and he says he probably should have gone on...
Nonprofit helps workers improve skills and pay
As pizza makers go, Chet Rodgers is paid pretty well. That’s not to say he’s making a lot of money.
The 24-year-old Cranston resident earns...
New Web site offers kids a chance for career choices
In a perfect world, Gail Mance-Rios says there would be a counselor assigned to each Rhode Island student as early as elementary school. Students...
From small organisms, big effects
Tatiana Rynearson spends a large portion of her waking hours with plankton – specifically a one-celled variety called diatoms.
She collects samples of the tiny...
Hard work and luck help minority startups survive
Leslie Garcia could see a big problem developing shortly after she took ownership of East Bay Pizzeria in East Providence in August.
When the former...
Toll hikes could help pay for bridge repairs
The state agency that oversees the state’s two suspension bridges says it may be forced to raise tolls on the Pell Bridge – and...
Nonprofit aims to make R.I. a model for weight loss
Rhode Islanders have been losing the “battle of the bulge” for years, but the nonprofit program that has garnered a lot of attention...
RISD chooses new president
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island School of Design today announced that John Maeda, associate director of research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab,...
Bush subprime plan a start for worried homeowners
Chris Hannifan figures about 800 people have come to the Housing Network of Rhode Island in the last year desperate for help with their...
Saving energy now to pay for it later
For years, the Tootell Aquatic Center at the University of Rhode Island had been a huge drain, of sorts.
It’s expensive to heat the...
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