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Five Questions With: Laura R. Stroud

Laura R. Stroud, director and principal investigator at a newly established Stress, Trauma, and Resilience Center of Biomedical Research Excellence at The Miriam Hospital,...

Should local colleges mandate that students and staff get COVID-19 booster...

Local colleges this past summer made it clear that nearly all students – and employees in some cases – needed to be vaccinated against...
Michele Lederberg

Blue Cross receives philanthropy award from Rhode Island Foundation

MICHELLE LEDERBERG is the executive vice president, chief legal officer and chief administrative officer at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, which...

Crucial competition for world’s best minds

Driven largely by the global pandemic, the number of international students enrolled at U.S. colleges and universities fell by 15% – or 161,401 students...
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Five Questions With: Tricia Jedele

Tricia Jedele | Atlantic Coast offshore wind policy manager, The Nature Conservancy 1. This is a new position for The Nature Conservancy. What does...

The importance of initiative

Two sons worked for their father on the family’s farm. The younger brother had for some years been given more responsibilities and rewards, and...

‘Average user’ data misses harm of social media

Fall 2021 has been filled with a steady stream of media coverage arguing that Meta’s Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram social media platforms pose a...

Five Questions With: Michelle Wilcox

Michelle Wilcox is the chief operating officer at Crossroads Rhode Island, a nonprofit organization that’s been on the front lines of the homelessness crisis...

Five Questions With: Jaclyn Boichat

Jaclyn Boichat is an associate professor for Johnson & Wales University’s accounting department. A certified public accountant, she has bachelor’s degrees in accountancy and...

Five Questions With: Maey Petrie

Maey Petrie, director of program management at the New England Medical Innovation Center, discusses the center’s upcoming business accelerator, an intensive three-month course aimed...
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