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Five Questions With: Rahul Powar

Rahul Powar is the co-founder and CEO of cybersecurity platform Red Sift and is a leading artificial intelligence expert. Previously, he was the founding...
FUTURE PLANS: Senate President Valerie J. Lawson, right, talks in her Statehouse office about her vision for the 2026 General Assembly session, starting Jan. 6. With her is Senate Majority Leader Frank A. Ciccone III. 
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What should state lawmakers prioritize (besides a balanced budget) in this...

State lawmakers return to work on Jan. 5 with a projected $101 million fiscal 2027 shortfall and a long list of legislative priorities to...
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Five Questions With: Ross J. Gittell

Ross J. Gittell | President, Bryant University 1. How have you addressed the use of artificial intelligence by students and faculty? Do you anticipate...
Marc A. Streisand

Dress for Success: A tuxedo can spark a transformation

Few items in a man’s wardrobe carry the quiet power of a classic dinner suit. It’s more than fabric and stitching – it’s transformational. Slip...
Jason Dwyer

URI professor awarded $464K NSF grant to support nanopore tech research

JASON DWYER received a three-year, $464,964 grant from the National Science Foundation for his two decades of work in nanopore technology. Dwyer, a professor...

Cover is just the start

A new employee, Alex, arrives wearing casual attire and seems a bit distracted, leading some colleagues to assume he may not take his job...
Wallace Tyner


Why hiking the gasoline tax is back on the table

It is well known that the U.S. has a major infrastructure problem with its national highway system. Many of our bridges are in a...

Five Questions With: Robin McGuigan

Robin McGuigan is a real estate agent for Slocum Home Team/eXp Realty in Warwick. McGuigan, who first got his real estate license in 2012,...

Does Brown University need to upgrade campus security in the wake...

Brown University’s head of public safety is on administrative leave following the Dec. 13 mass shooting that killed two students and injured nine others. University...

Five Questions With: Dr. Theresa Williamson

Dr. Theresa Williamson, a neurosurgeon and bioethicist, is the newly appointed director of the Center for Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Spinal Surgery and director of the...
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