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URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey, CIC’s Messier among PBN’s 2024 C-Suite Awards...

PROVIDENCE – Peter Rumsey, chief business development officer for the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, has been named the 2024 Career Achiever for...

Five Questions With: Shannon Gilkey

Shannon Gilkey is the Rhode Island postsecondary education commissioner. He spoke with Providence Business News about the relocation to Providence of the Rhode Island...
Tracey Cunningham-Martins was named CEO and president of Cranston-based AccessPoint RI in 2022. She previously served as associate director of employment for the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Be inclusive for all

Tracey Cunningham-Martins | AccessPoint RI CEO and president Matching individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and those with barriers to employment with suitable employers is...
FINTECH ­COLLABORATOR: University of Rhode Island assistant professor H. Zafer Yuksel believes having URI join the Mass Fintech Hub will provide big benefits to Rhode Island students studying financial technology. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

URI hoping to close state’s fintech gap with cross-border alliance

In the relatively nascent sphere of financial technology, Rhode Island – echoing its relationship to the biotech industry – hasn’t caught up with neighboring...
D. Ellen Wilson

Wilson named new Bryant University board chair

D. ELLEN WILSON, who has worked with leaders in the financial services and health care sectors throughout her career, was recently named Bryant University’s...
A REPORT released Wednesday by the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools found disparities within the state’s funding formula, noting that charter school students receive less funding than students attending traditional districts. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND LEAGUE OF CHARTER SCHOOLS

Report notes charter schools receive less state funding than traditional districts

PROVIDENCE – A report released Wednesday by the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools found disparities within the state’s funding formula, noting that charter...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION awarded a record $89 million in grants in 2023. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation awards record $89M in grants in 2023

PROVIDENCE – Four years after setting a new record for grantmaking to local organizations, the Rhode Island Foundation raised the bar in 2023. The foundation...

Brown, Princeton share $1M Mellon Foundation grant to expand ‘Racing the...

PROVIDENCE – A Brown University researcher will share a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation with a fellow Ivy League institution to help...

Over 330 PPSD teachers receive displacement notices; layoffs not on table...

PROVIDENCE – More than 330 teachers in the Providence Public School District recently received displacement notices, which means the affected faculty members will need...

Lawmakers propose legislation to protect image likeness rights for college athletes

PROVIDENCE – A pair of state lawmakers introduced legislation in the R.I. General Assembly that would allow collegiate athletes to personally profit from the...
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