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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...