RIDE lands $18M in federal grants for AI literacy programs
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Education has secured more than $18 million through a pair of federal grants to fund two literacy initiatives...
R.I. accepting applications for new Workforce Pell Grant program
PROVIDENCE – The state is now accepting applications from eligible training providers for the new federal Workforce Pell Grant program.
The new initiative, launched on...
Blueprint for prosperity: Aligning capital, talent and innovation
RHODE ISLAND finds itself at a unique crossroads. The Ocean State has weathered headwinds, maintained relatively low unemployment rates, increased housing development and refocused...
R.I. higher-ed institutions reshaping talent pipelines
Educational institutions have come around to the idea that there is more than one kind of classroom, as students learn both on campus and...
Davies student earns national gold medal in first aid and CPR...
ARIANNE CHARLES, a North Providence student at William M. Davies Jr. Career and Technical High School in Lincoln, won the national gold medal in...
Why everyone benefits from a strong knowledge economy
Over the past 40 years, Rhode Island’s economy – like the nation’s – has been reshaped by global forces, rapid technological change and the...
Driving Forces: Ross J. Gittell
Ross J. Gittell
Bryant University president
ROSS J. GITTELL CAME to Bryant University in 2020 with a Harvard Ph.D., and a decade running a seven-college system...
Reimagining philanthropy as ‘a strategic investment’
Five years ago, Rhode Island was emerging from the darkest days of the COVID-19 crisis. Over the next few years, all of us figured...
Driving Forces: Arnell Milhouse
Arnell Milhouse
yconic CEO
IN HIS LONG CAREER as a startup entrepreneur in Rhode Island, Arnell Milhouse has always seen and embraced the possibilities in technology...
Driving Forces: Marc B. Parlange
Marc B. Parlange
University of Rhode Island president
FROM THE START, Marc B. Parlange has been focused on boosting the University of Rhode Island’s impact in...
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