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ENTREPRENEURS with sales of at least half a million dollars will make up the membership of the new Enterprise Club of Rhode Island, founded by Jeff Deckman, left, and Robert Fiske. /

New club focuses on successful R.I. entrepreneurs

Frank Lubrano, an accomplished entrepreneur and owner of Lubrano Value Advisors LLC, said his first reaction to the creation of the Enterprise Club of...
AT BRYANT UNIVERSITY, a voice over Internet protocol system is installed in each dorm. Screens on the phones can receive emergency messages. Here, Tom Madden, a junior, studies for his finals. /

R.I. colleges eye technology for safety

Michael Quinn, director of campus safety and security of Johnson & Wales University’s Providence campus, says high-tech emergency notification systems for college campuses have...

New associate VP at CCRI to focus on academics

WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island has promoted veteran administrator Ron Schertz to associate vice president for student services, with a focus...

Brown to award 9 honorary degrees at graduation

PROVIDENCE – Brown University will confer honorary degrees on three New Orleans-based university presidents during its 239th commencement exercises on May 27 in recognition...

Crime lab at URI wins international accreditation

KINGSTON – The R.I. State Crime Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island was accredited last month by the international division of Forensic Quality...

New nonprofit to focus on developing countries

PROVIDENCE – Shawn Rubin, a kindergarten teacher at CVS Highlander School, and his wife, Laura Westberg, have founded a nonprofit organization called Longitude to...

RWU law school offering free/low-cost mediation

BRISTOL – Roger Williams University’s Ralph R. Papitto School of Law has launched a mediation clinic that helps East Bay residents settle disagreements without...
BOB MacKENZIE, Amica vice president and corporate secretary, second from left, is joined by three URI business students -   David Hathaway, left, Ryan Yenulevich and Andrea Bernier, right - after a luncheon honoring scholarship recipients.   /

Amica pledges $75,000 to URI scholarship fund

The Amica Companies Foundation has pledged $75,000 over five years to the University of Rhode Island’s “Making a Difference” capital campaign. The commitment will...

Board of Regents leader to retire after 8 years

PROVIDENCE – James A. DiPrete, a member of the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education since 1997 and its chairman since 1999,...
THE ROLO BUILDING has been vacant for years though its lot has been used by JWU for staff and faculty parking. /

JWU plans student center<br> in Rolo Building

PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University has hired Boston-based ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge to design a 30,000-square-foot student services center in a two-story building that...
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