Brown, Woods Hole lab receive $2M gift
PROVIDENCE – Brown University and the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, last week announced plans to increase their collaboration after receiving a...
Dorcas Place program grooms adult learners for work
For eight adult learners at the Dorcas Place Adult and Family Learning Center in Providence, “Tune-Up Day” was an opportunity to hone interview skills...
Seminar: Businesses need leadership and optimism
Is your glass half empty, or half full? In the wake of the devastating floods in Rhode Island, many small businesses might be tempted...
OT master’s strong draw at NEIT
Looking for an academic program in Rhode Island that will provide a hot professional career path, with a projected 34 percent growth rate? One...
Supplemental budget sets stage for FY2011 fight
While the House and Senate’s competing 2010 supplemental budgets both leave broad-based state taxes untouched, other provisions to close this year’s $220 million deficit...
Project Learn receives $10,000 from Verizon
(Corrected, April 22)
The Verizon Foundation donated $10,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence to support its Project Learn program, which provides students...
RISD student saves DOT $2 million
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island School of Design student saved the R.I. Department of Transportation $2 million by suggesting it reuse the piers from...
PBN seeks 40 Under Forty nominations
PROVIDENCE – Nominations and applications are now being accepted for Providence Business News’ sixth annual 40 Under Forty competition.
Since 2005, hundreds of young professionals...
Panel: CCRI needs focus, resources
WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island needs more money, increased capacity and a new focus on strategic industries in order to properly...
MooBella Ice Creamery at URI, JWU
TAUNTON – MooBella Inc., maker of a self-serve ice cream machine, has installed its second Ice Creamery in the state on the University of...