Patrick signs $27B budget preserving initiatives into law
BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick last week signed into law a $27.046 billion budget for fiscal 2010 that he said preserves his administration’s...
White found success helping others achieve goals
Looking back on it now, Katharine White says she could have used a career coach years ago.
Over the course of three decades, White moved...
On track for September opening
In past years, last month’s House Finance Committee recommendation to not provide $700,000 for Cumberland’s Democracy Prep Blackstone Valley might have derailed the planned...
Brown, Draper Lab to partner on energy research
PROVIDENCE – Brown University announced last week that it will partner with nonprofit engineering group Draper Laboratory to establish the Center for Energy Research,...
BIF-5 summit speakers finalized
PROVIDENCE – The nonprofit Business Inventory Factory (BIF) has finalized the lineup for its fifth annual Collaborative Innovation Summit, BIF-5, which will take place...
Higher ed. board picks interim chief
PROVIDENCE — The R.I. Board of Governors for Higher Education has appointed Steve J. Maurano as interim commissioner of higher education until a permanent...
URI pharmacy school selects dean
SOUTH KINGSTOWN — For two years, Ron Jordan served as interim dean of the University of Rhode Island’s renowned College of Pharmacy. But now...
City libraries change hands today
PROVIDENCE – The city’s nine neighborhood library branches are under new management today as a new nonprofit group took control under terms of a...
PBN announces 40 Under Forty winners
PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has chosen the 2009 class of its annual 40 Under Forty program, to be honored at a July 30...
Brown to cut 2010-11 budget by $30M
PROVIDENCE – Brown University administrators said yesterday the school must cut its operating budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year by an additional 5.5 percent,...
