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LINKED IN: Meg Wirth, a Providence resident, launched Maternova to inform physicians worldwide of innovative technologies. /

A global link for health professionals

Incubators have saved the lives of countless newborns. But at $20,000 each, the machines are often prohibitively expensive for people in developing countries. Luckily, a...
GUIDING HAND: Robert Penney, right, a Providence College graduate and Bank of America employee, mentors recent PC graduate Jose Maldonado. /

Mentors offer students an inside look

Citizens Bank Rhode Island President Joseph J. MarcAurele always wanted to be a teacher, and that’s the career path he chose after graduating from...

Patrick announces funds for education recovery

BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick will commit $168 million in federal education-recovery funds to 166 Massachusetts school districts to ensure that they reach...
CLEAR SIGNAL: Lisa G. Churchville, president and general manager of WJAR-TV, sees a place for television in an increasingly Web-based world. /

Churchville still focused on expanding TV’s reach

Lisa G. Churchville, president and general manager of WJAR-TV NBC 10, has seen many dramatic changes in television, both as a form of entertainment...
A TWIN NANOPARTICLE created by Brown University chemists has been shown in the lab to effectively target a class of breast cancer cells known as Her-2 tumor cells. /

Brown team’s finding may improve chemotherapy

A Brown University team has developed a twin nanoparticle that the scientists believe could dramatically improve chemotherapy by narrowly targeting tumor cells and allowing...
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EDC focusing on job growth in ’09

Building an innovation economy is still crucial to the R.I. Economic Development Corporation, but agency officials want the business community to know they are...

RIH workers reject pay-freeze plan

PROVIDENCE – Union health care workers at Lifespan’s Rhode Island Hospital voted 876 to 14 against the pay freeze and other givebacks requested by...
NETWORKRI, whose five offices are part of a nationwide One-Stop Career Center System, is one of many agencies that will be involved in ARRA-financed programs. Besides a variety of job-seekers workshops, the netWORKri  centers offer job-seekers the use of computers, copiers, fax machines and telephones to aid in their search. /

ARRA funds to help with R.I. job training

PROVIDENCE – State leaders say Rhode Island will receive $17.2 million for job training grants as part of the federal economic stimulus package known...
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT in the local work force helped boost the scores of the Providence, Worcester and Boston metropolitan areas. Above, students graduate from Brown University.  /

Providence area slips in Forbes ranking

NEW YORK – Boston moved into the top half among major metropolitan areas nationwide, while the Providence and Worcester areas both lost ground, in...

R.I. awards $2M for worker training

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Governor’s Workforce Board has awarded 77 Comprehensive Worker Training grants to help provide on-the-job training for nearly 6,700 Rhode Island...
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