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Students will feel impact of cuts to school budgets

It won’t take long for the fallout from the state budget cuts to higher education to reach students and their families. The R.I. Board of...
CONSTANCE HOWES, CEO of Women & Infants Hospital, credited allies and 
mentors for her development. /

Top women in business for 2008 honored at luncheon

Women of exceptional talent and achievement were honored by their colleagues, families and friends at the inaugural luncheon in the Business Women program, presented...
MONAH H. RHODES, shown here with Geller’s Shoes owner Lee Maynard, was recently recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration. /

Her emotional investments paying off

Compassion and empathy are critical tools of the trade for Monah Rhodes, business development specialist with the Rhode Island Coalition for Minority Investment (RICMI)....

Princeton faces U.S. bias investigation

Princeton University is facing an expanded investigation by the U.S. Education Department into whether the school’s admission criteria discriminated against Asian students. The civil rights...
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN President John Maeda is looking to bolster the school’s Web-based offerings. /

Maeda expanding RISD’s virtual reach

New President John Maeda predicts soaring growth at Rhode Island School of Design, but that doesn’t mean you’ll be seeing a new gym or...

Portsmouth resident nets KVH tech scholar award

MIDDLETOWN – KVH Industries Inc. has selected Samantha Sinapi of Portsmouth as the recipient of its first KVH Technology Scholar Award. “We created the KVH...
STUDENTS FROM Sullivan Elementary School in Newport pose with Thomas W. Kelly, president and CEO of BankNewport, before their educational hike through the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown.  /

BankNewport grants $10K for environment education

BankNewport has granted $10,000 to fund environmental-education programming for 700 students from Sullivan Elementary School and Thompson Middle School in Newport. The money will...

Sabitoni honored with UWRI Labor Services Award

PROVIDENCE – United Way of Rhode Island this week honored Michael F. Sabitoni, the president of the Cranston-based Rhode Island Building & Construction...
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AeA ranks Providence among 60 ‘Cybercities’

WASHINGTON – The technology industry in the Providence-Fall River-New Bedford metropolitan area is ranked among the nation’s strongest, employing 39.62 of every 1,000 local...
2008 TECH SCHOLAR Samantha Sinapi, right, a recent graduate of Portsmouth High School, accepts the scholarship from KVH Marketing Manager Chris Watson. /

KVH names its first Technology Scholar

MIDDLETOWN – KVH Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) has selected Samantha Sinapi of Portsmouth as the recipient of its first KVH Technology Scholar Award. “We created...
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