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77 R.I. employers win $1.59M in worker training grants

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Governor’s Workforce Board has awarded 77 Comprehensive Worker Training grants, totaling $1.59 million, to help provide on-the-job training for 3,500...

R.I. Council for the Humanities elects officers

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities has announced the election of five directors and four officers at the council’s recent annual...
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Remembering our presidents

When I was a student at the University of Minnesota, I carried around a 3-by-5-inch leather-bound dictionary. I still remember the cover, with a...
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Editorial Cartoon: The grudge is always greener …

Two men walking down the street are having a conversation. One says to the other, “Hey, I’m a big boy … I can accept...
GIANFRANCO ZACCAI talks about how Reebok responded to Nike’s Air Jordan sneakers, a concept he said Reebok developed, but Nike co-opted. /

Designer finds it easier to observe than to listen

Designer Gianfranco Zaccai has spent a lot of time studying people doing mundane things in the name of innovation. Zaccai, president and CEO of Continuum,...

RISD seeks to expand its partnerships with business

The Rhode Island School of Design will replace its Center for Design and Business with a newly-created division called Media and Partners, according to...

Feinstein offers to help R.I. fund school breakfasts

CRANSTON – Alan Shawn Feinstein today offered to pick up half the state’s tab for the Rhode Island school breakfast program, if the state...
ANNA CANO-MORALES, senior community philanthropy officer at The Rhode Island Foundation and chairwoman of the Central Falls School Board, was honored by PBN last summer as a member of its 40 Under Forty.  /

Carcieri names Cano-Morales <br>to state Board of Regents

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri has named Anna Cano-Morales to the R.I. Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Education, replacing Gary Grove,...

Salve to dedicate new arts center in Antone’s honor

NEWPORT – The Salve Regina University board of trustees today announced that the school will dedicate its new Center for Culture and the Arts...

Roger Williams wins $60,000 Merck/AAAS science grant

BRISTOL – Roger Williams University has been awarded a three-year, $60,000 grant from the Merck/AAAS Undergraduate Science Research Program. The grant is one of 14...
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