Gilbane, Met, colleges team up to groom managers
Elsch Maisoh had every intention of pursuing a business degree when he graduated from the Met Center last spring, going so far as to...
R.I. Hospital gets $11.1M for joint-research center
Rhode Island Hospital has been awarded $11.1 million by the National Center for Research Resources, a division of the National Institutes of Health, to...
H.V. Collins to build $24.5M Navy training facility
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Navy has awarded H.V. Collins Co. of Providence a $24.5 million contract to build a new training...
Nazarian to retire as RIC’s president <br> after 57 years at the...
PROVIDENCE – John Nazarian, Rhode Island College’s longest-serving president, has announced that he will retire at the end of the 2007-08 school year.
Nazarian, 75,...
The SEC wants you to embrace XBRL
Bryant University accounting professor Saeed Roohani and his colleagues believe they are at the forefront of a revolution that will alter the way Wall...
Amgen grant to bring biotech to R.I. high schools
KINGSTON – The University of Rhode Island has been awarded a $239,500 grant from the Amgen Foundation to help bring a three-week biotechnology program...
Young blood: College graduates in the workplace
Providence Business News asks 70 local business executives about the criteria for, expectations of and opportunities available to their entry-level employees.
What...
Ink-jet printers offer novel way to grow cells<br> in 3-D formations
Ink-jet printers can create images with great precision. But how about cell cultures, miniature organs, or even – one day – full human organs...
Grant to help improve after-school programs
A recently awarded grant will aid state leaders and children’s advocates in their attempts to bolster after school-programs throughout Rhode Island.
Awarded by the National...
Brown among top schools for ’07 Fulbright awards
Brown University is among the nation’s top producers of Fulbright students, the Institute of International Education reports in the Oct. 26 edition of The...