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ELSCH MAISOH, right, one of the first two students in the Gilbane work-study program, works with engineer Laura Schwartz. /

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...
GOV. DONALD L. CARCIERI speaks at Rhode Island Hospital on Oct. 30,  helping announce its $11.1M federal grant from the National Center for Research Resources, a division of the NIH. The  money will help the hospital establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) for Skeletal Health and Repair. /

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...
HE JOINED the RIC faculty in 1954 as an instructor of math and physics, and became a full professor in 1971, a year before he was named a college administrator. /

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...
UMASS-DARTMOUTH researchers are using ink-jet technology to create precisely designed cell cultures, such as these human bone-marrow stem cells. /

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...
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