Gallo to resign as R.I. Foundation CEO
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation today announced the resignation of Ronald V. Gallo as the nonprofit’s president and CEO, effective Nov. 9.
“This was...
BCBS, Red Cross honor eight Community Heroes
PROVIDENCE – Eight Rhode Islanders will be honored tomorrow at the Sixth Annual Community Heroes Breakfast Celebration, a collaborative effort of Blue Cross &...
Carothers-Richmond $100K gift<br> to aid URI International Center
KINGSTON – “Nobody wants the university to be more successful than the people who have spent much of their careers here,” University of Rhode...
Avila honored for bringing SBDC services to Latinos
DENVER – Tomas Alberto Avila, of the R.I. Small Business Development Center at Johnson & Wales University, has been honored by the Association...
Preserve R.I. seeks fall ‘mini-grant’ applicants
PROVIDENCE – Preserve Rhode Island, the statewide historic preservation education and advocacy group, says the deadline is nearing for “mini-grants” to aid local historic...
Lawyers on boards play crucial role
When the Blackstone Valley Advocacy Center bought and expanded into a new building in the early 1990s, Joseph M. DiOrio, a board member and...
Students get real-world education
Kim Ahern is a second-year law student, but she didn’t expect to get this type of hands-on education so early in her legal career.
Ahern...
URI symposium tackles key waterfront challenges
During John Bullard’s time as mayor of New Bedford from 1986 to 1992, a developer proposed building a Sheraton Hotel on the State Pier....
Residents learn firsthand about their patients’ lives
They work up to 80 hours per week, shadowing doctors, helping out in the wards and treating patients in the walk-in clinic. They are...
Making women a priority
Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP recently decided it was time to place greater focus on women’s advancement, both within the firm and within the...