Seizing the opportunities as WiMAX comes of age
Many communication pundits believe WiMAX – Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access – has the potential to change wireless communication as we know it. That's...
Warning: Brainstorming may destroy innovation
Almost anyone who's worked to develop an innovation at a big company knows the drill. The senior executives give a stirring speech about how...
Lt. Gov. Roberts gains new forum for policy issues, problem solving
An interview with Elizabeth H. Roberts
Position: Rhode Island lieutenant governor
Background: Roberts worked as a business strategy consultant, policy analyst and health care manager before...
It’s time to act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
The discussion is no longer confined to warrens of liberal thought. Scientists are all singing the same tune about climate change – it is...
A virtual take on cutting-edge medicine
Dr. Roy Aaron recalls the first time he donned a head-mounted display – a device resembling a helmet with goggles that displays computer-generated images...
Groundhog Day first in year of initiatives
Employees at the Radisson Airport Hotel Providence in Warwick were shadowed by more than 30 students from the Davies Career & Technical High School...
Brooks donates $300,000 to Children’s Museum
Brooks Pharmacy has given a $30,000 grant to the Providence Children's Museum to sponsor Brooks Pharmacy Free Sundays through December of this year, enabling...
New RIRRC head faces near-full state landfill
Michael J. OConnell has been named executive director of the R.I. Resource Recovery Corporation. He was previously chief operating officer at AmeriCold Logistics for...
MBTA to open central customer service office
BOSTON – The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority plans to open a centralized customer service department, aiming to appease riders and streamline the complaint process.
"The...
No hard hat needed: RISD thrives amid renovation
Hope Alswang faced many challenges when she became director of Rhode Island School of Design's Museum of Art in September 2005.
Attendance had declined by...
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