CCRI president wants to raise morale, enrollment
Improving faculty morale proved to be the first challenge for Ray Di Pasquale, the newly hired president of the Community College of Rhode Island....
Lifespan shows uses of health IT
Not long ago, the hospitals in the Lifespan network did things the same way as most of their peers. Doctors handwrote their orders, or...
Credit union crisis shook R.I., left deep scars
Throngs of angry depositors gathered in the parking lot outside of Woonsocket’s Marquette Credit Union in the summer of 1991. Like thousands of Rhode...
Microsoft pledges $1.2M for Brown pen technology
If words are your language, a keyboard is your friend. With a little help from a mouse, you can easily enter text, edit it...
Quahogs flex toxin-defiant muscle, research finds
Studies at UMass Dartmouth could lead to botulism-poisoning antidote
The next time you spoon up a stuffie, chew on this: Quahogs, the uniquely Rhode Island...
R.I. businesses strive to ‘strike out’ hunger
The Rhode Island Community Food Bank and the Citizens Bank Foundation have announced a summer-long partnership with the Pawtucket Red Sox and Cox Communications...
New police chief leads with community approach
Name: Dean M. Esserman
Position: Providence Police Chief
Background: Served as general counsel and advisor to Chief William Bratton...
Library Notes
They don’t teach it in school, but it can be one of the most important lessons children can learn: How to earn, save and...
Women entrepreneurs setting the pace, SBA says
Women are starting businesses twice as often as men, according to statistics commonly cited by the U.S. Small Business Administration and other groups.
That means...
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