Wednesday, September 16, 2026

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Champlin Foundation awards $8M to 89 local nonprofits

CRANSTON – The Champlin Foundation has awarded 89 local nonprofits a total of $8 million in grants to advance various capital needs and improvements...

Senate approves bill to ban electronic devices during school hours

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Senate on May 13 passed a bill prohibiting the use of personal electronic devices by students during school hours. The legislation,...

Brown President Paxson receives 2-year contract extension

PROVIDENCE – Christina H. Paxson will remain as Brown University’s president for at least two additional years. The Ivy League institution’s corporation announced Tuesday that...

Time capsules discovered during McCoy Stadium demolition

PAWTUCKET – A pair of time capsules buried under McCoy Stadium was recently discovered by construction crews during their ongoing demolition of the former...

R.I. Foundation offering $2.5M in grants for opioid use recovery, services

PROVIDENCE – Close to $2.5 million in grants is being made available by the Rhode Island Foundation to support services and programs that address...

PBN honors 2025 Business Women Awards winners

PROVIDENCE – When Karen G. DelPonte began her pursuit of a career in law, there was plenty to learn. “I didn’t even know what a...
A CLOSE LOOK: Carolina Carrillo, a Warren Alpert Medical School student, conducts a health examination of a Calcutt Middle School student at the SMART Plus clinic at Calcutt in Central Falls. Medical students also serve as mentors for middle schoolers interested in the field of health care. 
COURTESY WARREN ­ALPERT MEDICAL SCHOOL

At this school clinic, students get checkups, then career mentoring

As Rhode Island continues to face a shortage of health care workers, a first-of-its-kind program using students from Brown University’s medical school is attempting...
FEELING COMFORTABLE: U.S. Navy veteran Lidell Booysen says the University of Rhode Island has eased his transition from the military. URI is one of six local colleges that have received the Military Friendly School designation. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

These local colleges prove to be ‘military friendly’

Lidell Booysen is a U.S. Navy veteran and a mechanical engineering student at the University of Rhode Island. The 25-year-old isn’t like most of...
Susan M. Esper

Esper named Providence College board chair

SUSAN M. ESPER, a partner in audit and assurance in the Boston office of professional services and accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP, which...
HELPING PEOPLE: Cameron & Mittleman LLP partner Karen G. DelPonte created the firm’s estate planning practice group, specializing in advising individuals and business clients with respect to family-owned businesses, limited liability companies and family partnerships. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Cameron & Mittleman’s DelPonte leaves an indelible mark based on trust

Business Women Awards 2025 CAREER ACHIEVER: Karen G. DelPonte, Cameron & Mittleman LLP partner KAREN G. DELPONTE’S FINGERPRINTS are quite noticeable around Cameron & Mittleman LLP’s...
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