Woonsocket Education Center receives $50K Citizens grant for nonprofit AI training
WOONSOCKET – The Woonsocket Education Center has been awarded a $50,000 grant through Citizens Bank’s Champions in Action program to launch an artificial intelligence...
Viola Davis’ foundation donates $1.2M for community hub in Central Falls
CENTRAL FALLS – Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis and her husband, producer and actor Julius Tennon, have donated $1.2 million through their foundation to build a community hub in...
Centreville Bank employees donate gas cards to Meals on Wheels
WEST WARWICK – Centreville Bank employees donated about 30 gas gift cards to Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island, a contribution the organization said...
America250-Enduring Success: YMCA of Greater Providence
(Editor’s note: This is the 18th installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of...
PBN recognizes 40 Under Forty honorees
WARWICK – Forty young business professionals were honored Thursday for their efforts in the workplace and community at Providence Business News’ 22nd annual 40...
State declares Providence school takeover a success despite missing academic goals
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island returned control of the public school district to the city on July 1, ending nearly seven years of state oversight...
School of hard hats: College-bound? EB’s hiring surge convincing more grads there’s another career...
Approaching graduation, Lincoln Aldrich was only certain of two things: he wanted to work on boats, and he wanted to make a decent paycheck.
“I...
Breaking healthcare barriers after prison
He opened his car door in the parking lot of a local steakhouse and couldn’t make himself get out. It was his first day...
Disability advocates fear federal policy shift
For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities – rights that some fear...
Five Questions With: Maura Daly Iversen
Maura Daly Iversen | Dean and professor, Johnson & Wales University College of Health & Wellness
1. Where does JWU’s College of Health &...
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