Wednesday, September 16, 2026

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Bryant University taps Christian as new men’s basketball coach

SMITHFIELD – Jamion Christian is returning stateside to hopefully bring the Bryant University men’s basketball program to the NCAA tournament once again. University officials and...

United Way: Rhode Islanders, nonprofits ‘shined in [the] moment’ during 401Gives Day

PROVIDENCE – The sense that this year’s 401Gives Day would be one for the ages occurred mere moments after the giving portal opened at...

401Gives Day surpasses $4.01M fundraising goal

PROVIDENCE – The long-awaited goal that United Way of Rhode Island Inc. set in 2023 for its largest single-day nonprofit fundraising initiative was finally...

Allan named interim executive director of WaterFire Providence

PROVIDENCE – The WaterFire Providence board of directors has appointed Mark Allan interim executive director, the nonprofit announced Monday.  Allan will temporarily succeed Peter Mello,...

401Gives Day arrives as nonprofits face challenges, funding uncertainty

PROVIDENCE – Even five years after the world stopped and life has since returned to normal, COVID-19’s tentacles still have a firm grasp on...

Cameron & Mittleman’s DelPonte, R.I.S.E. Women’s Leadership Conference’s Ajakaiye among PBN’s Business Women Awards...

PROVIDENCE – Karen G. DelPonte, partner for Cameron & Mittleman LLP, has been selected by Providence Business News as this year’s Career Achievement winner...
AT THE HELM: David Salvatore has been executive director of The Providence Foundation for less than a year, but the nonprofit business association has been focused on economic development and urban revitalization in downtown Providence for half a century. 
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For 50 years, an advocate for downtown success

Unless there was a sporting event or the circus was in town, David Salvatore was probably not venturing into downtown Providence when he was...
AFFORDABLE POLICIES: Rep. Joseph J. Solomon Jr., D-Warwick, has sponsored a pet insurance bill to help filter out bad actors in the market and make policies more affordable. 
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Pet insurance market booming, legislation looks to rein in bad practices

An industry born from the first policy taken out in 1982 for the TV celebrity collie Lassie is now a multibillion-dollar market, growing so...
STAYING AFLOAT: Delite Primus, left, director of advancement for Farm Fresh Rhode Island, speaks with Harvest Kitchen Production Manager Charreese Braxton at Farm Fresh’s Providence location on Sims Avenue. Farm Fresh recently had to lay off four employees and is seeking financial assistance amid a federal funding freeze imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Hurting R.I. nonprofits eye offers of financial help

A federal funding freeze is putting the hurt on Farm Fresh Rhode Island, and now the nonprofit’s administrators are looking for any other funding...
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Y. Vardi

U.S. creating crisis in critical research fields

A heated debate has recently erupted between two groups of supporters of President Donald Trump. The dispute concerns the H-1B visa system that allows...
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