Five Questions With: Christina Tortolani
A recent analysis of data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Anxiety and Depression Household Pulse” found that Rhode Island ranks...
Brown University’s endowment generates 11.3% investment return
PROVIDENCE – Brown University’s endowment continues to rebound in a big way as it generated an 11.3% investment return this past fiscal year, which...
RIC pays $180K severance to former DEI vice president
PROVIDENCE – As part of severance agreement from mid-May, Rhode Island College agreed to pay Anna Cano Morales, its now former vice president of...
URI’s NOAA Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute granted 5-year renewal
NARRAGANSETT – A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-backed research effort will continue to operate out of the University of Rhode Island for at least the...
Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence awarded $100K from Webster Bank for financial software,...
PROVIDENCE – The Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence will receive a $100,000 boost to its financial software and education efforts courtesy of Webster...
Smiley proposes amendments to reallocate unspent ARPA funds
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Tuesday announced a proposal to reallocate the roughly $4.4 million unspent from the city's $166 million in...
This year’s MacArthur ‘genius’ fellows include Providence’s Tony Cokes
NEW YORK (AP) – The 2024 class of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellows includes more writers, artists and storytellers than...
MojoTech appoints Boston tech director as new CEO
PROVIDENCE – Software company MojoTech LLC has pulled a Boston-based technology director of an international consulting firm to lead the company as CEO.
Seth Mirick,...
URI receives $1.5M federal grant for coastal resilience project in Warren
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A team of scientists from the University of Rhode Island will start working this fall with the town of Warren to...
Omni Providence Hotel, union workers ratify contract
PROVIDENCE – Following a strike authorization vote, unionized workers at the Omni Providence Hotel this week ratified a new contract.
With the agreement, workers will...
