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THE PROVIDENCE PERFORMING Arts Center will hold its annual Gala Celebration on Sept. 21. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Philanthropy Calendar, July 31, 2024

Click here for the Sept. 27, 2022 issue of the Philanthropy Calendar.
RAYMOND M. WILLIAMS, a senior counsel at global law firm DLA Piper US, has been named the University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement's new board chairperson. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI Foundation names Williams new board chairman

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Raymond M. Williams, a senior counsel for global law firm DLA Piper US that has a Boston office, has been selected...
ACCORDING TO A STUDY by Philadelphia-based consulting firm EConsultSolutions Inc., Providence College's athletic programs, including the men's basketball team, generate approximately $100.3 million in total economic impact across Rhode Island annually, creating and/or generating 630 jobs in the process. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Study: PC’s sports teams generate $100M in annual economic impact across R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Friartown has become quite financially beneficial to the Ocean State on an annual basis, and a new report showcases just how much...
THE PROVIDENCE PERFORMING Arts Center will host Trinity Repertory Company's "A Christmas Carol" productions this year. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

PPAC to host Trinity Rep’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ this year

PROVIDENCE – Theatergoers will still have the chance to see Trinity Repertory Company’s “A Christmas Carol” in the city this year, thanks to a...
LISA PINA-WARREN has been named the Nonviolence Institute's new executive director. / COURTESY NONVIOLENCE INSTITUTE

Pina-Warren named Nonviolence Institute’s new executive director

PROVIDENCE — Lisa Pina-Warren, who has been with the Nonviolence Institute for the last 15 years and has served as the nonprofit’s director of...
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, former longtime U.S. congressman for Rhode Island, has been appointed as a new visiting scholar for the University of Rhode Island's Department of Political Science. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Are you concerned about the use of artificial intelligence in your workplace?

A new state Artificial Intelligence Task Force held its first meeting on July 15. Gov. Daniel J. McKee created the task force and a Center...
THE 2024 CLASS of Providence Business News' 40 Under Forty Awards honorees pose together following Thursday's ceremony at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Young professionals honored at PBN’s 40 Under Forty event

WARWICK – Forty young business professionals were honored Thursday for their efforts in the workplace and community at Providence Business News’ 20th annual 40...

Five Questions With: Shelli Costa

Shelli Costa is the executive director of Coggeshall Farm, a nonprofit coastal living-history museum in Bristol. Costa recently completed her first full year as...
CO-BOT CONVERSATION: Mike Rielly, head of public relations at igus Bearings Inc. in East Providence, discusses one of the robots that the company produces, which are known as collaborative robots, or co-bots, along with other automation technology that it sells to manufacturers.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

ROBOTS RISING? Manufacturers mull employing tech as it gets smarter, cheaper

Enter igus Bearings Inc.’s newly opened facility in East Providence, and you’ll be met with the sounds of whirring and clangs typical of a...
COLORFUL DISCUSSION: Staff members chat with older adults during a tie-dye T-shirt activity at PACE Organization of Rhode Island’s East Providence day center. From left are PACE participant Cherry Ginel, PACE Chief of Organizational Performance Liz Boucher, certified nursing assistant Sorng Hy and PACE participant Claudette Jackson.
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

A focus on getting health care providers more geriatric training

As the Ocean State’s aging population is expected to skyrocket in the coming years, a University of Rhode Island program providing elder care education...
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