URI hoping to close state’s fintech gap with cross-border alliance
In the relatively nascent sphere of financial technology, Rhode Island – echoing its relationship to the biotech industry – hasn’t caught up with neighboring...
Wilson named new Bryant University board chair
D. ELLEN WILSON, who has worked with leaders in the financial services and health care sectors throughout her career, was recently named Bryant University’s...
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Bryant summit’s Leslie: ‘Be the person who shows up’ for others
SMITHFIELD – In the ninth grade, Lisa Leslie started writing down her goals – what college she would attend, for instance, or, what she...
Report notes charter schools receive less state funding than traditional districts
PROVIDENCE – A report released Wednesday by the Rhode Island League of Charter Schools found disparities within the state’s funding formula, noting that charter...
PBN summit: Life sciences, blue economy growth face challenges in R.I.
PROVIDENCE – Justin Fallon, a professor of neuroscience, psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University, co-founded his company, Bolden Therapeutics Inc., in Rhode Island....
R.I. Foundation awards record $89M in grants in 2023
PROVIDENCE – Four years after setting a new record for grantmaking to local organizations, the Rhode Island Foundation raised the bar in 2023.
The foundation...
Brown, Princeton share $1M Mellon Foundation grant to expand ‘Racing the Classics’ conference series
PROVIDENCE – A Brown University researcher will share a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation with a fellow Ivy League institution to help...
Over 330 PPSD teachers receive displacement notices; layoffs not on table for most
PROVIDENCE – More than 330 teachers in the Providence Public School District recently received displacement notices, which means the affected faculty members will need...
Lawmakers propose legislation to protect image likeness rights for college athletes
PROVIDENCE – A pair of state lawmakers introduced legislation in the R.I. General Assembly that would allow collegiate athletes to personally profit from the...
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