People

THE CLASS OF 2023 honorees pose Thursday during Providence Business News' 40 Under Forty Awards event at Aldrich Mansion in Warwick. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Young professionals honored during PBN’s 40 Under Forty event

Business Services 07/21/2023

WARWICK – Forty young business professionals were honored Thursday for their efforts in the workplace and community at Providence Business News’ 19th annual 40...

Forrest A. Daniels / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Forrest A. Daniels

5Q 07/21/2023

5Q: Forrest A. Daniels CEO, Rhode Island Free Clinic 1. You took on the role of CEO a little over a year ago. What were some...

Who’s on the Board

Nonprofit 07/21/2023

ONE NEIGHBORHOOD BUILDERS Top executive: Jennifer Hawkins, president and executive director Year founded: 1988 Mission statement: ONE Neighborhood Builders has established itself as a community development leader...

SPEAKING OUT: Zainabou Thiam, center, a student at the MET School in Providence, speaks at a rally at Brown University on July 8 organized by the Black Lives Matter Rhode Island political action committee. The rally sought to end legacy admissions and support diversity and equity in universities.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Diversity advocates take aim at legacy admissions

Education 07/21/2023

For Viet Nguyen, a Brown University alumnus and founder of social impact organization EdMobilizer, the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ban on affirmative action presents...

BACKING CHARTERS: Janie Segui Rodriguez founded the nonprofit Stop the Wait RI to oppose legislation in 2021 that would have put a hold on opening new charter schools for three years. The legislation failed to pass.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Charter schools fight to grow as demand increases

Education 07/21/2023

Most parents don’t want to gamble with their children’s education. But for some, to provide what they believe is the right choice for their...

NO WORRIES: Dorothy Davison, executive director of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Rhode Island, says artificial intelligence will allow engineers to be more efficient, not replace them entirely.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

‘We don’t look at AI as a terrifying thing’

Focus 07/21/2023

How will artificial intelligence impact professional engineers? Will it improve their lives or put them out of work? Any major AI chatbot can provide answers to...

WATER WORK: From rear to front, Roger Williams University senior civil engineering student Nathan Silveira, assistant professor Pamela Judge and senior environmental science student Lauren Northrup are assisting with soil erosion research at the RWU School of Engineering, Computing and Construction Management’s Richard L. Bready Applied Learning Laboratories on the Bristol campus.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Engineering building an RWU recruiting tool

Education 07/21/2023

When Luke Calabrese toured Roger Williams University as a prospective student, one of the engineering program’s draws didn’t yet exist. But it nevertheless made...

Nurture your workers

Advice 07/21/2023

An estimated 50 million Americans quit their jobs last year, causing massive headaches and a tremendous amount of lost productivity and revenue for companies. The...

Megan Johnson

People 07/21/2023

PBN 40 Under Forty 2023 Awards Megan Johnson | 38 | Vice president, director and business banking relationship manager, Webster Bank N.A. What have been...