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GOING BIG: This is a rendering of the planned building for Providence College’s new School of Nursing and Health Sciences, which will feature 60,000 square feet of classrooms, laboratories and collaboration space. It is scheduled to be completed by December 2024.  COURTESY SLAM COLLABORATIVE

PC poised to feed R.I.’s health worker pipeline

Education 05/26/2023

Rhode Island is about to get a new source of nurses and other health care professionals. Plans for Providence College’s new School of Nursing and...

Amy Erickson has been director of Rhode Island programs for Massachusetts-based Innovation Studio since January 2022. She previously served as associate director in Providence for the nonprofit, which works with small businesses and entrepreneurs. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Learn to sell your story

Entrepreneurship 05/26/2023

Amy Erickson | Innovation Studio Director of Rhode Island programs A few weeks ago, my former academic adviser reached out on LinkedIn to catch up....

Alana O’Hare / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Alana O’Hare

5Q 05/26/2023

Alana O’Hare | Tourism Improvement District senior director, Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau 1. PWCVB was successful in implementing a special tax and...

WILL IT WORK? State Rep. Karen Alzate is the primary sponsor of one of two bills that would mandate a 32-hour workweek for certain businesses in Rhode Island. There’s not much support for it.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

32-hour workweek law? Not much support in R.I.

Focus 05/26/2023

In an effort to find and retain workers in a tight job market, some companies have toyed with the idea of converting to a...

Westerly center is designed to build on a military background

People 05/26/2023

Though decades ago, T.J. Smith still remembers the camaraderie and sense of purpose he felt during his time as a member of the Rhode...

An executive search is an art not a science

Advice 05/26/2023

When we try to define job candidates in predetermined terms, we’re forgetting that every one of them is unique. In the course of each executive...

CHANGE OF PACE: Paula Iacono, executive director of the Chartercare Foundation, originally wanted to be a journalist, but her career path changed when she began helping the alumni council at Bryant University.  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

CharterCARE Foundation’s Iacono’s relationship building lays strong foundation to help communities

People 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards CAREER ACHIEVER: Paula Iacono | Chartercare Foundation executive director WITH 40 YEARS of experience in developing community partnerships and organizations,...

EMPHASIZING INCLUSION: Over the last eight years, Shawmut Design and Construction Chief People and Administration Officer Marianne Monte has played a lead role in helping the company retain a workforce that is more than 30% female, higher than the industry average.  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Creating opportunities for all drives Monte at Shawmut Design and Construction

People 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards OUTSTANDING MENTOR: Marianne Monte | Shawmut Design and Construction chief people and administration officer WHEN A HEADHUNTER first approached her...

GOING GLOBAL: Judith Lynn Stillman, Rhode Island College’s artist-in-residence and music professor, traveled in 2016 to Greece to play music as a way to aid the Syrian refugee crisis.  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

RIC’s Stillman uses music to inspire, unite the community

People 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards CREATIVE SERVICES INDUSTRY LEADER: Judith Lynn Stillman | Rhode Island College artist-in-residence and professor of music ARTISTIC EXPRESSIONS INFUSE every...

PUSHING FOR CHANGE: Ally Maloney Winzer, principal of Newport-based Maloney Interiors, is currently supporting proposed legislation in the R.I. General Assembly to recognize interior design as a distinct profession.  PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

Maloney Interiors principal Maloney Winzer is an advocate by design

People 05/26/2023

PBN 2023 Business Women Awards CREATIVE SERVICES WOMAN TO WATCH: Ally Maloney Winzer | Maloney Interiors principal WALLPAPER ON THE CEILING. An accent pop of...

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