WaterFire, Innovation Studio partnership to benefit accelerator program
PROVIDENCE – WaterFire Providence has joined forces with Innovation Studio to expand resources available to its Accelerate cohort.
The Accelerate cohort, open to emerging artists under age 30, gives members access...
Providence Equity Partners invests in digital STEM education company
PROVIDENCE – Providence Equity Partners LLC has invested in a Houston-based digital science, technology, engineering and math education company, the two companies announced on...
Bryant University gifted $5M from former board chairman, spouse
SMITHFIELD – William and Sue Conaty’s generous support of Bryant University continues.
The couple recently gifted the college $5 million and became lead investors in...
2 R.I. nonprofits advocating for affordable housing to receive $315K in grants
PROVIDENCE – Two Rhode Island nonprofit organizations that are focused on affordable housing issues are in line to receive a total of $315,000 in...
URI food researcher receives $205K federal grant to help improve food production safety
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island food sciences researcher received a six-figure federal grant to find ways to help improve food safety...
RIF launches initiative to address homelessness, housing shortage
PROVIDENCE – In an effort to address the housing shortage and homelessness in the Ocean State, the Rhode Island Foundation late Friday launched an...
New report offers recommendations on improving teacher pipeline between local colleges, PPSD
PROVIDENCE – As a call to action, members of a Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce education subcommittee produced a series of recommendations on how...
URI taps Abdelsalam as its new IP executive director
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Fathi Abdelsalam, a past senior patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Virginia, has been named the University...
Brown’s land of opportunity: University’s expansion is welcomed but is school paying its fair...
Olin Thompson’s Jewelry District walking tour begins at the corner of Richmond and Ship streets in Providence, on a plaza covered in stepped, wooden...
A lost clause? FTC may ban noncompete pacts
Thirty million people. That’s how many workers federal regulators say could find new jobs, increase their wages, or even start their own companies if...
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