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ALAN SHAWN FEINSTEIN Elementary School at Broad Street, pictured, and Carl G. Lauro Elementary School were identified late Tuesday as the two Providence public school buildings that will close next year due to their age and poor physical conditions. / COURTESY GOOGLE INC.

Providence’s Feinstein Elementary, Lauro Elementary to close next year

Education 12/14/2022

PROVIDENCE – Alan Shawn Feinstein Elementary School at Broad Street and Carl G. Lauro Elementary School were identified late Tuesday as the two city...

RIC to waive test score admission requirements for education students

Education 12/13/2022

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College students soon won’t have to meet standardized test score requirements to enroll in RIC’s teacher preparation program. The pilot program...

State introduces $7.5M grant program to help schools with outdoor learning

Education 12/13/2022

CUMBERLAND – Local schools around Rhode Island looking to increase their environmental literacy programs will now have an opportunity to receive funding from the...

United Way of R.I.’s 211 program gets $1.5M toward expansion

Health Services 12/13/2022

PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has committed $1.5 million in funding to help the United Way of Rhode Island...

TWO PROVIDENCE SCHOOLS will close next year due to their poor physical condition, although it is currently unclear which buildings will close.

Providence school district: Two ‘crumbling’ school buildings will close next year

Education 12/12/2022

PROVIDENCE – Two “crumbling” schools within the Providence Public School District will close next year as part of a plan to increase the number...

State receives $3.9M to support trauma services in schools

Education 12/09/2022

PROVIDENCE – The state has received $3.9 million in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental...

Johnson & Wales University launches beverage center

Education 12/09/2022

PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University on Nov. 17 launched its new Center for Beverage Education & Innovation, which university officials hope will play...

IN THE SPOTLIGHT: A panel discussion at Providence Business News’ Diversity Equity & Inclusion Summit and Awards event on Dec. 1 is led by Kevin Matta, center, human resources chief and diversity officer with the Amos House in Providence and board vice president of Diversity & Inclusion Professionals Inc. With him, from left, are Angela B. Ankoma, vice president of the Rhode Island Foundation’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative; Shameen Awan, vice president of talent management and DE&I assistant vice president at Amica Mutual Insurance Co.; Doris De Los Santos, manager of the supplier diversity program at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island; Ken Gladney, executive director and manager of diversity, assets and wealth management at JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Shaweta Pandey, executive director of strategic diversity management at CVS Health Corp.; and Monika Soban, director of manufacturing and diversity, inclusion and belonging site lead at Amgen Rhode Island.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Diversity actions can pay big dividends, say summit panelists

PBN Summit 12/09/2022

Words are cheap. Companies must treat diversity, equity and inclusion policies as they do long-term capital investments. That was the message from a panel discussion...

Ellie Brown DESIGNxRI executive director  Ellie Brown was named executive director of DESIGNxRI in July. An artist and design educator, she’s worked as a grants manager and also for the Women’s Fund of Rhode Island as director of development and operations.

Diversify by expanding

Art & Culture 12/09/2022

Ellie Brown | DESIGNxRI executive director I want to explore where we are headed as an organization and why. This is going to start with an invitation:...