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HARBORONE FOUNDATION RHODE ISLAND awarded $201,000 in grants to 16 local nonprofit organizations.

HarborOne Foundation R.I. awards $201K in grants to local organizations

PROVIDENCE – HarborOne Foundation Rhode Island announced Monday that it has awarded $201,000 in total grants to 16 local nonprofit organizations to help support...

Former RISD interim president, incoming Bryant CFO Proulx dies

SMITHFIELD – David R. Proulx, a longtime education professional who was recently appointed as Bryant University’s new vice president for business affairs and chief...

Progress on MBE contracting limited without enforcement

This year’s General Assembly session ended without changes to the state’s Minority Business Enterprise program, despite a $500,000 study that identified a host of...

Efforts to unionize growing

Union membership had been on the decline during the pandemic but may suddenly be in the midst of a revival. A wave of self-organizing efforts...

Out of the office

How many paid holidays does your company offer employees? More than 9: 100% 1-3: 0% 4-6: 0% 7-9: 0% Does your company offer employees rollover vacation time? No: 75% Yes: 25% Does...

Staving off summer learning loss

WORRIED YOUR KIDS will forget what they learned in school over the summer? Scholars have been studying the problem for over a century. When William...

Bryant school will train students for science, business sides of health

BRAD CROUGH doesn’t bat an eye at the prospect of sorting through a dizzying tranche of numbers. A skilled coder with degrees in accounting and...

Some school districts are building affordable housing to retain teachers

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HIGH SCHOOL teacher Lisa Raskin moved out of a cramped apartment she was sharing with a roommate and into her...

Justin D. Bibee

2022 40 Under Forty Awards Justin D. Bibee, 34 Refugee resettlement case manager, Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island How has COVID-19 changed your industry? Although many...

Lauren Brennan

2022 40 Under Forty Awards Lauren Brennan, 39 Vice president of wealth management, UBS Financial Services Inc. How has COVID-19 changed your industry? It changed the way...
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