State’s teacher apprenticeship program expands
CENTRAL FALLS – Rhode Island’s Registered Teaching Apprenticeship Program is expanding from four apprentices to 14 as the state works to create a new...
URI scientist leads $4M NSF project to strengthen coastal wetland restoration in R.I., Louisiana
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A University of Rhode Island researcher has secured a $4 million National Science Foundation grant to co-lead a multi-state effort aimed...
Report: Rhode Islanders concerned about healthcare over housing; cost of living increase
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Housing costs have been a consistent point of contention in Rhode Island, but residents of the Ocean State are now sharing...
Report: School year begins across R.I. with cellphone ban
PROVIDENCE – Students are returning to classrooms across the state, however their personal devices will not join them, according to a report by WPRI-TV CBS 12.
A...
America250-Enduring Success: Bryant University
(Editor’s note: This is the 24th installment in a weekly series featuring Rhode Island’s oldest companies as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of...
URI receives $4.8M in NSF grants to expand cybersecurity, AI education
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has received two National Science Foundation grants totaling $4.8 million to support cybersecurity education, including a...
PBN Digital Issue – Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026
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Brooks Magratten
PBN Leaders & AchieversAwards 2026
BROOKS MAGRATTEN
Pierce Atwood LLP partner
With more than 30 years in insurance and commercial litigation, you’d think Brooks Magratten had...
URI professor earns 2026 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets award
RACHEL AFIA ANSONG, an assistant professor of Africana studies at the University of Rhode Island, was recently presented the 2026 Sillerman First Book Prize...
Kevin Casey
PBN Leaders & Achievers Awards 2026
KEVIN CASEY
Sweeney Real Estate & Appraisal vice president of sales
Kevin Casey, vice president of sales at Sweeney Real...


















