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Anonymous tipster cracks Brown University shooting case

PROVIDENCE (AP) – Information from a tipster who had a strange encounter with another man on a sidewalk outside Brown University was key to...

URI Coastal Institute announces 2025 Emerging Coastal Leaders

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Coastal Institute has announced its 2025 Emerging Coastal Leader award recipients. The program recognizes graduate students whose research advances...

WaterFire well worth investing in

Providence and WaterFire are linked for the next 20 years thanks to a lease deal that is as good for the city as it...
Amanda Queiroz

Ryan Scholar to travel abroad, teach English in Uruguay

AMANDA QUEIROZ, a University of Rhode Island graduate student and Thomas M. Ryan Scholar, has been awarded a Fulbright fellowship from the U.S. Fulbright...
MAKING A POINT: Shameem Awan, second from right, senior assistant vice president of Amica Mutual Insurance Co., speaks during a panel discussion at Providence Business News’ 2025 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Summit and Awards Program on Dec. 4. Also on the panel, from left, are Monika P. Zuluaga, CEO and president of the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce; Tracey G. Wiley, executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Bally’s Corp.; and moderator Kevin Matta, senior director of people and culture at United Way of Rhode Island Inc.
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PBN summit: Diversity effort evolving ‘beyond the surface level’

Kevin Matta has watched the definition of diversity, equity and inclusion evolve before his eyes in Rhode Island’s corporate community. In his six years of...
REVEALING INVENTION: University of Rhode Island associate professor Claudia Fallini, right, and postdoctoral fellow Riccardo Sirtori display a small, low-cost device they helped develop at URI’s South Kingstown campus to study the long-term degenerative effects of traumatic brain injury. 
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URI researchers build low-cost device to reveal hidden damage from brain injuries

Traumatic brain injuries are far more common than many realize. Globally, more than 65 million people suffer such trauma each year, University of Rhode...
NEW ­TRAINING: Chloe Johnson, of Portland, Ore., and Jack Pawlowski, of Taunton, are head residential assistants at Providence College. Over the summer, RAs at universities across Rhode Island received training on how to administer the opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone. Johnson and Pawlowski are holding naloxone nasal spray kits.
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Universities stocking naloxone on campus to prevent overdoses

Amid routine preparations for the school year ahead, this past summer resident assistants at universities across Rhode Island received new training on how to...
Liz Catucci began serving as executive director of the nonprofit Partnership for Rhode Island in September. She previously served as CEO and president of the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce.

Build through relationships

Elizabeth “Liz” Catucci Partnership for Rhode Island executive director In leadership circles, we often talk about relationships as a “soft skill,” something that’s nice to have,...

Looking back at 2025

Was 2025 a good year for your company? Yes: 67% Somewhat: 33% No: 0% Did rising costs and/or inflation hamper your business’s operations? Yes: 33% Somewhat: 33% No: 33% Do...
MISMATCHED: Asher Schofield, co-owner of Providence novelty shop Frog & Toad LLC, says many holiday-season job applicants this year did not want full-time work.
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Fewer available jobs not easing R.I.’s retail hiring crunch

National data suggests it is not a job seeker’s market this holiday season, with layoffs and job freezes on the rise across the economy. Retail...
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