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Does your company regularly donate to various causes or participate in philanthropic initiatives? Yes: 100% No: 0% Has your company’s philanthropic support increased due to the COVID-19...
COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Most-read stories on PBN.com, August 2021

1. Not all R.I. colleges are requiring staff, faculty to get vaccinated POSTED ONLINE: AUG. 3. The push by local colleges to get students...
TALKING GOVERNMENT: Mass. Sen. Michael J. ­Rodrigues, D-Plymouth, will be the keynote speaker at One SouthCoast Chamber of Commerce’s Virtual Town Hall on Government Affairs on Oct. 1. / COURTESY MICHAEL J. RODRIGUES

Editor’s Choice: Rodrigues to discuss budget at Chamber’s virtual town hall

EDITOR’S CHOICE Rodrigues to discuss budget at Chamber’s virtual town hall MASS. SEN. MICHAEL J. RODRIGUES, D-Plymouth, will be the keynote speaker at One...
MATTHEW WELDON, director of the R.I. Department of Labor and Training, says communication with the unemployed people who have lost their federal unemployment benefits is crucial to get them matched up with a job. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Getting the unemployed to take unfilled jobs isn’t so simple

About 45,000 Rhode Islanders have lost their federal unemployment benefits, but prodding them back into the workforce to ease a labor shortage in some...
LAB VISIT: Roger Williams University President Ioannis Miaoulis visits with Emma Place, left, and Alicia Schickle, who are examining the Northern Star Coral being raised in the university’s wet lab. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

AN ENGINEER’S ATTITUDE: At RWU, Miaoulis revels in opportunities to solve...

(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in an occasional series of interviews with the state’s new wave of higher education leaders. You can...
MAN WITH A PLAN: Gabriel Varga, a native of Costa Rica, started BlueSkies Construction & Design LLC in Lincoln in 2013. The company is registered with the state as a minority business enterprise. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Everybody’s Business: He has a distaste for ‘minority’ label

Gabriel Varga | BlueSkies Construction & Design LLC (Editor’s note: This is the 13th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and...
Christopher Parisi
Trailblaze Marketing founder and president;
RI Small Business Coalition co-founder and chairman
Christopher Parisi is the founder of Providence-based digital marketing agency Trailblaze Marketing, which he rebranded and incorporated in 2018. Last year he co-founded the RI Small Business Coalition. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Be part of the solution

Christopher Parisi Trailblaze Marketing founder and president; RI Small Business Coalition co-founder and chairman You’ve heard it many times during this ongoing pandemic: Adapt or die. But for...
BREATHING EASIER: John Foley of Providence says he was worried he might have to default on $100,000 in student loans when he was laid off from his job as a supply chain analyst at the height of the pandemic last year, but a deferment on federal loans has allowed him to get his finances under control.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Extension of student loan deferment offers grads opportunity

When the pandemic hit last year, Providence resident John Foley lost his job as a supply chain analyst and was staring at more than...
5Q: John Simmons
President, Rhode Island Business Coalition / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: John Simmons

John Simmons | President, Rhode Island Business Coalition 1. What is the Rhode Island Business Coalition and what is its purpose? The Rhode Island Business...
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