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PBN unveils 2026 Leaders & Achievers honorees

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has named 24 honorees for its 2026 Leaders & Achievers Awards program. The individuals chosen for this year’s program –...
FEELING UNEASY: Ironworkers Dorian Costa, left, and Oronde Hale have been working on the construction of Vineyard Wind out of the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal, visible in the background. But they’re now concerned about the future of the offshore wind industry. 
PBN PHOTO/
MICHAEL SALERNO

FADING PROMISE: Trump orders take toll on regional wind industry; will...

It was a breezy summer afternoon at Quonset Point in North Kingstown when tradesmen Lucileno Gomes and Antonio Gianfrancesco clocked out after their shift...
HEALTHY CHANGE: Rosemary A. Costigan began her career in health care and worked at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket for more than 20 years before becoming the Community College of Rhode Island’s interim president. 
COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

Costigan always felt at home at CCRI

2024 Business Women Awards INDUSTRY LEADER | EDUCATION: Rosemary A. Costigan Community College of Rhode Island interim president A RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE and first-generation college...

CCRI to privatize campus bookstores

PROVIDENCE – A search is underway by the Community College of Rhode Island for a private vendor to take over operations at the...
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE of Rhode Island is a finalist in the Lumina Foundation’s 'The Million Dollar Community College Challenge.' / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CCRI a finalist in Lumina Foundation’s $1M prize to boost marketing...

WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island is among 10 community colleges from around the U.S. in the running for a seven-figure grant...
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE of Rhode Island is requiring all students to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before the start of the fall semester. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CCRI to require students to be fully vaccinated by start of...

WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island is the latest local college to require all students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before returning...
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE Island will bring back some previously laid-off employees and restore pay increases for staff. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CCRI to bring back some laid-off employees, restore pay increases

WARWICK – Community College of Rhode Island President Meghan L. Hughes announced late Thursday that the college will bring back some previously laid-off employees...
BROWN UNIVERSITY is one of several colleges in Rhode Island that has seen declined enrollments from year to year. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Egan: Local colleges facing significant financial strain if second stimulus doesn’t...

PROVIDENCE – Daniel P. Egan, president of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island, sees resiliency in students returning to local...
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND unveiled Tuesday a new condensed fall term for students who, for various reasons - including COVID-19-related - enrolled in college late. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

CCRI unveils new condensed academic term for students who enroll late

WARWICK – As a means to help students who delayed their decisions to enroll in college this fall for a variety of reasons, including...

CCRI, R.I. College projected to see enrollment declines for fall

PROVIDENCE – Two of Rhode Island’s three state colleges have publicly disclosed that they are expecting enrollment declines for the upcoming fall, as the...
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