Tag: blue economy
It’s not if but when on recession, so get ready
Inflation and a looming recession have weighed heavily on local business owners and state leaders for months. And with good reason, as this week’s...
‘Now is our time’: URI President Parlange unveils school’s strategic plan
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – In front of a live audience Wednesday in Edwards Hall, University of Rhode Island President Marc B. Parlange unveiled a 10-year...
Cowan appointed as URI Research Foundation’s new executive director
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Christian Cowan, who has served as the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation’s chief operating officer, has been appointed as the...
MONEY MATTERS: $400M in bond issues on R.I. ballot as borrowing...
Matt Dunn and Rainer Lohmann are among the top researchers at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, but it’s tough to...
R.I.’s top CEOs are backing Question 1
Publicly funded higher education and private industry rely upon each other. Public institutions of higher education – when properly funded and with adequate infrastructure...
Kalus unveils plan to boost R.I. competitiveness
WARWICK – Referring to it as a “promise to working families,” Republican gubernatorial candidate Ashley Kalus on Thursday unveiled an economic plan for the...
Raimondo calls for ‘a new blue economy’
PROVIDENCE - Former R.I. governor and current U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina M. Raimondo on Wednesday said the Biden administration sees the ocean, or blue,...
Funding snub not the end of blue economy
It was unrealistic to have expected U.S. Commerce Secretary and former R.I. Gov. Gina M. Raimondo to use her influence to steer to her...
THE NEW GUARD: Fuller says UMass Dartmouth has many capabilities to...
(Editor’s note: This is the sixth installment in an occasional series of interviews with the region’s new wave of higher education leaders.)
Mark Fuller acknowledges...
Five Questions With: Anthony Marchese
Anthony Marchese is the dean for the University of Rhode Island College of Engineering. Marchese became dean of the university’s engineering college in February....