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NEW DIGS: ­Christopher Savoie, left, a co-founder and executive director of Ensemble Biosystems Inc., checks in on a lab technician in the new Ocean State Labs startup incubator in Providence. The company is also using a bioreactor in the space for pharmaceutical synthesis. 
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STEPHANIE BERNABA

THE RIGHT FORMULA? R.I.’s life sciences sector takes shape, but growth...

In 2023, the General Assembly made its biggest bet yet on Rhode Island’s life sciences industry. Lawmakers committed $45 million over three years to create...
Bob ­Cormier

R.I. has built the future before; time to do it again

Rhode Island should be the place where new treatments aren’t only discovered but made, and where they reach patients faster than anywhere else. That may...
Second Chance: Thomas Fallah, a second-year apprentice flooring installer at Ruggieri Brothers Commercial Flooring in Cranston, found his path in the trades through Building Futures, which he heard about while in prison. 
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TRADES SECRET: Can apprenticeships save an industry?

Rhode Island’s construction trades gained 400 jobs in July, a positive sign for an industry that nonetheless is facing a workforce reckoning: Thousands of...
COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY HEALTH

Most-read stories on PBN.com, September 2026

1. Brown University Health eliminates several senior level roles POSTED ONLINE: SEPT. 23. As Brown University Health grapples with the increasing demand for charity care,...

Providence restaurant raises money for Nepal flood relief

PROVIDENCE – India Restaurant is selling $25 gift certificates through Oct. 15 to raise money for relief and recovery efforts following floods in northern...

HopeHealth establishes community engagement program, names inaugural director

PROVIDENCE – Hospice care provider HopeHealth has launched a new Community Engagement Program, naming a former BayCoast Bank vice president to the program's inaugural...

Brown to move public safety operations to 3 new sites in...

PROVIDENCE – Brown University will spread its public safety and policing operations across three new locations in the city's College Hill and Jewelry District...

Record high diesel prices are driving Rhode Island public bus system...

A favorable diesel price lock that helped the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority narrow last year’s budget gap ended three months ago. But the...

University Orthopedics becomes provider for 19 Providence College teams

PROVIDENCE – University Orthopedics Inc. has been named the official orthopedic provider for nearly all of Providence College's Division I varsity teams. Through University Orthopedics' multiyear partnership with Providence College...
SAFE SITE: Colleen Daley Ndoye is the executive director of Project Weber/RENEW, which operates an opioid overdose center in Providence, where people are provided with clean equipment to take illicit drugs with medical staff to supervise.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Providence overdose center shows early impact

The sun is peeking through the blinds as the nation’s only state-sanctioned overdose prevention center prepares to welcome the day’s clients. Six stations lining...
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