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Alan G. Hassenfeld, former Hasbro CEO and philanthropist, dies at 76

PAWTUCKET – Alan G. Hassenfeld, the former longtime chairman and CEO of Hasbro Inc. – the global toymaker his family founded more than a...

RIFC Corner Kicks: Soccer club helping local food/drink establishments become profitable

(Editor’s note: This is the seventh installment in a weekly series spotlighting Rhode Island FC and Centreville Bank Stadium from a business perspective throughout...
Dylan Zelazo / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Five Questions With: Dylan Zelazo

Dylan Zelazo | Executive director, Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corp. 1. What role does the Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corp....
RELAXED ­ATMOSPHERE: Paul Byrne, the general manager of Centreville Bank Stadium in Pawtucket, inside the sensory room at the stadium, available for attendees who feel overwhelmed by the noises and large crowds. The stadium is one of only three sports venues in New England with such a feature. 
PBN PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

Stadium has special place for sensory-sensitive fans

Amid the cheering, chants, drumming and pyrotechnics during a Rhode Island FC soccer match, a small room located on Centreville Bank Stadium’s south end...

RIFC Corner Kicks: Stadium provides special place for sensory-sensitive fans

(Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in a weekly series spotlighting Rhode Island FC and Centreville Bank Stadium from a business perspective throughout...

Navigant Credit Union gifts Bryant University $5M for fieldhouse, learning opportunities

SMITHFIELD – A seven-figure gift from Rhode Island’s largest credit union will both help establish Bryant University’s new fieldhouse this fall and create student...
A BIT EMPTY: Charles Cullinan, Bryant University Accounting Department chair and professor, teaches a class at Bryant in Smithfield. He acknowledges that there are fewer students aspiring to become accountants these days. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

States act to reverse CPA shortage. Will R.I.?

Accounting firms have long felt the crunch, and it’s getting worse. A growing shortage of certified public accountants is pushing the profession to its limits,...
A CLOSE LOOK: Carolina Carrillo, a Warren Alpert Medical School student, conducts a health examination of a Calcutt Middle School student at the SMART Plus clinic at Calcutt in Central Falls. Medical students also serve as mentors for middle schoolers interested in the field of health care. 
COURTESY WARREN ­ALPERT MEDICAL SCHOOL

At this school clinic, students get checkups, then career mentoring

As Rhode Island continues to face a shortage of health care workers, a first-of-its-kind program using students from Brown University’s medical school is attempting...

Will Pawtucket’s new soccer stadium make up for the loss of...

An announced sell-out crowd of 10,700 filled Pawtucket’s Centreville Bank Stadium for Rhode Island FC’s home opener. The May 3 scoreless draw did not dampen...
INSTANT GROWTH: Since joining Children’s Friend & Service in 2022, Pamela Verklan helped the organization achieve a 78% increase in major gift contributions, a 77% jump in donor retention and an 87% rise in volunteer participation. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Children’s Friend’s Verklan charts a positive future for children and families

2025 C-Suite Awards NONPROFITS/SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES: Pamela Verklan Children’s Friend & Service | Chief of philanthropy PAMELA VERKLAN’S PHILOSOPHY toward fundraising for Children’s Friend & Service is...
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