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TESTING: Abigail Scro, diagnostic technician at the Roger Williams University Aquatic Diagnostic Lab, prepares to run a test to look at quantitative Polymerase chain reactions that would indicate levels of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in oysters. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

R.I. schools promote undergrad research

Education 09/15/2017

If a university undergraduate is considering an advanced degree or wants to engage in discovery, what better way for them to learn than by...

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE RANKED No. 1 for regional colleges in the nation in the 2018 U.S. News college rankings. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE/BOB ROWAN

Little movement in U.S. News rankings for R.I.-based schools

Education 09/12/2017

PROVIDENCE – Results from Tuesday’s U.S. News and World Report 2018 Best Colleges ranking show minimal improvement for Rhode Island-based schools. University of Rhode Island...

STEVE KRASNER is the founder and executive director of Rhode Island Write on Sports and will teach a writing course at Bryant University this fall. / COURTESY STEVE KRASNER

Five Questions With: Steve Krasner

Education 09/08/2017

Steve Krasner, executive director of Rhode Island Write on Sports, has worn many hats in his writing career. Krasner was a sports writer at...

MEETING SPACE: J.R. Pagliarini manages the Ireland West International Trade Centre, a Providence-based business space for Irish companies to meet with U.S.-based firms in an effort to expand to the U.S. market. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I. base for Irish businesses

Entrepreneurship 08/11/2017

As head of enterprise with the Sligo County Council in Sligo, Ireland, John Reilly helps Irish micro-businesses, those with 10 or fewer employees, grow. He...

500-1,999 Employees | 3 | Bryant University | Longtime Bryant program...

Education 08/11/2017

CEO (or equivalent): Ronald K. Machtley, president Number of employees: 659 From Weight Watchers meetings to the Family Meal Planning Nutrition series and the annual Faculty/Staff...

BROWN UNIVERSITY HAS RANKED No. 9 in the nation in the 2017 Forbes "America's Top Colleges" list. Seven Rhode Island colleges made the top rankings. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

7 R.I. schools on Forbes ‘America’s Top Colleges’ list

Education 08/02/2017

PROVIDENCE - Seven Rhode Island colleges and universities were ranked on Forbes “America’s Top Colleges” list, released Wednesday. The list, comprised of the top 650...

DANIEL J. BORGIA will serve as academic dean of Bryant University's Zhuhai campus in China./ PHOTO COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Borgia named academic dean for Bryant’s Zhuhai campus

Education 07/28/2017

SMITHFIELD — Daniel J. Borgia has been appointed academic dean for Bryant University's Zhuhai campus, the university announced Thursday. Effective August 1, Borgia will oversee...

STUCK: Uber and Lyft driver Sean DeLong’s professional background in business-operations management doesn’t lend itself to highly technical jobs, but his education and experience over-qualify him for most low-wage jobs, which has made it difficult for him to find a job since being laid off in 2015. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Behind seemingly positive employment data is structural weakness that in the...

Economic Activity 07/14/2017

Sean DeLong, 42, has applied for more than 800 jobs in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts since November 2015. On average, he gets about one...