Tag: Christian Cowan
Driving Forces: Christian Cowan
Christian Cowan
University of Rhode Island Research Foundation executive director;
Polaris Tech Bridge Executive director
THE SO-CALLED blue economy has become a massive focus of economic...
PBN celebrates 40th anniversary with business community
PAWTUCKET – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated four decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at its 40th Anniversary...
Organizers hail second annual BlueTIDE tech demonstration as a success
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Organizers hailed the commencement of BlueTIDE, saying the annual, high-impact technology demonstration event hosted by 401 Tech Bridge in collaboration with...
BlueTIDE 2025 to ‘raise the bar’
NEWPORT – Following what was deemed a successful BlueTIDE 2024, which attracted more than 400 innovators and secured substantial funding commitments, organizers of BlueTIDE...
HUB SNUB: Can R.I.’s effort to build blue economy weather missing...
With a team of researchers spread coast to coast, Nereid Biomaterials had a few options when looking for a place to set up a...
Time to reset ambitious blue economy plans
The good news is the state is not giving up on becoming a regional ocean technology/blue economy hub. The bad is that the dream...
URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey was always dedicated to serve
PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards
CAREER ACHIEVER: Peter Rumsey
University of Rhode Island Research Foundation | Chief business development officer
Peter Rumsey admits it’s hard to stop the...
PBN’s 2024 Emerging Industries Summit slated for March 13
PROVIDENCE – Opportunities for investment and job growth in the state’s blue economy, renewable energy, biotechnology and other life sciences are among the topics...
401 Tech Bridge names Brine as center director, Larsen as operations...
MIDDLETOWN – Erik Brine, former director of defense sector research and development initiatives and operations at the University of Rhode Island, has been appointed...
Cleaner bay can help boost the state’s blue economy
The state says Narragansett Bay is the cleanest it has been in 150 years. For those who live around the bay and enjoy it...



















