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PRESIDENT JOE Biden looks on as Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington during a news conference in August. The Biden administration is designating 31 “tech hubs” in 32 states and Puerto Rico to help spur innovation and create jobs in the specific industries that are concentrated in these areas. / ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO / CAROLYN KASTER

Ocean Tech Hub to highlight blue economy’s range in grant applications

PROVIDENCE – As blue economy leaders in Rhode Island and Massachusetts compete for up to $75 million in federal grant funding, members of the...
BUILDING MANUFACTURING: Christian Cowan, executive director of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, has helped support the state’s manufacturing sector through his work with Polaris MEP and 401 Tech Bridge. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Christian Cowan, University of Rhode Island Research Foundation executive director

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Christian Cowan University of Rhode Island Research Foundation Executive director CHRISTIAN COWAN STARTED his career by learning all he could about...

PBN honors 2023 Leaders & Achievers

WARWICK – Twenty-seven local industry leaders on Wednesday were formally recognized for their leadership efforts across various sectors in Providence Business News’ 2023 Leaders...
ON THE EDGE: Selahaddin Gumus, left, and Dana Biechele-Speziale are co-founders of deep-tech startup AtomICs Inc., which is developing molecular-level data storage that allows more information to be stored in a smaller amount of space, more sustainably and for longer periods of time. Biechele-Speziale is holding an aluminum plate that inserts into and is read by the mass spectrometer behind them. 
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

In R.I., deep-tech firms struggle to find support

AtomICs Inc., a startup founded at Brown University, chases an ambitious concept: molecular-level data storage that’s small and durable enough to revolutionize the market. Co-founded...

PBN unveils 2023 Leaders & Achievers

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has named 27 honorees for its 2023 Leaders & Achievers Awards program. The individuals were selected for this year’s program...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND Research Foundation has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to develop and advance blue economy, marine and energy technologies and opportunities that strengthen the Rhode Island’s economy and its workforce.

URI Research Foundation receives $2.4M federal grant to launch RISE-UP blue...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation announced Thursday that it has been awarded a $2.4 million grant from the U.S....
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND'S new Research Foundation-led consortium called Rhode Island Manufacturing to Accelerate the Defense Ecosystem has received a five-year, $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation.

URI’s RI MADE program receives $5M federal grant for its launch

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation-led consortium called Rhode Island Manufacturing to Accelerate the Defense Ecosystem - or RI MADE...
BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT leaders meet and talk with one another Thursday during Providence Business News' 2023 Book of Lists Premier Event at the Graduate Providence. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN debuts 2023 Book of Lists at Graduate Providence

PROVIDENCE – Nearly 250 local business and nonprofit representatives gathered Thursday at the Graduate Providence to network with one another during Providence Business News’...
CHRISTIAN COWAN has been appointed as the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation's first executive director. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

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...
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Rhode Island’s manufacturing sector has undergone somewhat of a rebirth in recent years, and Christian Cowan has been one of the people leading the...
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