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URI launches new master’s program in management

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island announced late Tuesday that a new master’s degree in management will be introduced at the state’s...
REWARDING MOMENT: Associate professor Georges Tsafack, left, executive director of the University of Rhode Island’s Doctorate of Business Administration program, and associate professor Jessica Strübel, right, place a doctoral hood on Michael Toomey during a graduation ceremony in August. Toomey was one of six people who received a DBA in the inaugural class of the program. 
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A matter of degrees: Some R.I. colleges offer DBA

Having worked in health care marketing, Michael Toomey has noticed key differences in how medical and business professionals make decisions. “Through research and conducting tests,...
RIGHT TRACK: Christy Ashley, associate dean at the University of Rhode Island College of Business, says she feels URI is a place where she can make a difference.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Return to URI paying dividends

Business Women Awards 2022 Woman to Watch Education Services Christy Ashley, University of Rhode Island College of Business In 2015, marketing professor Christy Ashley gave up...
CHERYL MERCHANT, CEO of Taco Comfort Solutions, delivers her acceptance speech after receiving the 2022 Career Achiever award in the Providence Business News' 2022 Business Women Awards program. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Merchant, Hughes among 30 top businesswomen honored by PBN

PROVIDENCE – Taco Comfort Solutions CEO Cheryl Merchant, the Career Achievement winner in Providence Business News’ 2022 Business Women Awards program, said Wednesday she...
PROVIDENCE BUSINESS AWARDS announced Friday 30 honorees for its 2022 Business Women Awards program.

Taco’s Merchant among 30 honorees for PBN’s Business Women Awards program

PROVIDENCE – Cheryl Merchant, CEO of Taco Comfort Solutions, has been selected by Providence Business News as this year’s Career Achievement winner among local...

URI receives $500K grant from USDA to promote maple industry

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A three-year, $499,427 grant has been awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Acer Access and Development program to a team...
LASTING SUPPORT: Oscar Chilabato, associate professor of marketing and Ad Team co-adviser at Johnson & Wales University, has been supporting JWU students at the National Student Advertising Competition for 19 years. For the first time in the program’s history, the team took first place at this year’s competition in New Orleans. / COURTESY JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY

Real-world experiences helping prepare JWU, URI marketing majors

Michael Gotera, a Nevada native, wasn’t sure what to study when he began as a freshman at Johnson & Wales University in Providence but...
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