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PLAN REVIEW: Barbara Thornton, left, a partner at Brewster Thornton Group Architects, and Aarti Kathuria, one of the firm’s project managers, go over plans for the Peace Dale Library project. PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

For her, design is only part of the blueprint for success

Business Women 01/03/2025

There’s no obvious career path for an eighth grade math geek and ballroom dancing champ. Then again, consider the one taken by Barbara Thornton...

CCRI’s workforce partnerships division earns PACE award

Education 12/31/2024

WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island’s Division of Workforce Partnerships recently received the 2024 Academic Partnership Award from the PACE Organization of...

CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL saw its star rating improve from "2" last year to "4," according to the R.I. Department of Education's new school accountability data. / COURTESY CLASSICAL HIGH SCHOOL

RIDE’s school ratings show improvement; PPSD ratings remain mostly unchanged

Education 12/18/2024

PROVIDENCE – School accountability during the 2023-24 academic year showed signs of improvement across the state, according to the R.I. Department of Education’s annual...

CCRI partners with Building Futures on new apprenticeship readiness program

Education 12/06/2024

WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island is partnering with local apprenticeship support organization Building Futures on a new apprenticeship readiness program for...

CHEMICAL REACTION: Beatrice Charles of Providence looks at some chemicals while studying in the Community College of Rhode Island’s chemical distillation and processing program at the Westerly Education Center.  PBN PHOTO / MICHAEL SALERNO

CCRI’s process technology program gives Rhode Islanders a new career option

Economic Activity 11/22/2024

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2024 EXCELLENCE IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTIVITY: Community College of Rhode Island JUST BEFORE 2018, officials at the Community College of Rhode Island...

DAVE MARQUIS, far right, co-owner and president of Lincoln-based ChemArt Co. and 2024 Strategic Leadership Award winner, delivers a speech Wednesday during Providence Business News' annual Manufacturing Awards ceremony at Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick. / PBN PHOTO / MIKE SKORSKI

Marquis, Williams, manufacturers honored at PBN’s 2024 Manufacturing Awards event

Editor's Choice 11/14/2024

WARWICK – In his four decades in manufacturing, Dave Marquis has seen a lot of changes within the industry. Along with technology advances, Marquis –...

EMPOWERING YOUTHS: Sarah McNeill, pictured at her North Kingstown location, launched McNeill Children’s Institute in Middletown in July 2020 to help children and young adults with ADHD, dyslexia, autism and other conditions.  PBN PHOTO/ ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Helping kids with disabilities reach their full potential

Business Women 11/08/2024

The direction of Sarah McNeill’s life emerged like a blueprint early on. “When I was growing up, we didn’t have technology like cellphones. I played...

RIC, CCRI to increase tuitions for next year

Education 11/05/2024

PROVIDENCE – Students attending both the Community College of Rhode Island and Rhode Island College will see their tuition bill rise a bit next...

LEADING BY EXAMPLE: At the Community College of Rhode Island’s Lincoln campus, instructor Tom Bradley, hanging, demonstrates a rappelling technique during a safety course focused on offshore wind. Above him, closest to the railing, is another instructor, Cory White, and a student, Joseph Fitman. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Offshore wind training is picking up speed

Education 10/11/2024

If the global offshore wind industry is hitting some headwinds, it’s not so obvious at the Community College of Rhode Island. Although situated inland in...