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U.S. consumer confidence plummets to COVID-era low as trade war stokes...

WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans' confidence in the economy slumped for the fifth straight month to the lowest level since the onset of the COVID-19...
FINANCIALLY SOUND: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island Chief Financial Officer Jack Blatchford oversees the organization’s annual budget of more than $4 million. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Focused on the mission and the bottom line

2025 C-Suite Awards NONPROFITS/SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES: Jack Blatchford Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island | Chief financial officer FOR JACK BLATCHFORD, regularly overseeing Big Brothers Big...
GOING GREEN: University Orthopedics Inc. Chief Operating Officer Michelle DeRoche recently helped create a sustainability task force at the company to help reduce its carbon footprint in various ways. 
PBN PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

University Orthopedics’ DeRoche goes above and beyond to keep community healthy

2025 C-Suite Awards ENTERPRISE PRIVATE COMPANY: Michelle DeRoche University Orthopedics Inc. | Chief operating officer IF YOU WANT to know a little something about Michelle De­Roche, just...
BEATING A PATH: Providence Public Library Executive Director Jack Martin says foot traffic at the community hub is way up since a $28.5 million renovation was completed in 2020. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Library workforce training a vital community lifeline

A $28.5 million modernization of the Providence Public Library has, by all accounts, been a success, despite being completed at the onset of the...
Dr. Angela Caliendo, Brown Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases executive vice chairperson of medicine / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Dr. Angela Caliendo

Health Care Heroes 2025 CAREER ACHIEVER: Dr. Angela Caliendo Brown Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases executive vice chairperson of medicine ATTENDING MEDICAL SCHOOL was Dr. Angela Caliendo’s...
Dr. Eugenio Fernandez, Asthenis LLC founder / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Dr. Eugenio Fernandez

Health Care Heroes 2025 ADVANCEMENT IN HEALTH CARE PREVENTION: Dr. Eugenio Fernandez Asthenis LLC founder What led you to choose health care as your profession? In grad...

CDC terminates $31M in federal grants to RIDOH

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has canceled about $31 million in grant funding allocated to the R.I. Department of...

International students weigh new risks of pursuing higher education in the...

Since plunging during the COVID-19 pandemic, international student enrollment in the U.S. has been rebounding – a relief to American universities that count on...

On COVID anniversary, protestors renew call for nursing home standards legislation

It’s been five years, but registered nurse Stefania Silvestri can still recall the smell of plastic.  “I placed body after body in a bag, day...

U.S. employers add solid 151K jobs in January, unemployment up to...

WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. employers added solid 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy as President Donald Trump threatens a trade war,...
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