Tag: Covid-19
Clouded horizon: T.F. Green leader says recovery could take years
Constanza Rosas stepped out of T.F. Green Airport in mid-January, exhausted from a series of flights. She carried two suitcases, a bright-pink neck pillow...
Wellness programs for employees gain strength
The most isolating year that many Americans have experienced has ended and another one has started.
Amid all the forced-alone or family-unit time, companies that...
At many colleges, campus tour deleted from sales pitch
Using smartphones and livestreaming, colleges and universities in Rhode Island have been able to bypass the COVID-19 pandemic to connect with prospective students, showing...
Group treatment programs adapt to keep the dialogue going
Never again will Randi Beranbaum take for granted the simple act of weighing one of her patients.
“Blind” weigh-ins – in which someone steps on...
Many businesses can’t meet new PPP guidelines
The newly reopened Paycheck Protection Program sought to eliminate logistical hurdles and overly restrictive rules from its prior iteration, but some say it’s still...
Greineder wins Presidential Rank Award
STEVE GREINEDER, a retired Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport senior technologist for acoustic signal processing, has won a 2019 Meritorious Senior Professional Presidential...
Next vaccine hurdle: Persuading people to get it
Today, more Americans hope to receive a COVID-19 vaccine than current vaccine supply will allow. Consequently, although President Joe Biden’s initial promise to dole...
Third-generation owner keeps pallet manufacturer flowing and growing
In a hot-pink mask and blown-out hair, Heather Handrigan-Ross may not fit the stereotypical look of a manufacturer.
But as she strode into the production...
It’s time to take control where we can
We knew from the start that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to do more than make people sick. Just days after our country’s first...
NRG on cutting edge of food innovation
In 2020 it was called “pivoting.” In 2021, it’s called “innovation.”
The first innovation in the food world this year is being undertaken by Newport...

















