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A REINTRODUCTION: Jeff Binczyk, director of the newly rebranded eCenter at Johnson & Wales University, talks to some students during an open house at the entrepreneurship center earlier this year.  COURTESY JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY

R.I. universities beefing up entrepreneurial offerings

Education 10/11/2024

Rhode Island colleges are doubling down on their on-campus entrepreneurship centers, drawing highly motivated students who are looking for practical hands-on support as they...

OPEN HOUSE: Sebastian Sheng, left, a first-year graduate student in PRIME, or program in innovation management and entrepreneurship at Brown University, speaks with, from left, Brown sophomores Isamella Espinosa, international relations major; Olivia Tulkoff, public policy major; and Jack Schaeffer, applied math and economics major, at the university’s Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship during an open house to kick off the fall semester.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. has a robust entrepreneurial community, but can it do more...

Cover Story 09/27/2019

For a small state, Rhode Island punches above its weight when it comes to producing promising startups and organizations that help nurture and fund...

Brown University students buzz over new Center for Entrepreneurship

Financial Services 05/20/2019

PROVIDENCE – Brown University reports its entrepreneurial-minded students are “bursting with excitement” over the recent opening of the school’s new Jonathan M. Nelson Center...

ON MONDAY, Brown University published Brown and the Innovation Economy - a strategic plan which includes five action points which the school identified to help achieve its goals of further local economic impact. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown highlights new ways to leverage school assets for greater economic...

Economic Activity 07/10/2018

PROVIDENCE – Incentivizing local entrepreneurs, translating medical innovations into products and companies, increasing the school’s engagement with private industry and building new innovation infrastructure...

BROWN UNIVERSITY Thursday surpassed the halfway mark of its $3 billion BrownTogether fundraising goal. /PHOTO COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown passes halfway mark in $3B fundraising effort

Education 01/04/2018

PROVIDENCE - Brown University’s BrownTogether campaign, which aims to raise $3 billion toward multiple academic goals, has passed the midway mark, according to a...