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BALANCING ACT: Valerie Maier Speredelozzi, an associate professor of engineering at the University of Rhode Island, at her home in South Kingstown. She has had to juggle child care with online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. /  PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Female engineers fear setbacks amid pandemic

Education 07/31/2020

University of Rhode Island professor Valerie Maier Speredelozzi and her children place sticky notes on their closed bedroom doors with the words “exam in...

Lisa A. Ranglin is vice president – program manager at Providence-based Citizens Bank. She’s also the founder, CEO and president of the nonprofit Rhode Island Black Business Association and its charitable arm, the Institute for Economic Empowerment and Development. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Commit to real workforce diversity

Financial Services 07/31/2020

Lisa A. Ranglin | Rhode Island Black Business Association CEO and president Historically, diversity and inclusion efforts have failed to produce significant changes and companies...

Ending SATs may not add diversity to schools

Commentary 07/17/2020

When the University of California decided earlier this year to stop using the ACT and SAT in admissions by 2025, the decision sparked new...

Theresa Moore named to Rhode Island Foundation Board of Directors

People on the Move 05/22/2020

Theresa Moore has been named to the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Foundation. As the state’s largest funder of nonprofit organizations, the...

Diversity elusive in R.I. but work is ongoing

Editorial and Op-Ed 02/28/2020

PBN in December held a panel discussion on diversity and inclusion at an annual event that also recognized seven business and community leaders making...

Five Questions With Ioannis Miaoulis

5Q 09/27/2019

Ioannis Miaoulis | President, Roger Williams University 1. You have an academic and nonprofit background in science and engineering. What is Roger Williams University doing...

Rhode Island Foundation names Sharon Collier HR VP

People on the Move 09/23/2019

Sharon Collier has been appointed Vice President of Human Resources at the Rhode Island Foundation, where her responsibilities include hiring, employee relations, professional development,...

NATIONAL BIRTHS hit a 32-year low in 2018, according to preliminary data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Above,a map of 2018 birth rates by state. / BLOOMBERG NEWS

CDC report: 10.5K born in R.I. in 2018 as national births...

Economic Activity 05/15/2019

PROVIDENCE – There were 10,506 live births in Rhode Island in 2018, according to a preliminary report Wednesday from the Centers for Disease Control...

Wheeler to host school diversity conference April 27

Education 04/19/2019

PROVIDENCE – More than 200 educators, school leaders, alumni, trustees, parents and students from independent schools in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts will gather...