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Amo highlights R.I.’s blue economy during Subcommittee on Environment hearing

PROVIDENCE – The Subcommittee on Environment on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held its first hearing of the year on March 26,...

BL Companies named ESOP Association New England Chapter’s Company of the...

WARWICK – Engineering consultant BL Companies Inc. has received the 2025 Company of the Year award from The ESOP Association’s New England Chapter. BL Companies,...

NIH cancels grant supporting URI biomedical research program

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The National Institutes of Health grant supporting the University of Rhode Island’s Enhancing Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education Diversity –...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND received a $65 million gift from the estate of the late Helen Izzi Schilling and Francis “Frank” Schilling to support scholarships for students majoring in a science, technology, engineering or math field. It is the largest gift URI received in its history. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI receives school-record $65M gift for STEM scholarships

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The estate of a late University of Rhode Island alumna and her late husband, a former General Electric Co. executive, is...

BankNewport extends funding for Learning Community’s Exploratorium

NEWPORT – BankNewport representatives recently joined students and teachers at The Learning Community's Exploratorium, an after-school and summer program that provides science, technology, engineering,...
LIFE IS A HIGHWAY: Over the past 42 years, Tighe & Bond Vice President and Technical Director Suzanne Courtemanche has served as the environmental assessment and remediation manager for numerous investigation and remediation programs, including rail-to-trail projects and highway expansion projects. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Suzanne Courtemanche

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Suzanne Courtemanche | Tighe & Bond | Vice president and technical director AS A TEENAGER, Suzanne Courtemanche thought she...
THE AFTERMATH: An old earth-and-stone dam along Beaver River failed in December after heavy rainstorms and caused minimal damage downstream. Beavers had built their own dam on top of the existing dam. 
COURTESY TIM MOONEY

With changing climate, dams getting closer look

In December, about 2 million gallons of water from the Beaver River rushed through Richmond. A small, dilapidated dam, likely built 150 to 200 years...
DIGGING IT: Narragansett Bay Commission Chairman Vincent J. Mesolella, center, examines the progress made in the combined sewer overflow tunnel deep below Pawtucket. He is surrounded by contractors working on the project. Behind Mesolella is the boring machine that chewed through 2 miles of bedrock over three years.
COURTESY ­NARRAGANSETT BAY COMMISSION

A boring job completed;
enormous impact ahead?

After taking three years to travel little more than 2 miles, the Narragansett Bay Commission finally reached a finish line of sorts in February...
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Dartmouth and Roger Williams University have partnered to create three new accelerated master's engineering programs.

UMass Dartmouth, RWU partner on new accelerated engineering degree programs

DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Bristol-based Roger Williams University announced Wednesday that the institutions have partnered to create three joint 4+1...

DBVW Architects Welcomes Xueyun Zou, LEED GA, Designer

Xueyun (Emma) Zou, LEED GA, comes to DBVW Architects after graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence in 2022 with a...
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