Tag: equity
Neronha joins coalition to help businesses retain DEI efforts in the...
PROVIDENCE - Attorney General Peter F. Neronha on Thursday joined a coalition of 16 attorneys general to help businesses maintain diversity, equity, inclusion and...
SETTING A NEW COURSE: 5-year action plan to determine how R.I....
When David N. Cicilline became the Rhode Island Foundation’s new chief executive and president in May 2023, he and the rest of the nonprofit’s...
SEC filing of the week: Upper90 raises $23M in funding
PROVIDENCE - Upper90 Capital Management LP, a hybrid credit firm that provides growth capital for technology startups, has raised $23 million for a fund...
How DEI rollbacks at colleges set back learning
Just four years ago, following the murder of George Floyd, almost every college and university in the U.S. had at least one diversity, equity...
Five Questions With: Kevin Matta
Kevin Matta is the senior director of people and culture for United Way of Rhode Island Inc. and the president of the Rhode Island-based...
Diverse thinking is key
Harnessing cognitive diversity in the workplace involves recognizing and accommodating individual variations in thinking and information processing. Given that cognitive diversity is comprised of...
Five Questions With: Christin Zollicoffer
Christin Zollicoffer is the new chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at Lifespan Corp. In this role, she leads Lifespan’s strategy for a “diverse,...
Why Diversity Matters
Diversity widens viewpoints and takes different ideas and perspectives into account. This can translate into creating richer solutions, obtaining better results and maximizing productivity, innovation...
R.I. receives $5.5M for broadband improvements
PROVIDENCE – Almost 50,000 families in Rhode Island, or around 12% of all households, do not have internet connection, according to state data. Meanwhile, the...
Big East Conference names Driscoll 2022 John Thompson Jr. Award winner
ROBERT G. DRISCOLL JR., former Providence College vice president and director of athletics, was recently named by the Big East Conference as the 2022...