Tag: Focus
URI pharmacy enrollment rebounds after decline
When Kerry LaPlante decided to become a pharmacist, the opportunity to play a direct, accessible role in community health care served as a major...
Advanced Placement participation surges across R.I. high schools
At Narragansett High School, students as young as freshmen are stepping into college-level classrooms, tackling Advanced Placement courses that just a decade ago few...
Insurance ‘bill of rights’ aims to end coverage confusion
Jeff Brooks, a Newport Realtor with Hogan Associates Christie’s International Real Estate, is the first to acknowledge that he should have known better.
Despite his...
Dwyer poised to give R.I. big voice on national level
For the first time in more than a century, a Rhode Island insurance regulator has stepped into a top national role.
Elizabeth Kelleher Dwyer, director...
Banks, airlines wary of credit card interest cap
When President Donald Trump announced earlier this year that he planned to order credit card companies to cap the annual percentage rate at 10%...
How will ‘Taylor Swift tax’ impact R.I.’s luxury real estate market?
As the Ocean State’s so-called “Taylor Swift tax” is poised to go into effect this July, observers agree that for Rhode Island’s wealthiest homeowners,...
Tech helps spark a boom In landscape lighting
From light bulbs to wiring, automation to smartphone-based controls, Christopher Beneduce’s world has changed quite a bit in recent years.
When Beneduce, the president of...
Factories are finding ways to build a following on social media
For Moore Brothers Co., a midsized fabrication and engineering manufacturer in Bristol, the factory floor isn’t just a place to build custom composite parts...
Solar carport projects fueling climate goals
There has been a lot of talk these days about net-zero emissions – removing more greenhouse gases than produced – but Jeffrey Hall says...
Colleges embrace creator economy curriculum
Ten years ago, most social media marketing education focused intensely on controlling a brand’s messaging.
Today, it’s been reimagined to prepare students for “a creator...
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