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JWU, Providence Career & Technical Academy big winners at annual SkillsUSA...

Education 04/04/2018

PROVIDENCE – On Monday, the Rhode Island branch of SkillsUSA announced 278 gold, silver and bronze medals were shared by 15 Rhode Island-based education...

LASTING LEGACY: As chancellor, president and CEO of Johnson & Wales University, John J. Bowen has employed a “we” mentality as opposed to an “I” mentality when it comes to leadership, resulting in a strong team at the school he says will be preserved when he retires at the end of the year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

PBN on WJAR-TV, April 2, 2018

Education 04/02/2018

Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other...

DRAMATIC CHANGE: Johnson & Wales CEO John J. Bowen says the most dramatic change in his 44 years at JWU is its ability to graduate students with a manageable debt, growing its discount rate for first-time, full-time students from 20.7 percent in 2003-2004 to 54 percent today. / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Retiring CEO John Bowen has helped JWU expand and prosper. What...

Cover Story 03/30/2018

For 44 years, John J. Bowen has been a fixture in the Johnson & Wales University community. In January, the chancellor, president and CEO...

LOOKING BEYOND: Johnson & Wales University leader John J. Bowen has seen dramatic changes in the school’s size and ambitions in his 40-plus years there and expects that its upward trajectory will continue after he retires at the end of the year. / PBN PHOTO/ RUPERT WHITELEY

Bowen leaves a legacy of never being satisfied with the present

Editorials 03/30/2018

When John J. Bowen arrived at Johnson & Wales University to teach in its brand-new culinary program, the school had about 1,000 students, all...

JOHNSON & WALES Univesity sold the property at 2081 Post Road, Warwick, which is the site of the Radisson Hotel Providence Airport and a Legal Sea Foods, to Pinnacle Hotel Management for $7.5 million. The university also transferred ownership and management of the hotel to Pinnacle. / COURTESY RADISSON

JWU sells Warwick Radisson Hotel property to Fla. company for $7.5M

Education 03/28/2018

PROVIDENCE – The Radisson hotel property it owns at 2081 Post Road in Warwick has been sold to Florida-based Pinnacle Hotel Management for $7.5...

PBN announces 2018 C-Suite Awards winners

Entrepreneurship 03/23/2018

PROVIDENCE – Providence Business News has announced the winners of its 2018 C-Suite Awards Friday, recognizing top C-level executives for public, private and nonprofit...

ON WEDNESDAY, SmartAsset reported Brown University retained its top ranking among Rhode Island colleges and universities as the school with the best value. / COURTESY SMARTASSET

SmartAsset finds Brown retains best value among R.I. schools

Economic Activity 03/21/2018

PROVIDENCE – In a fourth consecutive year, Brown University was named the Best Value College among Rhode Island-based higher education institutions by SmartAsset in...

AGE-OLD FAVORITE: Joann Carlson, owner of Jo’s American Bistro in Newport, hold’s a plate of the restaurant’s famous fish and chips, a 50-year-old family recipe. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Perennial dishes drawing tourists, new customers to R.I. eateries

Hospitality & Tourism 03/09/2018

For $19.95, diners at Jo’s American Bistro in Newport can order a 50-year-old fish and chips recipe and experience a taste of the city...

Singleton named vice chair of NRAEF certification governing committee

Hospitality & Tourism 03/09/2018

HEATHER SINGLETON, chief operating officer for the Rhode Island Hospitality Education Foundation, was recently elected to serve as vice chairperson of the National Restaurant...