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JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY has saved nearly $4 million through its energy-conservation efforts over the past four years. JWU Energy Conservation Office Manager Matthew Fannon, back row center, poses with students, from left, Justin Constant-Corbin (orange sweater); Taojun Gao (green shirt); John Markowski; Alejandra Merced (white shirt); Alexis Coccio (black shirt); and Cassidy Lanza, holding a check representing the savings. / COURTESY JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY

Energy conservation, sustainability lifestyle lead to $4M savings for JWU

Education 10/27/2017

PROVIDENCE – Over the past four years prudent energy-efficient practices and the replacement of outdated equipment has led to nearly $4 million in savings...

MIM L. RUNEY, the Providence campus president and chief operating officer of Johnson & Wales University, will become the new president of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council's board of directors and trustees on April 1, 2018. / COURTESY JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY

Runey to take over as RIPEC board president in April

Nonprofit 10/17/2017

PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council announced that Mim L. Runey, the Providence campus president and chief operating officer of Johnson &...

READY-MADE: Good4u founder Cindie DeMello, right, with business partner and General Manager Tanya DiMarco. The startup provides meal-delivery services, catering and plans to open a café. / COURTESY GOOD4U

Premade food for fitness

Entrepreneurship 09/22/2017

After 25 years as a personal trainer and nutritionist, Cindie DeMello found the No. 1 barrier to clients’ fitness goals was diet. “They didn’t necessarily...

THE CASE-MEAD BUILDING at 76 Dorrance St. in Providence, which is being renovated into 44 lofts, is taking reservations for apartment leases. /COURTESY PAOLINO PROPERTIES

Case-Mead Building in Providence taking reservations for apartment leases

Real Estate 08/10/2017

PROVIDENCE – The Case-Mead Building, which is being renovated into 44 lofts, is taking reservations for apartment leases, according to a notice from Paolino...

Going behind the menu of 2 new unique R.I. eateries

Hospitality & Tourism 08/04/2017

“This is how my grandma made a hamburger!” Chef Kim Scarano sat in her new dining room telling the story behind what will be...

BANK RHODE ISLAND MADE a $3.4 million loan to help turn this building, at 259 Weybosset St., in downtown Providence, into six residential apartment units. /COURTESY BANK RHODE ISLAND

BankRI helps finance downtown apartment project with $3M loan

Financial Services 08/01/2017

PROVIDENCE – Bank Rhode Island made a $3.4 million loan to help turn a downtown Providence building into apartments. The loan, made with Weybosset LLC,...

ALL 24 STUDENTS ENROLLED in the physician assistant program at Johnson & Wales University graduated on time and passed the board certification exam administered by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants for the second consecutive year. /COURTESY JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY

All students in JWU physician assistant program graduate for 2nd consecutive...

Education 07/28/2017

PROVIDENCE – All 24 students enrolled in the physician assistant program at Johnson & Wales University graduated on time and passed the board certification...

URI STAR: Walt Besio, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Rhode Island and owner of CREmedical, secured $6 million in a National Science Foundation grant in 2015, a year after he earned two patents for a biomedical electrode that measures brain activity and can be used to potentially stop life-threatening seizures. From left, Jessika Decker, test subject and intern at CREmedical, Besio and Rachel Bartels, product manager at CREmedical. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Rhode Island needs more scientific breakthroughs to become a biotech hub,...

Education 07/21/2017

Rhode Island wants its own share of the biomedical-, technology- and engineering-based economy that has transformed Boston, and strengthened the competitive position of Massachusetts. To...

SOUTHERN FLAVOR: Adam Batchelder recently opened Smoke & Squeal Barbecue, a food truck specializing in natural, wood-fired smoked barbecue. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Culture, people led Marine Corps veteran to open BBQ food truck...

Entrepreneurship 07/21/2017

With a U.S. Small Business Administration loan, Adam Batchelder, a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and a Johnson...