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ACCORDING TO A NEW University of Rhode Island poll, Rhode Islanders are split on the state's current economy and have various concerns about the upcoming election. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

URI poll: R.I. residents split on economy, have various election season...

Economy 10/15/2024

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – While most Rhode Islanders feel satisfied about the overall quality of life in the state, they are quite split on how...

R.I. life science agency approves tentative, $10M contract for wet lab...

Economic Activity 10/11/2024

Rhode Island’s first, dedicated incubator for start-up life science companies now has a home, and a developer under a $10 million, non-binding contract approved...

HEATHER BOUJOULIAN has been elected as the new chairperson of Roger Williams University's board of trustees. She is the first woman to hold the chair position in the university's history. / COURTESY ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY

Roger Williams University elects Boujoulian as first woman board of trustees...

Education 10/11/2024

BRISTOL – Heather Boujoulian, a Roger Williams University alum and managing director and head of development at Boston-based real estate firm Berkshire Residential Investments,...

Lists: MBA Programs

Lists 10/11/2024

Total 2023-2024 enrollment: 10,632 SUBSCRIBERS: Click here to view the complete list. For information about participating in PBN’s Top Lists, or to make additions or corrections, call...

Lists: Rhode Island Law Firms

Lists 10/11/2024

Most partners: Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP | Local partners: 39 Most associates: Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick Ltd. | Local associates: 32 Most counsel: Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLP...

NORMAND DUQUETTE, at right, senior vice president of Starkweather & Shepley Inc, serves as the moderator during one of the panel discussions at Providence Business News' 2024 Cybersecurity AI and Tech Summit at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick on Thursday. Participating in the discussion on strategies for controlling external risk is, from left, Peter Reid, Johnson & Wales University assistant professor of information technology; Rick Norberg, Vertikal6 Inc. CEO; Brian J. Lamoureux, Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O'Gara LLC partner; and Kim Keever, Cox Communications Inc. chief information security officer and senior vice president. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Promise, threats associated with AI, cybersecurity take center stage at PBN...

News Story 10/10/2024

WARWICK – When talking about artificial intelligence, Rhode Island College professor Tim Henry encourages his students to think of the software like an uneducated...

THE CORPORATION OF BROWN UNIVERSITY on Tuesday voted to reject a student-led proposal to divest from companies that do business with Israel. / AP FILE PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

Brown University corporation rejects Israel divestment proposal

Education 10/09/2024

PROVIDENCE – Brown University will not divest from 10 companies that do business from Israel after reviewing a proposal from students requesting that the...

ACCORDING TO MARIA MONTANARO, interim CEO of Thundermist Health Center, the organization is seeking an $8 million loan from various health care stakeholders across Rhode Island to help keep the organization's doors open. / COURTESY THUNDERMIST HEALTH CENTER

Thundermist interim CEO Montanaro optimistic about future, but bailout is needed

Government 10/08/2024

WOONSOCKET – Maria Montanaro sees a light at the end of a very dark tunnel at Thundermist Health Center’s offices in that she hopes...

CVS to lay off 632 workers tied to R.I. headquarters

Health Services 10/07/2024

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. is laying off 632 remote and in-person employees at its company headquarters. Of the employees affected, just 153 work inside the CVS headquarters and...