Tag: Marc B. Parlange
Why everyone benefits from a strong knowledge economy
Over the past 40 years, Rhode Island’s economy – like the nation’s – has been reshaped by global forces, rapid technological change and the...
Driving Forces: Marc B. Parlange
Marc B. Parlange
University of Rhode Island president
FROM THE START, Marc B. Parlange has been focused on boosting the University of Rhode Island’s impact in...
PBN celebrates 40th anniversary with business community
PAWTUCKET – Providence Business News on Thursday celebrated four decades of providing business journalism to Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts at its 40th Anniversary...
URI trustees approve next phase of public medical school development
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island board of trustees has approved the next phase of efforts to establish a public medical school,...
URI board chair, spouse give $2.1M for new scholarship; latest in...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island's board of trustees chair and her spouse have given the university $2.1 million to create a...
Is RIC’s tuition-free scholarship worth the price tag?
As lawmakers consider legislation that would make Rhode Island College’s Hope Scholarship permanent, state and college officials argue that the school’s rebounding enrollment and...
URI to break ground on new on-campus student housing
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island will break ground Wednesday on a new on-campus student housing development that officials say will add...
Legislative commission recommends establishing a medical school at URI
PROVIDENCE – A special legislative commission on Tuesday voted to recommend the establishment of the state's first public medical school at the University of...
State’s highest-paid employees include URI coaches, president
PROVIDENCE – Workers at a college, hospital and a prison are among Rhode Island's highest-paid state employees.
They include a pair of University of Rhode...
URI ranked No. 1 public university in New England by Wall...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has again been named the No. 1 public university in New England by The Wall Street...
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