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Dining out: Much more than fun, games

“Eatertainment” is a term made up by restaurant industry writers to describe venues that combine pub-type food for grown-ups with arena and arcade games,...
BROWN UNIVERSITY has agreed to pay $19.5 million as part of a settlement agreement over allegations that the university and 16 other higher education institutions took part in reducing financial aid for students. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

Brown University to pay $19.5M settlement in price-fixing financial aid lawsuit

PROVIDENCE – Brown University has agreed to pay $19.5 million as part of a settlement in a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs allege that...
REWARDED: Kaylee Cabral, third from left, of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport’s Combat Systems Department Cybersecurity Division, receives the 2023 Society of Women Engineers Helen Martha Sternberg Award from acting Technical Director Vicki Comeau, left; Emily Callahan, a representative of the New England Shoreline Section of the Society of Women Engineers; and Commanding Officer Capt. Chad Hennings during the annual awards ceremony on June 7. 
COURTESY NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE 
CENTER DIVISION NEWPORT

Cabral wins engineering award from Naval Undersea Warfare Center

KAYLEE CABRAL, an engineer in the Combat Systems Department Cybersecurity Division of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, was presented the Society of...

Five Questions With: Jamie Mitri

Jamie Mitri is the founder and CEO of Moss Pure, a maintenance-free, live moss product that filters air quality while bringing a natural aesthetic to indoor spaces. PBN: For...
CAMPING OUT: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island employees hold an all-staff retreat held at Camp Meehan in Notte Park in North Providence. 
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BIG SISTERS OF RHODE ISLAND

Big Brothers Big Sisters of RI’s community service extends to the...

PBN Best Places To Work Awards 2023 SMALL COMPANIES #1: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rhode Island Employees in R.I. 36 CEO Katje Afonseca WHEN BIG BROTHERS BIG...

Senate panel mulls ranked-choice voting for primaries, state elections

In October 2021, Sen. Samuel Zurier, D-Providence, won a five-person Democratic primary with a little more than 31% of the vote. The second and...

Boston Fed, MIT mark completion of central bank digital currency research

PROVIDENCE – It’s too soon to tell whether a central bank digital currency could work. This was the conclusion of a recently completed research project...

URI’s connection to Mass. high-performance computing center powers advanced research

In Gaurav Khanna's world, access to cutting-edge, high-performance computers can open up countless possibilities. Khanna is a physics professor at the University of Rhode Island,...

Five Questions With: Anais Missakian

Through a collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Rhode Island School of Design, there is a new fabric in town, one that acts...
LAB VISIT: Roger Williams University President Ioannis Miaoulis visits with Emma Place, left, and Alicia Schickle, who are examining the Northern Star Coral being raised in the university’s wet lab. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

AN ENGINEER’S ATTITUDE: At RWU, Miaoulis revels in opportunities to solve...

(Editor’s note: This is the second installment in an occasional series of interviews with the state’s new wave of higher education leaders. You can...
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