Tag: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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 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...
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.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of RI’s community service extends to the...
PBN Best Places To Work Awards 2023
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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...
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...