Tag: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Study: Brown University ranked 22nd for producing startup founders
PROVIDENCE – Brown University is 22nd among colleges globally for producing the most startup founders, according to a new ranking by PitchBook.
PitchBook, a publication...
NEMIC launches edX’s First MedTech Professional Certificate Program
PROVIDENCE – New England Medical Innovation Center recently announced its MedTech education program is now accessible worldwide through the global learning platform, edX.
MedTech Fundamentals...
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.
PBN: For...
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
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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,...