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Innovate Newport to highlight R.I.’s health-tech sector in Industry Spotlight Series

Technology 05/13/2025

NEWPORT – Innovate Newport will host a HealthTech Industry Spotlight Event in celebration of Rhode Island's life sciences sector on May 29. Co-hosted by the...

Katelyn Holt

Health Services 04/11/2025

Health Care Heroes 2025 HEALTH CARE INNOVATOR: Katelyn Holt KOLT Innovations Inc. founder and CEO What led you to choose health care as your profession? I have...

TOUGH TIME: Katharine Amaral, right, director of programs and community partnerships for the nonprofit Junior Achievement of Rhode Island Inc., speaks during Providence Business News’ 2025 Workforce Development Summit on Feb. 13. With her on the panel, from left, are Ara Millette, director of talent acquisition at Brown University Health; Amy Grzybowski, New England Institute of Technology vice president of workforce development and community relations; and Nora Crowley, R.I. Department of Labor and Training deputy director.  PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: Workforce challenges coming at federal, state levels

News Story 02/28/2025

It’s a challenging time for people charged with developing the workforce of the future for Rhode Island. Not only are state agencies and nonprofits nationwide...

New England Medical Innovation Center launches advisory panel

Technology 02/04/2025

PROVIDENCE – The New England Medical Innovation Center recently announced the launch of its first Expert Advisory Group made up of a multidisciplinary collection...

GIVING VOICE:  Dr. Fatima Mirza works in an examination room at Rhode Island Hospital. Mirza and her husband, Dr. Rohaid Ali, worked on two significant projects recently involving artificial intelligence, one of which used OpenAI’s Voice Engine to create a clone of the voice of a young patient who lost her voice after surgery to remove a brain tumor.  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

A higher health care intelligence? In R.I., some believe it’s the...

Cover Story 01/17/2025

Like many these days, Severence MacLaughlin foresees a big, bright future for artificial intelligence. Unlike many, the Rhode Island-based data scientist was willing to quit...

TEST PERIOD: Ian Estaphan Owen, owner of Jaia Robotics LLC in Bristol, holds a version of one of his company’s autonomous underwater vehicles during a demonstration in Narragansett Bay in 2022. Jaia has used $74,535 from the state’s Innovation Voucher Program to test the vehicles’ ability to sample water environmental DNA.  PBN FILE PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Voucher program gives innovative R.I. companies a boost

Entrepreneurship 01/17/2025

Gregory Calderiso was trying to reduce the anxiety he was feeling during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 when he discovered mindful breathing. Focusing on his...

DATA CRUNCHER: Severence MacLaughlin, founder of North Kingtown’s DeLorean Artificial Intelligence, at a presentation in Las Vegas in September 2024. COURTESY DELOREAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

R.I. a testing ground for AI advancements in health care

Editorial and Op-Ed 01/17/2025

Robots at work on factory floors are already offering a glimpse of the potential of artificial intelligence to disrupt local industries. While manufacturers wrestle with...

Australian medical tech company aiming to improve cannulations relocates to R.I.

Health Services 12/12/2024

PROVIDENCE – A new medical technology startup founded in Australia is moving its headquarters to Rhode Island with the help of the New England...

SPREADING CHEER: The Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Holiday Open House at Bally’s Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort on Dec. 3.  COURTESY BALLY’S CORP.

Editor’s Choice: Northern R.I. Chamber to hold holiday open house

Print Edition 11/22/2024

EDITOR’S CHOICE Northern R.I. Chamber to hold holiday open house THE NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Holiday Open House,...