Tag: Northeastern University
Driving Forces: Cortney Nicolato
Cortney Nicolato
United Way of Rhode Island Inc. CEO and president
CORTNEY NICOLATO HAS 25 years of experience leading complex, mission-driven organizations through growth, modernization and...
R.I. Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest to stay on
Rhode Island Health and Human Services Secretary Richard Charest isn’t retiring after all.
At least, not on July 3, as Gov. Daniel J. McKee’s office...
McDermott named executive director of McAuley Ministries
PROVIDENCE – Christine McDermott has been named executive director of McAuley Ministries, the nonprofit announced Monday.
McDermott succeeds Barbara Haynes, who recently retired after leading McAuley since 2018. “ is...
BROKEN NEWS? Outlets in search of sustainable community journalism model
Tapping away at his laptop at the Rochambeau Library in Providence, Steve Ahlquist doesn’t look the part of a pioneer.
He began reporting on Rhode...
She’s put her resources into building an HR firm
There’s a truism in life that you can’t go home again, but whoever coined it obviously hadn’t met Patricia Lyons-Bousquet.
After decades working around the...
URI among schools targeted in civil rights complaints
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has opened an investigation into 35 scholarships offered at the University of Rhode Island after...
International students weigh new risks of pursuing higher education in the...
Since plunging during the COVID-19 pandemic, international student enrollment in the U.S. has been rebounding – a relief to American universities that count on...
Care Transformation Collaborative of RI hires Minichiello as executive director
PROVIDENCE – John Minichiello, a health care executive with experience in value-based care and population health, has been named the executive director of the...
Taunton state Rep. Doherty dies of cancer at 82
TAUNTON – Rep. Carol A. Doherty, a Democrat and former longtime educator who has represented the 3rd Bristol district in the Mass. Statehouse for...
‘Second-degree’ nursing programs are in demand
Rhode Island is facing a growing crisis – nursing shortages.
In fact, a 2021 report by the R.I. Department of Health suggested that almost 3,000...



















