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Cortney Nicolato

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...
WORK ­ENVIRONMENT: Independent journalist Steve Ahlquist taps out a story on his laptop at the ­Rochambeau Library in Providence. He’s covered social issues for a few small local blogs and now publishes on the digital platform Substack. 
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MICHAEL SALERNO

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...
IN THE KNOW: Patricia Lyons-Bousquet, owner of CompLyons HR Consulting LLC, says her recent graduation from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program in Rhode Island has been transformative for her as a businesswoman. 
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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...
A CLOSER LOOK: More than 30 scholarships offered at the University of Rhode Island are the focus of a complaint filed by the conservative nonprofit Legal Insurrection Foundation alleging that the scholarships violate federal law because eligibility is partially based on race and gender. 
COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

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...
PRACTICE TIME: Johnson & Wales University nursing student Cassidy Titchenell conducts an exam on fellow student Caitlin Murdock at the university’s nursing facilities in Providence. The students are part of JWU’s accelerated nursing degree program. Looking on is nursing student Elena Wertenbaker. 
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‘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...
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