Tag: Rhode Island School of Design
Teamsters at RISD authorize strike over wages, health care, retirement package
PROVIDENCE – The unionized custodians, groundskeepers and movers at the Rhode Island School of Design have authorized a strike, Teamsters Local 251 announced on...
18th RISD president is practiced in art of social equity and...
Crystal Williams describes herself as a “faculty activist,” so it’s no surprise that Williams envisions the start of her tenure at the Rhode Island...
Katrinkles Inc. gets crafty about helping the environment
PBN Manufacturing Awards 2022
EXCELLENCE IN GREEN MANUFACTURING:
Katrinkles Inc.
BE THE CHANGE you want to see in the world, an axiom attributed to Gandhi, could also...
Historic Thomas Poynton Ives House sells for Providence record $5.5M
PROVIDENCE – The historic Thomas Poynton Ives House at 66 Power St. in the College Hill historic district has been sold for $5.5 million, making...
DESIGNxRI builds an industry by design
PBN Innovative Companies 2022
NONPROFIT: DESIGNxRI
DESIGN AND INNOVATION go hand in hand at DESIGNxRI. The Providence-based nonprofit creates economic development opportunities for Rhode Island designers,...
11 local colleges ranked in Washington Monthly’s annual ‘Best Bang for...
PROVIDENCE – Eleven local colleges, including nine within Rhode Island, were ranked among the best institutions in the U.S. on how they help less-than-wealthy...
Is the quality of local colleges recognized in annual rankings such...
Rhode Island higher education leaders naturally believe their schools are among the best in the nation.
Annual rankings often do list some of the state's...
Pediatrics pain point may be soothed by design solution
When Dr. Ravi D’Cruz asked his former mentor Dr. Brian Alverson if he could think of any problems in health care that could be...
On some campuses, Chinese students are fewer
When Yifei “Jerry” Hu arrived at Brown University last year, he knew he wasn’t going to return home – at least not for a...
15-story, 247-unit Edge at College Hill sold to national firm
PROVIDENCE – Hawkins Way Capital, a vertically integrated real estate company with offices in New York and Los Angeles, announced Wednesday that it has...