Tag: RISD
Providence City Council approves PILOT agreements
PROVIDENCE – The City Council Thursday night approved a set of payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements with the city’s four colleges and universities, projected to bring in $223.5...
Providence mayor touts new tax agreements with city’s major universities
PROVIDENCE – Mayor Brett P. Smiley on Tuesday announced his administration has reached tentative payment-in-lieu-of-taxes deals with the four private higher education institutions based...
Ghadessi appointed new RISD provost
PROVIDENCE – About a year after she began the same full-time position at Wheaton College, Touba Ghadessi shifted her sights to Rhode Island to...
Everybody’s Business: She runs shop with a worldly view
(Editor’s note: This is the ninth installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each will be asked their views...
RISD using $10M anonymous gift to launch tuition-free fellowship
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School of Design is using a $10 million anonymous gift – the school's largest ever earmarked for financial aid...
Renowned artist Shepard Fairey returning to Providence to paint mural
PROVIDENCE – Famed street artist Shepard Fairey is returning to Providence from Oct. 21 to 25 to paint his 100th mural, participate in a...
Quality jobs can be landed in design across many industries
There is a big demand for young people in the manufacturing sector for sure. But some of those jobs are not about making products,...
Justin Sirotin OCTO Product Development founder
Justin Sirotin | OCTO Product Development founder
Justin Sirotin’s resume shows a large range of industrial design clients, from industrial equipment to sporting goods, pool...
Expanded research, diversity, sustainability key parts of new RISD strategic plan
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island School of Design has unveiled a new eight-year strategic plan that will put more emphasis on diversity and sustainability...
Infosys arrives full of optimism
Providence got a glimpse of a potential future recently, with the official opening of Infosys Ltd.’s Providence Design and Innovation Center.
Attended by a full...
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