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ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY, pictured, along with Rhode Island College, Providence College, the Rhode Island School of Design and Salve Regina University, received a three-year, $3 million National Science Foundation grant to launch this fall the Rhode Island Research Administration Collaborative. / COURTESY ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY

5 R.I.-based colleges get $3M federal grant for new research administration...

Education 09/09/2024

PROVIDENCE – Five Rhode Island-based colleges and universities have collectively received a three-year, $3 million National Science Foundation grant to launch a first-of-its-kind initiative...

THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND has the Rhode Island Promise scholarship, which allows qualified students to attend the school tuition-free, but Massachusetts has taken it a step further by making a community college education available tuition-free for any Massachusetts resident with a high school diploma. / COURTESY COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND

Where does Mass. move to tuition-free community colleges leave R.I.?

Economy 09/06/2024

Massachusetts has expanded its community college tuition-free program to cover all students this fall, but don't expect Rhode Island to follow suit anytime soon. State...

THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND has been awarded an $8 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant to support the state’s research ecosystem as well as strengthen science and technology efforts across the state. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI receives $8M to support state’s research ecosystem

Education 08/28/2024

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has been awarded an $8 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant to support the state’s research...

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Industries 08/23/2024

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Justin T. Shay | Cameron & Mittleman LLP | Partner JUSTIN T. SHAY TAKES PRIDE litigating real estate law...

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Industries 08/23/2024

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards John Bulman | Pierce Atwood LLP | Partner JOHN BULMAN PERFORMED his unsupervised first jury trial 11 months into...

R.I. researchers receive $8M from National Science Foundation

Entrepreneurship 08/20/2024

NORTH KINGSTOWN – As Rhode Island pushes to advance its blue economy, a Rhode Island higher education consortium has netted an $8 million grant...

MICHAEL GIUTTARI, pictured, has sold his company, MG Commercial Real Estate Services Inc., to longtime partners Leeds Mitchell IV and George Paskalis./ PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

MG Commercial sold to longtime partners Paskalis, Mitchell

News Story 07/15/2024

PROVIDENCE – MG Commercial Real Estate Services Inc. is now under new ownership. And, at the same time, kept things in-house. The commercial real estate...

Hawkins stepping down as leader of ONE Neighborhood Builders

Housing 07/01/2024

PROVIDENCE – Jennifer Hawkins, who has led ONE Neighborhood Builders since 2017, will leave the nonprofit at the end of September, the agency announced...

BROWN UNIVERSITY once again was named by SmartAsset as the best value college in Rhode Island. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY

SmartAsset: Brown University ranks No. 1 for best value college in...

Education 06/26/2024

PROVIDENCE – Brown University was once again ranked by SmartAsset as the best value college in the Ocean State, the national financial company said...