Tag: The University of Rhode Island
URI makes case for $100M Narragansett Bay Campus bond
NARRAGANSETT – The Ocean State has the resources to become a global leader in the blue economy, said University of Rhode Island president Marc...
URI lands $1M in federal funding for plastics pollution research
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and Rep. Jim Langevin on Friday announced a $1 million federal earmark to help researchers at the...
6 of R.I.’s 10 highest-paid state workers in 2021 employed by...
PROVIDENCE - The University of Rhode Island employed the top two bread winners in the state - and six of the top 10 -...
ALL IN with Bally’s: But how risky is R.I.’s heavy reliance...
Rhode Island has come to rely heavily on Justin Kane and other recreational gamblers like him.
Kane, a Providence real estate investor, likes to blow...
Building on the promise of biotech
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With help from companies ranging from global corporations to local startups, Rhode Island has had its share of victories in the biotech sector in...
Many local factories transform to meet needs of pandemic fight
Matouk Luxury Linens is known for exquisite bedding, an elegant product aimed at Americans who shop in department stores for towels, sheets and pillowcases.
That...
Emerging innovation hub drew us to R.I.
When you think of innovation hubs, perhaps the San Francisco Bay Area and New York spring to mind, or maybe a global city such...
R.I. tourism inches toward sustainability as threats from climate change, ‘overtourism’...
About 25 million visitors drive, fly and sail into Rhode Island each year. Mansions, restaurants, theaters and historical sites attract their fair share of...
URI’s central campus added to National Register of Historic Places
KINGSTON - The National Park Service listed the central campus of the University of Rhode Island's Kingston campus on its National Register of Historic...
URI to open artificial intelligence lab
KINGSTON — An artificial intelligence laboratory is coming to the University of Rhode Island's Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons, URI announced Thursday.
The...
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