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THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND Research Foundation and Polaris MEP have received a $3.9 million federal Good Jobs Challenge grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to support the local entities’ Ocean Tech Works initiative.

URI Research/Polaris MEP’s ‘Ocean Tech Works’ initiative receives $3.9M federal grant

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island Research Foundation and Polaris MEP have received a $3.9 million federal Good Jobs Challenge grant from...
ONBOARD YET? Mark Parsons, center, founder of the nonprofit New Bedford Research and Robotics, and Ian Estaphan Owen, left, co-founder and CEO of Bristol-based Jaia Robotics Inc., talk with Annie Colarusso, Economic Development Administration tech hubs deputy director, about the regional blue economy during a boat cruise in Bristol Harbor in early August. 
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JACQUELYN VOGHEL

HUB SNUB: Can R.I.’s effort to build blue economy weather missing...

With a team of researchers spread coast to coast, Nereid ­Biomaterials had a few options when looking for a place to set up a...
STILL ALIVE: R.I. Commerce Secretary Elizabeth M. Tanner says she’s still fighting for federal money for the state’s Ocean Tech Hub. With federal official, Tanner recently toured this Bristol property that could provide much-needed lab space for the regional hub. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Time to reset ambitious blue economy plans

The good news is the state is not giving up on becoming a regional ocean technology/blue economy hub. The bad is that the dream...
APPROXIMATLY 160 PEOPLE attended Providence Business News' 2024 C-Suite Awards ceremony, which recognized 12 local business leaders, at the Omni Providence Hotel. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey, CIC Providence’s Messier among honorees recognized at...

PROVIDENCE – Peter Rumsey feels that true leadership is not about commanding or receiving personal gain, but rather serving others and empowering them to...
ON THE BATTLEFIELD: University of Rhode Island Research Foundation Chief Business ­Development Officer Peter Rumsey graduated from Cornell University with the U.S. Air Force ­Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and served during the Gulf War as an electronic combat officer. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey was always dedicated to serve

PBN C-Suite 2024 Awards CAREER ACHIEVER: Peter Rumsey University of Rhode Island Research Foundation | Chief business development officer Peter Rumsey admits it’s hard to stop the...
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WILLIAM HAMILTON

Most-read stories on PBN.com, March 2024

1. Washington Bridge to be replaced, McKee says ‘accountability will come’ POSTED ONLINE: MARCH 14. State officials announced that the westbound side of the...

URI Research Foundation’s Rumsey, CIC’s Messier among PBN’s 2024 C-Suite Awards...

PROVIDENCE – Peter Rumsey, chief business development officer for the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, has been named the 2024 Career Achiever for...

401 Tech Bridge names Brine as center director, Larsen as operations...

MIDDLETOWN – Erik Brine, former director of defense sector research and development initiatives and operations at the University of Rhode Island, has been appointed...
GROWTH ­POTENTIAL: Roger Williams University shellfish researchers, from left, assistant professor Hisham Abdelrahman, field operations manager Susanna Osinski and assistant Kristen Savastano, check aquaculture equipment near the school’s Bristol campus. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Cleaner bay can help boost the state’s blue economy

The state says Narragansett Bay is the cleanest it has been in 150 years. For those who live around the bay and enjoy it...
BUILDING MANUFACTURING: Christian Cowan, executive director of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, has helped support the state’s manufacturing sector through his work with Polaris MEP and 401 Tech Bridge. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

Christian Cowan, University of Rhode Island Research Foundation executive director

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2023 Christian Cowan University of Rhode Island Research Foundation Executive director CHRISTIAN COWAN STARTED his career by learning all he could about...
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