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CCRI, URI launch online degree pathway for registered nurses

WARWICK – The Community College of Rhode Island and the University of Rhode Island have announced a new fully online program designed to help...

URI to reconsider running its own payroll amid state’s Workday troubles

A colossal software overhaul of the University of Rhode Island’s administrative and payroll systems on track to launch next fall may need to change...
CHUGGING ALONG: Matt Bosgraaf, right, owner of the Kayak Centre in North Kingstown, adjusts the pedal drive system on a fishing kayak in the store’s showroom. With him is John Van Ness, the store’s product specialist. Bosgraaf says the business is growing, helped by the recent acquisition of a kayak rental business. 
PBN PHOTO/­ELIZABETH GRAHAM

AT WHAT COSTS? PBN survey: Businesses haven’t lost all hope despite...

Rhode Island business owners and executives are feeling better about their companies than they did a year ago, but that does not mean they...
Career Pathways: Nishita Roy-Pope, CEO of Courage Builder in North Kingstown, builds career pathways connecting Rhode island students to fast-growing fields such as the blue economy. 
PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Courage Builder for RI’s workforce

Innovative Companies 2026 Awards EDUCATION: Courage Builder Courage Builder, a North Kingstown workforce development firm, has been building career pathways into some of Rhode Island’s...
Molly Richard / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With: Molly Richard

Molly Richard | Assistant professor, University of Rhode Island College of Health Sciences 1. Your research estimates that nearly 10,000 Rhode Islanders experienced doubled-up homelessness...
Breath analysis: Trace Sensing Technologies’ flagship platform, TRACE-E, uses patented thermodynamic sensor technology to detect molecular biomarkers in exhaled breath, improving disease detection. Peter Ricci III, founder and CEO, works on the machine. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Breath test spots kidney risk: Trace Sensing Technologies

Innovative Companies 2026 Awards BIOTECH/LIFE SCIENCES: Trace Sensing Technologies Trace Sensing Technologies, a Providence-based medical technology company, has developed a diagnostic tool that could make detecting...
SPREADING OUT: University of Rhode Island public health professor Wenhui Feng examines a map of dollar stores in Rhode Island, most of them concentrated in urban areas. Feng is leading a new study on dollar stores and the food that is purchased there. 
PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE BERNABA

Dollar stores and diet the focus of URI-led study

For Rhode Islanders who live in neighborhoods without a full-service grocer, a so-called dollar store can be a convenient and affordable place to buy...
THE UNITED FOOTBALL League is expanding to Rhode Island in 2027. The team will open its home schedule at Centreville Bank Stadium on Friday, April 2, at 8 p.m. on FOX UFL Friday. / PBN FILE PHOTO/JAMES BESSETTE

United Football League expanding to Rhode Island in 2027

PAWTUCKET – The professional United Football League is coming to Centreville Bank Stadium in 2027.  The spring football league announced Wednesday that it was adding four...

URI nursing students gain hospice care experience through HopeHealth partnership

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Eight University of Rhode Island nursing students have begun clinical rotations in hospice and palliative care through a new partnership between...

Brown drops to No. 16 in U.S. News’ best colleges; PC...

PROVIDENCE – Brown University is the 16th-best national university in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Colleges rankings released...
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