Tag: University of Rhode Island
Robots seen complementing, not replacing, workers
Manufacturers in Rhode Island who are looking for greater efficiency and productivity are turning to automated machines and programmable robots, but the technology creates...
URI needs own board of trustees
There is no question, the University of Rhode Island is not like the Community College of Rhode Island, nor even Rhode Island College. Yet...
Do you think that the University of Rhode Island should have...
University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley went before the General Assembly recently to argue that URI needs an independent board of trustees...
Dooley testifies for bill to create URI board of trustees
PROVIDENCE – University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley told lawmakers Monday that URI urgently needs its own board of trustees, arguing that...
Lardaro: R.I. April CCI shows economic expansion but also weakening momentum
PROVIDENCE – The Current Conditions Index for Rhode Island in April had a value of 58, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard...
URI-based biomed research network gets $20M grant
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The National Institutes of Health has awarded $20 million to the Rhode Island Institutional Development Award of Biomedical Research Excellence, or...
Despite questions, I-195 District on course
When Robert Davis, a longtime real estate lawyer, joined the board of the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission in 2015, he’d talk to potential developers...
Toray Plastics announces membership in Sustainable Packaging Coalition
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Toray Plastics (America) Inc., maker of polyester, polypropylene and other films for packaging, announced it has joined the Sustainable Packaging Coalition,...
Training at heart of PPL’s new mission
The Providence Public Library, the grand dame of Rhode Island’s public libraries, is just a shell of its former self … literally.Last fall the...
Five Questions With Rainer Lohmann
Rainer Lohmann | Professor, University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography1. In 2017 you were picked to direct a national Superfund research...
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