Tag: University of Rhode Island
URI biotechnology manufacturing program celebrates 15th anniversary
PROVIDENCE – Celebrating the 15th year of its biotechnology manufacturing program, the University of Rhode Island looks back on the progress made by the...
Champlin Foundation caps year at $18.1M in donations
CRANSTON - In a year-end recap, the Champlin Foundation announced Wednesday the organization donated $18.1 million to 175 local nonprofit organizations in 2017 with...
CS4RI summit brings tech leaders together to inspire entrepreneurs
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The second annual Computer Science for Rhode Island Summit, held through the state’s Office of Innovation, brought together leaders in the...
Commerce issues RFP for Innovation Campuses
PROVIDENCE- The R.I. Executive Office of Commerce has issued its Request for Proposals for the creation of one or more Innovation Campuses in Rhode...
Nobel prize-linked physicist joins University of Rhode Island faculty
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Robert Coyne, one of 1,200 international scientists involved with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, joined the University of Rhode Island as...
‘Unconscious bias’ barrier to workplace inclusion
“If we tolerate intolerance, then tolerance will become extinct,” warned Stephanie Huckel, manager of culture and diversity and inclusion at Blue Cross & Blue...
Ferszt inducted as American Academy of Nursing Fellow
GINETTE FERSZT, a professor in the University of Rhode Island’s College of Nursing, was recently inducted as a fellow of the American Academy of...
URI educational tech initiatives receive $600K-plus in grants
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Four Champlin Foundation grants totaling $623,460 were awarded to four University of Rhode Island educational technology tools, the state's flagship research institute...
Report: Brown, Bryant, JWU lead region in private college executive compensation
PROVIDENCE - Brown University President Christina H. Paxson was the highest-compensated higher education executive in the Providence metropolitan area, according to the Executive Compensation...
Lardaro: R.I. CCI shows growth, but there is ‘potential reason for...
PROVIDENCE - University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro posted a Current Conditions Index for Rhode Island in October of 83, a 33-point gain...
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