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STORM SURGE: By 2065, a 100-year storm surge would damage approximately 13,736 homes in Warwick, Barrington, Narragansett, South Kingstown and North Kingstown, representing more than half of all homes in Rhode Island’s 21 coastal communities, according to the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council. / COURTESY R.I. COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

The CRMC says parts of coastal R.I. could soon be underwater...

(Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series exploring Rhode Island’s vulnerability to coastal flooding and what businesses, property owners and local communities...

URI named No. 4 safest college campus in U.S.

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has been named the fourth-safest college campus in the country, according to the National Council for...

Report: 5K marijuana citations issued in R.I. since decriminalization

PROVIDENCE – Although possession of small amounts of marijuana was decriminalized in Rhode Island in 2013, police officers throughout the state continue to issue...
THE DECEMBER 2017 Current Conditions Index measured the state's economy at 75, an 8 percent dip from November 2017. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

December 2017 CCI drops to 75 to end year

SOUTH KINGSTOWN - In his December Current Conditions Index, University of Rhode Island Economist Leonard Lardaro said 2017 had a "fairly strong" economic performance...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND is offering trainings and one-on-one assistance to help local farmers comply with the regulations set out in the Food Safety and Modernization Act of 2011. / COURTESY URI

URI to help R.I. farmers comply with new food safety regulations

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – In an effort to help local farmers comply with the regulations set out in the Food Safety and Modernization Act of...
THE DEADLINE TO submit applications to the state of Rhode Island for the development of a state-supported Innovation Campus is March 2.

Deadline approaching for Innovation Campus submissions

PROVIDENCE – The deadline is approaching for submissions to the state of Rhode Island for the development of a state-supported Innovation Campus. Voters in 2016...
ADVANCED EQUIPMENT: Dave Zawacki, left, engineer, and Misha Pierre-Mike, sales and marketing manager, at Evans Capacitor Co. in East Providence. They are examining some of their advanced material-processing equipment that uses extreme temperature and pressure to form high-reliability capacitor parts.  / PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Robots don’t take jobs, but turn manufacturers into educators

For years, we’ve heard about the shortage of labor in advanced manufacturing, with technological skills now the must-have labor asset for any company that...
PAULA GRAMMAS, executive director of the George and Ann Ryan Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rhode Island, has been elected an American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow for her research into neurodegenerative conditions. / COURTESY URI/NORA LEWIS

Grammas named American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – For her research into neurodegenerative conditions, Paula Grammas, executive director of the University of Rhode Island’s George and Ann Ryan Institute...
THE UNIVERSITY OF Rhode Island held a topping off ceremony Jan. 26 to celebrate the installation of the final piece of structural steel for its new College of Engineering complex. / COURTESY URI/NORA LEWIS

URI College of Engineering celebrates milestone with topping off ceremony

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Construction of a nearly 200,000-square-foot College of Engineering complex at the University of Rhode Island recently celebrated a milestone.  The topping off ceremony, to mark the...
MICHAEL MULLER, clinical pharmacist specialist in neonatology at Women & Infants Hospital, was named Health System Pharmacist of the Year at the 49th Annual Installation Banquet of the Rhode Island Society of Health System Pharmacists at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick on Jan. 6. / COURTESY WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL

Muller named pharmacist of the year at RISHP banquet

WARWICK – Michael Muller, clinical pharmacist specialist in neonatology at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, was named Health System Pharmacist of the Year...
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