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URI taps local food sector, establishes culinary resource center

Economic Activity 11/28/2017

PROVIDENCE - The profile of the food industry in Rhode Island has grown in recent years and the University of Rhode Island is joining...

TWELVE DIPRETE ENGINEERING employees and friends participated in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s annual Bike MS: Ride the Rhode event earlier this year and raised more than $16,000 for ongoing research to find a cure for multiple sclerosis. From left, Josh Currier; Sean Hayden; Pegi Thibaudeau; Dennis DiPrete; Kevin DeMers; Rich Kerbel; Chris Duhamel; Marianne Diffin; Greg Guglielmo; Sharon Charpentier; and Sheryl Guglielmo. / COURTESY DIPRETE ENGINEERING

Bike ride raises $16K for MS research

Nonprofit 11/24/2017

PROVIDENCE – A team of 12 cyclists made up of DiPrete Engineering employees and friends participated in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s annual Bike...

Richardson awarded $125K grant from National Science Foundation

Education 11/24/2017

JONATHAN RICHARDSON, an assistant professor of biology at Providence College, was recently awarded a $125,310 grant from the National Science Foundation to help support...

Can the Ocean State finally become a hub for marine-based technology?

Entrepreneurship 11/17/2017

Anthony Baro has a unique ability to visualize what’s yet to exist. It’s allowed him to design and patent inventions. It’s helped him grow E2SOL...

RUDI HEMPE, left, of North Kingstown accepts the award for University of Rhode Island Master Gardener of the Year from Charlie Junod during the Master Gardener 40th anniversary celebration. / COURTESY SUE DUNN

URI Master Gardener program celebrates 40th anniversary

Education 11/17/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Awards were given to local gardening enthusiasts at the University of Rhode Island’s celebration of the 40th anniversary of its Master...

MEASURING 75, Leonard Lardaro's September 2017 Current Conditions Index reported a tie year-to-date. The "train wreck" labor force, as Lardaro called it in the report, gained 0.5 percent. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

September 2017 CCI ties measure year-to-date

Economic Activity 11/13/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The state’s September economy lined up exactly with that of 2016, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro’s latest...

UNIVERSITY PULSE MEDIA, a student-led social media advertising agency at the University of Rhode Island, produces mostly video content geared both to business and campus interests, which is then sold to local businesses for use in social media outreach.

URI students launch University Pulse Media advertising agency

Education 11/10/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Thanks to Connor Flynn, a senior marketing major at the University of Rhode Island, URI students now have a platform on...

ODD JOBS: Pat Brown is the founder of Rent Sons, which provides college students and others an opportunity to do odd jobs for fellow residents. / COURTESY COREY FAVINO

Rent Sons takes on all jobs

Entrepreneurship 11/10/2017

Pat Brown has worked odd jobs since 2011, while paying for his education at the University of Rhode Island. It wasn’t until he was...

THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND announced a partnership with the University of Connecticut and Electric Boat to form the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology, a new research center dedicated to advancing submarine technology. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

Submarine tech center launched by URI, UConn, Electric Boat

Capital Goods 11/07/2017

SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology, a new research center dedicated to advancing submarine technology, will be co-led by University of...