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UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND student Alexander Jimenez is preparing to study Chinese at National Taiwan University in Taiwan next year. /COURTESY ALEXANDER JIMENEZ

Jimenez to study Chinese at National Taiwan University next year

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Providence native and University of Rhode Island student Alexander Jimenez is preparing to study Chinese at National Taiwan University in Taiwan...

URI professors building floating wetlands to treat sewage

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Two University of Rhode Island hydrologists are adapting a new technology to help clean up lakes and rivers polluted by sewage,...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND readies for the incoming fall 2017 undergraduate class, for which the university received a record number of applicants. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI readies for fall semester

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island will welcome 3,250 first-year students for fall semester 2017, the university announced Tuesday. The university announced...
SUMMER RETREAT: Families have been traveling to Block Island as a summer retreat for generations, helping ensure steady business at the island’s 35 hotels and its beaches. Revenue from the state’s hotel tax is a major source of income for the island, generating $2.97 million between fiscal years 2007 and 2017.  / PBN PHOTO/K. CURTIS

Will business on Block Island always be seasonal?

Sven Risom and his wife, Laura, became enamored with the beauty of Block Island long ago. After summering there for many years, they became...
FOLLOWING INNOVATION: Larry Larson, dean of engineering at Brown University, says students are showing increased interest in biomedical engineering due to recent innovations in the field.  / PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

R.I., nation churning out more engineers

The U.S. has dramatically increased the number of graduates with engineering doctorates, more than at any time in the past 30 years, according to...
HANDS-ON: Jonathan Teoli, owner of Rhode Island Limb Co. in Cranston, works with some of the prosthetics he produces. He designs and fits each device by hand.  / PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Prosthetics businesses getting creative to grow ‘tiny’ industry

Jonathan Teoli is the third-generation owner of Rhode Island Limb Co. His grandfather purchased the business decades ago after returning from the Pacific theater...

Science communication skills recognized at URI

SOUTH KINGSTOWN — In a society facing climate change, coastal erosion, polluted water - among many other threats - University of Rhode Island assistant...

NIH grants URI $8M for clean water program

NORTH KINGSTOWN - Polluted drinking water will be the target of a new University of Rhode Island research center whose operations will be funded...
MICHAEL D. ICE is a finance professor at the University of Rhode Island. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

Five Questions With: Michael D. Ice

Michael D. Ice is a finance professor at the University of Rhode Island. Ice this year will take over teaching an investment portfolio management...
LEONARD LARDARO MEASURED Rhode Island's Current Conditions Index at 83 in June. / COURTESY LEONARD LARDARO

CCI holds steady, again

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – After a “very disappointing 2016,” the first half of 2017 was “quite favorable” said University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro...
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