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THE R.I. HEALTH AND EDUCATION Building Corp. provided over $1 billion in financing to health and educational building projects in fiscal year 2017.

RIHEBC exceeds $1B in financing in FY 17, first time in...

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Health and Educational Building Corp. provided more than $1 billion in financing in a single fiscal year for the first...
URI STAR: Walt Besio, professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Rhode Island and owner of CREmedical, secured $6 million in a National Science Foundation grant in 2015, a year after he earned two patents for a biomedical electrode that measures brain activity and can be used to potentially stop life-threatening seizures. From left, Jessika Decker, test subject and intern at CREmedical, Besio and Rachel Bartels, product manager at CREmedical. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO


Rhode Island needs more scientific breakthroughs to become a biotech hub,...

Rhode Island wants its own share of the biomedical-, technology- and engineering-based economy that has transformed Boston, and strengthened the competitive position of Massachusetts. To...
THE PROP: Kunal Mankodiya shows off his smart textiles, an in-home medical device for people suffering from movement conditions to promote and measure activity.

Kunal Mankodiya, 35 Director/assistant professor — Wearable Biosensing Lab/University of...

What’s the best career advice you’ve received? You need to walk the path by yourself. Others can only shed light on it. Therefore, it is...
STUCK: Uber and Lyft driver Sean DeLong’s professional background in business-operations management doesn’t lend itself to highly technical jobs, but his education and experience over-qualify him for most low-wage jobs, which has made it difficult for him to find a job since being laid off in 2015.  / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO


Behind seemingly positive employment data is structural weakness that in the...

Sean DeLong, 42, has applied for more than 800 jobs in Rhode ­Island and southeastern ­Massachusetts since November 2015. On average, he gets about one...
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND senior Caitlyn Landry and Navy, a black lab she has trained for a year to become a guide dog, prepare for graduation. /COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND/NORA LEWIS

URI students graduate alongside dog trainers

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – At this year’s University of Rhode Island commencement ceremonies, 4,122 students and two dogs walked. For the past two years, the four-legged...

Most-read stories during June 2017, on PBN.com

1. 2017 40 Under Forty winners chosen POSTED ONLINE: June 16 Providence Business News has chosen the winners for its 13th 40 Under Forty program, to...
AN EVENING OF GRAPES AND GRAIN raised a record high $131,000 for University of Rhode Island women's athletics. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND


URI women’s athletic fundraiser collects record $131K

KINGSTON – The eighth annual An Evening of Grapes & Grain fundraiser for University of Rhode Island women’s athletics raised $131,000, Grapes & Grain...
SEVEN RHODE ISLAND colleges were on Money Magazine's 2017-2018 Best Colleges list for value.

Money Magazine: 7 R.I. colleges place in top value rankings

PROVIDENCE - Seven Rhode Island colleges were named in the top 711 academic institutions in the country in terms of value and performance for...
ROB BAXTER, PRESIDENT and founder of CBC Wind Energy Solutions, said his company expects to start booking orders this year for the Hidden In Plain Sight wind-turbine technhology, shown above. / COURTESY CBC WIND ENERGY SOLUTIONS

Five Questions With: Rob Baxter

Rob Baxter is the president and founder of CBC Wind Energy Solutions, a Warwick-based company that won the 2015 Get Started RI pitch competition...
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF Communicative Disorders Leslie Mahler has been named director of the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program at the University of Rhode Island. /COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND/NORA LEWIS

URI names new director of Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island announced Leslie Mahler, associate professor of communicative disorders at the University of Rhode Island’s College of...
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