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UNIQUE RETREAT: Escape Rhode Island in Providence offers a series of problem-solving games for companies seeking team-building exercises for their employees. Above, a team from Gilbane Building Co. participates at their Boston office in the “Wreak Havoc” game, in which they must assemble a seaworthy ship and crew for a voyage to locate a missing barge carrying enriched uranium.  / COURTESY ESCAPE RHODE ISLAND

Companies seeking unique venues for team-building exercises

With a workforce being transformed yearly into one that is generally more diverse, and skewing younger, Rhode Island employers are opting for more experiential,...
OUTDOOR SPACE: The Radeke Garden, just outside Danforth Hall at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, is one of the attractions for corporate outings. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. schools offer unique settings for doing business

The Rhode Island School of Design’s art museum is home to one of the three largest university art collections in the nation. Its colorful...
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND has appointed Jeannette E. Riley to the position of dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI appoints new dean of the College of Arts and Science

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has appointed Jeannette E. Riley dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Riley is coming to...
THE NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE Center Division Newport and the University of Rhode Island have partnered to promote undersea research and science education. Above, NUWC commanding officer Capt. Michael R. Coughlin (seated left) and URI President David M. Dooley (seated right) at the signing of the agreement on June 27. Also pictured, standing, from left to right: David Grande, NUWC acting technical director; Theresa Baus, head of NUWC's Technical Partnership Office; Kimberly Cipolla, NUWC deputy chief technology officer; George Nickolopoulos, relationship manager for the URI Business Engagement Center; and Michael Katz, URI's associate vice president of intellectual property and economic development. / COURTESY NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER DIVISION NEWPORT

NUWC, URI partner on undersea research

NEWPORT – The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport has signed an education partnership agreement for undersea research with the University of Rhode Island. Under...
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND’S Lifestyle Interventions Group, which includes subject-matter experts from a wide variety of academic disciplines, is working on several projects exploring how exercise and diet can play a part in delaying or preventing dementia. /COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND/MICHAEL SALERNO

URI group investigates impacts of diet, exercise on development of dementia

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island faculty, staff and graduate students working across a broad range of disciplines hope to conquer one of...
FUTURIST: Roey Tzezana, left, co-founder of Providence-based TeleBuddy, a robotics-services startup that operates telepresence robots worldwide, facilitates a discussion on careers of the future and technology with students. Rear, from left, Ayo Onajide, Ralph Waite, Richard Piccirillo and Juan Corona, during a “Future Forum” at Hope High School in Providence. / PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Students need training today for jobs of future

In the library at Providence’s Hope High School, a few dozen students and visiting peers from La Salle Academy clustered in groups of five...
TECH TALK: Michael E. Katz, right, executive director of the URI Research Foundation, speaks with Andrew Grand-Pierre, licensing technology officer, URI Research Foundation. / PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

URI, Brown rank low in Milken’s top tech-transfer universities

In almost two years as associate vice president of intellectual property and economic development at the University of Rhode Island, Michael E. Katz said...
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Five questions with David Dadekian

1. What is the Rhode Island Food Policy Council and what is your role? The Rhode Island Food Policy Council’s work is to promote...
THE SEVEN GRADUATES from Our Lady of Fatima Hospital's School of Medical Technology, from left: (top row) Randy Vinas, Dakota Donth, Abigail Tubman; (bottom row) Alannah Duffy, Elysha Grant, Lauren Hartnett and Megan Tessier. /COURTESY CHARTERCARE HEALTH PARTNERS

Fatima Hospital graduates med-tech cohort

NORTH PROVIDENCE – Seven students graduated this month from Our Lady of Fatima Hospital’s School of Medical Technology after an intensive yearlong clinical laboratory...
CHERISH PRICKETT, a University of Rhode Island five-year International Engineering Program student, has won a $7,500 award from the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, which recognizes undergraduate students studying mathematics, engineering and the natural sciences. /COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

URI student wins $7,500 Goldwater Scholarship

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Cherish Prickett, a University of Rhode Island five-year International Engineering Program student, has won a $7,500 award from the Barry M....
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