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RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE is the latest college to require students to be vaccinated for COVID-19. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

R.I. College to require vaccines for students

Coronavirus 06/24/2021

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island College announced Wednesday that it will require all students to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before the start of the...

SANDRA AND CRAIG D. STEENECK have provided a $1.3 million gift to the University of Rhode Island to support the university's College of Business. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

University of Rhode Island receives $1.3M gift to support College of...

Education 06/21/2021

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island’s College of Business is receiving a seven-figure gift from an alumnus, who is the former chief...

Lardaro: Rhode Island’s economy is beginning to recover

Economic Activity 06/15/2021

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's economy expanded for the first time in a long time year over year in April, especially in retail sales, payroll...

Everybody’s Business: He adopted strategy of adapting

Everybody's Business 06/11/2021

(Editor’s note: This is the 10th installment in a monthly series speaking with minority business owners and leaders. Each is asked their views on...

UNDER CONSTRUCTION: Christian Cowan, executive director of 401 Tech Bridge in Portsmouth, and Mary Johnson, manager, outside the location of what will become the organization’s Advanced Materials and Technology Center, a 17,000-square-foot research and development facility slated to be completed by the end of the year. / PBN PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

R.I. tech ‘super connector’ gaining momentum

Business Services 06/11/2021

Christian Cowan experienced a lot of sleepless nights last year. Cowan is in charge of 401 Tech Bridge, an economic development initiative launched in 2019...

Providence College, URI receive grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Education 06/10/2021

PROVIDENCE – Providence College and the University of Rhode Island recently jointly announced that the two local colleges will each receive a $30,000 Inclusive...

RIPTA plans service changes to URI, CCRI, Jefferson Boulevard

Government 06/08/2021

WARWICK – The R.I. Public Transit Authority is planning several changes to routes in the West Bay and South County, aimed at offering more...

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE is requiring all full-time undergraduate and graduate students to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Aug. 9 in order to return to the college in the fall. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

PC to require full-time students to be fully vaccinated by Aug....

Coronavirus 05/27/2021

PROVIDENCE – In a letter to students, parents and guardians, Providence College President Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard on Thursday said all full-time undergraduate and...

HANDS-ON: Stephanie Robat, owner of FR Engineering Group Inc., prepares to examine a core sample brought up by a drill rig on a work site in Warwick. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Owning engineering firm part of Robat’s grand design at FR Engineering...

Business Women 05/27/2021

PBN 2021 Business Women Awards Achievement Honoree: Stephanie Robat, FR Engineering Group Inc. AS FAR BACK as she can remember, Stephanie Robat wanted to be...