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UNHEALTHY STATE:
‘[R.I.] simply does not have the health care
workforce … to...

Rhode Island is facing a serious shortageof health care providers, often leaving residents scrambling to find care. Primary care is exceedingly difficult to attain,...

URI police department achieves RIPAC accreditation

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – For the first time in its history, the University of Rhode Island’s police department received accreditation from the Rhode Island Police...

Creating URI medical school deemed ‘viable and necessary’ in final feasibility...

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island should move forward with creating a public medical school at the University of Rhode Island, according to a final feasibility...

URI launches new AI, computational research institute 

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island is continuing its push into artificial intelligence, data science and computing with the launch of a...

2 URI nursing professors inducted as American Academy of Nursing fellows

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A pair of University of Rhode Island College of Nursing professors have been inducted as fellows in the American Academy of...

URI graduate’s home services business expanding nationally after partnering with major...

LITTLE COMPTON – Patrick Brown never expected his college leaf-raking business to become a long-term career.  He started Rent Sons in 2010 at the age...
PLANT PROGNOSIS: Keiddy Urrea-Morawicki, director of the Plant Diagnostic Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island in South Kingstown, works in the lab.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

URI lab is a real (plant) lifesaver for farms, landscapers

Roots Farm co-owner Kelli Roberts’ Asian greens were wilting and she wasn’t sure what was causing the problem, so she contacted the Plant Diagnostic...
WHERE IT’S AT: 
Betty Rambur, a University of Rhode Island nursing professor, says becoming a nurse practitioner is perfect for those looking for a big role in health care. 
PBN PHOTO/RUPERT WHITELEY

PRIMARY DUTIES: Nurse practitioners playing bigger role as doctors disappear

Erica Ogni’s workday starts early and is chock full, with as many as two dozen patients trooping through her exam room at South County...

URI athletic field renovations expected to progress further this year

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Ongoing renovations to the University of Rhode Island’s athletic fields are expected to accelerate later this year, with formal construction on...

Summit: R.I. has all the ingredients to develop a successful life...

PROVIDENCE – When Robert Coughlin was running for a seat in the Mass. House of Representatives he was hit with a curveball: his newborn...
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