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The challenges of reopening
Is your company feeling challenged by the process of reopening? Yes: 60% No: 20% We have been operating throughout the pandemic: 20% What challenges is your company facing?...
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Hot Topic
Crush COVID app raises caution flags for some
More than 35,000 people have downloaded the Crush COVID RI phone app that’s designed to make contact tracing easier during the pandemic, but critics...
Focus
Training on core skills still crucial in crisis
While many workforce-development initiatives in Rhode Island are aimed at training people in highly skilled labor, such as pipefitting and computer-assisted manufacturing, others seek...
Health care students charging into action
David Mota puts his phone away to eliminate the temptation to touch it before he slips into a medical gown. Positioning his goggles just...
Something New
Beeline Loans trying to make mortgages process simpler
Getting a home mortgage shouldn’t be painful. That’s the premise of a new mortgage company, Beeline Loans Inc., which recently opened in Providence. Launched in February...
One Last Thing
The power of patience
Kristen Adamo | Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau CEO and president Patience is a virtue but it has never been one of mine. I...
Editorial & Op Ed
It's Personal
Amid COVID-19, employers need to change hiring approach
As Rhode Island begins kick-starting recovery efforts, employers need to start thinking about their hiring plans. More than 230,000 Rhode Islanders have filed for unemployment...
We need to preserve this pandemic memory
Just below the Japanese village of Aneyoshi, there’s a stone carved with a warning: “Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build...
Spero receives 2 U.S. Navy graphic design awards
KERRI SPERO, a visual information specialist for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, in the U.S. Navy’s Graphics and Digital Imaging branch, in Newport, is...
Dial up your phone skills
I’ve always felt that the phone is one of the most awesome tools we have available, especially to salespeople. We’ve all had years of...
News Briefs
What's Happening
Editor’s Choice: Tech Collective webinar focuses on data ethics related to COVID-19
EDITOR’S CHOICE Tech Collective webinar focuses on data ethics related to COVID-19 TECH COLLECTIVE is hosting a webinar featuring Joan Peckham and Douglas Friedman, who...
People on the Move
Tony Mendez named to Board of Directors at the Rhode Island Foundation
Tony Mendez has been named to the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Foundation. As the state’s largest funder of nonprofit organizations, the...
Theresa Moore named to Rhode Island Foundation Board of Directors
Theresa Moore has been named to the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Foundation. As the state’s largest funder of nonprofit organizations, the...
BankNewport Names Julia Reinhardt Assistant Vice President & Branch Sales Manager of North Kingstown...
NEWPORT, R.I. (April 8, 2020) - BankNewport is pleased to announce that Julia N. Reinhardt has been appointed to Assistant Vice President and Branch...
Press Releases
The Providence Community Health Centers (PCHC) has partnered with Crossroad Rhode Island (RI) to...
PROVIDENCE, RI – On Tuesday, PCHC completed a two-day effort to provide COVID-19 testing for the residents and staff of Crossroads RI. Over 125...
Rhode Island Quality Institute Names Indra Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, FACMI Permanent President and...
Rhode Island Quality Institute (RIQI) announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Indra Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, FACMI as its next President...
Providence Community Health Centers, Inc. Continues to Provide Health Care to Providence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Cheryl Perry March 31, 2020 17:30 EST Phone: 401-780-2542 Email: CPerry@Providencechc.org PCHC Continues to Provide Health Care to Providence Providence Community Health Centers continues to offer...
