The R.I. Marine Trades Association has outlined its plans for the $142,788 grant it received from the Governor’s Workforce Board earlier this month. more

Brown University and Johnson & Wales University have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore potential collaborations between Brown’s Warren Alpert Medical School and the new physician assistant program at Johnson & Wales, the schools announced Wednesday. more

Eight projects from four University of Massachusetts campuses will receive a combined $200,000 from the Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property Technology Development fund, UMass President Robert L. Caret announced Monday. more

Brown University’s Technology Venture Office has reached an agreement with Lifespan to provide IP management and commercialization services to the health care system and has expanded its existing relationship with the Care New England hospital network, the university announced Monday. more

University of Rhode Island Professor Kerry L. LaPlante has been awarded a $703,000 grant from the Pfizer Medical Education Group. more

Students on March 14 play “Phytoplankton Bingo” by looking through microscopes to identify microorganisms found in Narragansett Bay, during the Tech Collective’s 12th annual GRRL Tech Interactive Technology Expo. More than 470 high school girls from around the state participated in the expo at the University of Rhode Island. The event is designed to let students learn about job opportunities in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and math. Students attended workshops held across the university’s South Kingstown campus. Sixty educators also participated in the expo. more

With an associate degree in automotive technology from New England Institute of Technology, 29-year-old Christopher Whalen didn’t think he would fall into Rhode Island’s skills gap – the abyss between employers who are hiring for open positions and residents who don’t have the skills to fill the jobs. more

(Updated, 4:50 p.m.) Bryant University and Providence College both made the list of the nation’s top 124 in the latest ranking done by Bloomberg Businessweek. more

Rhode Island is a state with 87 high-hazard dams, 156 structurally deficient bridges and 6,401 public road miles - 70 percent of which are considered to be of poor or mediocre quality. more

The R.I. Student Loan Authority has announced a loan forgiveness program meant to encourage students to pursue internships and help ease student loan debt. more