PROVIDENCE – The Metropolitan Regional Career and Technical School broke ground on the Paul W. Crowley East Bay Campus, named after the late state representative, earlier this month. more

NORTON – Wheaton College has established a new major in business and management aimed to prepare students as future organizational leaders. It will offer internships, which will be required as part of the program, to students through affiliations with business and nonprofit organizations. more

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Library Association will celebrate Money Smart Week at Your Library April 20-27 with a series of financial-literacy programs at participating libraries. more

NEWPORT – Salve Regina University has announced a new, 36-credit master’s degree in applied behavioral analysis, the first program of its kind in Rhode Island. more

PROVIDENCE – Thirteen Providence College professors are taking part this semester in a trial program to incorporate Apple iPads into classrooms to allow them to move about freely while lecturing and to let students access recordings or notes after class. more

If all goes as expected, Westerly Hospital’s sale for $69 million to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital of New London, Conn., will be approved by Rhode Island state regulators this month, W. Mark Russo, the court-appointed special master, told Providence Business News. more

The first taste of spring, at least this spring, is not found in a meadow just coming into bloom, or at dawn on a misty pond with the new season as fresh as the promise of the coming day. more

If you buy or own an energy-efficient house, does this make you less likely to default on your mortgage? Is there a connection between the monthly savings on utility costs and the probability that you’ll pay your loan on time? more

Hurricanes, tornados, floods, wildfires and other natural disasters claim lives and leave in their wake the destruction of businesses and livelihoods around the globe. And the growth of complex international supply chains means these disasters cast a wide economic net. more

121nexus used its $50,000 Providence Innovation Investment Program loan to hire its first employee and four interns to develop a mobile voter-data system in time for the 2012 presidential election. more