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Harbor discovery documents changes along Israel’s coast
University of Rhode Island assistant professor William Krieger’s interests in philosophy and archaeology have combined in educational and career tracks that afford him a unique perspective. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 1/21/13

‘Entrepreneurial mindset’ crucial in changing economy
Sylvia Maxfield, whose career has taken her from the Ivory tower, as she calls it, of Yale University to Wall Street and then back into higher education, became dean of the college of business at Providence College last summer. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 1/14/13

College vision will be ingrained at new mayoral academy
Morgan Carter is the founding principal of the new Achievement First Providence Mayoral Academy. The charter school is scheduled to open in August with 176 students, chosen by lottery, from Providence, North Providence, Cranston and Warwick. more

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer | 3/4/13

Dose of discipline can help cure state’s budgetary woes
After merging state financial offices into a single Office of Management and Budget this year, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee needed someone to lead the new entity and turned to the General Assembly, where many of his fiscal proposals have died. In then-Senate Fiscal Adviser Peter M. Marino, he found someone with experience shaping the state budget and critiquing it with the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council. In addition to the traditional roles of the offices it combined, the new OMB will do more data analysis, a common refrain in suggestions for improving the Rhode Island economic climate. Five months after taking the job, Marino is now working on the first state budget proposal crafted under the new structure, one that, as always, promises tough decisions. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 12/17/12

Teknor Apex sees opportunity in biodegradable plastics
Dustin Hoffman’s character in “The Graduate” may not have dedicated his life to plastics, but it worked out well for William Murray, the Lincoln native named president of Teknor Apex Co. last month. If the world is going to continue to rely on plastics in the future, the Pawtucket polymer technology company and leading U.S. maker of garden hoses is working on the compounds of the future. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 2/18/13

Salve Regina expanding reach of continuing education
As dean of professional studies for Salve Regina University, Traci Warrington has spent the last two years planning for the school’s new continuing-education building, from deciding its location to final course selection. Her expertise in business, economics and marketing made her the ideal choice to head the project. Located in Warwick, the new facility will offer graduate and continuing-education courses that are always in demand. The 12,000-square-foot building is being rehabbed to fit the school’s needs and will replace a much smaller extension located at 175 Main St. in Pawtucket that will cease operations in August. more
Needs of businesses should drive state economic policy
Through the ownership of several popular nightspots and restaurants, State Sen. Joshua Miller has been influential in the Providence dining and nightlife scene for years. But since jumping into politics seven years ago, the Cranston Democrat is now as likely to take a stand on hospital consolidation or payday lending as he is nightclub closing hours or farm-to-table cuisine. After leading a commission on health care affordability and wrestling with the sale of Landmark Medical Center in the Corporations Committee, Miller this year was named chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 1/28/13

Cox security services expand from Internet to the home
Armed with a dual degree in science and English and the unfiltered enthusiasm of a recent college graduate, John Wolfe headed from his Ohio home to Washington, D.C., and dreamed of becoming the next Bob Woodward. more

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer | 2/25/13

Helping companies make sense of regulatory patchwork
Public concern about the quantity of plastic packaging thrown away in the United States has been growing for years. In Rhode Island, plastic shopping bags have become the most recent packaging flashpoint, with a bag ban recently approved in Barrington and a proposal in the General Assembly for a statewide ban. Environmental Packaging International in Jamestown has carved out a consulting niche tracking different packaging rules and advising firms around the world how to comply with them. Firm Project Manager Lauren Melucci specializes in plastic-shopping-bag rules and discusses where Rhode Island’s fits in nationally and internationally. more

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer | 3/11/13

Unified voice needed to grow student financial literacy
After nine years of organizing, advocating for and expanding financial-literacy initiatives in Rhode Island, Jim Hedemark will soon be leaving his post as the executive director of the Rhode Island Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. more

By Lindsay Lorenz
PBN Researcher | 4/1/13

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