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Brown Daily Herald 2022 OVPR Seed Awards fund research by faculty
The recipients of the 2022 Office of the Vice President for Research Seed Awards were announced last month. These funds are designed to help “faculty be more competitive for external grants, from federal funding agencies or foundations,” Vice President for Research Jill Pipher wrote in an email to The Herald.
Rhode Island Inno: New seed-stage capital fund launches for RI universities
As a managing director at the Slater Technology Fund, one of Rhode Island’s oldest seed-stage investment funds, Thorne Sparkman knows that the state’s universities are a hotbed of innovation and burgeoning technology.
Rhode Island Inno: Q&A: Innovations in offshore wind with Neil Hamel, Ørsted Offshore North America
On Thursday, March 10, SeaAhead and Ørsted are hosting a free event at CIC Providence to showcase innovative ideas from startups in the blue economy and offshore wind sector.
Brown Daily Herald: Student-led team delays launch of satellite to June 2022
SBUDNIC, a student-led team building a nanosatellite, is at “crunch time” in its preparations despite delaying its original launch, which had been scheduled for tomorrow in Florida, according to program manager Dheraj Ganjikunta ’22.
Rhode Island Inno: An app to reduce food waste comes to local Stop & Shops
A new app aimed at reducing food waste is coming to Rhode Island via Stop & Shop locations in Pawtucket and Providence.
Community Partnership Chat: Rhode Island Foundation
In this episode of our Community Partnership Chat, Verizon’s Adriana Dawson sits down with Angela Bannerman Ankoma, Vice President and Executive Director of the Equity Leadership Initiative (ELI) at the Rhode Island Foundation. The Rhode Island Foundation is one of the oldest and largest community foundations in the country, and is the only community foundation serving the state of Rhode Island. In her role as Executive Director of ELI, Angela leads the Foundation’s efforts focused on diversity, equity, access, and inclusion; with a first-focus on racial equity.
Rhode Island Inno: Delorean plans expansion of ‘humane AI’
After more than five years of research and development, Delorean AI founder Severence MacLaughlin is looking to disrupt the health care field with what he hopes is “the most humane AI in the world.” The Kingston entrepreneur launched Delorean AI last year. The company has built out six go-to-market technologies, MacLaughlin said, that integrate with a company’s IT platforms and can think and make decisions.
Providence Journal: Opinion/Ruggiero and Donovan-Boyle: Jump-starting the blue economy
There’s no better place to build and grow Rhode Island’s blue economy than Greater Newport. Growing a sustainable blue economy is an economic development strategy that attracts talent, creates jobs in coastal communities and leverages our strong defense, marine trades, manufacturing and high-tech industries.
Community Partnership Chat: Tech Foundry
In this episode of our Community Partnership Chat, Verizon’s Adriana Dawson sits down with Tech Foundry CEO Bruce Dixon to discuss how TF works to address underrepresentation of people of color in STEM fields, by providing communities of color with the skills and opportunities to thrive and be leaders in those spaces. Tech Foundry is a workforce development organization that offers its students a comprehensive training program that gives them the keys to the be successful in technology. Check out the full conversation for more info:
