What do you get when you bring together people of all ages, backgrounds and expertise, ask them to solve vexing societal challenges, impose a time limit and toss in a dash of musical chairs for good measure?
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URI, Naval Undersea Warfare Center partner to assist Rhode Island businesses
The University of Rhode Island Business Engagement Center (BEC) and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport signed a partnership agreement today to promote collaboration between the institutions focused on the shared mission to assist small business development and technology commercialization in Rhode Island and the region.
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Technology for the Future: Shimadzu & URI
One of the leading scientific instrument makers in the world, Shimadzu Corporation, will provide the University of Rhode Island’s new Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences, currently under construction on the Kingston campus, with state-of-the-art instruments at a significant discount, including a full 5-year service plan, an in-kind donation valued at more than $1.2 million. […]
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In January of 2014, Amgen Rhode Island signed a partnership agreement with the University of Rhode Island to formalize their “strong, mutually beneficial working relationship.” In the agreement, Amgen and URI acknowledged their collaboration on workforce development and training, research and development, and to work as advocates for one another with policy makers. Amgen also […]
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When officials at the VA Medical Center in Providence needed to improve patient care, they called in the engineers. The University of Rhode Island team arrived with a clear prime directive: examine dozens of systems and find ways to run them faster, better and more cost effectively. Do the job well, and the hospital becomes […]
Continue reading "A prescription for better hospitals"Making the MBA more relevant in the marketplace
In the spring semester of the University of Rhode Island’s redesigned one-year Master’s of Business Administration program, students engage in a “live case” with executives from Hasbro, Inc., who share their company’s successful transformation from a toy manufacturer to a global entertainment company, giving them a real life context in which to apply their coursework. […]
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Electro Standards Laboratories Vice President of Research and Development Raymond Sepe Jr. At Electro Standards Laboratories, the wave-powered ocean buoy represents the future. Powering buoys by the rise and fall of waves could fundamentally alter everything from military intelligence to ship navigation while opening new markets for the Cranston-based research and development company. “We’re banking […]
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