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Small Business Education Program with Staggering Results – Apply Now
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses at CCRI is a no-cost 12-week program that helps small businesses grow through a practical business education, access to capital, and a support network of advisers and peers. Over 7,000 small business owners have participated...
U.S. Sen Reed and Gov Raimondo Visit to Providence’s Goodwin-Bradley
The event focused on Goodwin-Bradley’s support from the Manufacturing Innovation Challenge – part of a $2.9 Million Federal Grant supporting manufacturing innovation in RI November 14, 2016 – PROVIDENCE, RI – Today, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and RI Governor Gina...
2nd Round of Applications Open for Manufacturing Innovation Challenge
November 2, 2016 – PROVIDENCE, RI – Polaris MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership), a division of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, announces today the second round of applications are open for the Manufacturing Innovation Challenge, a competitive...
Bullish on Rhody innovation
In August, Scott Jensen, director of the R.I. Department of Labor & Training, called manufacturing a “bright spot” in the state economy. Jensen and Donna Murray, Rhode Island’s chief labor statistician, noted that 42,300 manufacturing jobs in July were the most in...
Manufacturing: It’s Unbelievably Exciting and Nothing Like the Past
By Carroll Thomas, Director of the NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership The revolution will not be televised—but it will be digitized! Taken from a famous poem and song by Gil Scott-Heron first recorded in 1970, this was a popular slogan in the African-American...
SENEDIA IT/Cybersecurity Internship Program
Exciting Opportunity from our friends at SENEDIA: SENEDIA is continuing to offer an exciting opportunity for Rhode Island college and university students and companies alike: an IT /Cybersecurity Internship Program to provide experiential learning opportunities for...
The Real Impact of Manufacturing Day
That time of year when area manufacturers open their doors to the young and old alike to expose them the great things that the industry is doing in our state is coming up soon. It’s Manufacturing Day, which officially occurs on the first Friday in October (Oct 7,...
Manufacturing as a Vacation Destination
By Mark Schmit, NIST MEP National Accounts Manager Summer is a great time to catch up on reading. I suppose that’s why there’s such a thing as summer reading; it starts in grade school and extends a lifetime (or so goes the theory). My initial attempt at summer...
32 RI Manufacturers Awarded through Manufacturing Innovation Challenge
Upwards of $700,000 Awarded in Expertise and Hands-On Talent August 4, 2016 – PROVIDENCE, RI – Polaris MEP (Manufacturing Extension Partnership), a division of the University of Rhode Island Research Foundation, announces today the recipients of the Manufacturing...
Help make the 2016 RI Mini Maker Faire a reality!
We wanted to pass along a message from our friends putting on the 2016 RI Mini Maker Faire – please read: AS220 needs your help to ensure the RI Mini Maker Faire – a family-friendly festival of invention and creativity staged by AS220 – can return to downtown...
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