Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley on Thursday announced a second round “RI Innovation Campus” funding aimed at commercializing academic research at URI to create new products, businesses, and jobs. The two new innovation campus projects are expected to create hundreds of jobs in “rapidly-growing” industries...
PROVIDENCE — Two more innovation hubs will soon open in Rhode Island, building on the links between universities and private industry to parlay research into new businesses. Gov. Gina Raimondo announced the two new locations — one in Providence and a second split between Portsmouth and South Kingstown. In 2018, Raimondo and David Dooley, president of the University of Rhode Island, announced...
Tech Bridges will connect the Navy's workforce to other agencies, small businesses, startups, non-profits, academia, and private markets. To help the Navy harness technological innovation, James Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, announced this week a plan to rapidly expand collaboration with industry by setting up five regional offices around the country. “Earlier this year, the Naval...
