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The innovation process takes time; it is both long term and iterative. Perhaps that is one of the key takeaways that could be drawn from the announcement made by Gov. Gina Raimondo on Thursday, Oct. 3, at South Street Landing about the latest two awards for innovation campuses to be created in partnership with the University of Rhode Island, using funds...

Big news on the innovation front: 401 Tech Bridge and Rhode Island Cell Therapy Training Institute are each getting more than $1 million as part of the second round of state Innovation Campus projects. Both companies are working with the University of Rhode Island and private partners to create hundreds of jobs. Click here to read the full article....

The second round of Rhode Island Innovation Campus projects were announced on Thursday in a joint press conference between Governor Gina Raimondo and University of Rhode Island (URI) President David Dooley. These two additional projects are expected to create hundreds of jobs in growing industries such as advanced materials manufacturing and gene therapy. Click here to read the full article. ...

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...