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View All PressMcKee, R.I. Commerce launch grant program to increase workforce development in ocean tech hub industries
THE WESTERLY SUN - Today, Governor Dan McKee and Rhode Island Commerce launched the Blue Youth Innovation Grant program — a collaboration between Rhode Island Commerce, the RI Department of Labor and Training, and the Community College of Rhode Island — to increase...
R.I. Commerce seeking applications for Innovation Network Matching Grant Program
PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS - Gov. Daniel J. McKee and the R.I. Commerce Corp. on Feb. 11 jointly announced the newest round of applications are now open for the Innovation Network Matching Grant Program.
Brown University doctors team up to create a new device for modern cancer surgeries
THE BOSTON GLOBE - For decades, researchers have known that implanting radioactive seeds during surgery to remove cancerous tissue can be effective in reducing the risk of recurrence, said Dr. David Wazer, professor and chairman of the Department of Radiation Oncology...
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