Throughout the presidential- search process and during my time in Rhode Island so far, one thing has been repeatedly emphasized: The University of Rhode Island must take on an expanded and central role in the renewal of the Rhode Island economy. This new responsibility for URI is characterized as urgent and critical. I fully agree. In Rhode Island “recovery” will not be sufficient. We must renew, rebuild — in essence, re-create — an economy that is vibrant and sustainable in the 21st Century. This is certainly an ambitious goal. But such ambition is essential if we are to create and sustain the jobs required to ensure a high quality of life for Rhode Islanders.

Full Story: URI has big role in state’s economic renewal Source: Providence Journal, March 10th, 2010 Author: David Dooley Added on March 12th, 2010 at 9:46 am, by Corey Cantrell