Posts Tagged ‘Richard Asinof’
Mended Little Hearts – Toby Simon
by Toby Simon for Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI Photo: Shirley, Toby Simon Editor’s Note: This week a special submission to ConvergenceRI by Toby Simon. February begins the recognition of Heart Month. Our granddaughter Shirley will be turning five in a few months. She was born with two serious heart conditions, one of which was detected at…
Read MoreThe 15-minute office visit has been forever changed – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI This article is by Gail Patry and Dr. Rebekah Gardner, MD [Editor’s Note: As the COVID pandemic keeps shifting shapes, so, too, do the responses by the health care delivery system. The 15-minute office visit, once the staple of how patients experienced the delivery of health care, has forever been changed…
Read MoreLife sciences lessons not yet learned – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Richard Asinof, Dignitaries throw ceremonial shovels of dirt as part of the official groundbreaking at the Wexford Innovation Center in September of 2017 Editor’s Note: The launch of the latest effort to build out a biotech/life sciences sector in Rhode Island, attempting to emulate the Massachusetts experience of…
Read MoreEnvironmental storytelling – Rachel Carson was right! – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Rebecca Altman, Ph.D., talking at the Silent Spring Institute’s 2022 Gala Celebration in honor of the 60th anniversary of the publishing of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring. – R. Asinof The Silent Spring Institute’s celebration of Rachel Carson, whose work, “Silent Spring,” was published 60 years ago in 1962…
Read MoreLessons in survival and resilience, mountains beyond mountains. Haiti
by Toby Simon for ConvergenceRI Haitians persevere, despite the dire circumstances WELLFLEET, Mass. – Almost 30 years ago, my husband Peter and I traveled to Haiti to work for several weeks at the Hospital Albert Schweitzer in the small rural village of Deschapelles. My work continued until 2019, when safety concerns in the country became…
Read MoreCommon ground on the road to shelter for those in need – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI Photo: Bowdoin Street Rowhouse, ONE|Neighborhood Builder’s newly completed multifamily rental development in Olneyville (Editor’s Note: This follows a meeting ConvergenceRI has been following of “tense negotiations between Gov. McKee, Neil Steinberg, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation, Eric Hirsch, Ph.D., Interim Director, Black Studies Program at Providence College, Josh…
Read MoreMessaging the high cost of healthcare in RI – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Lifespan sure got a lot of mileage with the news release it sent out on Thursday, Sept. 15, featuring quotes from David Kirshner, Lifespan’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, reframing the news that state’s largest hospital system has sustained both operating losses of $69.5 million and net…
Read MoreCelebrating recovery and finding a path toward jobs – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer Photo: Abbie Knapton, and her son, Christopher, at the 2021 Rally4Recovery This year, the Rally4Recovery will host its first “Recovery Friendly Job Fair,” with more than 30 employers participating The 19th annual Rally4Recovery, which will take place this coming weekend, on Saturday, Sept. 17, from noon until 4 p.m.…
Read MoreIn the gathering storm on climate, how do we act together? – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof, ConvergenceRI, contributing writer The Providence Resilience Partnership seeks to conduct a data-driven threat assessment from climate change focused on serving as a catalyst for an inclusive, community-wide approach. Do you pay heed to any of the natural weather signs around you? Are you apt to give providence [pun intended] to when you…
Read MoreA kick in the gas – Rhode Island Energy rate increase – Richard Asinof
by Richard Asinof ConvergenceRI, contributing writer R.I. Attorney General, Peter Neronha, and his top civil attorneys, Miriam Weizenbaum, talk about plans to change the regulatory structure in order to phase out the use of fossil fuels in the generation of electricity The news that Rhode Island Energy, the newly formed utility company formed as a…
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