Koray Özpolat is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Rhode Island. #WPRO

An expert in humanitarian logistics and disaster relief, formerly an analyst with the United Nations, he looks at the challenges in...

Brown University's Jeff Colgan comments on President-elect Joe Biden's choice of former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator and Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry to spearhead climate initiatives. #WPRO

Jeff Colgan is the Richard Holbrooke...

Reporters tour the COVID field hospital at Cranston, poised to open as coronavirus cases soar in #RI. #WPRO

Speaking are Dr. Laura Forman - Chief Medical Officer at Kent Hospital who is medical director of the field hospital, Shannon Sullivan,...

Economist Leonard Lardaro from the University of Rhode Island. #WPRO

On a day that the stock markets soared following the announcement of a coronavirus vaccine, URI Economist Leonard Lardaro issued his eagerly anticipated Current Conditions Index,...

Robert Rapoza, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Board of Elections. #WPRO

On the day after the 2020 election, he talks about the work that will go into finalizing and certifying the results in Rhode Island. elections.ri.gov

Joseph Bonovolonta, FBI Special Agent-In-Charge in Boston spoke about foreign threats and election security being monitored by the FBI. #WPRO

Bonovolonta, who's office is responsible for Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire spoke at...

Pianist and composer Judith Lynn Stillman's opera Essential Business, about life during the coronavirus lockdown, earns top prize at Opera Europa's OperaVision, a global music competition. #WPRO

Judith Lynn Stillman is artist-in-residence at Rhode...

Jennifer Wood is Director of the Rhode Island Center for Justice in Providence, and co-counsel for a group of students who unsuccessfully charged the state did not provide them with an adequate civic education. #WPRO

She said the judge cleared away...

Marcela Betancur, Executive Director of the Latino Policy Institute at Roger Williams University. #WPRO

She has authored a "Latino Impact Plan" that assesses the inequities and barriers Rhode Island Latinos faced before and during the COVID-19...

David Beauchesne, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra talks about the RI Phil's 75th Anniversary Gala concert, October 17, 2020. #WPRO

The show goes on with both the orchestra and the audience socially distanced and with...