Ryan Center for Business Studies

Ryan Center Dedication
Ryan Center Bell

The ring of a brass bell resonating on campus on Saturday, April 29, 2017 marked the official opening of the Arthur F. and Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies. Prominent alumnus Arthur F. Ryan ’63 & ’90 Hon. and his wife, Patricia, donated $5 million to create this new home for the Providence College School of Business (PCSB). With their gift, Dore Hall, a former residence hall, was renovated as the center of the new structure, named the Arthur F. and Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies. The new award-winning home for the PCSB provides state-of-the-art facilities conducive to collaboration, student-faculty interaction, active-learning, and entrepreneurial thinking.

Highlights of the new facility:

  • 6 classrooms
  • 1 lecture hall/auditorium
  • 4 conference rooms
  • 3 expansive study/event spaces
  • 1 video conference room
  • 3 finance, accounting & data analytics computer lab classrooms
  • 12 Bloomberg terminals
  • 5 group collaboration rooms
  • 1 cafĂ©
  • 1 career education satellite office

With “Educating for a Future Based on We” as the motto for the PCSB, the Ryan Center for Business Studies creates a distinct town-hall feel, specifically in the atrium, providing students of all disciplines a space to innovate, create, and learn together.


The Ryan Center Awards & Citations:

January 2020: The People’s Choice Award (2019), AIA Rhode Island Design Awards

April 2018: Grand Prize for Outstanding Design & Construction by Learning By Design

Fall 2017: 2017 Architecture Portfolio Outstanding Design: Adaptive Reuse Citation


The Ryan Center in the News:

May 2017: Ryan Center Dedication & Blessing Signifies New Era for the PCSB

Watch the April 29, 2017 Building Dedication here.

January 2017: New Ryan Center Opens for Business

June 2016: Watch – Hard Hat Tour of the New PCSB Building

April 2016: Photos – Topping-Off Ceremony for the New PCSB Building

October 2015: Photos – Arthur and Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies Groundbreaking

October 2015: A Beacon of Innovation – PC Breaks Ground on New School of Business

September 2015: LiveStream – Groundbreaking for the Arthur & Patricia Ryan Center for Business Studies

January 2015: Arthur Ryan ’63 and Wife, Patricia, Donate $5 Million for New PCSB Home