Emily Gowdey-Backus
Emily Gowdey-Backus joined Providence Business News as a staff writer in April 2016. She is a native of Connecticut and holds a Master’s Degree in international journalism from Cardiff University. Emily covers the education, workforce development, hospitality and tourism, and nonprofit beats for the newspaper.
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Easy tracking of clinical trials
After watching his father undergo diagnosis and treatment for brain cancer, Nick Cardi III wanted to form a better connection between clinical trials, patients...
Sheridan to depart PWCVB for Boston CVB in Dec.
PROVIDENCE – Concluding a 12-year tenure as president and CEO of the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau, on Friday, Martha Sheridan announced she...
3 local college’s food and sustainability programs awarded $250K by regional...
PROVIDENCE - Three Rhode Island- and Bristol,County, Mass.-based projects aiming to produce more of the food eaten locally within the region have been recognized...
R.I. Philharmonic students team with Hasbro to raise scholarship funds
PAWTUCKET – Participants in Hasbro Inc.’s Music Matters Employee Network joined with students from the Rhode Island Philharmonic Music School to perform in late...
Five Questions With: Lou Perrotti
Lou Perrotti, director of conservation programs at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, is an experienced, broad-based conservationist and zoologist with more than 20...
Save The Bay Newport harbor seal tour season begins
NEWPORT – Save The Bay’s 2018 seal tour season launched earlier this month and represents the organization’s 18th season offering the service.
Two types of...
CCRI launches winter session to help students meet graduation timeline
WARWICK – In an effort to help more students graduate on time, the Community College of Rhode Island has launched a new winter session...
Lincoln School forms strategic advisory board to counsel leadership
PROVIDENCE – The all-girl Lincoln School has established a strategic advisory board to advise and counsel Head of School Suzanne Fogarty and school leadership.
The...
Five Questions With Lindsay Miś
5Q: Lindsay Mis | Executive director, Massachusetts Design, Art and Technology Institute
1. The Massachusetts Design, Art and Technology Institute is billed as a...
Raimondo forms task force to tackle plastic pollution
In three years, seven Rhode Island cities and towns have begun banning single-use plastic bags – the ones distributed by grocery stores that often...
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