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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. Photo Credit: Love & Perry Photography
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5Q: Megan N. Clingham

1 You've said the state's current system for mental health care is not sustainable. Why is that? The state has no clear vision regarding a...
THREE MEMBERS OF BRYANT UNIVERSITY'S football team, from left, Josh Jefferson, Aaron Gilmer and Brandon Owens, pose in the new Conaty Indoor Athletic Center at the school's Smithfield campus. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERISTY

Bryant completes athletic center that collapsed in September, named for board...

SMITHFIELD – Bryant University is dedicating its newly completed athletic center Saturday, named after Sue and William J. Conaty ’67 in recognition of the...
Jean Lamb is executive director of the Smith Hill Community Development Corp. / PHOTO BY DAVID FISCHBACH/CCRI DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS

Five Questions With: Jean Lamb

Jean Lamb, executive director of the Smith Hill Community Development Corp., has helped serve the neighborhood by providing quality, affordable housing options to Rhode...

Slater Mill to host Grande Fete by the River fundraiser

PAWTUCKET – Grande Fete by the River, an event to benefit Slater Mill’s Educational Scholarship Program, which raises revenue in support of free and...
NEARLY HALF OF RESPONDENTS to the most recent Hassenfeld Institute poll said the state was moving in the wrong direction, a change from 40 percent in September. / COURTESY HASSENFELD INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC LEADERSHIP/BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Poll: R.I. gets Bs and Cs for education, half say state...

SMITHFIELD – Rhode Islanders gave the state’s public school system a collective C in the latest Hassenfeld Institute for Public Leadership poll. At the...
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE'S new president is Frank D. Sánchez, vice chancellor for student affairs at the City University of New York. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE

Sánchez named new president of RIC

PROVIDENCE – Frank D. Sánchez was named Rhode Island College’s 10th president by the Council on Postsecondary Education at a meeting Wednesday, concluding a...
WEST BROADWAY Middle School Principal William Black stands with Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza during a surprise ceremony in which Black was named the 2016 Outstanding First-Year Principal of the Year. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS

West Broadway Middle’s Black named Outstanding First-Year principal

PROVIDENCE – William Black, principal of West Broadway Middle School, has been named the 2016 Outstanding First-Year Principal by the Rhode Island Association of...
THE RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION gave Best Practice awards to five nonprofits, including Sojourner House, on Tuesday. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FOUNDATION

R.I. Foundation honors nonprofits with Best Practice awards

PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation awarded its 2016 Best Practice awards to GrowSmartRI, House of Hope Community Development Corp., Newport County Community Mental...

Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence elects new board members, names...

PROVIDENCE – During the organization’s 148th annual meeting, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, the oldest continually operating club in the nation, named...
Zachary Librizzi, a senior at Saint Raphael Academy, hosts an annual golf tournament with the help of his father to raise funds for the Rhode Island branch of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Five Questions With: Zachary Librizzi

Zachary Librizzi, a 17-year-old senior from Warwick who attends Saint Raphael Academy, is one of tens of thousands of children diagnosed with Type 1...
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