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.
Photo Credit: Love & Perry Photography
Women’s Resource Center unveils new section of Pathway to Hope
NEWPORT – A celebration was held in late August as the Women’s Resource Center unveiled a new section of its Pathway to Hope.
Begun in...
Providence College dedicates new science complex
PROVIDENCE – On Sept. 28, Providence College dedicated the newest addition to its campus – a science complex.
At 37,000 square feet, the new center...
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State rebrands, creates new...
PROVIDENCE – Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State revealed its new look and identity Oct. 1.
Henceforth known as Big Brothers Big Sisters...
Younger professionals entering C-suite, top-level positions in manufacturing
Thirty-six-year-old Christopher R. Goodwin, fourth-generation owner of 106-year-old Goodwin-Bradley Pattern Co. in Providence, knew from a very young age he wanted to lead the...
Five Questions With Lindsey Gumb
Lindsey Gumb | Assistant professor and scholarly communications librarian, Roger Williams University
1. How have you, as a Roger Williams University librarian, professor and recent...
Salve Regina, Washington University collaborate on engineering dual degree
NEWPORT - Salve Regina University, in partnership with Washington University in St. Louis, is launching a dual-degree, five-year engineering program.
Graduates of the program will...
Five Questions With Tyler Young
5Q: Tyler Young | Co-owner, Young Family Farm
(Editor’s note: This is a condensed version of a story that was originally published online Aug. 3.)
1....
Brown endowment balloons to record-breaking $3.8B
PROVIDENCE - For the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2018, Brown University's endowment produced a 13.2 percent return bumping the total value to...
40% of R.I. Promise students did not return for year two
WARWICK – Forty percent of the first cohort of Rhode Island Promise students enrolled at the Community College of Rhode Island did not return...
Raymond W. Fogarty, director of Bryant’s Chafee Center, dead at 61
SMITHFIELD – Bryant University has confirmed the death of Raymond W. Fogarty, director of the school’s John H. Chafee Center for International Business.
Fogarty, who...
- Featured Event -
