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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UMass Dartmouth receives $600K grant for future marine Science and Technology...
DARTMOUTH – A $600,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration was awarded to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Tuesday which,...
Discounted JWU courses offered to Bloomin’ Brands employees
PROVIDENCE - Johnson & Wales University is adding to its portfolio of employer education partners.
In a late August release, the Providence-based school announced it...
Newport touts 10% lodging revenue jump YTD, no fear of fall...
NEWPORT - Heralding the upcoming Labor Day weekend holiday, Discover Newport released a report Friday emphasizing the City by the Sea's tourism popularity during...
JWU physician assistant program accessible to URI pharma students
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Students at the University of Rhode Island will now be able to enroll in Johnson & Wales University's physician assistant master's...
BankRI grant supports local students’ business ideas
PROVIDENCE – At the close of the 2017-18 school year, four Highlander Charter School students shared in a total of $2,000 worth of Shark...
Five Questions With: Charlene Tuttle
In a surprise announcement hosted by the R.I. Department of Education in May, Charlene Tuttle was named the 2019 Rhode Island Teacher of the...
BCSB charitable foundation awards $271K to 40 nonprofits
TAUNTON – Forty nonprofits in Rhode Island and Bristol County, Mass., received a total of $271,313 in grants from the Bristol County Savings Charitable...
Li named inaugural Paramaz Avedisian endowed chair at URI
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island assistant professor Deyu Li was named the first recipient of the Paramaz Avedisian endowed chair in medical...
Salve Regina University Pell Center announces fall schedule
NEWPORT – Seven events were announced by Salve Regina University’s Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy in early August for the school’s...
DBR streamlining regs to aid businesses
If you regulate it, businesses will come … and tell you how to better manage the industry, which fines and processes are outdated, which...
