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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Five questions with Stephanie Huckel
Stephanie Huckel | Senior global manager, diversity and inclusion, International Game Technology PLC
1. For six months, you’ve served as IGT’s senior global program manager,...
4 UMass Dartmouth initiatives included in the Bay State’s budget
DARTMOUTH - Ongoing research, learning and community engagement efforts undertaken by University of Massachusetts Dartmouth were supported in Massachusetts' fiscal year 2019 budget per...
RISBDC, R.I. Foundation launch non-tech-related Growth Hub
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A new funding outlet for non-technology-related small businesses is now available to Rhode Island companies looking to grow, thanks to a...
Runey to succeed Bowen as JWU chancellor
PROVIDENCE – Mim L. Runey, who has served as the Johnson & Wales University Providence campus president and chief operating officer since 2011, will...
Winter weather continues to delay anaerobic digester start
JOHNSTON – Anaerobic digestion was meant to be the answer to Rhode Island’s 2016 food-waste ban, but more than six months after the licensure...
Five Questions With: Carmen Díaz-Jusino
Carmen Díaz-Jusino was appointed strategic initiative officer for economic security at the Rhode Island Foundation on April 17. Beginning in 2006, she worked at...
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth honors Portuguese ties
DARTMOUTH – University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Chancellor Robert E. Johnson awarded the Chancellor’s Medal to Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and the Chancellor’s...
Jack named next editor, publisher of Brown Alumni Magazine
PROVIDENCE – Effective July 9, Pippa Jack, former editor-in-chief of the University of Rhode Island alumni magazine, will become the next editor and publisher...
Proactive Philanthropy increases bookselling efforts, staff
NEW BEDFORD – Proactive Philanthropy, a nonprofit organization that converts books, lab and manufacturing equipment, and other assets into cash and reinvests those funds...
Button Hole charity golf tournament to benefit American Cancer Society
PROVIDENCE – Button Hole Golf Course will hold a charity golf tournament on Aug. 5 to benefit the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network.
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