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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De Groot, EpiVax founder and URI professor, honored by her alma...
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Dr. Anne S. De Groot, founder of EpiVax Inc. and a professor at the College of the Environmental and Life Sciences...
Project Undercover receives nearly $3K from Whole Foods
PROVIDENCE – Project Undercover, a nonprofit based in Warwick that provides diapers, socks and underwear, among other personal garments, to children in need, was...
Disaster-preparedness firms keep R.I. protected as storms increase, intensify
A second-generation disaster restoration and remediation specialist, Eric S. Anderson, president of Enviro-Clean Inc. in Smithfield, knows all too well why businesses must be...
Restoring ‘muscle’ in vintage cars
For Michael Mancini, car restoration was first a family hobby, “a bug” he caught from his father and uncles.
Today, Mancini owns the 17-person, North...
Healthy treats pets will eat
After watching multiple Netflix documentaries about the harmful impacts of too much sugar, fat and low-quality food in her and her husband’s diets, Lauren...
Nearly $1M raised at Newport Hospital gala
PROVIDENCE - With nearly 500 guests in attendance, on July 12, Newport Hospital's largest annual fundraiser saw $934,350 raised in support of the health...
R.I.’s 4.3% June unemployment rate mirrors figures last seen in 2001
PROVIDENCE – Falling 0.1 percentage points, the Rhode Island seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.3 percent in June according to a report from the...
Local groups win Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts grants
PROVIDENCE - Two Providence-based institutions - the Alliance of Artists Communities and Providence College Galleries - were among the 42 most recent recipients of Andy...
CCI reaches low 90s for second time in 2018
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Tied with February for the highest measure this year, Rhode Island's Current Conditions Index rose 17 points to 92 in May...
2018-19 tuition increases approved by UMass board
PROVIDENCE — Undergraduate tuition increases of 2.5 percent (in-state) and 3 percent (out-of-state) across all four University of Massachusetts undergraduate campuses was approved by the...
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