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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Fulbright chooses 35 Brown students in latest recipient cohort
PROVIDENCE – Belarus, Denmark, the Czech Republic, Germany and Tajikistan are among the 25 countries in which 35 Brown University undergraduates, graduate students and...
CCI drops 8 more points in April
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – In a second consecutive month of loss, the Current Conditions Index compiled by Leonard Lardaro, a University of Rhode Island economist,...
Zia named Brown’s new Dean of the College
PROVIDENCE - In replacing its dean of the college, Brown University has chosen one of its own.
Rashid Zia, a member of the Brown Class...
RWU, UMass law schools exceed new proposed bar exam standard
Representing a proposed new tracking metric, in March the American Bar Association for the first time compiled pass rates for Class of 2015 graduates...
Can data on ATM use aid tourism?
Although in his 29th year in the Newport tourism industry, Evan Smith is constantly looking for an edge to increase his understanding of who...
URI professor to use Fulbright Fellowship to study invasive plant species
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Laura Meyerson, professor of invasion and restoration ecology at the University of Rhode Island, was awarded a Fulbright Global Scholar Fellowship, the...
Five Questions With: Kathy Vespia
Kathy Vespia, who has a passion for community-led innovation and design-thinking, serves as executive director of Charette High School. She has created community-living options...
R.I. Nurses Institute Middle College to host golf tournament June...
PROVIDENCE – The 2018 Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College golf tournament will take place at the Pawtucket Country Club, 900 Armistice Blvd., on...
Perlman, Picerne to be honored by Boy Scouts Narragansett Council
PROVIDENCE – Civic leadership practiced by Ocean State Job Lot CEO Marc Perlman and John G. Picerne, founder and CEO of Corvias, will be...
Blackstone Valley Golf Tournament returns for 13th year
BURRILLVILLE – This year, the Blackstone Valley Heritage Golf Tournament will be held on Monday, June 11, at Crystal Lake Golf Club in Burrillville.
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