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: Frances Mulligan
A sophomore software engineering major at Johnson & Wales University, Frances Mulligan was a member of the all-female team with the most entrepreneurial hack...
Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island raises record $57,000 during campaign
PROVIDENCE – At the close of March, Meals on Wheels of Rhode Island had raised a record $57,000 in its 2018 annual March for...
RWU’s Baillargeon chosen for environmental-change fellowship
BRISTOL – Roger Williams University sophomore Gabrielle Baillargeon is one of eight students chosen from across the nation for a research fellowship, the Ocean...
Local Boy Scouts organization receives national accreditation
PROVIDENCE – The Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America received a gold qualification in the Journey to Excellence Program earlier this year.
Gold,...
Kitchen feeds Rhode Island eateries
Pilotworks Providence is a shared commercial kitchen providing production time and space to small food businesses.
The facility, which opened at 55 Cromwell St. last...
Reaching for the stars
Located on land previously used as a U.S. Navy auxiliary landing field, the Frosty Drew Nature Center and Observatory lies at the edge of...
Unemployment holds steady at 4.5 percent as job additions shine in...
PROVIDENCE – While the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.5 percent in April, 900 jobs were added in the state since March,...
Progress made in diversity and inclusion, says Brown in update
PROVIDENCE – Brown University on Wednesday published a report providing an update on its “Pathways to Diversity and Inclusion: An Action Plan for Brown University,” campaign...
Mattiello addresses PawSox deal progress at Chamber breakfast
(Updated at 3:23 p.m.)
LINCOLN – During an “eggs and issues” breakfast hosted by the Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, House Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello...
RISD to host Rosa Parks house installation symposium
PROVIDENCE - The next chapter in the ongoing saga surrounding the installation of a home once owned by Rosa Parks’ family will see the...
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