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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. Photo Credit: Love & Perry Photography

SHARON ANN MURPHY, a history professor at Providence College, has received an American Council of Learned Societies fellowship. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE

PC professor receives American Council of Learned Societies fellowship

Education 04/27/2018

PROVIDENCE – Providence College history professor Sharon Ann Murphy has received multiple awards from the American Council of Learned Societies, including its fellowship, the...

THE WESTERLY EDUCATION CENTER recently received a $2,000 grant from The Washington Trust Charitable Foundation. From left, Dennis L. Algiere, senior vice president, chief compliance officer and director of community affairs for The Washington Trust Co.; Amy Grzybowski, executive director, Westerly Education Center; and Edward O. "Ned" Handy III, chairman and CEO, Washington Trust Bancorp. / COURTESY WASHINGTON TRUST

Westerly Education Center receives grant from Washington Trust

Education 04/27/2018

WESTERLY – The Westerly Education Center announced April 23 the receipt of a $2,000 grant from The Washington Trust Charitable Foundation. The funds will be...

Promise kept at CCRI

Education 04/27/2018

The number of full-time students who arrived at the Community College of Rhode Island straight from high school who are on track to graduate...

ARTISTIC TOUCH: Rhode Island School of Design alumna Julia Sullivan is the owner of Providence-based RA HA Jewelry. She describes her earrings, below, as “art for your ears.” / PBN PHOTOS/MICHAEL SALERNO

RA HA earrings make you look

Entrepreneurship 04/27/2018

Julia Sullivan, owner of Providence-based design and production company RA HA Jewelry, calls her earrings “art for your ears.” Citing artistic influences from Picasso to...

AWARD-WINNING DESIGNERS: Gordon and Laura Moss are the married co-owners of Functional Aesthetic Design±Build, a design and build company in Providence that was recently awarded a DESIGNxRI Providence Design Catalyst award. / PBN PHOTO/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

Building on their passion

Entrepreneurship 04/27/2018

Long before they’d met, Laura and Gordon Moss both had a passion for architecture. The married co-owners of Providence-based Functional Aesthetic Design±Build LLC pursued their...

Miriam Hospital raises more than $783K at annual gala

Health Services 04/26/2018

PROVIDENCE - At the annual Miriam Hospital Gala & Auction held Saturday, April 21, more than 550 guests helped raise $783,195 for the nonprofit...

FORMER GOV. LINCOLN CHAFEE told PBN he is "90 percent" sure he will run in the 2018 Rhode Island Senate primary race against sitting Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. / PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Chafee announces probable Senate primary run as Democrat

Government 04/25/2018

(Updated at 2:45 p.m.) PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island's 2018 political campaigns may include a blast from the past. Former independent Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee told Providence...

THE RHODE ISLAND Council for the Humanities announced 14 arts, culture and education groups from across the state would share in $136,429 in new grants. Each grant ranges in size from $5,000 to $12,000. / COURTESY RICH

Rhode Island Council for the Humanities announces $136K in grants

Education 04/25/2018

PROVIDENCE - Fourteen local organizations will share $136,429 in new Rhode Island Council for the Humanities grants, ranging in size from $12,000 to $5,000,...

THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND announced Monday the largest grant in the school's history - $25 million - will help fund endeavors to improve best practices in the Filipino fisheries industry. Pictured is Elin Torell, director for international programs at URI’s Coastal Resources Center and the lead researcher for the USAID/Philippines Fish Right Program. /PHOTO BY AYLA FOX/COURTESY URI

URI Philippine fisheries project receives $25M grant, largest in school’s history

Economic Activity 04/23/2018

NARRAGANSETT – In an international effort to improve practices in the Philippine fishing industry, University of Rhode Island researchers working through its Coastal Resources...

BANNER EVENT: Sail Newport Executive Director Brad Read, this year’s Volvo Ocean Race stopover executive director, and Sue Maffei Plowden, race event director, stand on the porch of the Sail Newport Sailing Center with the banner for Volvo Ocean Race Newport. The city is the lone North American stopover for the 2017-18 international race.  / PBN PHOTO/ KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Will experience pay off as Newport prepares to once again host...

Cover Story 04/20/2018

Martha Parker looks back fondly on the 2015 Volvo Ocean Race Newport stopover and the favorable impact it had on her foul-weather sailing gear...

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