Emily Gowdey-Backus, Author at Providence Business News

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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

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT released its 2019 Best Graduate Schools ranking on Tuesday. The report included favorable listings for Brown University, Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island and University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. / COURTESY U.S. NEWS

Brown, URI, RIC, PC, UMass Dartmouth graduate programs ranked among best...

Education 03/20/2018

PROVIDENCE – Graduate programs at five local higher education institutions were recognized among the top in the nation per the 2019 U.S. News &...

AS OF MAY 7, 2018, Amanda D. McMullen will take the helm as president and CEO of the New Bedford Whaling Museum. / COURTESY NEW BEDFORD WHALING MUSEUM

McMullen to lead New Bedford Whaling Museum

Nonprofit 03/19/2018

NEW BEDFORD - Amanda D. McMullen has been tapped to lead the New Bedford Whaling Museum as its latest president and CEO, the nonprofit museum's...

SUCCESSION PLAN: Bob Mastin, owner of Custom House Coffee in Middletown, has slowly been transferring ownership of the company over the past 15 months to employees. His goal is to turn over ownership to “the key people” that want to carry on the company after he steps down. / PBN PHOTO/KATE WHITNEY LUCEY

Custom House Coffee a tenant draw

Entrepreneurship 03/16/2018

Frustrated he could not keep an anchor tenant in his Middletown commercial complex, Bob Mastin opened Custom House Coffee in 2002 to “enhance” the...

TALENTED DESIGNERS: Gordon and Laura Moss, co-owners of Function Aesthetic Design+Build, a full-service design and build studio in Providence specializing in small- to midsized design and construction projects, successfully applied for a DESIGNxRI award last fall. / COURTESY FUNCTION AESTHETIC DESIGN+BUILD/STEPHANIE ALVAREZ EWENS

RISD grads dominate grant program

Entrepreneurship 03/16/2018

A full-service design and build studio in Providence, Functional Aesthetic Design±Build does everything – at least when it comes to “small- to midsized design...

THEO GREENBLATT, a 2010 graduate of the University of Rhode Island, sits at her desk in Newport. A short story by Greenblatt won first place in a contest hosted by The London Magazine. / COURTESY URI/LISA RIGBY

URI graduate wins The London Magazine’s short-story contest

Education 03/16/2018

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – A short story by University of Rhode Island alumna Theo Greenblatt has won first place and $700 in a contest hosted...

TIANA OCHOA is the program director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State. / COURTESY BBBSOS

Five Questions With: Tiana Ochoa

In Their Own Words 03/16/2018

In November Tiana Ochoa was hired by Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State as a program director. With a master’s degree in...

JOHN YOUNG has been named the executive in residence for Bryant University's data science program. / COURTESY BRYANT UNIVERSITY

Young named Bryant’s data science executive in residence

Education 03/16/2018

SMITHFIELD – John Young, the former chief analytics officer for Epsilon, has been named the executive in residence for Bryant University’s data science program,...

SILVIA OLIVEIRA, associate professor of Portuguese studies at Rhode Island College, also serves as director of the college's Institute for Portuguese and Lusophone World Studies, which will be honored by Portuguese-language radio station Radio Voz do Emigrante at its 30th anniversary gala on March 17 at the Milo Restaurant in Swansea. / COURTESY RIC

Radio station to honor RIC’s Portuguese studies program

Education 03/16/2018

PROVIDENCE – At its 30th anniversary gala, Portuguese-language radio station Radio Voz do Emigrante will honor 10 organizations, including Rhode Island College’s Institute for...

THE PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY LIBRARY is partnering with Over the Edge to hold a fundraiser on June 23 in which members of the public will rappel down the 12-story Regency Plaza in downtown Providence in support of the library's nine branches throughout the city. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY LIBRARY

Providence Community Library turns to rappelling for fundraiser

Nonprofit 03/16/2018

PROVIDENCE – In June, the Providence Community Library will partner with Over the Edge in a fundraiser that will see members of the public...

Clothing supports marine life

Entrepreneurship 03/16/2018

While he was a University of Rhode Island biological oceanography graduate student, Spike Stone printed marine-life drawings on his daughter’s onesies. The simple line images...

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