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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Southside Community Land Trust receives $26K in Whole Foods grants
PROVIDENCE – Grants totaling more than $26,000 have been awarded to the Southside Community Land Trust by the Whole Foods Market Whole Cities Foundation,...
URI College of Nursing appoints new associate dean
PROVIDENCE – Former Butler Hospital chief of nursing Mary Leveillee was named associate dean of the University of Rhode Island’s College of Nursing in...
Brown University professor wins Sloan Fellowship
PROVIDENCE – In recognition of her work in combinatorics and algebraic geometry, Brown University assistant professor of mathematics Melody Chan was named an Alfred...
Brown cancels display of Rosa Parks home
PROVIDENCE – Without consulting the artist and owner of the work, in a statement late Thursday afternoon, Brown University announced it had cancelled the...
January 2018 unemployment rate holds fast at 4.5 percent
PROVIDENCE – The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Rhode Island held steady at 4.5 percent in January, according to a Thursday release from the...
Report: R.I. arts and cultural production accounted for $2B in 2015
PROVIDENCE -The Rhode Island arts and cultural production industries accounted for $1.8 billion of economic activity in 2015, about 3.3 percent of the total...
Pawtucket Boys & Girls Club receives $5.1M gift
PAWTUCKET - The largest single philanthropic gift awarded to the Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket in its 118-year history - a $5.1 million...
UWRI takes over state online volunteer site
PROVIDENCE - United Way of Rhode Island has assumed management of operations for the state's online volunteer website, the nonprofit announced Monday.
The site was...
RISD alumni premiere documentary at 2018 Sundance Film Festival
PROVIDENCE – “306 Hollywood,” a film by Rhode Island School of Design alumni Jonathan Bogarín and his sister Elan, was part of the NEXT...
Five Questions With: Kate Masury
Kate Masury is program director of Eating with the Ecosystem, a Warren-based nonprofit with a mission to promote a place-based approach to sustaining New...
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