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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UWRI awards $100K in Housing for All Fund grants to local...
PROVIDENCE – Continuing to address the lack of affordable housing available to Rhode Islanders, in early January the United Way of Rhode Island awarded...
Five Questions With: Edward Bozzi
Housed at the University of Rhode Island’s Providence campus and launched in 2002, the Biotechnology Manufacturing Program trains students to enter the state’s burgeoning...
Johnson & Wales student Tourony awarded $10K PCAOB scholarship
PROVIDENCE – Johnson & Wales University junior Olivia Tourony was awarded a $10,000 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board scholarship, according to a Jan. 16...
Providence Public School District unveils strategic plan, grant
PROVIDENCE – A new five-year strategic plan and $250,000 Nellie Mae Education Foundation grant were announced by the Providence Public School District at a...
Providence Athenaeum announces spring 2018 schedule
PROVIDENCE – The spring 2018 Providence Athenaeum schedule includes lectures by The New York Times best-selling author Anita Shreve and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon...
Is transparency bad for tourism?
Trudy Coxe, CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR of the Preservation Society of Newport County, sees a problem with a lack of transparency in the state’s...
Up to $15K in PBS scholarship funds available to local media...
PROVIDENCE - Established in December, the inaugural Rhode Island PBS Scholarships offered by the Rhode Island PBS Foundation scholarship will award up to $15,000...
Davis named SBA regional administrator
PROVIDENCE - Wendell G. Davis has been named Region 1 regional administrator by the U.S. Small Business Administration, according to an announcement by the...
Brown, RISD again among top Fulbright producers
PROVIDENCE - For the second consecutive year, both Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design ranked among the top producers of Fulbright...
After community feedback, Brown alters performance center plan, protecting historic structures
PROVIDENCE - In a move to preserve more of the historic structures which dot Brown University's campus and minimize the above-ground footprint of its...
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