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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Local bank commits $100K to UMass Dartmouth business school
TAUNTON – The Charlton College of Business Learning Pavilion at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth received a $100,000 commitment from Mechanics Cooperative Bank, according...
‘Unconscious bias’ barrier to workplace inclusion
“If we tolerate intolerance, then tolerance will become extinct,” warned Stephanie Huckel, manager of culture and diversity and inclusion at Blue Cross & Blue...
No quick fix for public-defender understaffing
Don’t blame a lack of interest among law school graduates for the dramatic understaffing of attorneys in the Rhode Island Public Defender’s office.
According to...
Passion for improving skin care
A line of skin care and beauty products, devoid of chemicals, is the passion of high school friends and now-business partners Katie Bouchard and...
PWCVB expects record year
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau expects to wrap 2017 with a 75 percent hotel room occupancy rate – a figure...
URI educational tech initiatives receive $600K-plus in grants
SOUTH KINGSTOWN - Four Champlin Foundation grants totaling $623,460 were awarded to four University of Rhode Island educational technology tools, the state's flagship research institute...
JWU to offer two online doctorates in fall 2018
PROVIDENCE - Come fall semester 2018, Johnson and Wales University students will be able to enroll in two new online doctorates, the university announced...
Breakers receives $1M-plus boost to landscape project
NEWPORT - The Preservation Society of Newport County's planned renovation of The Breakers' landscape received a $1,045,000 boost in the form of a grant...
Newport’s MLK Center rewarded for local impact
NEWPORT - Designated a 2017 Neighborhood Builder, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center was awarded $200,000 by Bank of America for its...
Alcinous to use $50K Innovation Voucher to create new PARP inhibitor
Five weeks prior to celebrating its first year in business, Alcinous Pharmaceuticals received a $50,000 Innovation Voucher from R.I. Commerce Corp.
The microcompany had been...
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