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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URI’s Clark named 2018 Hiram J. Friedsam Mentorship award recipient
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Phillip Clark, a human development and family studies professor at the University of Rhode Island, has been named recipient of the...
R.I. State Police, cancer charity team up to benefit 3 local...
SCITUATE – Together with the Cops for Kids with Cancer charity organization, the R.I. State Police presented $5,000 checks to three families dealing with...
PCL appoints Space new assistant library director
PROVIDENCE – Providence Community Library, the largest public library system in the state, appointed Cheryl Space the new assistant library director.
PCL Library Director Jeff...
Report: R.I. remains one of the least charitable states in the...
PROVIDENCE - In line with previous studies, WalletHub announced Tuesday it found Rhode Island to be the second least charitable state in the nation...
URI taps local food sector, establishes culinary resource center
PROVIDENCE - The profile of the food industry in Rhode Island has grown in recent years and the University of Rhode Island is joining...
A soft market for traditional antiques has some R.I. sellers finding...
For the past eight years Jessica Kowal has lived a peripatetic lifestyle, calling Cranston and four Providence apartments home since graduating Providence College in...
Strengthening links between R.I. and Israel
Avi Nevel and his wife relocated to Rhode Island from Israel 33 years ago. Since then, he served as co-owner, CEO and president of...
Filling a need for diapers and more
When Richard Fleischer and his wife adopted two girls, ages 4 and 2, from India, the youngest was still in diapers – “a surprise...
RWU offers college credits to O2X Human Performance workshop participants
BRISTOL – Two college credits toward a Roger Williams University bachelor’s degree, associate degree, or School of Continuing Studies certificate will be offered to...
Five Questions With: Zoe Ilana Grinfeld
Zoe Ilana Grinfeld is currently a sophomore at the Rhode Island School of Design majoring in apparel design. At 15, she competed on and won...
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