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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PC program highlighted as nationwide model for engagement
PROVIDENCE – Providence College’s public and community service studies program was one of 22 higher education programs chosen by the Association of American Colleges...
Bike ride raises $16K for MS research
PROVIDENCE – A team of 12 cyclists made up of DiPrete Engineering employees and friends participated in the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s annual Bike...
Alzheimer’s Association R.I. chapter presented Langevin Award
PROVIDENCE – Family Caregiver Alliance of Rhode Island launched its sixth annual award ceremony at the R.I. Statehouse on Nov. 2.
Held each year to...
RISD promoting alumni bizs
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the Rhode Island School of Design has launched an online platform for alumni-owned businesses that puts...
R.I. small businesses expanding reach through local collaborations
Once the hot water streams through, most people toss spent coffee grounds in the trash – but not Audrey Finocchiaro.
“In my personal life, and...
2018 airport exhibitors announced by RISCA
PROVIDENCE - Artists to be exhibited throughout 2018 at Warwick's T.F. Green Airport and Block Island Airport were announced Wednesday by the R.I. State...
Report: R.I. Public Defender office significantly understaffed
PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Public Defender system currently employs 49 public defenders but its workload requires a 136-person, full-time-equivalent workforce, according to The Rhode...
Salve Regina’s CHP program boosted by $96K grant
NEWPORT - The Southeastern New England Educational and Charitable Foundation donated $96,000 to Salve Regina University's Noreen Stonor Drexel program in cultural and historic preservation to...
RWU mass incarceration forum leads to updated probation, parole laws
It was “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” by Michelle Alexander, that led Judith Savage to build a forum...
Rhode Island Historical Society announces new board appointments
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Historical Society hosted its 196th annual meeting Nov. 8, where multiple appointments to its board of trustees were made.
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