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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Schools form consortium to encourage students to pursue humanities degrees
As co-founder of the Wheaton Institute for Interdisciplinary Humanities at Wheaton College in Norton, Touba Ghadessi knows all too well how the humanities have...
Five Questions With Tom Giordano
5Q: Tom Giordano | Executive director, Partnership for Rhode Island
1. More than three-quarters of Rhode Island voters in November approved a $250 million bond...
Newport Mansions again surpass 1 million visitors in 2018
NEWPORT – More than one million vists to the Newport Mansions were made over 2018, the third consecutive year such a feat has been...
Bland becomes first RWU School of Law student to receive Skadden...
BRISTOL – In partnership with the Rhode Island Center for Justice, Roger Williams University School of Law student Michaela Bland has been awarded a...
Five Questions With: Annu Palakunnathu Matthew
Annu Palakunnathu Matthew is professor of art at the University of Rhode Island and director of the URI Center for the Humanities. She is...
Wall named next Rhode Island Foundation board chair
PROVIDENCE – Mary Brooks “Polly” Wall, the retired former Royal Bank of Scotland executive, was named the next chair of the Rhode Island Foundation...
Stuff-a-Bus food drive receives more than 4 tons of donated food
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Earlier this month Ocean State Job Lot – in partnership with the R.I. Public Transit Authority and iHeartRadio – announced it...
13 New England Tech grads receive Wavemaker Fellowships
EAST GREENWICH – Thirteen New England Institute of Technology graduates received R.I. Commerce Corp. Wavemaker Fellowships, according to a late November announcement by the...
Boost for school construction, job training
The Ocean State had its eyes on the public school system this past year, as two statewide ballot requests for funding, not to mention...
Marketing and sailing rewards, but departures too in 2018
R.I. Commerce Corp. last year unveiled a much-anticipated statewide tourism marketing campaign that included an updated website and digital ad initiative.
Both centered on what...
