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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. Photo Credit: Love & Perry Photography

Business forum to focus on adding value to business now, not...

Six months in the making, the Business Value Forum has launched with the aim of helping Rhode Island business owners inject value into their...
LEFT TO RIGHT: Steve Kenyon, a director of BayCoast Bank and Argosy Collegiate board member; Gary Vierra, senior vice president, BayCoast Bank, board member and treasurer of Argosy Collegiate and Kristen Pavao, founder and executive director of Argosy Collegiate. / COURTESY ARGOSY COLLEGIATE

BayCoast donation boosts Fall River charter school capital campaign

SWANSEA, Mass. - Three-year-old, tuition-free charter school, Argosy Collegiate Charter School, received a $130,000 leadership grant from BayCoast Bank in support of its $2.3...
A UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND research initiative measuring the ecological health of Narragansett Bay will receive $19 million from the National Science Foundation's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. / COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND

$19M in NSF funding awarded to URI Narragansett Bay research initiative

PROVIDENCE - Consortium for Coastal Ecology Assessment, Innovation, and Modeling, or C-AIM, a University of Rhode Island research initiative measuring the ecological health of Narragansett...
USA Today is asking the public to vote for the top 10 attractions in Rhode Island./ COURTESY USA TODAY

Vote for “Best Rhode Island Attraction”

BRISTOL - Want to know where to stop on your next #ChooseRI day trip? USA Today can help. The national media outlet on Friday launched...
SOUTH AFRICAN LOCALS benefit from distribution of hippo rollers, water transportation technology, during Collette's inaugural Impact Tour to the nation. / COURTESY COLLETTE

Impact Tours see Collette tourists give back

PAWTUCKET - Collette recently concluded its first Impact Tour, a new model of guided international sightseeing trip which includes charity work in local neighborhoods,...
LENDING SUPPORT: Donald H. DeHayes, University of Rhode Island provost and vice president of academic affairs, says URI is sensitive to the cost of education and spends $100,000 on financial aid each year. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Tuition, fees up at Rhode Island colleges, universities

In the fall, Rhode Island’s public-college students will find their education a little more expensive. The fiscal year 2018 state budget included across-the-board tuition...
WARWICK MAYOR SCOTT AVEDISIAN has been named president of the Community College of Rhode Island Foundation. Above, he speaks with his scheduler, Carol Caruso. PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Avedisian named president of CCRI Foundation

WARWICK – Mayor Scott Avedisian has been named president of the Community College of Rhode Island Foundation, along with the appointment of John Hazen...
BRENDA S. NIENHOUSE, the executive director of the Newport Opera House Theater & Performing Arts Center, is overseeing the center's current restoration project. / COURTESY NEWPORT OPERA HOUSE THEATER & PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Five Questions With: Brenda S. Nienhouse

With more than 30 years of leadership experience in the arts, Brenda S. Nienhouse, executive director of the Newport Opera House Theater & Performing...
THE WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL will present the eighth annual Woony River Ride Bike-a-thon on Saturday, Sept. 16 along the banks of the Woonasquatucket River Greenway. Pictured is a T-shirt commemorating the event. / COURTESY WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER WATERSHED COUNCIL

8th annual Woony River Ride Bike-a-thon to take place Sept....

PROVIDENCE – Presented by the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, the eighth annual Woony River Ride Bike-a-thon will take place on Saturday, Sept. 16 along...
NONPROFITS THAT SERVE the Latino community have until Sept. 29 to apply for grants from the Juanita Sánchez Community Fund at the Rhode Island Foundation. Tending a community garden in Providence are teenagers hired by the Southside Community Land Trust, which received a grant from the program earlier this year. / COURTESY SOUTHSIDE COMMUNITY LAND TRUST

Rhode Island Foundation offering grants to benefit Latino community

PROVIDENCE – The deadline for applications to the Rhode Island Foundation for grants in support of the local Latino community through the Juanita Sánchez...
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