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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
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND senior Caitlyn Landry and Navy, a black lab she has trained for a year to become a guide dog, prepare for graduation. /COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND/NORA LEWIS

URI students graduate alongside dog trainers

SOUTH KINGSTOWN – At this year’s University of Rhode Island commencement ceremonies, 4,122 students and two dogs walked. For the past two years, the four-legged...
A PAVER SAMPLE of the Cape Verdean Veterans Memorial, located in the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, honoring veterans of Cape Verdean decent who fought on behalf of the United States dating back to the Civil War, which was dedicated in May. /COURTESY CAPE VERDEAN VETERANS MEMORIAL PROJECT

Memorial to Cape Verdean veterans dedicated in May

EXETER – The Cape Verdean Veterans Memorial, located in the Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, honoring veterans of Cape Verdean decent who fought on...
CELEBRATING A SYMBOLIC RIBBON-CUTTING on May 22 at the Pawtuxet Village Fair House, which will serve as affordable housing for the homeless and disabled, are, from left: Richard Corley, Warwick City Council member, Ward 1; Deborah Imondi, president, House of Hope; Rep. Joseph M. McNamara, D-Warwick; Mike Chapman, Fair House tenant; Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian; Laura Jaworski, House of Hope executive director; Alice Pace, chairperson, Pawtuxet Village Association; Maria Nichols, vice president, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston; Carol Ventura, deputy director, R.I. Housing; and Karen Flora, of the R.I. Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals. /COURTESY HOUSE OF HOPE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP.

Fair House provides resource for homeless and disabled

WARWICK – Once the headquarters of the state fair, the Pawtuxet Village Fair House will soon serve as a haven for homeless and disabled...
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Five Questions With Lizzi Ross

1. What was the catalyst behind RISD’s Design for Manufacturing Innovation certificate program launched in September 2016? This program was developed in partnership with...

RIC’s executive leadership team grows by two

PROVIDENCE - Joshua Hamilton and Jason Meriwether will join Rhode Island College's executive leadership team in the fall as provost/vice president for academic affairs and vice...

Next-generation brain tech lands Brown $19 million from DARPA

PROVIDENCE – Brown University will lead an international team of engineers, neuroscientists and physicians in developing a wireless neural prosthetic system capable of recording...
SISTER OF MERCY Marybeth Beretta has been appointed third president of St. Mary Academy - Bay View

Beretta named Bay View Academy president

EAST PROVIDENCE – Sister of Mercy Marybeth Beretta has been appointed third president of St. Mary Academy - Bay View as of Wednesday by the school's...
COMFORTABLE SURROUNDINGS: Customers take advantage of the café interior while checking out what’s available for purchase at the Savoy Bookshop & Café in Westerly.  / PBN PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

It’s a tough business, but like Twain, the demise of independent...

For the past 12 years, through rocky times that included falling into receivership in 2007 and recovery under new owners, Jennifer Kandarian has worked...
OUTDOOR SPACE: The Radeke Garden, just outside Danforth Hall at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, is one of the attractions for corporate outings. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

R.I. schools offer unique settings for doing business

The Rhode Island School of Design’s art museum is home to one of the three largest university art collections in the nation. Its colorful...
FOLLOWING A MEETING with Gov. Gina M. Raimondo discussing the state's work to create a statewide "personalized learning" initiative, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, pause for photos with the young women of St. Mary Academy Bay View's S.M.A.R.T. 2.0 robotics team, which received 3rd place honors at the FIRST LEGO League World Championship. Pictured from left: Ainsley Pattie, Ava Troino, Maggie Mahoney, Daria Smuk, Gabi Osorio-Palo, Wren Hager, Zuckerberg, coach Linda Grasso, Chan, and Raimondo. /COURTESY ST. MARY ACADEMY BAY VIEW

Bay View robotics team recognized by governor, Facebook CEO

EAST PROVIDENCE – In celebration of St. Mary Academy Bay View’s S.M.A.R.T. 2.0 robotics team’s third-place finish at the internationally attended FIRST LEGO League...
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