Archive for November 2020
Latino students, long an enrollment bright spot for colleges, shed numbers amid pandemic
Industry experts worry the trend will have far reaching implications for schools of all sizes, but particularly for ones that, without this growing population of students, would have lost material chunks of their enrollment over the past decade. Read More
Read MoreLocal Covid vaccine developer says early trial shows promise
CureVac AG, which is based in Germany with U.S. headquarters in Boston, announced Monday that its vaccine is performing well in its first in-human tests. Read More
Read MoreBBJ article is a finalist in NABJ business journalism award
A story featuring a real estate developer in Roxbury who is continuing the lifelong dream of her deceased father has been named a finalist in the business-journalism category of the NABJ’s Salute to Excellence awards. Read More
Read MoreFive things you need to know today, and what to do with all this extra time?
Good morning, friends. Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know to get your Monday started, plus datapoints that matter, economic shutdowns and an hour here, an hour there and next thing you know, we’ve got some extra time on our hands. Read More
Read MoreWeymouth ends fight against compressor station with Enbridge agreement
The town of Weymouth will drop its legal fight against a controversial natural gas project, and energy giant Enbridge will pay the municipality $10 million in an agreement that immediately drew condemnation from opponents of the station. Read More
Read MoreTHE INTERVIEW: Georgetown’s president sees disruption ahead, and a path for schools to reclaim ‘the American project’
John DeGioia intends to share the university’s plans for the spring semester by Nov. 16. It’s a decision that’s weighing heavily on him at the moment, he said. Read More
Read MoreMass. hospital readmissions may be linked to behavioral health diagnoses
The majority of patients who return to a hospital within 30 days of leaving it have been diagnosed with a behavioral health condition, according to a report by the state’s Center for Health Information and Analysis. Read More
Read MorePrivate equity firm to acquire RCN operator in $8.1B deal
A New York private equity firm focused on infrastructure plans to acquire Astound Broadband, which operates RCN Telecom Services LLC in Massachusetts, in a deal valued at $8.1 billion. Read More
Read MoreOp-ed: Your voice matters. Use it.
Carolyn Golden Hebsgaard of The Boston Lawyers Group, a consortium of firms committed to hiring and retaining attorneys of color, writes in an op-ed that "we’ve come too far to grow weary in our final hours of endurance—take up the mantle of change with the adamant belief our brighter days are still ahead." Read More
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