The Petri Dish: Monte Rosa raises $95M; bluebird loses another exec

While some in the life sciences industry create drugs and devices to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, their colleagues are busy as ever raising money, testing new drugs, expanding facilities and more. Here’s The Petri Dish, a roundup of news that may get overlooked amid the influx of Greater Boston life sciences and health care happenings.…

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Largest Colleges & Universities in Massachusetts

Rank School/Prior rank (*unranked in 2020)/ Total full-time equivalent student enrollment for Fall 2020 No. of FTE undergraduate students for Fall 2020 No. of FTE graduate students for Fall 2020 Total number of undergrad students for Fall 2020 Total number of grad students for Fall 2020 Top local executive 1 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst,…

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Largest MBA Programs in Massachusetts

Total current enrollment for all MBA programs includes online students. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management declined to participate this year. Read More

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Bay Village church could become condos

Converting church properties to residential buildings is a development strategy seen in other area neighborhoods, including South Boston and the South End. Read More

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Meet the new DataRobot CEO who plans to take the company public

AI unicorn DataRobot, which has 220 employees located in the Boston area, is one of the local tech companies that are rumored or are planning to go public. Just last week, payment tech company Flywire Corp. said it filed confidentially to hold an initial public offering, confirming a move that was reported at the beginning…

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