Archive for June 2021

The country’s largest and fastest-growing online schools are some of the biggest beneficiaries of the Pell Grant program and stand to be among the winners should the $30 billion program expand as planned. Read More

TERPS, a Rhode Island cannabis company headquarter Read More

A Seaport advertising firm that’s one of the state’s largest has acquired a Back Bay design agency — and using a marketer’s mindset, it even put a new spin on the transaction. Read More

Most years, drug developers make up a large percentage of the fast-growing firms in the Boston area, but last year, that was especially true as the pandemic raged. Companies that have a life sciences mission make up nine of the Boston area’s top 10 fastest-growing public companies, and 17 of the top 20. Read More

Massachusetts colleges and universities have made progress diversifying its leaders since 2018, according to new research from the nonprofit Eos Foundation. Read More

In The Petri Dish, Rowan Walrath looks at the R.I. patient among first to get Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug, the former FDA commish joining Flagship, women-led biotechs getting state money and Vor’s plans for cell-therapy manufacturing, among other life sciences news. Read More

Cambridge Mobile Telematics, or CMT, which in 2018 was the recipient of the largest fundraise of the year for a Massachusetts tech startup, has made its first acquisition in 11 years of existence. It didn’t have to go far from its new Cambridge office to find a target. Read More

Good morning, Boston. Juneteenth is now a federal holiday, and here are the five most important things you need to know to start your day, plus cannabis fines, Girl Scout cookie surpluses, and a look at the companies most likely to lure away your top talent. Read More