Archive for January 2022
A Masterclass for company trainings
This startup offers company trainings led by Olympic coaches, FBI agents and improv comedians. Read More
Read MoreSoftBank backs $140M round for biotech developing antibody nasal spray
A startup based in Watertown and Amsterdam has added a $140 million round to its coffers as it gears up to bring its virus-fighting nasal sprays to the clinic. Read More
Read MoreFive things you need to know today, and stock markets are in turmoil in 2022
Good morning! Here are the 5 Things You Need to Know to start your busy workday, plus campaign contributions to Maura Healey from the business community and a brief explanation of what’s going on with the stock markets right now. Read More
Read MoreShannon Liss-Riordan launches campaign for Mass. attorney general
The former U.S. Senate candidate and labor attorney who’s battled companies such as Uber, Starbucks and FedFex, launched her campaign early Tuesday morning for Massachusetts attorney general. Read More
Read MoreHealey’s bid for governor launches with backing from business leaders
Attorney General Maura Healey might not only be the presumed frontrunner in the Massachusetts governor’s race, but also the top choice of business leaders, according to an analysis of campaign finance records. Read More
Read MoreGood News Tuesday: Boston COVID-Tutoring Helps Students
Founded by high school students at Buckingham Browne & Nichols, an independent co-educational day school in Cambridge in April of 2020, BCT has been dedicated to providing elementary school and middle school students with free, high-quality virtual tutoring during the pandemic. Read More
Read MoreSan Diego biopharma moves headquarters to Boston
Oxeia Biopharmaceuticals, a biotech company developing treatments for concussions, has headed to Boston after about seven years in San Diego. Its new corporate headquarters is a fifth-floor suite on Newbury Street. Read More
Read MoreHarvard warns of precedent in Supreme Court’s admissions policy review
The Harvard president said Monday that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to review a legal challenge to its admissions policy would end colleges’ ability to create diverse student bodies. Read More
Read MoreRelated Beal tweaks plans for former P&G site in Fort Point
The changes include the addition of more affordable housing to the project mix’s of residential, office and laboratory space. Read More
Read MoreBU latest to announce test-optional admissions
Boston University is the latest Massachusetts college to waive, at least temporarily, standardized test requirements for prospective undergraduate students whose high school careers have been thrown into turmoil during the pandemic. Read More
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