Archive for March 2022

Maura Hughes was the first in her family to graduate college and the first to get an MBA. She has been working at Medflight Boston for nearly 24 years, becoming CEO in 2017. Last year, Boston Medflight’s busiest yet, they transported more than 5,600 patients. Read More

The city of Newton is working on a proposal to require larger buildings to cut their greenhouse-gas emissions to net zero by the year 2050, similar to a law enacted in Boston last year. Read More

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday urged business leaders and lawmakers to back his proposed $750M clean energy investment fund while hinting that his administration plans new support for struggling workers and employers. Read More

Massachusetts has already seen a series of college closures, and a new ranking puts the state in an unwelcome position: No. 1 on a list of most shuttered campuses of any state since 2016. Read More

MassVentures plans to expand its investment reach beyond Boston and Cambridge thanks to new federal funds. Read More

Prices are soaring at the pump, and small businesses are feeling the pain. But experts say there are best practices for companies to navigate price fluctuates. Read More

Avoiding proximity bias is one of the biggest challenges for managers in the hybrid workplace — and experts say it could be particularly costly. Here are best practices for avoiding it. Read More

Months after exiting the embattled Biogen Inc., Al Sandrock has stepped into the chief executive role at gene therapy firm Voyager Therapeutics Inc. Read More

Imagine if you could call someone through a tiny speaker in your shirt, or if your jacket could pick up heart irregularities and notify your doctors. These are some of the not-so-far-off ideas being explored in a collaboration between MIT and the Rhode Island School of Design. Read More