Archive for April 2022

Boston University is ending employment for 175 people who have worked at COVID-19 test collection sites over the past two years. Read More

A unique mixed-use development set to begin construction in April near Roxbury’s Nubian Square. The development is to include a new home for the Haley House Bakery Café and housing for artists and those who have experienced homelessness. Read More

Following a rigorous two-year competition involving nearly 400 MIT faculty members and researchers, five projects targeting the world’s toughest climate challenges will receive funding and move forward. Read More

Two Boston community centers have each received funding from Stand Up To Cancer to boost awareness and screening efforts around colorectal cancer in underserved communities of color in Suffolk County. Read More

Good News Tuesday: Bank of America provides a $250,000 grant to increase the capacity and deepen the scope of programming for homeless, runaway and at-risk youth in Boston. Read More

Just under a year after spinning out from Seattle-based CorneaGen, Aurion Biotech in Boston has raised $120 million to bring its lead cell therapy into the clinic. Read More

Workers at Starbucks in Brookline and Allston are the first to unionize in Massachusetts amid a national resurgence in labor organizing. Read More

Massachusetts House Speaker Ron Mariano said his chamber is not going to propose tax relief or tax breaks as part of its plan for fiscal 2023. Read More

The developer’s CEO said that for now, it is keeping its options open in terms of future tenants. The property could be entirely offices, if the right company came along, he said. Read More

A Boston nonprofit that benefits artists and advocates for their role in the economy has bought a Lowell mill complex that’s become a regional hub for artists to live and display their crafts. Read More