Archive for September 2023

Northeastern University will be the lead institution on a new national center to predict infectious disease, putting the school in a central role after governments were criticized for not being ready for the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More

Eastern Bank plans to merge with Cambridge Bancorp, the parent company of Cambridge Trust Company, and has appointed Denis Sheahan, the CEO of Cambridge Trust, as Eastern’s new chief executive. Read More

Providence-based Citizens Financial Inc. has a new $50 billion target to finance “environmental and social initiatives” in its local footprints by 2030. Read More

A former vice president at Alexion Pharmaceuticals pleaded guilty on Friday to one count of securities fraud for giving a friend an insider tip. Read More

Law students have a more direct pipeline into the workforce than most other graduate programs. With universities barred from considering race in admissions, the effect on law firms — which are already overwhelmingly white — could be not only on diversity within their ranks, but also on how race is discussed, legal experts and students…

Paul Chodak, who holds a PhD in nuclear engineering from MIT, worked at Los Alamos before joining AEP, a major U.S. utility holding company. Read More

All She Wrote Books, a bookstore that is branded as an “intersectional, inclusive feminist and queer indie bookstore,” is leaving its home in Somerville’s Assembly Row due to the increased cost of rent. Read More

Brigham has named Dr. Charles A. Morris as its next chief medical officer. Read More

Instead of launching a venture-backed startup, which tends to have higher failure rates, New Majority Capital introduces underrepresented communities to entrepreneurship through business acquisitions. Read More

The Leominster mayor asked UMass Memorial to pause the planned closure of its local maternity unit amid floods in the city. But the health system plans to continue with this week’s closure. Read More