Archive for January 2024

The $650,000 grant from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center aims to help the nonprofit keep participants competitive in a quickly-changing technological era. Read More

Local university researchers have received an NIH grant to help more students access their undergraduate summer program for brain, medicine and neuroscience clinical and research experience. Read More

Good morning, Boston. Here are the five things you need to know in Boston business news to start your workday, including Mean Girls’ big weekend, Boston Urban Hospitality, free lobster rolls and coffee, and a last-minute reprieve for a local burrito chain. Read More

Northeastern University, which has long distinguished itself through its co-op program, is launching an apprenticeship program for students wanting to go into applied analytics fields. Read More

At a Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Boston, Gov. Maura Healey on Monday announced that two state offices are partnering to reopen unspecified statewide contracts to provide more opportunities to diverse and small businesses. Read More

If you think the charter college notion is going away, think again. As parents from charter schools look ahead, they will come to expect comparable charter college choices. American higher ed take heed: While the dogs of status quo bark from their front porches, the caravan of charter college educational innovation moves on. Read More

NCAA President Charlie Baker announced a new business deal with KAGR (Kraft Analytics Group) in Phoenix this week during his state of college sports address at the NCAA Convention. The multiyear deal is expected to help the NCAA better understand fan behaviors, with a goal of growing the organization’s reach by four to five times…

CVS Health is planning to close dozens of its pharmacies in Target stores. The closures will happen between February and April this year. Read More

Brian Piccini, owner of Boston Chops and Deuxave, will open a restaurant in a historic building in Weston. Here’s more on that and other local retail news. Read More

A Louisville, Kentucky–based higher education recruitment marketing firm that helps colleges and universities connect with prospective students has been purchased by Boston private equity firm Akmazo Capital. Read More