Archive for March 2025

  UMass Amherst has started a matching fund program aimed at keeping research going on campus at a time when the federal government is working to cut back on such costs.  Read More

  A Boston biotech has surpassed a $1 billion valuation, making it the fourth company to reach unicorn valuation in as many months.  Read More

  MIT, the New England College of Optometry in Back Bay and two other New England colleges are under investigation by the federal education department for alleged civil rights violations.  Read More

  New tariffs are mostly unpopular with business leaders. But the president of a North Shore steel fabricator says it’s a chance to level a playing field that’s tilted against a U.S. industry.  Read More

  Boston’s planning board did something Thursday that it’s been doing a lot less of these days: approved a plan for a lab building. The eight-story building would feature an unusual combination of office, lab and industrial space.  Read More

  Five years after Covid-19 upended the office market, the city has just recently started to see some of its largest office towers made available for purchase.  Read More

  A high-end grocery has come to MIT’s student center, PopUp Bagels has chosen another Boston-area location, Spindrift is giving soda another try, and more Boston-area retail news.  Read More

  Candidates believe their resumes aren’t being seen by humans, and it’s causing frustrations with the application process.  Read More

  Here are the five things you need to know in local business news to start your workday, and introducing the BBJ’s new Mass 100 stock index.  Read More

  The new Massachusetts AI Hub “is more than a milestone — it invites startups and entrepreneurs to seize the moment in a rapidly evolving AI landscape,” writes Rudina Seseri, founder and managing partner at Glasswing Ventures.  Read More