Posts by ericg

BU awarded $75,000 to eight faculty-led projects. The winners are working on technology such as an AI-based tool that improves elementary students’ reading skills and an enamel-mimicking formula that can repair damaged teeth. Read More

Here are the 5 things you need to know in Boston business news to start your Tuesday, including professional women’s soccer, more cannabis clashes, a new IPO, migrant work permits and our woeful sports teams. Read More

Twenty-one organizations signed the letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Together, they represent more than 10,000 employers. Read More

Newmark has landed a retail brokerage team led by two veterans with expertise in Boston neighborhoods including Back Bay and the Seaport District. "I would say very broadly that the retail market in Boston is as strong as I’ve seen it in the 21 years I’ve been doing this in Boston," a group leader said.…

New U.S. News & World Report rankings of the country’s best colleges has a new methodology this year — sending some Massachusetts schools rising or falling. Read More

A biotech once led by a longtime Vertex Pharmaceuticals executive is making layoffs and moving headquarters. Read More

Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus spoke to the Business Journal about finding shelters for migrants, the upcoming bond bill and what the return of rent control could mean for the state’s housing crisis. Read More

The sale means Paratek will be going private after almost nine years as a publicly traded company. Read More

2seventy bio Inc. has disclosed how many of its Cambridge employees will be cut in its 176-person layoff. Read More