How to solve the student debt crisis? A reverse pension

Public higher education has been the great American engine of mobility and more: It drives innovation and is a boon for low- and middle-income students knocking at the door of the knowledge-based economy. The growing student debt crisis, however, is undermining the mission of public colleges and shutting the doors of opportunity to millions. We […]

Massachusetts Startup Uses Supercomputing to Identify Four Promising COVID Therapeutics

Amid rising global cases and threatening variants, a major gap remains to be filled in the world’s strategy for defeating the pandemic: effective therapeutics. Now, a Massachusetts startup powered by a wide range of HPC resources – including hometown resources from the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) – has identified four promising FDA-approved […]

Opinion: Pandemic highlights how immigrants have contributed to our state’s welfare

In Massachusetts, immigration is both history and destiny. Immigrants have been shaping the state’s economy, politics, and culture since the early 1600s when the Pilgrims and the Puritans set up the towns of Plymouth and Boston. The Covid-19 pandemic is illuminating how the contributions of today’s immigrants will shape the Commonwealth well into the future. […]

How To Align Transportation With The Common Good

Fifteen years ago, a bipartisan group of governors from the Northeast joined with the electric utility industry to figure out a smart, cost-effective way to reduce carbon emissions from power plants. The result was the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which has contributed to a reduction in carbon emissions of 45% across the participating states. Despite claims […]

Op-ed: The most important scientific job you’ve never heard of

Our society’s reliance on science, and science’s reliance on high-performance computing, exposes a flaw in our system of academic research — the absence of a steady talent pipeline of people to make sure the computers are doing what scientists need them to do.

New UMass Boston leader starts scholarship to honor George Floyd

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, who will officially become chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston on Aug. 1, has started an endowment to honor George Floyd, whose death sparked worldwide protests over racial injustice and police brutality this summer.

Eight Years Later, Lack Of A Casino In Southeastern Mass. Leads To A New Kind of Proposal

In the eight years casino gambling has been legal in Massachusetts, a series of hurdles has beset the industry, leaving the state one casino short of what lawmakers envisioned. Lower than expected gaming revenues and uncertainty around a proposal made by the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe to build a casino in Taunton have created uncertainty around […]

UMass Boston lands $2.25M donation to start apprenticeship program

UMass Boston interim chancellor Katherine Newman has spent her year-and-a-half tenure on the campus trying to build a bridge between the school and entry-level jobs for students at Boston companies.

Baystate Business: Gaming and Racing

Developer Tom O’Connell describes proposed $300 million economic development project in Southeastern Massachusetts.

UMass Boston chancellor works to link school with business community

Columbia Point sits just a few miles from the Financial District and its gleaming skyscrapers. For many University of Massachusetts Boston students, though, those office towers can feel like they are half a world away. Maybe not for much longer. Not if interim chancellor Katherine Newman has her way.

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