Archive for February 2019
UMass Amherst Engineer Jun Yao Receives Nsf Career Grant to Develop Nanoscale Sensors to Measure Mechanical and Electrical Properties in Cells
Jun Yao, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received a five-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop nanoscale sensors that can measure both the mechanical and electrical properties of a cell at the same time. The grant is from NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development…
Read MoreComcast Appoints Evan Broslovsky VP of Customer Experience for Western New England
Comcast recently announced the appointment of Evan Broslovsky as vice president of Customer Experience for the company’s Western New England region, which is headquartered in Berlin, Conn. and includes more than 300 communities in Connecticut, Western Mass., Western New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. In this newly created regional role, Broslovsky will be responsible for…
Read MoreTwo Western New England University Engineering Professors Awarded Grants – BusinessWest
Two professors at Western New England University have been awarded $30,000 in seed funding by the Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (MTTC) Acorn Innovation Fund. Dr. Vedang Chauhan and Dr. Jingzhou “Frank” Zhao were among 13 grant recipients statewide, including researchers from Boston University Medical Center, Northeastern University, Tufts University, and UMass. The funding is designed…
Read MoreBaystate Health & Wellness Center in Longmeadow opens its doors | masslive.com
The new Baystate Health & Wellness Center marked its grand opening on Monday morning. Baystate Health President & CEO Mark Keroack, state Sen. Eric Lesser, D-Longmeadow, and state Rep. Brian Ashe, D-Longmeadow were among those who attended the ribbon cutting at the facility at 21 Dwight Road facility. The $11 million, 54,000-square-foot medical office building…
Read MoreBalise Motor Sales Celebrates 100 Years of Seizing Opportunities – BusinessWest
Some time in 1919 — when, exactly, no one really knows — Paul Balise went into business for himself repairing automobiles and selling them on the side. Today, that company he founded is one of the largest auto-dealer groups in New England and one of the 50 largest in the country. But in most all…
Read MoreHistoric Deerfield Strives to Make the Region’s History Relevant – BusinessWest
It’s a grand reopening more than 200 years in the making. Specifically, it’s a house in Deerfield, built in 1795, that operated as a tavern for roughly a decade. “We know a lot about it, and because most Americans today travel, we thought it would be great to show the public how people back then…
Read MoreRail Yard tavern planned at former Debbie Wong in West Springfield
The owners of the site of the former Debbie Wong Restaurant at 874 Memorial Ave. plan to transform it into a tavern called The Rail Yard. “It’s just sentimental for a lot of reasons. It’s part of West Springfield’s History,” said owner Lori Rindels, a West Springfield native, whose mother grew up nearby on Lowell…
Read More1Berkshire Launches Implementation Phase of Berkshire Blueprint 2.0
On Feb. 15, 1Berkshire launched the implementation phase of the Berkshire Blueprint 2.0, a strategic economic-development imperative. With more than 300 registered attendees packing the Colonial Theatre in downtown Pittsfield, 1Berkshire members, regional leaders, and elected officials from across the county shared this project, already two years in the making. The event was the culmination…
Read MoreEversource nears solar milestone
Eversource is on track to deliver 62 megawatts of carbon-free, renewable energy to Massachusetts residents and businesses having completed 19 new solar power projects across the state. The projects include a canopy-style solar site at Eversource’s East Springfield maintenance depot that it connected to the grid last summer and a ground-mounted solar site on Performance…
Read MoreBay Path University lands $1.6M grant to boost women in workforce
Bay Path was one of seven recipients selected by Strada from hunderds of applicants from across the country in the “innovative solutions in education-to-employment competition.” The project titled, “Closing the Gaps: Building Pathways for Adult Women in a Technology-Driven Workforce” will be implemented through The American Women’s College, Bay Path’s online accelerated baccalaureate degree program…
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