Investment in the life sciences sector is critical to Massachusetts’ future (Viewpoint)
Ten years ago, Massachusetts took a risk. With a 10-year, $1 billion initiative proposed by then-Gov. Deval Patrick, we chose to breathe life into a budding biotech and life sciences sector with the bold hope that funding new research would transform our state’s economy. That investment has paid off. Students at Chicopee Comprehensive High School, Putnam Vocational Technical Academy, Springfield High School of Science and Technology — and 146 other middle and high schools in the state — have brand-new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) equipment in their classrooms because of that investment.