My Turn: Family prosperity
Black History Month is a time for celebration and an intentional moment to pay tribute to generations of Black Americans who have contributed to our society. It is also a time to look inward, asking if the work that we are doing today helps to further advance Black communities, or if it instead stifles. Is…
UMass Amherst to Present Virtual Symposium on ‘Computing for the Common Good’
The UMass Amherst College of Information and Computer Sciences will present an all-virtual symposium on “Computing for the Common Good” on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 16-17, from noon to 5 p.m. Read the source article at BusinessWest
Springfield College Recognized for Pathways to Support Community-college Transfer
For the sixth consecutive year, Springfield College has been named to Phi Theta Kappa’s Transfer Honor Roll, which identifies the top four-year colleges and universities for creating dynamic pathways to support community-college transfer. Springfield College is one of only 150 colleges and universities in the country to be recognized for this honor, including one of…
Jay Seyler Joins Greenfield Cooperative Bank as VP of Commercial Lending
Tony Worden, president and chief operating officer at Greenfield Cooperative Bank (GCB), announced that Jay Seyler has joined the bank as the new vice president of Commercial Lending. He will be based primarily in the King Street, Northampton office and aid the efforts of GCB’s Commercial Lending department, reporting directly to Michael Buckmaster, senior vice…
Dr. David Brown to Lead Cooley Dickinson Health Care as Interim President, CEO
Dr. David Brown has begun serving as the interim president and CEO at Cooley Dickinson Health Care. Brown steps in to lead the organization after Joanne Marqusee announced her resignation in January following seven years of service to Cooley Dickinson. Brown, chief of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), will serve…
Baker-Polito Administration Announces $2.5 Million in Urban Agenda Grants for Community-Based Awards to Urban Neighborhoods | Mass.gov
Today, the Baker-Polito Administration announced a total of $2.5 million in Urban Agenda grants to support 30 projects in 23 communities. Springfield – Old Hill, Maple High-Six Corners (MHSC) and Forest Park – Economic Development Council of Western MA: $90,000 to support 2Generation/Whole Family Approach to Careers Project. This project will support 20 unemployed and…
HCC Student Miren Neyra Alcántara Honored as Newman Civic Fellow
Holyoke Community College (HCC) student Miren Neyra Alcántara is the recipient of a Newman Civic Fellowship, which recognizes college leaders who demonstrate a commitment to finding solutions to challenges facing communities locally, nationally, and internationally. Alcántara will join 212 college students from 39 states, Washington, D.C., and Mexico to form the 2021 cohort of Newman…
CET Marks 45 Years of Energy-saving Innovations – BusinessWest
John Majercak likes to say the Center for EcoTechnology (CET) has been successful for 45 years because it’s willing to try out approaches to saving energy that in time become a normal way of doing business. “We helped invent the energy audit in the 1970s, and now it’s a routine thing that lots of people…
ACC’s Advanced Manufacturing Technology Program Adapts to Unusual Times – BusinessWest
As pivots go, this one was pretty smooth, Mary Bidwell says. But that’s fitting for an academic program built on precision. It was almost a year ago — March 13, to be exact — when Asnuntuck Community College (ACC) sent everyone home, including students in its Advanced Manufacturing Technology program, which Bidwell serves as interim…
BusinessTalk with Peter Rosskothen, owner of the Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House
On this installment of BusinessTalk, BusinessWest Editor George O’Brien talks with Peter Rosskothen, owner of the Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House, the Delaney House, and other hospitality-related businesses. The two discuss the state’s changing regulations and protocols for such businesses what they mean for this embattled sector of the economy. They also discuss when ‘normal’ might…
University of Massachusetts Awarded DITTO Contract to Improve AI
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the University of Massachusetts Amherst Biologically Inspired Neural & Dynamical Systems (BINDS) Laboratory, the DARPA DITTO – Intelligent Auto-Generation and Composition of Surrogate Models project. This is one of the agency’s AI Explorations. UMass’s co-PI on this award is Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories. DITTO aims…
Childcare Workers, K-12 Educators, School Staff Eligible for Vaccine Starting March 11
The Baker-Polito administration announced that childcare workers, K-12 educators, and K-12 school staff will be eligible to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments starting Thursday, March 11. This group of workers will join the currently eligible groups, including age 65+ and individuals with two or more certain medical conditions. Educators may book appointments at all 170 sites…