NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS AGAINST VIOLENCE
Series of Walks with Boston Police, Community Leaders and Members Being Held Throughout Neighborhoods BOSTON - Monday, August 24, 2015 - The Mayor's Office of Public Safety is encouraging community members to join local leaders, Boston Police and other advocates in a series of neighborhood walks to engage with…
Extreme Storms
Atmospheric scientist tracks climate change’s effects on extreme storms. Several winters back, while shoveling out his driveway after a particularly heavy snowstorm, Paul O’Gorman couldn’t help but wonder: How is climate change affecting the Boston region’s biggest snow events? The question wasn’t an idle one for O’Gorman: For the past…
New White House drug program to help combat ‘national crisis’
Photo from iStock A missing link in the countrywide fight against the rise of heroin abuse is intelligence sharing between law enforcement and public health officials, according to Northeastern University drug policy expert Leo Beletsky. To close that link, the White House on Monday announced a new program that will…
Baker Challenges Walsh to ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
The Boston Police, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker participate in The Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness for ALS research. Boston Mayor Walsh accepted Governor Charlie Baker’s Ice Bucket Challenge and asked supporters to stand with him. Walsh stated, "In Boston, we stand up and meet our challenges head-on.…
MIT: Cancer Research Discoveries
Bogdan Fedeles (right), a research associate in the MIT Department of Biological Engineering and lead author on a new paper on the link between chronic inflammation and cancer, examines a DNA model with professor John Essigmann, who led the current research. Photo: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT Cambridge, MA: Chronic inflammation caused by disease…
MIT: A small, modular, efficient fusion plant
A cutaway view of the proposed ARC reactor. Thanks to powerful new magnet technology, the much smaller, less-expensive ARC reactor would deliver the same power output as a much larger reactor. Illustration courtesy of the MIT ARC team. New design could finally help to bring the long-sought power source closer to…
Harvard student loses Facebook internship after pointing out privacy flaws
Boston, MA: Three months ago, Harvard student Aran Khanna was preparing to start a coveted internship at Facebook when he launched a browser application from his dorm room that angered the social media behemoth. His application, called Marauder’s Map — a clever name that Harry Potter fans will appreciate — was a…
NY Rock Funds Resiliency Strategy, Boston’s Doctor Martin appointment
BOSTON - Monday, August 10, 2015 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced Dr. Atyia Martin as the City of Boston's first Chief Resilience Officer (CRO), a new position created to lead city-wide resilience building efforts to help Boston prepare for, withstand and bounce back from the 'shocks' - catastrophic…
Boston Approves First Medical Marijuana Dispensary
Boston, MA: The Boston Zoning Board of Appeals has given conditional approval to open a medical marijuana dispensary on Milk Street. The city finally offered a conditional approval during a hearing on Aug. 4. The hearing on the request, submitted by Patriot Care Corp., had been delayed twice before in…
Boston’s Hub Spot of Fraternity-Style Shenanigans & Cult-Like Culture
Boston, MA: (via BBJ) A forthcoming book about HubSpot paints an unflattering portrait of what it was like working at the Cambridge, sales and marketing software firm. In the book, written by former tech journalist and ex-HubSpot employee Dan Lyons, talks of fraternity-like shenanigans and cult-like company culture. And, the book is…