Author: Martina Nacach Cowan Ros
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Broad Institute’s Sentinel project receives grant to prevent outbreaks
Leaders of a groundbreaking pandemic prevention project say a $100 million grant will greatly expand their work to curb disease outbreaks. “The event that doesn’t exist – that is the proof our system is working,” said Dolo Nosamiefan, project manager…
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Broad Institute’s Sentinel project receives grant to prevent outbreaks
Leaders of a groundbreaking pandemic prevention project say a $100 million grant will greatly expand their work to curb disease outbreaks. “The event that doesn’t exist – that is the proof our system is working,” said Dolo Nosamiefan, project manager…
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Losing Simon’s to construction would be ‘heartbreaking’
Prapti Sekhon and Diego Lasso are two of the many regulars at Simon’s Coffee Shop. They meet there every other day, trading stories, life updates and advice over a small table and a few cups of coffee. Lasso, 67, known…
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An experiment in project-based education grows
At an exhibition last week, the students of NuVu High School showed off architectural models, a prototype of a ropeless lobster trap and a three-course meal. All of these are examples of the “new view” of education this project-based school…
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Biobot readies for expansion into new markets
Martina Nacach Cowan Ros Cambridge wastewater detection company Biobot Analytics received a new round of venture capital, which will help it expand beyond its traditional public health market and into the private sector, helping identify trends in infectious disease outbreaks…
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Hotel’s sudden shutdown sends guests scrambling for rooms
By Martina Nacach Cowan Ros Employees and guests of 907 Main Hotel Central Square were informed Sunday afternoon that they would have to evacuate the building by 9 a.m. Monday after Marriott ended its licensing deal with Sonder, the company…
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Digitizing the legacy of The Group School
By Martina Nacach Cowan RosScattered across homes throughout Cambridge are faded curricula, pictures and worksheets stored in boxes that preserve the memory of The Group School, an alternative high school run democratically by students and teachers in the 1970s. Now,…