Tag: Martina Nacach Cowan Ros
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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,…
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Close to a quarter of Cambridge lab space sits vacant. What happens to it now?
By Martina Nacach Cowan Ros Four years ago, it was nearly impossible to find lab space for rent in Cambridge. Now nearly a quarter of it stands vacant. Only 0.3% of Cambridge lab space was vacant in the third quarter…
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Here is what the most cited engineer in history has to say about biotech and research right now
By Martina Nacach Cowan Ros Robert Langer, the world’s most cited engineer, has seen ups and downs in the biotech industry over the past 40 years, so he isn’t overly worried about the current slowdown. What concerns him is the…
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Massachusetts backs AI-powered biotech startups with BioHub program
By Martina Nacach Cowan Ros Thirteen artificial-intelligence-focused life science startups graduated Tuesday from a 12-week Cambridge program that gave them access to lab space, business training and tech support. These companies are part of the first cohort to go through…
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Biotech headwinds have Cambridge industry pros helping students transition to workforce
By Martina Nacach Cowan Ros When Lila Neel walks through the streets of Cambridge, she imagines that any passerby could hold in their mind the cure for a sick child or parent. She said Cambridge, one of the biggest biotech…