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UMass celebrates $95 million academic classroom building slated for 2014 opening
Explore masslive.com (Oct 26 2012)
UMass celebrates $95 million academic classroom building slated for 2014 opening. The state is contributing $65 million to the project cost.
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Encouraging students to go to college
Explore wwlp.com (Oct 26 2012)
A college awareness initiative, called "College? YES!" will kick-off with a rally Friday morning on the steps of City Hall in Springfield.
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Vermont Tech announces business plan competition winners
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Oct 15 2012)
Six of Vermont’s burgeoning business stars have won a total of $19,000 in prizes in Vermont Tech’s 2012 Food and Farm Business Plan Competition. The competition for food- and farm-related businesses encourages new business development. Open to residents and students in Washington, Orange, and Windsor Counties, the prizes were awarded on Friday, following presentations to a panel of judges. “At every stage of the competition, we were truly impressed with the individuals and businesses who came to us with ideas and business plans that show the broad range of creative thinking here in Vermont,” said Steve Paddock ...
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UMass professor receives nearly $900,000 grant to increase number of minority nurses
Explore masslive.com (Oct 13 2012)
According to the National League for Nursing 2012 Annual Survey, just 12 percent of those admitted into bachelor's degree programs in 2011 were African-American, 8 percent Asian or Pacific Islander and 6 percent Hispanic.
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UMass Lowell opens $80M academic facility
Explore Business News (Oct 12 2012)
Officials celebrated the opening this week of the University of Massachusetts Lowell’s $80 million Emerging Technologies and Innovation Center (ETIC), the first new academic building constructed on campus in more than three decades. The 84,000-square-foot building will be home to research in nanotechnology, molecular biology, plastics engineering and optics, as well as life sciences, energy, national security and environmental protection.
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Spfld casino process enter 2nd phase
Explore wwlp.com (Oct 12 2012)
When it comes to a possible casino in Springfield, all the cards are on the table. The city has to decide which of three proposals will appear on a ballot for a referendum vote.
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GE gives UConn $7.5M for research, professorship
Explore Mass High Tech Business News (Oct 11 2012)
The University of Connecticut (UConn) will receive $7.5 million in a five-year investment from GE (NYSE: GE) designed to spur innovation in new electrical distribution technology in the Nutmeg State.
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Vermont Business Roundtable survey shows increasingly stable outlook into early 2013
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Oct 10 2012)
The chief executives of Vermont’s leading businesses demonstrated an increasingly stable outlook in their economic forecasts for the coming six months, compared against the previous survey. The survey, which was completed between September 17 and September 28, was released today by Vermont Business Roundtable Chair Steve Voigt, CEO, King Arthur Flour and President Lisa Ventriss. 2012 Q3 Increase 2012 Q3 No Change 2012 Q3 Decrease Quarterly % Change Increase 2012 Q2 Increase 2012 Q2 No Change 2012 Q2 Decrease Sales 62% 28% 10% -2% 64% 32% 4% Capital Spending 43% 48% 9% 10% 33% 58% 9% Employment 43% 48% 10 ...
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Vermont Tech joins United States Green Building Council
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Oct 10 2012)
With the goal of creating a sustainable environment through “green” building, Vermont Tech has joined the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), a 15,000-member organization committed to a prosperous and sustainable future through cost-efficient and energy-saving green buildings. “As a college that is practicing sustainability, we play a critical role in educating and training students, faculty, and community members to lead and drive strong and sustainable communities,” said Dan Aubin, who is certified by USGBC as a LEED Green Associate, which denotes basic knowledge of green design, construction, and operations. “For this reason, we are excited to partner with ...
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Local colleges make Princeton Review's 'best business' and 'best law' schools lists
Explore Homepage (Oct 10 2012)
Bryant University, the University of Rhode Island and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth all earned places on The Princeton Review's 2013 list of the 'Best 296 Business Schools,' and Roger William's University earned a place on the college-prep maker's list of the 'Best 168 Law Schools.'
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Raytheon nabs two Phase 2 Navy contracts
Explore Mass High Tech Business News (Oct 10 2012)
Waltham-based Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has received two Phase 2 contracts from the Office of Naval Research to develop a new power distribution system to improve fuel efficiency and enable ship and submarine systems to tap more power as needed.
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Gov. Deval Patrick's capital plan includes $5.4 million for Springfield Union Station parking garage, $350,000 for Upper Bondsville Dam repair
Explore masslive.com (Oct 9 2012)
The 480-space parking garage will be used in conjunction with the redevelopment of the Union Station Regional Intermodal Transportation Center, a $45 million project with multiple funding sources.
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Shumlin announces $1.8 million in Downtown tax credits, $500,000 in flood credits
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Oct 9 2012)
Governor Peter Shumlin has announced the allocation of $1.786 million in tax credits through the Downtown Program to support nearly $26 million in building improvements in downtowns and village centers across the state. This year, in addition to traditional credits which spur building investment and revitalization in Vermont’s community centers, $500,000 in flood credits were allocated to help repair and rehabilitate buildings damaged by the flooding in 2011. Competitively awarded by the Downtown Development Board, this year’s tax credits went to 30 projects in 17 communities.
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Citizens Bank has most deposits in R.I., says FDIC
RBS Citizens Bank remained Rhode Island's leading deposit holder during the fiscal year ended June 30, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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Vaxxas sets up shop in Cambridge, names CEO
Explore Mass High Tech Business News (Oct 9 2012)
Australian biotech Vaxxas Inc., which is focused on a device to deliver vaccines just beneath the skin, on Tuesday said that it set up corporate offices in Cambridge, named its first CEO and announced its first partnership with a major pharmaceutical company.
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New England Air Museum opens new high-tech flight simulators
Explore masslive.com (Oct 8 2012)
Those who have ever wanted to try their hand at flying an airplane can now get a realistic feel for it at the New England Air Museum.
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Holyoke efforts to improve 3rd-graders' reading skills topic of meeting at Holyoke Community College
Explore masslive.com (Oct 5 2012)
Strategies to improve third-graders' readiing abilities will be discussed with national and statewide officials.
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Vermont Community Loan Fund lends $501,800 in 3rd quarter
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Oct 5 2012)
The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) approved $501,800 in financing to Vermont’s small businesses, affordable housing developers, and child care programs during the third quarter of 2012. “Our work with Vermont’s small businesses, child care programs, affordable housing developers and community facilities is advancing our state’s economy and creating safer, healthier, more vibrant communities,” said VCLF Executive Director Will Belongia.
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Amtrak’s Vermonter project completed on time and on budget
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Oct 5 2012)
US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood today announced the on-time and on-budget completion of a two-year project making upgrades and repairs along 190 miles of track between St. Albans and Vernon on Amtrak’s Vermonter line.
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R.I. college graduation rates exceed national average
Graduation rates at Rhode Island colleges are better than the national average, especially for the state's private four-year colleges, according to a study ranking 2010 graduation rates by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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URI College of Nursing lands $3.8M
The University of Rhode Island's College of Nursing has landed $3.8 million in federal funding to support the Ocean State's nursing workforce, training and education, and research efforts.
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R.I. 19th for entrepreneurs, Mass. No. 1
Rhode Island ranks 19th among states for entrepreneurship, according to an index released Oct. 2 by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Vermont receives $245,000 grant to support pollution prevention effort
Explore Vermont Business Magazine (Oct 3 2012)
The Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner, David Mears, announced the kick-off of the “Vermont Green Infrastructure Initiative” and the receipt of a $245,000 USDA Forest Service grant that will help the state in this effort.
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