Seahorse Bioscience raises $9.4M

Explore masshightech.com (May 22 2012) Life Sciences

... that is expanding in the western Massachusetts life sciences hub, with a biomanufacturing plant in Chicopee that it acquired from Innovative Microplate Inc. seven years ago. Seahorse Bioscience Inc. of Nort......y Life Sciences Institute was created in 2002 as a joint venture of Baystate Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Amherst with the dual missions of biomedical research and economic development. Seahorse, which was... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Baystate Health   Amherst

Massachusetts officials to present arguments against cuts at Westover Air ...

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...e years that could impact the six military bases in the state. In 2013 Westover Air Reserve Base in Chicopee is slated to lose 17 jobs. The 104th fighter wing at Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield stands to...... have a lieutenant colonel at a base working on military technology to be able to go down to MIT or UMass,” said Martin Romitti, director of economy and policy research for the ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Chicopee   Westfield

Leaders of the Massachusetts House of Representatives introduce bill to stimulate the economy

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College graduate hiring up, with local grads finding success

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Nicholas P. Wegman, executive director of the Chase Career Center at the University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management, said he’s noticed an increase in hiring in just the past five months......pplications per opening in 2009. Nancy E. Davis, director of career services for Elms College in Chicopee, said those long odds mean candidates have to work hard following up with potential employers. “I’v... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   American International College   University of Massachusetts   Springfield Technical Community College

Qteros biofuels start-up closes Chicopee facility

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Qteros, a once promising biofuels company that had its origins in research done at University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has closed its Chicopee fermentation facility, part of an apparent retrenchment. Qteros biofuels start-up closes Chicopee facility Published: Sunday, April 08, 2012, 10:00 AM Dwight Shepard, The Republican By Dwight Shepa......ough, replaced its chief executive officer and laid off many of its employees. Susan B. Leschine, a UMass microbiologist ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Amherst   Chicopee

Gov. Deval Patrick appoints former Springfield City Councilor Bruce Stebbins to Massachusetts Gaming Commission

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...neral Martha Coakley and state Treasurer Steve Grossman. Patrick previously named Stephen Crosby, a University of Massachusetts professor and former state budget chief, to chair the commission. Last month, Coakley named Gayle C......ies are already pitching plans, including proposals in Palmer, Brimfield, Holyoke and Springfield. Chicopee has also been mentioned as a potential site for a casino. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Massachusetts Office of Business Development

Holyoke looks to new mayor, computing center, ways to make city attractive to ...

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...ors and seniors from Dean Technical High School here, Westfield Vocational-Technical, Cathedral and Chicopee Comprehensive high schools, are all eligible to participate, said Jim Wachala, Turner senior projec... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods

Chicopee's Westover Air Reserve Base may fall victim to federal budget squeeze

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...base pumped about $238 million into the regional economy in 2011, according to an Air Force Study. Chicopee's Westover Air Reserve Base may fall victim to federal budget squeeze Published: Sunday, February 1......C-like conditions exist in Washington right now. This is serious.” Anderson’s group, along with the University of Massachusetts’ Donahue Institute in Hadley, is studying defense spending in Massachusetts and New England in hope... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield   Chicopee

UMass dean Stephen Crosby named by Gov. Deval Patrick to chair Gaming Commission

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...ide for two Republican governors, as the chairman of the fledgling Massachusetts Gaming Commission. UMass dean Stephen Crosby named by Gov. Deval Patrick to chair Gaming Commission Published: Tuesday, Dece......nd one slots parlor envisioned by the bill. Also seen are, from left, State Rep. Joseph Wagner, D-Chicopee, State Sen. Richard Ross, R-Wrentham, and Kathi-Anne Reinstein, D-Revere. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Chicopee

UMass officials say agreement with Brazil should be boon for Western Massachusetts farmers

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It means an office at UMass for Brazilian scientists and researchers to come to “to collaborate with us to benefit farmers” in ...... Governor's office photoMassachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick, center, joins representatives from the University of Massachusetts and the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa) and Embrapa's president Dr. Pedro Ant... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Springfield

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick unveils education goals

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...o a list provided by the administration, the gateway cities in Massachusetts are Brockton, Chelsea, Chicopee, Everett, Fall River, Fitchburg, Haverhill, Holyoke, Lawrence, Leominster, Lowell, Lynn, Malden, Me......omprise Gov. Deval L. Patrick’s education agenda for his second term. Patrick outlined the goals at UMass Boston on Wednesday morning. The Milton Democrat’s other goals include entitling every child to a... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Springfield

Holyoke Community College focuses on computer literacy with the new Thomas Gill III Community Technology Center

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...or seeking jobs was computer literacy,” Kohout said. “We heard that many people downtown and in the Chicopee area did not have access to the Internet or low-cost computer classes.” 092111-picknelly-hcc-center......Colleges’ community-based education program that supports the work of students and faculty from the University of Massachusetts, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Amherst and Hampshire colleges who are volunteering with community organizat... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Holyoke Community College   Springfield

Profiles in Business

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...mple, he noted the commonly held belief that Paul and Gerry D’Amour started the company together in Chicopee. In actuality, Gerry was in the military when Paul decided he had no real future working as a deliv......nother college in Worcester, Assumption, with the caveat that he be allowed to take math courses at UMass instead of work in the family buiness. But upon taking calculus and also getting ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   MassMutual

2011 Big E Daily Schedule

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...dlers Contest – Coliseum 7 a.m. – FFA Forestry Contest – Forest Park FFA Horse Evaluation Contest – UMass Intercollegiate, FFA, 4-H Dairy Judging Contest – Coliseum 7:30 a.m. – FFA Farm Business Management......f Honor Stage Mardi Gras Parade 10 p.m. – Last Shuttle to West Springfield Hotels Tuesday, Sept. 27 Chicopee Day big27.jpg 8 a.m. – Now Open – Mallary Complex Llama Show – Mallary Arena 4 8:30 a.m. – Now ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Comcast   Springfield

Back to the Drawing Board

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...referring specifically to two current clients at work on new police stations, in Northampton and at UMass Amherst. Back to the Drawing Board Posted on 19 July 2011. Written by: Dan Chase Architects Say an ......periencing the boomtown-like building cycles of yesteryear. But what Edgin, principal architect for Chicopee-based Caolo & Bieniek Associates, was referring to was as much the vagaries of a changing economy a... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield   Amherst

MassChallenge finalist pumped up by autism vest

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Mullen co-developed the vest’s DeePAD technology, which is licensed from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. It’s based on research started when he was earning a master’s degree in mechanical engi......r $2,000 and comes in three sizes, is fabricated by medical device manufacturer Dielectrics Inc. in Chicopee. It has a removable hand pump that allows the child, his parent, occupational therapist or other ca... (Read Full Article)

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Profiles in Business

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...fit, if it all works.” Blair has been honing this definition since not long after he graduated from UMass Amherst and took that job with the Division of Employment Security, one that made a lasting impress......se neighborhoods that sparked the kinds of investments he spoke of. Such parks have been created in Chicopee at Westover, and also Agawam, East Longmeadow, Westfield, and other communities, resulting in the c... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Big Y Foods   MassMutual

Well Grounded

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...ing that GZA was responsible for the building’s design. “This branch was originally located in Chicopee, but was moved to Glastonbury, Conn. And now we are here again, so we have come full circle.” C......al Consultants in Springfield from its owners, who were ready to retire. ”It was founded by two UMass professors who grew the business into a 20-person operation. They did site civil engineering which ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield   Chicopee

Theraputic Systems of Amherst designs special vest designed to sooth autistic children

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Its developers, Brian Mullen and business partner Chris Leidel, both graduated from UMass in 2009. Their company, Therapeutic Systems, is based at the Amherst Center for Entrepreneurship at......portable hug”to help calm and soothe children with autism and other disorders. Developed in the University of Massachusetts Amherst Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, the vest is called the Vayu, from the Hin... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Springfield   Amherst

Western Massachusetts census marked by boom and bust

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...xplain. Northampton and Greenfield suffered small population losses, for example. Cities such as Chicopee, Holyoke, Springfield and Westfield enjoyed incremental gains, because they added more Hispanics, a......er-to-bumper for a mile on Route 9 on Friday afternoons in Belchertown, coming from Amherst and the University of Massachusetts, Albertson said. (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Pioneer Valley Planning Commission   Palmer

Western Massachusetts: the next life sciences hub?

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Comment Mentions:   Governor Deval L. Patrick   University of Massachusetts   Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Editorial: Qteros biofuel startup base beckons in Chicopee

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... startup Qteros Inc. has plenty of room to grow in its new $3.2 million 15,000-square-foot plant in Chicopee. In fact, it has so much room that the company is hoping to enticing other like-minded firms to the......he biofuel industry in Western Massachusetts. The success of Qteros - which sprung from research by University of Massachusetts microbiologist Susan Leschine - and other startups holds promise for the creation of new ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Chicopee   Qteros

Qteros CEO John McCarthy offers space in new Chicopee plant for biofuel start-ups

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...pace enticed to do larger-scale work in other states. Qteros CEO John McCarthy offers space in new Chicopee plant for biofuel start-ups Published: Monday, March 28, 2011, 1:34 AM Boston Business Journal By B......ros lab in Marlborough where plant matter is transformed into ethanol using a microbe discovered by University of Massachusetts researchers in the soil around Quabbin Reservoir. By KYLE ALSPACH Boston Business Journal With the ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   University of Massachusetts   Chicopee   Qteros

Springfield, regional unemployment creep up in January

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