Amherst native Alex Krogh-Grabbe named director of Amherst Business Improvement District

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... last October adopted the district proposed by business leaders along with representatives from the University of Massachusetts and Amherst College. That group had been working for more than two years to establish the district,......ated a Business Improvement District in 2009. Districts have also been established in Westfield and Springfield. “I think it’s a huge opportunity. We’re starting to put things in place, there’s a lot of ... (Read Full Article)

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Pioneer Valley United Way hits fundraising goal, honors volunteers

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...ising success to applause from a crowd of more than 500 at the Log Cabin Meeting and Banquet House. SPRINGFIELD – Expressing thanks for an outpouring of community support, the United Way of Pioneer Valley announ......AH!; and Sarno. Each recipient offered brief remarks, with Dianne Doherty, regional director of the University of Massachusetts’ Small Business Center, saying, “We are so blessed to live in this area. ... We live here, we ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Domenic J. Sarno   University of Massachusetts   Springfield

UMass plans for satellite campus

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...ions during a press conference held by himself and the new chancellor, Kumble Subbaswamy, AMHERST — University of Massachusetts President Robert L. Caret said Monday he hopes to select the site of a first UMass satellite campus “by early or mid-fall,” in a move aimed at expanding the university’s statewide re...... become the subject of intense lobbying from area officials. During a breakfast to welcome incoming UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble ... (Read Full Article)

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Business Monday from The Republican, May 14, 2012: Precision manufacturing gets a boost

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... back more slowly than other regions, according to a new report from The Brookings Institution. The Springfield metropolitan area, an area defined as most of Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties, has 26,479 ......tween 2000 and 2010, the 69th worst showing out of the 100 largest metropolitan areas. Read more >> UMass dining director Ken Toong named to "Most Influential' list by FoodService Director magazine FoodSer... (Read Full Article)

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A Priceless Gift | BusinessWest

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...n without the help, support, and guidance she has received from Valley Venture Mentors, or VVM. The Springfield-based group provides critical support to entrepreneurs by linking them to business professionals wh......sses and a few orders, and when I graduate next month from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst, I’ll devote myself to this full-time,” Muehlke continued. “It’s a decision the group reall... (Read Full Article)

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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......et. Davis, a mass communications major, does not have a job in his field at the time of graduation. SPRINGFIELD – Jordan Gilliam, 22, started his job search when a lot of his fellow members of the Class ... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts businesses still feel recession, but business confidence is up, AIM report says | masslive.com

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...places only about half the employees who leave the company through the regular course of attrition. SPRINGFIELD – Economists say the recession ended back in June 2009, but 41 percent of Massachusetts employers, ......t, said Michael D. Goodman, associate professor and chair of the Department of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. But Goodman said economic good news seems to be concentrated in and around Boston. Also,... (Read Full Article)

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Departing UMass Chancellor Robert Holub highlights campus accomplishments during his tenure

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Boston conference promotes potential of new computing center, high-speed Internet in Western Massachusetts

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Graduates of New England Farm Workers Council's youth program celebrate earning GEDs

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...Workforce Investment Act Youth Program took part in a graduation ceremony at the Paramount Theater. SPRINGFIELD – Youthful graduates of a program run by the New England Farm Workers’ Council were told Friday tha......help others by being mentors. Flores suggested they go on to study at community colleges and at the University of Massachusetts. “You are the future of this city. We love you,” Flores said. “You guys did not ... (Read Full Article)

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MassMutual promotes Nicholas Fyntrilakis to vice-president as he aids Rebuild ...

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College building continues in the Pioneer Valley

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Also at UMass, work began in March on an $85 million Academic and Classroom Building on the north end of campus n......most recent of a long list of large construction projects at area colleges and universities. At the University of Massachusetts, work began in June on the $186.5 million Commonwealth Honors College Residential Complex set fo... (Read Full Article)

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Valley Venture Mentors accepts four new startups

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...l investment firm River Valley Investors, said all three of the founders had some connection to the UMass-Amherst entrepreneurship program. Valley Venture Mentors accepts four new startups By Don Seiffert ...... accounting for nonprofits have been accepted to the mentoring program of Valley Venture Mentors in Springfield. Bakepedia, BraveOne Agency, Seek Your Course, and MissionControl were accepted into the program ... (Read Full Article)

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Massachusetts Gaming Commission launches plan to establish casinos

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...mmission, which will license and regulate casinos, convened for the first time in a ballroom at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and met for almost four hours. In addition to selecting a law firm and consultants, the c......ring its own goods and services. When commissioner Bruce Stebbins, a former city councilor from Springfield, moved to vote approval of the mission statement, chairman Stephen P. Crosby noted it was ... (Read Full Article)

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

Schools of Thought

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... career in that environment. Schools of Thought Posted on 10 April 2012. Written by: George O'Brien UMass Amherst Chancellor-elect Meets the Press Kumble Subbaswamy Kumble Subbaswamy says he has a comfort ...... challenge to date, the role of chancellor at another flagship campus — the Amherst facility of the University of Massachusetts. He would go on to tell a large assemblage of local media that he considers it his primary assignme... (Read Full Article)

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Gaming Commission sets timetable, first meeting

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PVTA wins TSA award for keeping passengers safe from terrorist threats

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...close Digg Stumble Upon Fark Reddit Share Email Print 042409_pvta_bus.jpg The Republican file photo SPRINGFIELD — The Pioneer Valley Transit Authority was honored with a Gold Standard award last week by th......own Manager, “over a million passengers a year” ride the bus. He did, too, as a student. “I went to UMass in the early '80s and I didn’t own a car,” he said. “I just remember how ... (Read Full Article)

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Incoming UMass chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy visits campus

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University of Massachusetts chancellor designate Kumble R. Subbaswamy made his first visit to campus Monday following his appoi...... made his first visit to campus Monday following his appointment to the position March 26. Incoming UMass chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy visits campus Published: Monday, April 02, 2012, 5:12 PM Updated: ... (Read Full Article)

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Diabetes researcher Dr. Sabyasachi Sen shares insight

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... as well as an award-winning diabetes researcher at the Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute in Springfield, a collaboration between the center and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. In this submitted interview, Dr. Sabyasachi Sen, an endocrinologist in the endocrine and d... (Read Full Article)

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'Geek Gathering' event planned to give Pioneer Valley techies some face-to-face networking time

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...o are into computers and technology,” said Ashley C. Gladden, a senior computer graphics major at Springfield College who hails from Royalston. But graduation is coming up quickly. And, while she’d like to li...... organized the event along with Candice J. Serafino, assistant director of career services for the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Dawn Creighton, a regional director for Associated Industries of Massachusetts, ... (Read Full Article)

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

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...uesday announced the final two appointments to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission including former Springfield City Councilor Bruce Stebbins.  The five-member gaming commission is now complete and will be respo......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... (Read Full Article)

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

Millbrook Scholars Program provides inner-city Springfield teens skills to succeed in work force

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... to follow an academic path. The three young men currently living in the Sixteen Acres home attend Springfield Technical Community College and plan to attend Western New England University or the University of Massachusetts upon graduation. Adjustment counselors from the area high schools, such as Roberto Christian from R... (Read Full Article)

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Cooley Dickinson Hospital trustees vote for affiliation with Massachusetts General Hospital; Baystate Health 'extremely disappointed'

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...s been entertaining merger proposals from other networks, and last November had narrowed it down to Springfield-based Baystate Health System and Mass. General, which is part of Partners HealthCare System Inc. Th......ere Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Lahey Clinic of Burlington, University of Massachusetts Medical Center and Vanguard Health. “We are truly humbled that the leadership of Cooley Dickinson H... (Read Full Article)

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STCC shows would-be entrepreneurs the road for taking their ideas to market

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...oset Clothing System, including Christina Lyman-Sandoz, 25, of Northampton; Taquawn Daniels, 21, of Springfield; and Catherine Reynolds, 27, of East Longmeadow; and Team Sleek, including Kristina Richard, 21, o......ship awards ceremony and banquet. Today, Lare continues work on his invention while studying at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. “Students gain a lot from the class,” said Sabato. “They learn what can be possible–tha... (Read Full Article)

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