Get a place on the Red Line

Harvard President Drew Faust inspires me. On May 1st, she rode the Red Line to JFK/UMASS to join 200 city, business and education leaders to mark the official opening of UMass Boston’s Venture Development Center. Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino graciously met her at...

Attend the August 20 SBIR/STTR webinar

Summer innovation camp concludes with the webinar “Advanced Essentials: SBIRs/STTRs” on August 20, 2009 at 1 pm in the VDC Presentation Room. The SBIR/STTR program is a highly specialized form of funding for those performing cutting-edge R&D that addresses the...

Announcing new features for software developers

A great start-up environment keeps getting better: A fourth server rack was installed in the VDC’s data center for partners to use for development and testing of their servers and software. Partners take care of installation, operation and maintenance. The VDC has...

I enjoy the feeling of being a pioneer.

According to a July 2nd article in the New York Times entitled “Say Hello to Underachieving“, internships available to college students have fallen 21 percent since last year. UMass Boston’s deep, diverse and hard working student talent pool, however, is being...