by vdc | Sep 26, 2009 | Innovation
Soon doctors across the county could be offering a new pain-free lead test, thanks to two start-up companies collaborating in the Venture Development Center. Last week OFT Labs and GeoMed Analytical announced the results of a clinical trial designed and correlated by...
by vdc | Aug 20, 2009 | Incubators
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...
by vdc | Aug 6, 2009 | Incubators
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...
by vdc | Jul 26, 2009 | Internships
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...
by vdc | Jul 21, 2009 | Incubators, Internships
I love words. I am always searching for the right word. If you consider yourself a writer, you know how great it feels when you find the right word to describe something. If you write about something often enough, you also know how interesting it is to compare some of...
