News Coverage

The Massachusetts AI Hub (MA AI Hub)'s $2.9 million investment in statewide awards through the AI Models Innovation Challenge was highlighted in this Boston Business Journal article.

The Quantum Zeitgeist's write-up of the Innovation Institute’s $3.8 million grant to UMass Boston includes remarks from MassTech CEO Carolyn Kirk, who expects enormous growth potential in the quantum sector. The piece traces the investment as part of a deliberate strategy, building on an initial $1 million grant in 2022 to expand quantum computing infrastructure, seed funding and workforce development across the state.

Telecompetitor referenced the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) Connected and Online Program in an article about North Carolina’s new statewide digital skills standards. The article mentions the MBI program as an example of initiatives continuing to "educate people in the digital realm.”

The Chelsea Record published a story on local partners receiving state recognition for digital-inclusion projects and noted how the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) investment in the Pratville Apartments will narrow the digital divide in the city.

Rock 92.9 covered the launch of a new Security Operations Center (SOC) at UMass Lowell, backed by a $300,000 joint grant from MassCyberCenter and the Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM), a separate division of the Massachsuetts Technology Collaborative (MasTech). The SOC, managed by CyberTrust Massachusetts and situated within the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor, will serve local governments, nonprofits and small-to-midsize defense industrial base companies while providing students with paid career experience.

WWLP covered the Center for Advanced Manufacturing’s (CAM) MassMakes Innovation Challenge at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and featured quotes from CAM Director Lily Fitzgerald and CAM Director of STEM Ecosystem and Partnerships Adam Couturier on the event's role in exposing students to manufacturing careers.

The Center for Advanced Manufacturing’s (CAM) MassMakes Innovation Challenge press release was featured in Manufacturing Tomorrow, which highlighted the event's hands-on robotics and engineering competitions at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Center for Advanced Manufacturing’s (CAM) annual MassMakes Innovation Challenge brought 300 high school students from the Pioneer Valley and Central Massachusetts to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, with MassLive's coverage drawing on quotes from state Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler and CAM Director of STEM Ecosystem and Partnerships Adam Couturier.

Hoodline wrote about the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) $23 million Connected and Online Program launch and noted the program’s goal of distributing devices to residents while prioritizing Gateway Cities and rural communities.

MassInsider covered the launch of the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) $23 million Connected and Online Program, which will distribute roughly 27,000 devices to municipalities, libraries, health care providers and nonprofits statewide to close the digital device gap.