News Coverage

The Recorder's regional notebook column relayed the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) call for federal Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program applications, which will allocate $147 million to Massachusetts. The article quoted MBI Director Michael Baldino encouraging providers to participate in order to continue closing the digital divide.

iBerkshires published a story about Gateway Fiber expanding broadband access in Pittsfield and pointed to the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) support for the project through a nearly $100,000 Municipal Digital Equity Implementation Program grant.

The Commonwealth Beacon's Jennifer Smith outlined the state's AI strategy with Massachusetts AI Hub (MA AI Hub) Director Sabrina Mansur on the outlet's podcast, "Codcast."

Data Center Dynamics reported on a University of Vermont high-performance computing cluster upgrade and also highlighted the Vermont Gallium Nitride (V-GaN) Tech Hub's $3.4 million award from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) to establish a new microelectronics testing laboratory in South Burlington, set to open in January 2026.

Semiconductor Today reported on the $3.4 million Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) award to the Vermont Gallium Nitride (V-GaN) Tech Hub for a new microelectronics testing laboratory in South Burlington. The V-GaN Test and Characterization Lab, which will provide advanced testing services for high-power and high-frequency semiconductor devices, is set to open in January 2026.

The University of Vermont's Office of the Vice President for Research announced the Vermont Gallium Nitride (V-GaN) Tech Hub secured $3.4 million from the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) to establish what will be the nation's first publicly accessible lab offering comprehensive testing for high-power and high-frequency GaN and wide-bandgap devices. The South Burlington facility, operated by UVM, is expected to open in January 2026.

VermontBiz featured the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition's (NEMC) $3.4 million investment to launch a new semiconductor lab in South Burlington and noted the lab will train over 500 new employees and engage over 6,000 K-12 students.

The Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) was mentioned in Semiconductor Engineering's report on 75 semiconductor startups in the section on funds and investors.

All Things Considered's Amy Sokolow showcased the wide-reaching benefits of Massachusetts' new pilot AI curriculum in a sit-down interview with Massachusetts AI Hub (MA AI Hub) Director Sabrina Mansur.

Healthcare IT News tied the UMass Chan and Red Cell Partners agreement to the broader national conversation around health AI evaluation, with the piece crediting the Innovation Institute's $555,000 grant as the funding that helped launch the Health AI Assurance Laboratory at UMass Chan the previous year.