News Coverage

Healthcare Innovation covered the two-year partnership between UMass Chan Medical School's Health AI Assurance Laboratory and Virginia-based Red Cell Partners to test and certify AI health care products, with the piece noting the Innovation Institute's $555,000 grant that helped establish the lab.

Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA) opened a new 56,000 square-foot care center in Medford, its first new location in 15 years, the Boston Business Journal highlighted. The One Cabot Road site offers rehabilitation, primary care, occupational health, pharmacy and orthopedics services.

MassCyberCenter Director John Petrozzelli joined industry leaders at an Axios-hosted Boston roundtable examining AI's growing impact on cybersecurity strategy and workforce readiness. Petrozzelli notes how the MassCyberCenter is working with the state to expand workforce development through a state-subsidized center for cybersecurity and technology training.

A Brookings Institute report on widening the benefits of AI spotlighted Boston as a top metro area early adopter.

MassLive's coverage of a first-of-its-kind cold spray 3D printing repair on a Great Barrington bridge named the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) as one of the project's key partners. Equipment for this project was supported by the Center for Advanced Manufacturing’s (CAM) M2I2 initiative, and the technique could significantly reduce the cost and disruption of repairing the roughly 9% of Massachusetts bridges that are structurally deficient.

The MassCyberCenter's Alternative Cyber Career Education (ACE) Grant Program drew coverage in Government Technology after the Healey-Driscoll Administration distributed $198,542 to four Massachusetts organizations offering non-traditional pathways into cybersecurity careers. MassCyberCenter Director John Petrozzelli was quoted making the case that accessible, skills-based training is essential for filling workforce gaps across the state.

The Boston Globe released its 2025 Tech Power Players edition, which includes an article on the future of the innovation ecosystem.

The Northeast Microelectronics Coalition (NEMC) signed a contract to help support TechNext, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology startup, as the company leverages its AI-powered platform to accelerate innovation in semiconductor manufacturing.

Roy Schoenberg, co-founder and former CEO of telehealth provider Amwell, is raising funds for Aileen, a new venture that uses an artificial intelligence (AI) companion to help elderly people remain in their homes with reduced need for around-the-clock care, the Boston Business Journal reported.

WAMC provided on-the-ground coverage to the Massachusetts Broadband Institute’s (MBI) Residential Retrofit Program announcement in Springfield, reporting from the June 2 celebration at Bay Meadow Apartments. In the article, MBI Director Michael Baldino described how the upgrades will enable tenants to access the internet and resident Luz Ramos said the new service would save her at least $105 a month.