Read about the Inspirational stories of two Boston Early Childhood Fellows. For the full stories of the two fellows, Amal Salah and Danielle Grant access the article here.  An innovative fellowship launched by UMass Boston’s Institute for Early Educator Leadership and Innovation provides full scholarships for early educators. Funding by the city of Boston (with American Rescue Plan…

In an ever-evolving global landscape, industries face the formidable challenge of reconciling growth with environmental stewardship.   The textile sector, celebrated for its intricate designs and resplendent fabrics, grapples with the same imperative. As we stride into a future where sustainability and traceability intertwine, Masood Textile Mills, Ltd. (MTM), a vertically integrated textile manufacturing company headquartered…

It looks like any other scrappy Tel Aviv tech startup, with staff in hip clothing huddled around laptops and downing espressos, but they are the volunteers in a “war room” assembled to help Israel bring home the hostages. Gunmen from the Hamas terror group seized more than 220 people when they stormed across Gaza’s border…

It’s likely not a surprise for anyone if we say that artificial intelligence (AI) has taken center stage out of all innovative technologies in the last few years. Since the tech is still pretty new, in the coming years there will almost certainly be plenty of disruption and rapid growth opportunities for new innovative startups…

A view of a Zamboni machine at work during a game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Anaheim Mighty Ducks at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California. Kellie Landis / Allsport It’s a lumbering presence before it comes to life—but once it does, it’s the most beloved piece of maintenance equipment on earth. The Zamboni…

While innovation in surgery takes many forms—from novel devices to new approaches in treatment—there are common ethical considerations that should inform how these advances are introduced into patient care. In yesterday’s Ethics of Surgical Innovation session, panelists discussed the complex ethical issues regarding xenotransplantation and best practices for managing the challenges related to conflicts of…

New London is the site of a new Regional Innovation Center, an incubator that aims to nurture startup businesses from around the southeast region and further. The center is a project of the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Connecticut, and is housed at the Chamber’s new headquarters at 92 Eugene O’Neill Drive. The official opening…

Professors Strohmeyer, Tonoyan, and Jennings examine the innovation gender gap amongst entrepreneurs, citing the importance of a Jack (or Jill)-of-all-trades skillset In a previous Open Access Government article, Professors Tonoyan, Strohmeyer, and Jennings summarised findings from their multi-country study of the relationship between sex-based labour market segregation and women’s perceptions of how easy it would…

In the tech world, employee-created innovations need to blossom beyond the original innovator to have the biggest impact, but new research points to a puzzling phenomenon: employees often keep their innovations under wraps, limiting their diffusion. SAP Business AI: Revolutionary technology, real-world results To me, the research clearly confirms the role of organizational culture in…

The team that founded the most popular multicloud management platform, Rancher, has launched a new cloud platform called Acorn. Sheng Liang, Shannon Williams, Darren Shepherd and Will Chan are serial entrepreneurs with an impeccable track record of building successful open-source technology companies. Before co-founding Acorn Labs, they built Cloud.com, which Citrix acquired in 2012, and…