Jake Jacobson of Cambridge has joined the board of the Pioneer Institute, a Boston organization that addresses challenges in areas such as education, health, economic opportunity and civic values. Jacobson, formerly of Bain & Co., is director and president of PGE Management and the Jacobson Group, real estate investment and development companies who provided analysis as part of the Springfield Finance Control Board, the institute said Friday.
Cambridge’s Bárbara Brizuela has been named permanent dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts by the university’s board of trustees, it was announced Nov. 4. Brizuela, an expert in mathematics education, early childhood education and cognitive development, was previously the dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a professor of education and has served as the school’s dean ad interim since July. She has a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and is a graduate of Tufts.
The Cambridge Chamber of Commerce announced Nov. 4 the eight organization selected as recipients of its annual Visionary Awards to be presented at a Thursday gala. The businesses, institutions and nonprofit “helping to transform the world by way of groundbreaking collaboration and discovery” include Astellas Pharma for its new Astellas Life Science Center; Biogen and Eisai for Alzheimer’s treatments; the Cambridge innovation Center for building workspaces and laboratories and cultivating industry clusters; the Educational Justice Institute, an MIT nonprofit, for addressing mass incarceration and social injustices; Eversource and Boston Properties for partnering with the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority on a first-of-its kind underground electrical substation; Leggat McCall for transforming an East Cambridge courthouse into its 40 Thorndike mixed-use building; the Massachusetts Next Generation Initiative for supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs in the life sciences; and the Cambridge Community Center for becoming the first resilience hub in New England, providing a safe place and services for residents facing disasters.
More than 200 people turned out Oct. 27 to say goodbye to Sajid Bhatti, who is retiring as owner of a UPS Store at 1770 Massachusetts Ave., in Cambridge’s Neighborhood 9 near Porter Square. The block party included poets, a belly dancer, food and drink and music from local singer-songwriters, as well as visits by U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a local, and state Rep. Marjorie Decker, who brought a State House resolution in Bhatti’s honor. Bhatti, renowned for his kindness and seven-day workweeks, said he is headed to St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where he plans to run a boutique hotel for a few years.
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