For University Press Week, a trio of publications proposes fixes for education, science and the law
A list of best publications by university presses includes works out of Harvard, MIT and Brandeis on saving higher ed, women in science and “guardianship” abuse.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, MIThenge to the CSO and an owl named Alfie
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s hip-hop history, the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and an Anarchist Woodstock, MIThenge, a cozy mystery and fall by a fireside, lessons from a baby owl and the science of “Eat, Poop, Die.”
In clash over urgently needed power capacity, Cambridge sides with Eversource over MIT
The city filed testimony by public works commissioner Kathy Watkins saying Cambridge supports the utility’s routes for underground cables on city streets that run through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from a Poetry Brothel to hip-hop history exhibit
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s an Illuminated Block Party, “Rocky Horror,” a Poetry Brothel and lots of other Halloween fun, Roxane Gay and Dallas Goldtooth, the Thrill Kill Kult and the exhibit “Day One DNA: 50 Years in Hiphop Culture.”
Eversource power is near its operational limits, witnesses say in argument around MIT routes
“If you’re sensing panic, it’s that we’re kind of out of options on the distribution side,” an Eversource executive warned regulators with say over a project.
Coming next year: Northwest-style noodles, gourmet burgers and a North Point dining hub
A Central Square noodle joint and Kendall Square gourmet burger eatery took steps toward opening in Cambridge during a License Commission meeting Oct. 12, along with a restaurant with a broader menu that’s setting itself up to serve a swiftly growing North Point neighborhood.
MIT files late objection to plan by Eversource, seeking to reroute cables for new substation
The huge Eversource project to build an underground electric substation in Cambridge and add more than 8 miles of underground cables is facing unexpected conflict because of last-minute opposition from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to cable routes through its campus.
Park pavilion may decrease open space at Volpe, earning pause as 16 stories of offices win an okay
Issues about open space continue to hold back the 14-acre Volpe project in Cambridge’s Kendall Square, where neighbors once expected a 7.5-acre central park.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Honk! and Oktoberfest to ‘Sweeney Todd’
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s the Honk! festival of activist street bands and Oktoberfest in Harvard Square, Devendra Banhart and Eugene Mirman, Kristen Emack talking about her “Cousins” photos and the arrival of “Sweeney Todd” in a new theater.
A week of events in Cambridge and Somerville, from Cambridge Science to ‘What the Fluff’ fest
In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s Cambridge Science Festival doings, the annual Fluff festival, clown class, Black Biz, roller disco and John Coltrane from the Cambridge Jazz Foundation.
