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HUBweek lights up center of Boston with domes, silent discos, art exhibitions

Zoe Han October 18, 2018
Large domes rose out of City Hall Center last week as people thronged for the silent discos, keynote speeches and art exhibitions of HUBweek. The annual creative festival based in Boston explored future possibilities and causes of collaboration with more than 300 artists, entrepreneurs, scientists and organizations across the globe.
HUBweek 2018 Silent Disco

HUBweek 2018 Silent Disco

Sophie Park October 14, 2018

Partygoers at HUBweek had music beamed straight to their ears — not out loud — at the silent disco Thursday night.

ENDORSEMENT: Innovative and effective, Marty Walsh deserves a second mayoral term

ENDORSEMENT: Innovative and effective, Marty Walsh deserves a second mayoral term

Editors November 2, 2017

In September, Boston voters cast their ballots in the mayoral primary election. Or more accurately, less than 15 percent of Boston voters cast their ballots. This vote, though marked by low turnout and...

College students, BU Spark! and Boston Public Schools team up to create More Than a Mile, an app that informs students of local educational events. PHOTO COURTESY ZIBA CRANMER

More Than a Mile app encourages learning outside the classroom

Jill McKeon November 2, 2017

Boston Public Schools students rarely travel more than a mile radius beyond their own neighborhoods, causing them to miss educational opportunities in greater Boston. A team of college students, with...

Demo Day at HUBweek Boston showcased over one hundred local startups Saturday at Boston City Hall. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

HUBweek 2017 examines Boston startup culture

Paige Smith October 22, 2017

A successful startup is heavily dependent on its founder’s ability to combine passion, vision and strategic decision-making, particularly in Boston’s business environment. HUBweek’s Saturday...

The Museum of Fine Arts hosts The City Talks: "Art and Medicine" at the Edward H. Linde Gallery Oct. 11. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Art collides with health care in MFA discussion

Jill McKeon October 18, 2017

It’s not everyday that museum educators and doctors collaborate, but last week they came together to promote health and wellbeing at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. The MFA was crowded with visitors...

Two young girls, Julie and Marlie, enjoy the game they created at the HUBweek Girl Hackathon event. PHOTO BY JUNE KIM/ DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Girl Hackathon encourages young girls to pursue computer science

Sarah Sommer October 5, 2016

“We Are the Champions” blasts through the room, echoing off of the panoramic windows that show a sliver of the Boston Harbor. At one of the crowded white tables, two girls lean over an iPad together,...

Questrom School of Business students Kadeem Clarke, Archit Wadhwa and Rishabh Dhawan created “Chuzu,” a platform designed for users to rent, buy and sell designer clothes. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

INTERVIEW: Questrom students create Chuzu, fashion-based platform

Natasha Mascarenhas October 4, 2016

When Archit Wadhwa and Rishabh Dhawan, juniors in the Questrom School of Business, traveled to Mumbai for the Wharton India Economic Forum, they didn’t expect that one year later they would be talking...

Abigail Skelton, student services and data manager at Northeastern University, explains to several Boston University and Northeastern graduate students how to create and understand a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet using a large amount of data in several tables at a HUBweek data journalism hackathon. PHOTO BY NATALIE CARROLL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

HUBweek’s hackathon urges journalists to seek stories in numbers

AnnMarie Barenchi October 4, 2016

Trading in pitches for data sets, journalists and data lovers alike came together to trade skill sets and share tips during HUBweek’s first annual “Data Science, Journalism, and the Future of Justice”...

Jules Pieri, co-founder and CEO of The Grommet, shares a 10-minute story at the Women in Innovation Story Slam: Aha Moments, held in the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center Tuesday evening. PHOTO BY JUSTIN HAWK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF.

5 of Boston’s top female entrepreneurs share the ‘Aha’ moment that led to their success

Megan Mulligan September 29, 2016

There’s fear, there’s self-doubt, there’s a great wide ocean below — there’s a spectrum of emotions and thoughts when taking a leap of faith to follow one’s passions. Often overlooked,...

Chris Williams’ Nerve Center sculpture stands in Kendall Square in Cambridge. PHOTO BY SHANE FU/ DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

INTERVIEW: Artist Chris Williams activates neurons in Cambridge

Jessie Levinson September 29, 2016

Chris Williams is a sculptor, but his most recent work might seem more like a science project. The artist created a giant neuron constructed of metal and glass and spoke about it at Tuesday’s...

A panel of scientists, clinicians and executives discuss stem cell-derived therapies for diabetic patients during the HUBweek: A Quantum Leap in Diabetes Treatment discussion. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Boston scientists make “quantum leap” in diabetes treatment

Allegra Peelor September 29, 2016

People with Type 1 diabetes have to monitor their blood sugar levels at least four times a day, according to Diabetes Self-Management’s website. This means pricking their finger with a lancing device...

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