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1. Massachusetts News 5-17-26 – Gardner News Magazine: Local News & Articles in Gardner MA (gardnermagazine.com) — A violent shooting on Memorial Drive in Cambridge left two people critically injured, making local public safety the top story in Massachusetts this week. The roundup also touches on the state’s $63.3 billion budget debate, new environmental and data-center policies, and Governor Healey’s handling of federal immigration and maritime recovery issues.
2. Adeduntan bolsters roster, coaching staff as women's basketball looks towards 2026–27 campaign (gwhatchet.com) — A former Buckingham Browne & Nichols athletics leader from Cambridge, Mass., is joining a retooled college women’s basketball coaching staff as the program reloads for the 2026–27 season. The head coach has promoted one assistant, added two more, and brought in five transfers to strengthen defense, ball security, and perimeter shooting after last year’s WNIT Great Eight run.
3. Why is Harvard Business School interested in the Great Salt Lake? (deseret.com) — Harvard Business School in Cambridge is spotlighting Utah’s shrinking Great Salt Lake through a new case study that brought advocates and law professors to town for meetings and classes. Their goal is to turn Harvard’s national network of students, scholars, and philanthropists into allies for a high-stakes effort to save the lake with solutions that could guide water policy worldwide.
4. Mouse eyes photosynthesize after plant-to-animal transplant (3quarksdaily.com) — A Harvard researcher in Cambridge weighs in on striking new work that implants plant photosynthetic machinery into mouse eyes to generate energy and reduce inflammation. While the experiments happened abroad, the Cambridge connection highlights local scientists’ role in evaluating bold cross-kingdom biology that could one day inform novel therapies.
5. Five Recipients Selected for DOE's Lighting Funding Awards (uslightingtrends.com) — MIT in Cambridge has been awarded $1.5 million in federal energy funding to advance more efficient, longer-lasting OLED lighting, alongside four other U.S. research teams. The DOE’s latest BENEFIT awards aim to push solid-state lighting technology forward, improve energy affordability, and strengthen U.S. leadership in LED and OLED innovation.
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