🌱 Patch AM: Harvard Reaches $53M Settlement In Body Parts Scandal As Buyer Is Sentenced

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In today's newsletter:

• Harvard's $53M morgue scandal settlement reshapes oversight in Cambridge
• How Cambridge's MassBioEd helps postdocs break into biotech careers.

Also on today's calendar: Little Miss and the Boom: The Velvet Hour - A Modern Vintage Cabaret Experience and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: An afternoon shower or two, with a high of 85 and low of 61 degrees.
• Friday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 80, low: 62.
• Saturday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 74 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Harvard Reaches $53M Settlement In Body Parts Scandal As Buyer Is Sentenced (patch.com) — Cambridge residents are learning that Harvard University has agreed to a proposed $53 million class-action settlement over human remains stolen from its medical school morgue, years after the scandal first surfaced. The deal follows multiple federal convictions, including a two-year prison sentence for a Massachusetts buyer who trafficked the stolen remains, and comes alongside new oversight and security changes to Harvard's Anatomical Gift Program.
   

• Industry Exploration Program (IEP) (bu.edu) — Postdocs in the Boston–Cambridge area can tap into the Industry Exploration Program, coordinated by MassBioEd from its office at 300 Technology Square in Cambridge. The program offers job-shadow days at major biotech companies, mentoring from industry scientists, and structured steps to join, helping researchers explore careers beyond academia while building local biotech connections.
   

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 22
• Little Miss and the Boom: The Velvet Hour - A Modern Vintage Cabaret Experience →
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Thursday August 20
• Make Way for Storytime
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🗞 Nearby News

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Watertown

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Brookline

• Brookline Police Detective Retires After 25 Years Of Service (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

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