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Startup Stage: Bliink targets Southeast Asia's SME business travel market

The startup is building an AI-powered corporate travel platform designed to bring managed travel services to small and medium-sized enterprises across Southeast Asia.

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Jun 8 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • phocuswire.com
New Mayo–Microsoft collaboration may mean much for AI in healthcare

When Mayo Clinic and Microsoft announced last week that they’re partnering to develop a frontier AI model for healthcare, observers could see where Mayo’s expertise in advanced digital medicine would interest Microsoft. The Big Tech behemoth has not been coy about its healthcare ambitions.

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Jun 7 • 6:50 PM EDT • Health • healthexec.com
IN SERVICE | Ellen and Serena Harmon on entrepreneurship, community and building for the future

After launching a business with their siblings on the Rosebud Reservation, Ellen and Serena Harmon built an award-winning company serving tribal, federal and regional customers.

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Jun 7 • 4:52 PM EDT • Business • tribalbusinessnews.com
UCLA Women’s Basketball Adds Second Freshman to Roster

UCLA women’s basketball signed Slovenian freshman guard Lina Jerkovic for the 2026-27 season, the team announced on Sunday. Jerkovic is just the second incoming freshman to join the squad alongside Spanish guard Somto Okafor. UCLA is entering a rebuilding phase after winning the national championship last season. Part of that rebuild involved signing five players […] The post UCLA Women’s Basketball Adds Second Freshman to Roster appeared first on LA Sports Report.

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Jun 7 • 3:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
State of Decay 3: Answering the Biggest Questions After the First Gameplay Reveal

Today at XBOX Games Showcase 2026, we got our first-ever look at gameplay for Undead Labs’ State of Decay 3 with their brand-new trailer, showing everything from open world exploration, multiplayer, settlement building, weapon crafting, and of course, some good old-fashioned zombie slaying.

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Jun 7 • 1:20 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
Construction causes power outage at PitCo Health and Human Services

Construction work hit a buried power line at 3 p.m. on Thursday that supplied grid and backup generator power to the Pitkin County Health and Human Services building, leading to necessary repairs that will last through the weekend and into next week.

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Jun 6 • 7:30 PM EDT • Health • aspentimes.com
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Ramtech VP of Business Development Kelly Williams to Speak on Modular Construction Benefits in Panel Discussion at 2026 InterFace Houston Multifamily Conference

Ramtech Building Systems, Inc., a leading design-build provider of permanent and relocatable modular building solutions, today announced that Vice President of Business Development Kelly Williams will serve as a panelist at the 2026 InterFace Houston Multifamily Conference. The one-day event takes place June 9, 2026, at The Briar Club in Houston, Texas, and will bring together multifamily developers, owners, investors, architects, contractors, and other industry professionals to examine trends s

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Jun 6 • 3:35 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
A new indoor sports facility sparks enthusiasm among Seaford council members

NXT Level Sports plans to build a 15,000 square foot building in the city, which will include an indoor soccer field and pickleball courts.

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Jun 6 • 3:00 PM EDT • Sports • delawarepublic.org
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AJ Patton

Scope of work: A.J. Patton founded 548 Capital and 548 Development to help transform communities and their impact on the planet, developing solutions for the housing, environmental and economic issues facing inner cities. In 2022, he combined the firms into 548 Enterprise.Biggest professional win: 548 Capital rehabilitated a once-decrepit 79th Street building into a sustainable project with 28 affordable units, each with energy-efficient lighting, high-performance windows and state-of-the art HVAC systems, and it will soon include solar photovoltaic rooftop panels.Other contributions: Patton, a member of Crain's 40 Under 40 Class of 2022, is a member of the American Council on Renewable Energy’s Accelerate program, the Chicago Business Leadership Council banking and finance co-chair and a member of the World Leaders Forum board.Crain's 40 Under 40 Class of 2022

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Jun 6 • 1:07 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
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An Early Mock Trade To Give The Pirates’ Bullpen Help

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ bullpen is about as bad as one can get while not rebuilding. They’ve caused multiple late blown leads and heartbreaking disasters. The unfortunate reality is that no notable relievers are getting moved yet. ESPN’s Buster Olney even reported this. However, there might still be an opportunity for the Pirates to add someone. …

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Jun 5 • 8:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Business owner fined: Collier, Naples and Marco Island projects impacted

Naples business owner has agreed to pay a $100,000 fine for using a retired architect's seal on building plans.

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Jun 5 • 7:40 PM EDT • Business • marconews.com
Bears vote to advance stadium project in Hammond

The Chicago Bears today took their strongest step yet toward building a new stadium in Indiana, announcing that the team’s board of directors has voted to advance a stadium development project in Hammond.

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Jun 5 • 12:26 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Improving access to mental healthcare takes growing together

The future of mental healthcare depends not only on adding more services, but on building stronger community partnerships.

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Jun 5 • 5:03 AM EDT • Health • tallahassee.com
Scientists are teaching AI-powered robots to run lab experiments

Scientists are building autonomous robotic labs powered by artificial intelligence. The goal, they say, is for these robots to take over human researchers' most laborious, time-consuming tasks.

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Jun 5 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • npr.org
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Seattle-founded firm ditching its namesake downtown office tower

Docusign is signaling a plan to leave the Docusign Tower for a new office a few blocks away.

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Jun 4 • 8:27 PM EDT • Business • seattletimes.com
Building a One Health workforce to protect people from zoonotic disease and foodborne illness

From zoonotic pathogens that move between animals, humans and their shared environment to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), driven by antimicrobial use across sectors, to chemical contaminants, food safety is at the centre of the One Health approach. On World Food Safety Day, we highlight those using the approach to address risks to human, animal and environmental health. WHO, together with partners, is committed to strengthening the One Health workforce, including professions such as veterinarians, epidemiologists and food safety officers. However, the approach is only as strong as the systems behind it and the people who implement it – across sectors, services and borders.

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Jun 4 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • who.int
WEBINAR (6/5/26): How to Create A Fictional World | Issues in Science and Technology

Join Future Tense Fiction and Monica Byrne for a live conversation about worldbuilding in speculative fiction.

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Jun 4 • 6:41 PM EDT • Science • smallwarsjournal.com
Columbus Business Beat: OSU eyes lease on historic building, Dutch Bros in Ohio

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week on Columbus Business Beat, Digital Anchor Rachel Ramsey talks to Doug Buchanan, Editor in Chief of Columbus Business First, about business news across ce…

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Jun 4 • 6:30 PM EDT • Business • nbc4i.com
The Un-Trumping of the Kennedy Center Will Happen Very Soon

An internal memo from the center’s counsel gave staff a June 12 deadline to remove the president’s name from the building’s signage.

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Jun 4 • 5:21 PM EDT • Politics • nymag.com
Kennedy Center orders staff to remove Trump’s name

The Kennedy Center’s general counsel ordered staff on Thursday to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the building by June 12, according to a memo obtained by CNN, in order to comply with a recent court order.

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Jun 4 • 4:19 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
AHN replacing Canonsburg hospital in Cecil’s Southpointe II business park

Allegheny Health Network announced Thursday that it’s building a new hospital in Cecil to replace its aging Canonsburg hospital — a major investment in the fast-growing area of Washington County. Construction is expected to start in early 2027 with an anticipated opening in 2029. The roughly 150,000-square-foot facility will sit

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Jun 4 • 1:36 PM EDT • Business • triblive.com
Tearing down (and building back) that wall

I recently heard the news about 36 sections of the Berlin Wall coming to Blytheville as part of the National Cold War Center’s permanent exhibit space. It’s a fantastic addition...

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Jun 4 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • talkbusiness.net
Black businesses as community anchors: History, economic power, and the fight to reserve it

Black-owned businesses play a vital role in building community wealth, jobs, and opportunity. Join Brookings for a discussion on new research, business ownership parity, and strategies to strengthen Black business ecosystems.

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Jun 4 • 12:20 PM EDT • Business • brookings.edu
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The Rose ascends the Empire State Building as Rosetopia marks the end of an era before hiatus

South Korean indie rock sensations The Rose ascended one of New York City’s most iconic landmarks on Wednesday, visiting the Empire State Building ahead of

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Jun 4 • 11:45 AM EDT • Entertainment • amny.com
Building Trust in Health Science by Leading with Communities

Amy Gyau-Moyer and Elisabeth Solomon discuss how a NAM action collaborative is co-developing community-driven approaches to improve trust in health science.

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Jun 4 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • nam.edu
Rural health network aims to strengthen independent hospitals

The North Shore Health Board received a presentation from Cibolo Rural Health Network on the benefits of the Headwaters Network, a high-value network made up of Minnesota’s rural independent health care providers. “I would say a relevant correlator to the high-value network is that of a farmers’ co-op,” Brittany Sachdeva, chief operating officer for Cibolo,...

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Jun 4 • 6:20 AM EDT • Health • wtip.org
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World Cup 2026: Top 🔟 contenders for the title

With the 2026 World Cup set to take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico, excitement is already building around the biggest sporting occasion on earth.Recent form, squad depth, tournament ped...

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Jun 4 • 5:47 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump compares White House UFC cage to Eiffel Tower, says 'maybe we’ll never ever take it down'

“You know, we’re building something in front of the White House that’s quite attractive to a lot of people,” Trump said in a video posted on Tuesday.

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Jun 3 • 4:48 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Americans Opposing AI Will Become America’s ‘Biggest Political Crisis,’ Top Investor Says

The former U.S. energy advisor warned the industry must change how it talks to the public or risk being blocked from building data centers and power plants fueling AI.

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Jun 3 • 3:41 PM EDT • Politics • forbes.com
Buzz For A June Nintendo Direct Is Building As Switch 2 Turns One

Maybe it's Nintendo's way of celebrating the Switch 2's first anniversary

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Jun 3 • 1:25 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
US Ignite Launches SURGE, a National Science Foundation-Supported Initiative to Empower Regional Innovation Coalitions Nationwide

“SURGE provides regional coalitions with structure, guidance, and connections in a peer learning environment. This new program is meant for both existing regional coalitions and leaders who are building new cross-sector partnerships.” -L.Arias, US Ignite Supporting U.S. Regional Growth & Entrepreneurship (SURGE) Convert regional momentum into results! WASHINGTON, June 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- US Ignite officially launched the Supporting U.S. Regional Growth & Entrepreneurship (SURGE) Program

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Jun 3 • 12:51 PM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com
The Texas Business Court - A New Forum for Complex Disputes

By Byron F. Egan A key driver behind the DExit movement is Texas’s investment in a specialized forum for complex business disputes. The Texas Business Court represents a significant shift in how commercial litigation is handled in the state.

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Jun 3 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • jw.com
SpaceX’s Next Big Business Could Be Building Stuff in Space

The FAA recently approved test flights of the company's reentry vehicles.

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Jun 3 • 9:45 AM EDT • Business • gizmodo.com
Riverhead Votes to Proceed with Science Center Condemnation

In a 3-1 vote Tuesday afternoon (Councilman Bob Kern abstained), the Riverhead Town Board voted to proceed with condemnation proceedings against a building owned by the Long Island Science Center adjacent to the planned Town Square on East Main Street. Town Supervisor Jerry Halpin cast the sole vote in opposition. Pictured Above: Cindy Clifford, Joan

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Jun 3 • 8:16 AM EDT • Science • eastendbeacon.com
Dallas Stars explorers building new arena, entertainment district in Plano
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Jun 3 • 7:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • cbsnews.com
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Op-Ed | I built a New York City beauty business from the ground up. Policymakers should be careful not to break it.

I came into the beauty industry nearly four decades ago and have had the privilege of building my business to five locations across Manhattan and Brooklyn.

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Jun 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • amny.com
First rural health grants in MS include building, technology upgrades

Mississippi unveiled the first initiatives funded by the Rural Health Transformation Program after experts said it was the least transparent state.

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Jun 3 • 6:05 AM EDT • Health • clarionledger.com
Temple researchers are building AI-powered health care ‘digital twins’ for people with ALS

A digital twin is a virtual representation of patients. Doctors plan to use the program to simulate treatments and therapies.

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Jun 3 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • whyy.org
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An ex-lawyer has raised $70 million to take work away from law firms

Wordsmith, a startup building AI software for corporate legal teams, has raised $70 million in funding from Index Ventures and other backers.

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Jun 3 • 5:30 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
USDA Cuts Dismantled a Program Helping Local Food Economies

Without federal support, a nascent regional network that was building businesses and consumer support has collapsed.

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Jun 3 • 4:01 AM EDT • Business • civileats.com
Gilbert Fire and Rescue orders full building evacuation, leaving business owners scrambling for space

Gilbert fire ordered a full evacuation of a commercial building near Gilbert and Guadalupe roads after determining the property posed an immediate safety risk, leaving business owners scrambling.

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Jun 2 • 11:08 PM EDT • Business • abc15.com
Live primary election results

Polls have closed at the Taos County Administration Building, where the Taos County Clerk’s Office is preparing to welcome ballot deliveries from polling locations across the county.

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Jun 2 • 9:44 PM EDT • Politics • taosnews.com
Advocate Health Care breaks ground on new Trinity Hospital building in South Chicago
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Jun 2 • 7:54 PM EDT • Health • cbsnews.com
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University of Utah honors the life of Karen Huntsman

Businesswoman and philanthropist Karen Huntsman died this week. The University of Utah honors her accomplishments and legacy.

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Jun 2 • 6:52 PM EDT • Health • attheu.utah.edu
What's being built, bought and planned in Ascension Parish

Here are the latest property transactions, issued permits and upcoming business-related events in the parish. Issued permits A new construction permit for a 12,000-square-foot office and warehouse building on Copperhead Road in Geismar. The project is valued at $400,000 with RW Construction Inc. as the contractor. A demolition permit for the demo of the gym […]

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Jun 2 • 6:45 PM EDT • Business • businessreport.com
Ford Road in Canton Township set to get 4 new businesses amid traffic safety concerns

A parking lot off Ford Road near IKEA in Canton is slated for a small, 4-unit commercial building, prompting questions from drivers and small business owners about what that means for traffic.

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Jun 2 • 5:52 PM EDT • Business • wxyz.com
School Bus Crashes into Hamline University Science Building

A school bus leaped the median on Snelling Avenue, crashed through a Hamline sign, and embedded itself over half-way into a university building just past 2 P.M. on Tuesday. The school bus driver and a number of school-age children were taken by ambulance to a local hospital, but St. Paul fire officials said no major...

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Jun 2 • 5:46 PM EDT • Science • hamlineoracle.com
School bus crashes into Hamline University building in St. Paul

A school bus has crashed into a building in St. Paul Tuesday afternoon.

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Jun 2 • 4:40 PM EDT • Science • fox9.com
Inside Microsoft’s Project Solara: A new platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps

A team inside Microsoft has been quietly building Project Solara, a platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps, based on Android instead of Windows. The first two concept devices, a desktop hub and a wearable badge, are headed to pilots with companies including AccuWeather, Best Buy, CVS Health, Levi's, and Target.

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Jun 2 • 1:11 PM EDT • Technology • geekwire.com
The work you can't always see: Beer is political, part 2

Recently I published a piece about beer, politics, and the question of who speaks up and who doesn’t. I meant every word of it. I still do. And then my inbox opened up. Cleveland Prost is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe I’ve been writing about beer since 2014. For most of that time, I kept things deliberately light — taproom profiles, new releases, the people behind the pints. Gradually, over years of building this thing, you gave me something I didn’t expect: permission. Permission to go deeper. To say what I actually saw in this industry and what I actually believed about it. That trust isn’t something I take lightly. It’s why that piece existed at all, and it’s why this one does too. I’m not walking anything back. But I want to go further. In that piece, I wrote that beer has never existed outside the system. That immigration policy affects who staffs breweries and harvests ingredients. That labor policy affects taproom workers. That civil rights policy affects who feels safe walking into a taproom. That “beer does not exist in a vacuum. The idea that it does is comforting. It is also false.” I believe that as much now as I did when I wrote it. But one idea came back at me, in different forms, over and over (from reader emails, comments, and conversations): that beer itself isn’t political — that it only becomes political when someone decides to make it that way. That what we’re really seeing is a choice by individuals to inject division into something that doesn’t inherently require it. It’s a comforting idea. It’s also wrong — and I think it’s worth being precise about why. That framing assumes that breweries operate outside the conditions shaping everything else. That politics is something you choose to bring into a room that was, until then, clean and neutral. That if you stay quiet, you stay clear of it. But the room was never neutral. It was never clean. Politics is already in the room. It’s in who walks through the door comfortably and who hesitates. It’s in whether a space can be used for organizing without fear. It’s in whether helping someone quietly might carry consequences you have to think carefully about in advance. It’s in who staffed the brewery, who harvested the grain, who can afford to be a regular. The idea that you opt out of all that by staying quiet is an illusion. You only change how visible your response to it is. This is, I realize, a hard thing to hear if you came to a beer newsletter for something lighter. I wrote recently that “beer, for me, has always felt like a refuge — a third place in an increasingly fractured world.” I meant that. I still do. But a refuge is not an escape from reality. It’s a place to gather strength to face it. Here’s what I actually missed — and what I want to correct. Multiple people in the industry reached out to me. I’m not naming them and I’m not identifying their businesses, because that’s not my call. If and when they want to be loud about what they’re doing, that agency belongs to them. What I can share is the substance of what they said, because it complicated something I presented too cleanly. The overall message: *You don’t know what we all are doing.* And they’re right. I don’t. One example involved a collaboration brewed quietly to support another business facing serious challenges in a whole different region, with proceeds directed toward solidarity, community, and keeping operations afloat. No announcement. It could have been broadcast widely. The point was never publicity. Another example involved logistical support for community efforts: organizing safe transportation, providing space for meetings on otherwise closed days, facilitating gatherings under difficult conditions. All of it happening while balancing real financial pressure and genuine concern for personal safety. None of what they described is a brewer “deciding to make beer political.” It’s people responding to the conditions around them — conditions that are already shaping who feels safe, who has access, who can gather, who needs help, and who has the capacity to offer it. Politics, again, already in the room. Already shaping choices. Whether anyone announced it or not. I’ve spent decades in taprooms, at barrel releases, at festivals, in back offices and brewing floors, talking to the people who built this industry from nothing. I know how much happens that never makes it onto social media. I know the owner who quietly comp’d a tab for someone having a crisis. The brewer who drove an hour to pick up a stranger who needed a safe ride. The taproom that stayed dark on a Tuesday so a community group could use the space without it becoming A Whole Thing. None of that gets a post. Most of it never will. So when I wrote recently about silence — when I said that “silence right now doesn’t feel neutral, it feels like complicity” — I was writing about what I could see. And I was right about what I saw. The public silence of breweries that have the platform, the stability, and frankly the safety to say something and choose not to? That still troubles me. I’m not softening that. But some of what I read as silence is actually something else entirely. It’s people doing the work with their hands instead of their phones. It’s people who are genuinely afraid — not of being canceled, but of real consequences for their families, their employees, their ability to keep the doors open at all. That deserves more than a footnote. It deserves to be named clearly. Here’s the tension I want to sit with honestly: public statements matter. They matter because people can’t rally around something they can’t see. Visibility creates awareness and solidarity. It helps people find each other. It tells someone standing outside your taproom door, uncertain whether they’ll be welcomed inside, something they need to know — or whether it’s even safe for them to be in public at all. That’s not performative. I wrote recently that the craft beer movement “was built on collective defiance. It was built on rejecting consolidation. On pushing back against homogeneity.” I believe that too. And I’ll extend it: breweries should be at least as loud about their values as they are when they drop a new seasonal. Your hazy IPA gets a full rollout — the label art, the tap handle photo, the countdown post. Human dignity deserves the same energy. Be as loud about human rights as you are about your beer. There is no reason those two things should require different levels of courage from you. But visibility isn’t the only form of courage. And not everyone can be visible right now without real consequences — financial, personal, sometimes physical. There are people in this industry doing hard, unglamorous, sometimes risky work in the background, and announcing it would compromise it or paint a target on someone who’s already stretched thin. That’s not silence as complicity. That’s operational discipline under pressure. What I want to push back on — clearly, not gently — is the idea that behind-the-scenes action and public visibility are in competition with each other. The person organizing quietly in the back room and the person posting a statement of solidarity on a Tuesday morning are both doing something real. We need both. We need the quiet infrastructure and we need the visible signal. We need people to know that this industry — at its best, at its most independent, and human — gives a fuck. I closed that piece with a question: “Reactive and fearful? Or clear and values-driven?” That question still stands. But having heard from you, I’d add a corollary: the values-driven path isn’t always the loudest one. Sometimes it’s a phone call and a recipe. Sometimes it’s a room made available on a closed Tuesday. Sometimes it’s a drive across town for someone who needed a safe ride home. All of it is political. All of it was always political. You don’t get to opt out of that — you only get to decide what you do with it. I’ve spent more than a decade writing about this industry because I believe it can be exactly that. I’ve been lucky enough to build an audience that lets me say so plainly. That’s a privilege I intend to use. The work is happening. Some of it you’ll see. Some of it you won’t. Support it either way. Cleveland Prost is a reader-supported publication covering beer and brewing across New York state. To receive new posts and support this work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Cleveland Prost is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Jun 2 • 10:13 AM EDT • Politics • clevelandprost.substack.com
Orlando Health unveils plans for new hospital in Viera, Brevard County

Orlando Health plans to build a new hospital and medical office building in Brevard County, creating over 1,000 jobs and enhancing healthcare services.

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Jun 2 • 9:43 AM EDT • Health • wftv.com
Building Structured Generative AI Evaluation at Enterprise Scale

How Oracle built Veritas, a scalable GenAI evaluation framework for structured benchmarking, reusable pipelines, reproducible testing, and enterprise AI evaluation workflows.

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Jun 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • blogs.oracle.com
Hims & Hers Completes Acquisition of Eucalyptus, Advancing its Position as the World’s Largest Consumer Health Platform

The acquisition extends the company's leadership position across Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom, with the scale to redefine healthcare for hundreds of millions of people Hims Hers Health, Inc. (NYSE: HIMS) has completed its acquisition of Eucalyptus, advancing its position as the world's largest consumer health platform. Building on the earlier acquisitions of ZAVA and Livewell , Hims Hers now has a leading presence across the US, UK, Australian, and Canadi

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Bringing STEM Together: Inside the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers at UC Davis

The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers at UC Davis is building a community across engineering and other STEM fields.

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Jun 1 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • engineering.ucdavis.edu
Scientists unveil ten-year roadmap for building synthetic cells

Scientists from six Asian countries have launched an ambitious 10-year effort to build synthetic cells from non-living molecules, marking the region's first coordinated push to create an artificial single-celled ...

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Jun 1 • 5:40 PM EDT • Science • phys.org
Sam Altman is backing a startup that's building software for robots and cars

A former Tesla designer's startup has won investment from Sam Altman and other top investors as money floods into physical AI.

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Jun 1 • 3:31 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Building damaged after car catches fire at business in southwest OKC

Crews put out a fire that started in a car and spread to a building Monday morning at a business in southwest Oklahoma City.

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Jun 1 • 2:48 PM EDT • Business • koco.com
Match for the Marsh with Barton Health

We’re back with another awesome opportunity to transform the south end of the Upper Truckee Marsh, this time with help from our friends at Barton Health! Now that the California Tahoe Conservancy has demolished the former Motel 6 building, restaurant, and parking lot from the Upper Truckee Marsh in South Lake Tahoe, planning is underway […]

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Jun 1 • 9:26 AM EDT • Health • tahoefund.org
For country, not party: A PAC for veterans confronts our political polarization

It is hard to think of a force that is more sorely lacking and desperately needed in American politics today.

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Jun 1 • 8:30 AM EDT • Politics • thehill.com
From Awareness to Action: How Physicians Can Lead the Charge on Health Equity

From embedding equity into everyday practice to rebuilding trust with underserved communities, Monique Nugent, MD, MPH, outlines sustainable strategies for change.

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Jun 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • docwirenews.com
Studying Indigenous attitudes to mental health

Scholar-Elect Will Smith will study whether Indigenous practices can solve some of the psychological problems we have today.

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Jun 1 • 6:16 AM EDT • Health • gatescambridge.org
Businesses boost Braddock with relocation in Free Press Building

A glass-restoration business and a pay-what-you-can gym are taking over space vacated by long-term tenant Studebaker Metals.

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Jun 1 • 5:33 AM EDT • Business • wesa.fm
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Pa. data center pause? Garrity, Shapiro stake out positions

At a time when politics is bitterly divided, at least one issue seems capable of transcending the partisan divide: data centers.

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Firm Leases 22-Story Class A Building - Los Angeles Business Journal

The Swig Co. and Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. have announced the signing of more than 22,000 square feet of leases at 6300 Wilshire in Miracle Mile

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Jun 1 • 3:41 AM EDT • Business • labusinessjournal.com
OpEd: Let DTLA Do the Work for More Housing - Los Angeles Business Journal

I live and work in downtown Los Angeles. Daily, I pass vacant storefronts, empty historic buildings and surface parking lots where residential towers

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Jun 1 • 3:06 AM EDT • Business • labusinessjournal.com
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The Fragile Coalitions Beneath American Politics

Part 1 of “Today’s Governing Gap,” a three-part series on coalition fragility, governing coherence, and the institutional continuity democratic systems require.American politics looks stable from a distance. Two dominant parties, fiercely competitive elections, a constitutional framework that has he...

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Jun 1 • 12:30 AM EDT • Politics • thefulcrum.us
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Detroit small businesses navigate the pressure to stay visible on social media

As social media increasingly shapes how customers discover businesses, Detroit entrepreneurs are working to bridge the gap between running their companies and building an online presence.

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He moved to Japan alone and started building cabins in the woods

Mori Nishimura became fascinated with the Japanese countryside when he drove out to go surfing.

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Building public trust through interaction with scientists, health workers

As trust in science falls in the U.S., Emma Courtney, a PhD student at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, is doing her part to help reverse that course. Courtney will be speaking at APHA’s Policy Action Institute June 9-11.

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May 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • apha.org
Maine entrepreneurs, students benefitting from UMaine business and law clinic

Through the UMaine Business and Law Clinic, students like Zaid Shaikh and entrepreneurs like Lisa Liberatore are building meaningful relationships and helping local businesses grow.

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Firefighters battle large fire at Southington auto parts business

Firefighters battled a large fire at an auto parts business in Southington on Saturday morning as neighbors watched thick black smoke pour from the building.

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May 30 • 3:07 PM EDT • Business • wfsb.com
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Michigan offensive line aims to grow closer together

Michigan football's young offensive line is focusing on building chemistry outside the facility to improve play.

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May 30 • 11:26 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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The groupthink boom: what three top VCs really think about the AI frenzy

"If you're 22 years old in San Francisco and building something in AI, there may be a seed term sheet in your inbox — but if you're 19, oh my God, this means you're really good; you might already have a Series A ," said one, half-kiddingly.

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May 30 • 10:49 AM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Makai Lemon makes great first impression with Eagles' coaches

Makai Lemon is taking care of business with the Eagles. Crucially, he is earning trust with the most important people in the building

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May 30 • 10:32 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Salting the earth for US science

Sometimes it feels like scientists in the US are trapped in a burning building and no one is even trying to put out the fire. So few people even seem to recognize that the fire is there.

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May 30 • 9:51 AM EDT • Science • dailykos.com
Business owners step up to help Dallas apartment building explosion victims as donations of all kind pour in
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May 29 • 8:16 PM EDT • Business • wfaa.com
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Scientists develop 'smart paint' that reflects 97% of sunlight and could reduce AC use during heatwaves

As heatwaves become more frequent and intense around the world, scientists are exploring new ways to keep buildings cool without increasing energy consumption. Researchers at the University of Sydney, working with startup Dewpoint Innovations, have developed a nano-engineered coating that reflects up to 97% of sunlight and stays significantly cooler than conventional surfaces.

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May 29 • 5:23 PM EDT • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Lexington officials and business owners eye historic preservation options following downtown fire

The May 19 fire in Lexington destroyed iconic buildings and mainstay businesses downtown. Architects and engineers are assessing what may be salvageable.

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May 29 • 4:16 PM EDT • Business • wfdd.org
Lexington officials and business owners eye historic preservation options following downtown fire

The May 19 fire in Lexington destroyed iconic buildings and mainstay businesses downtown. Architects and engineers are assessing what may be salvageable.

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Judge says Kennedy Center board violated law putting Trump's name on building, blocks closure

A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump's name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations.

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May 29 • 3:46 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Eagle business students shine at mock interview event

Morehead State University takes pride in helping Eagles soar after graduation by ensuring they have knowledge in the classroom and opportunities for real-world experience and career preparation. MSU business students with the Elmer R. Smith College of Business & Technology were able to display their preparedness for one of the key steps in the hiring process as they participated in a Mock Interview Event with hiring managers from across the region this spring. Hosted by MSU's Center for Career Development & Experiential Education and hosted by Instructor of Business Communication and Management Dr. Christy L. Trent (Class of 2006), the event allowed 33 undergraduate business students to sharpen their interviewing skills in a high-pressure situation. For more information, contact the Center for Career Development & Experiential Education at careerservices@moreheadstate.edu or 606-783-2233.

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Rep. Young Kim Introduces BOOST for American Business Act toStrengthen U.S. Economic Competitiveness Abroad

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-40) introduced the Building Overseas Opportunities & Strategic Trade (BOOST) for American Business Act to support American businesses abroad and protect critical American industries from foreign adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). American businesses competing in international markets too often lack a strong advocate in their corner.

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Small business owner says AI is helping fill gaps as employers struggle to find workers

The Audio Garage owner Nick Paulson joins 'Varney & Co.' to discuss building a successful vehicle customization business in North Dakota and how AI is helping address workforce challenges.

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May 29 • 11:11 AM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
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Copilot Health: Now in Preview

Your sleep data says one thing. Your blood work says another. It’s not that your health information is missing — it’s that nothing has brought it together in a way that makes sense. We’re building Copilot Health to change that. Back in March, we announced Copilot Health.

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May 29 • 9:40 AM EDT • Health • microsoft.com
Protein traffic jams may explain aging, memory loss, and Alzheimer’s

Scientists at Stanford may have uncovered a hidden reason our brains decline with age. Studying the ultra-short-lived turquoise killifish, researchers discovered that the cellular machinery responsible for building proteins begins to jam and malfunction over time. Tiny structures called ribosomes start colliding and stalling while reading genetic instructions, triggering a chain reaction that leads to faulty proteins and harmful clumps linked to diseases like Alzheimer’s.

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EU co-funded project UNITE announces first digital health winners, as remote care and data-sharing push gains ground

The UNITE initiative has selected its first three joint interregional projects, marking a significant milestone in building a borderless European digital health ecosystem

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The Xbox Game Pass price cut is working, Asha Sharma reportedly tells staff, but "we will not solve this in one moment or one launch"

"We are building a stronger Xbox," the company's new leader says.

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I’m an IVF Doctor. Business Is Booming Because Ob-Gyns Aren’t Doing Their Jobs.

Just last Monday, a woman sat across from me in my office and asked a question I have come to dread. Why had no one told her? She is 33, a therapist, married three years, and she has been to her gynecologist every year since high school. She was also on the brink of perimenopause. She had assumed that when she was ready, her body would be too. No one in two decades of annual visits had ever explained that the most consequential decisions about her capacity to bear children were being made by her ovaries on a calendar she could not see, while her doctor took her blood pressure and refilled her birth control. She is the patient I see several times a month. She is the most preventable tragedy in American medicine. I am board certified in both obstetrics and gynecology, and reproductive endocrinology. There’s a fertility crisis happening right now in America—and a furious debate about who is to blame. The alleged culprits include housing, smartphones, and capitalism. One group is getting off lightly: ob-gyns. Read [ How Perimenopause Became America’s New Health Scare ](https://www.thefp.com/p/how-perimenopause-became-americas) In July, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the U.S. fertility rate had fallen to fewer than 1.6 children per woman—the lowest figure in our history—despite a 2025 survey of American Gen-Z women that found that nearly three-quarters intended to become mothers. American women are not opting out of building a family. They are running out of time.

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May 28 • 9:12 PM EDT • Business • thefp.com
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We Spent the Last Decade Building the AI-Native Mental Health Company the Next Decade Will Need

That was the analog-to-digital decade. The next one is AI-native. The mental healthcare it produces will look almost nothing like what came before.

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May 28 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • springhealth.com
Upstate N.Y. cities receive millions from state budget to help with deficits

Changes to the Tier 6 pension plan for more than 830,000 public employees hired after April 2012 included in the state budget is anticipated to take a bite out of this funding.

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May 28 • 7:14 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
'We Are Building A Stronger Xbox' - Asha Sharma Updates Employees On Progress In 2026

The Xbox CEO says hard choices are still ahead

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Entertainment Marketing Firm Create Promotes Jonathan Gitlin to CEO

The company worked on campaign for 'Sinners,' 'Tron: Ares,' 'Only Murders in the Building,' and 'Lilo & Stitch,' among others, and has 16 nominations going into Thursday's Golden Trailer Awards.

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May 28 • 3:23 PM EDT • Entertainment • hollywoodreporter.com
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ATG Entertainment Expands to 19K SF at GFP’s 630 Ninth Avenue

GFP Real Estate has signed three new deals at its 630 Ninth Avenue office building totaling 24,815 square feet.

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May 28 • 1:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • commercialobserver.com
MediaTek confirms Dimensity processors will power new Googlebooks, not Kompanio

With the official Googlebook announcement behind us, we finally have a clearer picture of these new AI-powered laptops. We now know which brands will be building the first Googlebooks for the fall...

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Jewelers Building owners plan $25M renovation in bid to lure new tenants

If the investments help bolster the rent roll, it could nudge other landlords to follow suit — ultimately helping restore vital property tax revenue in the central business district.

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May 28 • 12:05 PM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com
Polish scientists and students rally in campaign for 3% funding target

Polish scientists and students have been flooding social media with calls on the government to raise research and development spending as part of 3% for Science, 100% for Poland, a campaign born earlier this month out of frustration with chronic underfunding in the academic sector. On May 27, thousands took the slogan on to the streets.The EU has been trying to convince member states to raise their R&D expenditures to 3% of GDP for more than two decades, but the idea has never gained traction in capitals. Finance ministers were too busy plugging budget holes created in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis, then the Covid pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and now the war in Iran.Critics say that countries missed or ignored the target because it is voluntary, but also because research communities have rarely raised their voice to put pressure on national governments. The European Commission hopes to make the target legally binding in the upcoming European Research Area Act, an EU-wide regulation that should be announced by the end of the year. Academia in Poland has been faced with a funding crisis for years, often leaving its members with no other choice but to work abroad in order to access better resources, or leave the sector altogether in the hope of earning a decent living. The risk, in the long-term, is that brain drain stifles local innovation capacity and technological competitiveness.In just a few weeks, the movement rallied nationwide support, including from major academic bodies and trade unions such as the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland and the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Its public petition collected more than 23,000 signatures. On May 27, it formed the first large protest for science in Poland, gathering thousands of people in front of the parliament building in Warsaw.Ilona Uryga-Bugajska, representative of the Marie Curie Alumni Association Poland Chapter, was there. “The protest was peaceful, with no incidents reported, and the entire event took place in a respectful and calm atmosphere,” she said. Banners she saw in the crowd carried slogans such as “A little longer and I’ll be teaching in a supermarket,” “National culture, starvation salary,” “Stop the destruction of science,” “Passion will not pay the rent,” “Without action, don’t expect a better future,” and “Pull science out of the hole.” She also observed a strong presence of young researchers, who are on the frontline of Poland’s academic crisis.“Academics are usually people who prefer discussion, analysis, dialogue and compromise. We are not a group that protests easily,” said Katarzyna Marzec, professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Jagiellonian University Medical College and AGH University of Krakow, who also took part. “But many of us feel that we have been pushed against the wall.”Aleksandra Rutkowska, translational neuroscientist and research group leader at the Medical University of Gdańsk, agreed. “Frustration in the scientific community is very high,” she said. “Science is often used politically as a symbol of innovation and modernity, but the everyday reality inside many institutions is much more difficult. There is a large gap between the public narrative and the actual condition of the sector.”Maria Wiktoria Górna, head of the structural biology group at the University of Warsaw and one of the organisers of the movement, told Science|Business that the campaign would continue without proven results. This might involve another strike in the autumn, she said. “Empty promises are not enough by now.”Campaign demandsAccording to Uryga-Bugajska, the organisers officially presented their demands and concerns to representatives of the government present at the event. These included Marek Gzik, deputy minister of science and higher education, and Karolina Zioło-Pużuk, secretary of state of that same ministry.The headline demand, for the government to increase national spending on R&D to 3% of GDP by 2030, should be within Poland’s economic capacity, Rutkowska said. “The real question is whether there is genuine long-term political commitment to treating science as a strategic priority rather than a slogan.”In 2024, R&D expenditure in Poland stood at 1.41% of GDP, which is slightly above the average for central and eastern Europe, with countries such as Czechia recording 1.82%, Hungary 1.31% and Romania 0.46%. However, it falls noticeably short of the EU average of 2.24%, which just a handful of countries exceed, including Germany, Belgium and Sweden.Campaigners are also asking for fair wages for scientific staff, including PhD stipends and junior academic salaries, which are widely considered uncompetitive. Starting doctoral scholarships amount to some €843 gross per month, when the statutory minimum wage stands at €1,135. By pushing early-career researchers out of Poland, growing precarity has caused a generational gap in the academic workforce, with just 25% of lecturers aged under 40. In this context, the movement fears that scientific careers could soon be accessible to a privileged minority only.Grzegorz Spólnik is a case in point. After 15 years working in mass spectrometry at the Polish Academy of Sciences, he decided to leave partly “to earn enough money to live a normal life,” he said. “At that time, my earnings were similar to those of people working in grocery shops, and the work-life balance is something that does not exist in science, or is very hard to achieve.”Now a senior field service engineer for Polish laboratory equipment supplier Bioanalytic, he would consider going back to research, “but never in the public sector, maybe some start-up or a big private company with ambitious R&D.”The campaigners want to see more support for basic research and have called for €236 million to be added to the budget of the National Science Centre (NCN) in 2027 so that the average grant application success rate does not fall below 25%.“At the protest, there was a banner I particularly liked: ‘NCN is not a lottery.’ Unfortunately, for many researchers, it increasingly feels exactly like one,” Marzec said. “Personally, I am one of the lucky ones. I work at two of the strongest institutions in the country, where the research standards are very high. I know that in many other institutions, the situation is much worse and obtaining funding for research at an early-career stage is becoming nearly impossible.”Rutkowska also considers herself fortunate. After studying abroad and holding a postdoctoral position, she returned to Poland, where her pay was supported through an NCN-funded project linked to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. “This also made me very aware that good research conditions in Poland often depend on external competitive funding rather than on stable support from the system itself,” she said.Long-term strategyBeyond the lack of funds for both salaries and grants, scientists believe that the issue is structural. “The biggest problem at the moment is the complete lack of a clear long-term strategy for the development of science and research from the current government,” Marzec said. “Everything ends with declarations and promises that are never truly followed by concrete actions or structural reforms.”Rutkowska agreed, citing a lack of infrastructure, continuity and long-term institutional support.“Running a research group in Poland often means functioning as an entire institution at once,” she said. “I am a principal investigator, a mentor, a recruiter, a project administrator and, when needed, still someone who returns to the lab bench to help with experiments,” she went on. “This creates a large hidden workload that takes time and energy away from actual science. At times, it feels as though scientists are no longer expecting extra help; we simply hope the system will stop creating additional obstacles that make research unnecessarily difficult.”Related articlesStrategic thinking: Germany funds joint research with Poland and FrancePoland to transfer €30M of regional funds to boost Horizon Europe participationPoland is funding fewer basic research grants as high inflation hitsIn short, “academics are expected to teach, publish papers, apply for grants and conduct high-quality research, while funding and salaries remain very limited,” said Uryga-Bugajska, who returned to her home country after 13 years in the UK.According to Marzec, another issue is the way that research institutions are evaluated. Previously, this took place every four years, with a clear differentiation between stronger and weaker institutions. “The current government, perhaps to avoid political backlash, effectively concluded that everyone is doing well, so in practice no meaningful evaluation took place,” she said.But in her view, “some form of serious assessment is necessary” to ensure the excellence and international competitiveness of Polish institutions, and to determine how to best use public resources and where institutional structures need reform. “Some institutions may need to rethink hiring practices in order to attract ambitious young researchers who are capable of obtaining competitive grants and building internationally visible research groups.” Rutkowska has already had to adapt. “When hiring PhD students, I often have to combine different funding sources creatively to make positions attractive enough for talented people to stay in science,” she said. “Many young researchers do not see a stable future in academia in Poland, and that is deeply worrying.”

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Polish scientists and students rally in campaign for better conditions

Polish scientists and students have been flooding social media with calls on the government to raise research and development spending as part of 3% for Science, 100% for Poland, a campaign born earlier this month out of frustration with chronic underfunding in the academic sector. On May 27, thousands took the slogan on to the streets.The EU has been trying to convince member states to raise their R&D expenditures to 3% of GDP for more than two decades, but the idea has never gained traction in capitals. Finance ministers were too busy plugging budget holes created in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis, then the Covid pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and now the war in Iran.Critics say that countries missed or ignored the target because it is voluntary, but also because research communities have rarely raised their voice to put pressure on national governments. The European Commission hopes to make the target legally binding in the upcoming European Research Area Act, an EU-wide regulation that should be announced by the end of the year. Academia in Poland has been faced with a funding crisis for years, often leaving its members with no other choice but to work abroad in order to access better resources, or leave the sector altogether in the hope of earning a decent living. The risk, in the long-term, is that brain drain stifles local innovation capacity and technological competitiveness.In just a few weeks, the movement rallied nationwide support, including from major academic bodies and trade unions such as the Conference of Rectors of Academic Schools in Poland and the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Its public petition collected more than 23,000 signatures. On May 27, it formed the first large protest for science in Poland, gathering thousands of people in front of the parliament building in Warsaw.Ilona Uryga-Bugajska, representative of the Marie Curie Alumni Association Poland Chapter, was there. “The protest was peaceful, with no incidents reported, and the entire event took place in a respectful and calm atmosphere,” she said. Banners she saw in the crowd carried slogans such as “A little longer and I’ll be teaching in a supermarket,” “National culture, starvation salary,” “Stop the destruction of science,” “Passion will not pay the rent,” “Without action, don’t expect a better future,” and “Pull science out of the hole.” She also observed a strong presence of young researchers, who are on the frontline of Poland’s academic crisis.“Academics are usually people who prefer discussion, analysis, dialogue and compromise. We are not a group that protests easily,” said Katarzyna Marzec, professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Jagiellonian University Medical College and AGH University of Krakow, who also took part. “But many of us feel that we have been pushed against the wall.”Aleksandra Rutkowska, translational neuroscientist and research group leader at the Medical University of Gdańsk, agreed. “Frustration in the scientific community is very high,” she said. “Science is often used politically as a symbol of innovation and modernity, but the everyday reality inside many institutions is much more difficult. There is a large gap between the public narrative and the actual condition of the sector.”Maria Wiktoria Górna, head of the structural biology group at the University of Warsaw and one of the organisers of the movement, told Science|Business that the campaign would continue without proven results. This might involve another strike in the autumn, she said. “Empty promises are not enough by now.”Campaign demandsAccording to Uryga-Bugajska, the organisers officially presented their demands and concerns to representatives of the government present at the event. These included Marek Gzik, deputy minister of science and higher education, and Karolina Zioło-Pużuk, secretary of state of that same ministry.The headline demand, for the government to increase national spending on R&D to 3% of GDP by 2030, should be within Poland’s economic capacity, Rutkowska said. “The real question is whether there is genuine long-term political commitment to treating science as a strategic priority rather than a slogan.”In 2024, R&D expenditure in Poland stood at 1.41% of GDP, which is slightly above the average for central and eastern Europe, with countries such as Czechia recording 1.82%, Hungary 1.31% and Romania 0.46%. However, it falls noticeably short of the EU average of 2.24%, which just a handful of countries exceed, including Germany, Belgium and Sweden.Campaigners are also asking for fair wages for scientific staff, including PhD stipends and junior academic salaries, which are widely considered uncompetitive. Starting doctoral scholarships amount to some €843 gross per month, when the statutory minimum wage stands at €1,135. By pushing early-career researchers out of Poland, growing precarity has caused a generational gap in the academic workforce, with just 25% of lecturers aged under 40. In this context, the movement fears that scientific careers could soon be accessible to a privileged minority only.Grzegorz Spólnik is a case in point. After 15 years working in mass spectrometry at the Polish Academy of Sciences, he decided to leave partly “to earn enough money to live a normal life,” he said. “At that time, my earnings were similar to those of people working in grocery shops, and the work-life balance is something that does not exist in science, or is very hard to achieve.”Now a senior field service engineer for Polish laboratory equipment supplier Bioanalytic, he would consider going back to research, “but never in the public sector, maybe some start-up or a big private company with ambitious R&D.”The campaigners want to see more support for basic research and have called for €236 million to be added to the budget of the National Science Centre (NCN) in 2027 so that the average grant application success rate does not fall below 25%.“At the protest, there was a banner I particularly liked: ‘NCN is not a lottery.’ Unfortunately, for many researchers, it increasingly feels exactly like one,” Marzec said. “Personally, I am one of the lucky ones. I work at two of the strongest institutions in the country, where the research standards are very high. I know that in many other institutions, the situation is much worse and obtaining funding for research at an early-career stage is becoming nearly impossible.”Rutkowska also considers herself fortunate. After studying abroad and holding a postdoctoral position, she returned to Poland, where her pay was supported through an NCN-funded project linked to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. “This also made me very aware that good research conditions in Poland often depend on external competitive funding rather than on stable support from the system itself,” she said.Long-term strategyBeyond the lack of funds for both salaries and grants, scientists believe that the issue is structural. “The biggest problem at the moment is the complete lack of a clear long-term strategy for the development of science and research from the current government,” Marzec said. “Everything ends with declarations and promises that are never truly followed by concrete actions or structural reforms.”Rutkowska agreed, citing a lack of infrastructure, continuity and long-term institutional support.“Running a research group in Poland often means functioning as an entire institution at once,” she said. “I am a principal investigator, a mentor, a recruiter, a project administrator and, when needed, still someone who returns to the lab bench to help with experiments,” she went on. “This creates a large hidden workload that takes time and energy away from actual science. At times, it feels as though scientists are no longer expecting extra help; we simply hope the system will stop creating additional obstacles that make research unnecessarily difficult.”Related articlesStrategic thinking: Germany funds joint research with Poland and FrancePoland to transfer €30M of regional funds to boost Horizon Europe participationPoland is funding fewer basic research grants as high inflation hitsIn short, “academics are expected to teach, publish papers, apply for grants and conduct high-quality research, while funding and salaries remain very limited,” said Uryga-Bugajska, who returned to her home country after 13 years in the UK.According to Marzec, another issue is the way that research institutions are evaluated. Previously, this took place every four years, with a clear differentiation between stronger and weaker institutions. “The current government, perhaps to avoid political backlash, effectively concluded that everyone is doing well, so in practice no meaningful evaluation took place,” she said.But in her view, “some form of serious assessment is necessary” to ensure the excellence and international competitiveness of Polish institutions, and to determine how to best use public resources and where institutional structures need reform. “Some institutions may need to rethink hiring practices in order to attract ambitious young researchers who are capable of obtaining competitive grants and building internationally visible research groups.” Rutkowska has already had to adapt. “When hiring PhD students, I often have to combine different funding sources creatively to make positions attractive enough for talented people to stay in science,” she said. “Many young researchers do not see a stable future in academia in Poland, and that is deeply worrying.”

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May 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
St. Louis business leaders seek to shake up the data center narrative

Data centers are the topic that just won’t go away, and given the public acrimony surrounding them, local business leaders and other supporters are keen on reframing the conversation. Case-in-point was the panel convened yesterday by the regional business association Greater St. Louis Inc. featuring representatives from the data center industry, labor unions, building trades, […]

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May 28 • 6:15 AM EDT • Business • stlmag.com
With the Protect College Sports bill finally in hand, SEC leaders are discussing contingencies

As a bipartisan Senate bill to regulate college athletics gains traction, the SEC is already plotting its own radical roster-building workarounds

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May 27 • 10:21 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
West Florida High School's e-sports program building skills tied to high-tech careers

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- These aren't your average gamers, but rather e-sports athletes. West Florida High School's e-sports program is in the top 8 in the country in

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