Plymouth‑Canton’s new Orsa Hub at Canton High brings a $5M, 25‑year partnership to life with hands‑on AI, robotics, VR and financial‑literacy programs for students.

Ian and Jean MacKechnie gave $10 million to establish an 8,000-square-foot immunotherapy lab in downtown Tampa and to support a new clinical tower at Tampa General.

Richard Tapia, the Rice University mathematician and mentor who championed diversity in STEM, has died at 88. His legacy includes the Tapia Center and a bridge named for him.

UNLV students and local trade programs are adjusting as studies and Wall Street analysis show AI reshaping entry-level hiring.

A new global index pushed the Miami metro into the world’s top 25 startup ecosystems after a sharp jump in growth and deal activity. Local funding and relocations helped drive the move.

Hawaii Isotope Technology has opened a $20M cyclotron lab in Kailua that will make PET imaging drugs locally and add skilled scientific jobs.

Zoom’s Q1 revenue rose 5.5% as AI tools and enterprise products lift growth and management expands buybacks while aiming for larger AI monetization.

The Christ Hospital completed its first combined heart‑and‑kidney transplant, a milestone that keeps complex transplant care closer to home for Cincinnati patients. The move arrives during Donate Life Month.

Lankenau surgeons implanted the Colovac device in the first U.S. trial, testing a temporary internal bypass that could spare colorectal cancer patients months with a stoma. The study will track safety and whether the implant protects healing tissue.

UC Berkeley Law will bar most student use of generative AI in coursework and exams this summer, citing fabricated citations and faulty legal analysis. The policy keeps narrow exceptions for AI‑fluency training.

Theo Baker’s memoir shows how secret seminars, early VC money and campus rituals funnel Stanford freshmen into Silicon Valley power networks.

Microsoft released Defender engine and platform updates after two zero‑day flaws were spotted in the wild; CISA added the CVEs to its KEV list and set a June 3 federal remediation deadline.

An open‑source AI called OrcaHello listens to hydrophones in the Salish Sea and sends near‑real‑time alerts so ports and ferries can reduce underwater noise when endangered orcas are nearby.