Boston Marathon women’s winner gives trophy to Gibb

Boston Marathon women’s winner gives trophy to Gibb

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Marathon winner is donating her trophy to one of the sport's pioneers.

Ethiopia's Atsede Baysa says she was inspired by the story of Bobbi Gibb. Gibb sneaked onto the course in 1966 and became the first woman to finish the race. The Boston Athletic Association honored her this year on the 50th anniversary of that run.

Baker backs Northeastern nanomanufacturing innovation center
Massachusetts

Baker backs Northeastern nanomanufacturing innovation center

State House News Service

BOSTON – Gov. Charlie Baker is set to join the president of Northeastern University on Tuesday afternoon to announce a new consortium focused on advancing nanomanufacturing and smart sensors with medical, defense and energy applications.

The Advanced Nonomanufacturing Cluster for Smart Sensors and Materials, to be announced at 3 p.m. by Baker and Northeastern President Joseph Aoun, pairs industry leaders with the university to work on new methods to create smart sensors and other materials using "nanoscale" printing processes.

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