November 1, the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) hosted a party to showcase projects from "Family Creative learning", a workshop series developed at MIT, for children and parents to learn together — as designers and inventors — through the use of creative technologies.
BusinessWest.com spotlights calls out MGHPCC's role in the restoration of Holyoke's economy through the arts, technology, and green business. Read this story at business west.com
While children play, teachers work: It may still have been the summer vacation, but to prepare them to offer a new introductory computer science class to their students beginning this fall, teachers from a dozen area high schools attended a week long professional development workshop at MGHPCC in early August.
On July 8th, 2015 girls in the Girls Inc. Eureka! program spent the day at the MGHPCC exploring big data and technology integration. Working with UMass professors Li-Jun Ma and Hans Johnston and MGHPCC I.T. technical lead James Culbert, girls toured the MGHPCC to learn about the data center, the power of the technology and […]
Parents and teachers explore concepts in robotics and programming at a workshop aimed at familiarizing parents and educators with concepts in computer programming. Read this story in the Boston Globe
Holyoke, Massachusetts, June 30, 2015 – Holyoke Mayor Alex B. Morse today announced the recipients of 9 scholarship awards to Holyoke Public School students, totaling $30,800, from three programs sponsored by the Massachusetts Green High Computing Center (MGHPCC) and the Comcast Leaders and Achievers Program. MGHPCC Press Release
Florence Sullivan, an associate professor in the College of Education at UMass Amherst uses microgenetic analysis (an in-depth way of analyzing the behavior of a system as it evolves) to study student creativity in technologically complex learning environments. She is particularly interested in the development of creative ideas in small groups working with constructionist technologies. […]
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Political, educational, and business leaders say the northeast is ready to grow a new economy based on science, technology, engineering, and math. Read this story at iBerkshires.com
March 28, 2015, thirty-six girls, all from Holyoke, participated in Girls Connect LEGO Robotics Workshop at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center. Girls Connect is an intense one-day all-girl introduction to FIRST LEGO League. Organized by the Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE), the day-long workshop was co-sponsored by Girls Inc. of Holyoke, […]
"From paper to glass blowing to the region's most sophisticated computers," high school students get a taste of downtown business through visits to local Holyoke businesses including the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC.) Read this story at masslive.com
Holyoke Codes represents a collaboration between MGHPCC, Girls Inc. of Holyoke, Sweet and Fizzy, CAITE (Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education), and NERDs (New England Regional developers) offering free, youth workshops in coding, robotics, and technology. Young coders had a blast in March.
The Holyoke Creative Arts Center is working with the Arts Extension Service at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst to provide business training for artists Saturday and Sunday (March 14 and 15) at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center. Read this story at masslive.com
The MGHPCC hosted the 3rd Annual Holyoke Innovation District Meeting on March 4, 2015, where State Housing and Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash was guest speaker. Read this story at masslive.com Listen via WAMC Public Radio Watch via WGGB Ch 40 Springfield Download the HID Annual Report as a pdf
The opportunities available to America's small post-industrial cities will be the topic of a presentation Monday night (March 2) at Holyoke's Green High Performance Computing Center. Read this story at masslive.com
The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center cited as a factor in making the City of Holyoke fertile ground for startups. Read this story in Popular Mechanics
Along with local partners NERDs (New England Regional Developers), Girls Inc. of Holyoke and the Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE), the MGHPCC participated in Computer Science Education Week, December 8 – 14, 2014.
UMass Amherst, College of Natural Sciences blogger Steve Goodwin is excited about the kind of research that high performance computing at the MGHPCC makes possible. Read this story in the cns.umass.edu blog
MGHPCC contributes to making Holyoke a tech-friendly place according to new neighbor VertitechIT. Read this story at masslive.com
Pioneer Valley, Springfield, business leaders push education, access, marketing in Plan for Progress update. Read this story in the Springfield Republican.
The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) helped make Massachusetts the fourth-greenest state for building last year... Mayor Morse and Richard F. Sullivan reflect on the greening of their city. Read this story at MassLive.com
