CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 1 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate and Graduate Education Ian A. Waitz announced recently that Alison Badgett has been appointed the new associate dean and director of the Priscilla King Gray (PKG) Public Service Center. She succeeds Jill Bassett, who left that role to become chief of staff to Chancellor Melissa Nobles. "Alison is a thought leader on how to integrate community-engage  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 2 -- The Berkshire Bank issued the following news release: Berkshire Bank, a relationship-driven, community-focused bank in New England and New York, has joined an effort by the Massachusetts State Treasurer's Office to help support small businesses through Investing For the Long-Term Initiative (Invest MA), the state's new program to provide small businesses enhanced access to capital. Invest MA aims to promote small business growth by providing creditworthy enter  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 2 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on May 1, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) today announced $1 million in grant funding available for community-based organizations that work to prevent overdose deaths and provide substance use treatment in neighborhoods seeing the highest overdose rates, with a focus on serving Black and Latinx communities that are at increased risk. According to BPHC's latest data, those ne  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 2 -- Boston University's College of Communication issued the following news: COM student work earned top honors in four categories at the annual Student Production Awards sponsored by the Boston/New England chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, best known for the Emmy Awards for professional work. COM students also were recognized with five honorable mention awards in four categories: sports, newscast, video essay and arts/entertainment/cul  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 2 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight has bolstered its Healthcare Regulatory & Enforcement Practice with the addition of Julia Hesse as a partner in Boston. Ms. Hesse was previously a partner with Choate, Hall & Stewart, where she served as co-chair of its healthcare group. Ms. Hesse advises physicians, clinicians and healthcare investors in the formation and expansion of management companies across specialties, wit  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 2 -- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: The Center for Model Schools, a division of learning technology company HMH, today announced the 2024 Model Schools, Innovative Districts and Epic Educators to be honored at the 32nd annual Model Schools Conference. These honorees have been selected for making significant improvements in student outcomes by creating a learning environment that enables all students to thrive. The Model Sch  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 2 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and the U.S. Department of Education announced today that more than $80 million in federal student loan debt will be discharged for over 3,500 former Massachusetts borrowers who attended the Art Institutes, including the New England Institute of Art (NEIA). NEIA was a Brookline-based predatory for-profit school th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 2 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on May 1, 2024: The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust's (the Trust) Board of Trustees approved $79,430,568 in new low-interest loans and grants at its meeting on May 1, 2024. Below is information on the grants and loans approved at the meeting. The Trust, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), helps communities build or repl  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Katherine Ouellette, Office of Open Learning How can MIT's community leverage generative AI to support learning and work on campus and beyond? At MIT's Festival of Learning 2024, faculty and instructors, students, staff, and alumni exchanged perspectives about the digital tools and innovations they're experimenting with in the classroom. Panelists agreed that generative AI should be use  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 1 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * TorNet, a public artificial intelligence dataset, could help models reveal when and why tornadoes form, improving forecasters' ability to issue warnings. * * * By Kylie Foy, MIT Lincoln Laboratory The return of spring in the Northern Hemisphere touches off tornado season. A tornado's twisting funnel of dust and debris seems an unmistakable sight. But that sight can be obsc  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 28 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * William Deringer studies "very old things and very technical things" -- that have never been more relevant. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Political debates today may not always be exceptionally rational, but they are often infused with numbers. If people are discussing the economy or health care or climate change, sooner or later they will invoke statistics. It was   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Mary Beth Gallagher, School of Engineering Julie Shah '04, SM '06, PhD '11, the H.N. Slater Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics, has been named the new head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro), effective May 1. "Julie brings an exceptional record of visionary and interdisciplinary leadership to this role. She has made substantial technical contributions i  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: A new ruling from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), known as the Cybersecurity Risk Management, Strategy, Governance, and Incident Disclosure (https://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2022/33-11038.pdf), went into effect last fall. The ruling requires public companies to disclose whether their boards of directors have members with cybersecurity expertise. Specifically, registrants   more

SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, May 2 (TNSres) -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: Six Mount Holyoke College faculty members have been selected as recipients of the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation Fellowship. The awards will fund travel to further advance their studies, leading to increased opportunities for students. Each spring, the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation announces the recipients of their annual fellowship for current and prospective teachers at the college an  more

WESTON, Massachusetts, May 1 -- Regis College issued the following news: Cassandra Colon, MSW '24, and Madeline Conover '24, have been selected as the student speakers for the university's 94th commencement ceremony on Sat., May 11 at the Leader Bank Pavilion in Boston. As a student in the university's graduate program, Colon was an active member of the Master of Social Work (MSW) Advisory Board, worked as a student mentor and tutor, and served as a graduate student representative on the Regis  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: On March 5, the MIT community lost one of its shining stars when Chasity Nunez passed away. She was 27. "Chas," as her friends and colleagues called her, served as the patient safety and clinical quality program coordinator at MIT Health. In her role, Nunez helped MIT Health maintain its high safety standards, working to train staff on reporting procedures and best practices for patient safe  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 1 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised G1 Therapeutics in a global licensing agreement, excluding the Asia Pacific region, with Pepper Bio for lerociclib for all indications except for certain radioprotectant uses. Pepper Bio's in-licensed therapeutic lerociclib has demonstrated efficacy in clinical studies across various cancer types, including certain metastatic breast cancer. The transaction was announced on May 1. Under   more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, May 1 (TNSres) -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: Provost Ramprasad Balasubramanian recently announced the 2024 University Scholars/Research Faculty Fellows. The University Scholars/Research Fellows Program's purpose is to support research and scholarly efforts of tenured and tenure-track faculty in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts, and Business. These awards are expected to result in publications of original wor  more