BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- Boston University School of Law issued the following Q&A on May 2, 2024, with law student Tobias Keil: * * * This year, 144 legal practitioners from around the world came to Boston University School of Law to study in the LLM in American Law Program. For many, a new life in the United States can be a daunting adjustment. Tobias [Tobi] Keil (LLM'24), who traveled from his home country of Germany, took it upon himself to help ease the transition through organizing  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, May 4 -- Springfield Technical Community College issued the following news: Dr. Noe Ortega, a prominent figure in education and advocacy, will serve as the featured speaker at Springfield Technical Community College's 57th Commencement Ceremony on May 30, 6:30 p.m., at the MassMutual Center. Ortega was appointed Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education in 2022. Appointed by the Board of Higher Education, with approval of the Secretary of Educ  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering grad students are undertaking a broad range of innovative research projects. * * * By Kimberly Tecce, Department of Mechanical Engineering From cutting-edge robotics, design, and bioengineering to sustainable energy solutions, ocean engineering, nanotechnology, and innovative materials science, MechE students and their advisors are  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced over $1.5 million in grant funding to protect and conserve drinking water resources in Massachusetts. The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs' (EEA) is awarding grants from the Drinking Water Supply Protection program to seven communities, which will enable them to acquire land to ensure the  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: Today, the Healey-Driscoll administration, through the Department of Public Health, has activated its Emergency Operations Plan, including a regionally focused Incident Command System to lead a coordinated response to clinical quality and access in Eastern Massachusetts, in the context of Steward Hospitals' financial challenges. Steward facilities in   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Together, the Hasso Plattner Institute and MIT are working toward novel solutions to the world's problems as part of the Designing for Sustainability research program. * * * The recent ransomware attack on ChangeHealthcare, which severed the network connecting health care providers, pharmacies, and hospitals with health insurance companies, demonstrates just how disruptive s  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's Office announced a proposed consent decree with Specialty Minerals Inc. (Specialty Minerals), a minerals processing facility at the base of Mount Greylock in the town of Adams. Pending approval by the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, the settlement will resolve allegations that Specialty Minerals violated the Federal C  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's Office is leading a coalition of 14 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief (https://www.mass.gov/doc/ag-campbell-delaware-voting-rights-multistate/download) with the Delaware Supreme Court supporting Delaware's early voting statute against a lawsuit arguing that the Delaware state constitution requires all in-person votes to be cast on  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 3 (TNSrep) -- The Massachusetts Auditor issued the following audit report (No. 2022-0210-3E) on May 2, 2024, entitled "Audit of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth." Here are excerpts: * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...1 OVERVIEW OF AUDITED ENTITY...3 AUDIT OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY...6 DETAILED AUDIT FINDINGS WITH AUDITEE'S RESPONSE...13 1. The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's bank card transactions did not always comply with UM  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- The Massachusetts Department of Revenue issued the following news release: Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder today announced that preliminary revenue collections for April totaled $6.324 billion, $1.540 billion or 32.2% more than actual collections in April 2023, and $1.034 billion or 19.5% above benchmark.[1] FY2024 year-to-date collections totaled approximately $33.857 billion, which is $1.537 billion or 4.8% more than coll  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is pleased to announce internationally recognized bond credit rating company, Moody's Ratings, has upgraded the Metropolitan Highway System's (MHS) Senior Revenue Bonds, moving the rating up two levels, from A2 to Aa3. Along with the new Aa3 rating, Moody's has determined the "outlook is stable." "This rating upgrade should r  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- The Massachusetts Port Authority issued the following news on May 3, 2024: Against the backdrop of the Norwegian Gem, the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) today joined elected officials and community stakeholders to celebrate the start of the 2024 cruise season at Flynn Cruiseport Boston. The Gem is just one of the eight ships homeporting in Boston this season and offers weekly sailings to Bermuda through August, followed by sailings to the Canada/New Engl  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The MIT EC^3 Hub, an outgrowth of the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub, will develop multifunctional concrete applications for infrastructure. * * * By Andrew Paul Laurent, MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub The MIT Electron-conductive Cement-based Materials Hub (EC^3 Hub), an outgrowth of the MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub), has been established by a five-year sponsor  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Associate Professor Jonathan Ragan-Kelley optimizes how computer graphics and images are processed for the hardware of today and tomorrow. * * * By Lauren Hinkel, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab A single photograph offers glimpses into the creator's world -- their interests and feelings about a subject or space. But what about creators behind the technologies that help to make those  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 4 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Johnathon Horn, Division of Student Life When MIT's Walker Memorial (Building 50) was constructed in 1916, it was among the first buildings located on the Institute's then-new Cambridge campus. At the time, national headlines would have heralded Gideon Sundback's invention of the modern zipper, the first transcontinental phone call by Alexander Graham Bell, and Charles Fahbry's discovery  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 4 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Peter Dizikes, MIT News President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana visited the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT on Tuesday, delivering a speech on the value of entrepreneurship in growing economies and affirming an interest in working with the center on spurring innovation in his own country. "Innovation is ... not a privilege for the few, but a powerful tool that   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Tax partner Elaine B. Murphy, head of the firm's tax, employment & benefits department and tax practice group leader, was honored as a 2024 Go-To Lawyer for Taxation by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly. Elaine was featured in a special supplement that highlights her experience leading a tax team lauded for its extensive experience working with multinational, public and private companies; private equity firms and  more