Wednesday - May 8, 2024
Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Saturday April 20, 2024 ( 4 items )  

A Fresh Take on the Search for Extraterrestrial Life, Inspired by MBL
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, April 20 (TNSres) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory issued the following news: * * * By Diana Kenney In the search for extraterrestrial life, we Earthlings naturally look for signs of water or the green, lush lifeforms that cover our planet. But the Universe is not just our mirror, and our imaginations must stretch way beyond the familiar. Last summer, a student in the MBL Microbial Diversity course was inspired to take up this challenge, leading to her new public  more

American Student Assistance Awards $500,000 Grant to FREE TO DREAM to Increase Access to Career Exploration, Skill-Building Experiences That Will Help Opportunity and Justice-Involved Youth Prepare for Their Futures
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 15 -- American Student Assistance issued the following news release: With over five million opportunity youth who are neither working nor in school, and more than 700,000 justice-involved young people currently or formerly incarcerated, there is an urgent need to engage this population to activate their strengths and interests and dream big about their futures. To this end, American Student Assistance(R) (ASA), a national nonprofit changing the way kids learn about   more

Charles River Labs Misleads Shareholders on Sourcing of Monkeys
BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 19 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on April 18, 2024: * * * PETA Urges SEC to Investigate * * * PETA filed a complaint today with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over a series of misleading statements that Charles River Laboratories Inc. has made to shareholders about how it has obtained, imported, and sold countless endangered long-tailed macaques who may have been illegally abducted from their f  more

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health Receives Additional Five Years of Funding
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, April 20 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release: The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and National Science Foundation (NSF) have announced that the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will receive funding to continue operating the Woods Hole Center for Oceans and Human Health (WHCOHH). The five-year, $7.5 million award is part of an inter-agency effort between NSF and NIEHS to foster collaborations   more