WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Jan. 4 -- Assumption College issued the following news: On December 18th, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) announced that Assumption University is one of 44 institutions to have received the 2023 Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence. The NCAA awards this distinction to colleges and universities at the Division II level that have achieved an Academic Success Rate (ASR) of 90% or above. Assumption is one of only eight schools in the nation to have  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- Clark University issued the following news: By Daniel Kelly When Isabel Miranda '17, M.S./GIS '18 dove, into documentary filmmaking, she thought the narratives she was creating would harmonize during the editing process, after filming was completed. Instead, she quickly discovered the beauty and value of pre-production -- where it was essential to plan out her storytelling approach before heading out with camera in hand. "Documentary filmmaking is very much  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- Clark University issued the following news: By Jim Keogh When she was teenager, Margaret Guzman '89 wrote a letter to the Boston Red Sox offering to be the team's first batgirl, just for a day. Though team manager Don Zimmer gently declined her request, Guzman, in a couple of paragraphs, had made a compelling case for herself. It was far from the last argument she would deliver ... or consider. As a public defender and then as a private-practice lawyer in W  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP has announced that Peter Ross has been promoted to Counsel effective January 1, 2024. Resident in the New York office, Ross concentrates his practice in energy law, with a focus on renewable generation, energy storage, transmission, renewable fuels, carbon credits, and sustainable development. His practice also includes drafting and negotiating project agreements for solar, wind, and energy stora  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- Hampshire College issued the following Q&A on Jan. 3, 2024, with student Rupert Tawiah-Quashie: Driven to merge his passions -- technology and social impact -- Division II student Rupert Tawiah-Quashie built a tool to help officiate basketball games for deaf players. The program seamlessly translates referees' voices into sign language. For his Div II, Rupert Tawiah-Quashie F22 designed a speech-to-sign language algorithm. We spoke with him about his project's  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation issued the following news release on Jan. 3, 2024: As part of the Healey-Driscoll Administration's "Forests as Climate Solutions" Initiative, today the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) released the Climate Forestry Committee's report containing its recommendations regarding enhanced climate-oriented forest management practices for Massachusetts, based on the latest cli  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation issued the following news release on Jan. 4, 2024: The Department of Conservation (DCR) today announced the reopening of the Mohawk Trail State Forest campground, after a temporary closure in the late winter of 2023 to make $1.4 million in improvements and needed repairs to the campground's water system and infrastructure. Reservations for the 2024 winter camping season will open to the public on Januar  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, Jan. 5 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news release: A trusted community partner, Middlesex Community College is collaborating with Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions in Wilmington on a Workforce Training Fund Program. Run through MCC's Corporate & Community Education & Training division, the college worked with Watson-Marlow to write and submit the grant, as well as to offer employee trainings. "The Workforce Training Fund Program provides reso  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 4 (TNSres) -- Northeastern University issued the following news: In 2022, Sade Iriah was pursuing a doctorate in neuroscience at Northeastern University when she seized the opportunity to embed herself in industry research at Takeda Pharmaceutical, a Japanese multinational biopharmaceutical company. Iriah worked with the imaging team at Takeda and says the experience was "amazing." "They really allowed me to be involved with the team in a way that wasn't just like   more