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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Friday January 12, 2024 ( 16 items )  

Analog Devices Deploys SambaNova Suite to Facilitate Breakthrough Generative AI Capabilities at Enterprise Scale
WILMINGTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 11 -- Analog Devices, a manufacturer of data conversion and signal processing technology, issued the following news release: PALO ALTO, California - Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI), global semiconductor leader, and SambaNova Systems, makers of the only purpose-built, full-stack AI platform, announced that ADI is deploying SambaNova Suite to spearhead its global AI transformation, making AI pervasive enterprise-wide. "ADI is synonymous with innovation, and we   more

Boston Mayor Wu Announces 2024 Day of Celebration in Honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Jan. 11, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu today announced that, in partnership with Boston University, the City of Boston will present "A Day of Celebration in Honor Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr" on Monday, January 15, 2024, at 12:00 p.m. at Metcalf Hall on the second floor of the George Sherman Union at Boston University, located at 775 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. The event will be live-streamed on both boston  more

Circle Announces Confidential Submission of Draft Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 -- Circle Internet Financial, a financial technology firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Circle Internet Financial (Circle) today announced that it confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), relating to the proposed initial public offering of its equity securities. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet be  more

Clark University: Can Migrants Help Shape Sustainable Cities?
WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: By Meredith Woodward King Most policymakers focus on migration and sustainability as separate issues, missing key opportunities to implement transformational change in their cities, according to an article co-authored by a Clark anthropologist and published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). "There is widespread discussion of both sustainability and migration as glob  more

Cooley Contributes to Heightened Constitutional Protections for Emerging Adults in Massachusetts
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 -- Cooley, a law firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Today, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a groundbreaking 4-3 opinion in Commonwealth v. Mattis that protects "emerging adults" aged 18 to 20 from receiving sentences of life without parole pursuant to the Eighth Amendment and the Massachusetts Constitution. The Supreme Judicial Court drew extensively on contemporary neuroscience reflecting the still-developing brains and per  more

EBay Inc. Reaches Agreement With U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts
SAN JOSE, California, Jan. 12 -- eBay issued the following news on Jan. 11, 2024: eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) today stated that it has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts with respect to actions taken in 2019 by former eBay employees against Ina and David Steiner. As set forth in the agreement, eBay takes responsibility for the misconduct of its former employees. "The company's conduct in 2019 was wrong and reprehensible,  more

Harvard School of Public Health: Preeclampsia and Preterm Birth Risk May Be Reduced by Calcium Dose Lower Than Current WHO Standard
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health issued the following news release: To help prevent preeclampsia and preterm birth--common complications in pregnancy that can be fatal to women and newborns--low-dose calcium supplementation (equivalent to one 500-milligram pill per day) may be as effective as the World Health Organization (WHO)'s recommended high-dose calcium supplementation (equivalent to three 500-milligram pills taken throughou  more

Mass. A.G. Campbell: Major Student Loan Servicer Nelnet To Pay $1.8 Million For Alleged Failure To Sufficiently Communicate With Borrowers About Maintaining Access To Affordable Payments
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Today, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced a $1.8 million settlement with Nelnet, Inc. (Nelnet), one of the nation's largest federal student loan servicers, resolving allegations that the company failed to appropriately communicate with borrowers about renewing Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) plans that provide access to affordable payments. Loan ser  more

Mass. Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs: EPA Awards Funding for Electric School Buses to Boston, Worcester, New Bedford and Fall River
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: Today the EPA has announced the award of more than $30 million in federal funding for approximately 80 electric school buses in Boston, Worcester, New Bedford, and Fall River. The awards will greatly expand the capacity for four of Massachusetts' largest school districts to electrify their bus fleets and improve air quality for children and  more

Mass. Gov. Healey: Massachusetts to Boost Reimbursement Rates for Child Care Providers
WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Jan. 11 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Jan. 10, 2024: Today the Board of Early Education and Care unanimously approved the Healey-Driscoll Administration's transformative changes to how the state reimburses early education and care providers who accept state child care financial assistance, known as rates. Child care providers across Massachusetts will start to receive at least a 5.5 percent increase to their daily per child  more

MassDevelopment: $25M Expands Senior Housing in Stow
STOW, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued a $25,774,124 tax-exempt bond on behalf of SEHC Elizabeth Brook Apartments Limited Partnership, an affiliate of Stow Elderly Housing Corporation. The organization is using proceeds to renovate an existing 50-unit affordable rental housing complex for seniors and an existing single-family house, and build a new 37-unit affordable, supportive housing building for seniors, the Elizabeth Br  more

MCC Professor Brings 40 Years of Experience to the Classroom
LOWELL, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news release: With a 40-year career in law enforcement and private security, Kenneth Lavallee, of Chelmsford, is sharing his experiences with the next generation in the field. As an adjunct professor in Middlesex Community College's Criminal & Social Justice program, he uses case studies, guest speakers and networking opportunities to elevate what his students are learning in the classroom. "My lived experiences  more

Michael John Gorman Named MIT Museum Director
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: MIT has appointed Michael John Gorman the Mark R. Epstein (Class of 1963) Director of the recently re-imagined MIT Museum. Gorman replaces longtime museum director John Durant, who stepped down in 2023. Originally from Ireland, Gorman is the founding director of BIOTOPIA - Naturkundemuseum Bayern in Munich, Germany, a newly established innovative center and museum space for life sciences a  more

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Creates a Course for the Australian Submarine Agency
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Diving into nuclear submarines * * * By Peter Reuell, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering In 2021, the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia formed a partnership, dubbed AUKUS, which will allow the Royal Australian Navy to purchase several nuclear-powered submarines in an effort to modernize their fleet. Building a nuclear submarine program from scratch  more

Mount Holyoke College: New Director of Athletics Named
SOUTH HADLEY, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 -- Mount Holyoke College issued the following news: Andrea Ricketts-Preston has been named Mount Holyoke College's director of athletics and chair of physical education. Mount Holyoke College has announced the appointment of Andrea Ricketts-Preston as its director of athletics and chair of physical education. Ricketts-Preston previously served as the senior associate director of athletics at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland. Ricketts-Preston brings over  more

This Nonprofit is Proving That Creating Good Jobs is Good Business
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 12 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Zach Winn, MIT News There's a widely held belief that in order for places like retail stores, restaurants, and fulfillment centers to be successful, they need to squeeze everything they can out of frontline workers and offer as little in return as possible. This extends beyond offering low pay to include irregular schedules, minimal benefits, no real career paths, and a general lack of  more