CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on Jan. 16, 2024, with Ian A. Waitz, vice chancellor for undergraduate and graduate education: * * * Ian Waitz describes the three-year contract that will change and enhance MIT's graduate student policies and procedures. * * * By Elizabeth Durant, Office of the Vice Chancellor When eligible MIT graduate students voted to be represented by a union in April 2022, the decision set  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on Jan. 16, 2024, with Renaud Fournier, chief officer for business and digital transformation: * * * MIT's new chief officer for business and digital transformation describes how the Institute is embarking on an effort to renew its digital landscape. * * * Renaud Fournier SM '95 joined the Institute in September 2023 in the newly established role of chief officer for business and   more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced the completion of a 26.3 megawatt (MW DC) 20 MW AC, solar farm in DePue, Illinois. With its completion, the solar farm becomes the largest of its kind in Bureau County and will significantly advance the s  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Jan. 17 -- Auburn University's College of Engineering issued the following news: VivoSphere, a biomedical engineering start-up founded by two Auburn University chemical engineering researchers that created a precise, cost-effective test bed for high-throughput, pre-clinical evaluation of critical cancer therapy candidates, has been selected as one of the most promising new ventures in the bio-diagnostics industry. The New Venture Accelerator company was nominated for the Ignit  more

AUBURN, Alabama, Jan. 18 -- Auburn University issued the following news: VivoSphere, a biomedical engineering start-up founded by two Auburn University chemical engineering researchers that created a precise, cost-effective test bed for high-throughput, pre-clinical evaluation of critical cancer therapy candidates, has been selected as one of the most promising new ventures in the bio-diagnostics industry. The New Venture Accelerator company was nominated for the Ignite Award Society for Labor  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Jan. 17, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu today announced that Boston Saves, the City's children's savings account program, is again offering a January incentive to encourage eligible Boston Public Schools (BPS) families to participate in the program. Families of BPS students in grades K2 - 4th who log in to the Boston Saves online savings platform for the first time by January 31, 2024 will earn an extra $25 for the  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Jan. 17, 2024: Building on the City of Boston's commitment to early college and career-connected learning for every student, Mayor Michelle Wu today joined Superintendent Mary Skipper, Edward M. Kennedy Academy of Health Careers (EMK) School Leader Dr. Caren Walker Gregory, Mass General Brigham (MGB) President and CEO Dr. Anne Klibanski, and leaders from Bloomberg Philanthropies at Massachusetts General Hosp  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 17 -- Hampshire College issued the following news: Hampshire alum Shaina Jones 12F, who uses the pen name Shaina Phenix, was featured in the January/February issue of Poets & Writers Magazine for her recently published book of poetry, To Be Named Something Else. The magazine, which does an annual deep dive into debut poets, interviews several poets in the issue inviting them to share inspiration, advice, and writers block remedies to sustain their writing. When des  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 -- Harvard University issued the following Q&A on Jan. 17, 2024, with Interim President Alan Garber: * * * Provost Alan M. Garber was appointed interim president on Jan. 2 after the resignation of President Claudine Gay. Garber '76, Harvard's chief academic officer for almost 13 years, recently spoke with the Gazette about campus tensions following the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas, the intense public attention the community has faced in  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Benjamin Daniel, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences John LaBoiteaux Buttrick, a former professor in MIT's Music and Theater Arts Section and prize-winning pianist, died in late November, 2023, in Zurich, Switzerland. He was 88. Buttrick joined the humanities faculty at MIT in 1966, where he lectured and taught as a professor of humanities and music. He served as   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 17 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a multistate coalition of 20 attorneys general calling on the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to investigate recent reports that a federally funded contractor has produced military-grade ammunition for sale to civilians, including to perpetrators of horrific recent mass shootings. In the letter, the coalition urged the  more

MALDEN, Massachusetts, Jan. 17 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: Governor Maura Healey today laid out her administration's agenda to make early education and child care more affordable and accessible for all families across Massachusetts. The Governor will highlight these programs in her State of the Commonwealth address tomorrow and propose the funding in her Fiscal Year 2025 budget next week. The "Gateway to Pre-K" agenda includes four  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 17 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued two tax-exempt leases totaling $16,784,912 on behalf of New England Life Flight, Inc., which does business as Boston MedFlight, a nonprofit that provides critical care medical transport by air and ground. Boston MedFlight will use proceeds to buy and medically retrofit a Cessna Citation CJ4 jet airplane and an Airbus H145 helicopter to add to its existing transport fleet of mobile int  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 17 (TNSres) -- Matter Communications, a public relation and social media firm, issued the following news release on Jan. 16, 2024: Matter Communications - a Brand Elevation Agency integrating PR, marketing and creative services - today announced the continued momentum of its Precision group, a PR and content division of Matter that provides highly focused programs to support brands' biggest business drivers. The Precision team grew its client roster by 25% in the fin  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 -- Boston Public Schools issued the following news release on Jan. 17, 2024: Building on the City of Boston's commitment to early college and career-connected learning for every student, Mayor Michelle Wu today joined Superintendent Mary Skipper, Edward M. Kennedy Academy of Health Careers (EMK) School Leader Dr. Caren Walker Gregory, Mass General Brigham (MGB) President and CEO Dr. Anne Klibanski, and leaders from Bloomberg Philanthropies at Massachusetts General  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 -- Middlesex Community College issued the following news release: In 2022, Middlesex Community College started its first Pedagogy of Real Talk (PRT) cohort for professional staff to build stronger bonds and connections with students, following the model Paul Hernandez created for faculty members. The purpose of MCC's staff PRT cohort is to develop a theme based on personal experiences and speak directly to students in order to form meaningful associations with the  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Collaborative hub founded by philanthropist Lisa Yang will catalyze academic innovation and result in real-world, global impact. * * * Billions of people worldwide face threats to their livelihood, health, and well-being due to poverty. These problems persist because solutions offered in developed countries often do not meet the requirements -- related to factors like pri  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A system designed at MIT could allow sensors to operate in remote settings, without batteries. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News MIT researchers have developed a battery-free, self-powered sensor that can harvest energy from its environment. Because it requires no battery that must be recharged or replaced, and because it requires no special wiring, such a sensor could be e  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * After three deployments in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Jill Rahon is pursuing research that will help verify conformation to nuclear treaties. * * * By Poornima Apte, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Starting off as a junior helicopter pilot, Lt. Col. Jill Rahon deployed to Afghanistan three times. During the last one, she was an air mission commander, the pilot   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * An interdisciplinary team of researchers thinks health AI could benefit from some of the aviation industry's long history of hard-won lessons that have created one of the safest activities today. * * * By Alex Ouyang, Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health What is the likelihood of dying in a plane crash? According to a 2022 report released by the Intern  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * New insights into how proton-coupled electron transfers occur at an electrode could help researchers design more efficient fuel cells and electrolyzers. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News A key chemical reaction -- in which the movement of protons between the surface of an electrode and an electrolyte drives an electric current -- is a critical step in many energy technolo  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Across mammalian species, brain waves are slower in deep cortical layers, while superficial layers generate faster rhythms. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News Throughout the brain's cortex, neurons are arranged in six distinctive layers, which can be readily seen with a microscope. A team of MIT and Vanderbilt University neuroscientists has now found that these layers also  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Elizabeth Durant, Office of the Vice Chancellor When you walk through Memorial Lobby (better known as Lobby 10), you never know what you might find. The space has long been a campus hub for any manner of activities -- from students tabling for their organizations and the iconic glass pumpkin sale to the MIT Juggling Club practicing their craft. On a sunny, crisp Wednesday in   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 17 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on Jan. 16, 2024: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein today released the following statement after a federal court blocked JetBlue Airways' proposed $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines. Attorney General Stein and the attorneys general from California, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York partnered with the U.S. Department of Justice to chall  more

WESTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 -- Regis College issued the following news: RNCareers.org has recognized Regis College's RN to BSN program as one of the best in Massachusetts in their 8th annual Nursing School Ranking Report. The independent ranking organization cited the Young School of Nursing's robust curriculum and the success of graduates. "Nursing is a truly specialized profession that is constantly evolving to address the needs of society. The commitment to excellence that the Regis's  more

NEWTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 -- TechTarget, a provider of data-driven marketing services to business-to-business technology vendors, issued the following news release: Global technology media and purchase intent data and services company TechTarget, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTGT) announced the 2023 winners of the "TechTarget StorageTM Products of the Year" Awards. It is the 22nd year in a row the Company has given these awards to top performers across the Storage market. These awards recognize the best  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Massachusetts-Amherst issued the following news: * * * New research shows that rising temperatures caused by climate change are impacting the remaining black and white rhinoceros populations on the African continent, suggests taking steps to mitigate impact now * * * Southern Africa contains the vast majority of the world's remaining populations of both black and white rhinoceroses (80% and 92%, respectively). The region's climate  more

ROCHESTER, New York, Jan. 18 -- Rochester Institute of Technology issued the following news release: The world's greatest collection of cybersecurity talent assembled at Rochester Institute of Technology Jan. 11-14 for the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC) global finals. The annual event wrapped up the largest offense-based cybersecurity competition for college students, which is hosted annually by RIT. A team of students from Princess Sumaya University for Technology in the co  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: Domestic violence and femicide prevention. Environmental harm created by Farm Bill subsidies. Failure of the Prison Rape Elimination Act. The United States' lack of progress in closing the gender pay gap. These weighty topics were researched recently by UMass Law students either as a requirement in their upper-level legal writing class or for an upper-level elective  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Jan. 18 (TNSres) -- The University of Massachusetts-Amherst issued the following news: UMass Amherst astronomy graduate student Amanda Lee is part of a team of astronomers, led by Stony Brook University's Jin Koda, that has tackled one of the discipline's persistent questions: where do stars come from, and more particularly, how and why do stars form at the far edges of galaxies? While astronomers have long known that that molecular clouds - huge agglomerations of dense  more