BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Jan. 23, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu today announced that the City of Boston has been awarded the Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities Certification at the Gold Level for establishing exceptional data capabilities to inform policy decisions, allocate funding, improve services, evaluate program effectiveness, and engage residents. Strengthened in 2022 to include new equity requirements, the What Works Citi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 23 -- Boston University issued the following news on Jan. 22, 2024: By Amy Laskowski About 50 BU College of Communication students are headed to New Hampshire today to cover the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. The next 24 hours will be the perfect living laboratory for young journalists to apply the training they've received thus far. Take this past weekend. As soon as Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis announced Sunday afternoon on X that he wa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 23 -- Boston University issued the following news: By Rich Barlow In an era when many young people doubt the benefits of capitalism in a society, Boston University's Questrom School of Business will launch an institute to specifically study the role that business plays--both real and ideal--in advancing and solving real-world issues. The Ravi K. Mehrotra Institute for Business, Markets, and Society (IBMS) "will help others understand and appreciate the role busine  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight continues to strengthen its leading Corporate, M&A and Securities Practice Group with the addition of Robert Giacchetti as a partner in its Boston office. Prior to joining Holland & Knight, he was a principal at Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP. "Rob is a great addition to the firm's private equity and corporate teams and will further expand the firm's experience in representing priv  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: During National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and as part of her ongoing effort to combat human trafficking in Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is sharing materials and resources dedicated to raising awareness and educating the public on how to help identify signs of and report sex and labor trafficking. "I'm grateful to the survivors who have shared t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- Energy and Environmental Economics issued the following news: Last week, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey presented her State of the Commonwealth address which highlighted the state's ambition to become "the climate innovation lab for the world." To this end, Governor Healey announced that "clean energy will power not only our homes and cars - it will power opportunity and equity for workers in every part of this state." Aligned with this announcement, the M  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: As part of Governor Healey's ongoing commitment to regional and racial equity, the Healey-Driscoll Administration today laid out its plan for Advancing Health Equity in Massachusetts (AHEM), an initiative to eliminate racial, economic, and regional disparities in health outcomes. Led by Secretary of Health and Human Services Kate Walsh an  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Today, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Middlesex County Restoration Center Commission, announced the Commission has selected Vinfen as its clinical partner as it works towards establishing the first law enforcement focused crisis diversion facility in the Commonwealth. With an aim of diverting individuals away from crimin  more

FITCHBURG, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- Fitchburg State University issued the following news: Fitchburg State University, with a heralded nursing program spanning more than six decades, announced that 98% of its May 2023 nursing graduates passed the NCLEX licensure examination on their first try last summer and fall. Fitchburg State's nursing graduates have long boasted high pass rates for the licensure examination, with 95% and higher passing for several consecutive years. The numbers dipped sli  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 23 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news: Foley Hoag LLP advised Soltage LLC in the sale by Soltage and Basalt Infrastructure Partners LLC of their joint venture, Project Hyperion, LLC, to Altus Power, Inc. Project Hyperion is comprised of 121 Megawatts in solar assets, primarily located in North and South Carolina. Soltage is a leading developer, owner, and operator of distributed utility-scale solar and storage assets for utility, commercial, indust  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- The Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced that it has selected eight Massachusetts schools or school districts to receive funding to support programs aimed at addressing the effects of gun violence, particularly the associated behavioral health impacts that can devastate students, staff, schools, and communities long after a violent incident occurs. Chose  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Economic Development issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Today, the Executive Office of Economic Development (EOED) launched the "Immediate Needs Grant Program," the inaugural program that will provide financial assistance from the state's Cannabis Social Equity Trust Fund. The first of its kind in Massachusetts, this new grant program will make financial assistance available for cannabis entrepreneurs from   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration released the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) inaugural report (https://www.mass.gov/doc/executive-office-of-energy-environmental-affairs-eea-inaugural-report-2023/download) highlighting key milestones and accomplishments by the agency in Governor Maura Healey's first yea  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP added industry veteran Marc Lazar to its Global Real Estate Practice as a shareholder in its Boston office. He joins from Goodwin Procter. With more than three decades of legal experience, Lazar represents a wide range of clients in real estate finance and investment transactions across asset classes and the full capital structure. He advises on joint ventu  more

WELLESLEY HILLS, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- Massachusetts Bay Community College issued the following news release: According to Needham-based non-profit Hope & Comfort, one out of three people in Massachusetts are facing hygiene poverty, or the inability to afford everyday hygiene products such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, and deodorant. This year MassBay Community College and Hope & Comfort celebrate their fourth year of partnership to provide free access to basic hygiene products to MassBay s  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- Nixon Peabody, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nixon Peabody LLP is proud to announce the law firm's 2024 counsel class, promoting 12 attorneys from a wide variety of practice areas and representing each of the firm's three legal departments. The counsel promotions are effective as of February 1, 2024. "Our new counsel class includes a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives, and the attorneys in this group have blazed their own trails withi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- Pegasystems, a software company empowering digital transformation, issued the following news release: Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leading enterprise AI decisioning and workflow automation platform provider, today announced Pega GenAI Knowledge BuddyTM, an enterprise-grade, generative AI-powered assistant that will quickly and easily enable customers and employees to get specific answers synthesized by generative AI from content scattered across ente  more

WESTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- Regis College issued the following news: The Princeton Review has named Regis to its 2024 Best Online Nursing Programs list. Specifically, the ranking organization noted the university's online Masters of Science in Nursing program (MSN) program, a virtual extension of the university's highly regarded on-campus program and one of the largest nurse practitioner (NP) programs in Massachusetts. "Amid a significant shortage of nurses in New England and nationwide,  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, Jan. 24 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: On Thursday, January 18, faculty from every UMassD college gathered for the 2024 New Approaches to Teaching and Learning Conference, an annual campus event sponsored by Computing and Information Technology Services (CITS) Instructional Development, the Office of Faculty Development, and Online and Continuing Education. Participants and presenters included faculty from across   more