BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- Boston University issued the following Q&A on Feb. 6, 2023, with School of Hospitality Administration Dean Arun Upneja: * * * At $15 an hour, the minimum wage in Massachusetts is one of the highest in the nation, trailing only New York, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., the state of Washington, and California. The minimum wage still languishes in the single digits for many states, and the federally mandated minimum wage is only $7.25. For perspective, the $15 hou  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- Boston University issued the following news: By Gina DiGravio and Jessica Colarossi Years of research have shown that athletes who play high-contact sports--like tackle football and soccer--and endure frequent hits to the head risk developing a neurodegenerative disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). It's not just the number of years a person plays that can predict the likelihood of developing CTE--it's also the cumulative force of he  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- Boston University issued the following news on Feb. 7, 2024: By Molly Callahan On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in what is shaping up to be its biggest election case in almost a quarter-century. Justices will have to decide whether Donald J. Trump--who is, by most accounts, the presumed Republican nominee for president in this year's election--can be excluded from the ballot because of his involvement in the January 6, 2021, att  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- The Massachusetts Department of Transportation issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced an investment of $50 million in initiatives to build out electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure across Massachusetts. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds will increase access to charging infrastructure for more residents, electrify the state fleet, improve operation of public charging stations, manage t  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, a life insurance company, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: MassMutual today announced the appointment of Cindy Ryan to Head of Human Resources. Ryan, who has more than two decades of HR leadership experience, will oversee and advance MassMutual's people strategy, aligned with the company's purpose, priorities, and aspirations. In this role, Ryan assumes oversight of MassMutual's HR organization, which   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced an investment of $50 million in initiatives to build out electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure across Massachusetts. The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds will increase access to charging infrastructure for more residents, electrify the state fleet, improve operation of public cha  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 5 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Dermatologists and general practitioners are somewhat less accurate in diagnosing disease in darker skin, a new study finds. Used correctly, AI may be able to help. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News When diagnosing skin diseases based solely on images of a patient's skin, doctors do not perform as well when the patient has darker skin, according to a new study from MIT res  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A CAST Visiting Artist project traces the history of cause and effect that have led India to its current crossroads. * * * By Naveen Kumar, Arts at MIT Abhijit Banerjee, the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at MIT, and Sarnath Banerjee (no relation), an MIT Center for Art, Science, and Technology (CAST) visiting artist share a similar background, but   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A plastic microfluidic chip can remove some risky cells that could potentially become tumors before they are implanted in a patient. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News A tiny device built by scientists at MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology could be used to improve the safety and effectiveness of cell therapy treatments for patients suffering from sp  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The method lets researchers identify and control larger numbers of atomic-scale defects, to build a bigger system of qubits. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News In quantum sensing, atomic-scale quantum systems are used to measure electromagnetic fields, as well as properties like rotation, acceleration, and distance, far more precisely than classical sensors can. The technology  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 -- Boston University issued the following news: By Molly Callahan This week's guilty verdict against Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of an Oxford, Mich., teenager who committed the deadliest school shooting in the state's history, may have a "chilling effect" on parents who have guns in their homes, says Angelo Petrigh, a clinical associate professor of law at the Boston University School of Law. For people concerned about decreasing the incidences of gun violence  more

NEWTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- TechTarget, a provider of data-driven marketing services to business-to-business technology vendors, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Purchase intent-driven marketing and sales services company TechTarget, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTGT) today announced financial results for the three (3) and twelve (12) months ended December 31, 2023 by posting them to its website. Please visit the Investor Relations section of our website at https://investor.t  more