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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Saturday February 10, 2024 ( 7 items )  

Boston Mayor Wu: Grove Hall Center Design Meeting 3 - March 13
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 10 -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Feb. 9, 2024: Please join Boston Centers for Youth & Families, the City of Boston's Public Facilities Department and the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services for the third community meeting to explore options for the design of a new community center in the Grove Hall section of Dorchester. The meeting will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at 6 p.m. BCYF is committed to a transparent, inclusi  more

Dartmouth College: Dr. Estevan Garcia Named Chief Health and Wellness Officer
HANOVER, New Hampshire, Feb. 9 -- Dartmouth College issued the following news: Estevan Garcia--who is currently chief medical officer of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health--has been appointed Dartmouth's inaugural chief health and wellness officer. He begins the job on March 4. The creation of the position reflects President Sian Leah Beilock's inauguration pledge to make mental health and wellness an institutional priority. A nationwide search for the position began last summer. "  more

MassMutual Receives "Equality 100 Award" From the Human Rights Campaign
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, a life insurance company, issued the following news release: MassMutual has once again received a score of 100 out of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index, the nation's foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. This is the tenth time since 2013 that MassMutual has earned the top score, resulting in t  more

Pooled Employer Plan Offering From MassMutual Off to a Strong Start
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Feb. 3 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, a life insurance company, issued the following news release: MassMutual has added a pooled employer plan (PEP) - RMS EasyPlan - to its suite of wealth management solutions and so far, over 120 small businesses have jumped on board. MassMutual's RMS EasyPlan is ideal for businesses of any size and is available exclusively through advisors who choose to affiliate with MassMutual. "With the addition of RMS EasyPlan PEP to  more

UMass Dartmouth Online Programs Continue to Climb U.S. News & World Report Rankings
DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, Feb. 10 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: U.S. News & World Report recently released their online rankings for 2024, ranking UMass Dartmouth programs among the best in the nation in 8 different categories, highlighted by the Charlton College of Business's online bachelor's in business programs placing #10 in the nation and second among all New England institutions, public or private. The university's online bachelo  more

UMass Dartmouth Partners in New $11.9M Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind
DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, Feb. 10 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: UMass Dartmouth and a national team of universities, laboratories, and governmental agencies led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst were recently selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to create the Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW). ARROW will work to increase the reliability and equitability of offshore wind energy across the  more

With Nearly $2M in Defense Funding, Clark-Based Startup Expands Mental Health Research
WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Feb. 10 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * 'Relationship checkups' are key tool for treating depression in veterans, Professor Cordova's pilot study shows * * * By Meredith Woodward King Clark psychologist James Cordova envisions that, one day, couples' "relationship checkups" with mental health professionals will be as easy to schedule as dental appointments. That could have significant effects on individuals' mental health, he adds. Ev  more