FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced that it achieved commercial operation at its landfill gas to renewable natural gas plant at Republic Services' Brickyard Landfill in Danville, Illinois. The Brickyard facility has a gross  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * In "Trouble with Gender: Sex Facts, Gender Fictions," MIT Professor Alex Byrne argues for a return to a more inclusive brand of philosophical inquiry. * * * By Benjamin Daniel, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences MIT philosopher Alex Byrne knows that within his field, he's very much in the minority when it comes to his views on sex and gender. "As an exampl  more

PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 -- The Berkshire Bank issued the following news release: Berkshire Bank, a high-performing, relationship-based community bank in New England and New York, is pleased to announce that Robert Shanahan has joined its Consumer Lending team as a mortgage loan officer in Burlington, Massachusetts. Shanahan has over 25 years of mortgage lending experience and works with the real estate community, self-employed individuals, investment property owners and first-time h  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 -- Boston University issued the following Q&A on Feb. 20, 2024 with Beth Allgood, founder of OneNature: * * * Beth Allgood's resume brims with (almost) more big-name conservation groups than a jungle has animals: International Fund for Animal Welfare, World Wildlife Fund, National Wildlife Federation, the Nature Conservancy. In 2020, Allgood (MET'93) founded her own nonprofit: OneNature. As executive director with five employees--"though none of us is fully pai  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: The Healey-Driscoll administration today notified the Town of Milton that it is not in compliance with the MBTA Communities Law and, as a result, will begin losing out on state grant funding. In a letter to Town Administrator Nicholas Milano, Housing and Livable Communities Secretary Ed Augustus confirmed that Milton will no longer be eligible for a recent $140,800 grant for seawall and acc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take urgent action to protect babies and young children nationwide from lead and other toxic metals in baby food. In a letter (https://www.mass.gov/doc/multistate-letter-to-fda-re-reconsideration-petition/download), Attorney G  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: The Statewide Grand Jury has returned additional indictments against a Medicaid consultant for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from elderly victims, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced today. Kaylie Giberson, of Springfield, was indicted by the Statewide Grand Jury earlier this month on 6 Larceny counts, including 3 counts of Larceny over $  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Today, Governor Maura Healey announced that Cathy Judd-Stein, Chair of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission, conveyed her plans to retire from public service upon the completion of her term effective March 21, 2024. Judd-Stein was first appointed to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on January 15, 2019 by Governor Charlie Baker and reappointed on March 21st of that year for  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Over $1 million in prize funding available for tech-enabled solutions to the 2024 Global Challenges. * * * By Maya Bingman, MIT Solve The driving mission of MIT Solve is inviting new voices and proposed solutions to world problems as a way to achieve a more sustainable and equitable future for all. To that end, Solve recently announced the 2024 Global Challenges and the  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * An easy-to-use technique could assist everyone from economists to sports analysts. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News Pollsters trying to predict presidential election results and physicists searching for distant exoplanets have at least one thing in common: They often use a tried-and-true scientific technique called Bayesian inference. Bayesian inference allows these scient  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Using a machine-learning algorithm, researchers can predict interactions that could interfere with a drug's effectiveness. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News Any drug that is taken orally must pass through the lining of the digestive tract. Transporter proteins found on cells that line the GI tract help with this process, but for many drugs, it's unknown which of those tra  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A piano that captures the data of live performance offers the MIT community new possibilities for studying and experimenting with music. * * * By Nicole Estvanik Taylor, Arts at MIT Seated at the grand piano in MIT's Killian Hall last fall, first-year student Jacqueline Wang played through the lively opening of Mozart's "Sonata in B-flat major, K.333." When she'd finish  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- Oklahoma State University's Spears School of Business issued the following news: * * * Spears researcher investigates the psychological toll of wildfire smoke; highlighting substantial cross-border spillover effects. * * * According to a new study, wildfire smoke in Southeast Asia significantly affects people's moods, especially when the fires occur in neighboring countries. Dr. Rui Du, an assistant professor of economics at the Spears School of Bus  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- Oklahoma State University issued the following news: * * * Spears researcher investigates the psychological toll of wildfire smoke; highlighting substantial cross-border spillover effects. * * * According to a new study, wildfire smoke in Southeast Asia significantly affects people's moods, especially when the fires occur in neighboring countries. Dr. Rui Du, an assistant professor of economics at the Spears School of Business, teamed with colleague  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- Pegasystems, a software company empowering digital transformation, issued the following news release on Feb. 20, 2024: Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leading enterprise AI decisioning and workflow automation platform provider, today announced that Alan Trefler, founder and CEO, and Ken Stillwell, COO and CFO, Pega, will be presenting at the following upcoming investor conferences: * The Citizens JMP Technology Conference (https://wsw.com/webc  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Adaptive smart glove from MIT CSAIL researchers can send tactile feedback to teach users new skills, guide robots with more precise manipulation, and help train surgeons and pilots. * * * By Alex Shipps, MIT CSAIL You've likely met someone who identifies as a visual or auditory learner, but others absorb knowledge through a different modality: touch. Being able to under  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT engineers developed a tag that can reveal with near-perfect accuracy whether an item is real or fake. The key is in the glue on the back of the tag. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News A few years ago, MIT researchers invented a cryptographic ID tag that is several times smaller and significantly cheaper than the traditional radio frequency tags (RFIDs) that are often affi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- Boston University issued the following news: By Jessica Colarossi Three Boston University researchers have been named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows, a competitive award given annually to early-career researchers across a range of scientific disciplines. Astronomer Chuanfei Dong, neurobiologist Meg Younger, and biomedical engineer Hadi Nia, are among the 126 scientists from the United States and Canada who received the prize. According to the Alfred P.   more

KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 21 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news: The University of Rhode Island has become a new member of the Mass Fintech Hub, a public-private partnership dedicated to making Massachusetts a global leader in financial technologies. The addition last week of URI, the University of Massachusetts Boston, MITRE and Loanspark brings the collaborative's membership to more than 50 institutions. "The Mass Fintech Hub is a dynamic community that brings tog  more