FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: * * * Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights: * Revenues of $1,374.6 million and $441.4 million * Net income attributable to common shareholders of $62.5 million and $33.7 million * GAAP EPS of $1.17 and $0.64 * Non-GAAP EPS of $1.26 and $0.69 * Adjusted EBITDA of $163.0 million and $54.9  more

NORTH BILLERICA, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 -- Curriculum Associates issued the following news release: Curriculum Associates has named Sherri Jackson of McRae Elementary School in Searcy, Arkansas to its 2024 class of Extraordinary Educators, an annual program that celebrates and connects exemplary teachers in Grades K-8 from around the country. Selected from hundreds of nominations, Jackson is among the 32 educators from 19 states and the District of Columbia who exhibit best-in-class use of i-R  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- Boston Mayor Michelle Wu issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2024: Mayor Michelle Wu and the Streets Cabinet today announced a historic investment to redesign Blue Hill Avenue to better serve bus riders, create safer conditions for pedestrians and drivers, increase the tree canopy, and install new amenities for a more vibrant small business corridor. Due to decades of disinvestment, Blue Hill Ave. riders experience poor road conditions and infrastruc  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- Boston University issued the following news: By Molly Callahan On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that will determine whether civilians can own guns outfitted to make them indistinguishable from automatic weapons. At the heart of the case, Garland v. Cargill, are bump stocks, devices that can be added to the back of semiautomatic weapons that harness the gun's recoil to repeatedly fire the weapon. The justices will ha  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- Boston University issued the following news: By Deidre E. Montague A short film by College of Communication student Tianyu Du has won a coveted 2023 Directors Guild of America Student Award. Du's film Bob was awarded first place in the Best Asian American Student Filmmaker for the East Region category. The top prize came with $2,500 and was awarded at a ceremony held in December in New York City. Bob is the story of a Chinese boy and his family who have recen  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- Boston University issued the following news: Longtime petrologist Lawford Anderson cannot help but share his excitement about rocks. He welcomes visitors (and even colleagues' kids) to his office to touch and view minerals, quartz, and the like, often animatedly telling the story of each item and how he got it. "What I teach is that every rock has a story," he says. Some might say that geology saved his life. As an undergraduate, the College of Arts & Sciences  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 -- Clark University issued the following news: By Melissa Hanson High school students have been told time and time again that they need consistent good grades and a host of extracurriculars to stand out in the college application process. This mindset, however, can lead students to fixate on quantity over quality and miss out on experiences that help develop character and values -- which is why the Making Caring Common project wants to infuse messages about th  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 -- General Electric, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: GE Vernova announced today the release of Proficy(R) for Sustainability Insights, a new software solution designed to operationalize manufacturers' goals toward sustainability, while helping maximize productivity and profitability. By integrating operational and sustainability data, the artificial intelligence (AI) b  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Goodwin's Asset Management Transactions team advised on two strategic transactions: Citi in connection with LuminArx Capital's launch of Cinergy, a strategic private lending vehicle, and the management team of Putnam Investments in the acquisition by Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] of Putnam Investments from Great-West Lifeco, Inc. Citi is a preeminent banking partner for institutions with cross-borde  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Life Sciences team advised ARTBIO in its exclusive strategic collaboration agreement with AlphaGen Therapeutics. Under the terms of the exclusive agreement, AlphaGen will use ARTBIO's AlphaDirect isotope isolation technology to generate 212Pb, a unique isotope without a global supply. AlphaGen will also receive rights to develop and commercialize AB001, a clinical-stage alpha radioligand therapy (RLT)   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Paris Private Equity team advised B&Capital and the management team of the Steliau group on the signing of an exclusivity agreement regarding the sale of Steliau International, the holding of the Steliau group, to Astorg. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Montrouge (France), Steliau specialises in combining its design, integration and distribution capabilities to provide bespoke electronic solution  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Insurtech team advised Coverdash on the closing of its $13.5 million Series A. The financing comes within one year of Coverdash's prior oversubscribed capital raise, bringing the company's total funding to $16 million to date. The Series A round was led by Nyca Partners, joining existing investors including Bling Capital, AXIS Digital Ventures, Tokio Marine Future Fund, Expansion VC, Cameron Ventures a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Life Sciences team advised Myrobalan Therapeutics in connection with its $400,000 grant from the ALS Association to support the advancement of its colony-stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSF1R) inhibitor for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The grant has been made through the ALS Association's Lawrence and Isabel Barnett Drug Development Program, supplementing the previously announce  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 28 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: A cross-border Goodwin Technology team advised Pento on its recent sale to HiBob. Pento provides automated payroll services to ensure its customers' payroll operations are smooth and error-free. This service minimises time spent organising payroll processes and can handle various pay schedules including weekly, part-time and zero-hour contracts. Pento's service also automates HMRC payments and allows empl  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 -- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Learning technology company HMH today announced it has acquired award-winning software company Writable, building on a longstanding partnership between the organizations that includes the integration of Writable's research-backed writing assessment and practice solution with HMH's core ELA offerings for grades 3-12. With the acquisition of Writable, HMH will also establish HMH Labs,   more

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 -- Olin College of Engineering issued the following news release: * * * Olin College has been recognized by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs for being one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of students and scholars selected for the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. * * * Olin is consistently included on the list of top Fulbright producers. Since 2006, Olin's first-ever graduating class, 18 Olin alum  more

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 -- Olin College of Engineering issued the following news release: * * * Whitney Lohmeyer, Olin Assistant Professor of Engineering, has received the Curtis W. McGraw Research Award for a non-Ph.D. granting program from the American Society for Engineering Education. * * * "I am honored to receive the 2024 Curtis W. McGraw Research award and would like to express my sincere gratitude to the American Society of Engineering Education for this recognition," said Lo  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- Pegasystems, a software company empowering digital transformation, issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leading enterprise AI decisioning and workflow automation platform provider, today announced Forrester Research has named Pega a Leader in The Forrester Wave(TM): Real-Time Interaction Management (RTIM) report, Q1 2024 (1). Pega earned the top scores in the main scoring categories of 'current off  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, Feb. 29 -- Rutgers University Camden campus issued the following news: By Christina Lynn In 1620, in the seaside town of Plymouth, Massachusetts, the Pilgrims founded what is today known as the First Parish Church of Plymouth. A grant-funded Rutgers University-Camden study is unveiling the untold history of Black and Indigenous membership in Plymouth's first church through the accounts of two enslaved, married congregants. Keith Green, associate professor of English and di  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 -- Springfield Technical Community College issued the following news: Springfield Technical Community College is launching the Workforce Development IT Academy. The IT Academy will offer a series of programs aligning non-credit to credit pathways with multiple entry points for community members to access and join the workforce, with the first series focusing on the Pathway to Cybersecurity. The Pathway to Cybersecurity courses will begin on March 12, 2024.  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- Worcester Polytechnic Institute issued the following news release: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has received the prestigious Council of Undergraduate Research (CUR) 2023 Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments (AURA), underscoring the university's commitment to fostering a culture of innovation, inquiry, and academic excellence. CUR is a leading advocate for high-quality undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research and sch  more